Don’t Pre-Judge My Client Simply Because He Is Covered in Blood
Or because of the milkshake incident.
Criminal Mind, The
Nebraska Police Searching for Stolen Juggling Equipment
Omaha police are searching for a thief who stole two bags of juggling equipment from the back seat of a visiting juggler’s car. According to the report, Justin Gramarye has lost all his "balls, rings, clubs, diablos, cigar boxes, devil…
“Holy Grail” + LSD + Off-Duty Cop = Jail
Two Boulder teenagers, Robert Hibbs and Brad Boville, were arrested on July 6, 2006, for "menacing" people and possessing LSD and marijuana. Probably they had done more than just "possess" it, I would guess. That's because they had taken up a…
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…
British Duke Charged With Contacting Minors at Minnesota School
Turns out “Duke Caspian James Crichton-Stuart IV” was in fact “Registered Sex Offender Josh.”
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…