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 [...]
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 [...]
Burglars caught after covering faces with permanent marker pens
McNelly, 23, and Miller, 20 were arrested by armed police in Carroll, Iowa, last Friday after witnesses reported seeing two men trying to break into an apartment with fake beards and “masks” scrawled on their faces. Police responding to a call about the attempted burglary later pulled over a car matching the alleged suspects’ vehicle. [...]
Woman caught making meth inside Walmart
A woman was arrested after she was caught stealing and mixing the chemicals needed to make meth inside a Walmart because she was ‘too broke to buy it’. Elizabeth Alisha Greta Halfmoon, 45, from Tulsa, also known to go by Alisha Halfmoon, was arrested for endeavoring to manufacture meth at the 81st and Lewis store. [...]
Kissin Cousin
A Tennessee woman allegedly stabbed her male cousin repeatedly with a pair of scissors after he knocked back her demands for a serious relationship. Erica Wilson alleged she had argued with Jesse Brooks after he began ‘touching her suggestively’ and claimed he became irate when she said she didn’t want to be just a ‘booty [...]