Sunday, April 22, 2007

Cleared in court, man tries to rip off judge

PYATIGORSK, Russia (UPI) -- A Russian man faces up to four years in prison for allegedly stealing a cell phone at a courthouse where he had just beaten a charge of stealing a cell phone.

Alexander Kishko was at the Pyatigorsk City Court last Tuesday, where he faced a charge of trying to steal a cell phone from a woman at a health clinic. But after leaving the court room in the clear, Kishko snuck into a judge's office and tried to steal another cell phone, the Moscow Times reported.

Russian authorities say thousands of crimes in recent years have involved the theft of cell phones.

Copyright 2007 by United Press International

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