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 35-year-old suspect, who allegedly admitting he’d also been drinking, said he was unaware he was entering a jail
“There’s always been a problem of being able to just dig a hole outside the building,” said a jail spokesperson
He was denied bail and was returned to jail with the additional charge of forgery
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
Man was drunk during Monday’s court appearance and told not to attempt to drive home
Spent three weeks locked up before the trick was discovered
David Adam Pate will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole for stabbing Ricky James 39 times with a butcher knife
Rogue, a 15-pound Yorkshire terrir mix, broke free from a volunteer and has been on the lam ever since
She said, “If I’m going back to prison, I’ll at least get high before I go”
Two judges found that an inmate’s wedding ring is not a weapon, even though the inmate threw the ring at a correctional officer
Tabatha Coulombe was jailed for violation of her probation, which stems from a 2013 sentencing for animal cruelty
After 20 years, a man is finally behind bars for allowing the grass to grow wild in his yard
Mandy Reynolds, 35, is charged with possession of a controlled substance and contraband in a penal institution.
Florida legislators filed more than 1,700 bills for consideration during their two-month session that ends in May
Authorities say an intoxicated man arrived by taxi to rob a Tallahassee, Florida, bank
Joseph Izzo is serving a 30 year sentence for burglary, conspiracy and possession of a firearm
Andrew Gilbertson claimed the Virgin Mary told him to do it
The transient woman, Kelly Harnett, and a male co-defendant jumped the 32-year-old victim in an Astoria Park
Reno County is buying equipment that will vacuum-seal clothing used by inmates to keep the county’s new jail smelling good
Mitchelle Blair, 35, was arrested Tuesday after court officers serving an eviction notice at her home opened the freezer and found the bodies of her children
Pa. man who skipped out on jury duty 11 times in the last two years arrested inside a courthouse while seeking relief from a child support ruling
58-year-old Eldridge Dukes and his son were fighting Sunday morning about the lack of orange juice
Fifty-year-old David Scofield, of Lancaster, was sentenced Thursday in Akron
A correctional officer with the Refugio County Jail has been terminated after taking an inmate out of the jail to help run errands and to lunch
A weekend soccer player in the Detroit area whose punch killed a referee has been sentenced to at least eight years in prison for involuntary manslaughter
Police say a Pennsylvania man dropped to the ground and rolled around in dog waste to avoid being arrested for public drunkenness, but he was taken into custody anyway