Happily, this was not a successful killing attempt, but Zachary King did go after two acquaintances with a hammer due partly to hurt feelings over a game of Dungeons & Dragons the previous day. King's preliminary hearing was held on…
This doesn't beat #1 (Used the Last Roll of Toilet Paper) or #2 (Disputed Yahtzee Rules), and it was only an attempted killing, but it does deserve to be on the list. On September 16, police in Shreveport, Louisiana, said…
This now joins Reason 1 ("Roommate used the last roll of toilet paper") and Reason 2 ("Argued over game of Yahtzee") in this unfortunately growing database. Link: FindLaw.com
Might need to get the United Nations involved.
I have mixed emotions about this one but ultimately come down on the side of the shark.
Probably better than federal prison.
“Thanks so much for this memento of my failure,” Chief Inspector Abberline probably said.
In this edition: a legal-ethics update, a fairly crazy West Virginia case, and a reminder that only in Monopoly will there be a bank error in your favor.
In this edition: creative car financing, a cat burglar, goat liberation, a couple of coronavirus things, and the continuing risks of karaoke.
By “it” I mean “murder,” in case that wasn’t clear.