What a Bunch of Brain Dead Idiots.

**CosmicPal** · 12-01-2004, 07:52 AM

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Bad joke gets better for police

BY JOE DEJKA

WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

A man walked into a La Vista gas station Sunday and joked that he had a gun - but what happened next left the police laughing.

La Vista Police Chief Bob Lausten said the man, 22, entered the Sinclair gas station at 84th Street and Park View Boulevard about 6:15 p.m.

The man's joke didn't alarm the clerk. She was his mother. However, another customer was alarmed. He called police.

Officers sped to the scene and found the suspected robber and a friend outside their car in the station parking lot.

Officers detected the smell of marijuana coming from the car. A search turned up a quarter pound of marijuana and $603. The men were arrested for drug possession.

Jailed in Sarpy County, the two men, both on parole, realized a conviction would land them back in prison.

So they used a jail telephone to call a girlfriend and persuaded her to claim the marijuana was hers. She had no criminal record, and the men assured her she would, at most, stay in jail overnight.

The woman went to the police station and told her tale. Police knew immediately the story was false because inmate phone calls are recorded at the Sarpy County Jail.

She was arrested for false reporting.

12-01-2004, 07:52 AM	Topic Starter
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	What a Bunch of Brain Dead Idiots. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1636&u_sid=1271843 Bad joke gets better for police BY JOE DEJKA WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER A man walked into a La Vista gas station Sunday and joked that he had a gun - but what happened next left the police laughing. La Vista Police Chief Bob Lausten said the man, 22, entered the Sinclair gas station at 84th Street and Park View Boulevard about 6:15 p.m. The man's joke didn't alarm the clerk. She was his mother. However, another customer was alarmed. He called police. Officers sped to the scene and found the suspected robber and a friend outside their car in the station parking lot. Officers detected the smell of marijuana coming from the car. A search turned up a quarter pound of marijuana and $603. The men were arrested for drug possession. Jailed in Sarpy County, the two men, both on parole, realized a conviction would land them back in prison. So they used a jail telephone to call a girlfriend and persuaded her to claim the marijuana was hers. She had no criminal record, and the men assured her she would, at most, stay in jail overnight. The woman went to the police station and told her tale. Police knew immediately the story was false because inmate phone calls are recorded at the Sarpy County Jail. She was arrested for false reporting.
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