Alleged Thieves Arrested After Pocket-dialing 911
Police in Wisconsin’s capital city barely had to try to catch a pair of unlucky suspected thieves. Madison police say two men in their late 20s stole DVDs and computer games from a Target store Tuesday and discussed their plans to fence the goods while driving away. Investigators say the duo didn’t realize one of [...]
Ray Lynn Mitcham Jr. Charged With Sex With North Carolina Neighbor’s Dog
Authorities in Cumberland County, N.C., arrested Ray Lynn Mitcham Jr. Monday after his neighbor claimed she saw him having sex with her dog, according to the Gaston Gazette. Mitcham, 33, of Linden, N.C., was charged with a crime against nature, a felony. He appeared before a magistrate at the county jail on Jan. 9 and was [...]
Amish Beard Cutting Attacks: Defendants Plead Not Guilty
Twelve members of an Amish splinter group in Ohio pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a spate of beard- and hair-cutting assaults last fall on other Amish. The 10 men and two women were indicted on seven counts, including federal hate crime charges, for their part in the unusual attacks, which began [...]
Handcuffed man escapes in ‘town’s only police car’ – then radios in to ask for the key and how to use the lighter
A criminal was on the run this morning after stealing a police car while he was handcuffed inside. William Blankenship is considered armed and dangerous – because the car he took was full of loaded weapons. Shortly after escaping with the vehicle in northwest Indiana yesterday, he was heard on the police radio asking for [...]
Rapists, killers, child sex offender TWO HUNDRED white criminals pardoned by governor in his last days
Mississippi governor Republican Haley Barbour spent his final days in office granting pardons or early release to around 200 people – including more than two dozen convicted killers. The outraged families of the victims have slammed the decision as unfair but Mr Barbour has so far refused to comment. State records released on Tuesday show [...]
Eagle Scout who ‘preyed on women’: Man ‘hacked woman to death with hatchet at remote lake and disemboweled another victim’
An Eagle Scout has been accused of hacking a young woman to death and disemboweling another. Quintin P O’Dell, 22, will stand trial for murder and assault following the alleged incidents in Missouri. He denies both charges. The body of Alissa Faye Shippert, who he worked with at a convenience store, was found in a [...]
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop, 30, Arrested By Madison, Wisc. Police
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop, 30, was arrested Thursday afternoon on charges of carrying a concealed weapon, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and a violation of probation in Madison, Wisc. Zopittybop-Bop-Bop was born Jeffrey Drew Wilschke, according to court records unearthed by the Capital Times. He legally changed his name to Beezow Doo-Doo Zoopittybop-Bop-Bop in [...]
Man makes clerk help him try on bras and dresses at maternity shop… ‘then exposes himself to her’ after she won’t give him her phone number for a date
A Norman, Oklahoma, man apparently tried to woo a clerk at a maternity store by making her help him try on bras and maternity dresses. When that didn’t work and she refused to go out with him, police say Jeffrey Don Watson exposed himself to the woman through a pair of electric blue crotchless panties. [...]
Man who tried to sacrifice a goat with a machete on New Year’s Eve is foiled by police
A man who planned to celebrate the New Year by sacrificing a goat with a machete has been arrested. Hunter Goldberg, 23, was caught after being reported to police by a goat-owner who became suspicious after he phoned her to ask if he could buy her animal. He later admitted that he had been planning [...]
David Koresh
David Koresh, born Vernon Wayne Howell, was the leader of a Branch Davidian religious sect, believing himself to be its final prophet. Howell legally changed his name to David Koresh on May 15, 1990. A 1993 raid by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the subsequent siege by the FBI ended [...]