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Stupid Crimes: Killer caught after butt-dialing 911
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Butt-dial M for Murder A Florida man accidently called 911 and recorded his plans for murder before the victim was fatally shot. According to the Miami Herald, Scott Simon decided to shoot Nicholas Walker after arguing with him at a nearby Waffle House. Broward County Sheriff's Office...
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Stupid Crimes: Losing weight; Happy Meal, happy ending; there are rules
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Losing weight A Georgia woman is facing charges after police said she dropped weights, plates and beer mugs from an 18th-story balcony at people down below. Witnesses said they heard a woman, later identified as Chloe Chalavoutis, screaming from a balcony above, go back into her apartment...
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Stupid Crimes for May 3
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 2, 2013
Losers weepers A New Hampshire man accused of pilfering items from a second-hand store says he was confused by the business's name: Finders Keepers. Police said Ruben Pavon was shown on video taking a grill from the porch of the thrift shop. "I thought it was there for the taking," he told...
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Stupid Crimes: Unearthing the undead, doggie do's and don'ts, call of booty
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013
Unearthing the undead A 70-year-old woman was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for defrauding insurers by faking deaths and staging sham funerals while she worked at a Los Angeles mortuary. Jean Crump, 70, prepared bogus death certificates, bought a burial plot and in one instance...
