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)
chefgon_ign said 8:02AM on 11-13-2008
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Simzee said 8:09AM on 11-13-2008
Bush should outlaw ALL forms of gambling. Period.
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Be smart said 1:09PM on 11-13-2008
Clearly Bush and others who seek to ban on-line gambling have, as usual, a view that extends no further than the end of their noses.
They obviously have failed to learn the lessons of history, which has REPEATDELY shown that banning the "consumption" of something which many (i.e., a high percentage of the population) favor/desire (whether YOU desire/favor it or not) does NOT stop that item from being made available.
Instead, it causes the consumption by those people who want it to take place underground (think speakeasies in Prohibition, going to "back-street butchers" for abortions, etc.), ultimately resulting in great harm to the populace without "solving the problem" and, in the end, generating MASSIVE profits for those who supply the (suddenly illegal) service or item (think Mafia, drug lords, etc.).
And, of course, when these hoodlums reap all the financial benefit, they become POWERFUL (think Al Capone, Columbian drug lords, etc.) and then have the resources and power to TRULY corrupt legal and political processes (think bribing of judges, police, politicians) to help them RULE the masses for their self-serving benefit (think gangs terrorizing communities in L.A., Chicago, NY, Salt Lake City, etc.).
Nope, like it or not, banning things is NOT the answer. It does NOT make them go away or stop and it DOES give power and money to all the BAD people who would otherwise NOT have access to such a vast resource.
You would think that anyone aware of and advocating the way free-market supply-and-demand works (think Bush, the Republican platform) would be smart enough to recognize that the same thing applies to things like alcohol consumption, gambling, prostitution, etc., and accept that those things ARE going to exist, banned or not, and at least make those things somehow BENEFIT the society/populace, by keeping them legal but making them pay (via taxes, etc.) to engage in such enterprises.
And NOT taxed in a way that is, once again, designed to push them underground but, rather, to a point where it's more economically beneficial for them to stay legal, even though it costs them (think legalized gambling in Atlantic City, legalized state lotteries, etc.).
Remember, every time you buy a lottery ticket, that until very recently, lotteries in the 20th century here were illegal, but people still bought lottery-type tickets ... only it was called "the numbers game" and it was run by the mob, who got all the money from it.
Now that it's legal most places, the STATES and the population get the money and benefit from it (think education, health and senior citizen program funding that is supplemented by revenues from lottery sales). etc.)
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DarkLight said 6:42PM on 11-13-2008
Exactly..
As much as I hate gambling and people who gamble, making it illegal only makes it worse (MUCH worse)
That's why they want to legalize drugs in Mexico.. That way drugs would stop being a business for criminals, and that would eliminate like 90% of all the crime in here