The D.A. Of The Day - Wednesday, March 9th

 

Is This Still A Thing?

The city of Asheville, North Carolina is warning citizens about a prankster who's been going around town leaving fake parking tickets on cars.

The tickets carry a fine of $100, but they also contain a QR code that, when scanned, leads the unsuspecting prankee to the music video for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." Police are trying to track down the annoying jokester. He (or she) likely won't be arrested unless it's proven that he actually received $100 payments from drivers who thought the tickets were real. Otherwise, cops say, a citation for littering will be the likely outcome. They also want it to stop because it's giving police unnecessary extra work. 

Too Hot For Clothes:

A high-speed chase in New Mexico came to an exciting and naked end when the driver got out of her car in her birthday suit.

Cops say 51-year-old Barbara Arellano reached speeds of 100 miles per hour as she tried to evade police who were responding to a 911 call of someone driving erratically. As she was driving, she kept tossing items out the window. The chase came to an end when she clipped a truck and crashed her vehicle, but the excitement continued when she emerged from the car completely naked and ran across traffic yelling "Jehova!" 

She was quickly apprehended and placed under arrest. Arellano admitted to using heroin, taking pills and drinking whisky before getting into her car. As for why she was naked, she explained that she was simply too hot to wear clothes.

A search of her car turned up various prescription pill bottles. She's been charged with drunk driving, battery on a peace officer, reckless driving and fleeing from police.

Thief should CHANGE his ways:

 

An Alabama man probably got to enjoy a lot of time hanging out in arcades before he was arrested for stealing $196,000 in quarters.

Stephen Dennis, a former employee of the Brink's Company, is pleading guilty to stealing the money while he was working as a money processing manager. Investigators say Dennis had access to the Federal Reserve Coin Inventory and stole large ballistic bags -- each one containing $50,000 in quarters. That's about 800,000 coins weighing more than 9000 pounds, and he pulled it off in less than two months.

A part of his plea deal, Dennis has agreed to pay back the full amount. But he's also likely facing up to 10 years in prison and a very large fine.