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By Pete Kotz in Politicians, fraud
Wednesday, Aug. 18 2010 @ 8:02AM
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​You may recall our recent story on ingrate Justine Winter, where a debate broke out on why lawyers are never fined for filing frivolous lawsuits. Though it may be rare, it looks like lawyers are occasionally lit up for their scumbagocity. But you have to sue the president to get punished...

By Pete Kotz in Politicians, Video archives
Friday, Jul. 30 2010 @ 4:38AM

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​A textbook example of government service in True Crime's hometown. A city development official attacks a neighborhood activist on camera after tiring of cussing him. Just another Cleveland leader politely dealing with his beloved constituents...

By Pete Kotz in Politicians, Stupid Criminals
Thursday, Jul. 29 2010 @ 7:30PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Lout was found wandering shirtless 500 feet away after getting his car stuck at Sonic. Says the police report: "Mr. Lout laughed and said he could sure drink some whiskey." Houston Press has the story.

By Pete Kotz in Politicians, homicide
Wednesday, Jul. 28 2010 @ 11:45AM
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​UPDATE: Judging by the evidence, it appears Mayor Jayne Peters' lies -- to both the city of Coppell and her daughter -- were closing in on her the day she shot her daughter and then committed suicide. See update after the jump...


Tags: Texas
By Pete Kotz in Politicians, homicide
Friday, Jul. 23 2010 @ 8:09PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: He was executed in an attack on UN election monitors in Kabul. But the U.S. government has shown almost no interest in finding his killers, even though the UN says they're our allies. Miami New Times has the story.

By Pete Kotz in Douchebags, Politicians
Monday, Jul. 19 2010 @ 8:02PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: The anti-government gun nut already had been convicted for two felonies when, wearing body armor, he took on 10 troopers in highway shootout, absorbing multiple gunshots. SF Weekly has the story.

By Pete Kotz in Politicians, kidnapping
Thursday, Jul. 15 2010 @ 7:02AM
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​Today's Moron of the Day comes from the far-flung recesses of India, where they're not only stealing our jobs; they're stealing our weirdness too. It seems residents of the Buldhana district were just a little pissed at their power company...

By Pete Kotz in Politicians, homicide
Wednesday, Jul. 14 2010 @ 1:08PM
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​It must be Jealousy Day here at True Crime Report, for now comes another tale of weirdness from Madison, Wisconsin. Meet Jansson Wheeler, 76, a retired Madison alderman and former lawyer for the state of Wisconsin. He's a codger with girl troubles...


Tags: Wisconsin
Tuesday, Jun. 29 2010 @ 5:04AM

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​A Cleveland doctor and his family are flying to Minneapolis for a first communion. But the feds flag his 6-year-old daughter as being on the no-fly list, presuming she's a terrorist threat. And now he's caught in a bureaucratic nightmare of trying to get her off...

Wednesday, Jun. 16 2010 @ 2:52PM
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​William Wallace is a lawyer in Gibson County, Indiana and the Democratic Party nominee in November's county prosecutor election. But we're guessing voters might have second thoughts about his candidacy these days...

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