Ok, this one I got arrested for, so everything is "alleged".
A friend of mine came over one day and said he saw dead cat the night before. Um ok, weirdo. Then he opens the boot of his car and there's a dead cat. Wtf? He sees the confusion on my face and says, "Yeah, I'm not sure why I picked it up." Anyway, there's a dead cat, might as well put it to use.
So "someone" nailed it to a wooden cross, put a crown of thorns on its head and hoisted it over the block of flats where I lived. Someone called the police and said they heard it crying and I got arrested for animal cruelty.
In the interview, my solicitor says, "how do we know the cat was alive?" Released without charge. The cops hadn't bothered checking at all and just destroyed all the evidence before interviewing me.
Note: I know this might seem offensive to some readers. No animals were harmed in these shenanigans.
Holy sh.
Can this story be topped?
I hope not.