Teen strangled, slit 9-year-old's throat 1
Dad sets dog on fire for jumping on couch 2
Dad executes son accused of molesting 3
By Pete Kotz in Creeps, Stupid Criminals, homicide
Thursday, Nov. 19 2009 @ 4:54PM
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The band Furious Styles thinks it's a good day whenever a cop is killed, hence the T-shirts
Earlier this month, we told you about the assassination of Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton, who was shot in a drive-by Halloween night as he sat in his squad. Another officer was wounded.

Police believe the senseless murder was the work of criminal justice student Christopher Monfort, who was shot when he pointed a gun at detectives who were trying to interview him at his apartment building.

Obviously, it was a stupid and senseless murder. As Seattle Weekly notes, "The city saw the murder of a cop as a good time to remember that peace officers have a very dangerous job and we should be thankful for the work they do." But hardcore metal band Furious Styles saw it as a way to get publicity selling T-shirts that celebrate the officer's slaying...

Tags: Washington
Wednesday, Nov. 18 2009 @ 4:26PM
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Jessica Goode was shot in the chest after somehow being mistaken for a deer
Three students from Ferrum College in Virginia were in the woods collecting frogs for a biology class. The sheriff says they were standing on a road in an open field, unobstructed by trees or brush.

Unfortunately, 31-year-old Jason David Cloutier, The World's Dumbest Hunter, was pursuing deer nearby. How one mistakes three college students for deer is beyond imagination. But Cloutier proved capable. He opened fire with a high powered rifle, hitting 20-year-old Regis Boudinot in the arm and hand and before shooting 23-year-old Jessica Goode in the chest. She did not survive.

A third student with them apparently looked enough like a human to avoid being shot. Cloutier is charged with manslaughter, reckless handling of a firearm, trespassing, and being living proof that man evolved from ape.

Tags: Virginia
Tuesday, Nov. 17 2009 @ 4:34PM

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Georgia teacher Randolph Forde is accused of trying to pay another student to kill a boy
The beef reportedly began when substitute math teacher Randolph Forde pulled a 16-year-old boy out of his classroom one day to ask if he was gay. Why he needed that info is unknown, but Forde and the boy supposedly traded words about the question the next day.

The student reported both incidents with Forde, but nothing came of it. Forde, however, apparently still had a beef with the boy...

Tuesday, Nov. 17 2009 @ 9:00AM
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Reid Gray may be rich, but he's also confessed to cheating on his wife
Reader "Wise Mom" responds to Was Wealthy Wife Quinn Gray Kidnapped? Or Was it a Scam Concocted with Her Lover? She believes husband Reid Gray could find a much better wife -- like her, for instance:
 
"Just wanted to point out how very frustrating it is that there are soooo many wonderful, intelligent, caring, women with morals and values, not to mention class, out there waiting for a man like this and to be wasted on such a woman disgusts us..."

Tags: Florida
Tuesday, Nov. 17 2009 @ 8:00AM
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Rapist Michael Clemmons personifies the dumb jock
Tuesday morning's Breakfast Reading from around the Village Voice Empire:

Ever Heard of This Thing Called Evidence?
Three Santa Ana City College football players plead guilty to raping drunk woman... and taping the crime.

The Edinburg, Texas Pot for Inmates Program
Police send truckload of bananas to prison -- with 25 pounds of marijuana included.

Murder by Clock
Kira Roueche is accused of beating a man to death with a clock.

By Pete Kotz in Stupid Criminals, drugs, robbery
Monday, Nov. 16 2009 @ 11:14AM
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Michael Noyer: Leaving your unemployment check at the scene of your burglary is estimated to make it 147 percent more likely you'll be caught
In today's episode of The Beginner's Guide to Crime, we introduce you to the concept of not getting caught. Though a basic proposition to the advanced criminal, it remains a rather elusive idea for remedial practitioners of the trade:

That would include Michael Noyer of Manchester, New Hampshire. Last week, police were called to an apartment where someone had broken in and was burglarizing a young girl's bedroom. The father went to investigate and found Noyer hiding behind a door.

Dad apparently had not kept current on his Bally's membership; Noyer managed to flee. But the bad guy left behind an important clue in tracing his whereabouts: A day planner, which included a handy unemployment check bearing his identity...

Monday, Nov. 16 2009 @ 5:18AM

Jackson Fernando Martins, a 21-year-old from Brazil, was accused of using a knife to rob a mother and young son in their home. He made away with just $100 worth of electronics. After police chased him on his motorcycle, he dove in the ocean and swam more than a mile out to sea. No, he's not very bright.

As you can see from the footage, police in a helicopter had to fire warning shots to subdue him before diving in to rescue the moron.

Saturday, Nov. 14 2009 @ 5:29AM

Police in Russia are known to be gentle. After this traffic stop, as man tries to attack multiple police surrounding him, but he's a little too big to take down on their own. So after minutes of chasing each other around, the cops finally shoot him in the leg -- the beat the living shit out of him with batons.

Friday, Nov. 13 2009 @ 2:08PM
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William T. Cole, prior to nose decapitation, decided to rob two men with a small screwdriver
Take note, aspiring criminals: When you want to do a robbery, make sure you have stealing something valuable in mind, and try to go armed with more than a screwdriver. Those lessons were apparently lost on William T. Cole, and it ended up costing him his nose.

According to police, two men were at home in Tuscumbia, Alabama when Cole walked into the house, went to a back room, grabbed a coat, and started walking out. One resident  confronted him. Though Cole had a knife in his back pocket, he decided to use a small screwdriver as his weapon of choice in this robbery. It didn't make him very scary...

By Pete Kotz in Creeps, Stupid Criminals, bizarre
Friday, Nov. 13 2009 @ 12:26PM

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Joshua Basso probed the dispatcher about the qualities of her feminine attributes
It is safe to say Joshua Basso is a moron of epic width. The 29-year-old Tampa man was jonesing for an amorous romp, but he apparently couldn't get a woman the usual way -- you know, by being generally decent and kind. And since he couldn't call the sex lines because his phone was out of minutes, he called the only line he could afford. That would be 911.

Tampa police say he called an emergency dispatcher four times trying to sex her up. The operator played along to get his address. Which left the horny Basso thinking he was about to score with one of Tampa's feminine finest...

Tags: Florida