Category: Crime
Aaron Kosminski.
Polish barber that a detective of the day claims was Jack the Ripper.
Post date: Friday, July 14th, 2006.
SkySeer.
Unmanned drone to be tested in Los Angeles for use as a law enforcement surveillance tool.
Post date: Monday, June 19th, 2006.
Death vans.
China operates a fleet of mobile execution vehicles. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 15th, 2006.
Lucky and Flo.
Dogs that have been trained to sniff out counterfeit DVDs.
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
Doughnapped.
Kidnappers have taken the Pillsbury Doughboy and are threatening to bake him. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 4th, 2006.
War is over.
Mexico to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs.
Post date: Monday, May 1st, 2006.
Boeoegg.
Snowman effigy burned annually to celebrate the killing of Winter’s evil spirit has been kidnapped by a radical Swiss militant group. (via)
Post date: Monday, April 24th, 2006.
ShotSpotter.
Gunshot-locator system uses microphones attached to buildings to pinpoint where shootings have occured. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 13th, 2006.
Nrangheta.
Italian mafia plans to smuggle cocaine in from Colombia were foiled when they were caught trying to build a submarine.
Post date: Friday, March 31st, 2006.
Scent bank.
China is storing human body odors to help police dogs track down criminals.
Post date: Thursday, March 16th, 2006.
Laser Scaling and Measurement Device for Photographic Images.
Measuring device created to monitor Space Shuttle damage is now being used in crime scene investigations.
Post date: Tuesday, February 28th, 2006.
Y chromosome profile.
DNA may be used in crime investigations to predict the last name of the suspect. (via)
Post date: Thursday, February 23rd, 2006.
eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile.
Taser manufacturer develops electric shock system delivered by 12-gauge shotgun shells. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006.
SelectaDNA.
Invisible DNA-based substance acts like permanent marker by staying on marked valuables for up to 30 years.
Post date: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006.
Great Train Track Robbery.
German thieves steal 5 kilometers of railroad track.
Post date: Monday, February 6th, 2006.
Sticky situation.
Gumshoes finally nab the bubblegum bandit. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 30th, 2006.
Cold case.
French police conduct a two year murder investigation on the skeleton of a woman and discover that she died almost 600 years ago.
Post date: Tuesday, January 24th, 2006.
Loophole.
Thai man busted in Singapore for dealing drugs escapes caning by getting a sex change.
Post date: Saturday, January 21st, 2006.
Here lies BMW.
Ohio man buries his car to collect insurance.
Post date: Wednesday, January 18th, 2006.
Lend me your ears.
Forensic anthropologist to testify in bank robbery case about the accused man’s earlobes.
Post date: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006.
Naked Rambler Strikes Back.
Naked Rambler, the man who showed up to his public indecency trial naked, has violated his parole by not wearing any clothes as he walked out of prison.
Post date: Tuesday, January 10th, 2006.
Sami fleshscraper.
Norwegian museum anonymously receives relic 42 years after it was apparently stolen and has ‘no idea’ what the object is. (via)
Post date: Saturday, January 7th, 2006.
Can’t you see I’m in a hurry?
Impatient bank robber takes off his mask to yell at teller, thus blowing his cover. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 6th, 2006.
Not for sale. Not for free.
Post date: Thursday, January 5th, 2006.
You asked for it.
Bank robber uses getaway car with vanity plates that say “FINDME“.
Post date: Thursday, January 5th, 2006.
Kleptomaniac.
Woman being charged with theft steals camera that took her mugshot photo. (via)
Post date: Saturday, December 17th, 2005.
Dead Body Guy.
Man who wants to play dead for a living. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 13th, 2005.
Reach out and rob someone.
New Zealand man tries and fails to rob a bank by phone.
Post date: Friday, December 9th, 2005.
Deja vu.
Prisoner escapes after posing as his identical twin brother.
Post date: Monday, November 7th, 2005.
Dead drunk.
Bartender sent to prison for mixing a drink that killed a customer. (recipe)
Post date: Monday, October 31st, 2005.
Hip ‘n’ stitch?
Man is reunited with wallet forty years after it was stolen. (via)
Post date: Friday, October 21st, 2005.
I see dead people.
Outdoor marketing campaign that used people made up to look like they had been murdered.
Post date: Friday, October 21st, 2005.
Free Juan!
Florida sheriff has wrongly accused a stuffed animal of ‘loitering’.
Post date: Tuesday, October 18th, 2005.
Sue the Maker.
Romanian prisoner sues God for failing to save him from the devil.
Post date: Monday, October 17th, 2005.
Jedi mind trick.
Hypnotist in Moldova has stolen ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ by hypnotizing bank tellers.
Post date: Wednesday, October 12th, 2005.
Low-tech hi-jack.
Man commandeers freight train with a bow and arrow.
Post date: Tuesday, October 11th, 2005.
Honest crook.
Man robs coffee stand then pays for coffee with the stolen money.
Post date: Tuesday, October 11th, 2005.
Sin city.
Bankrupt New Orleans may have to start releasing prisoners.
Post date: Friday, October 7th, 2005.
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