TENNESSEE: Penis
envy, maybe?
A woman received a notice from her homeowners’ association
that she was being fined because the tires of her car created an image in the
snow that looked to her neighbors like a penis. The woman who did not wish to
reveal her name, wrote back saying she could not control the shape her tires
make. The association quickly backed down.

AUSTRALIA: Blowing
in the wind?
It has been reported that David Hingst, who works for an
engineering firm, sued his employer for more than $1 million because his former
supervisor bent over and farted at him several times a day. However, the court
dismissed the claim, ruling that breaking wind did not constitute bullying.

UNITED KINGDOM: “He
was unarmed and dangerous,” read the headline.
We learn that an armless
British man allegedly stabbed his father – with a scissor blade he held in his
toes. Rory O’Connor was born with no arms, but that did not stop him from
slashing his father, Kevin, after the older man commanded him to stop carrying
the blade, according to authorities.

ARKANSAS: IDIOTS
TWO?
Two men were arrested for shooting at each other with a .22 caliber
semiautomatic rifle as they took turns wearing a bullet- proof vest. Charles
Ferris and Christopher Hicks were charged when Ferris went to a Rogers,
hospital with a minor injury. Would we be surprised to learn that alcohol was
involved?

AUSTRALIA: The
headline read, “Saved by the cell.”
A man’s life was saved when an attacker
fired an arrow at him – and it was blocked by his iPhone. Authorities say that
the victim, 43, had raised the iPhone to record the confrontation when the
attacker fired. The arrow pierced the phone, but only knocked the device into
the owner’s face, leaving a small cut. The armed man, 39, was charged with
assault. Police say the men knew each other.

CALIFORNIA: “He’s
not the sharpest tool in the shed,” read the headline.
A bandit was caught
on camera stealing a chain saw from a home improvement store by stuffing it
down his pants. Video shows the bandito taking a $400 power tool from a display
in Fresno, shoving it down his dress slacks and fleeing.

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