A New Level of Not Smart

[biku324]

I was looking for a fugitive and his brother crossed the lines of propriety and got thumped up. I left my business card and the fugitive's incarcerated dad called my office from a recorded line at the pokey and left a recorded message at the FBI office promising to kill me when he got out. I went to the jail and interviewed him, where he admitted to making the call and apologized.

I was going to let it go but by then supervisors were involved and he got the full ride scholarship to the Bureau of Prisons.

Was working a burglary/receiving stolen property case and had occasion to arrest the perpetrator, who was 'legal advisor' (high school diploma, no legal ed) to a violent militia group. Right after he bonded out I started getting obscene & threatening phone calls at home - my wife and kids heard them when I was working.

In those innocent days, the DA issued a phone trap (not tap) order to AT&T; they set up my phone so a fast double-click would set the connection until AT&T reset it. Sure enough, the next call came in and the trap worked perfectly. However, the perp was not a militia-type; it was some kid I'd cited for speeding a couple of times.

Neither his dad nor the juvenile judge were all that amused by the recorded content of his calls.

Just goes to show that what you suspect is not always what is.

 

[Jon651]

So, not a rocket surgeon then?

 

[Doug M.]

As I say to newbs in our office and the SO (client) who are exposed to this crud, often for the first time: We don't make a living because decent functional people make good decisions.

 

[CH4]

I've been in various aspects of law enforcement at every level, from local to federal, for 38 years now. We only get the dumb ones . . .

Yep, job security is never a concern.

 

[fiasconva]

Once in a while I have to disagree with Ron White's quote. Sometimes there is clearly a way to fix stupid.

 

[Chuck24]

Once in a while I have to disagree with Ron White's quote. Sometimes there is clearly a way to fix stupid.

Can't fix it, can contain it

 

[biku324]

Can't fix it, can contain it

This is the key to the effectiveness of 'three strikes' sentencing laws.

 

[llowry61]

The problem here is people like this procreate.

And at a much higher rate than those with higher mental capacity......

 

[deadin]

I have to hope there was alcohol involved.
Having someone like that loose, unsupervised and armed is way too scary.

 

[Model 15-4ever]

Poke the buffalo, get the horns.

 

[lihpster]

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fat+drunk+and+stupid+animal+house

 

[BC38]

So...let's say you're not happy with the FBI because of a high-profile case you did not agree on. Would you:

A. Blow it off - have a beer.

B. Go to a Starbucks and pick an argument with a nervous-looking young professional.

C. Call the FBI Supervisory Special Agent nearest the case on his FBI cellphone, leave voicemail (not disguising your voice, which is easily compared with your Instagram postings) threatening to kill him, then to kill his family, and follow up with similar texts, all from your very own, registered to you cellphone at your number.

If you picked 'C,' you would be Timothy Muller of Fort Worth, Texas. He should be easy to find for the next 30 years. Here's the criminal complaint: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.391024/gov.uscourts.txnd.391024.1.0.pdf

...and your point would be... what?
That dumb people do dumb things?
OK, thank you for providing one more obvious example of what we all already know, I guess....

 

[biku324]

More coffee, maybe?