Just when you thought you’d heard it all – an illegal songbird fighting operation! As reported by Fox61 in Connecticut: Multiple state law enforcement agencies busted up a bird fighting ring in the town of Shelton Sunday morning. However the birds involved are known more for their voice than violence.…
Legal Juice
Not Only Was This Custodian Not Cleaning …
Custodian Stephen L. Thompson must really dislike a certain Clark County court reporter. We know this because he urinated on her chair. How do we know this? Per the courier-journal.com: A probable-cause affidavit filed in Clark Superior Court said an employee with the county circuit court discovered a “wet substance”…
White People, Please Leave The Courtroom
I kid you not. As reported in The Kansas City Star: [Fulton Superior Court Judge Marvin] Arrington asked all white people to leave before he lowered the boom on the defendants, telling them that bad behavior in poor black neighborhoods drags down black advancement. Why did the judge ask all…
An Interesting Way To Stock Your Resale Store?
Let’s say you have a resale store, and you want some “new” merchandise at a good price. What to do? Steal it! That’s what Celia Arocho of Berwyn, Illinois has been charged with, per The Chicago Tribune. Arocho, 52, stands charged with several crimes following her arrest last Saturday in…
Sentenced To Caning For Drinking A Beer?
Not you, knucklehead. You can pick up your beer and keep drinking, unless you’re in Malaysia. Such was the case for 32-year-old part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a mother of two who was busted for throwing a beer down at a night club, and sentenced to six strokes of…
Good New / Bad News
The good news: Ontario resident Barry Shell won the lottery, hauling in $4,377,298. The bad news? Per The Toronto Star: … after a smiling Shell, 45, had posed for an OLG [Ontario Lottery and Gaming] photo holding his cheque for $4,377,298, he was arrested outside the building on outstanding criminal…
Nuns Break The Sound Barrier?
Okay, so that’s a slight exaggeration, since the sound barrier on land is about 761 mph (it varies with the atmospheric conditions). But perhaps I am in a state of shock after reading that a nun in Italy was busted for going 110 mph! Really, and with 2 other nuns…
Using Your iPhone To Find Pot?
Before the potheads among you get too excited, or the wingnuts blow a gasket, this new iPhone application won’t direct you to your neighborhood dealer. Here’s what it will do, as reported by The Sun: Simply named Cannabis, the £1.79 [$2.99 US] app lets users search by city for their…
Boy Hits Mom On The Head With What?
With a saw. Really. And then he offered her $5 not to call the police! As reported by The Treasure Coast Palm: The altercation happened Wednesday morning in the 1700 block of Wyoming Avenue after James Patrick Fitzgerald and his 41-year-old mother argued as she tried to get him to…
Those Darn Hospital Visiting Rules …
Kauai has got to be one of the coolest places on earth (especially the north shore). It’s definitely the coolest place I’ve ever visited. But even this totally chill tropical paradise has a few rules. For example, when you visit somebody in the hospital, you can’t bring the patient’s horse…