At least they can in Lake County, Florida. I was just kidding about Jackass. It was Jackass Number Two that a kid who appeared to be about 11 rented! And the issue was born. The library board voted 9-0 against a policy that would prohibit kids under 17 from renting…
Really. This happened to 16-year-old Ozark, Missouri resident Mace Hutchinson. Here’s the story, from ky3.com: A family from Branson wants answers about what happened to their son that left him hospitalized. Early Saturday morning, police found Mace Hutchinson, 16, underneath the Highway F overpass over U.S. 65. Mace ended up…
Several parents have accused Cameron County (Texas) Justice of the Peace Gustavo “Gus” Garza of ordering them to paddle or spank their kids in court. Per The Brownsville Herald: This morning, [Judge] Limas will hear the request for a temporary restraining order against Garza first brought last week by Mary…
In Hamburg, Iowa, the owner of Shotgun Geniez was charged with violating obscenity laws after a 17-year-old danced nude there. The defense? It’s not a strip club. It’s a theater, and is therefore exempt from Iowa’s obscenity laws. The result? As reported in The Omaha World-Herald: “The evidence proved beyond…
130 MPH on a motorcycle! As if that’s not bad enough, per Sky News, [Christopher O’Donovan] led police on a 23-mile high speed chase across the Wiltshire countryside, racing through villages and tracks and along several A-roads. Witnesses say up to 17 police vehicles pursued O’Donovan before the police helicopter…
How do you get free porn? Well, here’s what a guy in Longmont, Colorado tried, as reported by The Longmont Times: … the man provided a badge and a business card without a name, and told the clerks he was a detective with the Longmont Police Department’s “age verification unit,”…
So 55-year-old Wyoming resident David Anthony Vaughn was enjoying “Iron Man” at the Eastridge Movies when the unthinkable occurred – the projector malfunctioned. Noooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! When Mr. Vaughan demanded a refund, he was offered a voucher to see another movie. Maybe a later showing of “Iron Man?” Anyway, as reported in…
From the Police Blotter of the Daily Nexus, at the University of California, Santa Barbara: Sun., Aug. 2, 2:47 a.m. — Officers working the late shift received a call concerning a man loitering at the 7-Eleven convenience store on Hollister Avenue. According to the employee, the 35-year old man was…
Of course grandparents spoil their grandchildren. Maybe a little candy from grandma, or some new clothes. But how about this: 54-year-old Brenda Bouschet was arrested after driving around a Marathon, Florida supermarket parking lot with her 3-year-old granddaughter sitting on the roof! Not to worry, said Ms. Bouschet. Per the…
As Police Cmdr. Kelly McMillin said: “you couldn t make up something stranger than this.” So here’s what happened, per knbc.com. Old Edward Bishop went and stole himself a pickup truck. Not so exciting, but … …while [Mr. Bishop was] sitting outside a convenience store, a man with a gun…