I still check in with the (now) Alaska Dispatch News every day, just to see what sort of silliness is going on up there. This article is priceless. So she, as a lawyer, really thought that this was a good move? 
Wow, her practice really went to the dogs.
:smack:
I should mention that Palmer, AK is next door to Wasilla, AK, home of our dear Sarah. One expects an excess of The Stupid in that neck of the woods, but once in awhile somebody exceeds those expectations.
Unless I read it too carelessly, the money appeared to be in a joint account, and when two parties agree to be jointers, I think they understand that the funds are legally accessible to either party at any time. The parties are running the same risk as if they had co-signed a loan.
In terms of the Bar Association’s ethics, they have a right to disbar her if she did anything they found unethical. But it doesn’t appear to be illegal.
When my mother died, she and I had a joint checking account. I did not feel ethically compelled to turn any part of that over to the estate to be probated. She knew during her lifetime that I would just keep that money, regardless of what any other heirs might think of it.
Here in my city we have a local story. Guy’s on trial for rape and assault. During the trial, when it looks like things are going bad for him, he turns to his defense attorney and cold cocks the guy, knocking him unconscious. I’m sure this will look good, as he did it in front of the jury. The judge has denied a motion for a mistrial, and the attorney is taking some time off for recovery.
A few months ago, a thief decided to steal one of our vehicles. This master criminal apparently had some vague plan to get drug money from his newly acquired ride. Typical of a useless druggie (redundant, sorry), said plan wasn’t exactly thought out. After breaking into a locked house, finding the keys and taking it from a locked garage, boy genius reached the final step in his brilliant strategy and decided a fast getaway was in order. Since this wasn’t your typical sedan, but in fact a fairly exotic race-capable machine, the obvious choice was to go very very fast. And he did so, right past a cop. Seriously. The grand getaway lasted only a few minutes. I mean, who would’ve thought an extremely loud, exotically painted vehicle rocketing thru a residential area at 120 plus would draw any attention? High speed chase ensues, with the authorities cornering him in a dead-end street 5-10 minutes later. Shit-for-brains decides a foot chase is in order and manages a few yards before he’s on the ground, sporting shiny new bracelets.
Since this isn’t our little thief’s first rodeo, and including his history of knocking around his equally brian-dead GF, the authorities say he’s (likely) earned 5 years in our state’s lovely gated communities. Hope our little tough-guy likes his new roommates. 
It was almost worth it for the entertainment. 
What kind of car was it?
Jury members probably thanked him for doing what they all felt like doing.
Wow.
Sorry, but I’m going to demur from details. I want to maintain my anonymity and I think it might be unique enough to id me, should someone want to connect the dots.
Sorry for the reluctance. 
Car tease
don’t tell us. let us ask questions and then we can guess.
does it have 4 wheels?
A few years ago a group of teenaged girls were sitting in one girl’s living room when a stranger waving a handgun walked in and ordered them all upstairs.
Said stranger began collecting the usual easy to carry items- wallets, watches, etc.- and decided he’d grab the tv while he was at it. Of course, you need both hands to unplug and carry a tv, so he set the gun down and turned away from the girls.
He was *stunned *when one of his victims lunged and grabbed the gun. The local papers reported he spent the next few minutes, at gunpoint, insisting he’d been pulling a joke and they should let him go. The girls didn’t share his sense of humor and neither did the deputies who hauled him away.
In 15 years of banking I was only involved in one robbery. The robber presented a paper sack and note to the teller. She filled the sack with cash and handed it back. He took the bag of cash, stuffed it down the front of his pants and ran out of the building, unaware of 3 pertinent facts:
- the teller successfully triggered the silent alarm,
- the teller had managed to put the dye pack into the bag with the “regular” cash, and:
- the dye pack had been activated as he passed by a transmitter near the exit door.
We watched through the windows as he ran across the parking lot. After a few seconds the dye pack activated and red smoke came pouring from his pants. Dye packs not only contain red dye to mark the billls and make them unuseable but also tear gas, which is an extreme irritant to mucous membranes and sensitive areas. Oh, and it’s all released by an exothermic reaction, so it gets pretty hot. Cash and bag pieces flew everywhere as he tried to get the heat, gas and dye away from his most sensitive area. The police soon found him nearby, sitting alone on an empty city bus. The cops said ID was easy - he was the one with pink underwear and chemical burns around the groin. Good thing crooks are mostly stupid, or insurance for banks would be hella expensive!
This clip makes it into most of the criminal fail compilations.