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Thief Steals Purse, Gets Hit by Bus, Re-Thinks Career Options

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:43 +0000

What comes around goes around. And sometimes, it comes around much quicker than you expect. This thief in Columbia thought he’d come up with a great way to steal a woman’s purse. And everything seems hunky dory for him until a big ol’ bus got in his way and mowed him down. Amazingly, the thief [...]

Mom Puts Three-Year-Old Son Up for Adoption on Craigslist

Donald Deane — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:28:44 +0000

Craigslist is a great resource for meeting people and buying and selling almost anything. But when it comes to giving away children, there are probably better ways. That didn't stop a Texas woman from offering her three-year-old for adoption on the service, however.

Woman Arrested For April Fool's Day Robbery Prank

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:23:23 +0000

It’s becoming harder and harder to pull a good April Fool’s Day prank. We blame the internet for this, as not long after you log on you are reminded of the tricky nature of April 1 and thus put your guard up. One way to circumvent the new always-in-your-face April Fool’s reality is pull the [...]

Drunk Woman Takes Off Pants, Flee Cops In Toy Power Wheels Truck

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:56:37 +0000

Jamie Craft of Jonesboro, Arkansas has herself quite a Tuesday.

The 28-year old kicked of her midweek adventure by getting good and drunk and crashing her Trans Am into the side of a mobile home. Mind you this was a proper, adult sized Trans Am, which becomes important later in this tale and also made what she did a pretty serious crime.

Man Calls 911 Nine Times to Request a Cheeseburger

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:38:04 +0000

There is just something about fast food that makes people abuse 911. In the past, folks have been arrested after calling emergency services to report problems with their orders at Burger King, McDonald’s, Subway and Hardee’s. Gregory Jackson Sr. decided to cut out the middleman. Instead of going to his local restaurant chain to beÂ disappointed, [...]

Woman Loses Tooth In Burglar's Hand

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:30:42 +0000

Police in the Cayman Islands are on the look out for a local woman’s tooth. They may well find it still stuck in the hand of the man who “stole” it from her. What had happened is the woman awoke early Friday morning to find aÂ burglarÂ in her house. The thief tried to silence her screams [...]

Thief Arrested After Trying To Ransom Stolen Lemur

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:10:34 +0000

James Edward Welborn Jr. probably didn’t have primate theft on his mind when he broke into Julie Harris’s home in Mobile, Alabama. But there was Gizmo, a two-year old lemur, and WelbornÂ allegedlyÂ snagged it along with Harris’s TV. The problem with stealing an exotic animal is that it is much more difficult to pawn off than [...]

Rude Girl Flips Off Judge, Gets 30 Days in Lockup

Emerald Catron — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:01:06 +0000

Left on her own without legal representation, this girl (who was awaiting arraignment for a first arrest) was in over her head. It probably also didn't help that she didn't get the sobering reality of being physically present in court to knock some sense into her, since this is a video arraignment taking place from jail, where she is nervous and surrounded by other inmates. Oh, and it doesn't help that this judge is clearly some kind of jerk.

Braying Getaway Donkey Foils Robbery

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:48:41 +0000

Three thieves wanted to knock over a small shop in the Columbian village ofÂ Juan de Acosta. For their getaway, they enlisted the services of a donkey. Or stole the service is more like it, as they had snatched 10-year-old Xavi from his pen 12 hours earlier. This proved to be a very bad idea. The [...]

YouTube Prankster Hauled to Jail for Giving Wedgies

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:23:58 +0000

Charles Ross has been caught with his pants down because his victims were caught with their pants up. Way up. Ross, 18, was arrested Sunday, for giving people wedgies outside a movie theater in Bradenton, Florida. Ross isn’t some overgrown high school bully; rather, it seems he was filming the spree to post on his [...]

Police Arrest Teen Thief by Following Trail of Cheetos to His Front Door

Donald Deane — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:48:41 +0000

As any thief worth his salt knows, a clean getaway is absolutely essential. Well, a South Carolina teen recently botched a robbery in a big way after police followed a trail of Cheetos right to his front door. (While that's not the thief pictured above, authorities should still be on the lookout for a hungry cheetah in human clothing.)

Subway 'Sandwich Artist' Fired Over Ketchup Dispute Gone Awry

Emerald Catron — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:22:31 +0000

Maybe Subway is stepping up their game a tad. They've made it abundantly clear that they now have avocados and sriracha sauce, and they will NOT be putting ketchup on anybody's sandwich. At all. They don't even have ketchup, and one employee was willing to fight to prove it. They don't call them sandwich artists for nothing.

Clerk Foils Robbery by Being on the Phone

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:35:58 +0000

The clerk at theÂ Sheridan Mini Mart in East Bremerton, Washington probably isn’t the world’s greatest employee. In fact, when a woman came into the store at 10 PM Thursday night the slacker-in-question wouldn’t stop talking on his phone as she tried to grab his attention. HisÂ conversationÂ was so engrossing that he didn’t even care that she [...]

2012′s Dumbest Criminals Are Painfully Dumb

Emerald Catron — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:24:33 +0000

It turns out to make it onto a list of the dumbest criminals, you have to actually be pretty dumb. Granted, we can't all be masterminds, but it probably doesn't take much to know you shouldn't make a YouTube video boasting about the bank you just robbed. Or tweet about punching a guy in the face. Nor should you get into a fist fight over a piece of birthday cake.

Woman Returns Home From Work to Find Her Driveway Stolen

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:30:47 +0000

You’ve surely heard of highway robbery? It turns out that driveway robbery is also a thing (a very, very literal thing). When Florida woman Rachel McCarty returned home from her job Tuesday, she felt a strange bump as she pulled into her driveway. Then she “noticed there was definitely something missing in my peripheral vision.” [...]

Man Steals Ex's Engagement Ring, Gives It To His Wife

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:05:35 +0000

Donald Albritton’s marriage was going through a rough patch, so he turned to his ex-girlfriend for help. The catch is Megan White, the 35-year old’s former-flame, didn’t exactly get a say in the matter… That’s because Albritton swiped White’s engagement ring, planning to give the jewelry to his current wife as a peace offering. According [...]

Drug Courier Loses $20,000, Asks Tucson Police For Excuse Note

Dan Seitz — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:37:27 +0000

Granted, losing $20,000 of a drug cartel’s money is fairly panic inducing. That said, you do have to wonder what Demarco Alonzo Thomas was thinking when he called the police for a note excusing him from delivering $20,000. Thomas was unable to find the money and, in a panic, called the Tucson police. He asked [...]

Real-Life Grinch Steals Christmas Decorations from Neighbors

Donald Deane — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:39:08 +0000

Sure, the holiday season can be a bit of a hassle sometimes, but we’ve never actually tried to ruin Christmas. This Texas man, however, fully embraced his Grinchy nature and was caught on camera stealing Christmas decorations from his neighbors. Surveillance footage shows the man as he pulls up to a home in San Antonio [...]

Dumb 'Chick Bank Robber' Brags About Crime on YouTube, Gets Busted

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:56:28 +0000

After robbing a bank, most criminals will try to lay low for a period of time. Not 19-year-oldÂ Hannah Sabata. TheÂ Stromsburg, Nebraska teen wanted to get credit for her ability to knock over a local bank for over $6,000 and also make off with a Pontiac Grand Am that didn’t belong to her. So, because she [...]