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Naked Intruder kills Pets
Police received a burglary call on Thursday afternoon from the 1000 block of Casiano Road, said Officer Mike Lopez, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department.
By The South Guide5 years ago in Criminal
The M word
The year is 2120 and Michael fondly looked at the ornate heart shaped golden locket. It contained a picture of his late wife Lara who died two weeks ago. Lara and Michael had only been married for 2 years but were childhood sweethearts.
By larissa s 5 years ago in Criminal
W.O.M.A.N.
My name is Catelaya Montgomery & I use men for their money. You're probably thinking I'm an escort or something, but I'm not. I get to know men, pretend I fall in love with them, where they trust me, to get close enough to their personal belongings then I fled up and leave. Once I do that I leave town and to next one. Change my identity, my look, fake names. Me being in the streets I got a lot of free game, so I was good at what I do. This all started when I ran away from home at 16, I'm 25 now & so much has happened since then & now. My parents and I was due to move to Cali from Chicago. My dad always visioned living by beautiful big trees, I mean.. my family was middle class, with only me and my little sister, I had a brother, but he's in military and have his own family, so it was easy to have whatever they desired out of life, for them and us. I didn't wanna go so I left my family behind. My family tried their best to contact me at first, mostly my little sister. I felt bad so one day I swung by our old place, to only see they were gone... I knew then I was the least favorite child, but I kept in contact with my sister, using no caller id so she won't track me, will catch up here and there. It wasn't shit to me after while. I got deep in the streets, tryna survive, tryna make family of my own. That's where I met baby daddy. We weren't in love, well at least I wasn't, but he was my first everything, he made me feel good and taught me a lot, I think we could've been better off as friends, but aye. I got pregnant with his at 21, he died when I was at least six months, he was gunned down & robbed, working one night. That was a hard pill to swallow, because I didn't know how I was going to survive without him, he helped and taught me a lot, but when my daughter Sonai came into this world, she brought feeling and light back into my world, she saved my life. I wanted to do better and move better, but I got stuck here.. I started to become obsessive with getting money. I've always been told I was beautiful and caught wealthy men eyes all time, it was so easy, I told myself after the first one I'll be done, but I couldn't stop, so now I was on my third guy, since I started, I've been dealing with him for almost a year. Most of the money I get, I save for a plan, for me and my daughter. I know I'll eventually be done, doing what I'm doing....
By Kaleah hughes5 years ago in Criminal
Delmar Anholt Jr. and the Valentine’s Day Homicide
On February 14th, 1982, the gruesome discovery of a woman and her unborn child is made. Kneeling over the body is a man, attempting to gouge out the woman’s eyeballs.
By Hannah Marland5 years ago in Criminal
The Small, Brief Hell of Baby Joe
This is a true crime story that deals with abuse, neglect, endangerment, and death of a child. Reader discretion is advised.
By Tate Layne5 years ago in Criminal
Mugshot Mayhem
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to this Hall of Shame, it's more like a thousand hours of mandatory, court-ordered community service. Crime doesn't pay, but it certainly provides some serious entertainment. Below is a compilation I've put together with 10 of the most memorable mugshots to ever disgrace the internet, along with the hilariously ridiculous crimes they were accused of committing (and of course my asinine commentary).
By Reptile Dysfunction 5 years ago in Criminal
Hope dies in the end.
“Bennie?” I faintly heard my name being called. I shook myself from the daydream I was in turning my head slightly to look at my partner. “What?” I asked. She threw her hands in the air and rolled her eyes. “Were you not listening that whole time?!” My friend and partner Ivana was the chatty type. She was a blond hair blue eyed Russian who was so beautiful that she thought everyone around her hung on her every word. Which to be fair most did. I on the other hand had been her friend for a long time so I no longer fell under that spell. She had been talking about her night and how boring the guy was she had met up with. What was the name she called him? Jim…Joe…Jude… Her friend was still looking at her expectantly. “Of course, I heard you…you had a boring night with a guy you met up with.” Ivana crossed her arms. “What was his name?” I smirked. “You got me there.” I turned back to the reason I was here as I heard her huff. I looked through my scope watching the people on the ground move through their daily lives. There was a man standing in the alley between two building barely in my line of sight selling something to a woman holding the hand of a little girl with pigtails and a pink flowery dress. There was a man sitting against a building playing guitar. While prostitutes milled around nearby. The people, buildings and streets looked far different then the pictures and videos I was shown in school. In the pictures I had seen the people looked more colorful, happy. The buildings were in better shape and the streets were far cleaner. But after the bombings of the country’s financial centers, before I was born, everything had changed. The gap between wealthy and poor grew exponentially. It was a simultaneous coordinated attack by hackers and a militia. The hackers hit the data centers digitally and the militia bombed the buildings with the back up paper copies of all financial transactions. You see the government had passed laws forcing all companies to submit transactions made of any amount to central hubs so the government could keep better track of all money in the country. The laws never received any support until several terrorist attacks happened on weak financial institutes compromising the financial structure. The government thought they could best secure all this information. Which in turn gave them far more power over the people. A lot of people didn’t seem to mind though because it thought it made them more secure. And it worked for a while but as most things go in history people got greedy and started using the information in the wrong way. Once this redistribution attack as they called it happened the rich banded together pressuring the government. The attack had back fired. The government embarrassed and disgraced caved to them. The rich began privatizing everything. From the military and police force to hospitals and schools. The common citizen had to pay for everything now. There were no government hand outs anymore. You got what you paid for. In school, the more you paid the more thorough the child’s education was. Same for hospitals. The government was still allowed to have a standing army, but it was now used more for the security of the borders and a show of force. The police changed the most. Now if you wanted the police out you had to pay. The rich tried to make it look fair so whom ever the guilt party was had to pay the majority of the fee. It was no longer a fight between races but the haves and have nots. A lot had changed in the past thirty years.
By LEE PECK5 years ago in Criminal
The mama's boy
Most of us can appreciate our mothers. In most instances, they are nurturing and kind. Whenever we need a good meal, a small loan or just someone to lend a sympathetic ear, we often seek our mothers. But the best mothers teach us how to live without them. They are like the mother bird that prepares her nestlings for their independence.
By Marc Hoover5 years ago in Criminal
Ksi
Anthrax Tower. Sewage is seeping through the manhole covers. KSI et al. drop by Isaac's Deli for an Early Bird Special: a twisted chicken and a quart of deli salad for 50% off. Helmets are supplied free of charge. (Luckily KSI has a friend who works here.)
By Julie Eileen OBrien5 years ago in Criminal
Four Letters
The crowd had been building since noon. People were scrambling to complete their errands and meet the deadline. The event was a nuisance, long reviled by the public as unnecessary. The seasons changed, lives continued, but that looming blade on the field was a constant in the community. A trio of siblings giggled among themselves as they played with the metal collars around their necks, pointing at the guillotine and feigning overdramatic deaths. Their mother silenced them with a wide-eyed stare and continued the conversation she was having with one of her neighbors.
By Corey Riner5 years ago in Criminal
The US most secure prison
ADX Florence, built south of Florence Colorado in 1994, is the most secure prison in the United States prison system. Commonly referred to as a “Supermax” prison, it has 490 beds in a compound which encompasses 37 acres.
By Jordan Robert5 years ago in Criminal
2-Dichotomously Queer
It’s New York. You know because it’s the only city in America where heads hang high, and limbs lay limp: a child resting in his mother’s arms and under her smile; a senior leaning on the rails of an NYC fire escape, gazing at night’s gems – none of them breathing. The night engulfs the patronizing, metronomic siren circling the city on 18 wheels: it’s inside time.
By Max Sheppard5 years ago in Criminal