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In the “We thought it was funny at the time…” category this week is Alan Staughton, 23, of Saunders Close, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. He has been sentenced to 56 days in jail for tossing his cat in a clothes dryer and posting the video on Youtube. The man admitted that...

Non-violent offenders in Bay Minette, Alabama have a choice: serve their sentence in jail and pay a fine or go to church for a year. It’s called Operation Restore Our Community or “ROC” and it’s mission is to cut the costs of having non-offenders in the prison system. Right...

Armed with a butcher’s knife, Tasmanian, Craig Douglas Allen demanded that a 22 -year -old male attendant hand over money at a local service station. His reward was $450 in notes. He was however caught walking along the road. Allen pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery committed at a Bridgewater...

Mr Aleksey Fedorin was charged and tried in Rostov, Russia, for “mass distribution of extremist materials,” despite his being 85 years of age and legally classified as disabled. In a court in Tselina, Judge Viktoria Samokhina ruled to fine him 1,000 rubles, which sounds like a lot but is actually...

Police investigating a possible break-in at a business got more than they bargained for when they found an apparently intoxicated worker catching up on tasks over the weekend – while stark naked. Fort Worth police were checking on an open door at the Regal Plastics warehouse and discovered Kenneth Clyde Jackson,...

Fifty Seven year old Ohio woman Audrey Scott spent three days in jail for calling the police emergency line five times……. seeking a husband. The dispatcher was reported to be ‘flabbergasted’ by the request. She asked Scott You need to get a husband? Scott responded Yes The despatcher told...

Rikers Island, New York: A 46-year-old Brooklynite stands accused of tampering with a court order and forging a court official’s initials in a bid to get out of jail where he was held on burglary charges. According to City Investigation Department Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn, Dana Frontis had charges...

Osceola County Jail, Florida A gang leader is reportedly still at large after escaping from prison through a toilet. The Orlando Sentinel reports that gang leader Michael Rigby, 21, escaped from a maximum-security section of Osceola County jail after removing the toilet and sink from his cell and digging...

This is straight from the “you’re doing it wrong” files. Attempting a jailbreak is a risky, yet dumb endeavor that may work in the short run, but in the end, you’ll end up back in jail anyway. Then there’s James Merrill DeVore, 28, who was arrested trying to break...