crime
If You Smoke Weed, They'll Take Your Kids Away
Hamilton Nolan · 08/18/11 12:08PMDallas Police on the Lookout for Pantie-Headed Bandit
Seth Abramovitch · 08/17/11 08:32PMWe ask that you now stop what you're doing and take a close look at this security video footage, shot 5:25 pm Tuesday at a Dallas Exxon TigerMart. In it, a man wearing a black and white flower dress with white boots, a pair of panties over his face, and what might possibly be an arm accessory fashioned out of yellow police tape, enters the convenience store. He then demands money from the cashier and a patron — pointing what appears to be a gun at them from underneath the dress — and flees with their cash. He is described by Dallas PD as a "white male, 5'05" and weighing 145 lbs," armed with "fabulous legs" and "a fierce, take-no-prisoners attitude." Approach with extreme caution. [Dallas Observer]
Spongebob Squarepants Art Theft Caper Rocks Huntington Beach
Maureen O'Connor · 08/17/11 03:57PM
Artist Todd White is famous for designing characters who live in a pineapple under the sea. But did he also design an elaborate kidnap and art theft caper in Huntington Beach? Gallerist Margaret Howell has filed a $7.5 million lawsuit accusing "agents of Mr. White" of imprisoning and assaulting her for several hours, stealing $1 million in artwork, forcing her into "reciting a rehearsed and scripted 'consent' into a voice recorder," and then defaming her to associates.
How Close Did This Guy Get to Hacking Facebook?
Adrian Chen · 08/17/11 01:11PMTV Guy Gets No Jail Time for Doing Something with 14-Year-Old Prostitute
Hamilton Nolan · 08/17/11 10:53AMLet's Ban 'Gang Members' From Public Property, Say White Guys
Hamilton Nolan · 08/17/11 09:21AMOver 1,000 Charged in Riots Investigation
Jeff Neumann · 08/17/11 06:38AMCitibank Accused of Murdering a Credit Card Deadbeat
Jeff Neumann · 08/17/11 05:33AMMom Wrist-Slapped For Botched Box-Cutter Briss
Seth Abramovitch · 08/17/11 01:51AMTeen Kills Great-Grandmother With Sword Over Videogames
Max Read · 08/16/11 06:23PMAccused Rapist: Woman Whose Apartment I Broke Into Totally Wanted It
Hamilton Nolan · 08/16/11 08:30AM
This is a distasteful subject, yes, but let's, for a moment, talk about defenses against a rape charge. I guess people who are charged with a violent rape could say it was a case of mistaken identity, that they weren't the guy who did it. That is about the only possible defense that I can think of! Or, you can try what NYC rape suspect Jason Quinones is saying: that terrified woman whose apartment I broke into totally wanted it.
Watch This 'Flash Mob' Loot a 7-11
Jeff Neumann · 08/16/11 06:50AMAround three dozen young people got together on Saturday night in Germantown, Maryland and decided to casually walk into a 7-11 and loot the hell out of it. Local news reports are calling it a "flash mob" — a blanket term that's readily applied to any act of assholery by a group of teenagers in public — when really it's just shoplifting en masse. You can watch the other two parts of the video here and here. Personally, I like the guy who grabs the hat on his way out.
Teen Vampire Arrested For Breaking, Entering and Feeding
Seth Abramovitch · 08/16/11 12:10AM
Lyle Bensley, a 19-year-old from Galveston, Texas, broke into a complete stranger's apartment early Saturday morning wearing only his boxer shorts. He then walked into the resident's bedroom, and began making "growling and hissing noises" while "biting and hitting" her, according to Galveston police.
Man Decapitates Disabled Seven-Year-Old Son
Max Read · 08/15/11 11:54PMMegachurch Pastor Found Dead, with Drugs, in Times Square
Max Read · 08/15/11 08:47PMMan in Kentucky Arrested for Fake 'Collar Bomb' on Australian Teen
Max Read · 08/15/11 07:48PMCrazy Guy on Tower Enters Fifth Day of Negotiations With Police
Max Read · 08/15/11 06:34PMCasey Anthony Desperately Avoiding Return to Florida
Maureen O'Connor · 08/15/11 01:09PM
Lawyers for America's most hated former mother Casey Anthony are fighting her court-ordered probation in Florida. She either wants the probation eliminated due to "time served," or the location moved somewhere else. There have been multiple motions, one judge had to recuse himself, and another judge has called the whole situation "a mess." This lady's life is neverending disaster.