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.
Frederick Carl Pierce also stole the personal information of several employees during his October escape
“Yes, we have just as many questions as you do,” the sheriff’s department said in a Facebook post
Anthony Ray Variet was once again charged with conspiracy to smuggle contraband into jail after ratting himself out to a deputy
Creepy incidents at these prisons and jails may indicate some inmates and officers never left
The Bucks County district attorney on Thursday charged 37-year-old Christopher Williams with criminal homicide and other counts for an attack on Donald Rush earlier this month
An inmate who wants to hang on to his hairstyle is seeking the approval of a local Cherokee tribe to certify him as a Native American
27-year-old Treasure Dawn Shockey, who had two warrants for her arrest, ran when police in Eugene tried to talk to her Saturday morning
Tony Irvin McKinley, 55, was arrested for intimidation, public intoxication and disorderly conduct Thursday
Judge Chris Cleaveley told Downes that he needed to respect authority figures
The five-page letter is currently priced at $225,000
Fifty-one-year-old Teresa Owens was arrested the following day after deputies searched the couple’s home
John Mogan, 28, and Ashley Duboe, 24, are charged with the August 24 robbery of Savings Bank in Ashville
Police in Carlsbad say officers had to squash a public disturbance at the fast-food restaurant after the customer began harassing employees over a mistake
Stephanie Marie Moore was arrested by Melbourne police early Saturday on the felony charge of trying to “possess, sell, molest marine turtle”
The inmates alleged that they were forced to remain naked while their clothes were washed
Memorabilia related to Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger is being peddled to coincide with the release of the new Johnny Depp movie on Bulger’s life
Here are ten stories of felines, bovines and even a stool pigeon or two who ran afoul of the police and ended up taking a vacation in the big house
Christopher John Smith, 38, was arrested Monday on probation violation charges
34-year-old Steven Felton, of Emmaus, was sentenced to 62 to 124 years on Monday
Sheriff Sam Crish says an investigation will be conducted on how that happened
Sheriff’s office believes Nickcole Dykema intentionally “booby trapped” her home by hiding blades in blankets, floors, her yard, and even pins and needles in handles
Now faces a second-degree assault charge as a juvenile
Stuart Horner, 35, has been in the high-security Strangeways jail for the last 27 years after shooting his uncle in the chest with a shotgun during a family feud in 2012
A man is charged with burglary after police say he returned to a Twin Falls, Idaho, home for his forgotten car keys and cellphone
Justices on Maine’s highest court are skeptical about an appeal by a man who was stripped of his right to a lawyer because he couldn’t get along with five earlier ones
The driver has been charged with excessive speeding and negligent operation
19-year-old broke into a middle school, rode down hallways on a buffing machine until he got on and stuck in an elevator
Police say they heard Scott Robert Esser and an accomplice talk about breaking into homes, emptying drawers and stealing goods
Michael Suarez was sentenced Thursday for committing fraud through false pretenses
She was escorted from the jail overnight and told not to return after coworkers reportedly overheard her say she wanted Shannon Miles’ autograph
Two burglars dressed for Halloween stole a man’s car in Detroit
A man serving 15 years related to an assault over a pork chop will serve another 15-year sentence for hitting a jail officer
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