crime

Florida Men Lead Police on Canoe Chase

Adam Weinstein · 01/29/14 10:40AM

Two men wanted for a host of charges attempted to flee authorities in North Florida by paddling away on a river for hours. And they would have gotten away with it, too, if the cops hadn't gotten their hands on one of those cutting-edge, go-fast "motor" boats.

Poetry-vs.-Prose Argument Leads to Stabbing Death in Russia

Adam Weinstein · 01/29/14 09:57AM

At risk of being somewhat reductionist, here is a bit of advice: Russians love poetry. Fuck with that at your own risk. If, for example, you tell a learned Russian that "the only real literature is prose," don't be surprised when he shivs you in the face.

Cord Jefferson · 01/28/14 01:58PM

Police say there is "no indication race was a factor" in the case of a West Virginia man killing two black men who were walking near his house. The shooter told police he thought the victims, who were brothers, were trying to steal from him. In reality, the two men had been looking at a piece of property one had bought.

Legalize Weed Already

Hamilton Nolan · 01/28/14 11:40AM

The latest poll numbers, from NBC and the Wall Street Journal, are in: 55% of Americans say "they favor allowing regulated businesses to sell marijuana." What's the holdup?

Gun-Shop Owner: Maryland Mall Shooter Seemed Pretty Cool to Me

Adam Weinstein · 01/28/14 10:21AM

The co-owner of United Gun Shop in Rockville, Maryland, says 18-year-old Darion Aguilar—who purchased a 12-gauge shotgun at the store, then used it to kill two people and himself in a nearby shopping mall—"was an ideal customer."

Cord Jefferson · 01/27/14 07:48PM

After a grand jury last week declined to indict Officer Randall Kerrick in the shooting death of Jonathan Ferrell, a second grand jury today indicted the officer on the charge of voluntary manslaughter. "It is the first step towards justice," Ferrell's family's attorney told CNN.

General Gets a Wrist-Slap for Jerk-Off Fantasy About GOP Congresswoman

Adam Weinstein · 01/27/14 02:15PM

A one-star Army general who serves in the Pentagon's inner circle of decision-makers was lightly reprimanded for joking in emails to colleagues that he had masturbated "3 times over the past 2 hours" after meeting with "smoking hot" tea party Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.).

Man Shoots New Neighbors He Thought Were Stealing From His Property

Adam Weinstein · 01/27/14 11:20AM

A West Virginia man faces two counts of murder for killing a pair of men from a distance with a rifle after he wrongly assumed they were on his land. The victims, it turns out, were his new neighbors, checking out their property for the first time.

Burglar Walks Out of Prison, Found Buried In Backyard 28 Years Later

Ken Layne · 01/24/14 03:20PM

Dennis "Slick" Lilly put on a prison guard's uniform and walked out of jail in December 1986, and that's the last the cops ever saw him alive. Despite being on the FBI's list of Most Wanted Criminals, Lilly was so slick that he disappeared into the life of a law-abiding small businessman in a woodsy town near Seattle.

Adam Weinstein · 01/24/14 12:52PM

Jesse Ryan Loskarn, 35, the GOP Hill staffer and onetime Lamar Alexander chief of staff who was arrested last month on child pornography charges, has been found dead in Maryland of an apparent suicide.

George Zimmerman Is Selling a New Awful Douchey Painting

Adam Weinstein · 01/23/14 05:18PM

George Zimmerman hasn't had anything to shoot in a while, so he's still playing with this debt-paying arts-and-crafts thing where he trolls everyone with infantile comments on American justice, oh and also, stencils.