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  • Penis Drawing - Man Draws Penis on TVCreated: 2009-07-08 @ 01:21:41 GMT     
    Police say Jordan Puckett was caught on surveillence video drawing a one-foot penis on a plasma TV on display at a Sears department store. …
  • Weird Mug Shots - Two Teens Accused of Stealing a SkullCreated: 2009-07-07 @ 19:11:30 GMT     
    Mug Shots and Police Photos: When you commit a dumb crime, you usually look the part. About.com's Buck Wolf brings you the strangest, most outrageous Funny looking mug shots and police photos. Come…
  • Three-Way Sex in PublicCreated: 2009-07-07 @ 17:25:37 GMT     Updated: 2009-07-07 @ 17:25:56 GMT
    Everybody has a secret fantasy, and for three Torrington, Conn., residents, that apparently involves three-way sex in public. The trio -- Mindy Lomento, Greg Wankin, David Perry -- face public inde…
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Man Charged With Urinating on Neighbor's LaundryCreated: 2009-07-07 @ 16:55:00 GMT     
    Mug Shots: When a neighbor of Thomas Schultz installed security cameras in her home, she allegedly found he was sneaking around her home, urinating on the woman's laundry. …
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Inmate Violence Erupts Over Michael JacksonCreated: 2009-07-06 @ 14:12:14 GMT     Updated: 2009-07-06 @ 14:29:17 GMT
    Mug Shots and Police Photos: When you commit a dumb crime, you usually look the part. About.com's Buck Wolf brings you the strangest, most outrageous Funny looking mug shots and police photos. Come…
  • Weird Crime News - Dumb Crime Du Jour, a Look at Weird Crime NewsCreated: 2009-07-06 @ 04:17:11 GMT     
    Want a rundown of the week's strangest, most outrageous crimes of the day? Keep up with the antics of the world's least competent crooks. …
  • Mug Shot - Curtis Jones Escapes From Jail With Toilet PaperCreated: 2009-07-01 @ 18:48:46 GMT     
    Mug Shots: Curtis Jones escaped from a Columbia, Missouri by flattening rolls of toilet paper to jam his cell door. …
  • Jonah Falcon - Profile of Man With World's Largest Penis Jonah FalconCreated: 2009-06-30 @ 17:56:45 GMT     Updated: 2009-07-01 @ 03:11:13 GMT
    It's not so easy for Jonah Falcon, the man widely believed to have the world's largest penis, as he tries to jump start his film career. The 38-year-old New Yorker was snubbed for a part on HBO's &…
  • Wacky Mug Shot - Man Calls 911 to Go to Lil' Wayne ConcertCreated: 2009-06-29 @ 19:05:17 GMT     
    Mug Shots and Police Photos: Michael Kruse called 911 to request a police escort to take him to see rapper Lil' Wayne. He now faces criminal charges, and we have the mug shot. …
  • Mug Shot - Daughter Defecates on MotherCreated: 2009-06-29 @ 18:32:09 GMT     
    A family fight between a 37 year old daughter and her 62 year old mother culminated with the younger woman knocking the older woman out and defecating on her. Destinie Rechelle Duvall and Patricia …
  • Mug Shot - Fugitive Groom Manuel Victor Guzman's Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-29 @ 16:59:35 GMT     
    Manuel Victor Guzman got a four-hour pass to leave jail so he could get married -- and he used the opportunity to escape. We took the opportunity to give you another great mug shot…
  • Mug Shot - Taylor Walls, Florida's Birthday BanditCreated: 2009-06-29 @ 16:33:49 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-29 @ 16:34:06 GMT
    Taylor Walls -- who, as you can see, makes one beautiful mug shot -- allegedly went to a male friend's birthday party and walked off with $850 in presents…
  • Sex for Fritos - Woman Pleads Guilty in Sex-for-Chips CaseCreated: 2009-06-29 @ 16:07:23 GMT     
    Lahohma Sue Smith of Oklahoma pleaded guilty to a prostitution charge for accepting a box of Frito-Lay chips in exchange for oral sex. Check out Lohma's Mug shot…
  • Cheetos Assault - Cheetos Involved in Domestic AssaultCreated: 2009-06-29 @ 15:23:42 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-29 @ 15:24:00 GMT
    Cheetos Assault -- Domestic violence is never pretty, but when a man and woman assault each other with Cheetos, it's downright crunchy. We've got the police booking photos and mug shots of James Ea…
  • Michael Jackson and Judaism - My Trip to Temple With Michael JacksonCreated: 2009-06-26 @ 15:07:11 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-26 @ 17:00:34 GMT
    Michael Jackson went to Temple to experience Jewish services at the Carlebach Shul in 1999, accompanied by "Kosher Sex" Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller. Buck Wo…
  • Weird Mug Shots - Selling Pot on CraigslistCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 14:44:17 GMT     
    Mug Shots: Christopher J. Gray was allegedly selling drugs on Craigslist, via a classified ad that read, "420 help Is here!"…
  • Weird Mug Shots - Man Shouts 'I'm Drunk as Hell' During Sobriety TestCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 14:08:49 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 15:56:55 GMT
    You know that part of your Miranda Rights that goes "Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law"? You might think about that before shouting, "I'm drunk as h…
  • Weird Mug Shots - Crack-Dealing PastorCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 12:56:04 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 14:09:18 GMT
    Mug Shot: Fort Wayne police say Rev. Curtis White III was dealing crack cocain to congregants of the Divine Faith Baptist Church…
  • Whizzer Violation - Shaun Sneider Uses WizzerCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 12:46:05 GMT     
    Shaun Sneider allegedly concealed a device down his pants known as a "Whizzer" to cheat on a urine analysis test. …
  • Andres Enrique Cantu Mug Shot - Letter to Santa Spurs ArrestCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:26:28 GMT     
    When a 9-year-old girl from Texas wrote to Santa, she wished for a relative to stop molesting her -- and that lead to the arrest of Andres Enrique Cantu…
  • Christopher Lee McCuin -- Mug Shot of Accused Cannibal KillerCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:25:53 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:26:15 GMT
    Texas police say they found the ear of Christopher Lee McCuin's 21-year-old girlfriend boiling on a pot and a hunk of flesh impaled on a fork on a plate at his kitchen table. He was found dead in p…
  • Weird Crime Mug Shot - Woman Fights Off Attacker With High-Heel ShoeCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:25:36 GMT     
    Who says high heels are impractical? A woman from Port St. Lucie, Fla.. fought off an assailant by pelting him with her spiky footwear. Police later arrested Juan Ramon Del Cid on battery charges. …
  • Stacy Scott Mug Shot - Cross Dressing Purse SnatcherCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:24:56 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:24:56 GMT
    A false breast popped out of Stacy Scott Jr.'s tube top when he was arrested for snatching a 74-year-old woman's purse…
  • Darnell Frazier Mug Shot - The Telltale TattooCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:24:45 GMT     
    When police asked Darnell Frazier for I.D., he said he didn't have any. He told them his name was "Darnell Lewis." His tattoo, however, told a different story. …
  • Mug Shot - Man Super Glues Neighbor's Door ShutCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:24:30 GMT     
    When neighbors start feuding, anything is possible. Richard Nunez of Portsmouth, N.H., is charged with "super gluing" his neighbor's door shut. …
  • Nude Burglar - Michael Dick Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:24:18 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:24:18 GMT
    When a nude, 46-year-old man named Michael Dick (yup, that's his name) entered the home of an elderly Portland, Oregon, she grabbed him by the crotch. …
  • Penis Biting Crime - Charris Bowers Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:24:09 GMT     
    Apparently, just saying "No" wasn't enough. Charris Bowers of Deltona, Fla., is charged with biting her husband's penis while performing oral sex…
  • Nude Jogging -- Priest Jogs in the NudeCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:23:52 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:23:52 GMT
    Perhaps a few laps around the high school track at dawn with no clothes wasn't a good idea after all, Rev. Robert Whipkey of Colorado now admits. …
  • Necrophilia - Nicholas Grunke Mug Shot, Digging Up Corpse for SexCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:23:35 GMT     
    When Nicholas Grunke read about 20-year-old Laura Tennessen's fatal motorcycle crash, he talked his brother and a friend into trying to exhume her corpse. Now, he, his brother, and a friend face se…
  • Weird Mug Shots - Wii Fight Lands Couple in CourtCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:23:24 GMT     
    Most guys would be happy to get a Wii for Christmas. But Heath Blom, 26, wanted a remote control airplane, and thus, a monumental marital spat began that resulted in both parties facing misdemeanor…
  • Bizarre Mug Shots - Andre Thomas Rips Out and Eats EyeCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:23:10 GMT     
    Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas pulled out his one good eye and told a guard he ate it. He'd previously pulled out his other eye. In 2004, he was arrested for stabbing his wife, her 13-month-ol…
  • Teen Pelts Mom With Taco - Zachary Moir Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:22:59 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:22:59 GMT
    A taco apparently can be used as a weapon. Zachary Moir, 19, was charged with domestic battery after pelting his 54-year-old mother with a taco in a dispute that began after she unplugged his video…
  • Diet From Hell - Dad Chains Up DaughterCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:22:48 GMT     
    Diet From Hell: Robert Blue, 53, allegedly shackled his 15-year-old daughter to her bed to help her lose weight…
  • Weird Mug Shots - Woman Batters Man With BagelCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:22:39 GMT     
    A 28-year-old woman from Florida now faces battery charges for hitting a man in the head with a bagel…
  • Mug Shot Mania - Man Arrested for 190th TimeCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:22:29 GMT     
    After an alleged carjacking, 46-year-old Henry Farrell of Florida has been arrested for the 190th time. …
  • Funny Mug Shots - Cindy Economou and the Stolen FootCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:22:11 GMT     
    A 38-year-old human firefighter faces second-degree theft charges (up to 60 days in jail) for allegedly taking part of a man's leg from a crash scene in 2008…
  • Woman Accused of Raping Man - Janice McCarl Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:22:01 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:22:01 GMT
    A Colorado woman allegedly drugged a 50-year-old man, manipulated him into a state of arousal, and had sex with him…
  • Raymond Knez Jr. Mug Shot - Pet KillerCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:21:50 GMT     
    Bizarre mug shot: After allegedly drinking 26 to 29 cans of beer, Raymon Knez Jr. was charged in Feb. 2009 for shooting and killing his girlfriend's two dogs and six cats. …
  • Elvis Barrett Mug Shot - Man Gets 50 Traffic Citations in One DayCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:21:40 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:21:40 GMT
    Weird Mug Shots: When police tried to stop Elvis Alonzo Barrett on a traffic violation, he ran through red lights, crashed into another car, and he also allegedly had crack. …
  • Weird Crime Mug Shot - Gas Station Robber Runs Out of GasCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:21:32 GMT     
    David Eric Hampton allegedly robbed a gas station but forgot to fill up, and he was captured after his getaway car ran out of gas. …
  • Weird Mug Shots - 4th Grade Teacher Charged With ProstitutionCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:21:20 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:21:20 GMT
    4th grade teacher Amber Carter called in sick in early February, 2009, and was later arrested at a Bellefontaine, Ohio, Super 8 Motel, and charged with prostitution. The school principal was left w…
  • Weird Mug Shot - Flasher With Magic PantsCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:21:10 GMT     
    Sporting "specialized pants" to quickly expose himself, Byron Earl Huff allegedly flashed an 8-year-old girl at a Goodwill store in Happy Valley, Ore…
  • Weird Mug Shots - The Face of a Cat KillerCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:20:59 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:20:59 GMT
    Police say Matthew Selk of Largo, Fla., punched his girlfriend's Siamese cat, put it in a bag, and stabbed the animal. Police say they found two bloody knives. …
  • Mug Shot Pictures - Robert Pittman Caught With His Pants DownCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:20:49 GMT     
    Would-be burglar Robert Pittman literally got caught with his hands down. He ran out of Beer City in Pensacola, Fla. with cigarettes in his hands. Unable to hold up his loose fitting pants, he trip…
  • Kenneth Douglas Mug Shot - Funeral Worker Allegedly Had Sex With Cor…Created: 2009-06-24 @ 09:20:40 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:20:40 GMT
    Morgue worker Kenneth Douglas -- who worked in an Ohio funeral home from 1976 to 1992 -- faces charges for sexually abusing corpses. The 55-year-old man was convicted in 2008 of having sex with a b…
  • Man Throws Cat at Wife - Paul Wood Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:20:33 GMT     
    When husbands and wives go at it, anything can happen. Pennsylvania police say an angry Paul Wood, 25, chucked the family cat at his spouse…
  • Mug Shot Photo Acea Schomaker - Man Puts Cat in BongCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:20:25 GMT     
    "I know for sure this isn't the first time someone has done this," says 20-year-old Acea Schomaker "I'm just the first one to get caught." You've just got to look at his mug sh…
  • 9-1-1 McNugget EmergencyCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:20:18 GMT     
    Latreasa L. Goodman paid for a 10-piece McNugget meal, and when her server told her they were all out of chicken, she panicked and called 911. Three times. …
  • Eric T. Ambrose Mug Shot - Iraq Vet Says He's Entitled to Steal M&M'sCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:19:41 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:19:41 GMT
    Eric T. Ambrose was arrested outside a Fort Pierce, Fla., store. Officers said they noted that he appeared to be intoxicated and when they placed him in a patrol car, he shouted that, "he had …
  • Wacky Mug Shot - Man Breaks Into PrisonCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:19:31 GMT     
    Harry Jackson, 25, Broke out of a Georgia prison. Soon after, he was caught trying to sneak back in with 14 cartons of cigarettes. Here is his goofy mug shot. …
  • Mug Shot - Dad Has a Stripper's PoleCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:19:22 GMT     
    Police say Steve Russo of Pennsylvania not only served beer, rum and vodka to his 16-year-old son's friends, his party also included a stripper's pole. …
  • Charles Manson - Strange Facts & 2009 PhotoCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:19:15 GMT     
    Feast your eyes on a recent photo of one of Americas most infamous mass murderers. This gray, grizzled, 74-year-old is Charles Manson…
  • Jason Leroy Savage Mug Shot - Vacuum Sex SucksCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:19:00 GMT     
    Joining the Weird News Mug Shot Hall of Shame is Jason Leroy Savage, sentence to 90 days in jail after police caught him sexually pleasuring himself with a car wash vacuum…
  • Weird Mug Shot - Penelope Jordan Accused of Mummifying MomCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:18:51 GMT     
    Police found the mummified remains of 96-year-old Timmie Jordan fused to the bed of her Florida home. She hadn't been seen for six years, and they're holding her daughter responsible, claiming she …
  • Mug Shot - Penni Dale WatersCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:18:42 GMT     
    Penni Dale Waters was foiled, but not by her tinfoil. The 48-year-old Tampa Bay woman says she learned an important shoplifting lesson from the TV show 'Cops'. If you line your handbag with tinfoil…
  • Driving a Bar Stool While Intoxicated - Kyle Wygle Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:18:34 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:18:34 GMT
    Kyle Wygle wasn't speeding. He also wasn't driving a car. The 28-year-old Ohio man had to explain -- allegedly after downing 15 beers -- why he was cruising the streets in a motorized bar stool wh…
  • Nude Dog Walker - Susan Bell Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:18:24 GMT     
    Police allege 42-year-old Susan Bell was seen collecting dog feces while naked from the waist down…
  • Father-Daughter Holdup - Robert Daniel Webb PhotoCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:18:17 GMT     
    "Open the till and got me what you have," Robert Daniel Webb told a clerk, as he robbed the convenience store clerk with his 9-year-old daughter at his side…
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Martha Crooks 911 CallCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:17:22 GMT     
    Unhappy with her life, Martha Crooks of Jacksonville allegedly called 911 and asked to be taken to jail or the hospital. Police told her to phone a cab, if she wanted a lift, and slapped her with c…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photos -- Man Attacks Girlfriend Over HoagieCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:17:14 GMT     
    Mug Shots: When you commit a dumb crime, you usually look the part. About.com's Buck Wolf brings you the strangest, most outrageous Funny looking mug shots. Come back for regular updates. …
  • Goofy Mug Shot Photo -- Mark William Adams Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:16:53 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:16:53 GMT
    What caused a 31-year-old man allegedly throw a can of soda at his mother, blackening her eye? According to police, his 70-year-old mom stepped on his foot. …
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Michael ShoemakerCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:16:43 GMT     
    MuMaryland police arrested a father, son, and grandfather in a family fight that errupted over a stolen dog. In the fracas, Michael Shoemaker, 42, threatened to burn down a house. A younger family …
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Fish Tank Attacker Michael DavisCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:16:34 GMT     
    Angry that his fish had died, Michael Davis allegedly went on a pet store rampage, destroying 80 glass tanks with a golf club. …
  • Mug Shot Photos - Police Chief Charged With Tasering WifeCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:16:13 GMT     
    A Texas police chief is facing charges of aggravated assault for allegedly tasering his live-in girlfriend. …
  • Mug Shots - 911 Caller Gets 25 Years for PornCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:16:00 GMT     
    Douglas Guy Deering felt so sick, he needed to call 911, and he forgot to shut off his computer. He ended up charged with 197 counts of child pornography…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photos -- Cop Urinates on Metallica FanCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:14:26 GMT     
    You never want to be arrested for drunken lewd behavior, but it only makes matters worse when you're booked wearing your "Alcoholica" T-shirt. Former police officer Joseph Houston lost hi…
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Phil Spector Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:14:16 GMT     
    Two thing about Phil Spector: He made great music and posed for one of the all-time great mug shots. About.com's Buck Wolf brings you the strangest, most outrageous Funny looking mug shots. Come ba…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photos -- Caroline Willette Allegedly Has Sex With DogCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:14:07 GMT     
    Weird Mug Shots: Caroline Willette allegedly videotaped herself having sex with two dogs and watching child pornography in her home. In addition to animal cruelty, the 53-year-old Florida woman als…
  • Shamwow Guy Mug Shot Photo - Vince ShlomiCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:14:00 GMT     
    Vince Shlomi -- TV's "ShamWow" pitchman -- was charged with aggravated battery charges after allegedly fighting with a prostitute in a South Beach hotel. Shlomi told police he paid Sasha…
  • ShamWow Prostitute - Sasha Harris and Vince Shlomi Mug ShotsCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:13:54 GMT     
    ShamWow Mug Shots: Here are the photos of ShamWow pitchman Vince Shlomi and Sasha Harris, the woman he allegedly paid $1,000 to have sex with him in a South Beach hotel. They fought. He punched her…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photo -- Shoe-Cam Voyeur Jeffery PolizziCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:13:47 GMT     
    Florida police say Jeffery Polizzi installed a small camera in his shoe and stuck his foot under dressing room doors to snap pictures of women trying on swimsuits at Neptune Beach surf shops…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photo - The Naked NannyCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:13:41 GMT     
    Sarah Slicker earned her nickname, "The Naked Nanny," when she was convicted of undressing in front of a 4-year-old boy whom she was babysitting. …
  • Weird Mug Shot Photos - Sex at a Wal-Mart Parking LotCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:13:34 GMT     
    An 83-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman are accused of having sex in a Buick parked outside of a North Carolina Wal-Mart -- and we have the not-to-be-missed mug shot photo. …
  • Weird Mug Shot Photo - Hooters Girls Battle Christopher ChildersCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:13:28 GMT     
    When Christopher Childers surprised two 19-year-old Hooters waitresses in their car, they took him on, and now he faces criminal charges. …
  • Weird Mug Shot Photo - Melissa Foley Abandons ChildCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:13:20 GMT     
    Mug Shots: Baby? What baby? Melissa Foley, 29, allegedly left her one-month-old girl in front of her apartment while fighting with a man, possibly a boyfriend, and chasing him in a car…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photos - 'I'm Not Drunk, I'm High'Created: 2009-06-24 @ 09:13:13 GMT     
    Mug Shots: When Jonathan James Sweat crashed his SUV into the Florida State Attorney's headquarters, he failed three sobriety tests and offered a novel explanation…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photos -- Man Names Bullets After Family MembersCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:13:07 GMT     
    Mug Shots: Police Troy Christoff, 34, dramatically loaded his gun with five bullets, one named for each member of his family. His wife shot him first. …
  • Weird Mug Shot Photos - Porn Shop RobbersCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:13:00 GMT     
    Mug Shots: John Scott Kincaid, 21, and another man must really enjoy what some politely call "adult entertainment." After allegedly holding up a video store at gunpoint, the pair were sai…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photo - Prostitute Turns Trick as Boy WatchesCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:12:53 GMT     
    Mug Shots: Pennsylvania police have arrested a 35-year-old women for prostitution, claiming she allegedly turned tricks in a hotel room while her 7-year-old son was watching. …
  • Weird Mug Shot Photo - Former Child Star Marty 'Yeah-Yeah' YorkCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:12:42 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:12:42 GMT
    Mug Shots: Former Child Star Marty "Yeah Yeah" York from the movie "Sandlot" faces battery charges after a tiff with his girlfriend…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photos - Wedding Thief Molly Collins Created: 2009-06-24 @ 09:12:36 GMT     
    Mug Shots: Molly Collins, 19, allegedly stole $350 in cosmetics from Bridesmaids during a Wedding in North Naples…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photo - Baby for SaleCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:12:28 GMT     
    Mug Shots: Police say Rebecca Sue Taylor allegedly offered to sell her infant for $10,000 to a woman looking for a surrogate mother, and later dropped the asking price to $5,000…
  • Weird Mug Shot Photos -- George Bartusek Has Three-Way Sex With Rubb…Created: 2009-06-24 @ 09:12:18 GMT     
    Mug Shots: George Bartusek, 51, was sentenced to six months probation after he was charged with engaging in a lewd act with two blow-up dolls in the parking lot of a Publix market…
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Dominos Workers Put Boogers in FoodCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:12:11 GMT     
    Mug Shots: Former Domino's workers Kristy Hammonds Thompson, 31, and Michael Setzer, 32, made a widely widely successful YouTube video, and in the process, got themselves arrested. "Did you al…
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Scan Basket SnatcherCreated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:12:02 GMT     
    Mug Shots: While waiting to enter a courthouse for a traffic offense, Darren Stiles allegedly stole a wallet from the basket that passes under the security scanner…
  • Weird Mug Shots - Police Photos January to April 2009Created: 2009-06-24 @ 09:05:40 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-24 @ 09:31:07 GMT
    Mug Shots and Police Photos: When you commit a dumb crime, you usually look the part. About.com's Buck Wolf brings you the strangest, most outrageous Funny looking mug shots and police photos. Come…
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Dad Fires Gun to Scare BoyfriendCreated: 2009-06-22 @ 16:28:35 GMT     
    Mug Shots and Police Photos: Orville Lee Wollard, a 53-year-old man with no criminal record, fired a revolver in his home to scare his daughter's 17-year-old boyfriend…
  • Bad Moms - Mom Takes 3-Year-Old on Crime SpreeCreated: 2009-06-22 @ 15:52:42 GMT     
    With her toddler daughter in the back seat, Miranda Marie Peters-Ortiz allegedly robbed a Wendy's in Cocoa, Fla., and led police on a high-speed chase…
  • World's Oldest Man - Henry Allingham World's Oldest ManCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 16:30:18 GMT     
    With the death of 113-year-old Tomoji Tanabe of Japan, Henry Allingham becomes the world's oldest living man. Allingham, a veteran of both World War One and Two, is also 113 years old. He lives in …
  • World's Oldest Man Tomoji Tanabe (1895 - 2009)Created: 2009-06-19 @ 15:43:50 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-19 @ 15:44:17 GMT
    Tomoji Tanabe, who was the world's oldest living man, died of heart failure. He was 113 years and 274 days old. …
  • Hula Hoop World Record - Aleysa Gulevich Breaks Hula Hoop RecordCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 15:26:03 GMT     
    The Big Top at Circus Flora was the scene when Aleysa Gulevich broke a Guinness record by twirling 107 hula hoops, beating the old record by two rings…
  • World's Biggest Burger - $2000 Hamburger at Mallie's Sport's GrillCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 15:25:47 GMT     
    The World's Largest Burger, as certified by Guinness World Records, can be yours at Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate, Michigan. The 185.6 lb. burger, which takes 15 hours to cook, can b…
  • Guinness Record - World's Largest Serving of MeatballsCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 15:24:23 GMT     
    World's Largest Meatball: The Greek town of Serres cooked up the largest serving of meatballs -- more than 688 lbs. of buffalo meat -- setting a Guinness World Record, thanks to the Serres Chamber …
  • World's Largest Bikini Parade - 281 Beauties Led by Holly MadisonCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 15:24:07 GMT     
    What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But in this case, it also goes down as a Guinness World Record, set on May 14, 2009, with 281 women on parade…
  • Hula Hoop World Record - Aleysa Gulevich Breaks Hula Hoop RecordCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 15:22:03 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-19 @ 15:22:44 GMT
    The Big Top at Circus Flora was the scene when Aleysa Gulevich broke a Guinness record by twirling 107 hula hoops, beating the old record by two rings…
  • World's Biggest Burger - $2000 Hamburger at Mallie's Sport's GrillCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 14:11:18 GMT     
    The World's Largest Burger, as certified by Guinness World Records, can be yours at Mallie's Sports Grill & Bar in Southgate, Michigan. The 185.6 lb. burger, which takes 15 hours to cook, can b…
  • Isobel Varley - The World's Most Heavily Tattooed Woman Isobel VarleyCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 13:47:24 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-19 @ 13:47:24 GMT
    Using her body like a canvas, Isobel Varley, who turned 71 in 2009, is recognized as the most tattooed septuagenarian woman. …
  • Artist Ken Unsworth 'A Ringing Glass' - Flying PianosCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 13:47:02 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-19 @ 13:47:02 GMT
    Artist Ken Unsworth presents a bizarre tribute to his late wife and stepson in the installation, "A Ringing Glass" on Cockatoo Island. Unsworth's wife was a concert pianist. …
  • Guinness Record - World's Largest Serving of MeatballsCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 13:46:00 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-19 @ 13:46:39 GMT
    World's Largest Meatball: The Greek town of Serres cooked up the largest serving of meatballs -- more than 688 lbs. of buffalo meat -- setting a Guinness World Record, thanks to the Serres Chamber …
  • World's Largest Bikini Parade - 281 Beauties Led by Holly MadisonCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 13:32:01 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-19 @ 13:32:01 GMT
    What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But in this case, it also goes down as a Guinness World Record, set on May 14, 2009, with 281 women on parade…
  • 999 Nudes - Aer Lingus Naked AdvertisingCreated: 2009-06-19 @ 12:57:40 GMT     
    Aer Lingus cooked up this "999 Nudes" campaign, culminating with this photo op, filled with fleshy goodness. What's it got to do with air travel? Who cares? …
  • Dearry Smiley Mug Shot - What's Wrong With a Man Driving Home Naked?Created: 2009-06-18 @ 15:28:50 GMT     
    Dearry Smiley Nude Mug Shot: At a traffic stop in DeFuniak Springs, Florida police arrested 58-year old Dearry Smiley, who was wearing a hat, sunglasses, sandals and nothing else. …
  • Clinton March - Colorado Man Charged as Naked BurglarCreated: 2009-06-18 @ 14:51:52 GMT     
    Naked Burglar Mug Shots: Clinton March is accused of breaking into two Golden, Colo., homes. In one, he was allegedly stark naked. In a second home, he hid in a woman's bathroom, where he dressed i…
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Boy Scout Forced to Drink UrineCreated: 2009-06-16 @ 04:21:37 GMT     
    Mug Shots and Police Photos: A 21-year-old volunteer scout leader and three other boy scouts at Camp Shands were accused of forcing a 12-year-old scout to drink urine…
  • Weird Mug Shots - Caroline Dewey Crashes Porsche Into Husband's Girl…Created: 2009-06-15 @ 17:00:35 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-15 @ 18:22:33 GMT
    Mug Shots and Police Photos: What is it they say about a woman scorn? Caroline Terry Dewey, 62, crashed her 2004 Porsche into her estrange husband's girlfriend's new Lexus while the car was in the …
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Accused Cat Killer Tyler Hayes WeinmanCreated: 2009-06-15 @ 16:25:53 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-15 @ 16:54:28 GMT
    Mug Shots and Police Photos:In a span of two months, residents of Florida's Palmetto Bay and Culter Bay reported finding the defiled bodies of dead cats, some had been skinned, other struck with a …
  • Weird Mug Shots - Naked Man on a RockCreated: 2009-06-15 @ 15:29:05 GMT     
    Mug Shots and Police Photos: Students at Lake Tahoe's Whittell High School found a naked man tied face down to a rock on school property. Police identified the man as Dean Richard Mark, and we've g…
  • Weird Mug Shots -- Doreen DeTroye Mug ShotCreated: 2009-06-15 @ 14:46:20 GMT     
    Mug Shots: Doreen DeTroye, 48, allegedly called police to take her to her ex-husband so she could "beat the crap" out of her ex-husband's girlfriend…
  • Strange New Products - Meat Business CardsCreated: 2009-06-12 @ 18:51:01 GMT     
    Meat Business Cards: Welcome to the age of meat business cards, a time when your name and contact info can be seared onto a piece of beef jerky, thanks to a process involving a 150-Watt laser. …
  • Weird Mug Shots - Nearly Naked ThiefCreated: 2009-06-11 @ 16:33:10 GMT     
    Mug Shots and Police Photos: When you commit a dumb crime, you usually look the part. About.com's Buck Wolf brings you the strangest, most outrageous Funny looking mug shots and police photos. Come…
  • Weird Mug Shots - Naked Man Found in AutoCreated: 2009-06-11 @ 16:01:12 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-11 @ 16:01:40 GMT
    After a woman called 911 to report a naked man sleeping in her car, police found Joshua Graden asleep in the Chevy SUV, in all his glory. …
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  • World's Largest Waltz - 650 Brits Dance World's Largest WaltzCreated: 2009-06-09 @ 15:27:37 GMT     
    On May 3, 2009, 315 couples in the British city of Bath simultaneously danced for five minutes, breaking the 2008 record of 242 couples in Austria. …
  • Deadmau5 - Electornica Star Deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) at the GrammysCreated: 2009-06-09 @ 15:21:23 GMT     Updated: 2009-06-09 @ 15:23:20 GMT
    Few have turned as many heads on the read carpet as Joel Zimmerman, otherwise known as Deadmau5, the Canadian electronica star…
  • President Bush's Bikini Stimulus Package - Katie CameronCreated: 2009-06-09 @ 15:10:45 GMT     
    President Bush (the elder) has beautiful model Katie Cameron on her lap. She's not a stripper. She's a performer, actors from "A Chorus Line," and they were invited to the Bush's vacation…

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