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.
In one call, an inmate admitted that he tried to outrun police on his motorcycle, which helped establish that he was willfully and dangerously fleeing and eluding an officer
Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, who is wanted for a parole violation, pretended to be a “distressed” hiker to hide his crime, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said
The weapon consisted of six sporks bound together with plastic wrap and an instant coffee wrapper; the Multnomah deputy was struck in the face but not severely injured
Both the bombs exploded and injured those who opened them, but neither victim was the man’s intended target
“It’s a proven fact that I will not tolerate foolishness,” Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said
The victim was rescued after she flagged down a detention officer in the jail parking lot
In addition to garnering major attention, the post has already led to some credible leads, the sheriff said
The inmate was “literally trying to chisel his way out of jail” with a sharpened 3-foot metal section of his bunk, the ADA said
Chad Michael Gosney said he was there to pick up an inmate
Jail staff immediately noticed “irregularities” with the request
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
A jail call to his girlfriend after his arrest didn’t help matters either
A group who had a launching device had planned to hurl the balls toward the prison
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
Officials need to repair gnawed electrical wiring and remove carcasses from walls and ceilings
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
Unknown to the inmate, the “hit man” he was talking with was an undercover FBI agent
Robert Berger now faces up to four years in prison if convicted in the alleged scheme
The shipment was seized in New York because the weaves appear to be a product of forced child labor and imprisonment
The family claimed Julie Wheeler had fallen from the main overlook at the New River Gorge National River in West Virginia
Tarrant County Jail staff knew the woman was pregnant and had been checking on her regularly
Jeron Combs, a convicted murderer, cooks meals on a makeshift grill he created with his metal bed and a hot plate
The officers, who were screaming at him to stop, grabbed the inmate’s upper body and placed him on a gurney after the incident
The corrections officer caught Paul Garrett Mercer with a cup of ramen noodles he had taken from the commissary without paying
The Person County Sheriff’s Office helped fulfill Ruth Bryant’s unusual wish: to celebrate her birthday in jail
The letters were sent to the prison warden and a prison gang member, demanding the release of an inmate
Lori Loughlin’s pre-lockup regimen reportedly includes martial arts training
