Would-be rapist takes a beating 1
Another teacher arrested at 'Horndog High' 2
Is it cruel to make a kitten goth? 3
Fugitive Watch: Benito Vargas, Sex Trafficker, Still On The Loose
By Denise Grollmus in Sex crimes, fugitives, kidnapping
Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 7:00AM
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​To be awarded a spot on our weekly Fugitive Watch, you can't be just any old sucker running from the law. Take, for example, this week's person of interest: Benito Vargas, a notorious human trafficker who is now hiding in Mexico after one of his slaves was discovered by police...
 
Reader: Lynn Geter's Shown Her Mean Spirit in Public Before
By Pete Kotz in Bad Moms, Child Abuse, bizarre
Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 6:03AM
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​Reader Lana responds to Lynn Geter Forces Son to Kill Hamster with Hammer Over Bad Grades. She says Geter shops at the grocery she works for, and the woman has shown her mean spirit in the past...


Caught on Tape: Robber Attacked by Clerk's Trusty Canine, Thwarting Heist
By Pete Kotz in Heroes, Video archives, robbery, unsolved
Tuesday, Feb. 9 2010 @ 4:59AM

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​A bad guy walks into a store and suddenly pulls a gun on the clerk. What he doesn't know is the clerk's loyal dog is resting behind the counter. As the man pulls his gun, the dog leaps up and bites him in the arm. The bad guys flees awfully fast...

True Crime Report is Off Until Tuesday
By Pete Kotz
Friday, Feb. 5 2010 @ 4:08AM
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​We'll be at company meetings pretending -- in vain -- to be important. But we'll be back with our regularly scheduled programming bright and early Tuesday morning. In the meantime, may your days be festive and creep-free. -pete
Campus Blotter: Police, Students Explode into Drunken Brawl at San Francisco State
By Erich Burnett in assault, classroom creepiness
Thursday, Feb. 4 2010 @ 12:00PM

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​San Francisco State University's reputation for activism dates back to the civil rights era. The school's protest keggers, however, still leave something to be desired. Yes it's time again for Campus Blotter: the eyes, ears, and overworked liver of academia...

Top 5 Police Blunders Of The Week: The Police Brutality Edition
By Denise Grollmus in Police bungling, assault, homicide
Thursday, Feb. 4 2010 @ 9:00AM
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​This week, we couldn't help but notice how officers around America were getting their excessive force on something fierce, from beating teenagers in Santa Fe to killing a man in Boston. For that reason, we bring you this very special "Police Brutality Edition" of the Top 5 Police Blunders of the Week...

Lynn Geter Case: Maybe Her Friends and Family are Just as Bad as the Mom
By Pete Kotz in Bad Moms, Child Abuse, bizarre
Thursday, Feb. 4 2010 @ 7:46AM
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​Reader Alisia responds to Lynn Geter Forces Son to Kill Hamster with Hammer Over Bad Grades. She believes Geter's friends and family  may be just as much of a problem as a mom who would do such a cruel thing...

Dainley Green Savagely Beat, Strangled Family Dog in Front of His Kids
Thursday, Feb. 4 2010 @ 7:00AM
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​Who knows what set Dainley Dewayne Green off. But whatever it was, he decided to take it out on his family's 2-year-old dachshund. Police were called to his Lawrenceville, Georgia home after his wife claimed her husband attacked the small canine...

Paula Sladewski Murder: Police Sketch of Man Last Seen with Model at Nightclub
Thursday, Feb. 4 2010 @ 6:00AM
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​Thursday morning's Breakfast Reading from around the Village Voice Empire: A suspect sketch is released in the case of a murdered model. The famed penis gluers of Wisconsin get a lenient sentence. And a Texas bad-ass gets what's coming to him...

Caught on Tape: Robber Attacks Liquor Store Clerk with a Hammer
By Pete Kotz in Video archives, assault, robbery, unsolved
Thursday, Feb. 4 2010 @ 5:08AM

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​A robber attacks a clerk with a hammer during a liquor store heist in Ventura, California. As you can see from the video, the beefy clerk give him a run for his money, but still suffered serious injuries. That bad guy hasn't been caught...

Joseph Gullotta, Teacher, Ran 4th Grade Fight Club at Queens Elementary School
Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 2:25PM
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​10-year-old Tomas Rivera was pissed. He'd duked it out with friend Justin Stokel, 9, in their classroom at PS 65 elementary in Ozone Park that day. But he wasn't mad about the fight. He was mad that more classmates were cheering Sokel than him...
Tags: New York
14-Year-Old Hit with Child Porn Charges for Sexting Naked Photo of His Ex-Girlfriend
Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 1:42PM
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​An unnamed 14-year-old in Lacey, Washington received a cell phone message from his girlfriend containing a photo of her naked. This, of course, was while they were still dating. Problems didn't arise till after the young couple from Chinook Middle School broke up...

Travis Ballenger, Would-Be Rapist, Gets What He Deserves: A Finely Executed Beatdown
Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 12:55PM
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​Travis J. Ballenger, 29, fancies himself as having a touch with the ladies. So he asked a woman to hook up at a home in Marco Island, Florida. But the woman found him unworthy of romantic pawing. She said no...

Abraham Shakespeare: Dorice Moore Arrested in Case of Missing Florida Lottery Winner
By Pete Kotz in fraud, homicide
Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 11:13AM
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​Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore has been arrested in the case of missing Florida lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare, whose body was found buried under concrete at a home in Plant City, Florida. She'd been the primary suspect all along...

Tags: Florida
Lisa Guttilla, Teacher, Accused of Fondling Student at 'Horndog High': Weird Teacher Watch
Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 9:00AM

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​When last we peered into the teachers' lounge at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, two female educators had been caught in a nude embrace and a third was being probed for an alleged relationship with a student. This week's Weird Teacher Watch returns us to "Horndog High," where yet another teacher has made the Dishonor Roll...

Reader: Few Soldiers Believe that Muslims are Just a Bunch of Rag Heads
By Pete Kotz in fraud
Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 8:09AM
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​Reader "What?" responds to Solomon Nasser, Homely Con Artist, Swindles $150,000 from Wealthy Ladies in New York. He/she has never met a soldier who returned from Iraq who believed all Muslims are "rag heads"...

Holly Crawford Charged with Animal Cruelty for Selling Goth Kittens
By Pete Kotz in Animal Cruelty, bizarre
Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 7:07AM

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​Holly Crawford is either 16 steps out of fashion, or she's just another money-grubber. Take your pick. Last year, she found a stray cat and decided it would be wise to pierce its ears and neck. Then she got the bright idea to sell her animals online...

Tags: Pennsylvania
Girl Fights are Becoming an Internet Sensation: Caught on Tape
Wednesday, Feb. 3 2010 @ 4:40AM

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​CBS News takes a look at the budding phenomenon of girl fights posted on YouTube. As you can see from the clips, there's plenty of girl-on-girl dukers out there. But do you really believe there's a rise in girls fighting, or just a rise in videos now making their way to the internet?...

Alfredo and Leticia Ines Locked Their 12-Year-Old Daughter in a Closet for a Year
By Pete Kotz in Bad Moms, Child Abuse, bizarre
Tuesday, Feb. 2 2010 @ 5:04PM

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​Alfredo and Leticia Ines were worried their daughter would steal food from the refrigerator. This despite the girl being malnourished, looking more like an 8 or 9-year-old than a child of 12. So they locked her in a closet. For a year...

Tags: Texas
NYC's 81st Precinct: Where Police Can't Be Bothered with Taking Crime Reports
Tuesday, Feb. 2 2010 @ 3:47PM
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​If you live in one of America's shittiest cities, you've seen him before: The cop who can't be bothered to do his job. Maybe he's pissed at a corrupt and dysfunctional department. Maybe he's tired of dealing the daily refuse of [Insert the name of your town here]...

Tags: New York, Ohio