Crime and Punishment


Guy Impersonating Police Officer Pulls Over Guy Who Isn’t

This isn't the first time this has happened by any means, but it never really gets old. You're outta your jurisdiction, son MSNBC reports that a 29-year-old man driving a white pickup truck made an unauthorized traffic stop earlier last…


People Who Should Stop Talking: Joe Amendola

From the New York Times, June 11, on the opening statements in Jerry Sandusky's trial on child-sex-abuse charges: In his opening statement to the jury, Sandusky’s lawyer, Joseph Amendola, said that Sandusky had a long history of helping children and that…


This Particular Circus Act Was Not a Crowd-Pleaser

This happened: Two Border Patrol agents have been put on paid leave after audience members complained they engaged in a sex act while attending a Cirque du Soleil theater performance in San Diego County. *** [According to a witness,] the pair…




Another Incident of Taco-Related Violence

Filled with danger Hot on the heels of this weekend's news that somebody tried to run over another person for canceling a taco order comes this report that a 23-year-old man crashed his truck into a Taco Bell after it failed…



Edwards Jury Asks for “the Haircut Letter”

Well, this can't be a good sign — for John Edwards, anyway. The jury that is currently considering whether to convict him for alleged campaign-finance violations asked yesterday for a copy of the "haircut letter." Elderly rich person "Bunny" Mellon,…


THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE

A woman defended herself with a "pooper scooper" for nearly half an hour while a man tried to hit her with another pooper scooper in Plymouth Pillars Park early Thursday, according to the Seattle Police Department. There don't appear to…