You can probably guess where this one is going. Judge Biddle, of Douglas County, Colorado, and prosecutor Laurie Steinman admitted that they had sex in the courthouse, on multiple occasions, in multiple places. Though the affair was apparently the subject of courthouse gossip, it only appeared on the official radar…
George and Maxine Maynard, Jehovah’s witnesses, were going to find out. Obscuring the motto was a misdemeanor. Believing the “Live Free or Die” motto to be repugnant to their moral, religious and political beliefs in May or June 1974 Mr. Maynard actually snipped the words “or Die” off the license…
Per the Court, Ken Parks attacked his parents‑in‑law, killing one and seriously injuring the other. The incident occurred at their home, some 23 km. [14 miles] from respondent’s [Parks’] residence, during the night while they were both asleep in bed. Respondent [Parks] had driven there by car. Immediately after the…
Don Bolles, drummer for the legendary punk rock band The Germs, was on his way to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting when he was pulled over by Newport Beach, California’s finest. For whatever reason (they hate punk?), they decide to search his car. I’m sure Bolles now wishes he hadn’t consented.…
When I drive, if the conditions don’t meet to my liking (e.g., there are other cars on the road) I am a fountain of profanity. Words and phrases flow from my mouth that I don’t even recognize. And it doesn’t matter who is in the car. That is why I…
Maybe you were not the best history student? The case of Richard Lance McLaren, and his wife Evelyn, demonstrates why it’s important to pay attention, at least just a little bit. McLaren and his wife, residents of West Texas, apparently forgot that the Lone Star State was, in fact, a…
Said the judge: “It seems to me, despite your age and despite your infirmities, you have deliberately, for a period going on for 10 years, made life a misery for your neighbours.” So what exactly did 81 year-old Dorothy Evans do to her neighbors that got her 6 months in…
(Click here to read the prior post about the shoe fetishist.) He was sentenced to 12 months, but the judge suspended the entire sentence.
Timothy Walker (who, per his lawyer, “developed a bizarre theory that all adult males were smelly”) was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in New South Wales, Australia. He felt that he was not getting the proper medical attention. So, he told the staff he was feeling better, and was discharged.…
I lack the imagination to make these stories up. Seems that young Ms. Marin (age 18) was recently picked up for trying to pinch a pair of shoes at a London store called Lizard. While the police were detaining her, she managed to secure her weapon – her right breast…