crime

Police in Alabama Shot and Killed a Naked College Freshman Saturday Morning

Taylor Berman · 10/07/12 08:23PM

Police officers shot and killed a naked 18-year-old freshman outside of the University of South Alabama police station early Saturday morning. According to the police report, an officer heard a loud noise outside the station. When he went to investigate, he was, according to the school, "confronted by a muscular, nude man who was acting erratically."

New York's Finest Bills Parents for Damage to Cop Car That Killed Their Son

John Cook · 10/05/12 03:06PM

When they're not busy cold rapin' ladies, members of the New York City Police Department often like to run over black people with their cars, as two of them allegedly did to Tamon Robinson earlier this year in Queens, killing him. Robinson ran after the cops tried to stop him for removing paving stones from the street, so they drove up onto the sidewalk and ran him over, with their car. Anyway he died but there was a pretty big dent in the cop car so last month they sent a repair bill to his grieving family. Freedom isn't free, people.

'Kidnapped' Teen Kara Alongi Caught on Camera Taking the Train Out of Town

Adrian Chen · 10/02/12 02:44PM

Here is Kara Alongi, the 16-year-old whose fake tweet about being kidnapped set off an internet firestorm, caught by a surveillance camera at the Rahway station in New Jersey on Sunday night. The picture was taken at 6:34 P.M., just about fifteen minutes after she had tweeted: "There is somone in my house call 911." Police have learned that she bought a ticket to Penn Station, New York that night, confirming their suspicion that she was a runaway, not a kidnap victim. They're still looking for her. As of this writing, Kara Alongi has 109,000 followers on Twitter.

Lindsay Lohan Allegedly Assaulted After She Confronts Man for Taking Her Picture (UPDATE)

Taylor Berman · 09/30/12 01:34PM

Amanda Bynes' number one rival Lindsay Lohan is in the news again, although this time it appears the incident wasn't her fault. According to TMZ and the New York Post, Lohan was partying in a Manhattan hotel room with several friends and a few others when a man, who TMZ identifies as Christian LaBella, took a cell phone picture of her. Lindsay, being Lindsay, took umbrage and confronted LaBella, who then allegedly assaulted her. Says TMZ:

Hamilton Nolan · 09/28/12 12:25PM

Should it be legal to pay your friend to do your jail sentence for you? Sure, worked for this guy.