How many? In Paul Kavanagh’s case, 15,000! He’s been at it since 1995. On one day in February of this year, he made 65 calls! After all these years, how did they catch a guy who used unregistered cell phones? He gave the police a huge clue when he told…
What’s a person to do when his boarding housemate’s violin playing has been driving him insane for three years? Per The Courier Mail: The man approached the violin player, snapped the bow and threw it out the window of the Lutwyche residence. He said he had been listening to him…
An interesting question, and not an academic one, for identical twins Gavin and Rhys Higgins, and for the alleged victim, Darryl Churchill. Per the Daily Mail: Darryl Churchill had claimed that one of the twins set upon him after a dispute over a game of pool which he had refereed.…
BFWI? Breast-feeding while intoxicated. And yes, at least in Grand Forks, North Dakota it is – and it’s a felony. As reported by the Grand Forks Herald: A Grand Forks mother who police say was “extremely intoxicated” while breast-feeding her 6-week-old pleaded guilty to child neglect Tuesday. Officers responded to…
Timothy Paul Gatschet of Wichita, Kansas was not exactly a shining example of what a doctor should be. From The Hays Daily News: [The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts] had taken away his license in 1993 for inappropriate conduct. In 1996, he was convicted of three felony counts of…
You live in Pennsylvania, and you just want to pick up a six-pack of beer and be on your way. So you head down to the Sheetz convenience store, which has a license to sell beer. But, under Pennsylvania law, because Sheetz wouldn’t allow folks to drink on the premises,…
Now, dear, don’t be … oh my! He is driving backwards – down the highway! As reported by tdn.com (Washington State): Police arrested a driver Thursday night who was cruising along Interstate 5 — in reverse. The 41-year-old man drove at least three miles backward on Interstate 5 before his…
Here’s the defense: “It wasn’t me. It was all the bear’s idea.” The crime? Per The Sydney Morning Herald: Police said in April this year [22-year-old Russell] Hounslow’s 21-year-old flatmate found a camera inside a teddy bear on her bedside table and discovered it was linked to a video cassette…
Talk about a petty crime. Per newsok.com (The Oklahoman): Roger Hamilton told police he was sitting on a bus station bench, preparing to put mayonnaise on his 76-cent bologna and cheese sandwich, when a man wearing headphones began staring at him. Hamilton, 24, told police he asked the man if…
On several occasions, I have put an envelope in my bike bag and arrived home, having forgotten to stop by the mailbox. Never, though, have I stopped by the mailbox, having forgotten to put on my clothes. Florida resident Marilyn Incigeri made that trip to the mailbox … As reported…