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Precious Perp:
5 Craziest Crimes
of the Week

Dec 4, 2015 7:36 AM CST

Precious Perp: 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including out-of-control arachnophobia and thirsty pigs

(Newser) - A bizarre judicial mandate and a mom who should've stuck to cooking eggs for breakfast are among the weirdest crime stories of the week:

Judge Issues Lord of the Rings Assignment : Bilgin Ciftci is accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (a prisonable offense in Turkey) after sharing

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'Adorable' Suspected Drug
Dealer Has DEA Agent Dad

Dec 3, 2015 3:29 PM CST

'Adorable' Suspected Drug Dealer Has DEA Agent Dad

Maybe she was smiling because she appreciates irony

(Newser) - It turns out the 19-year-old college student dubbed an "adorable drug kingpin" by the media is also the daughter of a veteran DEA agent, Death and Taxes reports. According to the Houston Chronicle , Sarah Furay was arrested in Texas last month after police allegedly found a good amount of...

5th-Graders Busted in
Attack Plot Against School

Dec 3, 2015 10:46 AM CST

5th-Graders Busted in Attack Plot Against School

Kids accused of bringing vinegar, cinnamon mix to school

(Newser) - Five fifth-graders in northern New Jersey were suspended after they were detained by police for allegedly plotting to attack a high school during a field trip. The students from School 11 in Clifton were detained on Wednesday after allegedly bringing a device filled with vinegar and cinnamon to school. The...

Judge's Strange
Order: Study
Gollum, Then
Fill Me In

Dec 2, 2015 1:11 PM CST

Judge's Strange Order: Study Gollum, Then Fill Me In

Turkish justice is deciding slander case against president

(Newser) - Experts recruited in the case of a man accused of insulting Turkey's president have been given some interesting homework: study the character Gollum from Lord of the Rings. Bilgin Ciftci is accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan—a prisonable offense in Turkey—after sharing photos of the politician...

Feds Bust Canadian With 51 Turtles in His Pants

Feds Bust Man With
51 Turtles in His Pants

Dec 2, 2015 1:00 AM CST

Feds Bust Man With 51 Turtles in His Pants

They spotted 'irregular bulges'

(Newser) - A Canadian man caught at a border crossing with 51 turtles taped to his body pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling or attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 of the reptiles out of southeastern Michigan. Kai Xu, 27, would order turtles online, travel to the US to pick them up,...

Mom Accused of Egging Homes With Her Daughter

Dec 1, 2015 9:02 AM CST

Mom Accused of Egging Homes With Her Daughter

Jennifer Terry has been charged with causing a catastrophe

(Newser) - A teenage act of mischief has landed Jennifer Terry—who happens to be 44—in some very real trouble. The Utah woman has been arrested and charged with causing a catastrophe, a class A misdemeanor, over an alleged summertime incident, reports KSL . On Aug. 20, Terry allegedly chauffeured her teenage...

Guy Insults
Stripper,
Bad Things
Happen

Nov 30, 2015 4:59 PM CST

Guy Insults Stripper, Bad Things Happen

Florida man gets assaulted at a gentleman's club: report

(Newser) - Insulting a stripper about her weight may not be the world's best idea—as a young man discovered early Sunday morning in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Unidentified by police, the 23-year-old apparently told a dancer at Derriere's Gentlemen’s Club to "go to the gym and lose...

SF's 'Hot Cop'
Arrested in
Hit-and-Run

Nov 30, 2015 12:03 PM CST

SF's 'Hot Cop' Arrested in Hit-and-Run

Heavily photographed officer charged with hitting 2 men early Sunday

(Newser) - A police officer dubbed the "Hot Cop of the Castro" is in pretty deep trouble after a hit-and-run Sunday, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Christopher Kohrs, a 38-year-old who gained social media fame for his chiseled good looks, faces two felony charges stemming from an early morning accident that...

Cops Called to Stop Domestic Violence— Against Spider

Nov 30, 2015 10:26 AM CST

Cops Called to Stop Domestic Violence— Against Spider

Witnesses heard man screaming 'die, die!'

(Newser) - "At this point, the male became very sheepish." So goes a recent Facebook post from the Harbourside Local Area Command of the New South Wales Police in Australia. Officers had gone to the Wollstonecraft apartment after receiving calls from neighbors concerned about an apparent domestic violence incident occurring...

Where's the Beef?
Trucker Steals 40K
Pounds of Meat

Nov 27, 2015 6:00 PM CST

Where's the Beef? Trucker Steals 40K Pounds of Meat

The missing beef is worth $110,000

(Newser) - Where's the beef? That's what authorities would like to know after someone stole 40,000 pounds of it from a meat plant in central Pennsylvania. State police say it happened last Saturday at Nicholas Meat near Loganton. According to troopers, a trucker loaded $110,000 worth of meat...

Missing Trees: 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Nov 27, 2015 9:12 AM CST

Missing Trees: 5 Craziest Crimes of the Week

Including a brazen holiday-themed theft

(Newser) - A heroic clown and a sneaky wedding "guest" are among the weirdest crime stories of the week:

Trucks Filled With 1K Christmas Trees Stolen From Costco : The holiday season kicked off with a bah-humbug with reports of an ambitious theft from a Costco in Kendall, Florida. Police are trying

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Guy Who Sold Stolen Brains
on eBay Sentenced

Nov 26, 2015 3:26 PM CST

Guy Who Sold Stolen Brains on eBay Sentenced

He took remains of mental patients from old hospital

(Newser) - A man who stole the preserved brains of mental patients from a former hospital for the insane and sold them on eBay has been sentenced by a judge who wants him to find a less macabre way to make a living. David Charles, 23, was ordered to obtain a high...

1K Christmas
Trees Lifted
From Fla. Costco

Nov 26, 2015 2:19 PM CST

1K Christmas Trees Lifted From Fla. Costco

2 trailers crammed with trees taken from Kendall superstore

(Newser) - The holiday season kicked off with a bah-humbug bang this week with reports of an ambitious theft from a Florida Costco. Miami-Dade police are trying to find two 53-foot semi-truck trailers crammed with 500 Christmas trees each, taken sometime between 8pm and midnight Tuesday from outside the Kendall warehouse, the...

'Flash Mob' Steals
$13K From Tony
Georgetown Store

Nov 25, 2015 2:24 PM CST

'Flash Mob' Steals $13K From Tony Georgetown Store

Between 20 and 30 youths converged on a Diesel shop

(Newser) - What the Washington Post describes as a "flash mob" of juveniles (and not the kind that dances to Taylor Swift ) converged Tuesday evening upon a high-end store in Georgetown, stealing about $13,000 worth of goods, DC cops tell the paper. The Metropolitan Police Department says between 20...

Woman's
Good Aim
Against Drone
Costs Her $600

Nov 25, 2015 11:17 AM CST

Woman's Good Aim Against Drone Costs Her $600

Her neighbor wasn't too happy

(Newser) - A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to pay $600 for hurling driveway gravel at her next-door neighbor's drone. Mark Shock says he was finishing up a flight in Harwick on Aug. 30 when Martina Wlodarski hit the remote-controlled aircraft. A video shows the drone going haywire after being...

Cops: Serial
Wedding Crasher
Ripping Off
Bridal Suites

Nov 25, 2015 8:20 AM CST

Cops: Serial Wedding Crasher Ripping Off Bridal Suites

Arrest warrant out for 50-year-old woman accused of stealing from bridal parties

(Newser) - Southern California authorities have issued a $100,000 arrest warrant for a 50-year-old wedding "guest" who has slipped into bridal suites at about a half-dozen ceremonies and lifted cash, credit cards, and checks while the real guests were celebrating with the bride and groom, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports....

Spelling Error Gets Woman Busted for Poisoning

Nov 24, 2015 12:29 PM CST

Spelling Error Gets Woman Busted for Poisoning

It's 'dignity,' not 'dignerty'

(Newser) - Here's one reason you might want to pay attention to your spelling lessons, kids: They may come in handy one day should you ever want to ... poison your husband? Behold, the strange case of Jacqueline Patrick. The 55-year-old British woman tried to fatally poison her husband not once, but...

'Doo Doo' the Clown Saves
2 From Deranged Attacker

Nov 24, 2015 8:23 AM CST

'Doo Doo' the Clown Saves 2 From Deranged Attacker

There was plenty of space in Doo Doo's car

(Newser) - Two Toronto women fleeing a deranged attacker were saved by a clown who had more than enough room in his car. Doo Doo the Clown tells the Toronto Star that he was still in full clown costume Sunday afternoon when he spotted an apparently disturbed man jumping on cars and...

Guy Steals
Beer Truck,
Runs Self Over
With It: Cops

Nov 23, 2015 1:04 PM CST

Guy Steals Beer Truck, Runs Self Over With It: Cops

Ouch

(Newser) - A 55-year-old Georgia man experienced karma almost immediately Monday morning after he allegedly stole a beer truck. Police responded to a Circle K in Columbus after getting a report of a stolen 18-wheel Coors Light semi; the truck's driver left it running while he ran into the Circle K,...

Cops: 'Cookie Monster' Robber Arrested

Nov 21, 2015 7:33 AM CST