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Michigan Teen Late for Curfew Busted Driving 138 Miles Per Hour

By HardBoiledNews Staff

Officers took pity on the teen speeding home in a Camaro, although it’s unclear if his parents will be as forgiving

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Michigan — At least his heart was in the right place.

A dopey Michigan teen was arrested after being caught driving 138-miles-per-hour, telling cops he was racing home because he was late for curfew.

The Michigan State Police say the 17-year-old — whose name they did not release — was zooming along I-75 outside of Detroit in an orange 2012 Chevy Camaro at 8:45 on Nov. 23 in a bid to get home to Grand Blanc before it was too late.

“The driver, 17 years old, stated that he was traveling so fast and passing other cars and ducking in and out of lanes because he was late for his 9:30 p.m. curfew,” police said.

Feeling bad for the teen, “the trooper gave the kid a break on the reckless driving charge, but he did earn a ticket for 138/70 and the SMH [smack my head] award.”

The department said the teen will receive four points on his license which will result in increased insurance rates and fines of at least $180.00. A reckless driving charge would have resulted in the teen being arrested and facing as much as 93 days in jail.

The officer opted to show the kid some leniency because he is “already in a lot of trouble with mom and dad.”

“Your troopers see all kinds of things during their shift. We give them the discretion to handle all situations. If you have to be somewhere at a certain time, leave early. Slow down and drive Michigan Safely!” the department said.

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Florida Woman Pulls Knife on Man Who Complained of Her Loud Fart in Store

By HardBoiledNews Staff

Shanetta Wilson’s loud fart led to an ugly standoff

DANIA BEACH, Florida — He smelled it and she dealt it.

A Florida woman was busted for pulling a knife on a man and threatening to “gut him” after he complained about her loudly farting while on line a store.

Police in Dania Beach say Shanetta Wilson, 37, was on line at a Dollar General when she let one rip. When the man standing behind her, John Walker, complained, things got ugly.

According to the police report, Wilson allegedly pulled a small “lock back knife” from her purse, “opened the knife and told the victim she was going to ‘gut’ him.”

Cops say that while Wilson mad the threat, she pulled back her right hand with the knife as if she was going to attack the victim with it.

Walker told officers he  was “in fear that he was going to be stabbed by the defendant,” the affidavit read.

When cops arrived at the scene, they managed to track Wilson down a few blocks after Walker identified her.

Wilson was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and held on $2,500 bail.

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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Faces Life For Alleged Role in Violent Street Gang

By HardBoiledNews Staff

The 22-year-old rapper has openly boasted in his songs about his gang connections

NEW YORK — Platinum-selling rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has been charged with being part of a vicious street gang that pushed drugs and shot numerous people, including an innocent bystander at the Barclays Center earlier this year.

The 22-year-old rapper, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, was one of five alleged members of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, a brutal Brooklyn street gang, charged in a federal racketeering indictment. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.

At 6ix9ine’s arraignment, the judge deemed him a danger to the community and a flight risk and ordered him held without bail.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman noted that there was “troubling” evidence offered by prosecutors that showed that 6ix9ine directed or participated in multiple acts of violence over the last eight months.

“The defendant is quite violent,” prosecutor Michael Longyear said.

Longyear said 6ix9ine was captured on surveillance video sitting in a car and filming his co-defendants carry out a violent robbery against a rival gang member in Times Square.

6ix9ine also was caught on video boasting about shots recently fired by a co-defendant inside the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, Longyear said.

The rapper’s lawyer, Lance Lazzaro, said his client had fired some of his co-defendants as part of his management and security team last week and was offered protection by federal agents on Saturday after some of them were overheard on wiretaps threatening his life. 6ix9ine refused the offer, Lazzaro said.

6ix9ine’s album “Day69: Graduation Day” was among the top records on iTunes following its February release. He is known for the multiplatinum hit “Fefe” with Nicki Minaj, which peaked at No. 3 on the pop charts, and “Stoopid,” featuring the incarcerated rapper Bobby Shmurda.

But 6ix9ine also has had a series of run-ins with law enforcement and has publicly identified himself as a member of the violent Bloods gang.

Prosecutors said the gang carried out acts of murder, robbery and narcotics trafficking in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn since at least 2013.

6ix9ine recently pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in Brooklyn in connection with a May traffic stop.

In a 2015 case in New York, 6ix9ine was sentenced to probation for his involvement in a sexually explicit video of a 13-year-old girl.

The video, posted on social media, showed the girl performing a sex act on another man while 6ix9ine “stands behind the child making a thrusting motion with his pelvis and smacking her on her buttocks,” according to court documents.

 

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Dopey Auto Thief Being Released Tries to Steal Car Outside Jail

By HardBoiledNews Staff

AutoThief Klaid Karpuzi’s likes to steal cars but his itchy fingers know no bounds

LAND O’ LAKES, Florida (Nov. 19, 2018) — If at first you don’t succeed.

A Florida man was busted for trying to steal a car from a jail parking lot, just after he had been released on auto theft charges, police said.

Klaid Karpuzi, 41, was foiled the second time around because the car he chose to steal had an off-duty deputy sitting inside, the Pasco County Sheriff’s office said.

Karpuzi wasn’t free for long as the deputy marched him back inside the Land O’ Lakes Detention Center, where he now faces a second charge of attempted auto theft, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Karpuzi was first arrested last Sunday after he stole a vehicle, cops said. He was released last Tuesday on $5,000 bail and that’s when things took a ridiculous turn.

The off-duty deputy, who was sitting inside a parked car outside the jail, saw Karpuzi walk around her vehicle and pull on the passenger-side door handle.

That’s when she got out and identified herself as a deputy and escorted Karpuzi back to jail.

Karpuzi told deputies that he saw a vehicle with the engine on and thought there was no one inside.

Karpuzi was released again Wednesday morning on another $5,000 bail, this time without incident.

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Nude Man in Home Invasion Sends Fruit Basket to Apologize to Victims

By HardBoiledNews Staff

Desmond Drakes thought the fruit basket was a nice touch after wrecking his neighbor’s home

TEMPE, Arizona — What a considerate criminal.

An Arizona man who allegedly forced his way into his neighbor’s home while naked and then attacked the people living there, later sent the family a fruit basket to apologize.

Problem for Desmond Michael Drakes, 28, is that by sending the basket, he violated the restraining order the family had gotten against him after the initial assault,

Police in Tempe say Drakes broke into his neighbor’s home on Oct. 23 while naked and allegedly fought with the residents inside, KNXV-TV reported.

Drakes is accused of punching and kicking a teenager in the home and attacking an adult woman, before kicking holes through a large section of drywall.

When cops arrived, they found Drakes at his home next door where he resisted arrest until officers used a Taser to subdue him.

While in custody, Drakes was given a restraining order barring him from harassing the family next door. Drakes violated the order by sending the fruit basket, authorities said.

Drakes later told police he sent the basket as a way to apologize. He has been charged with indecent exposure and criminal trespassing. 

 

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Crook Uses Hot Sauce as Weapon on Clerk in Convenience Store Hold-Up

By HardBoiledNews Staff

The thief has a thing for hot sauce and spicy foods apparently

VALLEY, Alabama (Nov. 15, 2018) — That’ll bring tears to your eyes.

An Alabama man has been charged with hurling hot sauce in a store clerk’s eyes as she opened the register, and then trying to snatch cash from the drawer.

Cops in Valley say the suspect, 42-year Michael Brisky, walked into the CV Express store and up to the register where he acted like he wanted to buy two pieces of candy.

But when the 73-year-old clerk opened the register to give Brisky his change, police say he threw a cup of liquid in her face, stinging her eyes.

Cops say Brisky then reached over the counter to grab cash out of the register but struggled with the clerk before fleeing.

When cops arrived, they found the clerk sitting on the floor in pain with orange liquid all over her face. She was treated at the scene.

After reviewing surveillance tape, cops picked Brisky up about three blocks from the scene. He has been charged with robbery and theft

 

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Clumsy Burglar Dies Slashing Self on Jagged Glass From Broken Window

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The burglar really made a mess of this break-in

EL PASO, Texas — He accidentally took justice into his own hands.

A clumsy burglar killed himself after he slashed his arms on jagged glass from a window he broke to enter a home and bled to death, police say.

Cops in El Paso, Texas say the homeowner came home last week to find broken glass and pools of blood on the floor, so called police.

When officers arrived, they discovered the body of 28-year-old Javier Tellez, Jr. on the floor.

“Investigators determined that the man had lacerated his arms on the broken window while entering the residence and unable to stop the bleeding, the man died,” the El Paso police department said in a statement.

Police say that they are continuing to investigate.

 

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NJ Shrink Busted for Paying Gangster to Disfigure Man Shaking Her Down

By HardBoiledNews Staff

The NJ shrink thought she was hiring a paid killer, but was stalking to an undercover FBI agent instead

CAMDEN, New Jersey (Nov. 8, 2018) — A screwy shrink has been busted for trying to hire a hitman to brutally beat a man who she said was shaking her down for cash, saying: “he needs his pretty little face bashed in.”

Diane Sylvia, 58, a mental health counselor in Linwood, New Jersey, began trying to arrange to attack in September, when she asked one of her patients — a former member of a violent gang — if he could help her kill someone, prosecutors said.

She said the man, who lives in Massachusetts, “had been bilking her for money over the years,” and she wanted him hurt, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

The former gang member, however, contacted the FBI, who had him introduce Sylvia to an undercover agent acting as a hitman. She told the agent that she didn’t really want the target dead, but rather beaten and permanently disfigured.

“He needs his pretty little face bashed in, that’s what I really want,” she was quoted as saying. She later added that “a broken arm would help, too,” explaining that “all he has is, like, his big muscles and his cute face.”

She later repeated, “I really just want his face punched in, I swear to God. And his arm broken, that’s what I want.” When the undercover agent asked why Sylvia wanted to do this, she claimed the man “ended up with some stuff on me that he was gonna report me to the licensing board, which means I have no job.”

When asked how assaulting this man would help Sylvia, she replied, “It’s just gonna make me feel better” and “it’s the only way I can get him back.”

The agent then told her to get a pre-paid phone for them to further discuss the assault. In further meetings, at Sylvia’s officer, she said she wanted an attack, that would disfigure the target.

“Something that makes him not so cute,” she said, while making a slashing motion on her chee. “Something so he can’t do push-ups, so he can’t work out.”

Sylvia then agreed to pay the undercover agent $5,000 and she was arrested. She was charged with one count of solicitation to commit a crime of violence, which carries a sentence of up to five years if she is convicted.

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Uber Driver Charged in Death of ‘Car Surfing’ Teen Who Fell off Roof of Vehicle

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Ryan Mullen (l) died from head injuries after he fell from the roof of Danyal Cheema’s car

CENTRAL ISLIP, New York  — An Uber driver was charged with manslaughter for letting a teen “car surf” on the roof of his taxi from the boy fell and later died, authorities said.

Danyal Cheema, 24, was behind the wheel on Sept. 23, when 16-year-old Ryan Mullen and two pals — who had been out drinking at several parties — offered to pay him to let two of them ride atop his Toyota Highlander while the third boy filmed, prosecutors said.

Cheema agreed and Mullen and another boy climbed on the roof of the SUV while the third teen videotaped them on Snapchat, Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said. As Cheema began driving, Mullen fell and struck his head on the pavement.

He sustained a fractured skull, but went home and died in his sleep later that morning.

“The defendant made a reckless decision and engaged in reckless conduct that caused the death of a young boy, and he will be held accountable,” Sini said, according to Newsday.

Under the law, second-degree manslaughter means disregarding an obvious risk and causing a death as a result of reckless conduct. Cheema faces 5 to 15 years in prison if found guilty. He pleaded not guilty.

Ryan’s mother, Janice Mullen, told WABC-TV: “There was an adult present, and the adult should have said, ‘No, that’s a bad decision. You’re not allowed to do that.’ ” Ryan’s father, Matthew, asked: “What if the driver was responsible enough to say no?”

Cheema’s attorney, Christopher Renfroe, said his client has expressed remorse for Mullen’s death and does not have a prior criminal record. A spokeswoman for Uber said the company is cooperating with the investigation.

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Drunken Reveler Steals Horse and Nearly Rides Onto Track at Breeders’ Cup

By HardBoiledNews Staff

Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup narrowly avoided an extra horse in the race

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — And they’re off to jail!

A blustering drunk stumblebum was busted after he climbed onto a horse at Churchill Downs race track and nearly rode on to the track for the Breeders’ Cup.

Cops say Michael Wells-Rody, 24, managed to get into a restricted area on Saturday and rode it out of the tunnel towards the entrance to the track, the Louisville Courier Journal reported.

But before he could get out to the gate, officers spotted him and placed him under arrest

According to the arrest citation, Wells-Rody was “under the influence of alcohol” and was “loud and disorderly” to Churchill Downs staff.

He was charged with alcohol intoxication in a public place and disorderly conduct. He has since been released from Metro Corrections and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday morning.

Michael Wells-Rody

More than 112,000 people attended the Breeders’ Cup World Championships over the weekend, with around 70,000 showing up on Saturday.

Accelerate won the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.

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