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Priceless Plant Stolen From Garden

Rare water lily taken from botanical gardens in London

(Newser) - Thieves who struck in London last week will need some serious green thumbs or their priceless loot won't be worth a cent. Someone dug up a tiny water lily from the Royal Botanic Gardens, reports CNN , and this is no ordinary lily. The Nymphaea thermarum is one of the...

Guy Fatally Stabbed Over Chess: Cops

Boarder admits to killing landlord over game

(Newser) - Chess is, apparently, serious business for some people—deadly serious. Police in Ireland believe a man who was found stabbed to death at his home early yesterday was murdered after a disagreement regarding a chess move during a late-night game, Sky News reports. Thomas O'Gorman, a 39-year-old researcher and...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Jan 10, 2014 5:49 AM CST

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including a strange restaurant tip and an even stranger death

(Newser) - A killing by unusual means and a tip of an unusual nature make this week's list:
  • Cops: Man Dies After 'Atomic Wedgie' : This one involved a deadly fight between a 33-year-old man and his 58-year-old stepfather, and this quote from an Oklahoma sheriff: "I'd never seen
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Cops: Man Dies After Being Given 'Atomic Wedgie'

He was 'suffocated with his own underwear'

(Newser) - A completely nuts crime report out of Oklahoma: Police say a man died after being given an "atomic wedgie" by his stepson. "I'd never seen this before, but when we first looked at our victim ... the waistband of his underwear was around his neck," says Pottawatomie...

Man Arrested Over Google+ Invitation

One got sent to his ex, violating a restraining order

(Newser) - A Massachusetts man is blaming an automated Google+ invitation for an arrest that could land him in jail. As the Salem News reports, one of Thomas Gagnon's ex-girlfriends got an email inviting her to join his Google+ Circle. The problem is that said ex-girlfriend had a restraining order in...

Zambian Calls President a Potato, Goes to Jail

He was speaking figuratively, say critic's supporters

(Newser) - A political foe of Zambia's president has been arrested and faces up to five years in prison for the crime of likening the president to a potato, reports the BBC . More precisely, a sweet potato. And even more precisely, in the native tongue, a "chumbu mushololwa." President...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Jan 3, 2014 8:24 AM CST

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

From apprehended fugitives to misguided boyfriends

(Newser) - It may be a new year, but it's certainly not one void of crazy crimes, from a burglar who was after brains to a Breaking Bad superfan whose life imitated the hit TV show just a little too closely:
  1. 'Dead' Man Caught After 18 Months on the Run
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Tow Truck Driver Hits Robber, Charged With Murder

Police say dead man tried to rob driver, pistol-whipped him

(Newser) - A tow truck driver has been charged with murder after allegedly running down and killing a man who tried to rob him. Police say Kevin Lewis Crouch, 22, entered a tow lot in Washington, DC, on Tuesday and asked about a car—then pulled a gun and demanded money from...

Guy Who Won Breaking Bad Contest Busted for Drugs

Months after watching finale with stars of the show

(Newser) - A 28-year-old Florida man won a trip to Hollywood in September to watch the Breaking Bad finale with the stars of the show about a meth kingpin ... and, months later, he was busted on drug charges. Investigators searched Ryan Lee Carroll's San Carlos Park home Tuesday, and Carroll was...

Cops: Burglar Sold Stolen Brains on eBay

He allegedly broke into medical history museum many times

(Newser) - Lots of brains were stolen in Indianapolis, but no zombies involved: Police say a 21-year-old man broke into the city's Medical History Museum multiple times to steal the preserved brains of mental patients, which he sold on eBay. The brain burglar was arrested following a sting operation set up...

Ill-Advised Plan: Kidnap Girlfriend, Try to Marry Her

This alleged scheme involved a 1K-mile drive to Las Vegas, too

(Newser) - A Washington man apparently looking for a lifetime of wedded bliss could end up with five years in prison instead. Thomas Martin Pfeiffer, 22, was arrested early Friday and hit with a slew of charges, chief among them kidnapping. Police say he allegedly kidnapped his girlfriend on Thursday night and,...

Cops: Teen Who Didn't Get iPhone Pulls Knife on Dad

Massachusetts youth faces assault charges

(Newser) - Siri, what's the penalty for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon? An 18-year-old in Brockton, Massachusetts, might find out after police say he pulled a knife on his father when the iPhone he wanted didn't show up under the Christmas tree, reports the Enterprise . Cops charged Alexander...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Dec 27, 2013 5:00 AM CST

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

From a crazy chain of DUIs to a rogue surgeon

(Newser) - It may have been Christmas week, but that didn't make for an absence of crazy and tragic crimes:
  1. Woman's DUI Leads to Ridiculous Chain of DUIs : It would be comical if it weren't so pathetic: Police in Readington Township, NJ, have reported a most bizarre chain of
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Surgeon Accused of Branding Initials on Patient's Liver

UK doctor has been suspended

(Newser) - When a liver-transplant patient ended up back in the operating room for an unrelated procedure, the surgeon noticed an odd thing: The letters "SB" were branded on the patient's liver. And the name of the doctor who had performed that transplant? Simon Bramhall. Sure, it might be a...

Troopers Seize Heroin Labeled 'Obama Care'

Stash in Massachusetts also had some 'Kurt Cobain'

(Newser) - Most definitely not the kind of product endorsement the White House was looking for: State troopers in Massachusetts seized 1,250 bags of heroin from a vehicle, with many of the bags labeled "Obama Care," reports the Smoking Gun . Others were labeled "Kurt Cobain," and four...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Dec 20, 2013 8:27 AM CST

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

No, officer, it's soap, not cocaine

(Newser) - Lessons this week: Beware driving with soap and don't report a bomb threat to get out of a test:
  • Pair Spends Month in Jail for Having Bag of ... Soap : Soap and cocaine are easy to confuse ... right? A young man and woman just spent a month in a Pennsylvania
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Arresting Officer Helps Handcuffed Suspect Propose

Cop gets ring out for man in Oklahoma

(Newser) - Even in an age of high-profile marriage-proposal stunts, this one stands out as one of a kind: An Oklahoma man popped the question to his girlfriend last week while an officer arrested him on outstanding warrants. Justin Harrel of Elk City was spotted by an officer in a local park...

Guy Tries to Trade Alligator for Beer

Needless to say, his plan doesn't work

(Newser) - So you need beer but you have no cash ... what do you do? Well, Florida wildlife officials say a man tried to trade a live alligator for beer at a Miami convenience store last Tuesday. A State Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman says the man received a citation for...

Fire Extinguisher Attack Sends 10 to Hospital

Man goes on rampage at high school he used to attend

(Newser) - A 24-year-old man went on a fire extinguisher-fueled rampage inside his alma mater yesterday that ultimately sent 10 people to the hospital, the New York Daily News reports. The unidentified man walked into the lobby of New York's Liberty High School Academy for Newcomers, asking to talk with one...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Dec 13, 2013 8:27 AM CST

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Wild teens make off with a very valuable snow leopard

(Newser) - There are teen parties and then there are teen parties. What happened in La Habra Heights, Calif., was the latter, with a sheriff calling it one of the worst youth crimes he's seen:
  • Teens Throw Mansion Party, Take $250K Leopard : Sixteen suspects described as "kids of means" have
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