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?
Why settle for your run-of-the-mill mousetrap when you can use a teched-out and unnecessarily intricate contraption that you might find in the lair of an old James Bond or Batman villain? Developed by U.K. pest-control pros, Rentokil, the RADAR mouse extermination system is touted as the "smartest and most humane mousetrap ever" -- this from a company that opted to put the word "kill" in its name.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
Mike Hunt said 12:47PM on 10-10-2007
At first glance at the article I thought that a terroist got into the White House.
GAS TRAPS RODENTS !
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HokusPokus said 12:49PM on 10-10-2007
I am disappointed in the world today. Every time I turn around there is another Item that Texts you. Your car texts you when it needs a tune up, your dog's collar texts you when he gets lost (this one is pretty handy) and now your mouse trap texts you when you have caught one. Why are we leaning so heavily on technology these days? Why can't you just take your car in every now and then, to get a check and or tune up... Why can't you just see that the little door on your trap is closed and therefore there must be SOMETHING in it. When a mass shutdown or virus knocks everything out, we'll wish all of our things couldn't only be controlled by our phones.
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tracy said 12:58PM on 10-10-2007
Maybe I'm missing something here but didnt the article say it sends doses of carbon dioxide to kill the mouse? If so, how do you set a dead mouse loose in the neighbors yard, like the article suggests?
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Phil said 1:09PM on 10-10-2007
What's wrong with the old fashioned way? I shoot them with a bb gun and throw the bodies in a river for the turtles.
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susan said 1:12PM on 10-10-2007
tracy - read the last paragraph again, then you will understand!
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crazyone2 said 1:27PM on 10-10-2007
I like the good ol rat traps that break their backs.That way you dont waste any meat Just remember cant eat em if you gas em
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Priscilla said 1:37PM on 10-10-2007
For those who think that keeping the mice alive is humane, they WILL come back into your house as they see their nest as sacred territory. It's better to exterminate, period. Anyone with squirrel problems can attest to the idea of returning to the nest - if they made a home in your attic & the homeowner thinks by covering up the access hole with find their house looking like swiss cheese in no time as the squirrel (which are rodents) will just create another hole...
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hassie said 1:42PM on 10-10-2007
I wonder what PETA thinks of this one? It is more humane to trap it, NOT KILL IT, and let it go.But who said anything about being humane or compassionate? I suppose it beats poisons that force the mouse to bleed out internally. I rescused a field mouse once that had been poisoned and it was so sad. The wildlife rehab person gave him Vitamin K and saved the little guy so he could be released into the woods again. That's humane. Maybe if we treated creatures with more compassion we'd have less need to slaughter each other.D'ya think??????????????????
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Mike said 1:44PM on 10-10-2007
PLUS (Project Literacy US) seems to be losing out to MINUS (Moronic Illiterate Nebbishes US).
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Jim said 2:04PM on 10-10-2007
Too bad Hillary and Reid can't fit into one of these gadgets.
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Tim said 2:18PM on 10-10-2007
"Jim says:
Too bad Hillary and Reid can't fit into one of these gadgets.
10/10/07 2:04 PM"
So you advocate the extermination of a former first lady and current Presidential candidate as well as the Senate Majority Leader? I think the Secret Service would like to be aware of this.
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ecommct said 2:20PM on 10-10-2007
Why on earth we keep killing innocent animals is beyond me, especially when there are so many violent and disturbing crimes perpetrated by human beings. Animals can't help but enter our homes when we build on the land that THEY used to call home.
And to get an email when the killing is done is just sickening.
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Christopher Kidwell said 2:20PM on 10-10-2007
Well, this is a more human trap that the other traps. The mouse just goes to sleep and doesn't wake up again from lack of oxygen.... probably doesn't even know what happened to him.
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Christopher Kidwell said 2:22PM on 10-10-2007
"Why on earth we keep killing innocent animals is beyond me, especially when there are so many violent and disturbing crimes perpetrated by human beings. Animals can't help but enter our homes when we build on the land that THEY used to call home."
Why do we do it? Because these animals can spread serious diseases around the world, and that is why we don't want them in our homes. Not to mention that I don't want to be eating something that a mouse or rat has been chewing on, even if it is my pet rat!
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doda said 2:31PM on 10-10-2007
Please oh please tell me that they are going to make an upsized model for the neighbors dogs and cats that like to mess up my yard.
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Megan said 2:35PM on 10-10-2007
I had a friend who used those horrible glue traps. When she or her husband got home, they would hit the poor thing with a bat to kill it. Right in front of their kids. I babysat one day, and I heard a poor little mouse squealing in panic. I called the company to see if there was anyway to release it. They said cooking oil would loosen the glue. So I took it to a faraway feild and let the poor little thing go.
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dan said 2:42PM on 10-10-2007
yea right, that's what i need, a fuckn' CO2 gas dispensing mouse trap! i suggest that any squirrel brain that's interested in this shit to consider a gas dispensing chamber large enough to put themselves in. problem solved...
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Mia said 3:15PM on 10-10-2007
Why on earth we keep killing innocent animals is beyond me, especially when there are so many violent and disturbing crimes perpetrated by human beings. Animals can't help but enter our homes when we build on the land that THEY used to call home.
Believe me if u had these stinky little bastards infesting ur home u would want to gas them all to death as well..
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Jon said 3:24PM on 10-10-2007
Does it FAX?
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dumpkit said 3:44PM on 10-10-2007
...how bout a mousetrap that feeds and waters the mice until it collects five or ten so I can set them loose at my neighbors house?
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