Man kills serial pedophile 1
2-year-old killed over spilled milk 2
Teacher stabs student 7 times for farting 3
Terra Cotromano, Animal Rescue Founder, Charged with Cruelty, Missing Money
Thursday, Mar. 18 2010 @ 7:09AM
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​Terra Cotromano was the founder and director of the TEARS rescue shelter in Birmingham, Alabama. Let's just say she sucked at her job. Cotromano was fired by the board in December for a host of irregularities...

Tags: Alabama
Nicholas Chaykovsky, Sex Offender, Gets No Peace Even After Death
By Pete Kotz in Sex crimes, bizarre
Thursday, Mar. 18 2010 @ 7:05AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: California has ruled that Nicholas Chaykovsky has failed to properly register as a sex offender. But it might have a hard time punishing him. He died of a heart attack last month at the age of 61.
Mike Howard Killed by Thief Trying to Steal His Medical Marijuana
Thursday, Mar. 18 2010 @ 5:00AM

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​Here's a sad story out of Washington. A man who could grow weed legally due to chronic back pain heard his dog barking outside where he grew pot in his shed. Mike Howard went out to check, and a thief ambushed him with a crowbar, killing him...

Steve Febonio's Body Spent 2 Years in a Freezer, a Victim of Florida's Grow House Industry
By Pete Kotz in drugs, homicide
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 7:55PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: The body of Steve Febonio spent two years in a freezer, a victim of South Florida's increasingly dangerous grow house business. In this trade, it's amazing how quiet death can be made. New Times Broward/Palm Beach has the story.

Teacher Stephen Wesley Ran Fight Club in Class (But Forgot About the Surveillance Tapes)
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 4:15PM
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​Teacher Stephen Wesley has a creative bent when it comes to conflict resolution. If his kids have a beef, he just lets them fight it out -- as long as they don't tell anyone. Wesley was arrested yesterday after police found an incriminating surveillance tape...

Aaron Vargas is Looking at Life for Killing Serial Pedophile Darrell McNeill
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 3:07PM
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​Here's a case that will test your morals, dear reader: On a February evening last year, a clearly tormented Aaron Vargas, armed with an antique pistol, went to the home of Darrell McNeill in Mendocino County, California...

Tags: California
Anferney Fontenet, 15, Will be Tried as Adult for Raping Disabled Woman on Busy Street
By Pete Kotz in Sex crimes, assault
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 2:33PM
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​The 26-year-old woman was walking to the library in Toledo. She suffers from mild autism and uses a cane because she's unstable on her feet. Which made her the perfect victim for 15-year-old Anferney Fontenet...
Penny Sparks, Mother of the Year, Loses Car with Her 2-Year-Old Son Inside
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 1:29PM
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​Penny Sparks of Indianapolis decided to go shopping at Nordstom's. She also decided it would suck to bring her 2-year-old son along, so she left him locked in the car on a 45-degree day. That was at 2 in the afternoon...

Tags: Indiana
Manuel Garcia Beats Jovani Martinez, 2, to Death for Spilling His Milk
By Pete Kotz in Bad Moms, Child Abuse, assault, homicide
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 11:46AM
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​Jovani Martinez, as 2-year-olds are wont to do, was fooling around with his milk bottle, causing it to spill. This didn't sit well with Manuel Garcia, the boyfriend of the toddler's mother, Lawanda Martinez. So he decided to forcefully make his displeasure known...

Tags: Wisconsin
Jason Botos, Moron of the Day: Shows up Drunk to Court for His DUI Case
By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, bizarre
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 10:05AM
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​There are morons. And then there are blistering hot morons, the kind who can burn down as basketball arena just by breathing within a 100-miles radius. Jason Batos is second variety. He was to appear in a Papillion, Nebraska court on DUI charges...

Weird Teacher Watch: Lucia Carico Fired for Stabbing Student 7 Times
By Erich Burnett in Child Abuse, classroom creepiness
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 9:00AM

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​In today's Weird Teacher Watch, we learn how Lucia Carico's distinguished teaching career was undone by a bout of flatulence. So say board members at the Hawkins County School District in Rogersville, Tennessee, where Carico had worked since 1973...

Mom: Some People Have No Other Choice But to Work for Walmart
By Pete Kotz in Douchebags, robbery, unsolved
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 8:06AM
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​Reader Mary responds to Glenda Jones Robbed at Knifepoint Inside Walmart, Security Refuses to Help. She asks you to please not bag on all Walmart employees. In this economy, it's the only way she can support her children...

Indiana Woman Beaten by Boyfriend While Trying to Save Her Puppy
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 7:05AM
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​A 25-year-old man in South Bend, Indiana is not ready for primetime parenting. He was at the home of his live-in girlfriend and her three kids when he became upset with the family's new puppy for reasons unknown. So the douchebag announced his intentions to kill it...

Tags: Indiana
Susan Mwarabu, Middle School Teacher, Bites Off Man's Ear in Restaurant
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 6:08AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Sixth grade teacher Susan Mukuhi Mwarabu was a little hammered in the wee hours of the morning at a Minneapolis diner. When someone commented on her less than teacherly behavior, she bit off his ear. City Pages has the story.

San Antonio Jail Allows Inmates to Order Cheeseburgers, Pizza and Party Platters
By Pete Kotz in Video archives, bizarre
Wednesday, Mar. 17 2010 @ 5:38AM

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​At a San Antonio Jail, the relatives of inmates can order cheeseburgers and pizzas for their loved ones behind bars. But the prisoners aren't being coddled. The jail takes a cut from exorbitant prices and also slashes its own expenditures on food...

Sean Madigan, Bodybuilding Douchebag, Charged with Savagely Abusing Stepdaughter; Steroids Anyone?
By Pete Kotz in Child Abuse, Douchebags, assault
Tuesday, Mar. 16 2010 @ 8:38PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Either Sean Madigan's suffering from a bout of roid rage, or he's just an asshole. Take your pick. Police say he force-fed his 4-year-old stepdaughter so violently that he cause lacerations on her tongue. Seattle Weekly has the story.

Gersh Gofman, 83, Beat 99-Year-Old Grandpa with Steering Wheel Lock in Parking Spot Beef
By Pete Kotz in assault, bizarre
Tuesday, Mar. 16 2010 @ 5:03PM
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​83-year-old Gersh Gofman was parked in a Brooklyn driveway in January, waiting for his wife to finish a doctor's appointment across the street. So 99-year-old Steve Pulwers went out to let him know that the doctor who usually parked there would be arriving soon...

Tags: New York
Thomas Althoff, Porker Inmate, Hid Dope in His Rolls of Fat; Reason No. 6,392 for War on Obesity
By Pete Kotz in bizarre, drugs
Tuesday, Mar. 16 2010 @ 2:53PM

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​Thomas Althoff, 33, was arrested for merely driving with a suspended license. It's one of those minor pinches where you simply pay a fine, lose a few more driving privileges, and walk away. But he decided to compound his troubles...

Tags: Florida
Liquor Store Customer Wrestles Gun Away From Armed Robber, Shoots His Ass
By Pete Kotz in Douchebags, Heroes, homicide, robbery, unsolved
Tuesday, Mar. 16 2010 @ 1:59PM
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​It seems to be Take No Shit Day here at True Crime Report. Now comes a second story of a would-be victim taking matters into his own hands. The 37-year-old man and his fiance walked into a Romulus, Michigan liquor store...

Tags: Michigan
Dave Henry Kills Armed Robber in Shootout at His Florida Home
Tuesday, Mar. 16 2010 @ 1:30PM
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​As Dave Henry was returning to his home in Ocoee, Florida early this morning, he noticed something was wrong. A white Ford Explorer was parked on the street, one he didn't recognize. As he got out of his car, his suspicions proves correct...

Tags: Florida