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Man Gets Beat Up in Police Custody*
Man Gets
Beat Up in Police Custody*
Feb 18, 2015 2:23 PM CST

Man Gets Beat Up in Police Custody*

*Video reveals assailant: It was the inmate himself

(Newser) - He was brought in for police questioning and endured dozens of punches to the face, but when Aleksander Tomaszewski filed a complaint against the detectives in the case, he ran into a big problem: Surveillance video of his holding cell reveals that the 33-year-old beat himself up, reports OregonLive . When...

Man Jailed for Months for Possession of ... Vitamins

Lab tests finally clear him, just before trial

(Newser) - Joey Burrell got pulled over on Nov. 14 because he was driving out of a supermarket parking lot without his lights on. Then his luck got worse: Police in Mankato, Minn., found a bag of powder in his car, and a field test suggested it might be meth, reports KMSP-TV...

Cops: Guy Attempted an Icy DUI Coverup

Bryan Byers and pal charged after cops say they tried to create black ice

(Newser) - New Jersey police say a man poured water on a freezing road to try to fool officers into thinking the cause of his drunken car crash was black ice. Twenty-year-old Bryan Byers, of Sparta, was arrested Saturday and charged with drunken driving and other offenses. Authorities say he hit a...

LG Exec Allegedly Broke Rival's Washing Machines

Jo Seong-jin indicted for alleged vandalism

(Newser) - Jo Seong-jin, a top exec for LG Electronics, has been accused of vandalizing washing machines made by rival company Samsung. He and two other LG executives have been indicted over the incident, an LG spokesperson tells the Wall Street Journal . Before a trade show in Germany last September, Samsung said...

Lawyer: 'Sincere Love' Behind Hoax Kidnapping

Family was only trying to help 6-year-old, he says

(Newser) - The family that staged a terrifying hoax kidnapping to teach a 6-year-old boy to beware of strangers was doing so out of an "intense and sincere love for the child," a lawyer for two of the suspects says, though he admits that their judgment was "extremely poor....

Cops: Man Invents Fake, Blind Twin to Avoid Tickets

Masterful plot yields more charges

(Newser) - Authorities say a northern New Jersey man posed as his fictitious, blind twin brother in a bid to delay court hearings on several motor vehicle summonses. Olawale Agoro, of Hackensack, now faces charges of hindering apprehension, false swearing, and resisting arrest. Rochelle Park police tell the Record that Agoro received...

Woman, 80, Has Florida Judge Cracking Up

Dolores Sheinis prefers 'Sweetheart' to 'Your Honor'

(Newser) - It's not everyone who could get away with calling the judge "sweetheart" in court, but 80-year-old Dolores Sheinis pulled it off with aplomb in Florida's Broward County. Sheinis was in court on charges of violating an injunction to stay away from her ex-husband—it's complicated; they'...

Another Misguided Selfie: 5 Craziest Crimes of Week

Including the worst-disguised marijuana grow house in the Netherlands

(Newser) - A guy who just couldn't stay off Facebook and a dog who's been banned from barking are among the weirdest crime stories of the week:
  • Illegal Pot Growers Foiled by Their Roof : Police near Amsterdam had an easy time zeroing in on a suspected marijuana grow house. Cops
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How to Propose: First, No Kidnapping

Romantic getaway doesn't go as planned for alleged kidnapper

(Newser) - Picture it: Your ex-boyfriend kidnaps you at BB-gun-point, handcuffs you, and drives you from Texas to a bed and breakfast in Kansas, where he plans to spend three weeks with you on a passionate getaway that ends with him convincing you to marry him. If that doesn't sound like...

6 Weeks, Eh? NH Cops Issue Warrant for Groundhog

Merrimack PD considers Punxsutawney Phil 'armed and dangerous'

(Newser) - The police department in Merrimack, NH, which has seen perhaps more than its fair share of white stuff this year, has apparently had it with winter : As such, it's issued an arrest warrant for the little prognosticating rodent that sentenced us to six more weeks , via a tongue-in-cheek Facebook...

Drunk Pair Rudely Awakened in Dumpster Love Nest

Why yes, the Sunshine State strikes again

(Newser) - It takes a good stretch of the imagination to get from a hot night at the casino to the back of a garbage truck, but a couple from America's hotbed of strange and often illegal activity has this morning given us such a tale: As the Tampa Bay Times...

Illegal Pot Growers Foiled by Snow-Free Roofs

Dutch police ask neighbors to be on the alert

(Newser) - Police near Amsterdam had an easy time of it zeroing in on a suspected marijuana grow house—it was the only one on the block whose roof was clear of snow, reports the Telegraph . Inside the home in Haarlem, cops found the expected heat lamps and pot plants. The trick...

Another Misguided Selfie, Another Suspect in Custody

The latest comes from Pennsylvania, again

(Newser) - The latest entry in that ever-growing category of criminal suspects tripped up by their own selfies : Police in Ambridge, Pa., were searching for 22-year-old Donald Harrison on assault charges, but without much luck. That changed when Harrison posted images of himself on Facebook aboard a Greyhound bus, with captions helpfully...

Court to Dog: Don&#39;t Bark at Night
Court to Dog:
Don't Bark at Night
Feb 10, 2015 12:30 AM CST

Court to Dog: Don't Bark at Night

Croatian mutt slapped with injunction

(Newser) - Medo is in trouble for doing what all dogs do: barking. An exasperated neighbor in a northern Croatian village has won a temporary court order that says Medo must stop barking at night. If not, owner Anton Simunovic must pay a $3,160 fine. The 3-year-old mutt, now confined in...

US Sisters Take Bare-Butt Photos at Sacred Temple

And then swiftly get put on a bus from Cambodia to Thailand

(Newser) - When visiting a UNESCO World Heritage Site, taking pictures seems a given—taking pictures of one's bare butt, less so. Two American sisters were deported from Cambodia late Saturday night after being caught taking nude photos at the Angkor temple complex the day prior. A senior heritage police official'...

Guy Tries to Stop Robbery, Gets Charged With Felony

Jeff Steele reportedly threatened robber with Taser he had no permit for

(Newser) - A man who tried to stop a robbery in a Wisconsin bar has been charged with a felony because he wasn't supposed to be carrying the Taser he allegedly threatened the suspect with. According to WKBT-TV , Jeff Steele was at the King's Korner bar in La Crosse just...

Guy Lists 'Drug Dealer' as Occupation, on Arrest Report

Florida.

(Newser) - Robert Michael Phillips has seven felony convictions and more than a dozen arrests on his resumé—which he apparently feels earns him the right to list his occupation as "drug dealer," reports the Palm Beach Post . The slight problem being that he did so not on an...

Unwise Wine Tasting: 5 Craziest Crimes of Week

Including an antagonistic taxpayer and a clogged toilet

(Newser) - Criminals generally don't want cops coming anywhere near them. Yet we've got at least two people who allegedly went right to the cops themselves, plus a few other weird crime stories for the week:
  • Woman Jailed After Misdial : Police say a woman selling drugs made a big mistake
...

Cops: Family Kidnaps Boy as Lesson About Strangers

6-year-old's own aunt, grandmother, and mom all reportedly in on horrific plot

(Newser) - On Monday, a 6-year-old Missouri boy went to hell and back: Police say he was kidnapped from his bus stop and put through a traumatic four-hour ordeal that was allegedly plotted by his aunt, a co-worker she recruited, the child's grandmother, and his own mom, Fox News reports. The...

Guy Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Pee to Skirt Drug Tests

Faces 6 years for conspiracy to defraud US

(Newser) - An Ohio man who sold fake urine and other products meant to help people pass workplace drug tests has pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Pennsylvania. David Neal, 61, of Middletown, Ohio, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to defraud the United States and introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate...

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