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Man Caught Smuggling Monkeys Under Clothes

Rare titi monkeys were held around his waist

(Newser) - In what may be one of the weirdest airport security busts of all time, Mexican police have arrested a man caught trying to smuggle 18 rare titi monkeys through customs in a girdle around his waist. The tiny animals were each kept inside a sock. The man said the monkeys...

Teacher Faked Brain Cancer to Skip Work

Cops say Leslie Herneisey lied about tumors for decade

(Newser) - What to do when you're too old to have mom write you a sick note to get out of school? Fake a really, really serious disease, apparently. Pennsylvania police say a special-education teacher has spent the last 9 years claiming she had an inoperable brain tumor in order to skip...

Text Message Frame-Up Lands Woman in Jail

'Victim' blames ex for threats, gets 1-year sentence

(Newser) - It turns out, you can go to jail for threatening yourself—just call the cops and try to pin it on your ex-boyfriend and his sister-in-law. Jeanne Manunga, a 25-year-old California woman, has been sentenced to a year in jail for sending herself threatening text messages from a prepaid cell...

Cops: Woman Posed as Boy to Have Sex With Girl

31-year-old pretended to be 14 and male

(Newser) - A bizarre crime case out of Ohio: A 31-year-old woman has been charged with posing as a 14-year-old boy to have sex with a 16-year-old girl, reports the Dayton Daily News . Patricia Dye, aka "Matt Abrams," is being held on $100,000 bond and is charged with engaging...

Cabbie Foils Woman's Plot to Kill Her Husband

Driver tricks woman into hiring undercover 'hit man'

(Newser) - A woman has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after her seemingly loyal cab driver tricked her into trying to hire an undercover police officer to kill her husband. It all started when Veronica Escalona hailed Rachid Rakhis’ cab earlier this month. She told him to follow her estranged...

Utah Police Bust Naked Carjacker
Utah Police
Bust Naked
Carjacker
Jun 23, 2010 2:30 PM CDT

Utah Police Bust Naked Carjacker

Woman jumped out of one car and into another (then another)

(Newser) - Crime stories don’t get much stranger than this, folks: A woman was arrested in Utah yesterday after stealing a car in the nude—and the lack of clothes is barely the weirdest part. According to police, a man had parked his van on the side of the road to...

Thong-Addled College Kid in Hot Water
Thong-Addled College Kid in Hot Water
Apr 16, 2010 12:27 PM CDT

Thong-Addled College Kid in Hot Water

Cops find 79 pairs of undies in Michigan State dorm room

(Newser) - A Michigan State University student got quite the dressing-down last week when police arrested him for stealing thong underwear out of the laundry room—and then found 79 more pairs of presumably pilfered undies in his possession. The suspect, 19, says he did it as a prank, not because of...

Motel Guest Assaults Complainer With Python

SC man busted for using 6ft snake as weapon

(Newser) - Weird crime of the week: a South Carolina man who responded to a request to turn his music down by jamming a 6-foot python into his fellow motel guest's face has been arrested for assault and battery. "I almost had a heart attack," said the victim, who had...

Grave Robbers Steal Body of Cyprus Leader

Guard finds empty coffin, no clue on motive

(Newser) - Bizarre crime of the day: Grave robbers have stolen the corpse of the former president of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos. A member of the president's guard found the open grave and empty coffin this morning. The body snatching came one day before a public memorial service on the one-year anniversary of...

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