Women's Hate Crime Target: Themselves? 1
Bank Robber: I'll Infect You With AIDS! 2
Rock Star v. Playboy Model: Who Won? 3
Friday, May 18, 2012 at 4:59 am

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Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: The money and finished weed at the medical marijuana dispensary was all locked up in a safe way too complicated for these idiots to crack. But why did they leave hundreds of pot plants on the cusp of harvesting? Westword has the story.

Tags: Colorado, Village Voice Empire, Westword
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 9:49 am
If you're going to scam an insurance company out of a renter's claim -- and you don't want to get caught -- there are a few simple steps you should follow. Gustavo Diaz, Alina Nunez, and their gang got the first part right by renting apartments under different names, stocking them with furniture and waiting a while so they seemed to be lived in before setting them on fire. Alas, their cheapness led to a fatal error: Prosecutors say they used the same set of crappy Goodwill furniture in scores of bogus fires -- including the same picture frame full of the same "family photos." Diaz and 19 others all face felony fraud charges now. Miami New Times has the story. 
Tags: Alina Nunez, Florida, Gustavo Diaz
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 6:15 am

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Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: The $20,000 pistol from the 1800s was stolen from a private museum. What better way to get rid of it quietly than to be seen doing so on an episode of a program on the Discovery Channel? Westword has the story.

Tags: Colorado, Village Voice Empire, Westword
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 8:51 am

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Three is the magic number: Karen Hale becomes the third woman within a year from Trinity, Texas to fail at the "hide the meth in the vadge" ruse. Houston Press has the story.

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Monday, May 14, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Give Barbara Cruz credit for some quick thinking: When police tracked her down in Fort Pierce, their first question, naturally, was, "Why are you covered in blood?" The profusion of red was more than a bit suspicious because a man who'd been staying with Cruz in a hotel room had called the cops claiming she'd attacked him with a fork when he wouldn't give her money for crack. Cruz, though, told cops the blood had nothing to do with the attack: She was just on her period! Police didn't buy it and she's facing multiple felony charges, including lying to police. Miami New Times has the story. 
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Friday, May 11, 2012 at 2:52 pm
You can't claim the guy who decided to start selling Trayvon Martin gun-range targets is dishonest. When contacted by a reporter, the anonymous creator said he made gun targets in the shape of the teenager killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman because "my main motivation was to make money off the controversy." OK, then. Zimmerman's own attorney has condemned the targets, calling them a form of "hate-mongering." Miami New Times has the story.
Tags: George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin
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Friday, May 11, 2012 at 9:10 am

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Joseph Farley thought it would be a good idea to unicycle in the nude across a bridge near a family-oriented amusement park. Cops thought otherwise. (With NSFW dashboard-cam video, if you dare.) Houston Press has the story.

Tags: Houston Press, Texas, Village Voice Empire
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 8:45 am

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Christie Marshall had a fight over money with a guy, and he stormed out, strapping a kid into his car and driving away. She she took off after him, tried to run him off the road and then rammed him when he was at a stoplight. But first she strapped her own infant into her car for the ride. Houston Press has the story.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 7:43 am

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Andres Martinez led police on a slow-speed chase that the cops hoped to stop by laying a spike strip across the road. Martinez drove around it -- causing an officer to jump for his life -- but when captured he said he wasn't aiming for the cop. He was rolling a joint and calling "his peeps" to tell them he was headed for jail, he said. Houston Press has the story.

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Monday, May 7, 2012 at 8:31 am

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Doubling down on the dumbness: Jason Blain Wagner pawned a laptop filled with child porn. Dumb. Even dumber: When he got a probation that amounted to a slap on the wrist, he blew it spectacularly. Houston Press has the story.

Tags: Houston Press, Texas, Village Voice Empire
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