What kind of weirdo would steal black bees? Yes I am talking about those flying, buzzing, stinging things. Several thousand bees that were part a multi-million pound neuroscience research project have been stolen from a British university. Police in the Scottish region of Tayside were appealing for information on Tuesday after four bee hives containing [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Weird Criminals'
Where do you Pawn Bees?
May 16th, 2011 · 5 Comments
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Another Drunk 911 Call
May 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Here is another idiot! It may be an emergency for some, but don’t dial 911. A Bridgeport, Connecticut man learned the hard way after ringing the emergency line three times Sunday, and asking paramedics who responded to his home if they could buy him beer. Police charged Raymond Roberge, 65, with misuse of the emergency [...]
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Scary Warlock Rapist
May 9th, 2011 · 6 Comments
This story made me shiver, this guy is creepy and sick! A U.K. court heard Thursday that a gravedigger tricked girls into having sex with him by claiming he was a warlock who could grant them special powers. Jurors heard that William Lambert, 74, lured girls to his church shed and raped one of them [...]
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Coin Rebuilding Scheme Cracked
April 13th, 2011 · No Comments
Here is a creative way of committing fraud! An airline stewardess struggling to lift her bag at a German airport led to the discovery of a 6-million euro ($8.4 million) coin fraud. The customs officer who stopped the stewardess in early 2010 found thousands of one and two euro coins in her bag, Bild newspaper [...]
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Coke Smuggled into USA in Dirty Diapers
April 1st, 2011 · 5 Comments
This next story is more than a bit gross! Apparently an East Boston woman attempted to smuggle in over 12 lbs. of cocaine in a bag full of dirty diapers. Her excuse is that she had no idea what was in the bag and was being used as a mule. She told authorities that a [...]
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Dumb Move by Cop in India
March 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments
This story is pretty stupid so I will just show a few sentences. A policeman in India was recovering in hospital after he shot himself in a misguided attempt to win a bravery award, media reports said. He claimed the men sped away in a car after the supposed attack on Sunday night. Police said [...]
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Another Law Suit – Beheading Trauma
March 4th, 2011 · 3 Comments
This one I can almost agree with, I can’t imagine watching someone lose their head! Two passengers who were on a Greyhound bus when Vince Li killed Winnipegger Tim McLean Jr. have filed a civil lawsuit against the bus company, the RCMP, the federal government and Li himself. The passengers, Debra Tucker and Kayli Shaw, [...]
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A Really Dumb Thief
March 2nd, 2011 · 5 Comments
But are the cops smart enough to actually catch him? Forgetting his resume behind in a stolen car might put a thief’s job hunt in park should it lead police to his whereabouts. Jason Lapointe says his online sleuthing, using clues left behind in his stolen 2005 Dodge Neon including the possible suspect’s resume, likely [...]
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Condom Robbery in Malaysia
February 24th, 2011 · 3 Comments
Malaysian police say they are investigating the disappearance of more than 700,000 ultrathin condoms which went missing in transit between Malaysia and Japan. Sagami Rubber Industries, Japan’s first condom maker, said last week that the shipment was loaded into a container at its factory in northern Malaysia, but that it was empty with the locks [...]
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No More Fantasy Role-Playing While in the Dungeon
February 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments
Nerds behind prison bars take a big hit. No more fantasy lives for them when a U.S. court of appeal has upheld a ruling that bans Dungeons and Dragons, a popular role-playing game, from a Wisconsin prison. Kevin Singer, an inmate in a Wisconsin’s Waupun Correctional Institution, had been a fan of the fantasy game [...]
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