[Paal Gulli]

"... long history of prior offenses ...."

"History" almost always is "prior."

Is it that no one hire editors any more, or is it that all the editors suck?

[frank ballenger]

Yes.
Maybe a better one is like the Blue Brothers police offense record involving the Bluesmobile:

“That license plate is like a rash all over the computer.”

The guy’s mom told him to get a career. He did. Career criminal.