Man Swallowed Diamond Ring at Jewellery Store Because He “Fell Into a Trance”
An Irish man who swallowed an expensive diamond ring at a jewellery store in Turkey recently told prosecutors that he wasn’t himself when he did it, because he “fell into a trance” the moment he saw the beautiful diamond. Ian Campbell, who was vacationing in the Turkish seaside resort of Marmaris, was arrested on October […]
Veterinary Student Pretended to Save Dozens of Horses Before Selling Them to Slaughterhouses
A young Alabama vet student was recently arrested for allegedly pulling off one of the sickest scams imaginable. She took older horses from their owners, promising that they would live out the rest of their lives in a sanctuary, but later sold them to be slaughtered. 24-year-old Fallon Blackwood used her educational background as a […]
California Family Baffled by Security Video of Man Licking Their Doorbell Button
A California family recently notified police about a strange man who had expressed his love for their high-tech doorbell in an explicit manner, after security camera footage showed him licking the doorbell button for no logical reason. The Dungan family had just returned to their Salinas home last Saturday morning when they decided to check […]
Volunteer Firefighter Accused of Setting Houses on Fire Because He Was Bored
A 19-year-old volunteer firefighter from western Pennsylvania was recently charged with arson, criminal mischief and risking catastrophe after allegedly setting two houses on fire out of boredom. Last month, police in Munhall, a community located about 8 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, arrested Ryan Laubham, a local volunteer firefighter, for allegedly setting fire to a pair […]
Russian City Declares War on Stationary Speed Cameras
Police in the Russian city of Sevastopol are scrambling to find the vandals responsible for destroying over a dozen speed cameras in the last month. Reports of damaged stationary speed cameras and the solar panels that power them started coming in at the start of December, and police soon realized that these weren’t just isolated […]
Man Pretends to Be a Police Officer for 12 Years
A Chinese man was recently arrested and charged with fraud for impersonating a police officer. He’s definitely not the first person to do that, but what makes his case special is that he managed to convince everyone around him that he was a real police officer for 12 years. 41-year-old Wang Feng had always wanted […]
Judges Forces Deer Poacher to Watch ‘Bambi’ At Least Once a Month For a Year
A Missouri poacher who is suspected to have illegally killed hundreds of deer over the past decade has recently been ordered to watch the Disney classic ‘Bambi’ at least once a month for one year, as part of his sentence. It’s not clear exactly how many deer David Berry and his two sons – David […]
Thai Man Sets Up Fake Jewelry Store to Rob Jeweler of $300,000 Diamond
A Thai conman was recently arrested and charged with robbery after successfully pulling out a sophisticated plan that involved setting up a fake jewlery store and luring an Indian businessman there so he could steal a valuable diamond. 59-year-old Pipatpongpat Suksawatpipat, the man arrested for the ingenious robbery, was once a prosperous jewlery trader himself, […]
Police Slammed for Spending Almost $600 on DNA Tests to Catch Thief of $2 Yogurt Bottle
Police in the Taiwanese city of Taipei were accused of wasting taxpayers’ money on solving stupid cases, after local media revealed that they recently conducted DNA tests worth hundreds of dollars to find out who drank a student’s $2 yogurt bottle. Sharing a fridge with roommates in college usually means accepting that, from time to […]
Thief Steals Laptop, Sends Apologetic Email to Owner
A university student who recently had his laptop stolen allegedly received an apology email from the thief, in which the person tried to justify the crime by claiming that they were really poor. The apologetic email went viral on Twitter after Birmingham-resident Stevie Valentine shared a screengrab of it captioned “So my flat mates laptop got […]
Exhausted Burglar Falls Asleep on the Job
Russian media recently reported the comical case of a burglar who last week broke into an office building in the city of Orenburg and then fell asleep in an office chair. The botched burglary took place on November 20th, when a 36-year-old man fraudulently entered a private office building on Sharlykskoye Road, in Orenburg, by […]
Russian Scientist Allegedly Stabs Colleague Who Kept Revealing the Endings of Books He Was Reading
A Russian scientist working at the Bellingshausen research station on King George Island, in Antarctica, was charged with attempted murder after he stabbed a fellow colleague with a kitchen knife for allegedly revealing the endings of books that he was reading. 55-year-old Sergey Savitsky and Oleg Beloguzov, 52, had been working together at Russia’s remote Bellingshausen for four years […]
Shop Owner Asks Robbers to Come Back Later if They Want More Money, They Listen, Get Arrested
A group of six delinquents have been dubbed “the dumbest robbers in Belgium” after falling for a trick so simple that Dumb and Dumber could see through it. The unbelievably stupid robbery attempt took place on Saturday, when a group of six armed men walked into an e-cigarette shop on the outskirts of the Belgian […]
Lonely Man Faces Jail Time for Calling Police 45,000 Times in One Year
A 55-year-old Turkish man is facing up to five years in jail for “preventing public officials from performing their duty”. His crime – phoning the police 45,210 times in just one year. Şeref Can, a divorced man from Istanbul’s Bayrampaşa district, allegedly called the police line well over 100 times per day between May 15, 2017 […]
Real-Life “The Joker” Terrorises English Town
A wannabe ‘killer clown’ who dressed like popular Batman villain The Joker was recently jailed for terrorizing the people of Nottinghamshire, in England, for three months. 29-year-old Damien Hammond, a homeless and jobless man who styled himself like Heath Ledger’s character in the hit movie The Dark Knight Rises, has been jailed for 22 weeks and […]