A Wanted Man Applied For A Job With A Police Station
Bank of America reported Alberto Saavedra Lopez to the Arizona authorities in 2016. They suspected Lopez, then an employee of a local branch, had stolen $5,000 from the bank over the course of three months. Lopez promptly quit his job and moved to Phoenix.
In early 2018, Lopez applied for a job as a dispatcher for the Cottonwood Police Department – despite the fact that he was still a fugitive. The police thought the easiest way to catch Lopez was to schedule an interview. When he arrived at the station, he was arrested.
A Shoplifter Used Play Doh To Block A Security Camera, Leaving Their Fingerprints Behind
In Leicester, Massachusetts, a shoplifter tried to block a security camera at a local retailer using Play Doh. The thief then fled the scene, leaving the Play Doh behind. However, they left their fingerprints in the clay, which police used to identify them The Leicester Police Department was apparently very amused by the incident, and posted the story on their Facebook page.
Hostage Taker Sends Note Of Demands Via His Personal Email Account
A man in Germany, Bavaria, to be exact, took a girl as an hostage, and wrote the ransom note to the parents via his ISP-included personal email account. We got a request to identify the man for the bavarian police, I got the task to collect the data, and send a fax to the police station, that handled this crime. Collecting the data and finishing the fax in question tokk about three minutes, and it is safe to assume that it may have taken a maximum of ten minutes for the SEK (The german variant of SWAT teams) to break down his door.