FW: Funny Criminials

MR. POTATO HEAD, ESQ.: Attorney Sam Kepfield was defending a woman in a Hutchinson, Kan., court who said she had participated in a check forging scheme because a man had threatened to kill her dog and harm her daughter if she didn't. To demonstrate the concept of
"imminent threat" to the jury, Kepfield pulled a pin on a hand grenade and set it on the ledge in front of the jury box, asking them "Are you afraid now?" District Judge Richard Rome ordered Kepfield to remove it, and deputies took the grenade -- a fake -- into evidence, since
unauthorized possession of any weapon in court, even fake ones, is a crime, said Reno County Sheriff's Capt. Wayne Baughman. The jury took 15 minutes to convict Kepfield's client. (Kansas City Star, AP)

...So his defense tactic was a dud too.

POLYESTER PROPHECY: Joanne Nelson, 39, was sentenced to 3 years in
prison after a 3-day vandalism spree in St. Joseph, Mo. She drove her
teen son and his friend around so they could vandalize cars, paint
vulgarities on a garage, and break out windows, causing thousands of dollars
in damage. And when the cops showed up, they noted the message
printed on her t-shirt: "It's All Fun & Games Until the Cops Show Up". (St.
Joseph News-Press)

...And now the real fun begins.