crime

The Hurt Behind the Trigger

Marlon Peterson · 07/20/14 12:56PM

I am an honor student, turned gun shot victim, turned gun carrier/college student, turned a person who almost shot a neighbor's mother because her son "disrespected me" on my block. I did not pull the trigger, thanks to the words of a friend who would have supplied me the gun, but one year later I participated in an equally reprehensible act that included a gun and death.

So, Who's Going to Jail For T-Mobile's Crimes?

Hamilton Nolan · 07/02/14 10:10AM

The FTC has charged T-Mobile with stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of their customers' money by billing them for services they didn't sign up for. Okay. So. Which T-Mobile executive will be going to jail?

An Adorable Four-Year-Old Detective Solved a Burglary at Her House

Andy Cush · 06/25/14 01:20PM

Abby Dean, a four-year-old from Washington, Wisc., was at home with a babysitter when two teenagers broke into her house and stole an Xbox, Wii, iPod, and her kitty coin bank. The babysitter told police both culprits were black and looked like Dean's next-door neighbors.

"World's Dumbest Criminal" Left Victim's Computer Logged Into Facebook

Andy Cush · 06/24/14 10:10AM

Rule number one of home invasion in 2014: Don't check your Facebook while you're on a job. Rule number two: If the urge to look becomes insatiable, allow yourself a peek at your iPhone, but do not attempt to use the target's computer. Number three: if all else fails, just make sure you log out before you leave.