crime

Benjamin Button Type Arrested For Sex Crimes

Hamilton Nolan · 04/13/10 03:18PM

Police have arrested a 63 year-old man in a string of at least seven sexual assaults near UCLA in the past month. This is the sketch that helped identify him. That is a drawing of a 63 year-old man. [LAT]

Door-to-Door Meat Salesman Swallows Joint

Adrian Chen · 04/12/10 07:37PM

Police in Athens, Tennessee were questioning 30 year-old Robert Sherk in his car about unlicensed door-to-door meat-selling. They spotted a half-smoked joint! Sherk swallowed it while police watched. Now he's in jail. Many interesting things going on here. [AP]

Obama, King of the Haitian Post-Apocalypse

Max Read · 04/08/10 03:01AM

In the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquake, Obama has emerged as a leading criminal figure and "menacing underworld force" controlling a "robbery empire," reports The Washington Post. No, no, not President Obama—Haitian Gang Lord Kidnapper Obama.

Somali Pirates Seize US-Bound Oil Tanker

Jeff Neumann · 04/05/10 06:48AM

Those wily pirates are at it again, this time grabbing a South Korean super tanker loaded with Iraqi oil bound for the US. Double steal.

Police Identify Manhattan Luxury Burglar Suspect

Ravi Somaiya · 04/03/10 02:13PM

A mysterious figure has been breaking into luxury boutiques in the early hours of the morning and stealing only the finest luxury goods like $260 jeans and $23,000 of designer sunglasses.