The NYPD, which is in the middle of a lengthy trial over their beloved Stop and Frisk, is in hot water over another, even more ridiculous crime-fighting tactic: the setting up of elaborate situations that aim to induce an act of larceny by regular New Yorkers.

The Talented Mr. Adam Wheeler—the "crypto-tendentious" literary beefcake convicted of larceny, identity theft, and fraud for scamming his way into Harvard—is back in jail for violating the terms of his probation. His mistake: repeating that old lie about being Harvard material. The Harvard Crimson reports: