Category: Bizarre

Dumb as a Stump or Clever as a Fox? Accused Murderer Released Due to Low IQ

eric_falardeauEric Falardeau, 29, seems to have found an advantage in being subintelligent. Falardeau is accused of beating to death William Beal of Salem, Massachusetts outside of a tavern. Now, Lawrence Superior Court Judge Howard Whitehead has ruled that he lacks the intelligence to stand trial for the 2000 murder and therefore will be released.

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Modest Trespass: Police Called to Swinger’s Club to Deal With Man Who Refused to Take Clothes Off

thumb_policeman_cartoonNow, this is an interesting trespass and disorderly conduct case out of Australia. The White Cockatoo resort has complained that a Brisbane man and his wife came to an “anything only” sex party but the man refused to take his clothes off.
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Mascot Abuse: Police Face an Outbreak of Assaults on Costumed Characters

180px-mcgruff250px-cec_logo1There appears to be a crime wave sweeping the nation’s as people beat down mascot ranging from Chuck E. Cheese to Officer McGruff to Chick-fil-A. The attacks on the thin costumed line of Mascots in our society raises some serious concerns and may demand a new type undercover unit.

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Meltdown In the Detroit City Council: Leaders Accused of Racist Remark

monica_conyers_bioThe continued fall of the Detroit City Council into chaos appears to have continued with a disturbing account of where white witnesses were told to “go home” and told not to speak the name of President Barach Obama. The hearing, headed by Council President Monica Conyers, leaves the impression of a major city in free fall. This is being widely reported on the Internet but appears based on a single Op-Ed from the Detroit News.
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I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Lawsuit: New Zealand Mall To Use Manilow Tunes to Punish Loitering Teens

220px-barrymanilowFor many months, denizens of this blog have mocked my crusade against exposure to Barry Manilow songs (Friends Don’t Let Friends Listen to Manilow). Now, the New Zealand city of Christchurch is going to play Manilow songs to drive off teenagers from a mall area.

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HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY!

fermatFor those math geeks ready to party hearty, Square Root day is back. These days come only nine times each century and March 3, 2009 is one such day. (3/3/09 or the square root of nine). Citizens should be cautious as pocket-protector and pencil laden math fiends hit the streets across America looking for some crazy fun with calculators and multiplication tables. It is the one day that you can party like it is the 1999 Math Game.

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California Man Drives Over Bank and Then Steals Ambulance Sent to Rescue Him

250px-chp_shieldAfter Derick Gates, 20, drove his 2003 Honda Accord over a bank and collided with trees, he was understandably delighted to see an ambulance and emergency workers arrive. Unlike most drivers in distress, however, Gates saw the rescue as something of an opportunity: he stole the ambulance.
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Hoax Caller Convinces Kentucky Fried Chicken Workers to Discharge Fire Extinguishers and to Undress in Restaurant

160px-kfc_logosvgEmployees of the Kentucky Fried Chicken in Manchester, New Hampshire are no fools. Sure, a hoax caller who said he was from corporate convinced all three of them to discharge the fire extinguishers in the restaurant and then convinced them to strip. However, when they were told to urinate on each other, they suspected something was not quite right. The Colonel, it seems, rarely asks for employees to urinate on each other during business hours. That is when the Hazmat unit was called in.

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Poison Pen Letter: Chicago Man Arrested for Sending HIV-Positive Letter to President Obama

225px-official_portrait_of_barack_obama Saad Hussein, an Ethiopian immigrant in Chicago, has been arrested for allegedly sending Obama and his staff envelopes containing HIV-infected blood. This is the second time that someone has been charged with sending tainted blood in the mail with malicious intent. What is interesting about these crimes is the fact that there is virtually no chance of actual harm.
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