Criminals are always looking for new ways to break the law, and smugglers are always looking for new ways to traffic drugs without alerting the police. Lately, they have been turning to history for inspiration, recycling methods that have been used in the past. First it was using carrier pigeons to smuggle drugs into prisons, and now it’s using mobile catapults (actually trebuchets, but who’s keeping score) to launch drug shipments across borders. [...]
Shoveling snow—ncreating and settingobody likes to do it, but it’s a task that must be done. One man got creative and found a way to clear snow from his property while simultaneously being able to relax and skip all the hard work. The only drawback is that his creative way of “shoveling” was also highly dangerous, illegal, and got him arrested in the end. [...]
It is a common teen movie trope to have kids positively altering their grades with impunity. This constant plot device has to have some impact on impressionable youths. A group of students at a Kansas high school, in particular, managed to change their grades in the school’s network, but didn’t do so well on the whole impunity thing. [...]
Maybe he wasn’t aware of the laws, or maybe he was just looking to get connected to the Better Business Bureau office with no questions asked when a Minnesota man called the police station with a complaint about a prostitute he had hired. Apparently, the woman took his $200 and left without holding up her part of the deal. [...]
New York City cab drivers were completely resistent to government-installed GPS tackers monitoring their every move—and for good reason. It turns out that after a 26-month investigation, about 75% of them were running a scam. [...]
We’re not sure whether it’s the snow, the cold, or just the fact that criminals are getting too lazy to plan their heists nowadays, but more and more of them are getting caught for the most careless mistakes. And the latest criminal bust involves a group of teens who were not only were haphazard with their crime, but also left a direct trail to themselves for police to follow. [...]
Jerome Taylor, 20, got a bit more than he bargained for while attempting to rob a restaurant. One thing he underestimated was the very real threat of kitchen workers’ knives in contrast with his very unreal weapon of choice: his iPhone. [...]
In the history of lame attempts at crime, there are many that have made our hall of fame: the stick up robber, the dough boys, and now, the Stumbling Cell Phone Robber. [...]
When looking to travel, there are a multitude of ticketing options: booking websites, and even travel blogs to help you get where you need to go. But the method of travel from this story is uncommon, and sadly does not come with a round-trip flight. [...]
It’s comforting to think that when we clear our browser history any potentially incriminating information is eliminated for good. In fact, not only is the data easily recoverable, but any seasoned IT professional can find your secrets in 30 minutes or less. [...]
A robbery attempt ended with the arrest of a would-be robber thanks to the efforts of a brave 17-year-old boy. After going into a small corner store and demanding money from the teen, the thief received more than he bargained for. Instead of forking over the cash like the robber had planned, the boy began hitting the man, and then chased him through the streets for about half an hour until the criminal was pinned down and arrested. [...]
Maybe he was just tired of getting beat in Call of Duty, but whatever caused the 17-year-old Manchester gamer to try to take revenge on the entire online network better have been worth getting arrested for. [...]
Digital theft is incredibly common in this day and age; especially with people illegally downloading software and music every second all over the world. What you don’t usually hear about, however, is people stealing Web sites themselves, or in this case, Web site addresses. [...]
After walking into a local bank and demanding money, Angelique Guillory knew she would have the police looking for her. But instead of trying to get as far away from the scene of the crime as possible, Guillory chose to hide out for a while until things cooled down. [...]
