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?
Sure, the Nintendo Wii is great and all, but we're guessing that a kid in China who tried to extort $1,400 from his parents by "kidnapping" himself and demanding a ransom after they refused to buy him a "Nintendo computer" was probably a little too infatuated with the popular white gaming console 
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tekkii said 2:15PM on 8-04-2008
He would be in the emergency room having my foot removed from his ass !
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soxfan said 2:44PM on 8-04-2008
He would not see another birthday/Christmas for the rest of his life.
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Dave said 2:49PM on 8-04-2008
That 'lil S.O.B.!!....The parents should dis-own him!...Sell his a$$ to a slave ship!
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susan said 2:59PM on 8-04-2008
Man or boy, which is it? If it was a young boy at least you have to admit it was very ingenius of him to think up the elaborate scam...LOL
If it was a man, he needs a life and his parents should let him stay in jail!!
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Tashia Payne said 3:43PM on 8-04-2008
He would be disowned
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Seminole said 5:54PM on 8-04-2008
No, I think he has been "owned"
tammy said 4:49PM on 8-04-2008
I have to say that there is a problem with children these days. I would had never even dared say no to my parents yet, we have kids telling parents what to do and parents afraid to discipline their children. These wouldn't be my kids, and do you know what needs to be done to those families that are on that stupid show about nannies??? They just need their butts kicked and told no and given a good old fashioned spanking!!! Our jails are full of idiots that were never told no, or told to go get a job, and it is mostly the parents fault.
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ScrappyPeanut said 5:05PM on 8-04-2008
What a little brat! That's the problem with kids today. They almost always get what they want from their parents, so when Mom and Dad finally say no, they kids go ballistic. For the love of God, and yourselves, don't be afraid to tell little Johnny and little Susie no once in a while. And please spank them from time to time when they step out of line. It may be difficult to do at first, but later on you'll thank yourself and the world will thank you too. If you don't, you just might end up with a brat with pulls some crap stunt like this, if not worse. Think about the little brat that hired a hitman... We should all be glad that it was an undercover cop. Could you imagine what would have happened had it been a real hired killer? *shudders* Kids need to be told no and give boundaries and lots of discipline. We grew up with being told no to each and every want and whim and we were spanked and we're just fine, so it stands to reason that today's kids will be fine too.
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YepIsaidit said 5:22PM on 8-04-2008
We have asked for it... We took common sense out of raising children, we let other people tell you to not disipline your kids when you knew that did not feel right, you knew the lack of respect was headed in the wrong direction. Now you have to deal with what you created.. On the other hand, I have teenagers that are not asked to do anything twice.. And would, to this day, consider the reprocussions of a stunt like that. We put in work before they were 10... have not had to go there since
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Constantine said 5:24PM on 8-04-2008
Probably got advice from Frank Sinatra Jr.
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Constantine said 5:26PM on 8-04-2008
If I were the parent, I'd buy the Wii and then ask the kid which poor kid's charity he chooses for it to go to.
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Marko said 6:00PM on 8-04-2008
man, kids these days will do anything to get what they want. If I was the parent, i'd spank that kid's a$$ to jail.
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Patrick said 6:13PM on 8-04-2008
All I have to say is this kid is lucky I'm not his parent
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Patrick said 6:34PM on 8-04-2008
I'm not a parent but if I were, this kid is lucky I'm not his. He wouldn't be able to sit for a week after I got a hold of him. Parents today are raising, awful, nasty, rude, mean, disrespectful creeps that are never told no and are never disciplined. People are sure to say that there have always been kids like this, and I agree. But the number of kids/teens that act that way seems to have risen. I see these little monsters running all over who get away with just awful things and their parents refuse to spank them or are afraid to do so. In my opinion a little swat isn't going to do anything to them except make them behave.
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Kreed said 7:17PM on 8-04-2008
Man thats the one right there. Ask him whitch charity
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cathy rohrscheib said 7:31PM on 8-04-2008
i can believe this happen we allow it . if they dont get somthing act out . one girl even accused her father of rape. sad . that girl should be so lucky never to experence it .they get in trouble in school.an the parent defends them .im scared of the future
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Sydney said 8:09PM on 8-04-2008
He is just glad my mom isn't his mom. She would beat till he bled, and then she would stop, and when she is ready do it again. I think kids have gone crazy these days. They don't know how lucky they are. I have had to indure many, many stories about what my mom had to do as a kid. I think that they wouldn't be able to do anything he liked again until he moved out the house, and then make sure he has a miserable kid. I can't believe how kids are so disrespectful and inconsiderate. They don't care who they hurt or anything. They don't have any sense.
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