30 Random Bits of Trivia About Crime That Were Just Denied Bail

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30 Random Bits of Trivia About Crime That Were Just Denied Bail
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You can’t bring these crime facts home with you, but the judge did allow visitation. You have about five minutes to see them, ask how they’re doing and assure them that everything is going to be alright before we sadly have to kick you out. 

And don’t try anything funny like slipping them contraband. You don’t want to end up in here with them. This isn’t a world you want to live in, so it’s probably best to just see them and get back to your vanilla, crime-free lifestyle.

Using McDonald’s to Bribe a Teenager into Confessing a Crime

WEIRD WORLD Police tried to use McDonald's to bribe a teenager into confessing a crime. M McCafée M OPENFORN McDonald's MEI 15-year-old Martell Williams says officers offered him McDonald's in exchange for a confession, but he didn't even know what he was being accused of. CRACKED.COM

The Defendant Who Was Already in Prison

They're always in the last place you look. Malta Police were looking for a man in relation to a court case, and a lawyer eventually reported that he was found... in prison. CRACKED

The Supreme Basketball Court

The Supreme Court also has a basketball court. Storage space above the courtroom was turned into a gym with a basketball court in the 1940s. John Roberts used to play basketball with William Rehnquist there, and Sandra Day O'Connor organized yoga classes in the gym every day. CRACKED.COM

Charles Barkley’s Arrest

BASKETBALL Charles Barkley CRACKED.COM Barkley was on trial in 1997, because apparently it's a crime to throw a guy out the window of a nightclub. When the judge asked him if he had any regrets, he belligerently answered: I regret we weren't on a higher floor.

The Warrant Myth

MYTH: Police can't enter your home without a warrant, right? FACT: They can, if they think you're up to something. On the cop shows, police are like vampires-they can't come in unless you invite them. But in the real world, they can invoke exigent circumstances, an emergency regulation that permits officers to enter a building without a warrant. They're allowed to do it as long as they think evidence is about to be destroyed, someone's in danger, or a suspect is fleeing. Please note the phrase if they think. CRACKED.COM https://definitions.uslegal.com/e/exigent-circumstances/

Miranda Rights

MYTH: If a cop doesn't read you your Miranda rights, you can walk. FACT: Those rights apply to interrogation, not arrest. Despite what you see on every cop show ever, failing to advise a suspect of his or her Miranda rights doesn't mean the arrest doesn't count. And even if you're interrogated without being told your rights, all it means is that your testimony can't be used in court against you. CRACKED.COM http://criminal-law.freeadvice.com/criminal-law/drunk_driving/miranda_warning.htm

The First Crime Lab

The first crime solved by a microscope was in 1846. CRACKED.COM Joseph Leidy examined blood on the shirt of an ac- cused murderer and deter- mined that the blood was from a human and not the blood of a chicken, as the suspect had claimed.

Parking A Stolen Car in a Cop’s Spot

WEIRD WORLD A guy driving a stolen car parked it at a space reserved for police cars in Tulsa. 712 6030-D2 Unsurprisingly for everyone involved, except the driver, he (along with a passenger) got arrested very quickly. CRACKED.COM

Glitter As A Fingerprint

Glitter is just as good as a fingerprint (or better). Alaska officers arrested Michael Alexander on kidnapping and murder charges based on the unique patterns of glitter. According to the official report, Alexander's wife provided investigators with samples of glitter from her home that the victim had previously used. When the glitter patterns matched those of the glitter on the victim's body and on glitter remnants in Alexander's car trunk, his guilty conviction was a total lock. CRACKED.COM

Pokemon GO As Criminal Tell

Police gotta catch 'em all (and SO do the bad guys). PoKéMoN GO Everyone got caught up in the Pokemon Go craze, local criminals included. This led three different police departments around America to advertise the ever-loving heck out of their super awesome gym status. Remember, Niantic made sure gyms were safe public spaces. While the gyms were totally real, a couple departments stretched the truth a wee bit, boasting about super rare Pokemon showing up in their stations on their social media pages. The ruse worked, and multiple petty crooks were nabbed thanks to their Pikachu addiction. CRACKED.COM

The Wanted Poster That Also Doubled As a Cookie

WEIRD WORLD A Milwaukee bakery printed images of a burglary suspect on their cookies. The bakery got robbed on April 19, and the owners got the suspect's face on camera. So, we made delicious sugar cookies with his image on them!, they said in a Facebook post. They hoped somebody could ID the suspect, and it worked. CRACKED.COM

The Grandpa Gang

A gang of grandpas stole $200 million in cash and jewels from an English bank. ii CRACKED.COM The Grandpa Gang, a group of men the oldest be- ing 76, committed the big- gest bank robbery in English history by climbing down an elevator shaft and drilling through a concrete wall.

George Carlin

George Carlin was arrested in Milwaukee in 1972 after performing his '7 Words You Can't Say On Television' routine. Attorneys played Carlin's 'Class Clown' album as part of the defense and luckily, the judge had a sense of humor. After the seven words you can't say on television were said in a court Thursday, a smiling judge dismissed the disorderly conduct charge against comedian George Carlin. CRACKED.COM

Lenny Bruce

Lenny Bruce spent most of the 1960s fighting obscenity charges. Не was busted in San Francisco, Philly, Los Angeles, and Chicago, where a conviction was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. Woody Allen testified at Lenny's New York obscenity trial -- he was convicted and sentenced to four months. Не was appealing when he died of a drug overdose. CRACKED.COM

The Man Who Channeled Indiana Jones

CRACKED 71-YEAR-OLD OREGON MAN CHANNELS INDIANA JONES, GETS CONVICTED. A 71-year-old Oregon man was convicted of attacking a federal officer and firing a gun in a violent crime. Не had set up an Indiana Jones-inspired booby trap at his old home.

Donald Trump’s Ex-Lawyer

CRACKED EASTMAN'S ACCOUNTANT PLAN BACKFIRES. John Eastman, Trump's ex-lawyer, tried to get an accountant to testify in his disbarment case in California. The case was dismissed because the accountant wasn't an expert.

Vanilla Theft

The region of Sava, Madagascar is a hotbed of vanilla thefts. After the global price for vanilla soared by more than 500%, so did the number of thefts. The crime aggravated the local farmers so much that caught thieves face the prospect of being beaten to death by them. CRACKED COM

John Bodkin Adams

CRACKED.COM John Bodkin Adams was a wealthy doctor (and maybe a serial killer). Doctor Adams' wealth had a dubious origin - he had his elderly female patients write him into their wills, and then he would (allegedly) alleviate their suffering with an injection. Не was never convicted for murder, but he was still found guilty of forging prescriptions and other such suspicious going-ons.

The Mad Pooper

HOLMEDEL HIGH SCHOOL HAD A MAD POOPER. THEY KEPT POOPING ON THE TRACK FIELD. Cops finally caught the culprit right before 6 AM, trousers down. It wasn't a student, but the superintendent of the school district. His choice to do this truly defies logic, especially since it cost him a $150,000 annual salary. CRACKED.COM

The Unmasked Polish Murderer

WEIRD WORLD In Poland, they caught murderer because, uh, he wasn't wearing a mask. He'd been on the run for 20 years, and they finally nabbed him when he got stopped by police for not wearing a mask in a shop (which is mandatory in Poland). CRACKED.COM

The Airbnb Murder

Villa La Mas, Costa Rica The Airbnb murder Reviews of this Airbnb rental called it scary and a nightmare, but Carla Stefaniak decided to stay there for her 36th birthday. She texted her sister-in-law, It's pretty sketchy here, and went missing for a week before her body was found covered in plastic and half-buried. It is believed that a security guard killed her. CRACKED.COM

Stealing Numbers

A THIEF KEPT STEALING ADDRESS NUMBERS. 10 THEY ONLY EVER STOLE 1's AND O's. Around Christmas, one resident found a trash bag on their stoop, filled with metal ones and zeroes. There was no note and no reason why the numbers were returned, so the neighborhood was just left with more questions. CRACKED.COM

Skipping Out on the Bill

An NFL player was arrested for skipping out on a $27 bill. STADIUM 79 . Raheem Brock, a Seattle Seahawks defensive end, was charged in Philly after refusing to pay his $27 tab and resisting arrest at the Copabanana Restaurant. CRACKED

Googling How Long Does It Take Police to Respond to an Armed Robbery

Incriminating Google searches a how long does it take police to respond to an armed robbery In April 2022, three 17-year-old boys in the UK went on a crime spree, robbing several stores in broad daylight. They were eventually caught when police noticed their suspicious Google searches. CRACKED

The Pill-Popping Judge

A Tennessee judge bought and used pills during court breaks. 64 year-old Judge Richard Baumgartner was caught buying pills from convicts and using them during so many trials that hundreds of his cases may need to be retried. CRACKED

Michael Jackson’s Songs

CRACKED A BUNCH OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONGS ARE ABOUT REAL LIFE CRIMES. Both Bad and Smooth Criminal (duh) are about real, violent crime stories.

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Californian Nut Theft

CRACKED.COM Nut theft is big in California. Stealing electronics? Booze? Nope - the really high-yield crime in California is nut-napping. International crime rings run sophisticated operations, complete with false shipping papers. Nuts are notoriously hard to track, and a truckload can be worth as much as $500,000.

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