Year: 2021

Weird Crime
January 16, 2021

VIDEO: Naked man electrocutes himself during scuffle in Harlem subway station

A naked man got into a scuffle with passengers in a Harlem subway station on Saturday and died when he touched the electrified third rail, the New York Post reports. A video of the incident obtained by the Post shows the man walking through the 2/3 station at 110th Street and Central Park North and …

Arson
January 16, 2021

Colorado man sets off 2 explosions in his Aurora neighborhood

A Colorado man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly causing two explosion in or near his Aurora neighborhood since Christmas Day, 9 News reports. Scott Alan Campbell, 44, has also been charged with first degree arson and possession of a weapon by a previous offender. No one was injured in the two explosions, …

Murder
January 16, 2021

Armed standoff at hospital after Georgia man kills girlfriend [Cops]

A Georgia man was charged Saturday with shooting and killing his girlfriend after he called one of her family members and to say she may have been shot in her Roswell apartment, the Marietta Daily Journal reports. Jason Hall, 36, was arrested after a short, armed standoff outside Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, about …

Riot
January 16, 2021

Virginia security guard drives to DC checkpoint with allegedly over 500 bullets, loaded weapon – but claims ‘honest mistake’

A Virginia man arrested Friday night trying to get past a Washington, D.C., checkpoint with unauthorized inaugural credentials was also carrying a loaded gun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, NBC Washington reports. Wesley Allen Beeler reportedly pulled his white Ford F-150 pickup truck to a Capitol police security checkpoint at North Capitol and E …

Riot
January 16, 2021

Alt-right personality ‘Baked Alaska’ arrested for role in deadly Capitol attack

Alt-right social media personality Tim Gionet, aka Baked Alaska, was arrested by federal agents in Houston on Saturday and charged for his participation in the deadly mob attack on the US Capitol on January 6, the Associated Press reports. According to a statement of facts, Gionet allegedly livestreamed the attack for 27 minutes on the …

Crib
child endangerment
January 16, 2021

Young daughter dies after father, concerned about paying rent, gets called into work

A young Florida girl was found dead after her father left her home alone for hours so he could work to cover rent, WKMG-TV reports. That man is now facing a criminal charge. On December 22, police arrested 21-year-old Wilner Belizaire after he called 911 to report that he discovered his daughter was dead in a …

Consumer
January 16, 2021

SEE IT: Woman steals USPS mail truck and goes on path of destruction, hitting numerous vehicles with passengers inside [VIDEO]

A woman is accused of stealing a mail truck and ramming it into numerous vehicles in Brooklyn, including some cars with people inside, WABC-TV reports. The incident began around 6 p.m. Friday when a 21-year-old woman allegedly stole an unoccupied Postal Service truck and went on a joyride in Bedford-Stuyvesant.. Duncan O’Dell told WABC-TV that he …

Murder
January 15, 2021

Texas man runs over ex-wife in pickup truck, comes back to help her

A Texas man has been formally charged with murder for running over his ex-wife in his pickup truck last September, KSAT reports. David Estrada Jr, 30, was initially arrested on September 5, 2020, when San Antonio police, called to the area early that morning for a major accident, found Dominga Pesqueda, 33, unresponsive on the …