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Victorian Police in Australia couldn’t believe what they saw when a Shepparton motorist, who declined to pay a $50 delivery fee to have newly purchased furniture transported to his home, was yesterday slapped with a $478 fine by a police officer, left stunned by the driver’s actions. Shepparton Police Inspector...

When a pair of brothers approached police officers in Pilibhit district, India and told them that they had killed a hardened career criminal – they were met with disbelief, until they saw the boys’ blood-stained sleeves. After hearing the two boys, aged five and seven repeat, “Humne Mahendra ko...

An anonymous act of charity was misinterpreted in Florida on Saturday, when the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad blew up a box full of money. The 40-pound package was found outside the Master’s Touch International Church by a member of the congregation – it bore a simple note...

A Baltimore motorcyclist was charged with illegal wiretapping after police spotted a traffic stop recording on YouTube that he had made with a helmet-mounted camera. According to The Baltimore Sun, John Graber was pulled over for speeding and reckless driving on March 5 by an officer in an unmarked...

You can now add blindfolding your friend on the way to her surprise party to the big fat list of activities that can get you arrested. When Courtney Rogers put a blindfold on her friend Briana Vega in a restaurant parking lot on the way to Vega’s surprise birthday...

Scoff if you will, but the man in this picture, one Marium Varinauskas, was recently fined £600 for assaulting a female police officer with his penis. The story is that Varinauskas’ girlfriend called the cops on her boyfriend because she was none too pleased with his, surprise surprise, drunkenness. ...

Rapid City, South Dakota: By now most people are familiar with the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay servicemen and women. Under the policy, people who keep their private lives a secret are allowed to serve. But what happens if someone else informs the military about...

Albuquerque, New Mexico: Albuquerque police have arrested a man who is said to have posed as a police officer in order to get police lights and other items installed in his Crown Victoria. Albuquerque’s Lights & Sirens reports that 35-year-old Orlando Benjamin Jaramillo initially came to police attention when...

A group of British police officers has received a reprimand from their superiors after a YouTube user uploaded a picture of them sledding on riot shields. While the upper echelons of the police hierarchy might be embarrassed by this, one has to wonder why they have a problem with...