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
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
Police were at first puzzled by the word ‘wore’ carved into the side of the car, but eventually realized it was missing a ‘h’
“Defense counsel’s wife went into labor at approximately 11:15 a.m. today, and defense counsel will be killed by his wife if he does not get to the hospital immediately.”
Todd Herrin is scheduled to stand trial Sept. 29 on a charge of aggravated burglary for stealing a loaf of bread, a bag of candy, several other food items and a radio
Panama City Police Department said its officers and other agencies spent several hours Monday morning looking for 43-year-old Beverly F. Brooks
New Jersey man who carved a swastika into the lawn of a family he had harassed has been sentenced to 15 months in prison
James Henrikson is currently awaiting trial for murder-for-hire, and attempted an escape plot once before
“Attention Drug Dealers. Is your competition costing you customers, and MONEY?”
Virgil Bates III told a judge in Toledo that he went home in June to find out if his wife was lying about breaking off an affair
Employees recognized him from surveillance footage of a recent break-in
An Ohio man has been sentenced to two years in prison after being convicted of stabbing a landscaper who he said got grass clippings on his truck
Judge gave 21-year-old Josten Bundy 30 days to marry 19-year-old Elizabeth James or face 15 days in jail for pleading guilty to misdemeanor assault
Lamar McDow was released from a Brunswick County jail last week on $6 million bail after his Powerball millionaire fiancée, Marie Holmes, footed the bill
The ban on dirty movies inside Quebec prisons may soon be no more
Speck Mellencamp will be incarcerated at the Monroe County Jail from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Aug. 10-13 and Aug. 18-21
Jurors in Detroit federal court last week awarded $1 for a violation of Kevin King’s First Amendment rights and $1,250 as punitive damages
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office reports that 31-year-old Michael Lee Roberts made a quick trip to the hospital after Sunday morning’s crash before being returned to the jail that afternoon as an inmate
He lunged at deputies on two separate occasions attempting to grab at their groin areas
She used a hunting rifle to fatally shoot a child-welfare agency worker who had handled her case
The man chose marriage because he feared he would lose his job during his jail sentence
He went missing during the night, and a surfboard and shovel belonging to the prison were found on the shore
Doctors performed more than 20 surgeries after Byas doused his wife, Angela, 35, with gasoline and set her on fire
The suspect attempted to bite off his fingertips in order to make his fingerprints indiscernible
He is sentenced to more than three years in prison for attempting to buy threatened turtles captured in violation of state law
Admitted to being naked in a public cemetery across from a parish and school just a year after completing a two year sentence for public nudity
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky has a similar Facebook posting
“Pardon me, officer, but I just killed my roommate”