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?
A man in Berkeley, California was struck and killed yesterday while crossing the train tracks on foot. Witnesses say that he was distracted by talking on his cell phone, resulting in the accident. The man stood by the side of two sets of the tracks waiting for one train to cross, then immediately stepped out onto the tracks and was struck by a second train passing in the opposite direction.
Reader Comments (Page 30 of 32)
Arwen said 1:19AM on 12-26-2007
Go ahead keep using your cell phones. There are too many people on this earth that are a waste of space. I'm all for human culling! I like reading about the new Darwin Nominees
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ray said 9:57AM on 12-26-2007
that poor poor cell phone all it was doing was minding its own business an this man had to pick it up an use it its not the phones fault its just being a cell phone we need to stop blaiming these poor phones an start blaiming the users
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Judy an American said 3:02PM on 12-26-2007
hey Hope, it's not limited to Americans. Open Your eyes, cause if you walk blindly you can be run over too. Ignorant.
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gary said 12:42PM on 12-27-2007
Lets face it Nature has it's ways of thinning out the Herd
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Christine said 1:35PM on 12-27-2007
Ok... let me get this straight. You want be to believe that that idoit could not hear two trains comming at the same time because he was on the cell phone. Oh the poor phone. Does the media really think im going to buy that one? OOH.. they must of been those super, extra quiet trains, right? If anyone beleives that it was the fault of the cell phone, then you are just as much of an idot as the media.
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Carolyn McClenney said 7:13PM on 12-27-2007
I enjoy the cell phone and it depends on the area you're in if you get a good connection. It seems like being on the cell phone at a train track would be too noisey to hear. That's what probably happened to the young man. He probably thought the first train that passed was the same sound he heard which was the final train that hit him. He wasn't paying attention and everybody knows the tracks are dangerous with or without a cell phone.I send my prayers to the family but It's tradgic that he died like that but we all have a final distination and the cell phone has nothing to do with it. As long as you give your heart to the Lord then He has the final say about your life. Stop calling him names, feel his families pain and pray this is a lesson well learned. Stay away from the tracks!
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BUTCH said 7:25PM on 12-27-2007
mother nature has her ways of weeding out the dumbasses
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Pamela A. Talbot said 2:02AM on 12-28-2007
I have a few questions. First off, how could you possibly hear or be heard to have a conversation on cellphone at a train crossing? How could you stand at a train crossing and not hear a second train? I don't understand these claims. I lived probably half of my life within a couple blocks of train tracks. Trains are something that you get used to being there the sound of or the vibration of. There's more here than meets what's on the surface.
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Yadira said 7:49AM on 12-28-2007
It was not really the cell phone that caused this accident and others like it. It was human stupidity. Common sense tells you to pay attention when crossing railroad tracks or driving a car. It's frightening that people put not only their own life at risk but others too. I've seen people driving while talking, texting, applying make-up, and even reading. It scares me. If you MUST talk on the phone, pull over or use a blue tooth. When crossing railroad tracks or in heavy traffic, just tell them to hold on or you'll call them back and pay attention.
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JB said 12:54PM on 12-28-2007
Sounds to me like we need MORE cell phones and MORE railroad crossings! Nature's way of thinning out the stupid.
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Alan Brown said 4:29AM on 12-29-2007
Well for starters kids now days do not have a whole lot of common since,and every kid you see from grade school and up has a cell phone or e-pod. you could do away with both and we would be better off. I was born in 1950 and we made it through the years with out carrying around a cell phone every place you go. You can not go any place today without someone on a cell phone. Driving down the road on the cell phone or i-pod, and you wonder why there are so many accidents.
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dan said 7:35AM on 12-29-2007
This almost happened to me once, while tring to catch the eastboound, gates down, I rushed across and almost caught the west bound, just be more carfull peop........wait gotta go cell phones ringing!
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Richard said 7:47AM on 12-29-2007
But Vivi - you ARE a nitwit!
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kenny48 said 10:59AM on 12-29-2007
The cell phone didn't kill him. His inability to pay attention is what killed him.
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JP said 11:08AM on 12-29-2007
Americans? when was the last time you were in Europe or any big city in South America, you think we over use the cell phone, this people don't know what it is to be off the phone or were to be off the phone. Stupid is as stupid does, do some traveling around the world before you judge your own people, witch by the way are the best in the world and I'm a foreigner in your country, but I appreciated more than most of you.
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Russ said 11:53AM on 12-29-2007
Cell phones, cars, and guns don't kill people. It's the immature people that have them that and lack the mentality to act responsibly with them, much like the brains of some people posting here.
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GM said 2:48PM on 12-29-2007
Don't you think you have rung out all there is to be said about this? I think that a two week run of the same topic is a bit much. I understand that many of your employees have time off because of the holidays, but your topics have been up so long, they are growing beards. Can't you find some news that is a little more current?
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Dave Whitaker said 3:19PM on 12-29-2007
I say we ban trains. No, really...and cars too. THey both kill tens of thousands each year and using the logic of anti-gun wackos, this should be a perfect solution.
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Pernell said 3:57PM on 12-29-2007
I am so sick of people and their cell phones,you have to stand behind them in line at counters and all types of shit,they even talk while waiting on you.This was one of the most annoying inventions.
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Lisa Perrine said 8:44PM on 12-29-2007
wooot we have just lost another idiot that the laws could not protect. glad it happened no more offspring for that one.
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