Archived brainless wonders for May 2007
Mankind has created spectacular works of art, engineered incredibly tall buildings, designed impressive supercomputers, lived in outerspace, discovered cures for nasty diseases. As a whole, nothing can compare to human intelligence, but sometimes humans, well, you know...
Jail term cut for "neighbor from hell" granny
May 3 2007 - Reuters
An 81-year-old British grandmother branded by a judge as "the original neighbor from hell" had her jail term cut Wednesday but lost a bid for freedom because she wouldn't apologize for her actions.
Dorothy Evans, a widow...
Woman Photographed Nude with Children
May 4 2007 - ABC News
A roll of film lands a woman in jail. A Wal-Mart photo lab employee called police when she noticed unusual pictures in the roll.
"There were some pictures of a woman naked with three children in there who were fully dressed," says...
Serial socks snatcher in trouble again
May 7 2007 - AP
James Dowdy has admitted his hankering for women's hosiery has been his undoing, earning him three stints in prison and repeated scoldings from judges over the years. So police say it's no surprise the 36-year-old man is knee deep in trouble again...
Panty-clad man tries robbery with lighter
May 10 2007 - AP
A thief covered his face with a pair of blue women's underwear and used a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter in a botched robbery of a convenience store, police said. "I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried," State Police Sgt. T.C. Kearns...
Teen hurt whacking bullets with hammer
May 14 2007 - AP
A teenager who put bullets in a vise and whacked them with a hammer to empty the brass shell casings was wounded in the abdomen by approximately the 100th bullet he hit, according to Warren County deputies.
Damion M. Mosher, 18, had been discharging...
Mom drives son to rob jewelry store
May 16 2007 - Reuters
A 36-year-old German mother-of-five drove her son to a jewelry store he wanted to rob because she was afraid he may come to some harm, Bild newspaper reported Wednesday.
While her 17-year-old son and his two accomplices stabbed and robbed a...
Police: Jewelry Store Thief Killed by City Bus
May 18 2007 - 1010 WINS
A man who, police say, robbed a jewelry store in the Melrose section of the Bronx Friday afternoon was struck by a city bus as he tried to make his getaway on a bicycle, authorities said.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at Lincoln Hospital.