The D.A. Of The Day - Thursday, January 7th

The P.C. Police Strike Again:

18-year-old Shawn Bartis of Warwick, Rhode Island did something very stupid earlier this week.

He got caught on Sunday stealing the hubcaps off a police car . . . in the police station parking lot. So he was arrested for larceny and tampering with an automobile.

And the Warwick Police Department posted about the crime on their Facebook page, and added the "Forrest Gump" quote, "Stupid is as stupid does."

Well . . . Shawn's brother complained that it wasn't nice to call Shawn "stupid" since he's, quote, "a good kid who made a mistake and has an obsession with certain things." Apparently a few other people complained too.

And the police department actually CAVED, and edited out the quote calling him stupid. 

ILLEGAL FAMILY BONDING:

A father-and-son duo in England could have chosen any number of nice bonding experiences. They could have tossed a ball around, shared a beer or attended a father-son picnic.

Instead, these two bumbling morons dressed up as elderly women and attempted to rob a convenience store. Now they'll be doing many years of bonding behind bars.

17-year-old Declan Pick and his 38-year-old father, Martin, put on old lady wigs and overcoats, and clutched handbags for their elaborate scheme. The son then wheeled his dad into the store in a wheelchair. Once inside, the father hopped out of the chair and took out a shotgun. But they weren't quite prepared to deal with the store owner, who quickly chased them out of the store and down the street.

Declan and Martin were eventually caught by police and arrested. The father has already been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Declan has not yet been sentenced, but his older brother, who was waiting outside with a getaway car, was sentenced to 16 years.

WIENERS SHUTS DOWN POST OFFICE:

A post office in Florence, Alabama has re-opened after a bomb squad was called in -- and determined that a suspicious package was full of hot dogs.

Police received a call from the post office Wednesday morning after workers X-rayed a package and were suspicious of its contents. Authorities immediately evacuated the building and dispatched a bomb squad to investigate it. Technicians worked doggedly to safely remove the package from the building and then used a robot to open it. Inside they found hot dogs wrapped in aluminum foil.

Police are now trying to find the weenie who packed those weenies.