It’s not uncommon for people to try to shoplift by putting items down their pants. But an entire rack of ribs? Twice? Truth, as reported by The Sentinel (Pennsylvania). After going three months without getting in trouble, a Carlisle man was back in police custody Sunday afternoon after trying to…
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A Simple Way To Beat A Court-Ordered Ankle Monitor
If you find yourself at home with a court-ordered ankle monitor on, you might think you really can’t leave the house undetected. This would be true for most people, but not Mr. Christopher Lowcock. For Mr. Lowcock, beating the ankle monitor was a breeze. How so? Here’s how, per The…
Maybe If This Juror Had Been Listening To The Judge, He Wouldn’t Have Gone on Facebook And Tried To Friend …
Let’s just ignore the fact that the judge explicitly instructed you otherwise. If you were a juror, would you try to friend one of the parties, in the middle of the trial? A young man in Texas did, as reported by The Fort Worth Star-Telegram. [Jonathan] Hudson was a juror…
Honesty Is The Best Policy … Or Is It?
Yes, honesty is the best policy. Perhaps this gent will reap some good karma from his courtroom candor. Per The Florida Sun Sentinel: In federal court on Thursday to answer to charges that he guarded an Oakland Park brothel, [Willie David Rice] gave this response when the judge asked about…
Why Every Other Year?
Unless he just hasn’t been caught other times, there is a clear pattern to this man’s behavior. As luck would have it (bad luck, that is), a Washington woman happened to be on the job when, per The Highline Times, A registered sex offender [allegedly] exposed himself to a bikini…
Not The Best Grandmother
Surely there are worse grandmothers out there, but probably not many. What did she do? Well, as reported by myfoxorlando.com, … A central Florida woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for a scheme to sell her infant grandson. [46-year-old Patty] Bigbee and her boyfriend, 42-year-old Lawrence Works,…
When You Play “Bumper Cars” With Real Cars …
It’s undisputed that, if you postpone dealing with a problem it goes away. Wait, you mean that’s not true? Then why does everyone act as if it were? Anyway, in yet another example of what The Juice thought was a universal truth, per The Orlando Sentinel: According to an arrest…
What’s Wrong With Having A “Go-To” Bank?
If you watch football or basketball, no doubt you’ve heard announcers say that a team will continue running a certain play until their opponent is able to stop it. Well, it seems a bank robber in Florida subscribes to the same theory. Per The South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Authorities are on…
When You Have The Munchies, And No Coin …
Stealing snack food may be sweeping the nation. The Juice will monitor the situation and keep you posted. The latest installment, which involves undergarments, took place at a gas station in Valparaiso, Indiana. As reported by nwitimes.com: Faith Green, 39, of Valparaiso faces theft, public intoxication, resisting law enforcement and…
Not Exactly A Socially Conscious Flash Mob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syRtqc31yrE So you get a bunch of people together for a very specific purpose, and it’s to loot a 7-11? As reported by cbsnews.com: Police in Maryland are now investigating a so-called “flash mob robbery” of a 7-Eleven in Germantown, a city 20 miles outside of Washington, D.C. Montgomery County…