Breaking news from ABC news where 90’s rapper/celebrity turned reality TV star Vanilla Ice (real name Robert Van Winkle) was arrested for burglary in Florida. The former musician, who rose to fame with his single “Ice, Ice Baby” was bonded out of Palm Beach County jail after being arrested for…
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Profession? “Drug dealer”! Arrested man gets points for honesty
Do you get time off for honesty? A Florida man may soon find out after his arrest. Meet 25-year-old Robert Phillips. He may just be the most honest drug dealer in the state… His most recent arrest sounded like it was custom made for the tv show COPS. While driving…
Man bites dog? In Pinellas Park, wanted fugitive attacks police dog, bitten
From the Tampa Bay Times, a wanted fugitive finds out the hard way not to mess with the Pinellas Park K9 unit… 25-year-old John Hagin was a wanted fugitive out of Georgia. According to the Pinellas Park police, he had a warrant for possession of meth. Police were called out…
Tampa woman crashes into a bar, gets a DUI
A woman drives into a bar…not the beginning of a bad joke but rather an unfortunate incident for the unlucky driver. 29-year-old Sully Marie Torre-Medina was charged with possession of marijuana and DUI with injury after her car crashed into the Independent last Tuesday. The bar, which is located at…
Tampa police take down multiple car thefts, drunk driver all in one night
Bay News 9 has a brief write up about recent events in Tampa that sound like a great Lethal Weapon montage scene… Two seperate police pursuits in Tampa with two stolen vehicles equal four grand theft auto arrests yesterday. Per police reports, four theft suspects were seen stealing a Lexus…
Woman gets DUI because of vanilla extract?
From People magazine, a woman shows that driving under the influence arrests aren’t always because of beer, wine or spirits. We had previously written about a man arrested for DUI who claimed he smelled of alcohol because of the beer-battered fish he consumed. Well in Wayne County, New York a…
Former “Saved by the Bell” star charged with battery
From ABC news. Dustin Diamond, aka “Screech” of Saved by the Bell fame, was arrested in Wisconsin. His charge? Battery with a deadly weapon. The 37-year-old actor stabbed a man in a Wisconsin bar in where he claimed he was defending his fiance. In addition to the battery complaint, he…
REALLY bad Santas…meet some arrested during holiday cheer
From the Washington Post, this holiday season brought out the Christmas spirit in many criminals. Meet a few bank-robbing Santas, drunk driving elves and other Xmas bad guys… Santa robs a bank In Memphis, TN Santa got a start on his post-Christmas break by robbing a bank. The man, who…
His story sounds fishy…DUI or battered fish?
So many people had follow up questions about an earlier post from the smoking gun that here is a follow up. 10th DUI’s the charm? A Wisconsin man who was recently pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence, has a history of DUI’s…and creative excuses! John Przybyla, who…
A male “black widow”? Man may be charged with killing his two wives
Once is a tragedy but is twice murder? Colorado prosecutors think so and is charging a man with the death of both his first AND second wife. A local CBS story has more information. 58-year-old Harold Henthorn is accused of pushing his wife off a cliff in Rocky Mountain park…