Monday, March 10, 2003

IMMOVABLE STONE MEETS IRRESISTABLE SLYDER: A stolen $40,000 diamond. A criminal bent on concealing the evidence for as long as possible. Could his intestinal fortitude foil Chicago's finest?

Not when there are seventy White Castles in the Chicagoland area. It took a few days, but the criminal eventually released three carats of evidence to a waiting police officer.

John Kass of the Chicago Tribune provides both before and after columns on this gutty performance by the Chicago police (registration required), and the Sun-Times adds this gem of an article on some perilous police work.

[Query: Are there any Fifth Amendment issues here? What if he didn't want to eat what was offered?]

Via Obscure Store.

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