Droopy Jeans Ruin Yet Another Getaway
This is one reason not to ban them.
Criminal Mind, The
Note: Guy With Murder Scene Tattooed on His Chest Was Convicted in 2011
Seems like pretty compelling evidence to me.
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…
Accused Mustard Vandal and Dog-Puncher Grabs a Couple of Brews During Pursuit
The recent exploits of one Florida man (via the great Twitter feed @_FloridaMan): The bizarre string of incidents began at about 2 a.m. Sunday when a neighbor called police and reported seeing a man climbing up to the second floor of a townhouse….
Judge Orders Prenda Law Group Beamed Out Into Space
For full coverage of the Prenda Law debacle, let me refer you to Popehat, where Ken has been following it closely for a while now and has written many excellent posts on the saga (with help from, among others, Cathy Gellis). As a…
Well, at Least He Wasn’t Texting
Here's your headline of the [insert appropriate time frame]: Witnesses: Man drove 90 mph with genitals hanging out the window It looks as though an alleged reign of terror may be coming to an end, after three of what police…
TIP: Hard to Argue Ineffective Assistance of Counsel If You Represented Yourself
I guess it might literally be hard to argue this, if you aren't good at making arguments. But I really meant that it's hard to argue it successfully. According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, which is what they call their…
Bad Disguise #7: Bucket on Head
The first problem here is that while a bucket will indeed conceal your face, and quite effectively, that's also where your eyes are. (In both senses: in your face and inside the bucket.) That is, the bucket cannot perform the…
How to Finally Get Some Work Done: Kidnap a Handyman
I guess it was more the false imprisonment that got the work done. The kidnapping per se didn't happen until the end of his "shift." The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a couple in Santa Clara (south of SF) was arrested this…