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Gunman Dead After Holding Five Firefighters Hostage in Georgia

Joe Hyer — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:04:04 +0000

The man who held five firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Ga. earlier on Wednesday has been shot and killed by SWAT members. Four hostages are slightly injured, but authorities say they should be OK. The firefighters were originally called to the residence in Suwanee, Ga. Wednesday afternoon by a man who said he was having a [...]

Las Vegas Strip Closed for 15 Hours Following Shooting That Ended in Fatal Fiery Car Crash

Jordan Dawson — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:34:01 +0000

A shootout that ended in a car crash engulfed in flames on the Las Vegas strip closed down the main road where the incident left a cab driver, a passenger in the cab and a rapper dead, and four other people injured. According to CNN, a dispute broke out a little before 4:30 a.m. Thursday, [...]

Shocking Video: Assassination Attempt Foiled By Jammed Gun

Tom Blunt — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:15:30 +0000

An attempt on the life of a Bulgarian politician was miraculously averted yesterday when the would-be killer’s gun refused to fire. Turkish Party leader Ahmed Dogan had no time to think when a man rushed the stage and pushed a gun in his face, but the instant it became clear that the gun was faulty, [...]

Teen Drugs Parents So She Can Stay Online Past Curfew

Amanda Ferris — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:37:55 +0000

We've all heard the stories about stressed-out parents drugging their unruly toddlers with a dose of Benadryl so that they can get some shut-eye, but this is certainly a new twist. On December 28, a 16 year-old girl and her 15-year-old friend from Northern California decided to buy her parents two milkshakes from a local fast-food joint and crush prescription sleeping pills in them so that they can explore the wonderful world of the Internet without that pesky 10 p.m. curfew.

Couple Kidnaps Handyman And Forces Him To Do Home Improvements

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:00:22 +0000

If you have stuff around the house that needs fixing, normal people have one of two options: you either do it yourself, or pay somebody else to do it for you. Neither of those options appealed to 36-year-old Jason DeJesus and 33-year-old Chanelle Troedson of Morgan Hill, California. So instead they lured a local handyman to their home and beat him until he agreed to spend the day fixing stuff around their house, gratis.

Subway Sandwich Artist Foils Robbery, Throws Soup At Thief in Ghost Mask

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 21:24:10 +0000

Thanks to the seasonal boom in masks and disguises, Halloween is prime time for criminals. That is, unless they tangle with the wrong sandwich slinger… When a 6 foot tall, 250 pound man in a ghost mask barged into a Subway restaurant in Braidwood, Illinois this past Friday, there was no doubt he was looking for trouble. The [...]

'Cannibal Cop' Busted in New York After Plotting to Cook Women

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:30:24 +0000

Gilberto Valle’s taste for human flesh has landed him in hot water. The 28-year-old New York City police officer allegedly used law enforcement databases to compile a detailed digital file of 100 women whom he planned to “kidnap, rape, kill, cook and eat.” According to the FBI, which became involved in the case when Valle’s [...]

Meet The Man Who Lived In Hotels On Stolen Credit Cards… For Twenty Years

Dan Seitz — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:30:41 +0000

Credit card fraud is one of the more annoying aspects of modern life. Thankfully, federal law limits your liability to $50, which is a good thing considering guys like Jeffrey Hawkins are around. Hawkins has allegedly lived on other people’s credit cards for two decades, traveling up and down the East Coast. Finding himself jobless [...]

Brother and Sister Claim They Were Just Having Sex, Not Stealing That TV

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:10:35 +0000

Siblings Robert and Amanda Larrivee entered into the women's bathroom of Samuel's Sports Bar in Springfield Massachusetts, with the intention of stealing the restroom's TVs. But the noise they made ripping the units from the walls alerted one of the bar's patrons, and then a bar employee quickly locked the duo in the bathroom and called the police.

Realizing they were trapped, the Larrivees knew they needed to think of a good reason Robert was in the women's bathroom. So when the cops arrived, the brother and sister claimed they had entered the ladies room to have sex.

Is Jerry Sandusky's Sentence Harsh Enough? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:08:40 +0000

Almost a year later, we finally have a sentence for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. But does it go far enough for the crimes he committed?Sanduskey received 30-60 years behind bars for his involvement in the child sex-abuse scandal, and many people are upset that the sentence wasn’t a bit more harsh. [...]

Nun Caught on Camera Stealing Beer

Donald Deane — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:28:10 +0000

Think all nuns lead lives of poverty, chastity and obedience? Think again. In this video, an apparent woman of the cloth is caught stealing drinks from a convenience store. Oh, sister. Better repent right away. Given that there’s very little detail on the origin of the footage, it’s possible this might be an early Halloween [...]

Overzealous Thieves Try to Blow Up ATM, Demolish the Whole Bank Instead

Mike Adams — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:16:23 +0000

Remember that scene (see below) in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' where Butch lays dynamite around the safe, but uses a bit too much and it blows up the entire train car and money flies around everywhere? This is like that, only in Germany and on Monday.

One Million Apple Users' Personal Information Leaked by Anonymous – Are You One of Their Victims?

Sasha Spielman — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:52:09 +0000

On the eve of Apple’s big iPhone 5 announcement – the mega company has a PR mess on their hands to deal with. Anonymous, the largest hacking organization, released personal information of 1 million Apple users. The hackers are clamming they obtained the information after compromising an FBI computer. Check here if your information was leaked too.

Boston Man Buys a Computer for a Teenager Who was Caught Using his Stolen Computer

Sasha Spielman — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:13:07 +0000

What would you do if your computer was stolen three times – call the cops, hunt the guy yourself, or buy him a new laptop so he stops stealing yours? The answer might surprise you.

Cleveland Man Busted With Weapons and Knives at Late-Night Showing of Batman the Dark Knight Rises

Sasha Spielman — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:49:02 +0000

Another day another psychopath tries to kill innocent people who just want to see ‘Batman: The Dark Knight Rises.’ A Cleveland, OH man was arrested last night for trying to smuggle weapons and knives into a movie theater. Police in Ohio arrested the copycat who allegedly got busted last night when a movie theater manager [...]

17-Year-Old Sexual Assault Victim Faces Charges For Publicly Naming Her Attackers

Sasha Spielman — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:09:38 +0000

Savannah Dietrich, 17-year-old Kentucky girl, decided to exercise her First Amendment right by tweeting the names of her two rapists – but instead she is now facing a contempt charge.

Florida Teacher in Jail For Abusing Autistic 5-Year-Old Boy

Sasha Spielman — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:39:56 +0000

Pranee Andrus, a Florida elementary school teacher is currently in jail for allegedly dragging a 5-year-old autistic boy by his feet and threatening to cut off his tongue. But what would prompt a grown up woman, a teacher at that, to do something so outrageous?

Colorado High School Teacher Gave Birth to a Foreign Student's Child

Sasha Spielman — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:33:10 +0000

A North Ridge High School Spanish teacher, Rhonda Aschliman Eisenberg, 44-years-old, was arrested after admitting to an ~~affair~~ rape with one of her students who was only 17-years-old at the time. She also has a child now from the alleged ‘boyfriend.’

Man Who Murdered Dave Navarro's Mother No Longer on Death Row

Chad Childers — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:33:19 +0000

John Riccardi, the man convicted of shooting and killing Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro‘s mother Connie, is no longer on death row after the California Supreme Court reversed his death sentence. According to LAist.com, the court stated that the 76-year-old Riccardi was denied a fair trial after the judge “erroneously excused a prospective juror [...]

Three Teens Killed a Disabled Man And Uploaded Video of The Attack on Facebook

Sasha Spielman — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:41:15 +0000

Three Chicago ~~teens~~ criminals attacked a disabled man and beat him to death, on top of that those three took a cell phone video of the murder and posted it on their Facebook profiles! This story is truly despicable and deplorable – find out what else they did to their innocent victim.