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Airport Worker Accused Of Stealing Guns From Travelers, Trading Them For Pot
Whenever you check your bag before a flight, you’re putting a high degree of trust in airport staff that they won’t help themselves to the things inside. Yet another baggage handler has been accused of...
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Police: Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Passenger, More Victims May Be Out There
An Uber driver in southern California has been arrested “on suspicion of various sexual assault crimes” after he was accused of parking his van and sexually assaulting a sleeping passenger near her...
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Woman Accused Of Choking Girl For Blocking Her View During Disney Fireworks Show
It can be frustrating to have someone blocking your view during an exciting moment like a fireworks show. But that doesn’t mean you should resort to violence if someone is in your way. Police in Orange...
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Victim’s FitBit Data Plays Part In Husband’s Arrest For Her Murder
A murdered Connecticut woman may not be able to point out the person who killed her, but police say data obtained from her FitBit fitness tracker helped lead to the arrest of her husband. According to...
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Man Assumed He Could Grow Marijuana Because He “Thought It Would Be Legal Soon”
Sure, some bartenders might serve you a beer a few hours before your official 21st birthday, but that’s a far cry from growing 40 marijuana plants under the assumption that your state is going to...
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Uber Driver Charged With Raping Passenger
An Uber driver in California has been charged with raping a female passenger in his car in March, after he picked her up from a company function. According to the Orange County District Attorney’s...
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Google, Facebook Employees Targeted In $100M Phishing Scam
When the Justice Department recently said that two major tech companies had paid out a total of $100 million to a scammer posing as a hardware manufacturer, it chose to not name the businesses that had...
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Flower Shop Owner Accused Of Stealing Plants From Cemetery
You might walk past a grave and see a beautiful bouquet of flowers and think “Those would look good in my living room,” but (we’re hoping) you don’t follow through on the impulse for free flora....
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Bloodhound Sniffs Out Pizza Thieves Who Lured Delivery Driver To Abandoned House
It’s not an episode of Scooby-Doo* but a recent crime caper in California does sound pretty darn close: A police bloodhound came to the rescue after teens lured a Domino’s delivery driver to an...
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Pizza Hut Worker Pepper-Sprayed Coworker In Dispute Over Toppings
We often hear of customers overreacting during conflicts with store employees and restaurant workers, but sometimes, even fast food coworkers turn on each other. Police in the Sandy Springs suburb of...
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Online Eyeglass Vendor Who Threatened Customers Arrested Again For Running...
You may remember the bizarre tale of Vitaly Borker, the man who served three years in prison for trying to boost his Google search ranking by harassing his customers online. Federal prosecutors say...
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Digital Rights Advocates Sue Justice Dept. To Learn More About FBI Paying Off...
A child pornography case in California has grown into a strange thing over the years, as lawyers for the defendant argued — and later proved — that the FBI had been paying Best Buy employees after they...
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The Russians Are After Our Chocolate And Slot Machines
When you think of mobsters involved in trafficking stolen goods, perhaps you drugs, cigarettes, and guns come to mind. But the more than 30 people associated with an alleged Russian crime syndicate in...
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Angry About Onions In Your Food? Please Keep Your Pants On
Is it upsetting to receive an ingredient in your food that you do not like? Sure. But please, the next time your meal isn’t satisfactory, just remember to keep your pants on: Police in Pittsburgh say a...
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Police Catch Suspects Trying, Failing To Cram $1M In Meth-Laced Candy Into Car
When Houston police showed up to investigate a report of a home burglary, they likely weren’t expecting to find two people attempting to flee the scene in a car overstuffed with 600 pounds of...
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Armed Robber Forces Family To Take Him Shopping At Target
A North Carolina family went on a very scary shopping trip on Tuesday, after Durham police say a man knocked on their door to ask for money, and then forced them at gunpoint to take him shopping at...
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Convenience Store Clerk Shames Would-Be Robber Into Apologizing
Proving that a guilty conscience can be a powerful thing, a convenience store clerk in South Carolina shamed an armed man who was trying to rob the store into backing out of the dastardly deed. Horry...
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Mail Carrier Admits To Taking Bribes To Deliver Drugs Along Her Route
The Mail Carrier Hall Of Shame has a new inductee: A USPS worker in Florida has admitted to accepting bribes in exchange for delivering marijuana to a man named “Steve” along her route. According to...
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DOJ Shuts Down Online ‘Dark Market’ Peddling Opioids, Guns, & Hacking Tools
The world of criminal marketplaces selling deadly drugs, counterfeit products, malware, and weapons just got a bit smaller: The Department of Justice says it’s shut down AlphaBay, what it calls the...
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Here’s A Gas Pump Skimmer That Texts Victims’ Card Data To Crooks
For the crooks operating skimmers on gas pumps, ATMs, or retail credit card terminals, an important part of their business model is getting the data from the devices. One way around this problem is to...
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