Yes, I know that gas prices are even higher in Europe than here. Even so … [As reported by the AP]: A German man doused his BMW with gasoline and torched it on Friday in protest at skyrocketing fuel costs, police said. The unemployed 30-year-old man drove the black 1995…
Legal Juice
A Little Fast And Lose With The Truth?
15-year-old Eric Crespo was charged with attempted murder and illegal possession of a gun. On the night of his arrest, he was interrogated by Detective Perino for over an hour. In court, though, Perino didn’t remember it quite that way. As reported in The Village Voice: Under cross-examination by Crespo’s…
Mowing While Intoxicated?
North Pole, Alaska (really) resident Wyatt Lewis got an unusual DUI. As reported by the Anchorage Daily News, here’s how fellow North Pole resident Anne Sterle described it: “I was woken at about 1 in the morning by hearing a lawn mower outside my window,” Sterle said. “And it scared…
Naked Jogging Priest With A Novel Defense
Reverend Robert Whipkey was arrested in Frederick, Colorado for jogging naked (around the high school track) at 4:30 a.m. He was busted while walking home, still naked. So what was his defense to the indecent exposure charge? Per the Daily Camera: Whipkey’s attorney argued his client’s actions didn’t satisfy an…
God Deals Coke?
Hey, don’t shoot the messenger. A man named God Lucky Howard was busted in Tampa, Florida for selling cocaine. And the charges include selling drugs near a church… Click here for the source.
Motion Not To Cry?
Really. As reported by the AP from Hamilton, Ohio: Prosecutors in southwest Ohio say there should be no crying during closing arguments in death penalty cases. Motions were filed this week, saying defense attorneys have strategically been known to cry on cue and beg for their client’s lives. The motions…
No Bonus Points For Making Parole Appointment?
Not if you arrive at the meeting with your parole officer IN A STOLEN CAR. And parolee Marcus George had just been released from prison last week for … burglary and theft! Per the AP, turns out he took a car for a very long test drive. He never returned…
This Guy LOVES His Car
Mr. Sandy Wong, of Edmonton – he really loves his car. As reported in the Edmonton Sun, here are a few details of his relationship with a BMW: Wong was busted for masturbating while sitting on the roof of a 2007 BMW 328i sedan on display at the Home and…
What Are Those Teeth In My Green Beans?
Not to worry. Those teeth? They are in the mouth of a rat, whose head Texan Dale Cane found in a can of Allen’s Italian Cut Green Beans! If you’re thinking this is a one-time thing, think again. As reported in The Beaumont Enterprise: Utah mother Marianne Watson in October…
Another Crime Committed With An Octopus?
Mike Timmer, as you will soon discover, is a huge Detroit Red Wings fan. So it naturally figures that he brought an octopus (under his shirt and jacket) to Game 4 of the Red Wings-Avalanche series. Why, you might ask, did he bring the octopus in? Per the Detroit Free…