Stupid people of the week
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Fugitive arrested after posting video taunting police on social media to ‘locate him’
A Tennessee man wanted on a warrant was arrested after police said he posted pictures on social media, challenging them to “come find him.”
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says Devon Bart, 25, was found and arrested on Friday after sharing pictures on his page on a popular social media site, taunting deputies.
Along with the pictures, which have since been removed from the social media site, deputies said that Bart claimed “that if he was going to jail, the authorities would have to find him first.”
“We take all warrants and the law very seriously at the Sheriff’s Office,” said Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner said in a post on the department’s Facebook page.
“Evading Deputies is not a game — ignoring the law has serious consequences,” he continued.
Deputies located Bart and arrested him without incident and booked him into the Shelby County Jail.
Bart’s warrant was in connection with a domestic-related assault, according to the sheriff’s office.
Source; FOX News
State police arrest one of their own for stealing from National Guard
New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau agents arrested an NMSP officer Tuesday for the theft of three night vision goggles from the New Mexico National Guard.
The agents had begun an investigation into the theft from 249 North Armory Road in Las Cruces back on March 13. They soon learned that Santiago Pacheco, an NMSP officer and sergeant in the National Guard, and one other soldier were present during an inventory.
Pacheco was arrested and charged with larceny, a third-degree felony, and conspiracy to commit larceny, a fourth-degree felony. Pacheco was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center and placed on administrative leave with NMSP.
“I am extremely upset by the arrest of one of our officers,” said New Mexico State Police Chief Troy Weisler in a press release. “As members of the New Mexico State Police, we are held to the highest standards. Those who cannot meet those standards, do not belong in this agency. His actions are unacceptable and do not reflect the integrity, dedication, and honor exhibited every single day by the men and women of this agency. We remain committed to being a department that holds our officers to the highest accountability standards—even if it means arresting one of our own.”
Source; KOB4
Glamorous drug mule caught trying to smuggle 35kg of cannabis into UK wants to visit SCHOOLS so she can urge kids to stay away from life of crime
A glamorous drug mule spared jail after being caught attempting to smuggle over 35kg of cannabis into the UK hopes to visit schools so she can urge children not to make the same mistake she did.
Shamed ex-nurse Levi-April Whalley, now 31, and close friend Sophie Bannister, 30, have admitted making a ‘stupid’ decision – but blamed their downfall on being ‘groomed’ by international criminals.
Since unsuccessfully trying to bring the drugs – worth around £160,000 – hidden inside two suitcases on a flight from New York to Birmingham in December 2023, Whalley has given birth to a baby, a daughter now aged five months.
After both were given suspended prison sentences, she said becoming a mother had made her realise why drug smuggling has to carry such heavy penalties – a maximum of 14 years’ imprisonment in the case of cannabis.
The pair – both originally from Blackburn, Lancashire – have nearly 60,000 followers on Instagram, and until their arrest regularly posted about enjoying beach holidays around the world.
They claim that a woman Bannister had met in Marbella offered them a free holiday in New York in return for bringing back what they thought were watches and jewellery.
The pair were among 134 suspects arrested for smuggling a total of 5,609kg of cannabis into UK airports in 2023.
Last year a staggering 26,924kg was seized from around 750 smugglers flying into UK airports – a five-fold increase on the year before.
Saying she now bitterly regrets accepting the offer, Whalley said: ‘I’d love to be able to speak to people now and go in schools and try to change and people.
‘I’d really like to open people’s eyes up and say always think twice about every opportunity that’s offered to you, because it’s not always the route that you should go down.
‘You’ve got to think about the whole of the consequences, not just one angle of things.
‘You’ve not got to just go in and think “Oh yeah, it’s a free holiday, let’s go and do this”.’
Whalley – who faces being struck off the nursing register and has retrained offering beauty treatments – said her baby daughter was her ‘biggest blessing’.
‘I didn’t realize how much children do change you,’ she added.
‘I want the best for my daughter.’
Asked if that had brought it home to her why drug smuggling can carry such strong punishments, she said: ‘Yes of course it does.’
Saying she wanted to share her message of the perils of being ‘grooming’ into becoming a drugs mule, Whalley said: ‘It worries me for my own daughter, exploitation.
‘I wouldn’t want her to be exploited. I want her to choose the right actions in the future.
‘It’s always “Do you want to go on holiday?!
‘Don’t be sucked into this type of false reality. We just got sucked into it.’
Source; Daily Mail
Category: Crime, Police, Stupid Criminals
Personal Foul, Taunting. 20 years after the play.
The former NMSP officer will need a different set of goggles to see Thor coming to give him the big chorizo.
He goes from SGT to GEN:
gen-pop
Aren’t there 10,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire?
4000 rather small holes actually. Nobody ever said they were smart though
Enough to fill the Albert Hall.
Apparently April-Levi Whalley never watched Midnight Express.
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Challenge accepted! Remember the politician from years back that told the reporters that if they thought he was cheating on his wife to come find him doing so? They did and he pulled out of the prezzy race.
You want some eyes that see in the dark? Get you a kitty cat. Cue up Kenny R (with a ht 2 the BGs). We’ll just go ahead and dedicate this one to Our Very Own, Beloved, OAM.
Folks have a way of being sorry for doing stupid stuff when they get busted for…doing stupid stuff.
Hot little Classic Chassis you gots there, Mister. A real head turner. The Camaro is nice, too.
The first reporter turned the source down flat saying that political candidates take their picture with people all the time. I think many wives would have disagreed about the nature of this one.
Here the happy couple is getting ready to board the fine ship the SS Monkey Business.
Gart Hart…
New Mexico cop stealing night vision. Pretty close to the southern border. I wonder what else his dirty little paws were involved in. You don’t suddenly become a thief, I think it’s a certain lifestyle that takes opportunity when it reveals itself. I’m sure he’s saying this is the first time i ever did this kinda thing. BS!
My first thought was; “gee I wonder who is buying those”. Filthy cop gonna go to filthy prison and have filthy things done to him unless he has some big connections. Likely they will throw him out now that he is no longer of use.
I’ve heard that ex-Cops are at the bottom of the pecking order in any prison, right alongside pedo-monsters.
Mostly they get sent to prison with other bad cops. Not sure what they do there, but it’s supposed to be the least violent lockup unit in the state.
If they did something particularly heinous, where they might be a danger then they go to gen pop at a high risk unit. We have a few troopers down here that murdered wives for the insurance money. One victim was also a cop. That is capital murder three times over so he got to go regular prison. But he only he got 25 years and he is already out.
Murderers generally get held at arms length in prison if they aren’t in a gang. Most often because they have nothing left to lose and have already shown a propensity to kill.
A bunch of clowns but I kinda like that Devon Bart dude….
Devon thought he was the smartest dude in the room. So When you think you’re the smartest dude in the room, go look in the mirror. Take a close look. Cause you’re probably the dumbest mf in the room to think that.