I hold the distinction of being the only male on my Dad's side of the family in three generations not to be arrested. And I'm not just talking about my immediate family, I'm talking extended family (cousins, 2nd cousins, Uncle, etc...). For the most part none of the arrests were anything serious, just your run of the mill "Drunk & Disorderly" charges. My favorite family crime story involves my two brothers. When my brothers were 17 and 15 they went out drinking one night. Well my brother Jimmy decided that it would be a good idea to go visit his girlfriend Lisa (not her real name). The problem was that it was after midnight and she was asleep, so Jimmy did what any drunk teenage boy would do. He climbed up to the second story of his girlfriend's house and banged on what he thought was her bedroom window. Sadly it was her parents' bedroom window. I'm not really sure what transpired next, but I figure it probably went something like this:

Lisa's Dad: What the f$#k! Lisa get in here!
Lisa: What?
Lisa's Dad: Who the hell is this guy outside my window! Do you know him?
Lisa: Dad, I never saw him before in my life!

All I know for sure is that Lisa's Dad called the cops and they arrested Jimmy. They also arrested my brother Greg who was trying to get Jimmy off the roof. Now my parents were down in Florida on vacation with me, so it fell to my sister Lynn to bail them out. We found out about their adventures the following day when we called Lynn from one of the public phone kiosks at Busch Gardens. I'll never forget the first words out of my sister's mouth after exchanging hellos. "Your idiot sons got arrested last night!" ;-)