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By Pete Kotz in bizarre, drugs
Thursday, Aug. 26 2010 @ 7:11AM
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​For years you've lived a life that can only be described as totally street. You were sagging your pants in 1987. You were the first to hold your pistol sideways when your Cub Scout troop visited the firing range. You had a tattoo in Japanese by the third grade...

Tags: Georgia
By Chris Parker in drugs, fugitives
Monday, Aug. 16 2010 @ 10:30AM
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​Some fugitives don't need Dog the Bounty Hunter; a small cross-eyed puppy will do. Florida fugitive Alex Garcia makes this week's Fugitive Watch by proving resourcefulness and intelligence are two entirely different things, and that bathrooms make terrible hiding places...

By Pete Kotz in drugs, homicide
Thursday, Aug. 12 2010 @ 2:43PM
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​UPDATE: Police say Ryann Bunnell Crow was murdered by her husband, Jesse Crow, after she confronted him about his affairs and threatened to rat out his pot growing operation. He then took her to a remote area and strangled her, beat her with a hammer, and shot her. See update after the jump...

Tags: California
By Pete Kotz in drugs, kidnapping
Wednesday, Aug. 11 2010 @ 12:12PM
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​There are a few rules to live by when vacationing internationally: Do not try to smuggle nine pounds of weed into Bali. Avoid being kidnapped by 150 Rwandan rebels. And never hang out with a pack of gang rapists at Buckingham Palace. TruTV has the story.

Tags: TruTV
By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, drugs
Tuesday, Aug. 3 2010 @ 7:43PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: The 17-year-old from Lincolnshire, Illinois stole some credit cards, then used them to play internet games. But when cops caught up with him, they also stumbled upon his parents' little side business. Toke of the Town has the story.

By Pete Kotz in bizarre, drugs
Wednesday, Jul. 28 2010 @ 7:52PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: He was caught acting suspiciously at the Houston airport before confessing to eating nearly a kilo of coke. So cops had to spend 5 straight hours watching him shit them out. Houston Press has the story.

By Pete Kotz in drugs, serial killers
Monday, Jul. 26 2010 @ 12:49PM
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​Vincent Smothers' life was that of a made-for-TV hitman. He lived in a townhouse in suburban Detroit with his wife and baby daughter. He was the polite neighbor often seen walking his poodle. What people didn't know is that he was also a prolific killer...

Tags: Michigan
By Pete Kotz in drugs, unsolved
Thursday, Jul. 22 2010 @ 10:02AM
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​Reader Sensible Guy responds to Jenna Lord Missing: Young Mom Last Seen at New Jersey Train Station. He argues that when you flirt with drugs and crime, bad things are inevitably going to happen, and you can't blame the police...

By Pete Kotz in bizarre, drugs
Tuesday, Jul. 20 2010 @ 8:02PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: A new theory coming out of Miami says men can spontaneously turn from sane to slobbering, raging, supernaturally strong menaces hell-bent on self-destruction via coke and a strange new syndrome. Miami New Times has the story.

By Pete Kotz in bizarre, drugs
Tuesday, Jul. 20 2010 @ 6:02AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: The known tweaker was pulled over by a cop in New Caney, Texas. She agreed to a search of her car, but only later would police discover her stash secreted in her womanly parts. Houston Press has the story.