Articles by Kevin

Orange-Jumpsuit Halloween Costume Causes Problems

A New York man got in some trouble on Halloween when he dressed up as a prison inmate, complete with an orange prisoner’s jumpsuit, to take his daughter trick-or-treating. It was a very realistic costume, because it was a real…


Lawyer’s Bin Laden Halloween Costume Not Popular

I was happy to learn that the guy arrested on Halloween dressed as Osama bin Laden and waving a gun around was an attorney, which brings this story within my jurisdiction. Apparently, a number of drivers called police in South…



German Love Witch Loses Appeal

In 2006, a court in Munich, Germany, confirmed that a local woman described as a "love witch" would have to pay back the 1,000 euros that she had charged another woman for various spells designed to get her ex-boyfriend to…



Judge Queries Whether Defendant Wants a Piece of Him; Is Censured

Earlier this month, the New York Commission on Judicial Conduct voted to censure an Albany city judge for inappropriate conduct.  Actually, I guess they described it as "deplorable" and "utterly inexcusable," but you decide. The censure is based on two…



Boston Primary School Becomes Latest to Ban Tag

Joining at least three other elementary schools across the nation, Willett Elementary School in Attleboro, Massachusetts (south of Boston) has banned tag, touch football and other other "unsupervised chase game" during recess.  School officials cited concerns that children might get…



Andy Griffith Running for Sheriff in Wisconsin

In what seems like an unfair move — how could you not vote for "Andy Griffith" to be your sheriff? — a music store owner in Grant County, Wisconsin, changed his name from "William Fenrick" to "Andy Griffith" upon entering…