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The professor uses his expertise to bring you over 101 weird criminal law stories from the Midwest. They are all true stories! This book is sure to deliver some insightful humor. Stories include the one about a drunken Indiana man who crashes his car into the home of a man and then offers to share his pizza with him; an Ohio woman dubbed the "Cleaning Fairy" who broke into people's home and cleaned it and then left a bill for her services; and then there's the one about the Michigan man sent to jail for failing to pay $500,000 in back child support to 14 women with whom he sired 22 children; the story of the Chicago woman who bit off her cousin's nose during a family outing; and a wide variety of other stories about weird and stupid criminals.

This volume of Professor Birdsong's Weird Criminal Law Stories is written just for fun and enjoyment. This time around he brings you his "365" Weird Criminal Law: Stories for Every Day of the Year. He hopes it will bring you laughs all year long. Professor Birdsong has been involved in serious criminal law work over the years as a federal prosecutor, a defense attorney, and a law professor, However, he knows that it is good to get a good laugh at least once every day. That is why several years ago he began to collect and edit from the wire services and news the types of weird and funny criminal law stories that appear in this volume. Professor Leonard Birdsong lives in Orlando, Florida where he teaches Criminal Law, White Collar Crime, Evidence, and Immigration Law. He has written many scholarly legal pieces since joining the legal academy. Professor Birdsong writes in the areas of the Criminal Law, Death Penalty Law, Evidence, and Refugee Law. A number of U.S. courts have cited Professor Birdsong's scholarly pieces in their opinions: including the state Supreme Courts of Idaho, Illinois, New Jersey and Utah. This work that you have purchased is not one of those scholarly pieces! You may find other volumes of Professor Birdsong's Weird Criminal Law Stories at Amazon.com, or by going to his website: Leonard Birdsong.com. Enjoy!

The Professor has delighted in telling you stories from his first two book series, Dumbest Criminal Law Stories and Weird Criminal Law Stories. Now he writes for fun and your enjoyment in his latest, Professor Birdsong's Dumbest Thieves, Thugs, & Rogues. These stories are some of the best from around the world and should bring you many good laughs. For instance: -A thief in Phoenix just released from County jail on drug charges ran laps around the jail celebrating his freedom, then tried to carjack a truck belonging to the jail. -The Miami man arrested for stealing a corpse from a casket at a funeral home. -An Orlando bandit who broke into a convenience store by bashing in the front door with his head. -The awkward thief who burglarized an Albuquerque home only to be confronted by the 66-year-old wife and her 70-year-old husband who held him at gunpoint in his car loaded with their household possession until police arrived. -The San Jose thug who confessed to murder by cutting out the middle man and presented himself to the Santa Clara County jail with his confession. -An impatient Wendy's drive-thru customer in Chicago, so hungry he opened fire on another driver who tried to cut in front of him. -The thug who was sentenced to a year in jail for trying to sell a backpack of dirty socks as marijuana. - The Norwegian prisoner gone rogue who used a surfboard to escape from an island prison. -A Frenchman suspended from his job with pay for 12 years who sought compensation of $500,000 because he claimed his career was ruined. And so many other stories about dumb thieve, thugs, and rogues that will make you laugh out loud. Other Books by Professor Birdsong: * Professor Birdsong's 147 Dumbest Criminal Stories: Florida. * 177 Dumbest Criminal Stories - International. * Professor Birdsong's 157 Dumbest Criminal Stories. * Professor Birdsong's Weird Criminal Law Stories. * Professor Birdsong's "365" Weird Criminal Law Stories for Every Day of the Year. * Professor Birdsong's Weird Criminal Law Stories, Volume 2: Stories From Around the States and Abroad. * Professor Birdsong's Weird Criminal Law Stories, Volume 3: Stories from New York City and the East Coast. * Professor Birdsong's Weird Criminal Law Stories - Volume 4: Stories from the Midwest. * Professor Birdsong's Weird Criminal Law Stories, Volume 5: Stories from Way Out West. * Professor Birdsong's Weird Criminal Law Stories - Volume 6: Women in Trouble. * Professor Birdsong's Weird Criminal Law - Volume 6: Women in Trouble! * Immigration: Obama must act now! * Professor Birdsong's 77 Dumbest Criminal Stories. * Professor Birdsong's Dumbest: Thugs, Thieves, and Rogues.

How dumb can a criminal be? Dumb enough to make you laugh out loud at these true stories of really dumb criminal activity. The stories in this volume come to you from the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas -- the Southwest region of the U.S. Professor Birdsong has found out a lot of dumb criminal stories from the Southwest. They include, Drunk and/or Disorderly Dummies from the Southwest; Dumbest Robbers of the Southwest; and includes a chapter of the most bizarre dumbest criminals of the Southwest. Readers will chuckle at: -the cross-dressing San Diego man who went on a rampage in a Denny's restaurant when he believed his cell phone had been stolen; -the story of the California man arrested for hoarding and keeping more than 400 snakes in his home; -then there is the Texas "panty robber' who for two years broke into homes and stole women's underwear; -the one about the Dallas woman who bit off her boyfriend's lower lip while kissing him at midnight at a New Year's party - she was charged with aggravated assault; -the Texas bank robber after receiving the loot tipped the teller with one of the $20 bills she had just given him; and many more stories about dumb criminals from the Southwest that make this anthology a bust-your-gut laughing good time reading this book.

Professor Birdsong seems never to rest for here he is again out with a new volume of his 147 most favorite dumb criminal stories from his home state of Florida. Having been both a federal prosecutor and later a defense attorney Professor Birdsong knows just how dumb some criminals can be. They can be so dumb as to be outright funny. All the stories are true and it seems that Florida is a special place for dumb criminals. From North Florida we have the story recounting how authorities are searching for the former director of tourism in Okaloosa County, after he allegedly used county tax money to purchase a $710,000 yacht and then went missing. We learn of a Jacksonville man who was arrested after walking out of a local cemetery with three bouquets he had stolen from a fresh grave. He told police the flowers were for his girlfriend. In Gulf Coast Florida there is a story about a woman arrested for driving drunk while wearing no pants. Another story comes from Tampa where a woman was arrested for using glue to close up her dog's C-section. The dog had trouble giving birth so the woman had sliced the pet's stomach open. In central Florida a story about an allegedly acid-crazed college student who pleaded with police not to cut off his penis, then abruptly changed his mind and begged them to sever his member. At a gas station in suburban Orlando a woman who began shouting she was "God" was taken into custody for dousing her car with gasoline and then setting it ablaze with a lighter. Full of his witty "Birdsong' commentary this volume of 147 Dumbest Criminal Stories: Florida will make you laugh out loud at some of the dumb antics of these criminals. For laughs alone this volume is worth reading.

Professor Birdsong loves dumb criminal stories. He is pleased to present another volume of his Dumbest Criminal Stories. This small volume of Professor Birdsong's 177 Dumbest Criminals has been written just for your enjoyment. You are certain to laugh out loud at some of the stories and chuckle about others. Most of all you will wonder how can criminals be so dumb, inept, or both. These stories are some of the best from all around the world like: There is the story of a Chinese woman accused of killing a shopkeeper by squeezing his scrotum when he asked her not park her motorbike in front of his shop; her grip was so strong that the man went into shock and died. From Germany we find that a well-endowed woman allegedly tried to kill her boyfriend by smothering him with her size 38 DD breasts. Then there is the one about the English man arrested for having sex with his girlfriend's dog. and so many other stories about dumb criminals that make this anthology worth reading and will make you laugh out loud.

Professor Birdsong loves dumb criminals. How dumb can a criminal be? Dumb enough to make you laugh out loud at these true stories of really dumb criminal activity. Leonard Birdsong is a law professor who specializes in criminal law who has collected 157 of his most favorite stories about dumb criminals. Criminals can be dumb and sometimes they are so dumb as to be really funny. This book is a collection of stories about dumb criminals from around the United States including the Professor's home state of Florida, criminal dummies from abroad, and drunken dummies from all over. All the stories are true and include Professor Birdsong's witty commentary. The book is sure to deliver some great belly laughs like the one about a transvestite purse snatcher who loses her water-filled condom which she used as a fake breast or the "drunken dummy" who called 911 to report a slot machine stole his money. Get your copy now and enjoy the humorous side of life as a criminal.

Professor Birdsong loves dumb criminal stories. He is pleased to present another volume of his Dumbest Criminal Stories. This small volume of Professor Birdsong's 77 Dumbest Criminals has been written just for your enjoyment. You are certain to laugh out loud at some of the stories and chuckle about others. Most of all you will wonder how can criminals be so dumb, inept, or both. These stories are some of the best from all around the world like: -the Baltimore shoplifter who climbed into the ceiling of a grocery store to escape with $8.50 worth of hair accessories; -a story about hallucinogenic mushrooms found growing on the grounds of the Queen of England's Buckingham Palace; -the story of the man who landed a drone filled with radioactive sand on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Abe's office building; and so many other stories about dumb criminals that make this anthology worth reading and will make you laugh out loud.

PROFESSOR BIRDSONG ZANY BUT ALL TRUE CRIMINAL LAW STORIES, VOL. 4: STORIES FROM ROUND THE STATES AND ABROAD. This time the professor uses his expertise and experience in criminal law to bring forth 350 more of the funniest criminal law stories from around the United States and abroad. This book covers just about every silly kind of unlawful conduct one could imagine. Full of his witty "Birdsong" commentary the book is sure to deliver some great laughs. There's a story about the small New Mexico town with two police officers where neither of them can carry a gun because of their own legal problems; a story of the teen who could not turn in his homework because he left his hard drive in the backyard of the home he had burglarized; there is a story of the Texas man arrested for riding his unicycle naked; there's a "drunken dummy" or two; also there's the story about a Florida man released from jail who gets arrested within 16 minutes of his release and a wide variety of just plain, stupid criminals that make this anthology worth reading.

Laughter is the best medicine!Professor Birdsong is at it again. He knows "Dumb" after using his expertise in criminal law to write many books about "Dumbest Criminals." But now the good Professor has taken on the Dumbest news stories that have occurred during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. There are Stories from the U.S. and from around the world that will make you laugh out loud, or at least will a smile on your face. Here are few: * A Strip club in Las Vegas closed because of the pandemic posted a sign on its door that read, "Sorry we're clothed!"* The story of the Australian lady who in March mistakenly ordered a 12-year supply of toilet paper instead of regular order of 48 rolls for three months.* An evangelical pastor in Argentina who defied his ban on church services turns his church into a bar.* Two doctors in London were suspended from practice for removing a transgender man's vagina without his consent after he had gone in for an operation to give him a penis.* A story from Alabama about couple arrested for having sex in a car parked in in the parking lot of police headquarters* A man in China who walked into a hospital to have doctors remove a rusty knife left in his skull for 26 years after he was mugged.

The good Professor uses his expertise to bring forth 177 more of the most outrageous weird and funny stories about rogues who get themselves in trouble. Here's a sample for you: * A supermarket shoplifter who was caught stealing hair accessories and a bag of chips thought she would escape store security by scaling the shelves and climbing into the ceiling of a Giant supermarket in Baltimore. * There is the story of a long-time corrections officer who ran a "Jailhouse Shopping Network" that supplied inmates with everything from drugs to cigarettes, phones and pliers who was sentenced to six years behind bars at the same lockup where she worked. * Police in the city of Adelaide, Australia spotted a strange-looking Mazda and pulled it over to find its steering wheel had been replaced with a frying pan. Police impounded the car after they discovered that the 32-year-old driver was uninsured. * An attorney in Florida met his new client, a con man in a county jail, only to be conned into smuggling a new iPhone past corrections authority, an act that left the attorney locked up in the same jail. And many more that will tickle your funny bone. Get 177 Dumbest Rogues for these stories and more that will make your sides ache with laughter.

Professor Birdsong is back in the saddle, using his expertise in criminal law, to bring you his latest collection of 157 Dumbest Thugs from around the U.S. and abroad. Stories that will put a smile on your face and make you laugh out loud. Here are a few: * A vandal caused $300,000 worth of damage when he toppled a statue of Sean "Diddy" Combs at the Madam Tussauds wax museum in Times Square in 2019 - and beheaded the statue in the process. * A woman sliced her boyfriend with a boxcutter and threatened to kill him because he failed to give her a birthday present on her 55th birthday. * A Vermont man confessed to spraying liquid manure on a U.S. Customs Border Protection cruiser one summer after he went on a rant about not enough being done to arrest immigrants in the country illegally. * An irate New York City judge gave a harsh sentence to an abusive father who forced the mother of his child to walk naked through the winter streets of Harlem for texting other men. And so many more that will tickle your funny bone. Get your copy of 157 Dumbest Thugs for these and many other stories that will make your sides ache with laughter.

This time the professor brings forth 350 more of the funniest, weird criminal law stories from around the States and abroad. This book covers just about every silly kind of unlawful conduct one could imagine. With more of his witty "Birdsong" commentary, the book is filled with outrageous humor. There's the story about a small New Mexico town with two police officers where neither of them can carry a gun because of their own legal problems; a story of the teen who could not turn in his homework because he left his hard drive in the backyard of the home he had burglarized; there is a story of the Texas man arrested for riding his unicycle naked; some more "drunken dummies;" and a wide variety of just plain, weird and stupid criminals.

Professor Birdsong uses his expertise to bring you over 101 weird criminal law stories from Way Out West. They are all true stories! This book is sure to deliver some delightful humor. Stories include the one about a man who attacks a gay couple with a wrench for dyeing their poodle pink; the story of the 72-year-old woman and her 62-year-old boyfriend arrested for having sex behind a barbeque joint; the story of the man turned down on his request to appear on the Price is Right who stormed into a San Francisco law firm with a phony bomb tapped to his chest to protest; a panty thief who walked into Victoria's Secret and walked out with 130 pair of panties valued at $1,067; the story of a Colorado woman who beat up her ex-boyfriend with her artificial leg; and a wide variety of other stories about weird and stupid criminals.

This volume of Professor Birdsong's Best is a collection of his favorite funniest 207 stories culled from the ten humor books he has written since 2010. The Professor has had fun bringing you stories from his two series, Dumbest Criminals Law Stories and Weird Criminal Law Stories. He writes these books just for his fun and for your reading enjoyment. This volume should bring you many good laughs. Professor Birdsong knows that it is good to get a good laugh at least once every day. These stories are truly some of his best from all around the world like: * The story about the West Virginia man, who tried to rob a video store with an empty cheese box, which he said, contained a bomb who ran from the store when the clerk refused him money. * The armed robbery story from Germany wherein an armless managed to steal a TV from a store using clamps that was attached to his body by an accomplice. * The Ohio police officer suspended from the force for winning a $450 bet by dunking his head in a bucket of urine. * The stupid Chicago bank robber who handed the teller a note on the back of his pay stub which contained his name and address. * The Florida woman who caught her cheating husband with another woman and hit him in the head with a carton of Rocky Road ice cream. And so many other stories about dumb and weird criminals that make this anthology worth reading and will make you laugh out loud

The professor uses his expertise to bring you over 100 weird criminal law stories from New York City and other parts of the east coast. They are all true stories! Again, full of his witty "Birdsong" commentary, the book is sure to deliver some insightful humor. A man killed by a NYC street sweeping machine; a federal prison guard who becomes pregnant by an inmate serving time for two murders; a man slapped with two summonses for laughing too hard; a 15-year-old who robs a bank and is caught when an exploding dye pack goes off with the money he grabbed; and a wide variety of other weird and stupid criminals.

Although Professor Birdsong has been involved in serious criminal law work over the years as a prosecutor, a defense attorney, and a law professor, Professor Birdsong knows that it's good to stay grounded. This means taking time to look at the many funny and weird criminal law stories that crop up around the United States and the world. He believes we should not always take criminal law so seriously and instead, just have a good laugh at some of the silly foibles of dumb criminals and their crimes. That's why several years ago he began to collect and edit from the wire and news services the type of weird and funny criminal law stories that appear in this volume. Professor Birdsong hopes you will get a few good laughs or at least, some chuckles, from this collection of weird criminal law stories and his "snarky" commentary accompanying each of them. Enjoy!

Is a legal education a good career choice for you? The benefits of a legal education include being a learned professional who is looked up to by many in our society, an expert who helps clients solve legal problems, an individual with specialized information who may enter politics and help write our laws, an entrepreneur who may become wealthy, and you will have job security because a democratic society will always need lawyers. You may have considered going to law school, but would like to know more about the admission process from the beginning search to acceptance by a quality school. In this book you will find helpful chapters on: -Who Were the First Lawyers? -Why Apply to Law School? -Critical Things You Need to Know About Applying to Law School -Application Specifics to Law School -A Look Inside a Law School -Tips for Succeeding in Law School You have the ability and the drive, now get the advice that will guide you into the legal profession by first successfully submitting your application to the law school of your choice. Leonard Birdsong is a 4-time-Professor of the Year who taught law for twenty years serving on and chairing law school admissions committees. He was a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., a U.S. State Department Officer, and later, in private practice he represented thirty-one people charged with First Degree Murder. He is now a law professor who has the honor of training new lawyers for a profession that has been good to him.

Professor Birdsong is back at it bringing you stories of dumb thieves that creates laugh-out-loud enjoyment. How stupid can thieves be? Please enjoy the following samples. * A man stole a rookie police officer's personal vehicle the night of the officer's Police Academy graduation and went on a buying spree with the victim's credit cards at Taco Bell and Walmart. * A bank robber slipped up, literally, while making his getaway on foot across four lanes of traffic and a restaurant parking lot before slipping on a patch of ice where he was arrested. * Cape Cod is where the so-called "Obit Bandit" was accused of breaking into homes while residents attended wakes and funerals. *After a 20-mile car chase one suspect drove onto a dock and straight in to a lake, then got out of the car and tried to swim away before officer's caught him. * One industrious thief cut a hole in a pizzeria roof to raid the cash register, then realized he couldn't get out. He then broke through a wall into a liquor store where he got drunk and passed out. Get your copy of 157 Dumbest Thieves for these and many other stories that will make your sides ache with laughter.

Outrageous weird criminal law stories -The Trilogy!The best stories from some of Birdsong's popular books: Weird Criminal Law Stories: Volume I Weird Criminal Law Stories: Volume II Weird Criminal Law Stories: Volume III Professor Birdsong uses his expertise to bring you stories that are all true and will deliver some great laughs. It is full of witty "Birdsong" commentary and a wide variety of just plain weird and stupid criminal antics that may make you laugh out loud.This book covers just about every silly kind of unlawful conduct one could imagine. With hundreds of stories of weird criminal behavior the book is sure to deliver some insightful humor.Hurry and get your copy of this trilogy which will raise your spirits with the hundreds of laughs generated by these stories. It is an anthology worth reading and just might give you a belly ache from laughing so hard.