The SMT 911
DUI X 2UI
Lincoln, NB – Apparently it needs to be said again: if you’re picked up for DUI, sleep it off before you go driving again. Police arrested a woman twice in one night in two different cars for driving drunk. Pulled over at 1:13 a.m. after she allegedly made an illegal turn and was spotted swerving down a street, she was found to have a blood-alcohol level of .19 (more than twice the legal limit). The woman was cited on suspicion of driving under the influence and negligent driving and taken to a detoxification center. About two hours later the same woman was pulled over…by the same officer. Apparently she thought the car was the problem, because this time she was driving her boyfriend’s car. However, the car didn’t make her any less drunk, and she was arrested for driving under the influence and negligent driving and taken to jail. Her blood-alcohol level then tested at .154.
Here’s My Name and Number…Now Give Me Money
Anchorage, AL – Here’s a free tip for those interested in robbing banks for a living: Don’t give your ID to the teller before robbing the bank! A 34-year-old man is in custody after authorities say he gave a teller his account number and showed her his picture ID before robbing an Anchorage bank. After walking into an Alaska USA Federal Credit Union branch the man inquired about the balance on his account. The teller asked for his name, account number and ID, and he complied…and then handed over a receipt with a note on the back that said he had a gun and demanded money. He got away with about $600, but because he provided all the necessary information, he was of course arrested a few days later for federal bank robbery. Apparently he isn’t very good with what he does because he was sentenced to 57 months in prison for bank robbery in 2004. You would think that by now he would’ve learned to skip the chitchat and just hand the teller the note.
Knock Out Practice Goes Wrong
Silverdale, WA – If you’re looking for ways to get knocked out, there are plenty of ways to do it: Take up boxing, fight your older brother, run into a wall…or throw rocks at people. This was the brilliant scheme of a 22-year-old Washington man, who started throwing rocks at five innocent bystanders outside of a TJ Maxx. The man, who was basically begging for a fight, told the group of people (ranging in age from 15 to 50) that he was preparing for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and “he needed to practice getting knocked out so he could prepare.” Though the group asked the man to leave, he allegedly “sucker punched,” a 21-year-old and a fight broke out. The 22-year-old eventually pulled a pocketknife, and when deputies arrived, they wrestled him to the ground. The man, who was booked on suspicion of second-degree assault and resisting arrest, told a deputy investigating the incident that he’d never been in a fight before. Bail was set at $160,000…and it looks like his Ultimate Fighting experience will be put on hold.
