AKRON, Ohio - A 22-year-old woman, who was arrested for obstruction of justice, was sentenced to writing, “I will not lie to the police,” 100 times.

Her arrest came on September 22 when her husband, who was wanted by police, was found hiding in her attic.” It was stupid,” she said.

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly breaking into a library then calling 911 when he found himself trapped inside. Police said that while wandering through the library, after breaking a windowpane to gain entry, the man got caught between the outer and inner doors of the foyer. He then used the pay phone in the foyer to call for help.

Over one weekend, our agency, as well as a neighboring county, took several reports of counterfeit twenty and fifty dollar bills being passed. Even though the transactions were taped, the female suspect was savy enough to wear a ball cap and clothes that made it difficult to distinguish her features. As the weekend passed, and we investigated as well as taking more reports, we realized that a male was returning expensive items that the female purchased with counterfeit currency, and of course receiving real money in return.

Monday mid-morning, we were called to a department store where counterfeit had been passed. A male was returning merchandise requesting a refund. The clerk, on top of things, realized the time frame and register number matched when counterfeit bills were passed, and called us. The male was still present when we arrived… but there is more.

The male provided consent to search his vehicle. Inside I found several items of new merchandise. One he was kind enough to tape a receipt from another department store to… another store where counterfeit had been passed over the weekend… and that transaction number matched the one provided earlier by the store…. but there is more.

He was arrested and taken to our office. After denying knowledge of any counterfeiting, and claiming he returned the items at his girlfriend’s request, our Chief Investigator checked his wallet. Inside was the original fifty dollar bill that had been used to make copies of the counterfeit fifties… with the same serial number.

And believe it or not, he still denied knowledge of the counterfeiting until the Secret Service paid him a visit the following day.

In the early 1980s I worked plainclothes security for a large drugstore chain. I worked from Oregon to Southern California and was constantly being moved around. One day I was working a store in Menlo Park, CA and a gentleman from East Palo Alto entered the store. He selected a shopping cart, went to the liquor department, place four cases of scotch in the cart and pushed it out the door into the parking lot. I apprehended him and brought him to my officer. At this point he was not handcuffed as he did not resist - until I called the police.

As I was talking to the dispatcher, the subject decided he was going to leave. That led to a bit of a scuffle during which time he defecated in his pants. When the officers arrived to book him, as you can imagine, the NEWEST officer was elected to transport him. The subject was sentenced to a year in county jail.

About ten months later I was working in the same store and, although I did not recall his face at the time, the SAME man walked in and attempted to steal four cases of scotch in the same manner. Once again I had no trouble with him until the police were notified. Officers arrived as I was wrestling with the subject and, once again, he defecated in his pants. He had no ID but, as the fumes intensified, I pulled out my arrest log and looked up his name for the officers. This time he went to prison.

JOHNSTOWN, PA - A teen-ager is charged with impersonating the city’s assistant chief of police in a failed attempt to buy $80,000 worth of police radio scanners from an out-of-state supplier.

Jay Patton, 19, of Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, is scheduled to turn himself in by the end of the day Friday, police said. Police have already filed charges of attempted theft and impersonating a public servant with District Justice Michael Musulin, who will schedule a preliminary hearing after Patton surrenders.

Patton does not have a listed telephone number.

Patton is accused of contacting a Radio Shack store in Fort Worth, Texas, and attempting to order the scanners.

Police said city officials discovered the ruse when Radio Shack called the city for a purchase order number. Radio Shack officials said Patton identified himself as the city’s assistant police chief before the transaction was aborted.

Patton was formerly a member of a Boy Scout Explorer program that gives scouts a chance to learn about law enforcement and work with the city’s police department, police said.

DOYLESTOWN, PA - He dropped his wallet outside the courthouse. When a security guard checked it for ID, two small packets of cocaine fell out, authorities say. A lost wallet has resulted in big trouble for a Philadelphia attorney who is accused of possessing cocaine at the Bucks County courthouse in Doylestown.

Keith Acton Halterman, 39, dropped his wallet outside the courthouse near the corner of Court and Pine Streets on July 10. Two people visiting the World War II memorial in the courthouse courtyard found the wallet and turned it over to the courthouse security office.

When a security guard opened the wallet to check for identification, two small plastic bags containing a white powder fell out, according to affidavit of probable cause released Friday by Bucks County District Attorney Diane Gibbons.

Thomas O’Rourke, county director of security, said the matter was immediately turned over to the District Attorney’s office because of the suspected drugs.

Later that day, Halterman came to the security office and asked if they’d found his wallet. He was met by county detectives and questioned about the drugs.

“He identified the wallet as his property and then admitted that the cocaine was his as well. He admitted that he had received the cocaine from a client-friend several days previous,” said County Detective Timothy Carroll.

The suspected drugs were sent to a lab to be analyzed, and the results came back positive for cocaine this week.

Halterman is charged with possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor. He faces a preliminary hearing before District Justice Oliver Groman on Sept. 22. Calls to Halterman’s law firm were not returned Friday.

As a young Detroit officer, I pulled over a vehicle that ran a red light.

The vehicle did not have license plates, but had an official looking temporary sticker on the rear window. As I examined the temporary sticker, I suddenly realized what was wrong. I told the suspect to listen to me as Irecited the following: “30 days has September, April, June, and November.”

I then said to the suspect, “Now tell me out loud what date is on your sticker.”

The suspect reluctantly replied, “April 31.” Without me saying anything, the suspect turned around, put his hands behind his back, and waited for me to handcuff him. Both the vehicle and a blank Department of Motor Vehicles (Secretary of State in Michigan) certificate had been stolen.

The suspect had typed in “April 31.”