Top 5 Douchebags of the Week 1
This week's What Wouldn't Jesus Do? 2
Would-be rapist takes a beating 3
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...

Tuesday, Feb. 2 2010 @ 6:48AM
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​New Orleans police officer Nikia Adams called an animal shelter to ask for help. One of her dogs had died in her backyard, and she needed help removing it. But when an animal worker arrived, the dog was found to have been starved to death...

Tags: Louisiana
Monday, Feb. 1 2010 @ 5:03PM

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​You might say that Terri Chilton is the meddling sort. It appears her daughter was on the outs with her husband. So Chilton decided there's nothing like an old fashioned crisis to bring daughter and son-in-low back together again...

Tags: Missouri
Monday, Feb. 1 2010 @ 1:42PM
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​Actor Rip Torn is known for his supporting roles as the craggy sidekick in Men in Black and The Larry Sanders Show. He's also known for his devotion to booze and guns. The latter two came into play while he was very hammered in Salisbury, Connecticut...

Tags: Connecticut
By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, robbery, unsolved
Monday, Feb. 1 2010 @ 12:50PM
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​Those signs reading "HIGH VOLTAGE" should have been their first clue, but Guy Harlan and his unknown accomplices couldn't resist all that copper waiting to be stolen at a Atascosa County, Texas electrical substation...

Tags: Texas
Monday, Feb. 1 2010 @ 9:00AM
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​In this week's edition of Fugitive Watch, we bring you the tale of Robert Besabe: A "man" who, in 1982, killed a mother and her unborn child before evading police for 27 years, even though he was arrested for yet another murder in 1996...

Friday, Jan. 29 2010 @ 6:02AM
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​Friday morning's Breakfast Reading from around the Village Voice Empire: Yet another NFL player is charged with rape. A moronic mom starves her baby because she think she's too fat. And one more reason why to avoid getting that tattoo...

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, assault, robbery
Thursday, Jan. 28 2010 @ 6:06AM
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​Thursday morning's Breakfast Reading from around the Village Voice Empire: A coach teaches his Little League players how to steal the wrong way. A robber is flustered by Bank of America's bad service. And a 15-cent robbery in Seattle...

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, bizarre, fraud
Wednesday, Jan. 27 2010 @ 2:18PM
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​On most episodes of The Savvy Criminal, we celebrate those who bring a little cunning and professionalism to the illicit arts. But today's spotlight shines on a woman who wouldn't know savvy if it bit her on the face...

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, bizarre
Wednesday, Jan. 27 2010 @ 1:14PM

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​When heading off to jail, it's best to commit a crime that will provide you with a manly story to tell your fellow inmates, something a little more desperado-like than, say, knee-capping a rival figure skater. Working as a hired gun for the Mafia always sounds good...

Tags: Ohio