Criminals That Literally Clued In The Police.
By: Edtrader Oct. 2nd, 2023.
Police investigators search and study crime scenes for clues. However, there are times when criminals literary clued in the authorities.
Police investigators search and study crime scenes for clues. However, there are times when criminals literary clued in the authorities.
How to List.
Ron Levin and Joe Hunt were business partners and friends in Santa Monica, California. Founders of the Billionaire Boys Club. In 1985, Ron Levin went missing and was presumed dead. After an investigation, Joe Hunt and his bodyguard, James Pittman, were arrested and charged with murder.
Their defense claims that Ron was not dead but disappeared to flee from criminal theft charges. But the prosecutor showed the jury the piece of evidence that got the two arrested.
Joe Hunt had made out a detailed 'how to murder list'. And it was left at Ron Levin's home. This list perfectly describes the way that investigators pieced together how the murder was played out.
Ron Levin and Joe Hunt were business partners and friends in Santa Monica, California. Founders of the Billionaire Boys Club. In 1985, Ron Levin went missing and was presumed dead. After an investigation, Joe Hunt and his bodyguard, James Pittman, were arrested and charged with murder.
Their defense claims that Ron was not dead but disappeared to flee from criminal theft charges. But the prosecutor showed the jury the piece of evidence that got the two arrested.
Joe Hunt had made out a detailed 'how to murder list'. And it was left at Ron Levin's home. This list perfectly describes the way that investigators pieced together how the murder was played out.
Can you hear me now?
The warden of a Texas prison is at his desk one day when a letter reaches him. It's the mother of a prisoner, and she is complaining. That her son's cellphone wasn't having good reception. Everyone knows that cellphones in prison are not allowed. In 2010, President Obama signed into law that a phone in prison is no longer just a prison regulation. But a nation-wide felony charge. Which could earn you, and the outside person who helped you smuggle in a phone, a year in prison.
It doesn't end there; another Texas prison intercepted a letter in a routine mail check. From a mother telling her inmate son that she was putting more minutes on his cellphone.
It doesn't end there; another Texas prison intercepted a letter in a routine mail check. From a mother telling her inmate son that she was putting more minutes on his cellphone.
Lights. Camera. Action.
A.
In March of 2016, WLKY News 32 had a hilarious story and video to post. Louisville. Kentucky, the EZ laundromat was broken into, and the burglar was caught on a security camera. His crime? He was stealing the cameras! He didn't try to disconnect the cords or anything. He just grabbed them and pulled until they gave way. All of them were filming him as he stole it. A good shot of his face was used to find Thomas Stillwell.
A.
In March of 2016, WLKY News 32 had a hilarious story and video to post. Louisville. Kentucky, the EZ laundromat was broken into, and the burglar was caught on a security camera. His crime? He was stealing the cameras! He didn't try to disconnect the cords or anything. He just grabbed them and pulled until they gave way. All of them were filming him as he stole it. A good shot of his face was used to find Thomas Stillwell.
B.
Gabriel Canestri Jr. of New Haven, Connecticut is a reckless driver. One that enjoys being reckless to the point that he sought internet fame. On Instagram his username is Reckless_203. And he proudly posts videos of himself and others driving like idiots.
The Connecticut police had been receiving numerous complaints of reckless drivers. Upon investigation they found this Instagram account full of reckless driving videos. Ones that fit the car's description and what they were reported doing. That account would be none other than Reckless_203. The police traced it back to Gabriel and he was arrested.
Gabriel Canestri Jr. of New Haven, Connecticut is a reckless driver. One that enjoys being reckless to the point that he sought internet fame. On Instagram his username is Reckless_203. And he proudly posts videos of himself and others driving like idiots.
The Connecticut police had been receiving numerous complaints of reckless drivers. Upon investigation they found this Instagram account full of reckless driving videos. Ones that fit the car's description and what they were reported doing. That account would be none other than Reckless_203. The police traced it back to Gabriel and he was arrested.
C.
Brandeis University lists the story of a bank robber who had what he thought was an ingenuous plan. He would smear Mercury on his face, so he would be invisible to the security cameras. But it did the opposite and made his face even clearer to the cameras. Mercury on your face accentuates your features.
Brandeis University lists the story of a bank robber who had what he thought was an ingenuous plan. He would smear Mercury on his face, so he would be invisible to the security cameras. But it did the opposite and made his face even clearer to the cameras. Mercury on your face accentuates your features.
Paging Mr. Murderer.
On May 2, 1992, Denise Johnson's body was found in Phoenix, Arizona, by Tim Faulkner. The police did the crime scene investigation and turned out a pager. (In 1992, if someone wanted to contact you, they would call this number, and the pager would beep.) The pager was traced back to the father of a man named Mark Bogan.
Chad Gilliam came forward and said he saw a speeding truck around there that night. Gave the description of a truck that was white—a duel cab with amber lights on top. This truck belonged to Mark Bogan.
So they had enough cause to question him. They told him that they found the pager belonging to Mark's dad. But Mark was the primary operator of the pager. He told them that Denise was a hitchhiker and had stolen the pager.
This didn't fly because they had the truck. Which just so happened to have pieces of the tree that a tree DNA expert traced back to the tree that she was found next to.
It's similar to the case of Jason Pauchay in Canada. Police were searching his home as several sex workers had been coming in and out. But he wasn't the suspect in the sex labor ring. His roommate was the one they were going after. However, the police looked at his phone, and the display name reads, 'Jason Pauchay Drug Dealer! The police now had him on the radar. They found his stash and cash in his bedroom.
On May 2, 1992, Denise Johnson's body was found in Phoenix, Arizona, by Tim Faulkner. The police did the crime scene investigation and turned out a pager. (In 1992, if someone wanted to contact you, they would call this number, and the pager would beep.) The pager was traced back to the father of a man named Mark Bogan.
Chad Gilliam came forward and said he saw a speeding truck around there that night. Gave the description of a truck that was white—a duel cab with amber lights on top. This truck belonged to Mark Bogan.
So they had enough cause to question him. They told him that they found the pager belonging to Mark's dad. But Mark was the primary operator of the pager. He told them that Denise was a hitchhiker and had stolen the pager.
This didn't fly because they had the truck. Which just so happened to have pieces of the tree that a tree DNA expert traced back to the tree that she was found next to.
It's similar to the case of Jason Pauchay in Canada. Police were searching his home as several sex workers had been coming in and out. But he wasn't the suspect in the sex labor ring. His roommate was the one they were going after. However, the police looked at his phone, and the display name reads, 'Jason Pauchay Drug Dealer! The police now had him on the radar. They found his stash and cash in his bedroom.
A German bank robber sent mocking emails to local police. Authorities in the southern city of Wuerzburg were working on the case. As cops often do, they looked to the public for the eyes and ears of the event. They were relaying the wrong information to the public. First, he let them know they had his age, body-buid, and accent all wrong. Then he corrected their announcement that he’d escaped on foot; no, he had a getaway car! The cops laughed as they traced back the emails to the robber. Who was sending them from a gambling hall in town.
Murder Mystery.
In 1989, Peggy Carr of Alturas, Florida, was getting sick over a fast period of time. She became comatose, and eventually her family took her off of life support. But before she went into a coma, a test proved that she was dying from thallium poisoning. In fact, her whole family had been poisoned. The police did their normal investigation when their neighbor seemed a little too eager to help with the investigation.
George James Trepal was investigated and found not only to be a chemist but also to have a hobby. He hosted Mensa murder mystery parties where thallium was one of the pretend ways someone was murdered. The entire setup was very similar. So, this was a 'bing' in investigators minds.
An undercover officer became part of the murder mystery parties and befriended Trepal. When Trepal and his wife moved, the officer rented his house. where he found a vile of thallium. Furthermore, Trepal had spent time in prison for cooking meth that used thallium.
In 1989, Peggy Carr of Alturas, Florida, was getting sick over a fast period of time. She became comatose, and eventually her family took her off of life support. But before she went into a coma, a test proved that she was dying from thallium poisoning. In fact, her whole family had been poisoned. The police did their normal investigation when their neighbor seemed a little too eager to help with the investigation.
George James Trepal was investigated and found not only to be a chemist but also to have a hobby. He hosted Mensa murder mystery parties where thallium was one of the pretend ways someone was murdered. The entire setup was very similar. So, this was a 'bing' in investigators minds.
An undercover officer became part of the murder mystery parties and befriended Trepal. When Trepal and his wife moved, the officer rented his house. where he found a vile of thallium. Furthermore, Trepal had spent time in prison for cooking meth that used thallium.
Flip Of A Coin.
Imagine it's 1990, and you are sitting there with thousands of dollars in stolen money from vending machines. You have coins stacked everywhere, thinking how good it is that you got away. That's until the police knock on the door. In Portsmith, Rhode Island, Jason N. Perez was arrested for a string of vending machine robberies in several states.
How did he get caught, you ask? His partner, Gregory Rosa, was arrested for another robbery that didn't involve Jason. Gregory was caught by police robbing a vending machine in Smithfield, R.I. He was being charged with robbing this one machine. When it came time to post his bail, Gregory pulled out his backpack. And proceeded to roll out $400 in coins. The money he stole, he tried to pay his bail with.
After further investigation, the coins belong to other machines in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The police put two and two together and stumbled upon the duo's vending machine theft ring. Gregory wasn't going down by himself, so he squealed, and Jason was brought in. Both were convicted!
Imagine it's 1990, and you are sitting there with thousands of dollars in stolen money from vending machines. You have coins stacked everywhere, thinking how good it is that you got away. That's until the police knock on the door. In Portsmith, Rhode Island, Jason N. Perez was arrested for a string of vending machine robberies in several states.
How did he get caught, you ask? His partner, Gregory Rosa, was arrested for another robbery that didn't involve Jason. Gregory was caught by police robbing a vending machine in Smithfield, R.I. He was being charged with robbing this one machine. When it came time to post his bail, Gregory pulled out his backpack. And proceeded to roll out $400 in coins. The money he stole, he tried to pay his bail with.
After further investigation, the coins belong to other machines in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The police put two and two together and stumbled upon the duo's vending machine theft ring. Gregory wasn't going down by himself, so he squealed, and Jason was brought in. Both were convicted!
All Angry Lives Matter
In August of 2008, a 59-year-old woman was minding her own business. When out of nowhere, she was assaulted. Witnesses say that as they were waiting for the bus, a man yelled in anger at her. When she attempted to call the police, he decked her. And ran off, dropping something.
The evidence that led to her attacker's arrest was his class work. He left a folder with his name and his anger management class work. Justin Boudin was presented in court and pleaded guilty to fifth-degree assault.
In August of 2008, a 59-year-old woman was minding her own business. When out of nowhere, she was assaulted. Witnesses say that as they were waiting for the bus, a man yelled in anger at her. When she attempted to call the police, he decked her. And ran off, dropping something.
The evidence that led to her attacker's arrest was his class work. He left a folder with his name and his anger management class work. Justin Boudin was presented in court and pleaded guilty to fifth-degree assault.