Dumb criminal award

by Rachael Kimola -Nov 26, 2007 Castanet
And the dumb criminal award goes to…
A Kelowna man made a bad decision when he decided to give a cop the one-finger salute. Gord Molendyk of Vernon RCMP says the 26-year-old man gave a ’one-finger-salute’ to a cop in Vernon just after 2 a.m. Friday. “This of course, promoted the cop to turn his car around to investigate the man. He found out the person had no insurance, and was a VI candidate, which means Vehicle Impound, meaning he likely had outstanding tickets from ICBC. So his vehicle was impounded for 30 days,” says Molendyk. He says the man got into more trouble when he was asked to perform a breathalyser test. “He blew near twice the legal limit so he has also been charged with impaired driving.” Molendyk says if the man hadn’t made such a rude gesture towards the cop, he likely wouldn’t have been checked.