crime

'Kiss and Tell' UK PR Man Arrested Over 70s-Era Sex Crimes

Hamilton Nolan · 12/07/12 10:20AM

Ever since the Jimmy Savile sex scandal brought a bunch of BBC executives tumbling down, the UK has been, shall we say, more sensitive to the fact that famous people might have committed a bunch of sex crimes back in the Good Old Days, when sex crimes were not something that famous people much worried about. The latest famous person to be arrested and questioned about sex crimes? One of the UK's most prominent PR men, who specializes in selling tawdry sex tell-alls to the tabloids.

Don't Do Meth

Max Read · 12/04/12 01:58PM

Above, left, Ohio woman Melissa Wolf in July of last year; above, right, Wolf after being arrested yesterday. (Acting on a tip, police found "several propane tanks, some containing anhydrous ammonia, chemicals to manufacture meth and a small amount of marijuana" at her home.) Should you do meth? No, you should not do meth. Wolf's mugshot, in full:

Does This Child Sex Offender Have What It Takes to Replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress?

John Cook · 12/03/12 05:45PM

The void in Congress left by Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who resigned last month after spending the second half of 2012 bouncing in and out of mental institutions and bars, is vast. And the bar is high for a candidate to meet the expectations of Chicago voters, who resoundingly re-elected Jackson less than four weeks ago even though he had disappeared without a word for five months and was under federal investigation for campaign finance violations. Luckily for Chicagoans, convicted sex offender and former congressman Mel Reynolds is bravely stepping into the breach.

Hamilton Nolan · 11/30/12 03:34PM

The former CEO of National Lampoon has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for running a $200 million Ponzi scheme.