{"id":16924,"date":"2012-11-20T10:09:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T08:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16924"},"modified":"2012-11-20T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T08:09:10","slug":"initial-police-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/20\/initial-police-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial police investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I love Cyprus Mail dearly, and I do feel for the man in this report<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A CAR belonging to a 35-year-old man in Limassol was torched early yesterday morning, police said. The fire began at 2.30am while the car was parked outside the man\u2019s house. Initial police investigations indicate it is a case of arson. The car was extensively damaged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But you have to admit it that it’s not the best writing ever. \u00a0Once I read it out loud in the office, my co-workers helped out with a few other reports along the same lines. \u00a0For example:<\/p>\n

A pedestrian was ran over by a car yesterday night in Nicosia. \u00a0The driver took off and is being looked for. \u00a0The early police report suggests it was a case of hit-and-run.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Or, this one:<\/p>\n

A few masked man entered the branch of Hellenic Bank in Aradipou village yesterday. \u00a0They were armed with a rifle and a pistol and demanded to give them money. \u00a0A few minutes later they took off in what appeared to be a stolen vehicle, carrying over 50,000 EUR with them. \u00a0An early police report suggests it was a case of bank robbery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Crime is not a laughing matter, but the reporting of one can sometimes bring a smile.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I love Cyprus Mail dearly, and I do feel for the man in this report: A CAR belonging to a 35-year-old man in Limassol was torched early yesterday morning, police said. The fire began at 2.30am while the car was parked outside the man\u2019s house. Initial police investigations indicate it is a case of arson. … Continue reading Initial police investigation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[2250,2418,1253,1203],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","tag-crime","tag-humor","tag-journalism","tag-writing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14887,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/16\/cyprus-police-anti-brutality\/","url_meta":{"origin":16924,"position":0},"title":"Cyprus police anti-brutality","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is yet another story showing the soft side of Cyprus police: At around 5am yesterday morning, the police chased a 24 year old across town who failed to stop when the police signalled him for an alco-test. 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