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New York Screw Up Man in Prison 5 Years for Charges Already Dismissed

July 9, 2011 10:26pm by copythat

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It's kind of a big 'oops' that has one man wrongly jailed. While most inmates proclaim innocence, one man seems to have the right to do so: Prosecutors won a first-degree assault case which has kept a man in prison since 2006. The only problem--the charge had already been dismissed before the New York guy was ever sent away. Read more

I 45 Freeway Pedestrian Ends Up Dead Man in Mazda Passenger Seat

July 7, 2011 10:47pm by copythis

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It’s the reason drivers should never get out of a broken-down car on the freeway: A Houston driver on Interstate 45 not only didn’t bother stopping after hitting a pedestrian—a man who was launched through the driver’s windshield—he kept driving until cops saw damage to his Mazda. The dead pedestrian was sitting in the passenger seat. Read more

Woman Fights Back Thwarts Sexual Assault Attack Bites Off Tongue in CT

July 3, 2011 10:32pm by copythat

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A woman in Stamford, Connecticut, obtains DNA evidence for police in a most unusual way and highly effective way--battling an attacker she helped police catch, by biting off his tongue during an attempted sexual assault. Read more

First Ever $2M Bath Salts Drug Bust NY Kingpin Faces 20 Years in Arrest

July 2, 2011 7:48pm by copythat

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The fact he’ll go down in history as a “first” won't ease the mind of Miguel Ashby--a Seattle, Washington, kingpin facing federal charges related to bath salts. Cops says he's been supplying a major bath salts drug ring in a business plan raking in millions. Read more

Drug Kingpin Capture Marks Second Most Wanted Arrest in Week for CA

June 30, 2011 1:41am by editor

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The Feds and law enforcement are getting very lucky--capturing two "Most Wanted" criminals, in just one week, in Southern California. Weirdly, one of the most notorious drug kingpins has been captured just miles from where gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was arrested in Santa Monica. Read more

How Bout a Sexual Predator in a Horse and Buggy with a Side of Cell

June 29, 2011 7:35pm by hearit

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Sexual predators unfortunately aren't unusual--but a guy showing up in a horse and buggy, to meet a young girl, ranks more on the bizarre tip. A Milroy, Indiana, man showed up at an undercover sting in a horse-drawn buggy to solicit a girl he'd been talking to via text. And, yeah, apparently cell phones aren't considered "technology". Read more

Kansas City Man Claims Sexual Assault of Children on Being a Bad Tickler

June 3, 2011 12:03am by copythis

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Police believe a man is guilty in sexual assault of two children, blaming alleged rape on being a "bad tickler". Read more

Woman Who Accuses IMF Chief Strauss Kahn of Rape May be HIV AIDS Positive

June 1, 2011 10:16pm by hearit

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If karma exists and sexual assault charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn prove true, the IMF Chief better duck: the woman he's accused of raping or sodomizing may have AIDS or test positive for HIV. Read more

Bank Robbers Busted After Wiping Teeth With Hundreds on Facebook Status

May 13, 2011 1:34am by hearit

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No matter how many times it's said--that Facebook posts will be subpoenaed for criminal prosecution--it's criminals that don't listen. Wiping your teeth with hundreds apparently attracts attention Read more

Former Cop and Newport Beach Man Poses as Massage Parlor Inspector

March 31, 2011 10:48pm by hearit

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Posing as a police officer may not be the most uncommon ploy but a cop posing as someone else is more of a rarity -- especially when it involves an unusual occupation like "massage parlor inspector." Read more