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 woman had just been booked on theft-related charges
Linda Macauley claims county officials violated her husband’s civil rights by not preventing him from dying by suicide
According to police, the man said prison would be better than more time with the people he was living with
Police said they needed a stun gun to subdue 31-year-old David Wachinski
Police say they caught Charles Risenburg minutes after he robbed a bank and found a 16.5-inch machete on him.
Woman fled during bathroom stop on drive back to jail
32-year-old Shane Lindsey, of Arnold, was sentenced by a Westmoreland County judge on Wednesday after pleading guilty
Said the jury selection was a “waste of his [expletive] time”
Laquanda Newby, 25, is charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency or abuse of child
James Lowe of Barnet says he was released from jury duty when he showed up wearing a black-and-white-striped jumpsuit with a matching beanie
James Carns, 55, was in jail while awaiting trial for three counts of felony harassment and two counts of unlawful imprisonment
For vast sections of Bihar’s poor, these convicts are eligible bachelors commanding a fair value in the marriage market
The city’s experiment with a free ping pong table seems to be making a difference
Christopher Miller was sentenced Friday to 16 years in prison
Most items being considered are non-gourmet foods like pizza and hot sandwiches
Mariea Gosdin, 59, says she was the sole bidder on the property when the Board of Commissioners listed it for sale in 2009
Inmate said he and the others were trying to force open the bottom of the door without triggering an alarm so a fifth inmate could pass them a package of tobacco
Judge told assault suspect they could spend 30 days in jail or be pepper-sprayed by the victim
Officials in Newquay say crime has fallen since they cracked down on stag parties with revelers wearing the revealing one-piece garments
The victim was hospitalized for lacerations and a swollen eye, and later released
Jury convicted 23-year-old Tyquan Turner of felony murder, robbery and conspiracy on Tuesday
Inmates were allegedly upset because their sandwiches had only one slice of meat instead of two, and no cheese.
Accused of slashing the corpse of her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend, is now accused of removing body parts
Levi Charles Reardon of Great Falls was arrested on April 24
A man who broke into a house naked and was found eating fried chicken in the kitchen was arrested by police
When officers told him he’d be searched before and after using the bathroom, the man changed his mind, which made officers suspicious
Police arrested a man shortly after he said “I do,” slapping cuffs on him while he was still dressed in his rented tuxedo
Christopher Omigie, a naturalized U.S. citizen who had been living in Lafayette, Louisiana, was sentenced Thursday
Passed nine balloons filled with marijuana and thumb drives containing porn and music
President of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter Friday to Kent County Sheriff Larry Stelma suggesting the change of cuisine for Shaneka Torres
Became angry after two orders of burgers were without the desired bacon
Liana Barrientos tied the knot 10 times in an immigration scam and is still listed as married to four of the men