Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Brutal British Beatdown.
Gregory McCalium, 24, was left with prominent facial wounds after he allegedly attempted to rob his 72 year-old neighbor at knife point. McCalium allegedly broke into the home of Frank Corti last Aug. 19, apparently unaware that Corti was a retired boxer, as well as a veteran of the British armed forces.
Corti was [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
iPhone ShmiPhone.
A London man was skiing on the the mountains of Switzerland was when the snow gave way and he fell into a deep crevasse. After falling around 70 feet down, David Fitzherbert was wedged between two rocks because of the Blackberry phone he had stuff in his chest pocket.
David broke his jaw, smashed his [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Found covered in Peptol-Bismol.
After Waterville police were called to a street disturbance early on Sunday morning, things just seem to get weirder as the day progressed.
They were answering a call about a man who was jumping up and down on the hood of a Volkswagen wearing only his underwear. Waterville Police Sgt. Jeffrey Bearce said [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Seems customers really are getting screwed.
A consumer watchdog group said Thursday that consumers are being overcharged an average of 74 pounds (currently around 122 USD) by energy groups, due to their failure to pass on the savings since gas and electricity prices have fallen.
“Consumers have feared for months that the big six suppliers might not [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Car’s driver says she didn’t notice she was dragging something until she parked.
A 13 year-old girl in Norway was riding her bicycle when she was apparently first hit by a truck, then run over by a passing car, and then dragged 4 kilometers (EDIT: a little less than 2 and a half miles), until the [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Kid should have taken his pizzas to go.
A pizza delivery man in Brooklyn who had his car stolen while he was on a delivery and was allegedly repeatedly taunted by the teenage thief who swiped it, got his revenge.
Pizza deliveryman Gladimir Occelin, was making a delivery in East New York and while he was making [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Whatever happened to spandex and leg-warmers?
A man who was watching porn on a computer in an apartment complex gym in Tustin, California was arrested after police found drugs in his backpack, according to police.
45-year-old Stephen Murdoch was allegedly wearing a bustier, miniskirt fishnet stockings and heels when he was arrested early Tuesday. A security guard [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Somebody has to pay.
German authorities have arrested a group of people of ages ranging from 60 -79 years of age for allegedly kidnapping and beating a 56 year-old American financial advisor.
Two of the alleged kidnappers reportedly gagged the victim with electrical tape, and took him from his home near Heidelberg, and stuffed him in the [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Worth a try.
Police in Quincy, Massachusetts arrested a man who advertised to sell Marijuana on Craigslist. The ad used the clever 420 ’secret code’ word among pot-smokers that everybody knows, since it’s, like, everywhere. The ad used the words “420 help is here” and “Give me a ring if you need some help,” and listed [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
‘Top Cop’ beats boss with fists and ‘Top Gun.’
A police officer formerly chosen to be “Officer of the Year” was arrested after allegedly beating the Chief of Police after finding the chief in the bedroom of his ex-wife’s home.
North Chicago Officer Carl Sain was charged with felony aggravated battery following the Wednesday altercation in Waukegan, [...]