Pedophile politician's $150,000 bribery scheme 1
Moron reenacts child abuse for cops 2
Video: Porn star dies in fight with cops 3
Friday, Mar. 12 2010 @ 5:12AM

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​Gay porn star Andrew Grande -- aka Dustin Micheals -- was having a beef with a woman in a hotel parking lot. When police arrived, he swallowed some baggies of pot and put up a fight. But when cops tasered him, he began choking on the baggies. Pretty wild video...

Tags: Florida
Thursday, Mar. 11 2010 @ 8:23PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Melvin Johnson has the misfortune of living in Texas, where he was arrested for possessing a mere 1.3 grams of crack -- roughly half the weight of a dime. But Matagorda County thought that was worth 60 years in the slam. Houston Press has the story.

Thursday, Mar. 11 2010 @ 9:00AM

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​Ranking today's Top 5 Police Blunders Of The Week was no easy task. Most Thursdays, we use a scale of perversion and heinousness to rank the unthinkable actions of policemen gone bad. However, today, we are using sheer stupidity as our meter of greatness. Enjoy...

Tuesday, Mar. 9 2010 @ 4:28AM

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​According to Texas officials, the violence between drug cartels has gotten so bad they're warning spring breakers to stay out of Mexico. Whether it's daylight shoot-outs or firefights resembling military actions, the land south of the border has become too dangerous...

Thursday, Mar. 4 2010 @ 9:00AM

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​Today's edition of Top 5 Police Blunders Of The Week is surely not for the faint of heart. Aside from Aldo Lozano, the Mexican cop/hit man arrested for killing more than 40 people, our list also includes the sexual assault of a transgender woman as well as the rape of none other than a rape victim...

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, bizarre, drugs
Thursday, Mar. 4 2010 @ 6:03AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: John D. Smith was shaking up a batch of meth in a 2-liter pop bottle. Alas, sometimes these chemicals explode, as his testicular area will now be unhappy to testify. The Pitch has the story.

Monday, Mar. 1 2010 @ 9:00AM

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​Cats can make for loyal companions but they really blow as baby-sitters. Tristan Williams learned this lesson just in time to be our Douchebag of the Week. But before we celebrate Tristan's achievement, say hello to our feline-free finalists...

By Pete Kotz in Bad Moms, Child Abuse, Sex crimes, drugs
Friday, Feb. 26 2010 @ 8:38PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Argelia Figueroa-Ramirez is charged with pimping out her daughter and a friend, both 14, in exchange for meth, crack and cash. A 48-year-old man has also been charged. Westword has the story.

By Denise Grollmus in Corruption, Lists, Police bungling, Sex crimes, drugs
Thursday, Feb. 25 2010 @ 9:00AM
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​It was a particularly busy week for corrupt cops, from arson to rape to sheer ineptitude. While many deserve the top spot on today's edition of Top 5 Police Blunders of the Week, the title ultimately goes to Providence Detective Robert DeCarlo, who recently beat a man into a coma with a flashlight...

By Pete Kotz in Books-TV-Film, drugs, organized crime
Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 8:22PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Max Mermelstein was the Jewish smuggler who pioneered the cocaine pipeline from Medellín to Miami. But it all came crashing down when he ratted his partners and went into hiding, a $3 million bounty on his head. Miami New Times has the story.