“The Super Bowl of Fortuneteller Fraud Cases”
AKA “Operation Crystal Ball.”
Crime and Punishment
Good Reason to Kill #35: Missing Can of Shrimp
Not only is this a great reason, it also involves great weaponry. From the Orlando Sentinel: Jayson [L.], 34, of Deltona used a sword to break down a door and threw kitchen knives at family members after his mother's boyfriend…
And This Is My Pet Unicorn, Mr. Carrot Pretty Lashes
Here's where this is going, in case you found this through an innocent unicorn-related search: [The defendant's] attorney … called the prosecution's case a stretch of the imagination. "Getting struck in the testicles is no way a reward or an…
Law School to Remove Fraudster’s Name From Atrium
He did donate a bunch of money to Indiana's law school in exchange for this: Photo: The Indiana Lawyer.com But now that he's pleaded guilty to ponzischeming $4.5 million from his clients, having his name on the atrium would not…
Suspect Leaves Facebook Comments Under His “Wanted” Photo
This is not one of those cases, ever-increasing in number, in which somebody is apprehended because of his or her own misuse of social media. According to the report in the Bradenton Herald, they caught this 23-year-old robbery suspect through…
Be Sure to Look Nice When Planning Your Husband’s Murder
Because it appears that detectives are getting really high-quality undercover video these days. You'll want to be presentable when the jury sees it. I found this interesting because I had not yet had the opportunity to see a 21-year-old woman…
The Dude Who Went to Pizza Court
Hear Nebraska is a nonprofit group that says it "strives to make the state [Nebraska] a globally recognized cultural destination," and while that's probably more of a long-term goal there is some great stuff on its website right now. This…
The Photo-Booth Idea Was Bad Enough to Begin With
… even before you posed with the stolen item. The Capital Gazette reported on Saturday that police were searching for the pictured group of young people in connection with a case of alleged credit-card fraud. A woman reported she had lost her…
Court to DOJ: About That Meta-Data You Said You Didn’t Have … [Update II]
The Southern District of Florida Blog reports that the Government has some 'splaining to do in a case pending there, given the recent NSA data-trawling revelations. The defendants are charged with a string of armored-car robberies. As part of its investigation, the Government…
Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson Gets 30 Days in Jail After Slapping His Attorney’s Butt [FIXED?]
Not for slapping his attorney's butt, after slapping it, in sort of an NFL-style congratulatory buttslap for having just gotten him a deal that would have resulted in no jail time. Doing this in view of the judge and spectators turns out to…