Remember that scene in the Eddie Murphy film Coming to America where he and Arsenio Hall take out an armed robber (a barely recognizable Samuel L. Jackson) with a mop handle? Well, the real-life scene on Sunday at a Taco Bell in Indiana probably wasn’t as cinematic, but it was cool nonetheless. [More]
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Walmart Robber Swings Newborn Baby At Security To Escape Store
By 9.9.10
Some idiots try to profit off their babies by attempting to sell them outside of Walmart. And now there’s the woman in Syracuse who stands accused of using her baby to ward off Walmart loss prevention officers while she and her two alleged accomplices made off with their purloined loot. [More]
Master Criminal Steals $11,000 From Walmart Over The Phone
By 9.7.10
Time was, a burglar needed a gun or a knife to hold up a store. But kids today, they got all sorts of new-fangled ways of pulling heists, like the Walmart in Ohio that is now short over $11,000 because of a phone call. [More]
Domino's Worker Uses Customer's Debit Card For Phone Sex While Still Making Pizzas
By 9.3.10
You might not think that when you call up your local Domino’s to order a pizza with your credit/debit card, that the employee you just gave your sensitive information to is going to brazenly turn around and rack up $296 in phone sex charges only minutes later. Or that they’d be so stupid to use the restaurant’s phone to make the call. Alas, that’s exactly what a woman in Kentucky claims happened to her. [More]
Cop Fired After Threatening To Arrest KFC Employees Over Refund Policy
By 8.30.10
A once high-ranking police officer in Arizona now finds himself out of a job — and all because of the chicken at KFC. [More]
Wendy's Cook: I Pulled Knife On Co-Worker For Serving Bad Bacon
By 8.30.10
An employee at a Wendy’s in Connecticut has been charged with second-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment, threatening and breach of peace after allegedly pulling a knife and threatening to stab a co-worker. But he claims it was all for a good reason: He was upset at the other employee for serving bacon that had dropped on the floor. [More]
Batman Is In Your Taco Bell Drive-Thru Stealing Your Food
By 8.19.10
Times are tough for the Dark Knight. But hey, even caped crimefighters need to eat. [More]
Nitpicky Bank Robber Outs Himself With Pissy E-Mails To Press & Police
By 8.19.10
A bank robber in Germany was so angered by inaccuracies given by police and reported in the newspapers that he felt compelled to send them indignant e-mails with his corrections. And while his correspondence might have served to clear up the public record of his robbery, they also led cops right to his doorstep. [More]
Man Goes Balls Out — Literally — Trying To Steal Soda Truck From Chili's Parking Lot
By 8.18.10
While some inept robbers think wearing panties on your face will mask your identity, one man in Oklahoma seems to think that a complete lack of underwear — or really any clothing — is the key to a successful crime. [More]
Airport Security Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Stealing $20K Worth Of Stuff From Luggage
By 8.17.10
It’s bad enough that airlines are charging exorbitant fees for checked luggage; travelers shouldn’t also have to worry about sticky-fingered airport employees swiping stuff from their suitcases. [More]
Faking Seizures For Free Food Doesn't Just Make You An Ass, It Will Land You In Jail
By 8.11.10
There are those who believe we’re all growing more jaded and less willing to help our fellow man. That’s not hard to believe when you read about a jackass like the Baltimore man who repeatedly faked seizures in order to get out of paying his restaurant bills. [More]
Juror In Burglary Trial Accused Of Stealing Fellow Juror's Credit Card
By 8.10.10
By their very nature, courtrooms play host to any number of criminals. They’re just usually sitting at the defendant’s table and not in the jury box. But according to prosecutors in NYC, a woman who had been sitting on a jury in a recent criminal case stole the credit card of one of her fellow jurors and went on a shopping spree. [More]
Craigslist CEO Responds To Allegations The Site Is A Hub For Child Prostitution
By 8.9.10
Two young women, identifying themselves only as “AK and MC,” recently placed a full-page ad in the Washington Post saying they were repeatedly sold and bought through ads on Craigslist, and asking the site to shut down its adult services section. [More]
McDonald's Employee Robs Place Of Work Twice, Still Keeps Showing Up To Work
By 8.9.10
It takes balls to rob the McDonald’s you’ve been working at for months. It takes balls of steel to do it twice in one month. And it takes balls of steel the size of large boulders to keep showing up for work afterward. Alas, your big mouth will ultimately get you and your massive balls arrested for armed robbery. [More]
Which Illegal Activities Get A Pass From You?
By 8.6.10
Whenever we write about things like cable TV, DRM and paywalls, we get numerous comments and e-mails from readers about various ways — almost all illegal — people beat the system and get TV shows, movies, video games, software, etc. for free. Which has got us to wondering where you draw the line on these and other matters. [More]
911: Driving You To The Liquor Store Is Not An Emergency
By 8.4.10
Frivolous 911 calls are a serious waste of time and resources and authorities have little patience for those who dial the emergency number for petty grievances. So when a man from Florida thought the best way to get a lift to the liquor store was to call 911, he ended up behind bars. [More]
Vomiting Phillies Fan Sentenced To At Least 30 Days In Jail
By 8.3.10
For better or worse — and for most of my life, it’s tended toward the latter — I am a Philadelphia Phillies fan. That being said, I was just as horrified as everyone else when a drunk jerk at a Phillies game intentionally vomited on an 11-year-old girl back in April. Thus, I’m happy to report that he is now behind bars… and that he’s really from New Jersey. [More]
Man Robs Wendy's, Calls Them Twice To Complain About Lack Of Cash Stolen
By 8.2.10
Most folks who successfully pull off a robbery at a fast food restaurant are happy with whatever cash they were able to make off with. But not one man in Atlanta, who wanted the employees of the Wendy’s he’d held up to know that he was disappointed with his haul — and that they’d better start selling more Baconators in preparation for his next heist. [More]
