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Archive for May, 2009

Supreme Court Decision: ‘Cars will be Treated more like Houses’

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

A U.S. Supreme Court decision two weeks ago may have gone by with little fanfare, but its monumental impact will be felt across the country.

Arizona vs. Gant concerned a man convicted of cocaine possession. He’d been driving with a suspended license, and when arrested on suspicion of that charge, police searched his car.

As a regular reader of the county’s police reports, I can tell you that many felony cases are developed after police find a driver with a warrant, and then are able to search his or her car. They could find drugs, bundles of other people’s mail, or evidence or other criminal activity. And no crime gave the cops a chance to look inside more often than driving with a suspended license, or “DWLS” for short.

Until now.

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‘Man Hands’ Robber Just Won’t Quit

Friday, May 1st, 2009

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And so continues the exploits of one goofy bank robber, whose disguise — dressing as a woman — seems to fool no one.

And yet authorities can’t catch him. At least, not yet.

The man dubbed the “Man Hands Bandit” by the FBI, has struck banks in Poulsbo, Edmonds and North Seattle. And on Thursday, he hit a Shoreline bank. He always has a note, and seems to escape on foot (though his first robbery there was an alleged getaway driver).

As Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times reporter points out, most robbers try to be obscure in their appearance so not to attract attention. A man badly dressed as a woman, however, attracts lots of attention.

And still, he gets away.

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