Cant Spell

Thomas Lee Jones, 24, was arrested last September for robbing a Santa Barbara restaurant with a note threatening to shot employees. Police set up a roadblock asking people to spell shoot. They soon apprehended Jones.

Cant Count

In Cranston, R.I., Donald M. Thomas, 34, escaped in March after serving 89 days of a 90-day jail sentence for disorderly conduct and thus now faces up to 20 years in prison.

Brain?

Lawry Adams, 27, was arrested in Harrison, N.Y., in Jan. when he was stopped in a routine traffic check and could not produce a drivers license. He gave his brothers name (which he was unable to spell) and his brothers date of birth (but was not able to give the age that corresponds to it).