06-May-05, 09:41 AM
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Dumbass award of the century goes to...  | Quote: |  | | | | | | | | | | BALTIMORE (AP) - A suspect takes a car at gunpoint and drives it around for two weeks before the owner spots the car and has it towed. The thief then calls police to report "his" car stolen.
Those events seemed so improbable that Baltimore police detective Gregory Jenkins felt compelled to end his report of the incident with the admonition, "Again, this really happened."
"Another detective told me, 'Greg, you had to make this up,'" the detective told The (Baltimore) Sun.
Police charged Gregory Alston, 20, Tuesday with armed robbery, possession of a stolen car and a handgun violation.
Police say the carjacking occurred about 10:30 p.m. on April 20 when two women reported that a man armed with a silver handgun and wearing a black bandanna approached them while they were parked on a street in northeast Baltimore. The women said the gunman ordered them out of their car and sped off.
Tuesday, one of the women spotted the stolen car in front of an apartment building about a half-mile from where it had been taken.
She called police who towed it to the department's Northeast District station.
Two hours later, a man called police and reported the car stolen.
Officers brought the man back to the station for questioning. At first, police said, he insisted he had bought the car for $1,700 on March 11. Eventually, he confessed to the robbery.
Why did he report it stolen?
The suspect told police he had left his wallet in the car. | |  | |  | |
And a future even Miss Cleo couldn't have missed... | | Quote: | | | | | | | | | | | ROSEVILLE, Mich. (AP) - A woman identified by authorities as Denise Coke was arrested after a drug-sniffing dog discovered 33 pounds of cocaine in her vehicle.
Roseville police acting on a tip gave Michigan State Police the description of a vehicle allegedly containing drugs. Coke, 25, of Detroit was arrested after being pulled over for speeding Tuesday night on Interstate 696.
Coke was arraigned Wednesday on a charge of possession with intent to deliver more than 1,000 grams of cocaine, punishable by up to life in prison upon conviction. A judge set her bond at $1 million.
Roseville Police Chief Richard Heinz said the cocaine had a street value of $7 million to $8 million, but the drugs' destination was not immediately known. | | | | | | | |
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