If you’re a cornered criminal, sometimes just taking off is your best bet. But if you’re going to do that, it’s best not to leave any evidence behind. As reported in The Naples Daily News: Cory L. Dalton had some simple advice for his mother, Lori Lynn Larocque, when Collier…
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Doctor With NO Moral Compass
How does this doctor get away with just losing his license and getting fined? The conduct seems criminal to The Juice. What do you think? Per the Winnipeg Free Press: In what college officials called “an egregious breach” of ethics in their written decision, a Beausejour doctor has been barred…
Do NOT Mess With This Lady!
Of course, if you don’t mind having your head handed to you … As reported in The South Asian Post: A woman chopped the head off a man who allegedly tried to attack her and then paraded the head through a market in northern India, police said. Police arrested the…
Sure, You Can Get Chinese Food In Some Jails, But Not With …
Everyone – okay almost everyone – knows that Chinese food comes in those little cardboard containers with the little wire handle. So what was Mr. Edward Ridley of Cordele, Georgia thinking when he tried to smuggle some pot to an inmate in Chinese food in a styrofoam container? Needless to…
No Way This Bird Is Worth $15,000. Judge?
When is a $15,000 cockatoo not worth $15,000 (12,000 euros)? When it doesn’t fly right, of course. And how would a judge make that call? By watching it fly, naturally. Per The Scotsman: A cockatoo has been made to fly in front of an Austrian judge to try to identify…
So You Want To Get Rid Of An Eyesore In The Neighborhood?
Say your neighbor has a trailer in the parking lot with a bunch of furniture in it. You’re tired of looking at it, but what to do? In a word … Craigslist! Yeah, sure, technically (and in ever other way) it’s not yours. Carpe diem, right Ms. Kimball? Per the…
Really, Really Drunk Man Just Glad To Be “Home”
You’ve occasionally had one too many. Admit it. But perhaps not as many as a San Diego, California man recently did, as reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune. A Pacific Beach man had a surprise waiting for him in his living room Sunday morning: a stranger sleeping naked on his…
Judge Who Rhymes Calls Woman A “Whore.” Me Thinks That He Will Rhyme No More.
It was the night of January 30, 1974, when a young woman, who shall remain nameless, was arrested for prostitution. Having solicited a police officer (doh!), she sought a sentence of probation. Magistrate Judge Richard J. Rome complied. Unfortunately, he also issued the following Memorandum Decision: This is the saga…
Wacky United Kingdom Laws
If the wacky law isn’t bothering you, why bother the wacky law? Maybe to look like you are doing something? In any event, as reported by The Edinburgh Evening News: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has launched a drive to banish both types, inviting people across the UK to nominate…
The ATM That Kept Giving and Giving and Giving … But A Life Sentence?
So, after discovering the glitch (the man’s account was only debited 1/1,000th of the amount withdrawn!), he made an additional 171 withdrawals, to the tune of about $25,000. And yes, it was in China, where he could have been sentenced to death (for real). But really, isn’t a life sentence…