Stupid crime – Kitty porn

Published September 25, 2009 4:00am ET



Kitty porn

A Florida man accused of possession of child pornography blamed the crime on his cat.

According to a sheriff’s report, Keith Griffin told investigators that pornographic images found on his computer were caused by his cat jumping on the keyboard while he was downloading music.

Griffin has been charged with 100 counts of possession of child pornography.

Sheriff’s officials said a family friend was caring for the cat.

Lessons in drunken dialing

A 17-year-old Washington girl was arrested twice the same night after she dialed 9-1-1 while drunk.

Police first busted the girl for public intoxication. After authorities released the girl to her family, she continued to be a problem and repeatedly called the police station. That led to a second arrest and a charge of mischief.

Insert West Virginia joke here

Bad grammar and spelling tripped up a man who was trying to steal personnel information from job seekers by impersonating West Virginia’s governor, police said.

Matthew Don Reed persuaded people to submit job applications with copies of their birth certificates and other information.

People began to get suspicious after he sent letters to applicants purportedly from Gov. Joe Manchin, that had phases such as “Your super (boss) Matt talk a lot of thangs about you. …”

No place is safe, not even the bathroom

A customer at Wiggie’s Bar in Wisconsin was relieving himself in a toilet stall when a gunman burst in and relieved him of his wallet.

The sawed-off shotgun-toting robber ordered the customer to take his clothes off, then pulled the wallet from his pants pocket and tossed the clothes in a corner of the restroom.

The victim got dressed and reported the crime to the bartender.

Compiled by Freeman Klopott and Scott McCabe