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.
Lisa Harding was also ordered to pay back money taken during a third bank robbery, even though that charge was dismissed under a plea agreement
Brandon Kiehm claimed he urgently needed money for cancer treatments for relatives
The Department of Education paid out about $582,000, including $419,000 in debit cards intended for living expenses
Jesse Alva, a 21-year veteran, fired in the direction of a repo man who was towing his truck
Harry Jackson broke out of jail, then returned after stealing 14 packs of cigarettes
A British couple was convicted of kissing in a restaurant
Letter detailed instructions on how to smuggle drugs
The chase started after a minor traffic violation
Bruce Davidson killed his friend in a drug-fueled basement sex party
Philadelphia removed 21 mistreated dogs and cats from Virginia Wetzel’s house
Matthew Eaton on Dr. Phil: ‘I was shoplifting. I don’t deny that at all.’
Judge says families must quit relying on faith, ‘graveyard’ full of children have already died unnecessarily
Originally arrested for public intoxication, 31-year-old now faces charges of third degree assault on a police officer
Rianne Theriault-Odom doused a bikini dancer with gasoline and set her on fire at a club
Deputies are having to turn Douglas Rank’s patients away at the gate
Charles Wright locked himself in a cell and started firing
Wife attempted to run over an old flame of the groom
Richard Peterson gets 3 days in jail for doing show about one night stand with stripper
Amy Teresa Ricks pleaded guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault on Tuesday
57-year-old Calif. probationer was somehow misplaced when staff went home for long weekend
The 18-year-old was intoxicated at a house party in Western NY
She drove to Flagler County jail and demanded to see specific inmate
Tanya Nelson found guilty of murdering a Vietnamese fortuneteller and her daughter
18-year-old allegedly offered 2 boys several dollars to urinate in a cup
20-year-old factory worker will serve 18-months
Student stabbed a classmate over a math problem