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Thieves Steal 21 Tons of Ketchup and Mustard
Thieves who made off with a semitrailer near Vienna, Austria better have a lot of hot dogs.
The trailer, parked in a lot and stolen over the weekend, contained 21 tons of ketchup and mustard.
Dumb Criminals
Dumb Criminals
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Arrested Man Claims He Drank 48 Beers During Birthday Celebration
For his 58th birthday, Florida resident James Taylor (no relation to the singer) drank 48 beers.
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Escaped Prisoner Caught When He Knocks on Guard’s Door
There’s a reason men don’t like to ask for help.
A prisoner who escaped from the Olympic Corrections Center in Washington State was captured Wednesday after he knocked on the door of a resort cabin in the woods, only to find out a guard who works at the facility was renting it.
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Robber Forced to Buy Gum to Get Money in Cash Register [VIDEO]
It takes money to make money. That old adage applies even to those on the wrong side of the law.
A robber in Fort Lauderdale, Florida had to buy a pack of gum in order to get a cash register to open when he tried to hold up a discount store earlier this month.
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Man Blames Motorcycle Crash on Boogeyman
Hey, these are tough times, so even the boogeyman, long known for his work scaring little kids, has had to take a second job.
A Florida man who crashed his motorcycle and is accused of being drunk at the time told police the boogeyman was responsible for the crash.
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Woman Steals Racks of Ribs and Oxtails in Her Purse
Some women carry gum or mints in their purse. Marie Chester carries dinner for a big family.
Police in Fort Pierce, Florida arrested the 40-year-old woman last week for shoplifting six full racks of ribs and two packs of oxtails from a supermarket. Somehow, she carried out the food in her pocketbook. The items she took were worth $57.60.
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Man Accused of Holding Up Convenience Store for 99 Cents
A New York man now faces a whopping $50,000 bail after police said he tried to rob a convenience store of 99 cents.
Christopher Tisley, a 34-year-old Brooklyn resident, sauntered into the store at about 3 a.m. on Saturday with a gun and ordered the clerk to hand over the change, according to police.
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Woman Accused of Stealing Gas 8 Times From Same Station
The high price of gas seems to have gotten to Karleena Kempf.
Police in Galesburg, Illinois arrested the 35-year-old woman Saturday on charges of stealing gas from the same service station on eight different occasions between May 19 and June 10.
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Wanted Man Gets Plastic Surgery To Become Woman In Effort To Avoid Arrest
Aaron Vera Morales is definitely more Vera than Aaron.
Prosecutors in Mexico City say Vera Morales underwent plastic surgery to appear as a woman so he could elude police who were trying to arrest him.
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Man Hides in Suitcase in Order to Steal From Luggage
Getting a conviction is in the bag.
That may be what prosecutors in Spain are thinking after a man was arrested for theft by worming his body into a suitcase that was loaded onto an airport bus just so he could squeeze back out and steal from other luggage.
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Man Beats Himself Up To Worm Out Of Drunken Driving Charge
Drinking can cloud your thinking, which may explain why a Farmington, Connecticut man came up with a pretty boneheaded idea.
Authorities say Daniel Vagnini beat himself up to prove to police he had been assaulted to get out of being charged with drunken driving last Saturday.
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Mom Leaves Toddler Son In Car With Dead Body
If Jessica Ockman had designs on becoming a stage mother, it seems she planned on her little bundle of joy's first role to be in a new 'Weekend at Bernie's' movie.
Authorities in Louisiana's Jefferson Parish have booked the 33-year-old woman on various charges after she left her 20-month-old son in a car for over an hour. The boy wasn't by himself in the car, mind you. Nope - he was in the company of a woman who just so happened to be dead.