crime

A Literary and Domestic Incident in the Desert West

Tom Scocca · 01/08/14 03:10PM

Aliens. Spacealiens. No such thing. How theyd fought it out, cosmic mysteries reduced to raw shouting in the uncaring morning. Her leaving in wrath and now returning, straight into the bedroom without him. Rustling and thumps.

Let's Watch Cops Bash Some Guy For No Good Reason

Hamilton Nolan · 01/07/14 02:55PM

Here you will see a video showing several Seabrook, NH police officers slamming a prisoner in their custody into a wall and pepper spraying him for no apparent reason.

Man Beats Roommate Over $10 Supermarket Bet After His Gun Jams

Adam Weinstein · 01/07/14 10:21AM

Pro tip: If you don't know for sure whether the supermarket is open and don't have a Hamilton to wager on it, don't make a bet with the guys who share your Alaska trailer, because they might have a gun. And if the gun doesn't work, they might have a car-jack handle.

Police Union Uses Video of Black Toddler to Attack "The Thug Cycle"

Adam Weinstein · 01/06/14 05:44PM

A "terrible cycle of violence and thuggery" is ravaging Omaha, Nebraska, according to the Omaha Police Officers Association. What is a thug, though? Well, the police boosters know one when they see one. In this case, it's a diapered toddler in a crazy cellphone video.

Fugitive Banker Found Alive and in Disguise in South Georgia

Cord Jefferson · 01/03/14 08:04PM

A banker wanted for embezzling $21 million from Montgomery Bank & Trust, a small bank in Ailey, Georgia, was arrested Tuesday after 18 months on the run. During that time Aubrey Lee Price had gone from a clean-cut banker to something resembling an independent circuit pro wrestler.

Stop Hating on Chicago, Conservatives

Adam Weinstein · 01/03/14 04:17PM

Police in Chicago say there were fewer murders in the Second City last year than in any year since 1965, and there were 30 percent fewer shooting victims than in 2012. There were probably fewer gun-related deaths than there were right-wing rants about how Chicago is hell on earth because of liberalism and gun control.

Man Sold Stolen Antique Brains on eBay

Sarah Hedgecock · 01/02/14 05:02PM

We are truly living in the golden age of internet commerce. After several break-ins and organ thefts from a former mental hospital, police searched high and low only to find that the stolen goods had been sold on eBay. Isn't the free market great?

Sarah Hedgecock · 01/02/14 12:47PM

Matt Drudge's favorite city, "CHICAGOLAND," is at its least murder-ridden since 1965: the city only experienced 415 murders last year, down from 503 in 2012. You keep not murdering people, Chicago!

The Year in Weird Crime Stories

Taylor Berman · 12/30/13 09:30AM

When people think of weird crime stories, they think of Florida. And that's fair—the strange Southern state has certainly earned the right to call itself (or be called) the Stupid Criminal Capital of the World. But to say Florida has a monopoly on dumb criminals does a great disservice to other idiot states, like Ohio and Oklahoma, and otherwise respectable countries, like Canada and Sweden. To be sure everyone gets their due, we're proud to present: The Year in Stupid Crime.

Cord Jefferson · 12/26/13 04:44PM

Happy holidays from Broward County: "Angered after being given the boot from a Davie bar, a man came back to the establishment with Molotov cocktails made out of gasoline-filled beer bottles, and tossed them at the bar owner, police said."