Some crimes really leave you thinking ‘Huh?’

Over the years I have written about a great many crimes.

Mark White is Editor of The News Journal.

Some are for really stupid things, such as indecent exposure.

As my buddy and former co-worker, Dean Manning, used to point out, there is almost always a funny story that goes along with somebody being arrested for indecent exposure.

He’s right about that one, such as a person, who decided to skinny dip in the swimming pool of someone that they didn’t even know, or the woman, who took her clothes off and ran around a school track. (In case anyone is wondering, Dean wrote about both of those by the way…LOL.)

There was another stupid criminal that I wrote about, who decided to shoplift car headlights of all things, during the first ever Williamsburg Police Department Shop with a Cop event. Did I mention that about 85 percent of the police cars in Whitley County were parked in front of the Williamsburg Walmart that night?

A few years later another genius (sarcasm greatly intended) decided to go to the Williamsburg Walmart during another Shop with a Cop event with his face covered in gold after huffing paint. The police managed to get him quietly arrested and out of there before anyone, including myself, found out. I heard about this story years later.

As you probably suspected, often times – but not always – alcohol and/or drug involvement is involved when we have stupid criminal behavior.

I’ve written about a great number of other more serious crimes over the years too ranging from robberies to homicides. I quit counting after the first dozen murder cases that I covered.

The first trial I covered was for a college journalism class, and involved an armed robbery and police pursuit of the suspect.

I’ve still never run across a case like this one.

The suspect didn’t deny committing the robbery. He didn’t deny leading the police on a pursuit. He didn’t take a plea bargain.

He took the case to trial telling the jury that he wanted to cost the system as much money as he possibly could and that when he got out of prison, he planned to do it again.

Suffice it to say that the jury wasn’t amused.

In terms of murder cases, there have been a few doozies that I have covered.

The first murder trial I covered involved a man now sitting on Kentucky’s death row, who killed two brothers – one of whom was reportedly one of his best friends – who were at his home playing cards. He then proceeded to ask everyone present if they could “handle this ($(#&)” and proceeded to burn his own home down after taking out the valuables and getting rid of the bodies.

Did I mention that the killer claimed to have been an FBI informant?

Needless to say that when it comes to crime, there isn’t a whole lot that shocks me anymore, but I do occasionally run across a crime that has even me shaking his head.

Recently, someone stole a 150-feet of chain-link fence around a Woodbine cemetery in addition to seven posts and two 10-foot gates.

Police have charged two people in connection with the case. I won’t comment here on their guilt or innocence since their cases are still pending.

However, this case does have me asking one perplexing question.

How the heck does someone even come up with the idea of stealing a cemetery fence?