Last week, a cop in St. Louis, Missouri, crashed into an LGBTQ+ bar after, allegedly, he tried to swerve to avoid something and ended up in someone’s business. While the bar’s owner was arrested for the unforgivable crime of being angry that someone drove directly into his bar, St. Louis cops didn’t even bother to … Read more
Edward Scott Rock, a Philadelphia used car dealer, was arrested last week by federal authorities on charges of mail and wire fraud. Rock is accused of accepting payments from around 120 buyers across 36 states but failing to deliver a vehicle. Most of the vehicles involved were accessible for seniors, wheelchair users and people with … Read more
Photo: Stanislav/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images) A 50-year-old Tokyo taxi driver is facing charges for killing a pigeon after plowing through a flock at 35 miles per hour. The driver is accused of violating a Japanese wildlife protection law, according to the New York Times. In Japan, all birds (even pigeons) can’t be removed or killed … Read more
Photo: ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP (Getty Images) One Chinese man has been charged with three counts of theft after Singapore officials uncovered that he stole $23,000 in cash from the luggage of three passengers on their Scoot flight to Singapore, Channel News Asia reports. Hong Kong officials have previously warned of a spike in thefts on flights … Read more
A recent change to a single clause in a UK criminal justice law will soon allow police or the National Crime Agency to run facial recognition searches on a database of 50 million driver’s license holders in the country, in addition to social media images and surveillance images. UK officers have recently taken to using … Read more
Screenshot: CBS News Chicago You usually don’t expect to see a car fly over your head while you’re driving, but according to one witness, that’s exactly what happened in a suburb north of Chicago on Tuesday afternoon. At around noon, the driver of a 1997 Buick flew off the Edens Expressway and tore through a … Read more
Downtown Los Angeles experienced the highest spike in vehicle theft over the past ten years in comparison to all other bureaus of the city, up more than 300 percent when compared to 2013. Obviously a lot has happened over the last 10 years, including that whole global pandemic that thrust millions into instability, and vehicle … Read more
A Wisconsin man is facing a slew of charges including operating while intoxicated for a crash that killed four people on December 16. If convicted, this would be at least Scott C. Farmer’s fifth drunk driving offense, and the case is shining a light on the state’s drunk driving regulations, according to NBC 26. On … Read more
