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June 26, 2007

Courtesy of KSWO Channel 7

TULSA, OK – A would-be burglar made a bad decision in his choice of homes to attempt to rob.

Police say Gregory Hytche was confronted by the homeowner _ and off-duty Tulsa police officer.

Officers say the off-duty officer found Hytche trying to steal items from his garage in east Tulsa yesterday and fought with him until other officers arrived.

Hytche is now in the Tulsa County jail on 97-hundred-50 dollars bail on complaints of larceny after a felony conviction, aggravated assault and battery, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia

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June 16, 2007

Courtesy of Seattle Times

CHEHALIS — A 35-year-old Onalaska man picked the wrong place and the wrong time to hide a container with marijuana in it.

Lewis County sheriff’s detectives in Chehalis say they arrested Eugenio Anthony Colon today at 11:25 a.m. after he was seen by detectives hiding the container under a bush in front of their office window.

Colon was charged with possession of marijuana under 40 grams.

He was arriving at the Lewis County Courthouse for a court matter. Much to his surprise, he was confronted by detectives in the courtroom while he was waiting his court appearance.

Colon admitted to hiding the marijuana and told detectives he had no idea he could be seen by them.

In an aside, Sheriff Steve Mansfield says he appreciates people who choose to break the law in front of his deputies.

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June 4, 2007

DE QUEEN, Ark. – A ruse worked for a De Queen man who used his brother’s name after being picked up for another drunken-driving charge until he called his brother and asked him to bail him out of jail.

Police said an officer arrested Sebastian Nabor, 28, early Sunday after the car Nabor was driving hit a curb. When Officer Ernesto Echevarria smelled alcohol and found an open container of beer in the car, Nabor gave his name as Antonio Moreno Nabor.

The suspect failed a field sobriety test and a breath test showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.11 percent, above Arkansas’ legal limit for drivers of 0.08 percent.

Nabor was charged with driving while intoxicated and called his brother to bail him out. As the paperwork was being processed, officers realized the arrested man had given the wrong name.

Sebastian Nabor was also charged with criminal impersonation.

“Everybody tries it. People give us false names in case warrants of arrest have been issued or they owe other fines,” De Queen Police Chief Richard McKinley said.

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May 24, 2007

Clearly, the Laptop Bandit slept through most of his courses at the Criminal Mastermind Academy.

Had he paid better attention, he likely would have learned that it’s never a good idea to stare at a video camera, sans mask, when committing a burglary.

Detectives said the middle-aged crook has stolen at least a dozen laptops from five Center City businesses in recent weeks.

Police said the heists began on March 20 and continued through April 1 at businesses near Market Street, from 22nd to 30th streets.

But when the bandit burglarized the accounting offices of Milligan and Company, LLC, on 22nd Street near Arch, on March 27, police said, he stared directly at an office security camera as he made off with several laptops.

Police said he showed up on tape in the building several days later, once again walking off with about four laptops.

Investigators said they hope the clear images will quickly lead them to the not-so-brilliant bandit. The burglaries have occurred after the businesses had closed for the day. Cops said the crook uses a slim-jim device to break the locks on double glass doors.

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