Crimes

Girl #1: Hanging out with him on his birthday was so much fun!
Girl #2: Oh, I heard about that! He went to jail, right?

Brooklyn Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Glad they’re not my friends

College girl: Remember that girl who admitted to stealing my clothes from the laundry room?
Friend: Yeah?
College girl: Well, she finally gave me my clothes back at the end of the semester before she mysteriously disappeared. I was like going through them and I found not just my clothes, but like other people’s clothes too. Not just girls either. I found tighty-whities and shit. But the weirdest part was at the bottom of the basket. There was a plastic bag of jewelry ranging from like cheapo rhinestone shit to like semiprecious stones, a tv remote with no batteries, a crazy-straw, some masking tape, an empty lipstick tube thing, and a handful of Canadian money.

Newark, New Jersey

Marine to friend: So, it’s like a long story. But basically my mom shot my boyfriend.

CostCo
VictorVille, California

Mother at market stall: But he’s only got one good pair of shoes, and the police have taken them as evidence…

Guildford
Surrey
UK

Overheard by: Ike

Paranoid blonde: He’s just so quiet and creepy. I really feel like he could kill someone!
Annoyed brunette: Because he’s quiet and creepy?
Paranoid blonde: Well, he, like, steals forks from the dining hall and stuff!

University of Maryland, College Park
Maryland

Five-year-old boy holding red dress: Mommy! Mommy, look! I stealed this for you!

Macy’s
Stanford, California

Security guard to girls who set off alarms: It’s okay. Sometimes I steal things, too.

Boston, Massachusetts

Dude: I have the best idea for a party — dress as your favorite crime!

http://overheardatbrown.blogspot.com/2006/09/possibilities-are-endless.html

Overheard by: A white collar criminal

Six-year-old #1: I'm taking you to court!
Six-year-old #2: No you're not!
Six-year-old #1: I'm taking you to court!
Six-year-old #2: No you're not!
Six-year-old #1: You're in court!
Six-year-old #2: No I'm not!
Six-year-old #1: You're in court now!
Six-year-old #2: (begins to cry)

Small Town
Maine

Overheard by: Willem Rosenthal

Goth schoolgirl: So, I bought 500 feet of police crime scene tape today. Heheheh!

Adelaide
Australia

Overheard by: A vaguely worried teacher