CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
An Anniston, Alabama fugitive had his escape put on hold when his cellular phone rang while he was hiding 50 feet up a tree. Police had begun chasing the man when he failed to pull over after a traffic violation on his motorcycle. The suspect led police on a two-hour chase through Anniston and Alexandria before dumping the bike in a ditch and running into the woods. Police attempted to follow the man on foot, but were unable to find him. They were about to give up when the man's phone rang and tipped them off to his treetop hiding place.

THE VALUE OF ENGLISH CLASSES...
Newark, New Jersey: two men stole a container labeled "Beefeaters" thinking it was filled with premium gin that would be easy to resell. Instead of gin, the container contained... 800 cases of toy dog bones. The men apparently didn't know that the gin's name does not have a final "s", but the pet company's products do. Police say dog bones are much harder to resell than liquor.

DOES MY CLIENT LOOK STUPID ENOUGH TO -- UH OH!
During a pre-trial hearing, an attorney for Howard "Wing Ding" Jones of Norristown, Pennsylvania attempted to get his client's bail reduced from $150,000. The attorney argued that Jones, an accused drug dealer, was not a risk to flee. At that very moment, Jones jumped up from his seat and ran out the courtroom door. Police captured him less than an hour later and returned him to the courtroom, where the judge raised his bail to $500,000.

IS THAT A SALAMI IN YOUR POCKET OR…
A Miami man tried to rob a delicatessen, but was thwarted by the owner, who hit him with a giant salami and broke his nose. The hapless robber fled the deli and hid in the trunk of a nearby car, which turned out to belong to a police undercover team. The man was arrested five days later when officers heard whimpering sounds coming from the car's trunk.

LIKE THE REALTORS SAY: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
A thief in Forsyth, Georgia heaved a brick through the window of a clothing store and grabbed $600 worth of designer shirts. What Mr. Smash-And-Grab apparently didn't know was that the store was two doors down from a law enforcement supply store, where a group of off-duty cops were finishing a hand-to-hand combat class. They were on the scene in seconds. As the suspect screamed "let go of me!" a pair of cops held him down while another officer returned to the store and brought back a pair of handcuffs. Said one officer: "I think I would have picked a better place to break in than next door to a jujitsu training class." After confessing to the robbery -- which was also captured on video -- the suspect turned to one of the officers and said "Damn, that was stupid."