Weird News
The Weird News topic gives corrections officers a place to get articles covering the bizarre, including strange crimes, wacky courtroom appearances, and oddball encounters COs have on a daily basis. The job is deadly serious, but there are dozens of moments in corrections that leave officers shaking their heads and laughing as they make their rounds.
The man told authorities that he thought the “other half of his keys” was in one of the vehicles
His sister, Wanda Palmer, identified him as her attacker upon awakening
Both the bombs exploded and injured those who opened them, but neither victim was the man’s intended target
Chad Saylor told police armed people were trying to kill him and he needed to get to safety
Malachi Love-Robinson, accused of pretending to be a doctor, faces new charges after he fraudulently tried to buy a luxury car
Lawrence John Ripple went up to the teller to grab the money, then proceeded to sit down and wait for the police
Travion King reportedly took $3M worth of jewelry from rapper Drake’s tour bus while he was performing in Phoenix
The crime is rarely prosecuted, but it remains on the books as a relic of America’s long history of regulating sexual activity inside marriage
It seemed too good to be true — and it was
The lawyer said in court that his client had no idea heroin was stashed in a hidden compartment of the car he bought over the weekend
Police are still looking for the man who stole beer while dressed up as a combination of Batman and Captain America
An owner of a dairy facility held escaped inmate Ismael Ramirez Reyes at gunpoint until law enforcement arrived
Mass. police found an “elderly man” was actually Shaun Miller wearing a disguise
After the man was detained, officials discovered a warrant for his arrest
An attorney for the woman says the jail refused to give her client pants or hygiene products
Poaching the flytraps was made a felony in 2014
A Crawford County CO mistakenly released Joshua Keith Ussery “due to an oversight”
The former covergirl was to take the lead in a plan to get her Czech Mobster boyfriend out of jail
Tyesha Jones escaped from her hospital bed Friday and hailed a cab
Leading veterans’ groups are disturbed by the way veterans hired as corrections officers are portrayed in the new season of the Netflix series
Rod Blagojevich gave up his life-sized Elvis Presley statue when he went to prison in 2012, but not his love for the King
The CO was watching over the inmates and joking with them when he lost consciousness
There had been no sightings of the escaped inmate since he picked a lock and fled the county jail on June 28
Adnan Syed, now 35, was convicted in 2000 of strangling 17-year-old Hae Min Lee and burying her body in a shallow grave
More than 330 decaying corpses were found in 2002, stacked in outbuildings and scattered in nearby woods
A judge and a civil rights group that accused him of running a debtors prison have reached a temporary agreement
The finding means that Carlin Q. Williams is not entitled to inherit a fortune worth up to $300 million
Being readied in case space is needed to hold protesters arrested during DNC
Lawsuit alleges inmate is now unable to urinate in front of the other inmates in his cell and is ridiculed by staff
Police are searching for clues in what the sheriff calls one of the most bizarre cases of his career
The driver admitted going 90 mph, but denied using Snapchat at the time of the crash
An Arkansas woman’s mugshot has garnered a flood of admirers on social media
Tonya Couch was indicted on charges of hindering apprehension of a felon and money laundering