After creating a fake cancer fundraiser, Madison Marie Russo, 19, was arrested Monday mourning, January 23rd. She’s facing fraud charges in regard to an online fundraising campaign she started for herself. For a disease that she never had. Police say that Russo’s health records don’t substantiate any of her public claims of ongoing cancer treatments. She …
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Police officers — whether human or K-9 — are supposedly there to protect and serve the public. As such, it’s always tragic to see law enforcement officials engage in illegal behavior. Now, many if not most K-9 officers perform their duties admirably, like recently passed URL who was renowned for busting pedophiles. But there are …
The 25-year-old man was charged with felony burglary of the Milwaukee Brewers Clubhouse after a doubleheader game where the drunk man overserved himself. He was charged on Dec, 14, according to the report. The specifics of the incident, and according to the criminal complaint, it says he “passed out in the bushes” outside of the …
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If you want to get good at something, you have to start young. But engaging in lethally dangerous highway races with law enforcement officials is probably not on the list of things where that wisdom should apply. Yet that’s exactly what happened in Nebraska. A tween driver led state troopers in a high-speed car chase …
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Swedish pop sensation ABBA famously sang about the Dancing Queen in 1975. But you couldn’t be a Dancing Queen in Sweden at that time without a license. For decades, “spontaneous dancing” has been illegal in Sweden. No, you wouldn’t go to jail for doing a twirl on the street. But a law (that really should’ve …
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What is a government to do if an object, trend, or phenomenon becomes too dangerous to have around? It’s simple — just ban it. But the thing is, what’s considered “too dangerous” doesn’t always make a whole lot of sense. As you’re surely aware, governments around the world sometimes ban utterly bizarre things based on …
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Burglars call 911 in late 2022 to get help moving the stuff they were stealing. Yes, I’m serious. If you thought people were leaving their crazy in 2022, think again. Two people sit in jail after officers say one of them phoned during a burglary they were committing. They wanted help moving their new goods, …
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Being a cop can be a difficult job. It can also be an incredibly easy one if your customers, shall we say, are high enough. Two drug traffickers traveling through Texas had a bit of a later Christmas present for the local police officers. They had the brilliant idea to call 911 and ask the …
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Guy Willis, 34, was charged with exposure , particularly that he intentionally exposed his penis, intending that someone would see them and to cause alarm and distress. This is a big no-no. He came to sentencing on Thursday December 22nd at at Warrington Magistrates’ Court where he was told his actions were ‘highly unpleasant.’ To …
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Today is National Maine Day! Let’s celebrate with a whole bunch of weird Maine laws. Don’t Step off the Plane This weird Maine law is probably a law everywhere else too, and for good reason. The entirety of the law is , it’s illegal to step out of an airplane once it’s in flight. If …
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