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5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Sep 20, 2013 11:21 AM CDT

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including a shooting over an ... 18th-century philosopher

(Newser) - It was not a good week to be a driver: A case of road rage escalated into something much worse, and a habitual drunk driver was handed a huge sentence for her recurring crime.
  • Woman Sentenced After 6th DUI : The first five times Rose Ann Davidson got busted for drunken
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Cops: Man Tried Exorcism on Girlfriend, 80

She's OK, and her 54-year-old beau faces assault charges

(Newser) - A 54-year-old man in, of course, Florida is accused of trying to perform an exorcism on his 80-year-old girlfriend, reports the Tampa Bay Times . Police say David Edward Benes held down his live-in sweetie of three years while trying to "exorcise her and get the devil out of her....

Cops: Jilted Suitor Tried to Frame Rival in Bomb Scares

3 inert devices planted around Staten Island

(Newser) - A 54-year-old man is accused of planting three inert bombs around Staten Island in order to frame the husband of a neighborhood woman he liked, reports the Staten Island Advance . Police say the man left his homemade devices in residential areas over the last month, reports the Daily News , which...

Nebraska Cop Steals Police Cruiser

Gets chased down, was reportedly 'distraught'

(Newser) - A Saturday night chase in Nebraska involved police cruisers chasing down ... a police cruiser. Stanly Colby, an armed, uniformed Fairbury police officer, allegedly stole the cruiser while "distraught," 1011now.com reports. Several law enforcement agencies got involved in the chase, during which Colby avoided spike strips, before he...

Man Shot in Fight About 18th-Century Philosopher

Plus: more weird Russian attacks

(Newser) - A spate of odd news today concerning attacks in Russia: one on a dance floor, three in a cemetery, and another over a philosopher.
  • Two 20-something men in line for beers at a festival in southern Russia, got in a heated dispute about 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant. The feud "
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Cops Find Drugs, Cash, Gun in Raid on ... Daycare?

1 kilo cocaine, 1K Oxy pills, wads of cash stashed at daycare center

(Newser) - Of all the places in the Bronx to find a stash of drugs, guns, and weapons, "Fun World Childcare" doesn't sound like the most likely candidate. But a raid on the building that houses the daycare center last week turned up more than just teddy bears and juice...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

A pawned Scrooge McDuck necklace helps crack a case

(Newser) - A murder suspect who should have thought harder about pawning a unique necklace and a newlywed bride with apparent second thoughts make this week's list:
  1. Scrooge McDuck Helps Crack Murder Case : In life, Miguel Rodriguez was apparently a big fan of Scrooge McDuck. In death, the cartoon character may
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McDonald's Manager Robs Own Store: Cops

It went so well, he hit another one, say police

(Newser) - This is about as "inside job" as it gets: Police in Pleasanton, California, say a 42-year-old manager of a local McDonald's robbed his own store at gunpoint, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . Felix Gonzalez-Becerra allegedly donned a mask, climbed in through the drive-thru window on the late shift,...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Sep 6, 2013 9:16 AM CDT

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

'Out-of-control' partiers and a sleepy burglar make the list

(Newser) - Inept burglars make the cut this week, as do a group of partiers who allegedly got a little too risqué over Labor Day weekend:
  • Cops Bust Drug-Fueled Sex Party at Masonic Temple : Police in Battle Creek, Mich., broke up what a local TV station describes as an "out-of-control sex
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Cops: Pastor Burglarized a Parishioner Home ... Again

Rickey Alan Reed charged with stealing pain pills from 2nd home

(Newser) - A Tennessee pastor is in jail after he was allegedly caught burglarizing the home of one of his former parishioners ... for the second time. Rickey Alan Reed was already on probation for the first incident—he was caught on video breaking into the home of one of his church members...

Tip for Burglars: Get Away Before Opening the Tequila

Intruder found 'passed out' in Sacramento-area home

(Newser) - A couple near Sacramento returned home to discover that their home had been burglarized and—cue the suspense music—that an intruder was still inside. But that's where the movie-like drama fizzles a bit: "He was passed out," Lori Hensley tells Fox40 Sacramento . "That’s when...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Aug 30, 2013 1:04 PM CDT

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including the arrest of man accused of being lifelong silver thief

(Newser) - The arrest of an alleged silver thief that reads like a movie plot and the egregious misuse of bailout money highlight this week's craziest crimes:
  • Banker Blew $381K in Bailout Cash on Posh Condo : This will likely make your blood boil. A former bank executive has pleaded guilty to
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Guy Tries to Shoot Pot Into Prison via Arrow: Cops

David Wayne Jordan claims he was just shooting at a squirrel

(Newser) - Cops say a Washington man wrapped a bag of marijuana around an arrow, then fired that arrow into a county jail Tuesday ... and, when caught, gave quite a bizarre excuse. He said he was shooting at a squirrel, but "he had no explanation as to why squirrel hunting requires...

At Home Depot: You Can Do It ... in Our Sheds

Until the police arrive, of course

(Newser) - A South Carolina couple looking for a little action decided they'd found just the spot—in the parking lot of their local Home Depot. North Charleston police say they caught Emily Craig, 20, and Shaun Bowden, 31, inside a display shed in a state of undress, reports the Smoking...

Murder Suspect Says Wife Asked Him to Shoot Her

She was suffering from breast cancer, allegedly wanted him to 'end her pain'

(Newser) - "Hello … I just shot my wife." That's how Ernest Chris Chumbley introduced himself to a 911 operator yesterday morning. "Give me police. I'm under arrest," he said, according to a tape obtained by WKYT . Sure enough, police arrived to find his wife Virginia...

Soft-Hearted Kidnappers Give Broke Hostage Money

Girl's family in China was too poor to pay

(Newser) - When they get out of jail in 5 years or so, these two kidnappers might want to consider another line of work. Their hearts just don't seem to be in it. Police in China say two men kidnapped an 11-year-old girl and planned on asking her family for a...

Here&#39;s How You Rack Up $106K in Parking Tickets

 Here's How 
 You Rack Up 
 $106K in 
 Parking Tickets 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 25, 2013 7:00 PM CDT

Here's How You Rack Up $106K in Parking Tickets

Leave the car at O'Hare for about 3 years

(Newser) - A Chicago woman has agreed to pay the city $4,500 in overdue parking tickets, which seems like a princely sum until you learn the original bill was $106,000, reports the Chicago Tribune . Jennifer Fitzgerald reached the settlement with the city this month. How on earth did the fees...

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week
 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week 
Aug 23, 2013 12:03 PM CDT

5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including a brave scuba-diving smuggler

(Newser) - This week's list of odd crimes includes an ambitious pot smuggler and an estranged husband with an odd sense of revenge:
  • Man Tries to Scuba Dive Drugs From US to Canada : Guards on the Michigan side of the US-Canada border made a bizarre late-night arrest. Think scuba gear, a
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Worker Pistol-Whipped Over Coffee Goof

Dunkin' Donuts employee put in caramel by mistake, say police

(Newser) - The coffee was supposed to be flavored with vanilla, but a Dunkin' Donuts worker mistakenly put in caramel. This, of course, led to a pistol-whipping of the worker and battery charges for the aggrieved Florida couple, reports the Miami Herald . Police in Lauderhill say the couple went through the drive-thru...

Intruder Stages Epic Party on Merkel's Jet

He took off his pants, sprayed foam, did some wing-dancing

(Newser) - A stoned intruder managed to get aboard Germany's equivalent of Air Force One, and security officials can take only two positives from the mess: The jet was empty at the time, and the guy apparently had no interest in getting the fully fueled plane into the air. Instead, he...

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