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Man Who Dropped Pants in Court to Prove Innocence in Rape Case Found Not Guilty

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- Call it a case of junk justice. A Connecticut rape suspect was

Missing Fla. Woman Believed Dead, Top Suspect Had Been Missing Since 2004

FERNANDINA BEACH, Florida -- The case of a missing mother of three took a sinister turn when cops

Man Busted in Underage Sex Sting Stabs Self With Wooden Sailfish

CAPE CORAL, Florida -- A sicko sex offender being arrested for the second time for attempting to

Prolific Sugar Daddy Predator Busted for Luring ‘Staggering’ Number of Underage Girls for Sex

MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma -- A shape-shifting sexual predator who posed as a sugar daddy, a drug-dealing

Doc Who Slipped Abortion Drug Into Pregnant Gal Pal’s Tea Sentenced to 3 Years

ARLINGTON, Virginia -- A doctor who spiked his pregnant girlfriend’s tea with an abortion drug,

Couple Steals Walmart Motorized Shopping Cart to Get to Bar

LARGO, Florida -- When you need a ride to the bar, you need a ride to the bar. A Florida couple

Ohio Man Calls Cops to Report He is Being Chased by a Pig

ELYRIA, Ohio -- Now, if he said it was six-foot rabbit named Harvey, that would be a different

Killer Cougar Kills Washington Cyclist, Seriously Injures Pal

NORTH BEND, Washington -- A bloodthirsty cougar stalked and killed a cyclist and seriously injured

15-Year-Old Girl Shoots 56-Year-Old Man She Met on Sugar Daddy Site

BEAVERTON, Oregon -- She was perhaps a little too hot to trot. A 15-year-old girl has been

Oregon Man Angered by Noisy Kids Opens Fire on Family With AK-47

NEWPORT, Oregon -- A thin-skinned man irritated by noisy kids upstairs, blew his top and opened fire

Man Caught Making Bogus Biker Gang Kidnap Claim to Cover up Affair

BLUEFIELD, Virginia -- A man who was reported missing by his wife and later told cops he’d been

U.S. Missionary Convicted of Molesting Young Boys at Cambodian Orphanage

EUGENE, Oregon -- A twisted U.S. missionary from Oregon has been convicted of sexually abusing

Bad Dad Kills Daughter’s Dogs After She Failed to Do Dishes

HARRAH, Oklahoma -- An ogre of an Oklahoma dad has been charged with teaching his teenage daughter

Drunk Mom Attacks Cops, Trashes Jail Cell After Arrest at School Play

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas -- She was acting the fool. A stinking drunk Texas mom was busted after

Man Says Dog Accidentally Shot Him in Leg During Horseplay

FORT DODGE, Iowa -- Put the gun down, Rover! An Iowa man said he was shot in the leg when his pet

Report of a Bong Prompts School Shut Down When Cops Hear it as ‘Bomb’

HOLLISTON, Massachusetts -- What a buzzkill. Cops placed a Massachusetts high school on lockdown

Man Uses Change of Address Form to Get UPS Mail Sent to His House

CHICAGO -- It’s so stupid, it’s brilliant. A clever con man used a postal service change of

Obsessed Woman Bombards Man With 65,000 Texts After One Date

PHOENIX -- It turned out to be a date from hell. An Arizona woman who went on one date with a

Mom Listens Helplessly on Phone as 15-Year-Old Daughter is Killed: Cops

SALT LAKE CITY -- A 15-year-old girl was brutally murdered in her home just moments

Mom, Two Toddlers Killed in Fiery Wreck After Striking Alligator in Road

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- A Florida mother and her two kids were killed when their car struck an

EX-NBA Announcer Jailed for Upskirt Videos Filmed at Memphis Church

MEMPHIS -- An ex-NBA announcer who called games for the Memphis Grizzlies for a decade, was

Woman Destroys 7-Eleven Microwave When Bottle of Urine Explodes Inside

AURORA, Colorado -- Urine trouble. A Denver woman was arrested after she allegedly used a

Florida Man Charged With Trying to Torch Sex Offenders at Hotel

KISSIMMEE, Florida -- An enraged Florida man has been busted for trying to kill sex offenders by

Nearly 200 Wild Horses Found Dead on Drought-Plagued Navajo Territory

TUBA CITY, Arizona -- Nearly 200 wild horses were found dead around a dried-up watering hole on

George Zimmerman Threatened to Feed Investigator to Alligator: Cops

SANFORD, Florida -- George Zimmerman, the trigger-happy neighborhood watchman acquitted of killing

Creep With 90 Lbs of Women’s Underwear Convicted of Stalking Neighbor

PANAMA CITY, Florida (May 7, 2018) -- This is pretty weird, even for Florida. A creepy stalker

Quick-Thinking Good Samaritan Lays Gunman Flat for Cops to Pick Up

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- That’s some fancy footwork. A Good Samaritan is being credited by cops with

Schools Superintendent Busted as Serial Pooper at Rival Athletic Fields

HOLMDEL, New Jersey -- Call him the pooper-intendant. A New Jersey school superintendent has been

Lovesick Killer Charged With Gunning Down Fiance of Woman He Tried to Woo

DALY CITY, California -- A lovelorn airport worker gunned down the fiance of a colleague he was

Man Walks Out of Court Just Ahead of Murder Conviction, Remains on Loose

ATLANTA -- He got out in the nick of time. A man on trial for murder managed to walk out of a

Sicko Teen Mom Fixated on Human Sacrifice Jailed in Shock Sex Stabbing

CARLISLE, United Kingdom -- A sadistic teen mom obsessed with human sacrifice and gruesome murder

Oregon Thief Nabbed With More than $50,000 Worth of Stolen Lego

PORTLAND, Oregon -- That’s a lot of Lego. An Oregon man has been charged with running a theft

Crazed Georgia Doc Threatens to Slit Staffers’ Throats, Roll Heads Down Hall

VALDOSTA, Georgia -- Off with their heads! A Georgia doctor named Marian Antoinette Patterson

Florida Man Busted for Practicing Karate on Swans, Duck in Park

ORLANDO -- Sounds like this dude has taken a few too many kicks to the head. A man practicing

Tough-as-Nails Dad Turns in Own Son for Burglary Spree and Stolen Police Gun

AUSTIN, Texas -- A parent’s love is the toughest kind. A Texas dad turned his 18-year-old son

University Love Triangle Ends in Dramatic Murder-Suicide With ‘Blood Everywhere’

RADNOR TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania -- An illicit extramarital affair ended in a blood-soaked

Flying Fish: Man Arrested for Beating Boyfriend With Novelty Singing Bass

SEBASTIAN, Florida -- A man has been charged with battery for hurling a Big Mouth Billy Bass novelty

Texas Fajita Thief Gets 50 Years for Making off With $1.2 Million in Meat

BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Hope he likes fajitas. A Texas juvenile detention center employee has been

Urine Trouble: Woman Jailed for Failing Drug Test With Someone Else’s Pee

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio -- If you are going to fail a drug test, better to do it with your own

Radical Professor at Kent State University Charged With Lying to FBI in ISIS Probe

CLEVELAND -- A radical professor at Kent State University has been charged with lying to the FBI

Charges in Cold Case Slaying of 4, Including Teens Who Were Never Found

VINITA, Oklahoma -- Charges have finally been filed in an 18-year-old cold case disappearance of two

Randy Florida Politician Charged With Keeping Women as Sex Slaves

SPRING HILL, Florida -- A Florida politician has been busted on prostitution charges for keeping

Inmate Convicted in Plot to Kill Ex-Wife With Mail Bomb from Dark Web

COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- A jail inmate serving a 50-year sentence for killing his father-in-law,

Alabama Executes 83-Year-Old Prisoner, Oldest in Modern Times

ATMORE, Alabama -- It was his time to go. An 83-year-old Alabama inmate jailed for

Three U.S.-Based Mercenaries Convicted in Fatal Shooting in Philippines

NEW YORK -- Two former U.S. soldiers and a professional weapons trainer who led second lives as

911 Operator Convicted of Hanging Up on Thousands of Calls

HOUSTON -- A former 911 operator in Texas was convicted of hanging up on thousands of callers

Naked Man Arrested in Florida Parking Lot Screaming, ‘I Only Had One Beer!’

VERO BEACH, Florida -- A naked man wearing only a pair of shorts around his ankles and screaming “I

Man Busted After Shooting Self and Blaming it On 2 Made-Up Black Assailants

FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia -- Stupidity is not colorblind. A Virginia man was arrested after he

2nd Mistrial in Rape Case Where Woman Told Navy Commander to Stop 90 Times

SAN DIEGO -- A second mistrial has been declared in the trial of a former Navy commander accused of

Granny on the Lam After Husband Slay, Eyed in Florida ID Theft Killing

BLOOMING PRAIRIE, Minnesota -- A fugitive who has been on the lam for weeks following the murder of

Dash Cam in Crash Leads Cops Right to Burglar: the Owner of the Car

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Florid -- Crack criminal, he wasn’t. A Florida did the local police force’s

Construction Worker Charged With Attempted Murder in Brutal Nail Gun Attack

HAPPY VALLEY, Oregon -- An out-of-control construction worker has been charged with attempted murder

Secret Service Agent Held Up at Gunpoint in Phony Money Sting

LOS ANGELES -- Two California money forgers were arrested for an alleged gunpoint robbery of an

Well-Known Evangelical Pastor Hit With Child Sex Abuse Charges

HOOVER, Alabama -- A well-known evangelical pastor in Alabama has been busted on child sex abuse

Man Phoned in Fake School Shootings to Distract Cops While He Robbed Banks

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan -- A 70-year-old Michigan man has been charged with phoning in phony reports

Ex-’Silicon Valley’ Star Busted in Bogus Bomb Threat on Amtrak Train

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut -- T.J. Miller, the former star of the HBO series “Silicon Valley” has been

Woman Arrested for Beheading Beau, Asks Cops to ‘Let Me Get My Heads’

LERONA, West Virginia -- A woman who allegedly chopped her boyfriend’s head off, chillingly told

Woman Blames Stiff Wind for Blowing Bag of Coke Into Her Purse

FORT PIERCE, Florida -- More likely it was a bunch of hot air. A Florida woman tried to claim

Woman Shoots Husband in Fight Over Her Refusing to Make Breakfast

NORMALVILLE, Pennsylvania -- There isn’t enough marriage counseling in the world for this pair. A

Drunk Driver Convicted of Going a Mile With Dead Homeless Man in Her Windshield

VISTA, California -- A dead-drunk motorist who hit and killed a homeless man and then drove for over

83-Year-Old Child Molester Charged With Groping Sex Shop Employee

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma -- What a creepy old man. An 83-year-old former school teacher who’d been

Brooklyn Mobsters Threatened Doc to Write Scripts for 230K Oxycodone Pills

NEW YORK -- Two mobsters strong-armed a Brooklyn doctor into writing prescriptions for hundreds of

Clown-Faced Bomber Charged With Threatening to Blow Up 7-Eleven in Virginia

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia -- What she did to her face may well be the real crime. A Virginia woman

Teenager Charged With Biting Head off Chicken at School

ORANGE CITY, Florida -- Paging Ozzy Osbourne. A 17-year-old high school student in Florida is

Twin Sisters Who Received Pioneering Surgery Dead in Apparent Suicide Pact

CANON CITY, Colorado -- A pair of twin sisters who had undergone a pioneering surgery three years

Florida Mugger Discovers the Hard Way He Tried to Rob an MMA Fighter

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida -- Some people just make really poor choices in life. Like one Florida

Woman Charged in Accidental Shooting Broadcast on Facebook Live

HOUSTON -- A Texas woman was arrested after a disturbing shooting broadcast on Facebook Live

Mom Busted For Using Taser on Son to Get Him Up For Church

PHOENIX, Arizona -- That’s shocking. A Phoenix mom was arrested for allegedly shocking her

Bruce Springsteen Guitarist’s Instruments Stolen Ahead of Texas Show

DALLAS -- Bruce Springsteen’s long-time guitarist, Nils Lofgren, was devastated after someone broke

Drunken Wannabe Arsonist Wags Tongue at the Law

HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Take your law and shove it. That’s the attitude Amber Legge had on display

Texas Felon Sentenced to 5 Years for Casting Illegal Vote in 2016 Election

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A Texas ex-con who said she didn’t know she wasn’t allowed to vote, was

Newlywed Sentenced to Death in Life Insurance Scalping Slay of Husband

NEW AMSTERDAM, Guyana -- A newlywed and her cousin have been sentenced to death for the brutal

Man Facing 16th Drunk Driving Conviction Demands Trial Instead of Plea Deal

SALEM, Massachusetts -- Here’s a guy who is really pushing his luck. A Massachusetts man with 15

Woman Fakes Pregnancy to Get Lift Home From Ambulance

GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania -- A woman is accused of faking a pregnancy and being in medical distress

Indian Swami Says Penis Cut Off By Woman Alleging Rape is as Good As New

KOCHI, India -- An Indian religious guru who had his penis chopped off by a woman who claimed he had

N. Carolina Truck Driver Jailed For Lying About Role in Bosnian Massacre

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- A Serbian man who came to the U.S. in the 1990s as a refugee from the

Sailor Presumed Dead After Going Overboard In Round-the-World Race

IN THE REMOTE SOUTHERN OCEAN -- A veteran rough seas sailor competing in the Volvo Ocean Race was

Teenage Killer Who Shot a Mother in Front of Her Baby Gets 35 Years

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas -- A ruthless killer who at the age of 15 gunned down a mother in front of her

Naked Car Thief Attempts to Get Away From Cops in Helicopter

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky -- This getaway was never going to make it off of the ground. A Kentucky

House Seller Sued for Shooting Photographer Hired to Snap Pictures of Home

WINSTON, Georgia -- This is probably not the best way to start selling your house. An

In Some Cases, Man Really Does Bite Dog

DOVER, Wisconsin -- It’s a story of man bites dog. Officers had to sic a police dog on an

Man Breaks Into Pizza Hut, Calls 911, Claims He is Jesus and is Hungry

HIGH POINT, North Carolina -- Jesus, like the pizza dough, has risen. A North Carolina man was

Mother Charged With Slamming Car into Pole to Prove God is Real to Kids

NORCROSS, Georgia (March 25, 2018) -- A god-fearing mother is behind bars after she allegedly

Pastor of Texas Starvation Cult Sentenced to 99 Years in Toddler’s Death

DALLAS -- An evangelical pastor who held a cult-like sway over her followers was sentenced to 99

NYC Man Celebrating Legal Win, Loses $96K Settlement in Romp With Prostitutes

NEW YORK -- A man celebrating a $96,000 windfall from a legal settlement by frolicking with three

Ex-MLB Pitcher Awarded $2.3M in Career-Ending Fist Fight With Man High on LSD

SAN MATEO, California -- A one-time top major league pitching prospect whose career was derailed

3 Nine Trey Gangsters Convicted in 2015 Murder Spree That Killed 5 in Virginia

NORFOLK, Virginia -- Three members of a brutal gang dubbed a “fraternity of death,” by prosecutors,

Cops Search for Serial Toilet Clogger in Wisconsin

SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin -- Cops are on a desperate hunt to stop a serial toilet bandit

Woman Busted for Trying to Hire Ex to Kill Future Husband

MEMPHIS -- Here’s a woman who can’t figure out what she wants. Police in Tennessee busted a

Cops Seek Shoeless Man in Toothy Moose Stabbing

HALIFAX, Canada -- Police in Canada are on the hunt for a shoeless man who allegedly stabbed two men

Lotto Winner-Turned Junkie Pleads Guilty to Bank Robbery Spree

LOS ANGELES -- Winning the lotto was a life-changing event for James Allen Hayes in more ways than

Woman Busted After Trying to Order Breakfast Sandwich at Jail Security Booth

RIVERHEAD, New York -- Let me get a bacon, egg and cheese with a side of jail time. Guards at a

Florida Spring Breakers Don’t Let a Little Thing Like Going to Jail Spoil the Party

DESTIN, Florida -- This party never stops. A photo posted online by a Florida sheriff’s office

Drunk Florida Cop Busted Driving Backwards While Honking Horn

LARGO, Florida -- This time, she found herself on the wrong side of the law. A nearly-20-year

Man Killed By Fatal Blow in Friendly Punching Game With Pal at Bar

SAN DIEGO -- And these guys are supposed to be friends? A 27-year-old man died suddenly after he

11 Arrested in Bizarre Animal Sacrifice Ritual in Texas

SAN ANTONIO -- Police were stunned to discover nearly a dozen people gathered in a packed Texas

Bag of Gumbo Triggers Bank Robbery Panic in Mississippi

PASCAGOULA, Mississippi -- It’s kind of like a gut bomb. A man triggered a panic at a Mississippi

Carjacking Foiled When Thief Couldn’t Figure Out How to Drive Electric Car

AUSTIN, Texas -- It’s good for the environment and will apparently keep you from getting carjacked

Rancher Busted for Illegally Killing More Than 130 Protected Birds of Prey

STANDISH, California -- Wildlife officials have uncovered a serial killer who they say is

Paroled Bank Robber Busted in Blackface Las Vegas Casino Heist

LAS VEGAS -- A recently-paroled bank robber got up to old tricks once again when he snapped off his

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