A New Jersey man who told a cab driver to stop at a bank so he could take out some money failed to mention that he was going to rob it. Michael Restaino Jr. was arrested shortly afterward Monday when a police officer stopped the cab he was riding in several blocks from the Roselle Savings Bank. Police say the taxi driver was apparently unaware of what his passenger had done.
Archive for August, 2009
Taxi! Take Me to my Next Robbery!
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Parolees: Do Not Brag About Your Vacation on Facebook
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009A hit-and-run death crash driver could be returned to jail after bragging on Facebook about his holiday in Ibiza while out of prison on licence.
Jamie Filan was imprisoned for a total of five years in 2007 after accidentally running over and killing dental nurse Michelle Dever in Lancing.
The Argus can today reveal he was released in June and is boasting to pals on the internet about his holiday on the hedonistic Spanish island.
Probation Service officials are looking into whether he has breached the conditions of his licence, which restrict him to travel within the UK.
If he has, he could be taken back to prison to complete the rest of his sentence.
Wile E. Coyote Moment
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009London police say the driver in a stolen car involved in an accident shortly after 2 a.m. yesterday jumped from the car and fled on foot — smack into a telephone pole.
The suspect, Const. Amy Phillipo said, “got up and tried to run again but was arrested.”
Phillipo said a police officer westbound on Riverside Dr. passed a suspicious eastbound vehicle and turned around to follow it. But before the officer caught up to the car, it was involved in a two-car crash at the corner of Riverside and Beaverbrook Ave.
Offering Officer a Hit
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Police cited two Fox Cities men for possession of drug paraphernalia and warned a third for obstructing an officer at a boat club corn roast at Scott Park Friday night.
The officer walked through a cloud of smoke, smelled the odor of marijuana and confronted a 50-year-old Menasha man and a 52-year-old Appleton man. The men, not realizing he was an officer, offered him the lit pipe, said Chief James Reed.
Man gives teller his name, ID before robbing Alaska bank
Thursday, August 13th, 2009A 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.
The FBI says Jarell Paul Arnold of Anchorage is being held on federal bank robbery charges.
The FBI alleges Arnold walked into an Alaska USA Federal Credit Union branch Friday and inquired about the balance on his account. The teller asked for his name, account number and ID.
Authorities say he complied, and then handed over a receipt with a note on the back that said he had a gun and demanded money.
The FBI says he got away with about $600. Authorities arrested Arnold on Monday. A message left after business hours Wednesday with Arnold’s public defender, Michael Dieni, was not immediately returned.
Jail Fail – Fat Roll Smuggler
Saturday, August 8th, 2009An obese inmate in Texas has been charged after officials learned he had a gun hidden under flabs of his own flesh.
Officials at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas, said that 500-pound inmate George Vera, 25, hid a gun in his rolls of fat. After the discovery, Vera was charged with possession of a firearm in a correctional facility.
Dumb Speeder
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009A freind of mine told me about a stupid friend of his that got pulled over for speeding and immeadiately started handing over all of the drugs in his pockets as soon as the cop came to the window. The cop had no idea he had drugs, he was just getting pulled over for being 15 miles over the speed limit!