Now at the top of the Naughty List: William Caldwell, a 45-year-old man who patiently waited in line at a Georgia mall to tell Santa that he had a present for him: dynamite. No bomb was found, but Caldwell was…
In August, police in Framingham, Massachusetts, responded to a report that a gas station had been robbed. They brought along a tracking dog and released it in the direction in which witnesses said the robber had gone. Just a few…
There are better ways to demonstrate the concept of an “imminent threat,” probably.
I can remember times when I was really, really bored. I mean, really bored. But I don't think I've ever been so bored that I even considered checking a police scanner to get a description of somebody the police were looking…
Joe Francis, the Girls Gone Wild founder — or as Gawker.com described him, the "alleged arm-twisting sexual aggressor and loathsome Girls Gone Wild founder" — was sentenced on November 7 to time already served, and was released into the wild…
Hard to define, but you know it when you see it.
They will apparently not be charged for their reality-TV-show appearances, unfortunately.
Edward Ates "looked down and shook his head in court" as he listened to the jury's verdict against him on November 6. As he did, his ponderous jowls wobbled slowly from side to side. Or, at least, ponderous and wobbly jowls would…
The California Highway Patrol got a report of a stolen car on November 3 and were able to track it down quickly because it was equipped with LoJack. They found it parked near a courthouse in Vallejo, about a 30-minute…
I have to go back and make sure my numbering is consistent, but I think these would be Bad Disguises Numbers 6 and 7: I am going to count these as two Bad Disguises even though they are fundamentally based on the…