Wacky Crimes

Weave thieves have struck again, robbing an Atlanta beauty supply store for high-dollar hair extensions, Atlanta police said. Thieves broke the window of  Lexi’s Beauty Supply with a brick, but got away with just $60 dollars of merchandise, the store’s owner Travis Tipton said. The break in is the latest in a recent trend of […]

Two British men were sentenced to two years in prison for burning a man’s genitals with a hair straightening iron. Christopher Lilley and Richard Johnson admitted that they attacked Antony Dabbs, 18, in March over a drug debt. Dabbs moved away from the area and says he suffers from post traumatic stress disorder following the […]

WASHINGTON — An air traffic controller has been suspended for watching a movie when he was supposed to be monitoring aircraft, deepening the Federal Aviation Administration’s embarrassment following at least five cases of controllers sleeping on the job.

LOS ANGELES– A man who robbed a donut shop forced a clerk at gun point to drink liquid soap in attempts to coerce him to disclose the safe combination.

Montgomery County Police say a man arrested for throwing semen on a woman in July is also responsible for a similar assault that occurred at another store in November 2009. It happened at the Michael’s craft store in the Kentland’s Shopping Center.

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in coastal Florida say a black teenager is accused of attacking a white man for listening to rap music and could be charged with a hate crime. Police took the 14-year-old Palm Bay boy into custody late Monday and charged him with battery. Police spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez says the teen […]