Would-be rapist takes a beating 1
Another teacher arrested at 'Horndog High' 2
Is it cruel to make a kitten goth? 3
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...

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...

By Pete Kotz in Heroes, Video archives
Monday, Jan. 25 2010 @ 6:46AM

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​Since non-stop animal cruelty stories are a little hard to take, this morning we give you the rescue of a dog who was caught in the swollen Los Angeles River. The only one injured was the rescue worker. It seems the freaked out dog took a few bits out of him...

Tags: California
By Pete Kotz in Heroes, Video archives, assault
Wednesday, Jan. 20 2010 @ 4:41AM

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​After a fight breaks out between inmates at a county jail, deputies step in. But the duker soon turns into a free-for-all as inmates attack each other and police as well. But the cops make a good show of it, going toe-to-toe with the bad guys...

By Pete Kotz in Heroes, assault, drugs
Tuesday, Jan. 19 2010 @ 2:45PM
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Monika Spraggins believes in the American spirit of independence and self-reliance. So when she caught a fellow resident of a Memphis boarding house selling weed to her 12-year-old son, she decided this wasn't a matter for police; it was a matter for mom...

Tags: Tennessee
Tuesday, Jan. 19 2010 @ 1:20PM

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​Marian Johnson Chadwick, owner of a Frisco, Texas jewelry store, was helping a customer when an armed robber walked in. He demanded that Chadwick and client Kathy Vereen hit the floor, but Chadwick had other ideas...

Tags: Religion, Texas
By Pete Kotz in Heroes, fugitives, homicide, unsolved
Friday, Jan. 15 2010 @ 11:37AM
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UPDATE: Escaped hit man Justin Welch is captured in Oklahoma, outsmarted and disarmed by a truck driver who gave him a ride. See update after the jump...

Tuesday, Jan. 12 2010 @ 11:07AM

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​Walmart has long been known as America's worst employer for its substandard health care, endless lawsuits regarding racial and sexual discrimination, and pay so bad it's even handed out welfare info at job interviews. Now add another sin to its list of crimes...

Tags: Florida
Monday, Jan. 11 2010 @ 4:54AM

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​Frankly, this woman -- at least we think it's a woman -- really needs to find a new line of work. Watch as she jumps over the counter with a gun, only to be disarmed within seconds of her robbery. People, if you're gonna steal, we really need some standards around here...

By Pete Kotz in Heroes, Sex crimes, bizarre, homicide
Friday, Jan. 8 2010 @ 12:39PM
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Hers was a marriage from hell. So on the morning of December 9, 2008, Amber Cummings woke up and decided to kill herself. She had very good reasons. She went to her bedroom and stuck a gun in her mouth, but then had second thoughts...

Tags: California, Maine