Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
When a 75-year-old Amish widower slept with a prostitute, he -- we feel certain -- felt pretty bad about it the next morning. As if that guilt weren't enough for the old man, the prostitute and her boyfriend demanded $67,000 from him, claiming that they had filmed the scene with wall-mounted cameras and would upload the recording to the Internet. The pair was later arrested and, we can only imagine, the Amish man abhorred technology more than ever.
Bank Robber Gets Away With the Help of Craiglist
In October, a bank robber -- wearing a safety vest, blue shirt, face mask and goggles -- eluded police with the help of Craiglist. Just outside the bank, while the robbery was in progress, stood a group of men who were responding to a Craiglist day labor opportunity. As the advertisement required, they were all wearing safety vests, blue shirts, face masks and goggles.
Nude New Zealander Arrested After Responding to Fake Sexy Text Message
Late in 2007, a Wellington, New Zealand man received a racy text message from two anonymous "ladies," giving him only an address and a request that he show up naked. Well, he indeed showed up naked... at the home of one appalled, unsuspecting New Zealander. Both the nude Romeo and the sadistic texter were arrested, though neither were prosecuted.
Fake Craiglist Ad Costs Man Most of What He Owns
Last Spring, a post appeared on an Oregon Craigslist board stating that the owner of a specific house was leaving all of his worldly possessions (still in said house) to whoever wanted them. When homeowner Robert Salisbury rushed home -- on a tip from a woman suspicious about the offer of a free horse -- he found his house being ransacked by 30 strangers. We suggest he take that horse and collect some vengeance Clint Eastwood-style.
17-Year-Old Jailed for Stealing Virtual 'Furniture'
When a 17-year-old Dutch boy hacked into several accounts on the Second Life-style site 'Habbo' in 2007, the the law got involved. The boy was discovered to have stolen $5,800 worth of virtual furniture and knick-knacks. Apparently, crime -- whether actual or virtual -- does not pay.
Phishers Going After Your Phones in New 'Vishing' Trend
Over the past year, sneaky spammers have begun to forsake the worn-out territory of e-mail in favor of cell phones' fertile frontier. The result? "Vishing." Get it? Voice mail phishing. It might be more ominous if it didn't sound like a James Bond villain saying, "Wishing."
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave Money / Food Behind
Around Halloween of last year, a truckload of thieves drove into -- that's right, into -- a Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant, where they -- apparently uninterested in the cash register -- stole a mid-grade 47-inch HDTV and fled the scene. We've all heard about how this generation is lacking in ambition, but this generation's thieves, too?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chris said 2:08PM on 8-17-2007
Ummm... I have news for all of you. I worked for UPS, and whatever you catch a driver doing out in the open is NOTHING compared to what goes on in the hubs. I loaded UPS trailers for a year and a half, and on numerous occasions I was told by managers and higher ranking officials that to speed up the loading, I should THROW... computers into the trailers. Most trailers have skids that the packages slide down, but some areas of hubs don't, and a loader must manually walk the package into the trailer, then walk back out to get the next package. So yeah, I was basically ordered to hurl peoples' and businesses' computers costing thousands of dollars to the back of trailers. UPS really doesn't care what you're shipping, they won't handle it with care once they get your money.
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John said 2:37PM on 9-15-2007
I would like to see the person who wrote the caption for this video get in the drivers seat of a ups truck. It takes a real man to sit at a computer and criticize other hard working people. Theres plenty of reason why this driver did that. He could have had permission from the owner of the house, there could have been a dog, the package could have been clothes, it could have been a friend of the driver. If more people worked like we did America would be in better shape. Also, in response to the comment by Chris, remember "hand to surface"? Hurling the package is why you WORKED for UPS and are no longer there. We spend everyday working our butts off for our customers from sun up to way after sun down. Have some respect.
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Neil said 6:24PM on 1-04-2008
So you think that it could have been clothes or the owner gave permission HA! that is real funny. When I loaded trucks for UPS we did throw packages just like the first guy said thats how we were told to do things. I also worked on the sort isle were packages are constantly thrown especially when that belt got jammed up. When I started doing deliveries we would come back another time if their was a dog. So what are you talking about? What he did was "Pure Laziness" thats why he threw the package. You might not want to admit that cause that is were your income comes from. I will say that it is hard work but thats no excuse. I worked for UPS for 5 years until I quit to do other things.
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Merry said 3:35PM on 1-07-2008
Well - that explains some of the packages I receive. Somehow, I'm not surprised
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Julie said 8:14PM on 1-07-2008
I knew a former UPS driver that said drivers would ditch the packages in empty lots if they couldn't find the address.
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Thomas said 2:19AM on 8-17-2008
you must have worked at a crapy HUB or either had bad management because we get in alot of trouble if we dont use a good hand to surface method.. dont use one hub to determine the entire handling of all Ups locations nation wide. How naive...And obviously you sucked at it and got fired. Now you still have harsh feelings toward the company and will go to any extent to try and ruin them.. what a slime.. They spend more money a year training thier employees than you will ever make in a lifetime buddy. Training them to be successful at thier jobs with a small chance punks like you will listen and apply the skills they have to offer.
Thomas Franklin
Montgomery AL hub
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tfranklin29 said 4:48PM on 8-17-2008
you must have worked at a crapy HUB or either had bad management because we get in alot of trouble if we dont use a good hand to surface method.. dont use one hub to determine the entire handling of all Ups locations nation wide. How naive...And obviously you sucked at it and got fired. Now you still have harsh feelings toward the company and will go to any extent to try and ruin them.. what a slime.. They spend more money a year training thier employees than you will ever make in a lifetime buddy. Training them to be successful at thier jobs with a small chance punks like you will listen and apply the skills they have to offer.
Thomas Franklin
Montgomery AL hub
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