Who Not to Steal From, #287
As in Who Not to Steal From, #165, the answer here is also "The judge presiding over your criminal hearing." In #165, the item stolen was the judge’s gavel, which has a certain special comedy to it, but there the…
Criminal
British Duke Charged With Contacting Minors at Minnesota School
Students at Stillwater High School in Minnesota were excited at first to learn that a 17-year-old British duke would be attending their school for the year. Their feelings changed after student journalists who had planned to do a feature on…
Compulsive-Shopper Defense Does Not Spare Woman From Jail for Spree
Betty Jean Barachie of Kunkletown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 27 months in prison this week despite testimony from a psychologist that she was "one of the most extreme cases" of compulsive shopping he had ever seen. Barachie admitted stealing more…
Australian Mint Worker Enjoyed Challenge of Stealing from Australian Mint
A worker at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra pleaded guilty this week to stealing $135,000 Australian (100,000 of our actual dollars) from his employer by smuggling them out every day in his lunch box and shoes. Authorities apparently are…
O.J. Continues Zany Antics by Appearing on Candid-Camera Show
"Juiced" is the name of the new show, which will be appearing on pay-per-view soon (if it isn’t already). On the show, O.J. Simpson, who you may recall was accused a few years ago of killing his ex-wife and her…
After Conviction, Zacarias Moussaoui Wants to Withdraw Guilty Plea
After a lengthy trial in which he openly admitted his guilt and mocked the pain of the September 11 victims, and yet was still spared the death penalty, Zacarias Moussaoui now wants to withdraw his guilty plea. In a motion…
Pimp Sues Customers For Engaging in Illegal Activity
A Dutch man who formerly lived in Florida, but was deported after being charged with running one of the largest escort services in the Southeast, has sued six of his former customers for breaking the law while being "escorted." By…
Village Policeman Charged With Corruption
Victor Willis, the highest-ranking member of the Village People, has been re-arrested after attempting to flee from gun and drug charges against him in San Mateo County, California. Ironically, he was the policeman. Willis, who was the co-author of such…
Murder to be Tried for Murder
Corey Miller is now awaiting retrial for a second-degree murder charge after his conviction and life sentence were overturned on appeal. Miller is a rap artist who went by the name "C-Murder" at the time of the alleged murder. C-Murder…
Surgeon Arrested for DIOWPI: Demanding Immediate Operation While Possibly Intoxicated
Dr. Federico Castro-Moure, the top neurosurgeon at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, was arrested Monday after he angrily demanded to be allowed to operate immediately on a patient whose spine had been fractured. Two other doctors had already determined that…