Police: 70-Year-Old Woman Ran Million-Dollar Theft Ring That Paid Heroin Addicts To Steal
The Dearborn Police Department announced Monday that officers broke up a major retail fraud ring. They say everything from guns to liquor and even energy drinks were stolen. Dearborn police said they recovered a trove of stolen goods, including $600,000 in cash - some of which was stuffed in a Velveeta box - as part of an organized crime ring run by a 70-year-old woman.
December 12, 2018
Property
Weird
Michigan
Another Recap Of the Week’s Absurd, And A Bit More
Well, it has been another banner week in the news. This week saw the culmination of the latest and greatest “most important election in our lifetime,” one that had just a couple eyebrow raising moments.
November 9, 2018
Weird
Male Stripper Loses Damages Suit Over Rear End Injury
Welcome to what will undoubtedly be the most read article I have posted in some time. To be fair, the title of the article that originally caught my eye read, “Male Stripper Loses Damages Claim Over Rear-Ending Injury, ” but I probably clicked on that link with the same tawdry imagination and giddy interest in the perverse as you did in order to wind up here.
November 2, 2018
Liability
Litigation
Weird
Man Sets Northeast Fresno Home On Fire After Using Blowtorch To Kill Spiders
Disclaimer: Don’t try this at home. Fresno Fire says a man who was house-sitting for his parents set the home on fire after he used a blowtorch to kill black widows. Yes, you read that right.
October 25, 2018
Property
Weird
California
Woman Accidentally Traps Large Bear In Her Minivan, It Doesn’t End Well
When a friend stopped by to tell Nicole Minkin Lissenden that her van door was open and some trash was on the ground next to it, she thought it was odd.
September 19, 2018
Auto
Weird
North Carolina
A Football Coach Who Should Write Workers’ Comp Law
There has been a clear push in recent years to change the culture of workers’ comp across the nation with better communication, clearer language and an emphasis on ultimate recovery. This is a difficult task, as the legislative complexities of comp and entrenched interests within the system make this industry a very difficult ship to turn.
August 24, 2018
Weird
Workers' Compensation
Museum Visitor Falls Into Black Hole That Looks Like A Painting
Like a real-life version of a Looney Tunes cartoon, a visitor to a Portuguese museum was injured last week when he stepped into an art installation resembling an inky void.
August 21, 2018
Liability
Weird
Italian Police Bust Bone-Breaking Insurance Fraud Gangs
Eleven people from the Sicilian capital Palermo have been arrested, police said. They include a hospital nurse who would procure painkillers for the victims in order to lessen their screams as their bones were broken.
August 10, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Weird
Oregon Woman Claims Chicago Desk Adjusters Undervalued Her Loss From Skunk Odor
Katherine Schaeffer knew instantly something was wrong when she woke in the middle of a warm summer night to a horrible stench and her dog rolling all over her bed.
August 10, 2018
Litigation
Property
Weird
Oregon
Irate Claimant Sentenced To Ten Years For Threatening Liberty Mutual Employees
Placer County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Placerville man earlier this year for stalking and threatening three employees of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Last week, a judge sentenced 37-year-old Lloyd Dylan Jones to 10 years in state prison.
August 6, 2018
Weird
California
Paul Ryan Says Woodchucks ’Ate’ His SUV -- And He’s Not Alone
How much of a truck can a woodchuck chuck? Speaker Paul Ryan came close to finding out when a family of the critters infested his SUV while it was sitting in storage this past winter.
July 16, 2018
Auto
Weird
Wisconsin
Sex And Seafood In The Workplace
Well, it’s Friday, and time to shrug off the consistently negative news in exchange for a little lighter fare.
June 22, 2018
Weird
Workers' Compensation
Horse Sues Former Guardian For Neglect, Seeks $100,000 In Damages
An Oregon horse named Justice is — at least, on paper — suing his former owner for $100,000 in damages.
May 4, 2018
Liability
Litigation
Property
Weird
Oregon
Skunk’s Death Under Home Leaves Malodors, Insurance Denies Claim
Five weeks later, Tiffany Harris says her Littleton home still smells like skunk. "I’ll never forget it. It was 6 a.m. on a Sunday morning and I woke up because my sheets suddenly smelled like skunk," she said.
May 4, 2018
Property
Weird
Colorado
In Attempt To Collect On Disability Policy, Fraud Convict Had Son Shoot Him
An Oregon developer serving a 10-year prison term in a mortgage-fraud scheme was sentenced Wednesday to nearly four more years because he ordered his teenage son to shoot him in the legs in a failed effort to collect on a disability insurance policy.
March 1, 2018
Fraud
Life & Health
Weird
Idaho
Oregon
