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For obvious reasons, jury needs just minutes to convict 'cannibal killer'

Posted on February 29, 2008
The victim was a 10-year-old girl, whose body was found in a plastic tub in Kevin Underwood's apartment in April 2006. He admitted on tape to clubbing her over the head while she was watching TV and playing with his...

Vermont eyeing lower drinking age

Posted on February 29, 2008
From the AP: Proponents say the higher age hasn't kept young people from consuming alcohol and has instead driven underage consumption underground, particularly on college campuses. ?Our laws aren't working. They're not preventing underage drinking. What they're doing is putting...

Vigilante dad facing murder charges, may have had 'itchy trigger finger' on other occasions

Posted on February 29, 2008
When his two teenage daughters called him to say they'd been involved in a road-rage incident, this dad headed out to the driveway with his .40-caliber semiautomatic. Richard Gear shot and killed the 21-year-old motorcyclist, who followed the girls home...

Cologne-bottle gun doesn't fool robbery victims

Posted on February 29, 2008
Ohio man gets beat up after trying to rob people with a gun that was really a perfume bottle, reeks of cologne when bottom breaks out of said gun. "It's unusual that somebody would use a cologne bottle, I mean...

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Nurse's aide accused of urinating on patients

Posted on February 29, 2008
From Michigan: A Michigan nurse's aide abused an elderly couple by urinating in the woman's hair and pouring liquid soap on her husband's head, according prosecutors. Note: This was a male nurse's aide. -- Sara Shepherd

A gentleman never tells (especially not when he's a goat)

Posted on February 29, 2008
From the English countryside, where a man said he attempted to use the goat to gratify himself because, since it couldn't talk, he thought he wouldn't get caught. The story does not indicate who DID tell. Hat Tip: Thank you,...

The most disturbing sex offender story you'll read today

Posted on February 29, 2008
Well, now that he's served his full sentence, this piece of trash is back on the streets and threatening to "kill anyone who asks him about his sex-offender status." He doesn't even have to register an address because he's a...

A story of horrible human beings who fail to pick on someone their own size

Posted on February 29, 2008
In the UK, three young men get life in jail for beating disabled man to death. It was a contest. The three, all trained boxers from Sunderland, repeatedly punched, kicked, stamped on and head-butted their victim over a �5 bet...

Deputy and two young daughters found shot to death

Posted on February 29, 2008
UPDATE: That's what they thought last night. Apparently the 17-year-old son WAS at home and is now the sole suspect. He has been arrested for murdering his mother and two sisters. It happened Thursday night in Georgia. The family only...

International fugitive 'hog-tied' by residents, captured

Posted on February 29, 2008
The man is thought to have killed his wife and abandoned his young daughter -- nicknamed 'Pumpkin' -- in New Zealand. From CNN: Nai Yin Xue, who authorities believe is in his early 50s, was arrested by police at an...

Can Missouri man and woman be married, even if man is dressed and named like a woman?

Posted on February 29, 2008
Woman + Man who has a woman's name and lives as a woman but hasn't had gender reassignment surgery + marriage = Odd perjury case in Carroll County. Hat Tip: Thanks to The Golfer! -- Sara Shepherd

'Initiation' involved severed horse testicles, naked woman in a hayloft

Posted on February 29, 2008
From Australia: "All of a sudden, this big bloke says 'come up here' and told me to smoke it. I said I didn't want to but he said 'if I don't we are going to strip you off and grease...

Bad idea of the day (whether you have a machete or not)

Posted on February 29, 2008
Trying to rob a bar where a 50-person Australian biker gang is in the middle of holding a meeting. The biker club's president -- who identified himself only as 'Jester' -- explained what happened next: "We caught him at the...

Also from Laredo...

Posted on February 29, 2008
The Texas town's former police chief was sentenced this week for accepting money from local gambling operations in exchange for shielding them from law enforcement raids -- even realigning positions and structure of the Laredo Police Department to ensure the...

These boots were made for... hiding heroin?

Posted on February 29, 2008
Maybe we need a new category called 'Strange places people try to stash drugs but get caught' or something? This little item is from Laredo, where authorities found a man with 2 pounds of heroin in the soles of some...

Dear Criminals: Michele Siedow wants her mother's ashes back

Posted on February 28, 2008
Assuming you haven't already snorted or smoked them. (Story is from Minnesota.)

A pattern emerges ...

Posted on February 28, 2008
Remember that Florida deputy who dumped a paralyzed man from his wheelchair -- all while a security camera rolled in the background? Turns out a SECOND paralyzed inmate got dumped out of his chair at the same jail, too, and...

Man accused of molesting girl blames "zipper malfunction"

Posted on February 28, 2008
Didn't work for Janet Jackson, so I don't see anybody buying it from you, friend. Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!

UPDATE on John Henry Horton trial

Posted on February 28, 2008
Benita Williams has coverage from the trial of Horton, who's accused of murdering Lizabeth Wilson back in 1974. (This is actually the second go-round for Horton, whose previous conviction was overturned.) Retired FBI chemist Robert Neill testified that he tested...

VA man accused of leaving nude photos of himself in grocery-store parking lot

Posted on February 28, 2008
But he can TOTALLY explain! From WVEC: Lewis said the pictures were in his car. He said the vehicle broke down and when he opened the doors and trunk, the wind scattered the images in the parking lot. "A lot...

Okie burns down city building because she was sick of looking at it, police say

Posted on February 28, 2008
I guess that's as valid a reason as any ...

Wichita pastor traps alleged copper thief under house

Posted on February 28, 2008
The pastor was checking on the house when he heard noises coming from the crawl space under the house. He got a hammer nailed the board back in place, trapping the alleged thief until the police arrived, the Eagle reports.

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on February 28, 2008
Thanks for spending a little time on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. It's also a great place to share links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please...

Quote of the day

Posted on February 28, 2008
"I controlled my family and I think more people in America should control their family." -- Drew Peterson. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

MO fugitive hunter charged with involuntary manslaughter

Posted on February 28, 2008
The story is from Cape Girardeau. A fugitive investigator working for the state allegedly shot a parole absconder in the back on Feb. 14 during an arrest. The investigator is now facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Police say the...

Italy bans "indecent scratching" in public

Posted on February 28, 2008
That's right -- gentlemen can now be fined for "adjusting themselves" in public, SKY News reports. Today's other fun fact: Superstitious Italian men often hold or touch their private parts for good luck when they see a hearse or to...

FBI WILL investigate Roger Clemens

Posted on February 28, 2008
And whether he lied to Congress when he said he didn't take performance-enhancing drugs.

Not remotely crime-related

Posted on February 28, 2008
Our standard fare of stupid criminals and incomprehensible human tragedy will resume shortly.

Were KY hosts let go because of their ages?

Posted on February 28, 2008
From Aaron Barnhart: Four former employees of classic-rock station KYYS-FM have filed an age-discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over their firings in January. Former morning-show hosts Max Floyd, 67, and Tanna Guthrie, 51, and two other...

NY man accused of killing girlfriend's cat because it wouldn't play with him

Posted on February 28, 2008
The only things I've seen cats "play" with are the birds or mice they happen to kill.

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