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.
Keisha Houser received special permission to have her wedding in jail while she remained incarcerated
Andrew Pleviak allegedly showed a fake memorandum in an attempt to release an inmate
At the time of the search, state law permitted patients to smoke marijuana to relieve symptoms but did not cover butter or other edibles
Micah Dailey’s mug shot shows him sporting a green T-shirt with the Monopoly board game order to “Go Directly to Jail” stenciled on it
Wanted to get the child in trouble at school
Inmate is suing DOC, stating that his religious beliefs entitle him to dress like a pirate and he is being denied that right
An escaped inmate was recaptured after he made a 911 call asking for help after he was chased by wild coyotes
Nicole Matthews, 38, will be serving a home confinement sentence for driving with a suspended license
Melissa Dawn Sellers doused her roommate, Carlos Ortiz Jr., in nail polish remover and set him on fire
Encounter helped police identify Paul Carman as the bank robber
Convicted sex offender wanted on charges he molested a 3-year-old girl has been found hiding in a homemade fort in woods
Woman who fell behind on her yard work was cited by code enforcers and has served a stint in jail over her overgrown yard
Last November, Timothy Diggs Jr. apologized for his behavior and attributed it to cough medicine abuse
Christopher Bazar pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2011 shooting death of his roommate and best friend, Donald St. Laurent
A 39-year-old woman mistook the Van Buren County jail for the bar where she was trying to pick up her boyfriend.
Took advantage of officers who were confused by her similar-sounding name and released her to a bail bondsman looking for another inmate
A Pa. man says he assaulted his dentist with a tire iron because he couldn’t afford dental treatment and knew he’d get it in prison
Man ran from police and toward the jail, where a deputy apprehended him
Jermaine Hickman, who was convicted in 2007 of bank robbery, had a calculated release date of Oct. 11, 2012; He walked free Nov. 21, 2013
Judge sentenced her to 25- and 10-year sentences for trying to kill an assistant prosecutor and maim the elected district attorney
Victor Thompson, 46, was arrested for possession of synthetic marijuana
The third marriage request for Kenneth “Cody” Rackemann was granted by the Marion County judge Friday
The 30-year-old man tried to convince officers he was a repairman who was atop the Sunoco station at 3 a.m to fix the air conditioner
Stephen Gough, 55, is infamous for walking around sans clothes in order to protest the idea that nudity is offensive
Sentenced to life in prison plus 120 years and will not be eligible for parole
An investigation is underway after this photo of a Hinds County inmate eating a turkey leg from the State Fair turned up on Facebook
A woman visiting the Broome County Jail used a false identity to visit an inmate and became an inmate herself
An Australian chef is believed to have killed and cooked his girlfriend before slashing his own throat
Some nicknames are derived from crimes: Bank Robber, Murder and Redrum
A Cook County jail inmate has been accused of trying to hire someone to kill a witness in his case
Police say she made off with about $53,000 in a scam that involved returning stolen underwear
When it was x-rayed, four plastic sealed bags of tobacco and cell phones were found inside the keyboard
Cut off legs and arm of his girlfriend, and then wrapped the parts in clingfilm in a manner similar to the TV show
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