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This video, which shows a pair of Brazilian police officers knocking out a smuggler’s airplane with their car (while one cop aims an assault rifle through a window) reveals just how old and busted our staple of police reality shows has become. It might not have been the safest...
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Here’s how you ruin a child – or rather introduce your toddler to a life a crime. Step 1: steal a car Step 2: drive your toddler around in it Step 3: when cops chase you leave your child in car and run Step 4: make sure toddler has...
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Somebody with a bit of ingenuity and an obvious disdain for automated red light cameras decided to get even by inventing a thin screen for front and rear license plates. While from a direct angle the plates are clearly visible, from an angle – like those that red light...
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There are many ways in which one can complain to the police about their incompetence. Michael Andes found the traditional methods insufficient. Early on August 25th, Andes called 911 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to report that he had parked “purposely” in a handicap space without the required placard. When the...
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Having a couple of glasses of wine before getting a bikini wax is a common aesthetic secret among women. Getting loaded before one isn’t and can result in short tempers and police arrests. That’s how it played out for a 39-year old Iowa woman. Anna Bacon-Silveira threw a couple...
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When Jessica Maple’s mom sent her to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office crime fighting summer program, she probably thought it’d be a good thing to keep her kid out of trouble. But I bet, like any 12-year old, Jessica was hoping to use what she learned to solve...
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China’s got a new crew of police women running down bad guys and pickpockets in Tianfu Square. They’re no-nonsense, roller-blading policewomen. The eco-friendly way to cut down on street crime is a spectacle to see. They patrol in synchronized groups who wear 3-inch heels when not in roller blades...
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If you’ve been to Rome at some point in the last two decades, odds are you’ve run into one of many Gladiators roaming around the Coliseum in pursuit of money for being photographed with hapless tourists. As it turns out, this minor industry is fairly unregulated – except by...
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Putting new meaning into the phrase ‘runaway bride’ a 53-year old Michigan woman was arrested on her wedding day for identity theft. And now she’s on the run again. Police debated arresting her on her big day but since this was the first solid tip they received on the...
Here’s how you ruin a child – or rather introduce your toddler to a life a crime. Step 1: steal a car Step 2: drive your toddler around in it Step 3: when cops chase you leave your child in car and run Step 4: make sure toddler has...
Somebody with a bit of ingenuity and an obvious disdain for automated red light cameras decided to get even by inventing a thin screen for front and rear license plates. While from a direct angle the plates are clearly visible, from an angle – like those that red light...
There are many ways in which one can complain to the police about their incompetence. Michael Andes found the traditional methods insufficient. Early on August 25th, Andes called 911 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to report that he had parked “purposely” in a handicap space without the required placard. When the...
Having a couple of glasses of wine before getting a bikini wax is a common aesthetic secret among women. Getting loaded before one isn’t and can result in short tempers and police arrests. That’s how it played out for a 39-year old Iowa woman. Anna Bacon-Silveira threw a couple...
When Jessica Maple’s mom sent her to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office crime fighting summer program, she probably thought it’d be a good thing to keep her kid out of trouble. But I bet, like any 12-year old, Jessica was hoping to use what she learned to solve...
China’s got a new crew of police women running down bad guys and pickpockets in Tianfu Square. They’re no-nonsense, roller-blading policewomen. The eco-friendly way to cut down on street crime is a spectacle to see. They patrol in synchronized groups who wear 3-inch heels when not in roller blades...
If you’ve been to Rome at some point in the last two decades, odds are you’ve run into one of many Gladiators roaming around the Coliseum in pursuit of money for being photographed with hapless tourists. As it turns out, this minor industry is fairly unregulated – except by...
Putting new meaning into the phrase ‘runaway bride’ a 53-year old Michigan woman was arrested on her wedding day for identity theft. And now she’s on the run again. Police debated arresting her on her big day but since this was the first solid tip they received on the...