In April 2009, then 4-year-olds Juliet Brietman and Jacob Kohn raced their bicycles down a New York sidewalk while their mothers supervised. The pair hit Claire Menagh, 87, causing injuries that needed surgery. Menagh died 3-weeks later. Recently the woman’s estate sued the now 6-year-old children and their parents for negligence. They were ruled not [...]
A man in Sri Lanka swallowed 2,060 diamonds packed into 42 condoms in an attempt to smuggle them through an Indian airport. Police intercepted the man, Mohammed Shakif, and he was taken to a hospital for an X-ray of his stomach. After the contents were revealed, Shakif admitted he had been hired to smuggle the [...]
A Boulder, Colorado man woke up to a loud “bang” sound and found a gunshot wound in his knee. No one else was in the house at the time. The 63-year old had no memory of the event but says he keeps a 9 mm handgun near his bed. Police concluded it’s likely the man [...]
A woman in Bolivia was detained after a routine check at the post office produced odd results. The package, addressed to Compiegne, France, contained well preserved human remains. Investigators say the body may have been a relic from the Inca culture. Source
Shortly after midnight, 34-year-old Elizabeth Wade discovered an intruder going through her purse at her residence. The man, 18-year-old Cedric Galloway, grabbed the woman and took her inside instructing her not to call police. Wade seized a broom handle and began hitting Galloway as and her 11-year-old daughter ran upstairs to tell her grandmother what [...]
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