Cash machines offer an ever-growing menu of services beyond merely dispensing money. For tampering criminals, this now includes a squirt of pepper spray in the face . picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

Colombian mobile telephone users are being duped by criminals who pose as phone operators and instruct them to turn off their handsets just long enough to demand ransom from their families. picked by rambler 2 years ago

The Dutch justice ministry has announced it will close eight prisons and cut 1,200 jobs in the prison system. A decline in crime has left many cells empty.

Some reprieve might come from a deal with Belgium, which is facing overpopulation in its prisons. The two countries are working out an agreement to house Belgian prisoners in Dutch prisons picked by bingo 6 months ago

Bennie Wint left behind a grieving fiancee and a daughter when he faked his own death in 1989. After his arrest he is annoyed to discover that CNN doesn't pay for interviews with suspected criminals, and his new wife and child are just a bit surprised to hear the news. picked by equinox 10 months ago

Non-violent direct action is both a protest and an exposition. It seeks to demonstrate truths which have been overlooked or forgotten. I sought to remind people that the greatest crime of the 21st century remains unprosecuted, and remains a great crime. If you have read this far, I have succeeded. picked by siennablue 1 year ago

Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time.

*bwahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha
*gasp* hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhha picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

SMS communiqués are limited to a mere 160 characters, yet their destructive power is limitless. Elected officials, bad drivers, clueless criminals, and hapless celebrities all illustrate the havoc that a few fumbling thumbstrokes can wreak. To celebrate the sad sacks whose lives have been altered forever by such technological mishaps, Switched proudly presents our first inductees into the tex... read full post picked by Nateebiinature 5 months ago

Ninety-two point four per cent of juvenile delinquents have eaten tomatoes. Eighty-seven point one per cent of the adult criminals in penitentiaries throughout the United States have eaten tomatoes. Informers reliably inform that of all known American Communists ninety-two point three per cent have eaten tomatoes. Eighty-four per cent of all people killed in automobile accidents during the year 19... read full post picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Cops saw a parolee in violation, tried to arrest him. Parolee jumps into a car with 2 chums and flee. Cops pursue...and then things got REALLY fun. picked by maven 2 weeks ago

A new campaign against sex trafficking has recently been launched, aiming to rescue women and children forced into the sex trade and punish the criminals behind it. Journey is an art exhibition in the UK's Trafalgars Square that sheds some artistic light on this dark issue.

Possibly NSFW picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

Ever been on the receiving end of an angry grandmother?
It’s not pleasant.
They don’t hold back. Their eyebrows furrow. Their jaws clench. Any minute you think fire and brimstone may come out of their eyes and shoot through your forehead.
In short, it’s terrifying. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

What sounds crazier? That economic stimulus checks were remitted to Massachusetts prisoners, or that the Social Security Administration asked them to return the cash. They're called criminals for a reason. picked by suebe 3 months ago

police are looking for hardend criminals picked by spocksmyhomeboy 2 years ago

Here in the United States, four decades of drug war have had three consequences: 5x the rate of incarceration. Prisoners for drug crimes rose from 41k in 1980 to 500k today. Secondly, we have enriched criminals and terrorist and thirdly we have squandered resources. We spend 7x as much on fighting drugs than we do treating drug addiction. Something must change. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and corrections administrators said the move to ship unwilling inmates out of state was necessary to deal with severe overcrowding. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Citibank should use TARP $$ to educate their employees to the level of a 6th grader. Finding most individuals can spot a Nigerian scam a mile away, some turned to scamming the banks. They sent in money transfers and gave names of people for the bank to verify. Citibank didn't bother contacting names on file or using some common sense and called the criminals to verify they weren't criminals. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

The best informants are generally very bad people — ruthless criminals — and while their information helps the FBI crack cases, the practice of using these informants is fraught with risk. picked by AdeleMor 1 year ago

A sociologist watches the Fifth season of "The Wire", a critically acclaimed series from HBO with some real life thugs to see what real criminals think of the show. picked by xenity7 2 years ago

Atlanta considers outlawing the popular, yet immobilizing, droopy pants style, even though it makes it easier to catch criminals wearing them. After all, they can't get far if their pants fall down. picked by suebe 2 years ago

We’ve had to learn a whole new vocabulary just to stay ahead of the cyber criminals who would do us harm – spyware and malware and spoofing and phishing and botnets. Millions of Americans have been victimized, their privacy violated, their identities stolen, their lives upended, and their wallets emptied.” picked by bornbad 6 months ago