WILDLIFE OFFICERS SAY THEY TOLD TWO JET SKIERS TO STOP IN A SLOW SPEED ZONE. THEY TOOK 'SLOW' AS A SUGGESTION
Scott's take: Running from cops on a jet ski is bold when your own phone data rats you out months later.
Two Tampa men charged.
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PROSECUTORS SAY THEY HIT A GAMING CAFE WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS AT 4:30 A.M. THE GETAWAY HAD 8 PEOPLE IN ONE DURANGO
Scott's take: 8 people in one stolen Durango at 100 mph isn't a getaway, it's a clown car with a police escort.
Four Chicago men charged in Addison, IL.
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SHE 'RESCUED' SHELTER DOGS FOR DONOR PLEDGES, INVESTIGATORS SAY. A RECORDING HAS HER SAYING 'I CHOKED THAT DOG OUT'
Scott's take: When your business partner hands police the recording, you never had a partner.
Kayla Dillenburg faces animal cruelty and fraud charges.
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PROSECUTORS SAY HE STABBED HIS SLEEPING ROOMMATE, THEN CALLED HIS SISTER FOR A RIDE: 'I'VE HAD IT WITH THIS PLACE'
Scott's take: Most people who've had it with a roommate stop doing the dishes.
Antonio Baumgartner, 30, faces attempted murder charges.
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PROSECUTORS SAY HE TEXTED HIS OLD DWI LAWYER 'KILL YOU WITH A K.' HIS EXPLANATION: K MEANS KINDNESS
Scott's take: Clients blaming their lawyer is normal. Death threats by text are not.
Craig Edward Hedstrom faces two felony threats counts.
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POLICE SAY HE HANDED OUT FREE BACON TO ANYONE WHO HATED 'PIGS.' THEN HE TRIED TO TAKE THE BACON BACK
Scott's take: Four arrests in one month is not a crime spree, it is a subscription plan.
Fargo police say Shannon Grindberg waved a knife at a man.
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DEPUTIES SAY THE COACH SETTLED A POSTGAME HANDSHAKE WITH A CHOKEHOLD ON A 15-YEAR-OLD
Scott's take: Nothing says sportsmanship like a felony after a 6-0 rec league game.
Flag football coach Brandon Mayer is charged with battery by strangulation.
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PROSECUTORS SAY A 31-YEAR-OLD ASKED A STRANGER TO FILM A CONFESSION. POLICE THEN FOUND AN OBERLIN PROFESSOR AND HIS WIFE DEAD
Scott's take: No jokes here. With the defendant's mother calling her child psychotic, expect a competency fight first.
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DEPUTIES SAY HE HIT 107 MPH ON I-95 DRUNK BECAUSE HE WAS 'IN A HURRY'
Scott's take: Telling the deputy you were in a hurry is not a defense, it's a confession with a time stamp.
All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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THEY FILMED THEMSELVES CLAIMING A MOSQUE ATTACK BEFORE DOING IT. POLICE GOT THERE FIRST
Scott's take: Recording your claim of responsibility before the attack is not a plan, it's an exhibit.
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HE RAMMED A POLICE CAR, LED A CHASE, AND PARKED UPSIDE DOWN IN A POND, PROSECUTORS SAY. BOND: $1 MILLION
Scott's take: When your getaway ends upside down in a retention pond, the chase is over.
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HE DOUSED HIMSELF IN GASOLINE AND GRABBED HIS EX WITH A LIGHTER. NOW HE GETS 12 YEARS
Scott's take: Gasoline and a lighter turn a breakup into aggravated assault with intent to murder.
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POLICE SAY HE GOT TOLD TO CLOCK OUT AT CHIPOTLE, SO HE THREW A KNIFE AND BOTTLES AT THE MANAGER
Scott's take: Most shifts end at the time clock, not in bond court.
Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #TrueCrime
PROSECUTORS SAY A COURT ORDER TOLD HER TO STAY AWAY FROM EMINEM. SHE SHOWED UP AT HIS HOUSE ANYWAY
Scott's take: With a court order already in place, showing up at his house isn't a fan moment, it's Exhibit A.
Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #TrueCrime
DEPUTIES SAY SHE POSTED THAT SHE WAS TAKING HER GLOCK TO THE TRUMP RALLY. HER DEFENSE: IT WAS A JOKE
Scott's take: "I was joking" is a lot less funny when you say it to the Secret Service.
Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #TrueCrime
HE ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO SHOOT A COP AFTER A DUI ARREST. HE WAS ALREADY OUT ON RELEASE FOR DOING THE EXACT SAME THING
Scott's take: Most people learn from their first case. Prosecutors say this guy treated his like a rehearsal.
Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #DUI
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POLICE SAY A 73-YEAR-OLD BURGLAR GOT CAUGHT ON THE HOMEOWNER'S CAMERA, THEN A PLATE READER FOUND HIS CAR
Scott's take: Retirement is supposed to be golf and early-bird specials, not a burglary tour of Northern Virginia.
Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk #TrueCrime
Police say a Scottsdale man drove his Tesla down a Tempe sidewalk, hit a mariachi drummer and ran. He left his mirror behind, plus a coffee cup labeled "Nate" in the car. That's nearly a signed confession. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk
Agents say an Orlando man posted threats aimed at a Jewish community in Glades County, FL, with a photo of his gun. He still had it at arrest. Posting the target, threat and gun together isn't a free-speech case, it's an evidence binder. Presumed innocent. #CrimeTalk



















