A bumbling revenge plot turns sour 1
Man blames girlfriend's threesome for murder 2
Grandpa randomly punches kids at Walmart 3
Monday, Mar. 15 2010 @ 5:00PM
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​At the time, Rev. Jonathan Ayers seemed like the consummate Christian. He had offered Kala Jones Barrett a ride back in Toccoa, Georgia. He dropped her off that September day, then drove to a gas station to use the ATM. What he didn't know was that police were following him...

Tags: Georgia, Religion
Monday, Mar. 15 2010 @ 12:26PM

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​Either Michael Murphy is incredibly handsome, has a tongue of golden butter, or there's a desperate shortage of decent men in Montana. But any way you dice it, he seems to have the Midas touch with women -- especially prison guards...

Friday, Mar. 12 2010 @ 3:18PM
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​UPDATE: John Gardner racked up a whopping seven parole violations in the years before he was accused of of killing Chelsea and possibly another girl. But each time, California parole officials gave him a pass. See update after the jump...
Tags: California
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...

By Pete Kotz in Police bungling
Thursday, Mar. 11 2010 @ 8:05AM
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​Reader BaconBully responds to Reader Offers a Nasty Tale of Police Perversion in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. His own story involves a stand-up guy getting rejected by the Virginia State Troopers for smoking pot when he was young...

By Pete Kotz in Police bungling
Tuesday, Mar. 9 2010 @ 8:04AM
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​Reader "Agreed" responds to Top 5 Police Blunders of the Week. He recalls the time he was pulled over in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, and the cops used to the incident to force his then-pregnant girlfriend to show them her breasts...

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...

Friday, Feb. 26 2010 @ 7:05AM

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​In this undercover video shot by the Humane Society, a Kentucky state trooper can be seen watching the action. He was supposedly there to search for drugs and alcohol, but this guy doesn't look like he's doing much of anything -- other than enjoying the chicken fights...

Tags: Kentucky
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...