Crime

An Eastern European man thought he had come up with a novel way getting out of a speeding ticket: As he was being written up, he let himself into the back of the cop car and informed the officer he was going to beat the ticket because of police brutality. Then the schemer proceed to beat himself up with a series of vicious punches to the jaw.

Aspiring criminals listen up: If you're planning on robbing a bank, it pays to make sure the teller can read your threatening note.

A Seattle-area costumed superhero who goes by "Phoenix Jones" was arrested on four counts of assault early Sunday morning after pepper-spraying a group of people outside of a nightclub. Jones, who wears a black and yellow body armor suit and describes himself as the leader of the Rain City Superhero Movement, claims he was breaking up a fight. The alleged combatants, however, say they we

Chalk one up for the good guys! In Ocala, FL., a fearless mother forcibly wrestled an armed gunman to the ground and detained him until authorities arrived at the scene, according to MSNBC.

An armed robber was caught on tape holding up a clerk in a jewelry store in Istanbul, Turkey. But he didn't count on the clerk's 12-year-old son, who makes a thrilling rescue in this intense video.

Here's a little pro tip for those of you planning on holding up a convenience store: make sure a cop isn't standing right behind you. Otherwise you'll look like an idiot like the criminal in this video.

Estevan Tapia was leading police on a 10-mile car chase when he was overcome with the urge to relieve himself. So the Albuquerque, NM., man pulled over and indulged himself on the pavement -- all the while with a beer bottle in hand.

Instead of just getting fake IDs like the rest of us, three 19-year-olds from Covina, CA devised a plot to steal two 30-packs of Tecate beer from a local grocery. According to police, Nicholas Kalscheuer and Nicholas Fiumetto each tried to walk out of the store with a case of the suds. However, a store employee noticed what they were doing and followed the duo, causing Kalscheuer to drop the beer

Jeremy Combs couldn't bear the thought of eating Taco Bell without some extra spice. So when the 30-year-old returned home from the the fast food restaurant and found no hot sauce in his order, he hopped right into his pick up truck, drove back to Taco Bell, and pulled a shotgun on the drive-thru worker responsible for the oversight.

Looking ragged and ornery, eight Amish men were booked into the Graves County, Kentucky jail earlier this week for contempt of court after they refused to pay fines releated to not affixing orange safety triangles to their horse and buggies.

Nicolas Cage has been involved in some pretty bizarre scenes as an actor, but a real-life incident that he described while promoting his home invasion thriller ‘Trespass’ at the Toronto Film Festival may top them all.

Josephine Smith wasn't kidding when she approached 69-year-old Milton Ellis Wednesday night in the parking lot of a shuttered St. Petersburg, Florida Hooters and declared "I’m a vampire, I am going to eat you.”

While the death of Russell Armstrong, estranged husband of 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Taylor Armstrong, has officially been ruled a suicide, a member of his family believes foul play may have been to blame, 'Today' reports.

Another day, another person disguised as a fictional character commits a crime. The other day, Gumby was busted for trying to rob a 7-11 and now, Darth Vader has robbed a gas station and taking off on a bike. Guess they never did finish that second Death Star ...

According to court documents, a 42-year-old Dutch woman called a man she described as an ex-boyfriend 65,000 times in the past year.