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Santa Claus Cited for Violation of Open Container Law

Posted on December 17, 2009
Around this time of year, a popular hobby for kids around the world is to try to catch a glimpse of Santa Claus or maybe even catch up with him for a brief visit and discussion about what toys they would like to get for Christmas. In keeping with the Christmas spirit, a policeman from Sparta, Wisconsin received a call that Santa had been spotted and rushed to find him immediately...

Teacher Cuts off Girl's Braid in Front of Classroom

Posted on December 16, 2009
A Milwaukee teacher is looking at a disorderly conduct charge after she cut off one of her student?s braids because the student would not stop playing with it in class. Apparently the teacher asked the student to stop playing with her hair and when the student did not stop doing so, the teacher used a pair of classroom scissors to cut off the hair...

Ninety-Eight Year-Old Woman Accused of Strangling Centenarian Roommate

Posted on December 15, 2009
Whether it be in the family home, a college dormitory, or a nursing home or assisted living facility, living with a roommate can often be a contentious situation. Every person has a certain way he or she likes to enjoy being at home, and roommates often fight about issues such as noise, space, organization, and cleanliness...

Woman, Tired of Waiting at Hospital, Steals an Ambulance to Drive Home

Posted on December 14, 2009
Anyone who has ever been to the hospital knows that the wait times can be extremely long, making for a frustrating experience. Twenty-eight year-old Mindy Jones of Del City, Oklahoma was experiencing that same frustration early Friday morning when she decided she had had enough and was ready to go home...

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Man Dies in Argument over Football Game

Posted on December 11, 2009
Few things are capable of inflaming the passions of the populace like sports. This is especially true when it comes to college football, which has a more passionate fan base than most. Thus, it is not at all uncommon to see fights and arguments break out during important games or rivalry games, especially when the ending to those games is a controversial one...

Man Lies About Robbery Out of Fear of Wife

Posted on December 10, 2009
A Panama City man recently took desperate measures to avoid the wrath of his wife, telling the police that he had been robbed in order to avoid having to tell her he had spent too much money. The man apparently called police and reported that he had just been attacked outside a store by a person dressed in black who made off with one hundred dollars of the man?s money (at least his story wasn?t generic)...

Woman Assaults Husband With Uncooked Steak

Posted on December 09, 2009
Fifty-three year-old Elsie Egan of Marion County, Florida is particular about her menu. So particular in fact, that she used a raw steak to beat some sense into her long-time boyfriend Peter on Tuesday for disagreeing about what type of bread the couple would have at dinner...

Couple Cited for Public Intoxication While Waiting on Designated Driver

Posted on December 08, 2009
A Canadian couple was seemingly arrested for trying to obey the law last week when they were arrested while waiting on a designated driver service to pick them up. The couple was apparently quietly standing together hand-in-hand on a street corner outside a karaoke bar in the Toronto area while waiting on their ride when a policeman showed up and promptly cited them for public intoxication...

Defendant in Christian-Newsom Murders to Move for Acquittal

Posted on December 07, 2009
The grisly murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom have led to a series of trials that is still ongoing, with two of the defendants already being convicted and sentenced and a third currently on trial. Attorneys for George Thomas, the defendant currently on trial, plan to file a motion for acquittal under Rule 29 of the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure which basically asks that the court make a finding that the evidence presented against the defendant is insufficient to convict the defendant of one or more of the offenses with which he or she is charged...

Senator's Daughter Victim of Carjacking

Posted on December 04, 2009
For whatever reason, carjacking offenses seem to be frequenting the headlines as of late. A carjacking recently dominated the news in East Tennessee when it was the first act allegedly committed by the defendants in the Christian-Newsom murders in Knoxville in order to kidnap the victims...

Mother Arrested for Assaulting Police Officer

Posted on December 03, 2009
Everyone is familiar with the old adage that there is nothing like a mother?s love, and it has proven to be true time and time again. An East Tennessee policeman found that out the hard way when his attempt at arresting the thirty-nine year old man from Andersonville, Tennessee resulted in the mother of the arrested individual catching him flush in the face with a haymaker...

How the Grinch Stole...Money from the Salvation Army

Posted on December 02, 2009
Bell-ringers from the Salvation Army are synonymous with Christmas and one can find them in front of virtually any major storefront this time of year, donating their time and effort in an attempt to raise money to help the less fortunate. Apparently one of the less fortunate decided to help themselves last Saturday evening, to the money that is...

Burglar Tells Residents Obama Let Him In

Posted on December 01, 2009
Few things are more annoying in life than when you go to all the trouble to break into a house so you can have a nice shower and then the residents come home early and ruin it. A man from Clearwater, Florida found himself in this situation recently, and when asked by the residents what he was doing in the home, the man gave the first reasonable answer that popped into his head: President Obama let him in...

Vehicular Assault

Posted on November 30, 2009
A mail carrier is faced with a variety of charges after she hit a Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper head-on Friday night while driving under the influence in her postal vehicle. The Trooper was apparently trying to turn into a gas station when the lady crossed lanes and struck his vehicle...

Tennessee Man Arrested for Driving with Revoked License for the Tenth Time

Posted on November 27, 2009
For the tenth time, a Tennessee man has been arrested for driving on a revoked license. Police pulled the man over after seeing him cross the center line last Friday. During the traffic stop, the man decided that if he just drove away really fast he might not get a ticket...

Man Literally Scares Grandmother to Death

Posted on November 26, 2009
People often use the phrase, ?You scared me to death!? in a joking fashion, but authorities say that is literally what happened to a seventy-nine year old grandmother in North Carolina recently. Apparently, the elderly lady suffered a heart attack when a man broke into her home while looking for somewhere to hide after robbing a bank...

Couple Arrested for Refusing to Tip at Restaurant

Posted on November 25, 2009
Any successful restaurant owner knows that the key to forming a stable base of repeat customers is calling the police on your patrons when they refuse to pay gratuity for bad service. At least that was the strategy employed by an employee of a Bethlehem, Pennsylvania pub recently who called the cops on two patrons who paid the entirety of their bill minus the added gratuity because they said their service was subpar...

Bagel Cart Fends Off Robbery Attempt

Posted on November 24, 2009
Everyone has heard the old adage ?don?t bring a knife to a gun fight,? but until recently no one had offered a satisfactory answer as to what should be brought instead. Clearly the person heading to the gun fight does not have a gun, or they would not have contemplated bringing a knife initially...

New York Man Killed Over Subway Seat

Posted on November 23, 2009
If you have ever been to New York, you know that it seems like there are literally ten thousand people in each subway car, all struggling for a place to sit or a rail to hold on to for balance. Fighting for these prime positions on the subway can often result in contentious disputes that lead to violence...

Hit-and-Run Kills Tennessee Man

Posted on November 20, 2009
A man from Clinton, Tennessee died this past Wednesday night after a car struck him as he was crossing the street in Lexington, Kentucky. Police are still searching for the driver, who fled the scene. This is a classic and tragic example of what is known as a hit-and-run...

Legal Woes Continue for Tennessee Football Team

Posted on November 19, 2009
The hits keep on coming for the University of Tennessee football team, especially off the field. Just last week the team was faced with the distraction of having three players charged with attempted armed robbery which resulted in two of them being dismissed from the team and the third suspended from participating in team activities...

Santa Claus Pleads Guilty on Child Pornography Charges

Posted on November 18, 2009
Now we know what Santa Claus does when he?s not engaging in his annual, worldwide, day-long burglary spree under the pretense of bringing toys to children: possessing and distributing child pornography. Well, that is at least what one Santa Claus from New Jersey does in his spare time as evidenced by his recent guilty plea entered in federal court in New Jersey to a multitude of child sex charges...

Falsifying a Drug Test

Posted on November 17, 2009
People may be required to take drug tests for a variety of reasons. Drug tests may be a mandatory job requirement, may be mandatorily imposed by the State of Tennessee as a result of a past conviction for certain offenses, or may be required by a health or life insurance provider...

Men Use Permanent Marker to Create Burglary Disguise

Posted on November 16, 2009
One of the biggest keys to orchestrating a proper burglary would seem to be having a good disguise. For example, a burglar may wear a Bill Clinton mask while breaking into a house in order to pin the crime on the former president rather than themselves...

Three Vols Charged with Attempted Aggravated Robbery

Posted on November 13, 2009
Three University of Tennessee football players have been charged in connection with an attempted robbery that allegedly took place on Cumberland Avenue early Thursday morning. Janzen Jackson, Nu?Keese Richardson, and Mike Edwards have been identified as three of the suspects who were arrested in connection with the incident...

Intentional Killing of Animals in Tennessee

Posted on September 30, 2009
The subject of animals can be very divisive in modern day society. Some people treat them like family members and genuinely love and care for them as such; others view them as annoyances and entertain murderous thoughts when they are woken up at four in the morning by their neighbor?s dog deafeningly deterring some random disturbance in the night; still others simply don?t care one way or the other about animals...

Fake Cop Faced with Real Jail Time

Posted on September 29, 2009
Sometimes it is the little things in life that cause the most frustration. This is particularly true when it comes to automobile travel. For example, it is extremely frustrating to sit at a red light for what seems like an eternity when your car is the only car at a four-way intersection...

Competency's Role in Executions

Posted on September 28, 2009
Of all the rights protected by the American legal system, the right to life is the most fundamental and is thus protected in a myriad of ways. It also may be the most controversial, having the ability to spark furious debate on topics such as abortion, assisted suicide, and the death penalty...

Assistance of Counsel is Not an Absolute Right

Posted on September 25, 2009
Americans often like to cite the various rights guaranteed them by the United States Constitution and with good reason; these guarantees protect and empower Americans in various ways. These rights, however, are anything but guaranteed. The Sixth Amendment gives a defendant the right to assistance of counsel in criminal prosecutions, but this right, like any right, can be taken away if it is not used responsibly...

Mother Tracks Down, Rapes Son

Posted on September 16, 2009
When preparing to meet a long-lost biological parent for the first time, a child who was previously given up for adoption would presumably try to prepare themselves for all of the possible outcomes of the meeting. The reunion could be a joyous one where the child and the parent reconnect and begin making up for lost time...

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