Recently, this blog explored the criminal charges against men who have liaison with inanimate objects ranging from bikes to gates to picnic tables, click here. However, now Edward Smith has publicly admitted that he has made love to over 1000 cars, including his current serious relationship with ,a white Volkswagen Beetle named Vanilla. It appears that in England sex with a bike in private will get you jail time, but motorized “girlfriends” are apparently acceptable. Continue reading “Love Bug: Man Admits to Sex with Over 1000 Cars — and One Helicopter”
Category: Criminal law
Judge Robert Somma of the United States Bankruptcy Court has everyone debating whether he is a judge or not. Somma first resigned after being caught drunk driving while wearing a dress and make up. He then tried to unresign and now it is not clear and a few litigants and their lawyers would like to know.
Continue reading “Are You In or Are You Out? Judge Summa Resigns and Then Un-Resigns After Drunk Driving Arrest”
In a glimpse into the insanity and inhumanity that fuels Al Qaeda, Pakistani police have found this video of a 12-year-old boy who cuts off the head of a victim and holds the severed head up as the adults scream “Allah o Akbar” joyfully at the scene. Police have also uncovered what they called a “suicide training nursery.”
Continue reading “Video: 12-Year-Old Beheads Victim as Al Qaeda Members Cheer”
It was not enough that Christine Ruther, 19, broke into a candy store. It wasn’t even the fact that she removed her baby from the stroller to fill it with hot candy. It was the fact that the police were able to follow the candy wrappers to arrest her and her confectionery criminal friends in Cincinnati.
This blog has been following (and criticizing) the increasing criminalization of America as politicians make every infraction a crime. The Canton City Council is now joining this trend with a reckless abandon: threatening to jail citizens who do not cut their grass.
Continue reading “Backyard or Prison Yard: Canton Officials Want to Send Lawn Scofflaws to Jail”
Adam Serafin, 26, has made a little of legal history in the most disgusting possible way. He was convicted of third-degree sexual abuse in Texas without any skin-on-skin contact as previously required. He was found guilty of masturbating on a friend’s wife in December. It is a ruling that could have significance in other cases.
Continue reading “Oregon Case Expands Definition of Sexual Assault”
One of the great divides between the United States and England is the scope and protection given to free speech, particularly when it comes to the media. Now, it appears that even a speech during a protest is regulated by the government. An unnamed teenager was charged criminally after he held up a sign reading “Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult.” Whether true or not, it is a view shared by many around the world. It also appears to be a crime to utter in England. Continue reading “Student Charged Criminally for Using the Word “Cult” to Describe Scientology During London Protests”
Arthur Price is charged in Ohio as a serial violator of . . . . picnic tables. He was allegedly filmed three times having sex with the picnic table in a public park. He is not unique, however, in his selection of paramours as the man-on-bike and man-on-gate stories below indicate. Nevertheless, the video of Ten Ten Reasons the Man Had Sex with a Picnic Table by Letterman are hilarious.
Continue reading “Pining for Yew: Man Arrested for Having Sex with Picnic Table”
In Boulder, Colorado, two men arguing over a parking spot drew tasers and shot each other. Restaurant owner Harvey Epstein of Mamacitas was charged in the incident with fellow taser-slinger Casey M. Dane, the supervisor for Colorado Security Services.
Continue reading “The New High Noon: Two Men Draw Tasers and Shoot Each Other”
It turns out the Max Mosley’s alleged Nazi-orgy fantasy may have been only half as interesting as reality. He contested that there was any Nazi theme to the encounter. Unbeknownst to Mosley, one of the prostitutes in the orgy appears to be the wife of a MI5 spy. For those who work in the national security field, it is a surprising development given the background checks common for top clearances. Even as a lawyer, my clearances have come with elaborate field interviews and polygraphs. This was a fatal disclosure for the spy who hid an obvious vulnerability to blackmail or pressure from a foreign intelligence source. The MI5 officer has since resigned. Continue reading “Max Mosley Prostitute Turns Out to be Wife of MI5 Spy”
Another pastor of a megachurch has been busted. This time it is Joe Barron who was captured in an undercover Internet sting allegedly trying to meet with a 13-year-old girl following sexual communications. The 52-year-old paster of the 26,000 member Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano was actually speaking with a detective.
Continue reading “Laying Hands Upon the Kinder: Megachurch Pastor Busted in Internet Sex Sting”
The FBI agent in charge of the campaign-finance probe of Southfield lawyer Geoffrey Fieger denied that he was abusive to possible witnesses as they have claimed. Jeffrey Rees said that he was merely trying to get them to tell the truth. There has been no action taken against Rees, even though some of these accusers appear quite credible and his alleged misconduct has undermined the federal case.
Continue reading “Agent Denies Abusive Tactics in Feiger Case”
In Karachi, citizens carried out their own justice after finding two men stealing from a bus. The beart them severely and then set them on fire. Previously, three robbers were burned alive. [Warning: the link below has graphic images]
Continue reading “Pakistanis Burn Robbers Alive in Growing Trend”
In another serious move against first speech, the Dutch have arrested a cartoonist for insulting before on the basis of their race and religion. It is a core free speech issue and, while the cartoonist known as Gregorius Nekschot may be obnoxious, it should be a matter of concern for those who believe in an open and robust environment for speech. As noted below, cartoonists appear a new obsession with governments. Continue reading “No Laughing Matter: Dutch Arrest Cartoonist for Insulting People”
Gerard Skills was upset that he was not view stable or skilled enough to drive a taxi, so he should his employer that he was wrong to fire him by slitting a rabbit’s throat and leaving it to die on his doorstep.
Continue reading “N.Y. Taxi Driver Slits Rabbit’s Throat and Leaves it on Ex-Boss’s Doorstep”