From an Aug. 23 press release by the SF Public Defender's Office: San Francisco, CA — A 52-year-old man accused of smashing a champagne bottle over his 30-year-old coworker’s head after the younger man changed the music from classic Michael Jackson to…
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…
A chess match between neighbors turned into an eight-hour police standoff after a Bellevue man pulled a gun on his opponent early Thursday morning, police said. The man's opponent wisely resigned from the match at that point and departed, after…
A 33-year-old Gainesville man with previous felony convictions, who had a warrant out for his arrest, is back in jail after sheriff's deputies said he took four shots at his cousin Tuesday in revenge for not being invited to a…
One member of this couple was a fan of Candice Glover, the other was a fan of Kree Harrison. That's the first time I've heard either of those names so I have no opinion, but they apparently cared enough to stab…
At least this time no firearms were used (see "Man Demands Hot Sauce at Gunpoint" (Sept. 22, 2011)), but for whatever reason there seems to be something extra stupid about resorting to violence over a little plastic thing of hot-pretzel…
Speaking of people who seem too eager to use violence, The Smoking Gun reports that a Florida woman pulled a gun on Walmart workers who had refused to honor a dollar-off coupon she found online. To be fair, she didn't pull out…
Is it a good thing to exercise your right to vote? Yes, it is, in the abstract, no matter who you actually vote for, I suppose. Probably. Given the lackluster choices we are typically presented with, though, and how polarized…
"That's all the motherf*cker listens to," Allen Casey, 24, told sheriff's deputies Sunday night in the Jacksonville home he shares with Todd Fletcher, 33. According to the police report, available at The Smoking Gun, the excess of Morrisette prompted Casey to…
"Gangnam Style dance-off escalates into gang shootout" was the headline that made my day today. According to INN (via the Guardian), two gangs were dining in the same restaurant in Bangkok when younger members of both groups "danced provocatively at…