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More reasons why you shouldn't steal rare books from Transylvania University

More reasons why you shouldn't steal rare books from Transylvania University: Even if you aren't attacked by vampires, you could still get caught and end up serving time in federal prison. Consider the case of four college buddies who hatched what must have seemed like the perfect plan -- in a world where truth is stranger than fiction. In any event, today's ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit demonstrates that nothing good ever comes of attacking a librarian with a stun pen.

Update: An article about the case, published in the November 12, 2007 issue of The Lexington Herald-Leader, begins: "The scheme was hatched in a haze of marijuana smoke, with inspiration from popular heist flicks. And the motivation stemmed from a desire to escape the 'mundane, nickel-and-dime existence' of suburbia, according to a new article in Vanity Fair about one of Lexington's most notorious crimes." Unfortunately, Vanity Fair magazine has not made the article readily available online.

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).