One Of These Days I Swear I’ll Figure Out How To Lose This Bet And Still Win It

As many questions as this story raises, I’m feeling pretty confident that it does answer at least one. I say this because there’s no way you’re reading it and not feeling like you’ve got a bit of a handle on why Brent Todd Friest’s 8-year-old son might have been visiting a psychologist. St. Paul police …

Crank Is In The Tank, And She’s Got Crank To Thank

Recently arrested on charges of child endangerment and possession of methamphetamine is the most appropriately named person I’ve run across in some time, Zara Crank. Cpl. Jon Poletski said officers went to Shasta Regional Medical Center shortly before 5 a.m. to check out a reported child molestation. Poletski said Zara Crank, 22, had called 911 …

Putting The Family In Family Dollar

Delaina Garling was banned from a Family Dollar store for shoplifting, but like any good criminal looking to set an example for future generations, she went back there anyway, and brought her 7-year-olds along. You probably won’t be surprised to learn that she was quickly recognized by an employee and asked to leave. You also …

“Where’s Our Son?” “He’s Fine. I Sent Him Out To Play With Mike.”

Good: Your 2-year-old child is out in the yard on a lovely Sunday afternoon, happily playing and sipping on some lemonade. Not so good: Your 2-year-old child is found wandering down the road on a Sunday afternoon. He’s not wearing any shoes or socks and he’s got a bottle of hard lemonade in each hand. …

Florida: Where Even The Sex Stings Are More Stupid Than Most

I don’t think I’m breaking any news when I say that people are not very smart. check out some of the folks arrested during an under cover sex sting operation in Florida. I’m not sure who my favourite is. It’s either this guy: Jeremiah Hintz, 32, of Sebring, had been attending South Florida Community College …

With A Name Like That, No Wonder Things Turned Into Such A Meth

On the 4100 block of 34th Street, at 3:43 p.m., Sacramento police responded to a welfare check call, and found two children – ages 3 and 4 – walking in the street unsupervised. After some time and presumably a little bit of good old fashioned police work, their mother was also located. She was arrested …

Black Friday Body Count: 51 Is A More Important Number Than 2

51 is the number of inches the TV that Anthony Perry managed to lug home from a Black Friday sale is in size. 2 is the age of the child he abandoned in a car while he was busy doing that. Police, alerted by store security, found the boy asleep in the vehicle in a …

If Babysitters Had Commercials, They Would Look Like This

There’s nothing in the world quite like a nice father son day out. Playing catch, going fishing, watching a ball game, tagging along while dad takes a hooker to a motel room and then almost gets the both of you killed…wait, what? Police in Tuscaloosa County said the 29-year-old man took the baby with him …

Not So Great-Grandmother

If I could ask Kimberly King one question, it wouldn’t be who puts down a fifth of Jim Beam while spending the day watching her great grandkids? I already know the answer to that one. She does. The question I’d be asking is what series of unfortunate life choices causes one to be a great-grandmother …