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Chris Higgins
Crimes Perpetrated by Ferris Bueller (and Accomplices) During His Day Off
by Chris Higgins - April 28, 2009 - 2:55 PM

Ferris and co-conspirators

Ask Metafilter has an awesomely nerdy thread on “Crimes committed by Ferris Bueller during his Day off.” Here are a few of my favorites:

Violation of 720 ILCS 5/32-5.1: False Personation of a Peace Officer.

Odometer fraud (tampering): 49 U.S.C. § 32703(2)
Odometer fraud (conspiracy): 49 U.S.C. § 32703(4)

720 ILCS 5/Art. 16D – 3 – computer tampering (when he changes his attendance record).

720 ILCS 130/2a, contributing to the delinquency of children. Class A misdemeanor.

“I’m pretty sure the leopard-skin vest Ferris wears at one point is some sort of fashion crime.”

And the best:

The Save Ferris campaign might be liable for soliciting under the 740 ILCS 128 Predator Accountability Act.

Read the whole list and learn from Ferris’s shameful example!

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Comments (10)

  1. And now for my rant:

    They had planned to tamper with the odometer but they never got the chance after Cameron caused the car to crash into the woods. I don’t know that running the car in reverse with the “intent” to make the odometer run backwards would actually constitute breaking the law since they weren’t actually successful at it. If I’m in a bank and I think to myself, “This bank would be really easy to rob, all I would have to do is x, y, and z” have I committed a crime?

    posted by Kevin on 4-28-2009 at 10:27 pm

  2. How about the fact that Cameron was 30 years old and in high school?

    posted by Keith on 4-28-2009 at 10:30 pm

  3. Kevin, using your analogy, what they did was attempted robbery, actually caring out the act in an attempt to succeed. Just because they failed is besides the point.

    posted by james on 4-29-2009 at 3:23 am

  4. they did succeed in rolling back the odometer, it just didn’t matter much once the car was junk!

    posted by Wayne on 4-29-2009 at 9:43 am

  5. If I try to kill someone, but I fail because I don’t know how to fire a gun properly, I’m pretty sure I’ve still committed a crime.

    posted by Craig on 4-29-2009 at 10:15 am

  6. This post just made my day. Thank you!

    My favorite so far:
    “Also Rooney’s admin, Grace – sniffing the white out seems like a drug violation. “

    posted by Jen on 4-29-2009 at 10:21 am

  7. I think what has happened to Matthew Broderick’s face in the last few years has been punishment enough.

    posted by Will on 4-30-2009 at 7:49 am

  8. Of course this all pales in comparison to Jeffery Jones’s (Principal Rooney) real-life crimes:

    In 2002, Jones was arrested for possession of child pornography and employing a 14-year-old boy to pose for pornographic photographs. Jones pleaded no contest to the felony charges and was ordered to undergo counseling and register as a sex offender. In July 2004, he was arrested by Florida police after failing to notify them of his change of residence as required under Florida’s version of Megan’s Law. After the minor became an adult, he sued Jones in civil court.

    posted by MattG on 5-2-2009 at 2:01 pm

  9. I feel like there should be so many more broken laws…

    posted by Nina on 5-3-2009 at 7:57 pm

  10. What about Grand Theft Auto? The car was taken without owner’s knowledge or permission… sounds pretty cut & dry to me.

    posted by Gregg Clark on 5-4-2009 at 6:21 pm

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