If you've already got an arrest record for theft and you're dumb enough to steal from a judge, don't post what you stole onto Facebook. That's the life lesson learned by 21-year-old Steven Mulhall, who popped a picture of himself holding a nameplate reading "Judge Michael J. Orlando" -- which Mulhall is accused of prying from the door of the judge's office at Broward Circuit courthouse on February 23rd. "The nameplate is like only $40, not that big of a crime, but what an idiot. He puts it on Facebook," said Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti to the Sun Sentinel. "He violated the terms of his parole by stealing, from a judge no less. He's got multiple convictions for petty theft, so now this is a felony." A Crime Stoppers tip led the cops to Mulhall.
When Miami-area 7th grader Michael Bell Jr. brought home a bad report card, it was the last straw for his parents. His father gave him a sandwich board reading on the front: "Hey, I want to be a class clown, is it wrong?" and "I'm in the 7th grade and got 3 F's. Blow your horn if there's something wrong with that." Michael Bell Sr. then made the teen stand by the side of a busy roadway to advertise his academic shortcomings while his friends are living it up on spring break. Bell the younger failed three subjects and has gotten in trouble repeatedly this past semester, leaving his parents little recourse, they say. "Right now, this is the only thing I have left to try and reach him," his father tells WSVN-TV. The son seems to be learning his lesson: "I'm sorry that it has to get to this point and that when I get back to school, I'm going to do better," he promised WSVN.
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