Canadian murder suspect arrested after riding bike without a helmet

HawkinsPeter wrote:

I'm sure I read somewhere about how traffic police are actually surprisingly effective at catching criminals that are wanted for other crimes. The idea is that some people get so used to operating outside of the law, that they forget to abide by the easy, simple laws as well. (The Yorkshire Ripper is a good example that comes to mind).

Personally, whenever I spot a driver using a mobile phone, I automatically assume that they are part of some criminal organisation.

There is evidence that shows that lawbreakers tend to break all laws, not just the ones they have been caught transgressing, and I recall that a local police force had some success checking people who parked in disabled bays at supermarkets.

As for your second point, that mobile drivers are part of some criminal organisation, there are people who might claim that they are; drivers.  I couldn't possibly comment.

burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:

I'm sure I read somewhere about how traffic police are actually surprisingly effective at catching criminals that are wanted for other crimes. The idea is that some people get so used to operating outside of the law, that they forget to abide by the easy, simple laws as well. (The Yorkshire Ripper is a good example that comes to mind).

Personally, whenever I spot a driver using a mobile phone, I automatically assume that they are part of some criminal organisation.

There is evidence that shows that lawbreakers tend to break all laws, not just the ones they have been caught transgressing, and I recall that a local police force had some success checking people who parked in disabled bays at supermarkets.

As for your second point, that mobile drivers are part of some criminal organisation, there are people who might claim that they are; drivers.  I couldn't possibly comment.

I just saw another example: https://www.apnews.com/2eaf8fcf7c3042c1b15d81530c78f350

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Missouri man who threatened President Donald Trump and sped to the White House with a gun had driven 13 hours without stopping before he was pulled over along a West Virginia highway Wednesday, a trooper said.

Eric Leonardo Charron of Kansas City, Missouri, was arraigned in Preston County Magistrate Court on Thursday in Kingwood on charges of reckless driving and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

State police said Charron was going 130 mph (209 kph) — nearly twice the speed limit — on Interstate 68 when he was pulled over near Bruceton Mills. The incident prompted the interstate to be closed for nearly four hours.

Trooper D.W. Satterfield said in a criminal complaint that Charron, 42, indicated he was traveling to the White House and that he was running late to a dinner he was invited to by Trump. The suspect also said he had to travel to the Pentagon “to meet with the leader of the Army to return a phone,” according to the complaint.

Charron later said he had “special hearing” that “would tell him to do bad things once he arrived at the White House or The Pentagon,” Satterfield said, adding the “special hearing” also told Charron to remove Satterfield’s gun from its holster while being transported from the traffic stop.

Satterfield said a vehicle search turned up a handgun, 300 rounds of ammunition and gunpowder. In addition, manuscripts written by Charron contained “subjects ranging from time travel, levitating watercraft, and mythical creatures such as the ‘Chupacubra.’”

HawkinsPeter wrote:

I just saw another example: https://www.apnews.com/2eaf8fcf7c3042c1b15d81530c78f350

Quote:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Missouri man who threatened President Donald Trump and sped to the White House with a gun had driven 13 hours without stopping before he was pulled over along a West Virginia highway Wednesday, a trooper said.

Eric Leonardo Charron of Kansas City, Missouri, was arraigned in Preston County Magistrate Court on Thursday in Kingwood on charges of reckless driving and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

State police said Charron was going 130 mph (209 kph) — nearly twice the speed limit — on Interstate 68 when he was pulled over near Bruceton Mills. The incident prompted the interstate to be closed for nearly four hours.

Trooper D.W. Satterfield said in a criminal complaint that Charron, 42, indicated he was traveling to the White House and that he was running late to a dinner he was invited to by Trump. The suspect also said he had to travel to the Pentagon “to meet with the leader of the Army to return a phone,” according to the complaint.

Charron later said he had “special hearing” that “would tell him to do bad things once he arrived at the White House or The Pentagon,” Satterfield said, adding the “special hearing” also told Charron to remove Satterfield’s gun from its holster while being transported from the traffic stop.

Satterfield said a vehicle search turned up a handgun, 300 rounds of ammunition and gunpowder. In addition, manuscripts written by Charron contained “subjects ranging from time travel, levitating watercraft, and mythical creatures such as the ‘Chupacubra.’”

Funny, but with a record like that I would have laid good money that he was a Trump supporter.