February 4, 2012

Ouch, That’s Gonna Leave A Mark

It’s a good thing this happened in Chicago, where strict “gun control” laws ensure convicted felons, like Anthony Miranda, don’t have access to firearms: Robbing a man who turned out to be an ultimate fighter proved to be a bad decision for a convicted felon, who is now in bad shape as he is held [...]

Mother Shoots, Kills Would-be Kidnapper

I guess this guy didn’t memo… You don’t mess with a Mama Grizzly: Sheriff’s officials in southwest Florida say a clerk at a 24-hour food store shot and killed a man who tried to rob her and take her 1-year-old daughter. According to news reports 22-year-old Elizabeth Easterly was alone in her families landmark corner store [...]

Acting ATF Director Likely To Be Ousted Over Gunwalker Scandal

From CNN: Kenneth Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is expected to resign under pressure, perhaps in the next day or two, in the wake of the ongoing controversy over Operation Fast and Furious, two senior federal law enforcement sources said Monday. In the operation, straw buyers were allowed [...]

Palin E-mail Hacker Gets One-year Sentence

David Kernell the 20 year old college student who was convicted of breaking into Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account during  the 2008 Presidential campaign has been sentenced to one year in prison: The former college student who guessed his way into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account during the 2008 U.S. presidential election was sentenced to [...]

Mojave Cross Replaced… Then Removed

Sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning someone erected a replacement for the “Mojave Cross” which was torn down and stolen by vandals a week ago. The replacement cross was promptly removed by the park service: The Mojave Cross saga took yet another unexpected turn Thursday, when the contested symbol that vanished last week [...]

Mojave Cross Torn Down and Stolen by Vandals

The Mojave Cross, a memorial to World War I veterans, which has stood in various forms for more than 75 years was torn down and stolen by vandals sometime late Sunday or early Monday morning: The 7-foot-tall metal cross in a 75-year-old war memorial that withstood the heat of the Mojave Desert and a blazing [...]

Palin E-mail Hacker Convicted on Two Counts

A federal jury in Knoxville, Tennessee convicted David Kernell, the 22 year old son of Democratic State Representative, on two of four counts related to the intrusion into former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s personal Yahoo! Mail account during the 2008 elections today: (Reuters) – A college student who hacked into former Republican vice [...]

And the Stupidest Criminal of the Year Award Goes to…

This guy, I guess no one ever warned him about the big blue spark: An attempted copper theft at an Eagan substation early Wednesday knocked out power for thousands of residents and sent a would-be thief to Regions Hospital. Eagan police said the 33-year-old suspect from St. Paul suffered severe burns but was in stable [...]

Breaking: Four Police Officers Shot Near McChord Air Force Base in Parkland, Wash.

Details are still sketchy, but KING TV in Seattle is reporting that four police officers where shot and killed near McChord Air Force Base in Parkland, Washington: Four police officers have been shot and killed near McChord Air Force Base. Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer says that the officers were in a coffee shop [...]

Crime Doesn’t Pay: Business Owner Fires on Robbers, Killing 2, Police Say

Things went horribly wrong for the four men who tried to hold up a Harlem restaurant-supply shop on Thursday afternoon… The four men burst into Kaplan Bros. Blue Flame Corp. around 3:00 p.m. and things went downhill quickly for them: “I’d do it again if I had to.” Those were the first defiant words out [...]