News Story recaps taken from the webpage of Linday Lawrence Online Solicitors: 114 Sylvan Road, Toowong, Qld, Australia PO Box 1950 Toowong Q 4066 Phone (07) 3371-1500. Fax (07) 3371-1533. Email: law@ausmall.com.au

Georgia: Police investigating a purse snatching in Brunswick, Georgia, picked up a man who fit the purse-snatcher's description and drove him back to the scene of the crime. He was told to exit the police car and face the victim for an ID. The suspect dutifully eyed the victim and blurted out: "Yeah, that's the woman I robbed." (Source: USA Today)

Louisiana: A robber with a thick Cajun accent attempted to hold up a restaurant in Thibodaux but couldn't get restaurant patrons to understand his demand for money. Frustrated, he whipped out his gun only to find that it wouldn't fire. The man then grabbed the cash register and ran, but got only three feet before falling over because the register was still plugged into the wall. Unplugging it, the man tried again - but a hungry diner who'd lost patience with the incompetent thief decked him and called police instead. (Source: New York Times)

Texas: Austin police, responding to a report about a store robbery, apprehended the thief as he was fleeing naked from the scene. The thief said he'd stripped after the robbery because he was worried that his clothes would make him identifiable. (Source: Washington Post)

Sussex: Poacher Marino Malerba, who shot a stag standing above him on an overhanging rock, was killed instantly when it fell on him. (Source: The Times)

Florida: Derick W. Williams, 40, of Lauderhill, Florida was arrested after quarreling with a girlfriend in the parking lot of a police station in Penny Hill, Delaware. When police asked Williams for identification, he reached into the front seat of his car, on which police noticed a small box containing seven ounces of cocaine worth about $11,000. (Source: USA Today)

California: A 55-year-old Burbank man who placed an ad in a local bondage and discipline magazine arranged a liaison in his home with another man. When the advertiser answered his door, his visitor forced him to crawl through his house to his bondage room where the man was tied, nude, to a "proctologist table". According to police, the visitor and an accomplice (who had been waiting outside), then stole the man's sofa, leather chair, TV set and several other items from the house. The next day, neighbors found the 55-year-old, still strapped to the table, in a "highly excited" state. (Source: LA Times)