A few days ago, I posted a story about a UK man who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in his bedroowm, in addition to bombarding her with thousands of text messages, and walked. (Click here to read the story.) Now a 27-year-old UK man, who made sexual advances to a…
Articles Posted in Odd Cases
20 Years For Unlawfully Entering A Dwelling?
True enough. Todd J. Hubble was convicted of unlawfully entering a sorority house at Tulane University. Under Louisiana’s repeat offender laws – this was his 6th conviction – he will receive 20 years to life when he is sentenced next month. He won’t be missed. According to a reporter who…
British Child Molester Walks
Sure, the U.S. has done enough harm lately to last a long, long time, but no way does this guy walk if this had happened in the U.S. Music teacher Sam Webb (age 34), admitted to passionately kissing a 13-year-old girl in his bedroom, and sending her over 2,000 text…
Not Your Ideal Landlord
Let’s just say that you wouldn’t want to live in an apartment owned by Vincent Tan of Edmonton, Alberta. Here’s what he was up to: A tenant came home and found Mr. Tan with his pants off and an erection visible through his underwear. Zoinks! Enter the police, who then…
Kill Someone, And You Can Get Less Jail Time Than If You Try And Fail!
In Illinois, if you kill someone in the heat of the moment, you can get LESS jail time (mandatory 6-30 years) than if you try to do so and fail! (4-20 years, with the possibility of probation). “It’s so goofy,” said Peter Baroni, an attorney and lobbyist who has worked…
There’s A Rotten Toe In My Chewing Tobacco!
Really. Mr. Bryson Pillars was chewing some tobacco when … [I’ll let the Mississippi Supreme Court take it from here. They just don’t write them like they used to.] It seems that appellant [Mr. Pillars] consumed one plug of his purchase, which measured up to representations, that it was tobacco…
This Pastor Will Not Be In Church Today
Pastor Herman Lewis, of the Morning Star Baptist Church in Spokane, Washington, told detectives he has been living a double life for years – church on Sunday, prostitutes drugs and alcohol the rest of the week. Apparently still in the “church” mode when he was arrested on Monday (for attempted…
How To Get Away With Kidnapping – And Other Crimes
Navnett Arora (age 22) claims that, in April 2004, a 17-year-old boy called him a “black c***.” (The boy denies it.) So Arora calls 3 of his buddies (ages 21,22 and 24) to the scene, and they put the boy in the car. Per the court, here’s what happened over…
Murphy, Murphy, Murphy – F-bombs And The Finger?
[For more F-bomb cases, see the links at the end of this post.] Old Murphy pleaded guilty to one count of distributing cocaine and one count of using a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Murphy got 130 months for distributing cocaine (just 7 months less than the maximum sentence…
Shrink Needs A Shrink
Before you hire a psychiatrist, you’d probably want to know a few things about him. For example, where he did his training, and what he charges per hour. You might ask him about the different therapeutic techniques he’ll be using. And, of course, you should always ask whether he’s recently…