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| Levi Detweiler, a 17-year-old Amish youth, is accused of leading police on a low-speed one-mile chase on July 18 when he allegedly refused to pull over while driving his horse and buggy. He was charged with possession of alcohol and "overdriving an animal." (Cattaraugus County Sheriffs Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Levi Detweiler, a 17-year-old Amish youth, is accused of leading police on a low-speed one-mile chase on July 18 when he allegedly refused to pull over while driving his horse and buggy. He was charged with possession of alcohol and "overdriving an animal." (Cattaraugus County Sheriffs Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| A one-armed man charged with un-armed robbery? Police in Springfield, Mass., say Manuel Hernandez, who has one arm, strong-armed a 68-year-old man for his wallet last week. (Springfield Police Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Talk about a fake sick note. Police in central Pennsylvania say a middle school teacher lied for years about having an inoperable brain tumor so she could take sick leave. Leslie Herneisey, 51, of Middletown faces 12 counts of forgery. (Lower Swatara Township Police Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Talk about getting caught on candid camera. Police in Iowa say Terrance Mitchell was recorded by surveillance cameras trying to steal surveillance cameras from a home improvement store. (Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Assault suspect Jesse Thornhill's distinctive body modifications make his mug shot easily recognizable. The 28-year-old is accused of trying to run over his landlord in a minivan. (Tulsa County Sheriff's Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Drunken driving is no laughing matter -- even if the suspect's name is Donald Duck. Police in Massillon, Ohio, arrested a man who shares his name with the beloved Disney waterfowl. Officers say Duck was driving drunk when he repeatedly bumped into another car while waiting in line at a drive-through restaurant. (CJIS Stark County) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Michelle Perrino allegedly set a fire in her office in Port Richey, Fla., so she could leave work early. (Pasco Sheriff's Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Elizabeth Breeden just wanted a cold drink. Unfortunately, she turned out in jail. The Florida woman was charged with battery for allegedly attacking her boyfriend in a scuffle over the last can of Natural Light beer in their home. (Pasco County Sheriff's Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Police say Joy Cassidy didn't hold the mayo. The 74-year-old is suspected of pouring mayonnaise into a library return box -- and investigators think she might be behind about 10 other recent condiment crimes in which library books were damaged in Boise, Idaho. (Photo provided by Ada County Jail) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Talk about dialing the wrong number. Police say Audrey Scott of Alliance, Ohio, called 911 five times in an hour on June 8 and asked operators to help her find a husband. She was hit with misdemeanor charges and served three days in jail. (Alliance Police Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Dillon Makuski, of Amherst, Wis., was sentenced to 30 months of probation on June 4 after he was caught trying to steal dirty diapers from a home. The 20-year-old was also hit with 200 hours of community service and a mandatory psycho-sexual examination for the September incident. (AP Photo/Portage County Sheriff's Dept. via WSAW-TV) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Here's what happens when you mix "Twilight" and moonshine. According to police, Andrew Whiteman drunkenly attempted to break into a drugstore on April 17, then claimed to be an immortal vampire who was more than 100 years old. The 21-year-old reportedly told police in New Russia Township, Ohio, that he wanted to drink their blood and eat a female law enforcement official's kidney. (Lorain County Sheriff's Deparment) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Guy Edward Jones wanted a hot meal, but he turned out in the cooler. The Sissonville, W.Va., man is accused of burning down his house after getting angry because his wife didn't have dinner on the table when he returned home on May 23. (AP Photo/West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Talk about playing dead. When Nicole April Kelly escaped from police on May 13, she hid from cops in a Mifflintown, Penn., funeral home. Though early reports indicated she actually hid inside a coffin while trying to elude authorities, a funeral home employee told AOL News she was actually found hiding behind a casket. (Sheriff's Office of Juniata County) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Katrina Bryant (left) and Melanese Reid (right) weren't happy when workers at a Wendy's in Daytona Beach, Fla., didn't give them packets of mayonnaise and mustard. So Reid allegedly ran into the fast-food joint and chased workers with a Taser. (Volusia County Sheriff Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Just because you won three NASCAR races in the early 1980s doesn't mean you can outrun the law. James Neal was arrested May 17, after he was pulled over on a minor traffic violation in San Diego. He allegedly led deputies on a high-speed chase for nearly 50 miles, on I-5 to I-805. (AP Photo/Orange County Sheriff's Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Police in Chicopee, Mass., have charged a 24-year-old Matthew Brace with reckless endangerment of a child after he allegedly offered to swap his 3-month-old baby girl for two 40-ounce bottles of beer. (Chicopee Police Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Retired U.S. Marine Charles J. Clements is accused of killing a man whose dog urinated on his lawn. A Chicago judge has released the 69-year-old on $3 million bail, following the May 12 incident. (University Park Police Dept.) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Police in Dunwoody, Ga., are looking for a man who robbed a Cheesecake Factory restaurant while dressed like a Cheesecake Factory chef. Investigators released a sketch of the suspect, who pulled a gun on the eatery's manager on May 4 and escaped with an undisclosed amount of money. (Dunwoody Police Dept) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| A Johnson City, Tenn., woman has been charged with child abuse and other charges after Carter County deputies received complaints that she had forced her 5-year-old child to smoke a cigarette in early May. Jordon Paige Hensley, 24, was charged with child abuse and neglect, disorderly conduct and possession of Schedule VI drug. (Carter County Sheriff's Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Transportation Security Administration employee Rolando Negrin couldn't take a joke. According to police, Negrin beat a co-worker at Miami International Airport with a baton after the colleague made jokes about the size of Negrin's penis while testing a full body scanner. (Miami Dade Police) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Daniel Wayne Stanley of Dallas allegedly walked up to police officers near a Jewish cemetery on April 30 to tell them he had a foot in his bag. The 18-year-old then showed them the foot, and is quoted as saying he dug it up from a nearby cemetery because he wanted the foot of a "Jew girl." (AP Photo/Dallas County Sheriffs Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Thomas Hovis Jr., 52, ran when Noble County, Ind., police tried to arrest him on drug and weapons charges on April 20. They found him about an hour later, hiding neck-deep in a pit of liquid manure. (Noble County Sheriff's Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Sean Andrew McClendon, 33, is accused of exposing his buttocks in incidents at Target stores in Oklahoma City. (Oklahoma County Jail) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Memphis, Tenn., police officers followed a hot lead on April 17, when they charged a 32-year-old man with aggravated burglary. William Horton, the affidavit states, was linked to the crime scene by hot-sauce stains on his clothes. (memphistn.gov) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| When Tony Smith got into an argument with another guest at a Rock Hill, S.C., motel, he allegedly whacked the guy in the face with a 4-foot python. He was charged April 14 with assault ... with a deadly serpent, we might add. (Rock Hill Police Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Too Big to Jail: George Jolicoeur, a 600-pound Florida man with a long record of scamming restaurants and convenience stores, pleaded no contest April 1 to five charges that he sought refunds by making false claims, including one that a $50 order of beef jerky from a 7-Eleven was moldy. (Seminole County Sheriff's Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Hair-Raising Arrest: Police say Megan Mariah Barnes was shaving her bikini line while driving her Ford Thunderbird in South Florida. On March 2, she rammed into another vehicle that had slowed to make a left turn. Police also say that her license was under suspension because of a DUI conviction. (Monroe County Sheriff's Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Idol' Hands: Cynthia Bettis-Ware was arrested Jan. 26 on a charge of first-degree attempted murder after arguing with her boyfriend, Kevin Johnson, over "American Idol." Bettis-Ware couldn't let it go after Johnson went to bed, and he awoke to find her wielding a 10-inch butcher knife, authorities said. She stabbed him five times in the back and twice in the chest, and also severely burned Johnson with hot cocoa, police said. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Armed and Dangerous: David B. Hanna, a 33-year-old inmate at the Monroe County Jail in New York, was arrested Jan. 27 for allegedly beating another inmate with his prosthetic arm. (Monroe Co. Sheriff's Office) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| McNugget Mayhem: When Melodi Dushane ordered McNuggets at a Toledo McDonald's, she was told the restaurant was only serving breakfast. She allegedly punched at the window, shattering the glass, before driving off. She was charged Jan. 4 with felony vandalism. (Toledo Police Department) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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| Not So Ladylike: Dean Gardener, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, apparently thought they found some easy targets when they began picking on two guys wearing wigs, short skirts and high heels in Swansea, Wales. Their intended targets turned out to be cage fighters, and the attackers were quickly subdued. In early October, they pleaded guilty to abusive behavior. (Wales News Service) More Crime Stories from AOLNews |
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