it was the other cat’s fault.
suspect #1: olive, loves to loll around, take things slow, enjoy the day
suspect #2: pete the cat, loves to stand up tall, climb on things, pull them down,
deconstruct them, carry them around, hide them, reuse, recycle, repurpose
i’m still investigating to see who might be behind this caper.
one will end up on santa’s naughty list
one will not.
—
‘crime takes no holiday.’
-thomas h. louis
as a fan of true crime, especially heists,
I always find it interesting to see where the criminals
have made errors in their planning or execution
as well as the how the security system
was able to to be breached or if it had flaws
it’s inevitable on both sides.
(It doesn’t appear that the security was at the highest level)
—
“Heists on this scale are not unheard of, but the nature of this one is surprising because of the location, Remember, the Louvre was a palace. I mean you’re talking about a heist in the Hall of Kings.”
—
image credit: abc news
you never know when you’ll need one
good to have it marked.
—
‘but the good news, the crime rate is down. isn’t that amazing?
less banks are being robbed. well, sure.
A, there’s less banks. B, the banks don’t have any money left.
And C, nobody’s got gas money for the getaway car.
so, right there, crime is down!’
-jay leno
Shroyer’s defense for robbing a bank – “The cat made me do it.”
He was apprehended a little later when he lost control of the car he was driving and was hit by pursuing law enforcement. Shroyer told police that the cat told him to do all of those things. Shroyer received jail time and the cat did not receive a sentence.
—
Crimecon is over
whirlwind of stories, knowledge, people
sharing the best, the worst
mysteries solved, puzzles remain
some lost, some gained.
—
‘i’ve learned so much from you. part of it is admittedly criminal behavior.’
-enid
in between crimecon sessions
one option is to run outside
to a variety of food trucks
to grab a quick bite to eat
but alas
it’s not so quick this time
after waiting such a long, long time
someone from the chili con quesadilla truck
finally pops out with a food order
calling out ‘Debra! Debra! Debra!’
but Debra! does not answer
there is no Debra!
she tries again
and again.
a few people
both male and female
offer up themselves as Debra!
they are hungry
tired of waiting
the chili truck woman
knows they are not Debra!
will not give them Debra’s! food
she calls out Debra!
yet again.
being at a crime convention
I casually mention
to my new crime friends in line
it seems odd
that someone who wait in line for so very long
would just walk away
right when her food was finally ready
without her food
now I’m suspicious
has Debra! gone missing?
why has Debra! gone missing?
where is Debra?
has something happened to Debra!?
now the whole line is asking
where is Debra!?
now the whole line is calling
Debra! Debra! Debra!
—
‘i went to the missing persons bureau but no one was there.’
-george carlin
I’ve always been a fan of crime (not as a criminal), was part of The Four Crows, my childhood neighborhood detective club, looked forward to each new Nancy Drew book, read Agatha Christie as I got older, then moved on to the true crime writers, listened to crime podcasters, watched documentaries and films, and took a community class with my county sheriffs.
Tomorrow, I’m off to the world’s largest true crime conference, CrimeCon, in Denver, Colorado and it’s sure to be a crazy mash up of presenters and attendees. I have no desire to be part of an actual crime or work in law enforcement, but as a person who loves puzzles, I’m always trying to seek the solutions, and figure our how and why the criminals chose to commit these crimes, thinking they can get away with them. I’m especially fascinated by heists for some reason, because they are usually quite brazen and bold and they really take some detailed planning. It’s sure to be interesting…
—
‘he who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.’
-seneca
*Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, usually known as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.
art credit: Gary Larson, The Far Side
we were a formidable team
my two sisters
one friend
and i
an ad-hoc agency
fashioning ourselves
the finest of sleuths
solving crimes
righting wrongs
all around
our neighborhood
it was our job
our destiny
the four crows
walked the streets
the fields
the woods
went in old abandoned houses
from another time
looking for clues
to
crack puzzles
solve problems
imagined
and
created
as we
dreamed up
our cases
reading bits of discarded notes and lists
finding an empty pill bottle
asking a neighbor
where his wife was
as we hadn’t seen her recently
left a note
for a woman
who yelled at her adopted children
telling her she was too mean
we clearly
way overstepped our bounds
as detectives
sometimes
tend to do
all
in the pursuit of justice
in an attempt
to right wrongs
to restore balance
to keep peace
protect people
in a community
that didn’t know
they needed us
or that we were on the case
always looking out for them
in the most secret of ways
plainclothes
and
undercover
as a
murder of four crows
all under the age of 8
—
“the case called for plain, old-fashioned police leg work!”
― donald j. sobol, encyclopedia brown, boy detective
on international dog day
deep into the dog days of summer
i’m reminded of one of my all time favorite movies
‘dog day afternoon’
incredible acting
unbelievable
and inspired by
a true story.
photo from the actual crime scene, 1972
—
sonny: “is there any special country you wanna go to?”
sal: “wyoming.”
sonny: “sal. wyoming’s not a country.”
-salvatore ‘sal’ naturale – dog day afternoon
—
credits: warner brothers pictures, 1975, avenue magazine, life magazine, the boys in the bank
when coming home
not only did i find the pinata’s footprint
but also the foot.
this has all the makings of an organized hit
it’s a working crime scene at the moment.
—
Jefe : I have put many beautiful pinatas in the storeroom, each of them filled with little surprises.
El Guapo : Many pinatas?
Jefe : Oh yes, many!
El Guapo : Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
Jefe : A what?
El Guapo : A *plethora*.
Jefe : Oh yes, you have a plethora.
-From the 1986 film, The Three Amigos:
(if you have 2 minutes, watch the above scene from ‘take the money and run,’
what i consider to be woody allen’s funniest film of all time,
to get in the proper mindset for a recent local story. )
Investigators eventually caught up to the men (Love and Hill), thanks to the note passed to a teller at Community Choice Credit Union in Redford on Feb. 4. In that case, investigators allege Love handed the note over which asked for $20,000 in cash and threatened to shoot people if there was any “funny business.”
That note was allegedly written on the back of a paycheck stub that was traced back to a temp agency that linked the account and pay stub to Love. A similar note was passed on Feb. 10 at a robbery of the Christian Financial Credit Union in Harper Woods. That note was also written a paycheck stub that police analyzed and allegedly contained a fingerprint belonging to Love on the note.
The men were eventually arrested on March 3 shortly after robbing the Fifth Third Bank in Grosse Pointe Woods. Authorities who were tracking Love’s cellphone in real time noticed a break in his daily trend and shortly thereafter the bank robbery was reported in an area near where Love’s phone was located. Hill and Love have been charged with bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery and other incidental crimes.
—
Bank Teller #1 : Does this look like “gub” or “gun”?
Bank Teller #2 : Gun. See? But what does “abt” mean?
Virgil : It’s “act”. A-C-T. Act natural. Please put fifty thousand dollars into this bag and act natural.
Bank Teller #1 : Oh, I see. This is a holdup.
– virgil (woody allen, in ‘take the money and run’
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credits: matt durr, mlive, abc pictures
I didn't have my glasses on.... 