Shock sentence! Kidnapper–rapist gets slap on wrist?
Violent Crime
Police initially accused his victims of lying
Weird Crime
March 16, 2017
Welcome Home: Jefferson County man returns from trip to find decomposing woman in his bedroom
The man told police he thought the woman was sleeping
Weird Crime
March 15, 2017
Lawsuit: Killer robot crushed mom of three’s skull
A defective robot is to blame for the July 2015 death of a Michigan woman whose skull was crushed by the machine, a lawsuit filed March 7 alleged. Wanda Holbrook, 57, worked as a technician at Ventra Ionia, a factory that welds and stamps bumpers and trailer hitches. MLive pointed out that the factory was …
Weird Crime
March 10, 2017
Police: Man stages girlfriends murder, texts ‘victim’s’ photos to friends and family
Police say an Ohio man and woman staged a murder scene so realistic that they fooled people into believing the woman was dead, and that the man killed her. They now face a misdemeanor charge each of inducing panic. The Sandusky Register reports that shortly after 9 p.m. on on Thursday night, police were dispatched to …
Juveniles
March 8, 2017
Mom lets 10-year-old son drive, broadcasts on Facebook Live: Report
But is there more to the story?
Weird Crime
March 8, 2017
Wisconsin men arrested in theft of 100,000 diapers
Investigators say they’re recommending felony theft charges against the two men, who have yet to be formally charged.
Family Crime
March 5, 2017
Husband does not get lucky with wife who poisoned Lucky Charms with cockroach killer to avoid sex
“I wouldn’t use that much to kill him, but just enough to make him not have an erection,” the suspect said
Weird Crime
March 5, 2017
Police search for woman who sprayed Walmart employees with chemical, making them sick
Police are searching for a woman who sprayed a chemical onto Walmart clerk in Fountain, Colorado, before fleeing the store. The spray permeated to additional employees, causing extreme illness. Fox 31 Denver reports that suspect walked into the Fountain Walmart on 4426 Venetucci Boulevard, at around 10 p.m. on Friday night, and sprayed “some type …
Weird Crime
March 3, 2017
Vegan woman goes buk-buk-berserk, crashes car into chicken truck
The truck was on its way to a processing plant
Weird Crime
March 1, 2017
County commissioner blamed drunk driving arrest on ‘damn chicken nuggets’
A Greenville, Michigan, official reportedly claimed he was arrested for drunk driving because of chicken nuggets. Jeremy Miller was stopped early on December 18 after an officer with the Greenville Department of Public Safety clocked him going 58 mph in a 30 mph zone. He was taken into custody after failing an initial breathalyzer test, …
Juveniles
March 1, 2017
Handcuffed boy walks into store saying he’s been kidnapped, then disappears
A young boy walks into a liquor store claiming to have been kidnapped disappears before help arrives on the scene. As police investigate the unusual incident, the boy’s whereabouts remain unknown. The unidentified boy, believed to be about 12 years old, walked into Nino’s Liquor Store on Detroit’s east side around 1 p.m. on February …
Weird Crime
February 27, 2017
Drone invasion: GoPro crashes through woman’s Manhattan high-rise apartment
Recreational drone use is against the law in the city
