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.
Jurors on Tuesday recommended that Thomas Knuff be executed for fatally stabbing his former prison pen-pal and the man she lived with
In early June, with no warning, Amy Le, who started her career in the county in 1989, was ordered to hand over her badge
There were at least 12 “clogging” incidents, according to authorities
The 59-year-old cook is charged with three counts of battery on a peace officer
Last week two cows which had gotten loose, made their way to the entrance of the New Century Adult Detention Center in Olathe
CO recognized his voice as someone who was previously incarcerated at the facility
A 29-year-old Alabama bro who got busted for pot possession appeared in his booking photo wearing what looked like a caveman outfit
Correctional officers and medical staff performed “lifesaving measures” but he was pronounced dead at hospital
About 3,000 inmates will receive decks of playing cards featuring information from 52 cold cases that authorities are hoping to get a lead in
COs conducted a frisk and found a .22-caliber handgun hidden in her bra
Claimed COs showed movies like “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Ride Along” before they were released to the public
Inmates on Ohio’s death row complain that birds and bird droppings are getting into their cells through open windows
An Indiana man whose age, white hair and folksy style helped conceal his role as a drug courier was sentenced Wednesday — his 90th birthday — to three years in federal prison
Inmate Gilberto Santiesteban Jr. had the details of his criminal case tattooed across his back
A Nevada inmate who says he practices Satanism is accusing county jailers of violating his constitutional rights by denying him meals consistent with the strict diet of his pagan religion, including ice cream
‘Cannibal cop’ Gilberto Valle is cooking up a storm to ‘kill time’ in prison
A southern New Jersey jail inmate who attacked a corrections officer who wouldn’t let him get a haircut has been sentenced to three years in prison
A man who avoided a 13-year prison sentence for armed robbery due to a clerical error was set free due to good behavior and a bureaucratic mix-up
A man from Webster Groves whose prison sentence was mistakenly delayed for 13 years will get a hearing today that could lead to his immediate release
Joseph Phillip Knowles had been convicted of possession of controlled substance, methadone, in November 2013
An inmate who was held in contempt for showing up for a court appearance on drugs was sentenced on Monday
A woman who tried to break into the Mesa County jail after demanding that she be arrested instead of her brother got her wish
Sheriff Joe Arpaio says this is the fourth bestiality case conducted by his office since 2011 where the suspects have used the Craigslist website in an attempt to find an animal with which to engage
A confrontation during Bible study lead to a catfight in a cell block later on
Texted his mother messages that his dealer would kill him if she didn’t pay $200
Jeffrey Chapman wants to be transported to a licensed tattoo facility to have his tattoo removed before his trial date
Former inmate Walter Unbehaun has gotten what he said he wanted when he robbed a suburban Chicago bank last year
A Pennsylvania inmate is stuck with a $132 bill for television that he claims he wasn’t even there to watch
Living alone and feeling unhappy, Walter Unbehaun decided to change his situation by committing a crime in order to get caught
Sentenced to 13 years behind bars and told to wait for instructions, but instructions never came
Daniel Athens was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution after he admitted to criminal mischief – that is, urinating on the Alamo, a historic landmark
A con man already imprisoned in a collectible coin scam was sentenced to a life term on Monday for a bizarre, behind-bars plot to decapitate a judge and a prosecutor
Man accused of harassing a neighbor and her disabled children for the past 15 years sat at a street corner Sunday morning with a sign declaring he’s a bully
