Former Home Depot employee Michael Boyer probably couldn’t believe it either. As reported in The Detroit News: “It sounds crazy but he was not fired for confronting or physically restraining a customer. He was terminated for involving professionals, the police, to catch someone with a shopping cart full of stolen…
Leave the poor boy alone! Grant Stranaghan, age 15, of Ulster, Northern Ireland, dared to attend school with his hair 2 inches below his collar. Gasp! Hair must not be below the collar (of course, this just applies to boys), so Grant was suspended for 3 days. Since returning on…
Ms. Eunice Spry may be the worst foster mother ever. Over the course of 20 years, here is some of the abuse she subjected three foster children to: She forced sticks down their throats. She starved the kids for a month, keeping them in a locked room, with no clothes.…
Let’s just say that, suddenly, I’m much happier with “John.” The name? “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.” Really. Per the Taranaki Daily News: [Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt] was so worried about the effect on the girl [who was the subject of a custody hearing] he ordered her to…
At least that’s how Gaylon Linn Murphy drew it up. As reported by The LA Times: Murphy, 52, apologized for his actions, which began when he tore a hole in his Gucci jeans during a visit to a Home Depot store. He then attempted to claim the retail price of…
So Peter Lees had recently broken up with his girlfriend, Gaile Stevens. She didn’t take it well. Per the Ledbury Reporter, Mr. Lees was hosting a Pagan wedding party at his house when Ms. Stevens made an appearance. Per Mr. Lees: She was dressed as a comedy cleaning woman with…
So it was for Mark Pannell of Buffalo, New York. Here’s how his day went, as reported by The Buffalo News: … at about 8:45 a.m. Saturday … deputies stopped Pannell’s car on Grand Island Boulevard near Staley Road for what is being described as minor traffic violations. Okay. A…
Bad things, at least in this instance in Brigantine, New Jersey. As reported in The Press of Atlantic City: … Kevin Dorsey, 36, was visiting his girlfriend’s West Brigantine Avenue apartment and had the .40-caliber handgun out when he somehow shot it into the floor at about 12:40 a.m. It…
Some of us, like Michael Righi (and me), have a real problem with groundless intrusions into our lives, even small ones. (If you’re inclined to give up your rights because “you have nothing to hide, so what’s the big deal,” you might want to skip this one.) Mr. Righi was…
And so did husband, who was with dad. Why? Because daughter (and wife) Stephanie Martinez was working at the Pizza Patron in Denton, Texas when her father and husband tried to rob it! It also turned out to be a bad choice because one of the employees hit dad so…