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Man Breaks Into Home to Print Counterfeit Money on Ink-jet Printer

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Feb 7th 2008 at 1:09PM

Counterfeit 100-dollar bill
Thieves usually gather as many valuable goods as he/she can and get out the door as quickly as possible. Stopping to use the computer would be a big no-no. But, of course, we wouldn't be writing about this if someone didn't get caught.

Charles Nobles was taken in by police in Louisiana after breaking into a home and trying to use his victim's computer to print out counterfeit bills. Nobles broke into the home after parking his van in the woods behind the dwelling in broad daylight. Police received a call about a suspicious vehicle at 1:00pm and and immediately converged on the home, where Nobles was found printing American currency on the home owner's ink-jet printer. Nobles was arrested and is being charged with counterfeiting, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, and probation violation.

Even if Nobles had gotten away with breaking in and printing the cash, he would have been caught the moment he tried to spend his new-found fake wealth. We're sure he wasn't carrying special paper designed to feel like money around with him, and your average ink-jet sure isn't going to print a very convincing dollar.

From Fox News

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Best Buy's Geek Squad Finds Child Porn on Janitor's Computer, Janitor Arrested

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Jan 16th 2008 at 10:22AM

Geek Squad Invades Privacy, Finds Child PornBest Buy's Geek Squad isn't exactly known for respecting people's property. This time, however, instead of us catching them, they caught a guy with child porn.

A middle school custodian sent in a hard drive back in August of 2007 to recover lost data. Upon performing their usual search (and invasion of personal privacy), the Geek Squadders at a Twin Cities location found over 800 images of young girls between the ages of 7 and 15 in various states of undress and performing sexual acts. The Geek Squad promptly turned the evidence over to the police. The police eventually obtained a search warrant and -- upon execution -- found more evidence in the janitor's home.

While we would like to say that this guy is sick and deserves whatever punishment he gets, we are disturbed by the conduct of Geek Squad employees who seem to make it a habit of going through customer data. Whether or not the data is illegal and leads to arrest, warrantless searches by non-law-enforcement personnel is disturbing on an ethical level and we're pretty sure unconstitutional.

From Consumerist

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Teen Arrested for Shining Laser Pointer at Police Copter

by Tim Stevens, posted Dec 28th 2007 at 11:11AM

Laser Pointers Result in Numerous ArrestsLasers are complex, powerful, and potentially dangerous. As such, they are totally cool. Because of their cool factor they are popular, and lasers powerful enough to burn paper or blind people are now readily available for sale. This is causing problems and arrests for those who choose to point their new, finely focused toys in the wrong direction.

The most recent victim of pointing his laser in the wrong direction is a 15-year-old boy from California who was arrested after pointing his handheld laser at a police helicopter.

The kid, assumingly bored, pointed his Christmas present at anything that went by the window, including a commuter bus and a commercial aircraft coming in for a landing. But when he pointed it at a police helicopter, the men in blue did a little investigation, found the source, and arrested the kid. He was the third person arrested for the same offense that week in Orange County, CA alone. If convicted some may face upwards of 20 years in jail for the crime, though it's unclear whether they'll be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

If you received a laser pointer for as a present this holiday season, be aware of where you point that thing lest you find yourself in jail.

From BoingBoing

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