An early leaked version of the coroner's report on the mysterious shooting death of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen revealed that she was shot with at least one hollow point bullet. That's only one of today's conspiracy theory-inducing new crumbs.

Michael Brea, a Brooklyn resident and former bit player on Ugly Betty, gave a crazy interview to the Daily News in which he says he stabbed his mother to death with a sword because she was possessed. What the heck?

Getting punched in the jaw now automatically constitutes a "bias crime." (In Williamsburg.)

If you see a naked man laughing at a house fire, he probably set the fire.

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was convicted Wednesday of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The money laundering charge carries a 99-year maximum sentence — in other words, life in prison.

Reason you should delete your Facebook account, #4,679: It can get you hit in the head with a frying pan, and then stabbed. Just ask Aaron Calhoun of Toldeo, Ohio!

Former House majority leader Tom DeLay, once one of the most powerful Republicans in Congress, has been convicted of money laundering and conspiracy for illegally funneling campaign contributions to fellow Texas Republicans. He faces up to life in prison.

As soon as news broke last week that veteran Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen had been gunned down in her car in Beverly Hills for no apparent reason, the conspiracy theories began. Finally, Page Six has said hell, let's print some.

Turistas: don't let bad PR stop you from visiting beautiful Mexico this holiday season! Just remember to pick up your Mexican army escort at the border, and "to move in convoys and only during daylight hours." ¡Feliz Navidad! [LAT]

Ron Spears, the advertising director at fairly-priced free newspaper AM New York, was arrested last week for trying to strangle his girlfriend.

Sadly, being accused of sexual assault doesn't make priests automatic contenders for the title of "Worst Priest in the World." But hiring a hitman to kill your accuser, as Father John Fiala of Texas did? That gets you up there.

An accused California bank robber's been caught with the "largest cache of homemade explosives ever found in the U.S."

The Mace-wielding Chelsea Market vegan cookie purple scooter thief: NYC's quirkiest thief?

Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek, a onetime Playboy club waitress and Milwaukee cop who escaped from prison after being convicted of killing her then-husband's ex-wife, died in hospice care on Saturday. She was in the midst of applying for a pardon.

A Texas woman had her car returned after it had been stolen because the thief wanted to scold her for leaving her toddler inside. He then ran away. There are worse people to take child-rearing advice from, I guess.

According to a study of FBI crime statistics by CQ Press, St. Louis, Mo. was the "most dangerous city in the U.S." in 2010, probably due to former St. Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire's uncontrollable steroid-murder rages. Here's the top 25:

Brace yourself for some shocking news: The feds are preparing "vast" insider trading charges against a slew of investment bankers, analysts and hedge fund executives. Included are some loose-lipped Goldman Sachs bankers who leaked health-care merger information to benefit investors.

Robbing a Baskin Robbins is not a good way to raise capital for your fledgling record label.

A plasma television-stealing epidemic is currently plaguing the South African city of Port Elizabeth, with homes/businesses containing the devices being targeted by a savvy group of thieves. Inside, watch three masked crusaders lift three of them in just 20 seconds.

The riddle-like tale of traveling twin sisters who shot each other simultaneously, leaving police unable to figure out which had died and which survived, has gotten stranger: The women, who were in Colorado for "cultural exchange," were obsessed with Columbine.