Back in March when I wrote about Megan Campbell (the woman who hit her own car with a city vehicle and then sued the city for damages), I thought it was a first. But it seems I missed a similar case from 2006. This one involved a Lodi, California, dump truck driver named Curtis Gokey. …
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Jesus Christ, Justice System
A couple of stories in a recent News of the Weird column caught my eye just now for all the wrong reasons. A judge in California took the rare step of reducing a mandatory 25 year sentence in a child sex case involving a 3-year-old girl to 10 years because, to make a long story …
Welcome To Cleveland
If you’re going to mess with people, this is a pretty awesome way to do it. In 1978, Mark Gubin painted the words “Welcome to Cleveland” in 6 foot lettering on the roof of his house so that people flying into the nearby airport would be sure to see them. That’s a nice thing to …
If You Get It Up One More Time, You’re Going Down
This is hilarious. Dangerous and awful, but hilarious. An officer was flagged down about a man trapped in a portable toilet near the Eastbank Esplanade at 8 a.m. The Honey Bucket’s door was against the ground, so Portland Fire & Rescue personnel responded to lift it back up and free the man who was inside. …
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Hey Backpacker. Wanna See My Bag?
Most news headlines are pretty quick and to the point, but in the case of William Nicolas O’Donnell I kind of understand why they may have felt it necessary to title this one Women aged under 40 banned from Northern Territory man’s farm after he threatened backpacker with a knife and forced one to watch …
You Missed One, Checkpoint Guy
When you’re as drunk as Logan Shaulis appears to have been, generally you’re doing your best to avoid DUI checkpoints, not parking your car across a highway, pretending you’re a state trooper and pulling people over because you’ve decided that you *are* the DUI checkpoint. Troopers say 19-year-old Logan Shaulis, of Somerset, parked his vehicle …
Alright. There’s Only One Way To Settle This. Whoever’s Phone Can Call An Ambulance The Fastest Wins!
I have no idea why, but the iPhone vs. Android debate can get pretty intense sometimes. They’re just phones that you’ll be replacing in 2 or 3 years, losers! Get a life. But as nasty as it can be, I think this here brings things to a new low. Tulsa police say a woman found …
Don’t Make Me Throw Tea On You, You Old Bag
Sign I’ve been doing this for a while: I’m about to write the words this is pretty much your standard Floridian trailer park food feud arrest without so much as batting an eye. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office was called shortly before 11:30 p.m. Friday to the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park on U.S. 1 in …
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Hey Little Girl, Is Your Daddy Home? I Suppose That He Is, Since I’m Feeling His Bone.
Dear Corey Huddleston: While getting friendly with the family of the object of your affection is generally a good idea, this is not what most families have in mind. I doubt it’s going to do much to get them to overlook the small matter of the 38 year age difference, either. Huddleston allegedly went to …
That Guy Just Took My Phone. I’d Better Call The Me
When there are only 2 customers in the store one of whom is you and the other is a uniformed police officer, that’s a bad time to test out your I’m going to swipe something from this guy without him noticing skills. On Monday at 12:27 p.m., the officer momentarily put his cell phone down …
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