In her wake, a woman from Lillington, North Carolina, left 2 injured men, one of them a police officer. Warning: Men, reading this will likely cause you to cringe. From The Daily Record: Rebecca Arnold Dawson of Lillington was in court again on charges of assaulting Lillington Police Officer Ronnie…
Legal Juice
Run, Do Not Walk, From This Doctor’s Office
An obstetrician named Roman Hasil has amassed quite a record, both on and off the job. As reported by The Courier: Dr Hasil committed one of the drink-driving offences, on February 6 at McGraths Hill, just weeks before he was suspended by the NSW Medical Board after a damning report…
Not The Best Solution For The Munchies
Okay, maybe going to McDonald’s when you have the munchies isn’t such a bad idea. But let’s say, for whatever reason, you try to pay for your food with … pot! I guess it didn’t occur to the hungry gent to sell the weed, and then buy some food? As…
Teacher Did What?
What did Canadian elementary school teacher Maria Pantalone do that resulted in her pleading guilty to assaulting a 12-year-old boy? Hint #1: She threw something at him. Hint #2: It was brown. Need another hint? Hint #3: It smells really, really bad. Yes, it was feces! And the kid was…
Not Your Average Heist
A strange crime as reported in The Hartford Advocate: It’s always surprising to see what lengths people will go to get away with petty crimes, even if it’s for something as silly as ganking baby food. According to the Courant, 22-year-old Bristol resident Paul Bergeron allegedly tried lifting some of…
Pet Shop Pappy
James Ramsey, a kindly Scottish granddad, bought a hamster for his grandkids. A few days later, it died. So Mr. Ramsey returned to the same pet store and bought a bird. Soon thereafter, the bird joined the hamster in pet heaven. As President Bush said in Nashville, Tennessee on September…
Driving And Doing What?
No, not texting, reading or polishing fingernails. (We actually had a case involving a woman who was eating crabs while driving – I swear.) But this dude, he was injecting himself with heroin while he was driving! Per the Hartford Advocate: According to police reports, on Oct. 3, 25-year-old Larry…
Not The Way To Deal With The Troop Shortage
If you’re out on bail for some serious crimes, how do you leave the country, without permission, and not get in trouble? Here’s how: you’re in the Army, and your unit gets called to Iraq (and nobody tells the Judge!) Per the Alabama Press-Register: In May 2006 a grand jury…
If You Love Me, Steal That Car
Ullricht Walter, a German citizen living in South Africa, had good reason to doubt that his wife loved him. Per The Times: … Ullricht had discovered e-mail correspondence [“steamy love letters”] between [his wife] Linda and her high-school sweetheart, who even flew out from Germany for a clandestine meeting. So…
A Final Attempt To Get Justice?
It is not yet known what motivated a 45-year-old woman to drive her car into the courthouse doors. Whatever it was, though, it’s likely the same thing that motivated her to then back up her car, and ram into the doors again… and again … and again! Per the Journal…