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Papa, Can You Hear Me: Florida Man Kidnaps Self

Ridiculous Crime

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David Hampton Butler, Jr.

In 1986, David Hampton Butler was arrested in Vancouver by some Canadian cops on some nonsense. The local cops are about to release him when they run his identity and it turns out he is not going by Craig Beasy at the time. A US assistant attorney who happens to be scanning the reports for the North American like justice system sees this name go by. He then spends 16 hours on the phone over his weekend trying to get the Canadian cops not to release this guy before he can get us marshals there. His son must have finally been pleased to see his dad face justice. Well friend Joe Hickey's doomed trial. But that kidnapped himself on a way that his son should have paid attention

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