crime

John McAfee Arrested While Armed and High as Hell on Xanax

Sam Biddle · 08/07/15 09:27AM

John McAfee, an entrepreneur once associated with antivirus software and now associated with drugs and tropical murder accusations, is back in the news for illicit reasons. Police in his new home of Tennessee just busted McAfee for DUI and gun possession.

Bill Bratton Thinks More New Yorkers Should Be in Jail

Andy Cush · 08/05/15 02:48PM

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton wants to put you in jail and make sure you stay there. Well, only if you’re a bad guy. Good guys—you’re OK. No worries. Bad guys—get your naughty butts to the slammer.

Cops Say Video of Them Mocking a Disabled Woman Violates Their Privacy

Ashley Feinberg · 08/04/15 02:03PM

This past June, three Santa Ana police officers were suspended after a video surfaced of them joking about kicking a woman in a wheelchair “in the fucking nub” and eating (what appears to be) weed-infused edibles during a raid of a medical marijuana dispensary. And now, those same cops want to ban that video from ever becoming evidence—because they didn’t realize they were on camera.

Hudson Hongo · 08/03/15 07:00PM

Tremaine Wilbourn, the man accused of killing a Memphis police officer on Saturday, has surrendered to authorities, the AP reports. “I think he felt the walls closing in and thought it would be in his best interest to turn himself in,” said Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong.