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.
Augustus Standingrock’s plea was part of a deal with prosecutors, who will recommend the 26-year-old be sentenced to life with the possibility of parole
From wacky courtroom appearances to oddball encounters, 2018 had no shortage of bizarre news in corrections
The shoe collection includes brands Gucci, Jimmy Choo and Louis Vuitton, and is estimated to be worth $23,500
5 inmates tied bedsheets to their cell door to prevent deputies from entering and issued ultimatums for about two hours
New charges say that while in jail, she groomed fellow female inmates to become prostitutes, lining up her former boyfriend to bail them out
Woman laced his food with sleeping pills, then tied him to a bed, severed his penis and put it in the garbage disposal
X-rays showed 14-karat white-gold ring with princess-cut diamonds inside him
Raymond Voet has a posted policy stating that electronic devices causing a disturbance during court sessions will result in the owner being cited with contempt
CO allegedly beat inmate for removing fake eyelashes and braids too slowly during processing
Accused of shoving a 2-year-old
Killed ex-husband by dousing him with scalding water after she believed he was seeing another woman
Greenwood police say 48-year-old Michelle Thomas called them Monday night and said she grabbed a knife and stabbed her boyfriend after he hit her
Jury deliberated for less than 15 minutes before convicting him of first degree murder
Violation of restraining order
Johnson County sheriff posed as hit man during phone calls with suspect
Officer was reportedly drunk when the incident occurred
On Wednesday night, the caller told KOMO, “I just killed my wife ... I want you to put it on your Facebook”
Earlier proceedings ended in a mistrial after victim’s $3,000 prosthetic blue eye popped out as he was testifying
Inmate wants his attempted murder conviction overturned due to stress suffered after stabbing someone
One of the largest prisoner civil rights payouts in U.S. history
Prosthetic eye popped out while man was giving testimony
Corrections officers “said that they would not accept Lloyd because he was ‘too drunk’”
Assaulted a corrections officer, then kidnapped a woman and her baby at knifepoint
Prosecutors charged Abner Canda, 58, on Tuesday with custodial misconduct
Robert Schiavelli was slapped with two summonses for “disturbing the peace”
Correction officials initially confirmed he only tried, but failed to move inmates within the facility
Used phony credentials to get into multiple city lockups, including Rikers Island and the Manhattan Detention Center, where he mingled with inmates for hours
Judge ordered Matthew Herrmann, 19, to read his paper to the victim of the attack
Penelope Soto gained notoriety for giving a judge the bird during a court hearing
Men had been drinking alcohol together and that the victim apparently made a pass at other’s’ girlfriend
Remains were stuffed in four bags and scattered along four blocks
The attack unfolded before witnesses and surveillance cameras on Chinatown’s main thoroughfare