We want to believe this will discourage idiots from trying something like this in the future, but we don’t hold out too much hope. A New Jersey man could spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman while she slept during a United Airlines flight. [More]
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96-Year-Old Store Owner To Would-Be Robber: Take The Tootsie Rolls, Leave The Cash
By 7.17.13
There are some stories where it’s like… how do you even begin to express the awesomeness of the brave-hearted and all around fantastic nature of the person involved? To wit: A 96-year-old Wisconsin woman who has owned her grocery store for 50 years thwarted a would-be robber, telling him he could fill his pockets with candy but he darn well better leave her cash register alone. [More]
Don’t Block The McDonald’s Drive-Thru Just Because You Can’t Get Free Breakfast
By 7.16.13
We understand that it can be annoying when you have a craving for a certain fast food item, only to realize it isn’t available because of time constraints. But police say an intoxicated woman took that a few steps too far by blocking the McDonald’s drive-thru early Sunday morning in her quest for Big Macs, or at least, a free breakfast. [More]
It’s A Small World, But Apparently Big Enough To Steal 50 Identities To Fund 17 Disney Vacations
By 7.15.13
Upon hearing that a man stands accused of stealing the identities of 50 people in order to finance 17 Disney vacations, one might think it sounds like a tall order to successfully get away with that many crimes… and also? Is going on 17 vacations with Mickey Mouse really necessary? [More]
Fraud Suspect Thought Paying For Fingerprints With Stolen Credit Card Was A Good Idea
By 7.12.13
Perhaps you’ve heard that the worst thing a criminal can do is return to the scene of the crime, and yet time and time again, that caveat proves too tempting to ignore for many a bad consumer. One man charged with fraud learned that he should’ve paid attention to that societal maxim while doing what the court told him to. [More]
Burglary Victim Finds Suspected Thief’s Phone, Calls His Mom To Tell On Him
By 7.10.13
Calling the police is a natural reaction when your car has been ransacked and your stuff has been stolen, sure. But if the suspected thief happens to leave behind his cell phone? Don’t call him and try to yell at him for what he’s done — just dial up his mother and get him in a whole lotta trouble, like one Seattle woman did recently. [More]
Guess What Happened After Insurance Scammer On The Run Tweets “Catch Me If You Can”?
By 7.9.13
Perhaps, after reading the above headline, you were guessing that a woman convicted of raking more than $650,000 in disability and insurance payments after faking injuries ended up winning the lottery and going to Disney World, where all her transgressions were forgiven. But nope! After tweeting such taunts as “Catch me if you can,” the former Amtrak clerk was tracked down in Mexico and arrested. [More]
Add “Hide In Septic Tanks” To List Of Things People May Endure In Order To Peep
By 7.9.13
While you might not make it a habit to plumb the depths of a toilet’s septic tank with your eyes before you use it, it might be good to make a visual sweep part of your bathroom habit after a woman spotted a man ensconced in just such a spot at a women’s bathroom at an Oklahoma water park. Authorities are now claiming he’s a peeping Tom. A smelly, waste-covered, apparently willing to endure incredibly awful situations, peeping Tom. Allegedly. [More]
Tiffany Exec Allegedly Treated $1.3M In Jewelry Like It Was On The Office Giveaway Shelf
By 7.3.13
Many workplaces have what’s known as the “giveaway” shelf. Need a pen emblazoned with some corporation’s name? Your coworker might’ve put it out as a freebie. Looking for a set of fake clip-in hair? If you’ve ever worked at a celebrity weekly, you probably could’ve scored that for free. While we’re unsure if Tiffany & Co. has such a shelf, an executive charged with swiping $1.3 million in jewelry was definitely not cruising the giveaways, say authorities. [More]
Girl Scout Leader Accused Of Stealing More Than $10K From Troop Cookie Jar
By 7.3.13
What is it about a group of young girls selling cookies that makes people want to just (allegedly) take their money and expect to get away with it? After a spate of no-good meanies messing with the Girl Scouts, including a troop leader accused of pilfering $9,000 or so in funds, we’re met with yet another tale of cookie vice: An Ohio Troop leader was arrested recently and charged with stealing more than $10,000 in cookie money. [More]
Embezzling $500K From New Job To Pay For Embezzling From Another Won’t End Well
By 6.28.13
What’s an employee to do after being sued by a former employer for embezzlement? Apparently the answer for one California woman was to simply get another job, this time at a pizza chain, and steal $545,000 from that employer to pay off what she owed. It’s a vicious cycle, people. [More]
Refusing To Turn Your Phone Off & Screaming Profanities Will Get You Booted From A Flight
By 6.25.13
There are few guarantees in life, but rest assured that if 1. you refuse to turn your cell phone off and 2. you’re (allegedly) screaming profanities at the flight crew/cops 1. you will be kicked off said flight and 2. at least one of your fellow passengers will definitely film the action and post it on the Internet. That’s how it went down on a recent US Airways flight during a particularly upsetting incident. [More]
Man Accused Of Stealing $2.8M In Textbooks Fails As Salesman, But Might Make A Great Tutor
By 6.21.13
Hearing that a man has been accused of stealing about $2.8 million in textbooks just conjures up the image of a bespectacled fellow, perched atop a huge pile of books, who peers over his glasses when interrupted in his reading of The Big Book Of Organic Chemistry: Super Impossible Edition and simply raises an eyebrow as if to say, “Why are you bothering me?” The reality is probably a lot more boring, and has the book salesman out of a job and facing serious federal charges. [More]
Police: Customers Attacked Couple Kicked Out Of McDonald’s For Having Sex In The Bathroom
By 6.21.13
This is one of those situations where an example of consumers behaving badly turns into consumers behaving really, really badly. Police say a group of customers who complained about two women having sexual relations in a McDonald’s bathroom then attacked the couple after a manager threw them out of the restaurant. [More]
If A Cop Stops You For DUI At The Burger King Drive-Thru, Don’t Try To Drive Through Him
By 6.20.13
A Michigan man has been sentenced to 2-5 years in prison for an incident at a Burger King drive-thru, during which the man attempted to drive his car through the police officer that was checking him out for a suspected DUI. [More]
Enraged Wendy’s Customer Teaches Us The Difference Between Cheeseburgers & Burgers
By 6.17.13
While it took an enraged Dunkin’ Donuts customers eight minutes to express her extreme displeasure at not receiving a receipt, other bad consumers are bit more, shall we say — concise? with their vituperative rants. To wit: A very rude man who is beyond consolation at the mere presence of cheese on his burger. He makes his case to an unlucky Wendy’s employee in a quick 57 seconds and boy, is it a doozy. [More]
Report: United Airlines Passenger Restrained After Saying He Poisoned Everyone On Plane
By 6.17.13
Here’s some news apparently coming from a United Airlines flight that hasn’t even landed yet. According to news reports, a passenger on the flight from Hong Kong to Newark had to be restrained after making an announcement that he’d poisoned everyone on board. [More]
Bra Is Either Working Overtime In The Padding Department Or You’re Smuggling $59K In Cash
By 6.12.13
We’ve gotta hand it to border officers: It can’t be easy to figure out that someone is smuggling a whole lot of cash in her bra without being creepy. “Eyes up here, buddy!” and all of that. Despite that potentially tricky situation, two Canadian women were stopped from entering the country after officials at the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel discovered $59,000 in cash squirreled away in their brassieres. [More]
