Man accused of trying to cash $360 billion check

A 21-year-old man was arrested after he walked into a bank in Fort Worth, Texas, and tried to cash a check for $360 billion. Charles Ray Fuller told authorities that he was starting his own record label and that his girlfriend’s mother had given him the money to get going. But the mother said she had no knowledge of the purported gift. After the arrest, police searched Fuller’s pockets and found two ounces of marijuana and a .25-caliber handgun and magazine. Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram  Read More →

Film crew arrested for shooting porn movie in McDonald’s

An entire film crew — producer, actors, cameramen, etc. — was arrested while shooting a porn film in a Japanese McDonald’s at 3 in the afternoon on a Wednesday. The highly trained McDonald’s staff apparently did not notice the movie crew or the live sexual acts in the fast-food restaurant, but a customer observed the group and called the police. One member of the film crew explained, “We didn’t think it would be a problem as long as nobody noticed what we were doing.” It was not clear... More

Court: Male stripper who dresses as cop can carry billy club

A male stripper who dresses as a cop can use a billy club in his act, a British court has ruled. Stuart Kennedy, 25, a genetics student from Aberdeen, was stopped on his way to a show by two female police officers who accused him of impersonating an officer. When Kennedy explained that the costume was part of his striptease act, the officers proceeded to attend his complete performance (to verify his alibi), but then arrested him anyway for possession of a weapon. At trial, the prosecution claimed... More

Letter to the Editor

Just wanted to drop a line saying how much I enjoyed reading your publication, Exhibit A. As one who is “legally-challenged,” I found your pub to be straight to the point, AND easy to read and comprehend. The issue that I just finished reading was the one on “Grappling With Gangs.” I don’t know if this was your premiere issue or not, as I haven’t seen this pub before. I reside in Harford County and we seem to be a little behind the times on what’s happening elsewhere … which may... More

Everyone counts

Baltimore police are investigating a rash of strangling deaths of women, several of whom have a history of prostitution. Now there are reports in The Examiner that the killings of three more prostitutes in the last five years remain unsolved. In the crime novel “The Last Coyote” by Michael Connelly, the main character, homicide detective Harry Bosch, lives by a simple motto: “Everyone counts.” What he means by that is that every homicide victim, no matter their background or social status,... More

Time to look death in the eye

The governor and legislative leaders have appointed a high-powered task force to study Maryland’s death penalty law and recommend what the state should do about it. It’s about time. Maryland has had a virtual ban on executions since December 2006, not because the governor or legislature decided that should happen but because the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, declared that the procedures for giving lethal injections had not been adopted properly. The court did its job, interpreting... More

Browning to be tried as adult

A Cockeysville teenager accused of killing his parents and two younger brothers will be tried as an adult, a judge ruled Tuesday in denying a request to transfer the case to juvenile court. Nicholas W. Browning, 16, is scheduled to stand trial Dec. 1 in Baltimore County Circuit Court. He faces four counts of first-degree murder in the February deaths of John, Tammy, Gregory and Benjamin Browning. More  Read More →

City sign bounty hunters—your day is coming

In theory, it was a good law: unleash an army of citizens to wage war against the “We Buy Houses” signs invading Baltimore and the people responsible for them who typically prey on those facing foreclosure. In reality, the Department of Public Works, the city agency that was supposed to work with the army by receiving the signs and fining those responsible,... More

Rewards double to $5K for dog-fighting tipsters

Maryland’s attorney general and the national Humane Society want you to help them tackle dog fighting the way the federal government sacked NFL quarterback Michael Vick last summer. On the first anniversary of Vick’s indictment on dog-fighting charges, Attorney General Douglas Gansler announced the reward would double for tips used to arrest and convict people involved in dog fighting. Vick is serving a 23-month prison sentence. The reward will rise from $2,500 to $5,000. The humane society says... More

In Pursuit of the Trivial

No diplomatic immunity for wife of ‘ambassador of soul’ The “Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law” has nothing to do with pervs from outer space. Rather, it authorizes a quarantine for astronauts who come within the “atmospheric envelope of any other celestial body.” One of the wives of legendary R&B artist James Brown once tried to beat traffic charges by claiming she was entitled to diplomatic immunity on the basis of her marriage to the “ambassador of soul.” In Baltimore, it’s... More

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