Colorado Police Communications Center employees are tough on crime--just ask the police dispatcher accused of stealing a hot dog cart. Apparently she’s serious. Or seriously thinks she’s a street cop. That part’s a little unclear since the dispatch officer is arrested for stealing a hot dog man’s cart after pinching him. Read more
They may be ugly but they're extremely popular--particularly in certain parts of the country. While the general public suffers in being stuck behind trucks offering a view of 'Bulls Balls' or the like, police in a little SC town want a jury to say an elderly woman is obscene for driving a pickup truck with fake and hanging 'testicles'. Read more
It'd surely embarrass the Hollywood star who lit up movie screens as a man to know grandson, Clark Gable III, acts like a "boy". The film star's relation plays Jedi with a 'Lightsaber' while LAPD isn't happy about lasers shined on police helicopters. No, a coper's not the Hollywood sign. Yes, it does cost $250,000 to bail out of Los Angeles jail. Read more
Who knew a picnic bench could be such a dangerous place. It seems Weatherby Police don't have a lot to do in Kansas: A woman discovered sitting at picnic table--writing 'thank you' cards near Weatherby Lake on a work break--is arrested for first-degree trespassing. Read more
The end of July is a week of being stuck: One guy gets stuck on a hot tar roof in PA while a California guy gets wedged in a manhole supposedly trying to fish out a wallet--the trapped man photographed by Ceres Police in a serious resemblance to the Wicked Witch Read more
It's worse than the infamous "boot" related to unpaid parking tickets: A New Yorker's been hit with roughly $25,000--accused of crossing toll bridges nearly 1,000 times without paying. Read more
One woman and her husband do not mix well with knives, forks–and perhaps not even a spoon. The spoon part still remains to be seen and might be ok as long as it doesn’t involve grapefruit spoons or serrated cutlery. An estranged wife is accused of attacking her husband's head with a "basket of pocketknives" inside a New Jersey home they’d once shared. Read more
Friends don't steal from friends. Or, that's the theory anyway. A 28-year-old guy in Englewood, Colorado, nearly dies after managing to get stuck in an air conditioning vent for 15 hours--all after stealing a friend's purse. Read more
Teens are calling it a joke or a prank--but dry ice is no joke. Dry Ice Bombs are a viral new trend among teenagers that can literally blow up in their faces, and blow off body parts. They may be easy to make but the weapon can even kill. A Mission Viejo football star's facing one million dollars bail as four California boys are arrested for throwing the weapons into cars. Read more
He may drive better than most adults--but police are irked over an 11-year-old boy discovered driving the highways of Southern California. The boy even made a freeway connection before sheriffs caught up to what was dubbed a "reckless" driver, plus a companion driver. One boyfriend's looking at $100,000 bail. Read more