Miscellaneous

People suffering in the bad economy do the strangest things

...especially when they live in Miami, Florida. That's where 42-year-old Elio Valero was busted for stealing a street lamp. One of the big 40 foot suckers.

The cops saw a minivan driving down the street with a huge light pole strapped to its roof which, you know, totally isn't suspicious. They pulled Valero over as he was pulling up to a recycling center, and he said that he was disabled and hard-up for cash thanks to the poor economy. Then he laid out this interesting argument:

Hey, if I'm doing this to recycle, everybody else should do what they damn need to.

I'm not exactly sure what his point is, but I'm sold.

As for how he got the pole, Valero said it had been laying on the ground for a few months and once nobody bothered to pick it up, he took business into his own hands.

And here's the kicker:

While police were arresting Valero, a second man, Joseph Moniz, 39, came peddling a manhole cover to the recycling center. Officers promptly arrested him.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).