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A man who handed his identity to police on a plate by leaving his passport behind after trying to use a ‘cloned’ credit card has been given a 16-week suspended sentence and been banned from entering the City of Westminster for 12 months.
Foysol Ahmed, 21, of McKenzie Road, Islington, was sentenced on Tuesday 15 June, after earlier pleading guilty to fraud by misrepresentation. Ahmed also pleaded guilty to failing to fulfil a community order requirement from a previous conviction.
Detective Sergeant Neil Black, of BTP’s High Tech Crime Unit, said the incident occurred at 10.30pm on Thursday 19 November last year:
“Ahmed gave his passport over as proof of ID when trying to buy two 7-day bus passes with the fraudulent credit card at Angel Tube station.
“However, when the ticket seller became suspicious, Ahmed fled the station, leaving his passport behind.”
BTP attended the station and used the passport to trace Ahmed before arresting him.
The card Ahmed had tried to use had been encoded with details stolen from an unsuspecting credit card holder.
“It gives an investigation a real boost when a significant piece of the puzzle is already in place,” added DS Black.
“By leaving his passport behind, Ahmed ensured it was only a matter of time before we caught up with him.
“We also showed him CCTV evidence of him fleeing the booking hall at the time of the offence leaving him no option but to plead guilty.”
A Swiss scheme to use a guardian angel to urge motorists to slow down is proving such a success that it may be extended.
Police in the state of Fribourg employed a winged man dressed in white to stand at the roadside to remind drivers to go slow.
The professional actor waves and flaps his wings at motorists travelling too fast as part of the safe-driving campaign.
He is the real-life version of an angel that features in the initiative's TV commercials who is hit by a young motorist as he hurriedly drives out of his garage.
"The idea is to provide a sort of concrete protection, to have a real angel telling drivers to be responsible," said police spokesman Benoit Dumas.
"To have a physical presence like that makes the message more visible, and it's out of the ordinary."
The actor is employed 20 hours per week to 'appear' in different parts of the 670-square-mile region of western Switzerland.
"The initiative will go on until at least end of October, but it could be prolonged. After all, you know, angels are eternal," Dumas said.
Drivers who spot the angel are encouraged to e-mail the police - they will then be entered into a lottery for a driving lesson.
Two teenage 'entrepreneurs' have been arrested for selling burgers and beer - with free porn DVDs - from a caravan near clubs and bars.
They allegedly screened porn movies onto a nearby wall to attract custom to their unlicensed venture in Driffield, East Yorkshire.
The pair even had a Facebook page - Driffield Porn Burger Caravan Lads for Junior Apprentice 2011 - set up in their 'honour'.
Customers were allegedly given a free porn DVD if they spent more than £5 on food and drink, reports the Driffield Times.
But the offer was spotted by outraged locals who alerted police and two men were arrested following an undercover operation.
Police also seized their caravan which was parked on an access road in the centre of the market town, close to clubs and bars.
Sgt David Jenkins said: "We received complaints that free porn DVDs were being offered to everyone who spent £5 or more on beer and burgers.
"Undercover officers made test purchases and found this to be true before Saturday night's operation when the caravan was seized.
"It was inevitable that we would have to take some action along with our colleagues from licensing, the food standards agency and trading standards.
"Enquiries are ongoing and there are decisions to be made as to the fate of the van and the entrepreneurs."
A 74-year-old woman has been arrested by US police in their search for a vandal who has been pouring condiments into a drop box at a local library.
Police say Joy Cassidy is suspected of causing thousands of dollars in damage to library books with liquids including ketchup, corn syrup and mayonnaise.
She was caught after having just allegedly dropped an open jar of mayonnaise into the drop box outside Ada County Library in Boise, reports the Idaho Statesman.
Police say 10 similar acts of vandalism have been committed at the library in little more than a yea
Officers had staked out the library car park, passing by the area regularly, and pulled over a car matching the description of a suspicious vehicle that seemed to be in the area every time vandalism has occurred.
Boise police spokesman Chuck McClure said officers pulled the vehicle over and talked with the driver, later identified as Ms Cassidy.
When police took her into custody, they found a loaded handgun under the driver's seat of her car.
McClure said police have not yet determined a motive for the vandalism. Ms Cassidy has been charged with injury to property and carrying a concealed weapon.
An Iowa man ended up in jail after he was pulled over for driving on a motorway at night with no lights - on a lawn mower.
Robert Grimstad, 38, was allegedly driving all over Highway 17, near Des Moines, when he was stopped by sheriff's deputies.
He told police officers that he was out on his six-speed lawn mower picking up cans out of community spirit.
But officers smelt alcohol on his breath, gave him a blood test and charged him with drink driving, reports the Des Moines Register.
Boone County Sheriff Ron Fehr says it's illegal in Iowa to drive any kind of motor vehicle anywhere in Iowa while drunk.
Sheriff Fehr was unable to confirm how fast Grimstad was going: "I don't know," he said. "How fast can a lawn mower go?"
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