Russian Police Officers Busted for Faking Drug Bust
A couple of police officers in Russia were convicted for busting a drug den that they had created themselves in order to boost their performance rating. Senior detective Ivan Mantrov and Yury Titov, the head of a police station in the Russian city of Kostroma, allegedly convinced three locals to produce the illegal synthetic drug […]
Japanese Postman “Couldn’t Be Bothered” to Deliver 24,000 Pieces of Mail
A 61-year-old postal worker from the Japanese city of Yokohama was recently arrested for hoarding around 24,000 pieces of mail that he had failed to deliver since back in 2003. Officials at Japan Post, the government-owned mail service, noticed there was something peculiar about the unnamed postal worker’s activity last year, and he was let […]
Prison Soccer Match Between Rival Gangs Ends With 16 Dead
A friendly New Year’s Eve soccer match between teams representing two rival cartels in a Mexican prison turned into a bloodbath after a controversial tackle escalated into a gun fight. For over a decade, Cieneguillas, a medium-security prison in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, has been home to hundreds of dangerous criminals representing no less […]
Restaurant Owner Busted for Lacing Food with Drugs to Keep Customers Coming Back
Rather than improve his noodle recipe, a restaurant owner in China’s Guangxi Province would lace his noodles with opium to get patrons addicted and increase the chances of them coming back for more. The restaurateur’s dirty trick was uncovered by mistake, after someone who ate at his local in Sanjiang Dong Automonous County tested positive […]
Loving Son Disguises Himself as His 60-Year-Old Mother to Take Driving Test on Her Behalf
A 43-year-old man was recently caught wearing an old woman’s disguise during a driving test in an attempt to help his mother get her driving license. After Heitor Schiave’s 60-year-old mother, Maria, failed her driving test three times, the car mechanic felt that he had to do something to help her. Probably thinking that giving […]
Man Allegedly Scratches Car at Dealership So His Father Would Buy It for Him
A 22-year-old man was recently accused of scratching a BMW sedan at a dealership in Jiangxi City for a very bizarre reason – so his father would be forced to buy it for him according to the “you break it you buy it” principle. The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Ji Moubing, reportedly visited the BMW […]
Man Impersonates Airline Pilot So He Can Board Plane Faster
Did you know airplane pilots can skip airport security checks even on flights conducted by other airlines? Well, one Indian businessman certainly did, so he bought himself a pilot uniform so he could board planes faster. Rajan Mahbubani, a 48-year-old consultancy agency owner from New Delhi, was recently arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, […]
Fake Cop Helps Police Stop Suspect in High-Speed Chase, Later Gets Arrested by Real Police
A North Carolina man who allegedly joined a police chase and later handcuffed the suspect at gunpoint was eventually arrested for impersonating a police officer. On the night of October 5, police in Wilson, North Carolina, got some unexpected help during a high-speed car chase. At about 11 pm, they stopped a car in search […]
Man Faces Five Years in Prison for Using Live Cat as Weapon Against Police
A 59-year-old man from Moscow risks spending up to five years behind bard for allegedly using a live cat as a weapon against police, last year. On October 4, 2018, the suspect, Gennady Shcherbakov, was reportedly sitting at the foot of his apartment building’s stairwell. He had been drinking heavily and was causing a ruckus, […]
81-Year-Old Man Gets Jailed Time for Working as Gangsters’ Getaway Driver Because He Was Lonely
Ian Hemmens, an 81-year-old former burger van worker from West Sussex, in England, was recently sentenced to nine months behind bars for aiding an alleged drug dealer flee the country while allegedly working as his getaway driver. Life as a pensioner can get pretty boring and lonely, so much so that some people will do […]
Five So-Called Hitmen Convicted After Subcontracting Deal to Assassinate Businessman To Each Other
A Chinese businessman and five would-be hitmen were recently issued prison sentences after the former reportedly hired one of the assassins to take out one of his competitors only to have the contact passed along to other hitmen until the fee got so small the last of them decided it wasn’t worth the trouble. Six […]
Elderly Man Steals 159 Bicycle Seats Because Someone Stole His
A 61-year-old man from Tokyo’s Ota Ward was recently arrested by Japanese police for allegedly stealing no less than 159 bicycle seats, as a bizarre way of taking revenge for having his own seat stolen last year. Earlier this month, Akio Hatori was apprehended for the alleged theft of a bicycle seat on August 29. […]
Man Wanted by Police for Divorcing Wife Without Telling Her
A Texas man is wanted on a third-degree felony aggravated forgery charge after police discovered that he was trying to get a divorce from his wife without her even knowing he was divorcing her. Paul Nixon, 51, of Harris County, in Texas, allegedly forged his wife’s signature as well as that of a public notary […]
Store Clerk Memorizes Credit Card Info from Over 1,300 People, Uses It Online
Not everyone chooses to use their superpowers for good; case in point, this Japanese store clerk who used his amazing photographic memory to memorize the credit card info of over a thousand clients in mere seconds of interacting with them. 34-year-old Yusuke Taniguchi was recently arrested for having stolen the credit card information of over […]
NASA Investigating First Ever Crime in Space After Astronaut Gets Accused of Hacking Bank Account from Space
NASA is said to be investigating a claim that one of its astronauts accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse while on board the International Space Station, in what may be the first crime committed in space. Astronaut Anne McClain and Summer Worden, an Air Force intelligence officer, married in 2014 and split in […]