Dragnet
A bank robber in Bensalem, Pa., wasn’t stupid: when he wrote his demand note on the back of his pay stub from the local car wash, he used a marker to cross out his name. At the end of the sentence demanding money, he used a smiley face in place of the period. And he left the note behind as he fled with his loot. Police were able to make out his name anyway, and arrested Michael Drennon, 26. “It wasn’t a huge forensic undertaking,” a police spokesman said. “We just put it under a light.” (Philadelphia Inquirer) ...It wasn’t a huge interrogation: they just put Drennon under a light.
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