Weird Crimes

While crime is serious, these crimes – or at least the criminals allegedly committing them – are unusual and, at times, downright weird.

Man seen on surveillance cam stealing from store with box on head.
Car that 10-year-old boy was driving is pulled over.
Generic photo of a spy cam.
Faye, a swan, tends to two baby cygnets at the Manlius Swan Pond
Plane door that passenger opened mid-flight.
File photo of a salad
File photo of a Hot Pockets snack.
Text of a judge's order that reads: 'I, the undersigned attorney, hereby certify that I have read and will comply with all judge-specific requirements for Judge Brantley Starr, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas. I further certify that no portion of any filing in this case will be drafted by generative artificial intelligence or that any language drafted by generative artificial intelligence—including quotations, citations, paraphrased assertions, and legal analysis—will be checked for accuracy, using print reporters or traditional legal databases, by a human being before it is submitted to the Court. I understand that any attorney who signs any filing in this case will be held responsible for the contents thereof according to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, regardless of whether generative artificial intelligence drafted any portion of that filing.'
Anchor who allegedly falsely reported having a stalker.
Store manager hits alleged shoplifter with SUV.
man dressed in cat costume gets arrested
Dash cam clocks someone driving 176mph.
Tank take panelists talk about weird crimes.
Ruby slippers from
close up of Hot Pocket
Wikicommons/public domain pic of a Grimm's Fairy Tales book cover.
Ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in

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