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Crime
DNA Evidence Identifies Famous Armored Australian Outlaw
Three words you don’t often encounter in a sentence? “Famous Australian outlaw.”
Feds Check Urban Dictionary to Crack Gun-Store Death Threat
U.S. federal agents used Urban Dictionary to bust an Indiana man accused of sending a barely comprehensible death threat on Facebook to a gun store manager, according to a U.S. District Court complaint.
Teenager Gets Jail Sentence After Seven-Cent Robbery
Robbing a handful of change and lying about it cost a 15-year-old a lifetime as a felon.
Locked Up at Rikers Island? NYC Irene Evacuation Plans Don’t Include You
As many as 370,000 people have been ordered to evacuate low-lying areas of New York City, But if you belong to one segment of New York’s population you will be staying put, despite Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s instructions.
Drive an Escalade? Look Out for Car Thieves
Are you gripping the steering wheel of a Cadillac Escalade? Cruisin’ with the Bose sound system, subwoofers, climate control mechanism and chrome grille? If so, then grip it tightly because your ride is the nation’s biggest …
‘Son of Sam’ Serial Killer Won’t Seek Parole, Says Jesus Has ‘Freed’ Him
David Berkowitz, who murdered six people in the 1970s, says he has “no interest” in parole because Jesus has already made him a “free man.” (via FOX)
Mona Lisa Heist: Money, Not Country, Was the Motivation
He said he did it as an act of patriotism. But a new documentary reveals that the man who swiped the Mona Lisa from the Louvre exactly a century ago was really motivated by — you guessed it — money.
‘West Memphis Three’ Freed After Plea Deal
Three Arkansas men, imprisoned for nearly two decades, were freed on Friday as a result of a plea deal reached in their conviction of murdering three Cub Scouts in 1993.
Damien Echols, Jesse Misskelley and Jason Baldwin, known …
Are ‘Flash Robs’ Giving Flash Mobs a Bad Rap?
Flash mobs, the social network and text-message organized groups comprised mainly of youths, are nothing new.
Originally, they came together for very quick performance art in public places. But whereas the clusters used to get …
Rembrandt Drawing Worth $250,000 Recovered After Theft from California Hotel
In July, it was a Picasso drawing that went on the lam. This month’s pièce de résistance? A Rembrandt.
Quote: Jonnie Marbles Explains His Prison Sentence to His Cellmate
“’Why, what you in for?’ he asks. 20 minutes of laughter, handshakes and spreading the news down the wings later and the mood has lightened considerably.”
— JONNIE MARBLES, who attempted to throw a foam pie in Rupert …