Stupid does not take a holiday
Life lession No. 354:
When stealing a truck — a felony here no matter what the condition of the vehicle — it’s probably not a good idea to grab one from a salvage yard … while workers a present.
The early 70’s Chevy truck only made it a matter of feet before breaking down. Guys stealing it are still going to jail for theft of a motor vehicle.
Also, nearly had a Darwin award. A group of local teens decided the other night to go joy riding. On a power lift. In a power utility substation. Luckily — or sadly — someone driving by saw the suspects and they were arrested before 1. Blacking out the west side of town and, 2. Frying themselves.
And, last but not least:
It looks like we have a huge black market for tasteless inflatable Christmas lawn ornaments. There have been maybe 20 thefts of these things — and police have no less that three suspects. For inflatable Santas and such. You know, if you are going to go to jail for something, better not be telling your cell mates it’s because you ripped of some old lady’s blow up Rudolph.
