You live in Georgia, and you Lose a City Council election (the right to be in the run-off, actually) to a transgender candidate. Naturally (if you’re Georgia Fuller, anyway), you sue for fraud. One small problem, Loser lady, City Coucil Member Michelle Bruce IS AN INCUMBENT. Doh! This doesn’t stop…
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Akon The Fan Launcher?
Apparently so, according to witnesses and cell phone videos from a Fishkill, New York concert. As reported by MTV news: During the show, which took place on June 3 and was caught on fans’ cell phone cameras, Akon allegedly threw a 15-year-old fan into the crowd. According to the Journal,…
Bad Judge, Very Bad Judge
We’re all guilty of forgetting things from time to time. But when you are a judge, YOU CAN’T FORGET TO RELEASE PRISONERS! That’s just what Spanish judge Adelina Entrena did. As reported in Think Spain: One of [the three men], a man cleared of a robbery charge, went on to…
An Arrest For Stealing Virtual Property?
This is truly a bizarre crime. There’s a very popular game (6 million people play it each month) called Habbo. Per the BBC: Habbo users can create their own characters, decorate their own rooms and play a number of games, paying with Habbo Credits, which they have to buy with…
Judge TOTALLY Loses It Over Ringing Cell Phone In Court
There’s just no earthly explanation for the actions of New York Judge Robert Restaino on March 11, 2005. Judge Restaino was dealing with a group of domestic violence defendants who were there to report to the court, as they are required to do each week. Things were going okay ……
Candy Gran Cut Off By Daughter
Scottish Gran Elsie Melville just wants to see her four grandchildren. Daughter Donna Melville said that Gran is “domineering and interfering” (she called the SSPCA on her own daughter!) and gives the kids too much candy. (As reported in The Herald: “Mrs Melville was accused of taking two carrier bags…
Crack Smoking Priest
Boston Herald reporter Michele McPhee, while reporting on a purse-snatching that took place in a church, reported this: In 1997, as a New York Daily News reporter, I covered the bizarre arrest of Episcopal priest Rev. Chester LaRue in my own neighborhood, Bay Ridge Brooklyn.NYPD detectives had received a tip…
Lawyer Quits Law For Professional Boxing
It looks like she made a damn good decision. Mergers and acquisitions lawyer Laura Saperstein (pictured above) was making $200,000 per year in London when she decided to give up the law. (She also owns 12 flats in London, and runs a building business.) The 36 year-old took up boxing…
The Crazy Case Of The Cussing Canoeist
So when Timothy Joseph Boomer, then a 28-year-old engineer, fell into the Rifle River in Michigan, he let fly a bunch of curse words. No problem, except for (1) a law that makes it illegal to use vulgar language in front of women and children, and (2) the presence of…
Lawyer Who Can’t Stay Out Of Trouble
Sweet Fancy Moses. As reported in The Dallas Morning News, here’s what Dallas attorney Catherine Shelton has been up to: Ms. Shelton has been convicted of aggravated assault for shooting a former boyfriend. She was also convicted of assaulting a pregnant former friend. She faced a wrongful death lawsuit in…