31 Random Bits of Trivia About Crime That Are Wanted: Dead or Alive

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Good Looks and Crime

BRAIN HACKS GOOD LOOKS Good-looking people are less likely to be convicted of a crime and less likely to get a harsh sentence. In one study, the less attractive defendant was given an average sentence of 24.71 years, while the attractive defendant only received 15.11 years. CRACKED

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Workplace Accidents at Home

WEIRD WORLD A German court ruled that you can actually get into a workplace accident at home. One man walked from his bed to his desk, fell, and broke his back - and the court ruled that, indeed, this was a workplace accident. CRACKED.COM

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The Maple Syrup Heist

In 2017, a Canadian man got 8 years in prison and a fine of 9.4M CAD (over 7M USD) for a maple syrup heist. Richard Vallières stole 3,000 tons of maple syrup from a warehouse. The theft was discovered in a routine check in 2012, when a maple syrup barrel turned out to be empty. After an investigation, 26 people were arrested. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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The Burglar Who Didn’t Flush the Toilet

A burglar was caught because he didn't flush the toilet. Andrew Jensen didn't get caught with his pants down, but he came awfully close. Jensen broke into a home in Thousand Oaks, CA, but he didn't just take the owner's belongings - he left something behind to fill the void ... poop. It was poop. Police found an unflushed toilet containing what unflushed toilets usually do, and were able to trace the sample back to Jensen, who was then arrested on $700,000 bail. CRACKED.COM

Stoner Avenue

The city of Bemidji, Minnesota has a little theft problem regarding the street signs for Stoner Avenue and in the span of 10 years, the city spent $20,000 just to replace all the stolen signs. STONER AVNE Their solution? Higher poles. CRACKED.COM

The True-Crime-Fan-Turned-Murderer

A true crime fan killed someone just to watch them die. A 23-year-old in South Korea who was obsessed with true crime was charged with murder. She confessed to killing someone she had met online, saying she wanted to experience what it was like to commit murder. CRACKED

Prison Escapes

JACQUES MESRINE ESCAPED PRISON. THEN НЕ CAME BACK TO FREE ALL HIS FRIENDS. Не was finally captured, but this time they couldn't even hold on to him long enough to sentence him. Не escaped from the courtroom during trial by smuggling a gun into court and holding the judge hostage. CRACKED.COM

The Police Station Vandal

NEW TONIGHT MAN ARRESTED FOR VANDALIZING POLICE STATION Arrested for drugs, and told to report to court the next day, Jason Rodriguez made known his feelings toward the police. Не carved graffiti into the window of the very station that had released him. Police stations are covered in surveillance cameras.

Googling How to Kill Someone With a Baseball Bat Without Being Detected

Incriminating Google searches a how to kill someone with a baseball bat without being detected Anurag Johri, born in India and studying in the UK, was sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife in 2005. This case was nicknamed the Google murder, because he had researched how to safely murder someone with a baseball bat. CRACKED

The Doctor Using Someone Else’s DNA

DR. SCHNEEBERGER ASSAULTED PATIENTS. BUT HIS DNA WASN'T A MATCH. Then police finally tested his hair instead and got a match. It turned out the doctor had inserted a tube of someone else's blood into his own arm, and he'd used this each time to fool the police with someone else's DNA. CRACKED.COM

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The Man Who Stole Millions By Impersonating A Billionaire

An inmate at a Georgia maximum security prison stole millions by pretending to be a billionaire. CRACKED.COM Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. as- sumed the identity of Cali- fornia billionaire Sidney Kimmel and stole $11 million from her Charles Schwab account and converted them to 6,106 American Ea- gle one-ounce gold coins.

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The Super Sleepy Defendant

WEIRD WORLD A judge in Singapore had to issue an arrest warrant for a sleeping teenager. Не faced charges including trespassing in the Singapore Zoo, but his parents couldn't wake him up for the trial, so the law had to get involved. CRACKED.COM

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Glitter Clues

Glitter is just as good as a fingerprint (or better). Alaska officers arrested Michael Alexander on kidnapping and murder charges based on the unique

The Fitbit That Knew Everything

A man was charged with murder based on his wife's Fitbit. A masked man broke into Richard Dabate's home, tied him up, and tortured him. When Dabate's

CSI IRL

MYTH8 CSI teams SWeep through the scene of a crime and solve it, fast. FAGT8 That's only on TV. Crime scene investigators don't solve cases. Their rol

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