Archive for the 'Crime and Punishment' Category

24.03.07 Cops can be gay as long as they don’t sway
Filed: Human Interest, Gender Issues, Asia, Crime and Punishment
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Cops told: Be gay, just don’t sway. This is the title of a news article from a major Philippine newspaper The Philippine Star, written by Cecile Suerte Felipe.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a warning to gay officers not to sway their hips or display suggestive behavior while on duty or they risk losing […]

7.03.07 “Dangerous” Poodle Avoids Death Sentence
Filed: All About Animals, Dogs, Crime and Punishment
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A poodle has avoided a death sentence after being labeled a “dangerous dog.” The dog bit several people after being adopted last month. Animal control officials of Martin county FL had planned on making the 10-pound dog “sleep” but decided on releasing him to Dogs and Cats Forever in Port St. Lucie, where he had […]

5.03.07 NC robber gets robbed of his loot
Filed: Funny, Crime and Punishment
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A North Carolina man charged with robbing a bank, for the second time, tried to show police the loot, but discovered he had been robbed, Fayetteville police said.
Joseph Thomas Mulkerin, 46, was arrested at a Bragg Boulevard motel last week and charged with robbery of $2,179 from the Wachovia branch on Green Street, […]

28.02.07 Woman trades her baby for a car
Filed: Human Interest, Strange, Crime and Punishment
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In Colombia, three people were arrested for allegedly swapping a 5-month-old baby boy as downpayment on a used Dodge Intrepid and cash, police said Tuesday.
Nicole Uribe, 23, is accused of trading the baby to Jose-Juan Lerma, 47, and his wife, Irene, 27, in exchange for $1,500, $500 which was to be the downpayment, Pueblo […]

19.02.07 Man who was fired for visiting adult chat room at work sues IBM for $5 million
Filed: Human Interest, Society and Culture, World Wide Web, Crime and Punishment
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A man was fired by IBM for visiting and adult chatroom while at work, now is suing this company for $5 million. He says that he is addicted to the internet and deserves treatment and sympathy from the company rather than dismissal.
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In papers filed in federal court in White Plains, James Pacenza, 58, of Montgomery, […]

17.02.07 Teen Charged For Laxative-Laced Goodies
Filed: Health and Hygiene, Funny, Food and Beverage, Crime and Punishment
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Another high school prank gone bad. Minnesota authorities, not amused by the joke, have charged the alleged high school prankster with two felonies for serving laxative laced brownies causing several students and school staff a lot of discomfort and embarrassment.
The Lyle High School student mixed brownies with laxatives and served them to some students and […]

31.01.07 Are criminals happier than police?
Filed: Society and Culture, Asia, Crime and Punishment
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In South Korea, criminals get more satisfaction from their line of work than the police, according to a survey published in local dailies.
The survey was conducted among 109 jailed mobsters by the Korean Institute of Criminal Justice. It showed that 79.3 percent of gangsters said they were somewhat or very satisfied […]

29.01.07 Fireman “in-heat” charged with arson
Filed: Human Interest, Crime and Punishment
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A former city fireman was fined $200 and charged with arson after he and a girlfriend had set fire in an unfinished house during hot sex inside the house.
Paul Joseph Sloan, 26, is charged with second-degree arson for starting a fire in the attic and master bedroom of an unfinished, expensive house, Police Sgt. […]

22.01.07 Record breaking break-ins
Filed: Society and Culture, Odd, Crime and Punishment
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The New Straits Times reported that the flower shop in Kuching, the capital of Sarawak state on Borneo Island, has been robbed 30 times.
The owner of the shop, shop owner Tengku Auvaroza Tengku Abraham, estimated her total losses since the serial burglaries started in 2004 is at $56,300.
The newspaper noted the woman saying […]