Crime

Homeless Man at Center of $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Sentenced

The man at the center of the bizarre GoFundMe campaign conspiracy, which grifted $400,000 out of armchair Good Samaritans, was sentenced on Friday to five years of probation. Johnny Bobbitt Jr. became famous overnight in October 2017, when Kate McClure started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for him. McClure claimed that Bobbitt used his…

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Japanese Teen Suspected of Making Yellowcake Uranium Maybe Just Really Into Chemistry, Police Say

Tokyo law enforcement suspect a 16-year-old boy traded online uranium and processed it into uranium ore, also known as yellowcake. But rather than trying to facilitate the creation of nuclear weapons, he may have just been really into chemistry. Japan Times reported that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said it is investigating the high…

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Serial Swatter Sentenced to 20 Years for Hoax Call That Led to Police Killing of Kansas Man

Tyler R. Barriss has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a string of phony emergency calls, one of which was made over a Call of Duty deal and led to police killing an innocent Kansas man. A U.S. District Judge sentenced Barriss on Friday, reports the Associated Press. In November, Barriss pleaded guilty…

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Fugitive Caught Fleeing Australia on Jet Ski Loaded With Supplies and Maybe a Crossbow

According to Australian authorities, a 57-year-old British man tried to flee the country (and an outstanding warrant for drug-related charges) by escaping on a well-stocked jet ski. But just as he was making it to an island respite, he was arrested on the mudflats. The Australian Border Force (ABF) say they were first alerted about…

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Police Report: Popular YouTuber Children Were Starved, Beaten, Pepper-Sprayed by Mother

Warning: This article includes descriptions of sexual and physical abuse of children. The YouTube channel “Fantastic Adventures” has amassed 800,000 followers with its depiction of a family of children fighting super villains and outwitting evil babysitters—but in real life, these kids were reportedly being horrifically abused by their adoptive mother, who allegedly punished them by…

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Owner of Stolen 400-Year-Old Bonsai Worth $90,000 Pleads on Facebook: ‘Are They Giving You Enough Water?’

A couple who was robbed of at least $118,000 worth of precious horticultural rarities has one plea for the thief: water the trees. Bonsai master Seiji Iimura—who kept a garden in the Saitama prefecture outside of Tokyo—was robbed of seven small bonsai trees valued around 13 million yen, reports CNN. The thefts reportedly happened over…

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Hunter Doesn’t Realize Her Bumble Match Is a Game Warden, Brags About Illegally Killing a ‘Bigo Buck’

It’s probably not a good idea to brag about crimes on a dating app until you’re certain your match isn’t a cop—or a game warden. Last month an Oklahoma hunter matched with a 24-year-old man named Cannon Harrison. Not realizing her new connection is a game warden for Oklahoma’s Department of Wildlife Conservation, the hunter…

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Disney World Fans Demand Justice for Animatronic Robot Robbed of His Hands and Clothes

Many hardcore Walt Disney World fans were heartbroken over the holiday season as reports spread about the theft of a retired audio-animatronic character who once brought joy to millions as a part of an Epcot attraction. “Buzzy” was the star of Cranium Command, in which he guided a boy though life from a control center…

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Puzzling Montana Shooting Blamed on Sasquatch Mistake: ‘I Thought You Were Bigfoot’

Authorities say a man in Montana was almost shot by a still-unidentified gunman who claimed he mistook the victim for the elusive, mythical beast known as Bigfoot. The Idaho Statesman reports that the Helena resident told police he was preparing for target practice on public lands when someone started shooting at him on Sunday. Lewis and…

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Prison Inmates Catfished $560,000 Out of Military Service Members in Sextortion Scam, NCIS Says

Hundreds of military service members reportedly got caught up in a sextortion scam run by prison inmates using cellphones, according to a release issued on Wednesday by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). Military agents from multiple criminal investigation groups have served summons and issued warrants for arrests related to the scheme. According to the…

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A Renowned Art Detective Just Recovered a Stolen 1,600-Year-Old Mosaic

A sleuth famous in the art world for tracking down works of art thought to be lost or destroyed has delivered one of his greatest finds yet—a Byzantine-era mosaic of Saint Marks that was stolen from a Cyprus church after the Turkish invasion in 1974. Arthur Brand is a Dutch art historian who moonlights as…

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FTC Shuts Down ‘Trumpcare’ Scam After Owner Allegedly Spent Millions on Luxury Cars, Jewelry, and Nightclubs

The Federal Trade Commission is trying to shut down what it calls a “sham” health care marketing operation that allegedly collected more than $100 million, much of which the owner reportedly spent to fund his lavish lifestyle. According to a recently unsealed FTC complaint reported on by the Miami Herald, Stephen J. Dorfman is the…

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Lion King Puppet Maker Charged With 3D-Printing Gun at Broadway Theater

A puppet master who helped bring to life Disney’s vision of an African animal kingdom was arrested last week for allegedly 3D-printing guns in the prop room of the Broadway theater, court records show. New York Daily News reports that Ilya Vett’s printer was discovered when security officials were helping him clear out his possessions…

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Man Who Posed as Housewife Online Admits to Secretly Recording Sex With 80 Men for Porn Site

A man involved with the porn site “StraightBoyz” that featured hundreds of videos of his sex acts with other men—many of them unconsenting and unaware that they were being filmed—has pled guilty to charges against him in a federal court. Bryan Deneumostier, 33, was arrested in July following a US Homeland Security investigation into his…

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New Mexico Observatory Closed Because of Child Porn Investigation, Not Aliens

After weeks of suspicion about the mysterious closure of the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, unsealed FBI records have provided an explanation: a child porn investigation. The observatory at Sacramento Peak was suddenly closed and evacuated on September 6 because of a “security threat.” The organization that runs the facility—Association of Universities for…

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Oreo and Hydrox’s 100-Year-Old Blood Feud Is Heating Up Over Claims of Hidden Cookies

Created in 1908, Hydrox was the original chocolate sandwich cookie, but it was Oreo (which first went on sale four years later in 1912) that ended up dominating the market. In the decades since, Hydrox has been something of a cult favorite compared to its younger, more recognizable competitor—a battle for biscuit supremacy that took…

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Homeless Man at Center of $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Sentenced

Japanese Teen Suspected of Making Yellowcake Uranium Maybe Just Really Into Chemistry, Police Say

Serial Swatter Sentenced to 20 Years for Hoax Call That Led to Police Killing of Kansas Man

Fugitive Caught Fleeing Australia on Jet Ski Loaded With Supplies and Maybe a Crossbow

Police Report: Popular YouTuber Children Were Starved, Beaten, Pepper-Sprayed by Mother

Owner of Stolen 400-Year-Old Bonsai Worth $90,000 Pleads on Facebook: ‘Are They Giving You Enough Water?’

Hunter Doesn’t Realize Her Bumble Match Is a Game Warden, Brags About Illegally Killing a ‘Bigo Buck’

Disney World Fans Demand Justice for Animatronic Robot Robbed of His Hands and Clothes

Puzzling Montana Shooting Blamed on Sasquatch Mistake: ‘I Thought You Were Bigfoot’

Prison Inmates Catfished $560,000 Out of Military Service Members in Sextortion Scam, NCIS Says

A Renowned Art Detective Just Recovered a Stolen 1,600-Year-Old Mosaic

FTC Shuts Down ‘Trumpcare’ Scam After Owner Allegedly Spent Millions on Luxury Cars, Jewelry, and Nightclubs

Lion King Puppet Maker Charged With 3D-Printing Gun at Broadway Theater

Man Who Posed as Housewife Online Admits to Secretly Recording Sex With 80 Men for Porn Site

New Mexico Observatory Closed Because of Child Porn Investigation, Not Aliens

Oreo and Hydrox’s 100-Year-Old Blood Feud Is Heating Up Over Claims of Hidden Cookies

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