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Pimp saves the day
"Infuriated" with requests for sex with an underage girl, this self-declared pimp tipped off police to a man who offered $1,500 for sex with a 10-year-old. It's not totally clear from the story, but I guess this pimp only deals...
Man turns violent when confronted with occupied bathroom
He couldn't use the bathroom because his 14-year-old cousin was using it. The scene quickly deterriorated from there. First he breaks in while the girl is still in there. Then he chokes his mother, punches his sister and kicks a...
No birthday cake for Adolf Hitler, age 3
A New Jersey couple is upset because the local grocery won't make a birthday cake for their kiddo, who is named Adolf Hitler. (His little sister's middle name is "Aryan Nation.") I guess this isn't technically a crime, but naming...
Arizona boy, age 8, accused of double homicide
What a horrible story. The boy is accused of killing his dad and a boarder at their house. Snip from the AP: Arizona law generally holds that a child lacks competency to be held responsible for a homicide. However, Melnick...
Can a killer confess via sign language?
Interesting case from Michigan, where a deaf woman killed her live-in boyfriend after he tried to break up. She initially confessed, but it was thrown out. Apparently, you CAN confess via sign language, but only after the Miranda rights have...
Did $450 cable bill inspire bout of domestic violence?
Florida police arrested a 58-year-old man for domestic violence after he reportedly got a $450 cable bill and took after his grandson. Snip from TCPalm.com ... The grandson alleges his grandfather "got in his face and was yelling at him...
How a tipster foiled the alleged Obama assassination plot
From the Memphis Commerical Appeal: The unidentified woman told authorities her daughter had just acted as the driver for a planned burglary across the county line in Crockett County that was abandoned when two neo-Nazi skinheads chickened out at the...
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Angela Manns
From AP: This undated photo released by the Omaha Police Department shows Angela Manns, 46. The north Omaha woman has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. Police say they were called to the residence on Sunday to check on...
Soldier fights deployment because he doesn't think Obama is president
I don't think I've ever heard of a conscientious-objection request quite like this. Story is from Georgia.
UPDATE: Robbers kill FL couple who adopted special-needs kids
There have been two more arrests in the Byrd and Melanie Billings homicide case, so there are now four suspects in custody. Police say they've tied seven people to the crime, though. The Billings were a wealthy couple that adopted...
