Liposuction turned fatal for three Phoenix patients, and the allegedly sloppy doctor who worked on them was convicted of second-degree murder in two deaths, and manslaughter in another. He’ll be sentenced Aug. 19. [More]
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Woman Accused Of Groping TSA Agent — Yeah, You Read That Right
By 7.18.11
Accusations of groping involving Transportation Security Administration agents are far from unheard of, but it’s rare that it’s a security officer who’s the one filing the complaint. Yet a Colorado woman stands accused of groping a TSA agent at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport Thursday. [More]
Police: Alleged Shoplifter Stuffed Beef Down His Pants
By 7.14.11
What probably started as a normal day at a South Carolina grocery store ended with action and intrigue after employees noticed a man leaving the store with several packages of tenderloin stuffed down his pants. According to the police report, a manager confronted the man in the parking lot, reaching inside his waistband and pulling out a tenderloin. And then things got interesting. [More]
Man Who Hacks Neighbor's WiFi And Tries To Frame Him For Crimes Gets 18 Years
By 7.13.11
Good firewalls make good neighbors, but they won’t stop a determined hacker from busting through and manipulating your cyber footprints. For proof, look at the Minnesota man convicted of hacking his neighbor’s WiFi and attempting to frame him for child pornography and other crimes will serve 18 years in prison. [More]
Convicted Bank Fraudster Could Get 385-Year Sentence
By 6.24.11
Prosecutors in the case against Lee Farkas, who was convicted of leading a $2.9 billion scheme that wrecked Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., have asked the judge in the case to sentence Farkas to at least 50-years in prison, adding that the maximum sentence for his crime is 385 years. [More]
Hedge Fund Billionaire Convicted On Insider Trading Charges
By 5.12.11
The Justice Department has managed to nail a hedge fund billionaire believed to be one of the many driving forces behind the financial crisis. The billionaire, the founder of the defunct hedge fund management firm Galleon Group, was convicted on 14 counts of fraud and conspiracy. [More]
Do Not Pretend Your Waitress's Bosom Is A Credit Card Reader
By 4.28.11
Just in case you were wondering, it’s not cool to paw at a waitress and slide a credit card in her bra. Such actions are what a Washington Redskins lineman stands accused of, according to court papers filed Wednesday. [More]
Kansas Couple Convicted Of Ticket Scam, Sentenced To Prison
By 4.15.11
A University of Kansas ticket official and her husband were convicted of aiding a $2 million illegal ticket ring in which they admitting to stealing and selling basketball and football tickets. [More]
If You're Being Robbed, It's Nice To Have A UFC Fighter Nearby
By 3.21.11
The wince-inducing physical punishment of mixed martial arts can be used for crime prevention as well as entertainment. In the hours leading up to a championship bout in New Jersey, a meditating MMA fighter spotted a robbery in progress and — along with two of his trainers — chased down and subdued the alleged perpetrator. [More]
Woman Charged With Scamming Nuns Out Of $285K
By 3.8.11
A federal indictment alleges that a California woman conned nuns in a Rhode Island convent out of $285,000. [More]
Safeway Catches Alleged Shoplifters With Tracking Device On Getaway Van
By 2.22.11
Management of a Portland, Ore. Safeway was sick of getting ripped off by the same couple over and over again, so its security staff placed a tracking device on the van driven by the alleged shoplifters. Now the couple, accused of swiping more than $5 million worth of goods from the Safeway over several years, is in custody. [More]
Police Nab Suspected Bellagio Robber
By 2.4.11
In Vegas they say the house always wins, and that appears to be the case in December’s brazen robbery of the Bellagio, in which an armed thief made of with $1.5 million in casino chips by escaping on a motorcycle. [More]
Guy Allegedly Tunnels Into GameStop To Swipe Video Games
By 1.19.11
In a heist that was probably narrated by Morgan Freeman, a determined Tennessee man is accused of tunneling into a GameStop in order to pilfer its sweet, unguarded wares in the dark of night. [More]
Real-Life Danny Ocean Robs Bellagio Of $1.5 Million
By 12.15.10
A gunman allegedly robbed the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas, and he didn’t need to split his take with an acrobat, explosives expert or Matt Damon. The thief sauntered into the casino, made off with $1.5 million in chips from a craps table, then sped off on a motorcycle. [More]
Feds Nab Satellite-Smuggling Microsoft Contractor
By 12.8.10
Someone forgot to pay attention to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which teaches that giving Slugworth an everlasting gobstopper will lead directly to ruin. In a sting operation, the FBI arrested an alleged satellite smuggler who did contract work for Microsoft. [More]
If You Get Mad, Don't Smash 29 Walmart TVs With A Bat
By 2.12.10
Spring Training isn’t quite here yet, but a man at a Georgia Walmart decided to get into the swing of things by taking a baseball bat and smashing 29 TVs before he was arrested for second degree criminal damage, the AP reports. (Update: now with video.) [More]
Spam Kings Plead Guilty, Are Headed To Prison
By 6.24.09
The war on spam is just as doomed as the war on drugs, but the FBI has won a battle, bringing down a bulk commercial e-mail ring that pimped Chinese penny stocks into unwilling inboxes. They also developed bot network that helped spam avoid detection.
