Meet Convicted 35-Count Rabbit Abuser
If you're gonna buy, buy in bulk and save. That's apparently what Guillermo Villarreal and Leoncio Sanchez thought, as they went around to sporting-goods stores near the Mexican border and purchased 17,000 rounds of ammo. The feds got suspicious, and the two have pleaded guilty to planning to smuggle the stuff into Mexico.Houston Press has the story.
After raping a woman in Chandler, Ariz. earlier this month, 21-year-old Rafael Chavez gave the victim his phone number -- which ultimately is how he was caught.The Phoenix New Times has the full story. 
Raphael Chavez
An old woman was arrested at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport for taking a .38-caliber pistol aboard an American Airlines flight. The old woman, amazingly, had already boarded the plane, a full two hours after TSA called airport security. The woman had apparently left the checkpoint "prior to surrendering the firearm." Dallas Observer has the full story. 
A Dallas Area Rapid Transit customer was arrested for assaulting a public servant, after the DART bus driver beat the crap out of him. The driver was apparently trying to wake the sleeping passenger, when the man took a swing at him. At which point the driver defended himself by opening up a tall can of whoop ass. Dallas Observer has the full story (and video). 
Breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Reeves and companion Kimberly McCaffrey discovered the bodies of the man and his nine-year-old son in a van. The wallet was easy to snag, but the gun was tougher. Luckily, there was a hacksaw. Westword has the story.
Anthony Blue, a 19-year-old from Texas, pleaded guilty to passing a note that read ""50's 100's and no body gets hurt, sorry" in order to rob two banks in Garland and in Rockwall. This morning Anthony pleaded guilty in Federal court, after his mother called the FBI to identify her son in the robberies using the website bandittracker.com. Sorry. Dallas Observer has the full story. 
Before Christmas, former and Chicago Bear and Dallas Cowboy receiver Sam Hurd was popped by authorities for trying to buy "five to 10 kilograms of cocaine." This week, Hurd has been indicted by a federal grand jury, along with a co-conspirator, on counts of possession with intent to distribute a whole lot more cocaine. Dallas Observer has the full story. 
The so-called "Handsome Guy" bandit, who was wanted in connection with nearly a dozen bank robberies while wearing a prosthetic mask, was arrested in Mississippi. Steve Milam, the bandit who appropriately sold caskets as a day job, was picked up following a Michael Bay-like car chase and shootout. Dallas Observer has the full story.
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Vintage holiday-season breakfast reading from the Village Voice Empire: Harper pulled a gun on the teller, then fled on foot -- but he didn't get far. Forty minutes later, he was still in the area. When he saw the cops, he made a run for it -- to the bus stop. Westword has the story.

