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What Neighborhood In Flint Is The Most Violent?

Rod Prahin — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:07:18 +0000

What neighborhood in Flint do you think is considered the most violent? The location might surprise you. According to a national ranking it is… The neighborhood east of Dort Highway between Lippincott Boulevard and Atherton Road. Do you think they got it right? That according to a website called Neighborhoodscout.com. A site that presents itself [...]

Stabbing Caught On Camera At Detroit Gas Station Nobody Helped Victim [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:50:25 +0000

A surveillance camera at a Detroit gas station captured a robbery that went violent. Nobody helped the victim. It appears as though we have turned into a society that is very frightened. I can’t say I would have jumped in the middle of that situation. Would you have helped the victim? Watch the video. WNEM [...]

National Transportation Safety Board Asks States To Adopt Much Lower Blood Alcohol Level To Determine DUI

Steph — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:06:22 +0000

It’s estimated that 170,000 people are involved in an alcohol related traffic accident and recent studies confirm that almost 4 million people drive under the influence of alcohol. That’s a huge concern in regards to public safety. That concern is causing the National Transportation Safety Board to rethink it’s recommendation on an acceptable blood alcohol [...]

New Details Emerging About 6-Year-Old Girl Found With Cleveland Kidnapping Victims [Video]

Steph — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:25 +0000

Officials and other sources are starting to share more information on the six year-old girl who was rescued with the three young women from a home in Cleveland. To say that Amanda Berry is an extraordinarily brave young woman is an understatement. Now, as new details emerge surrounding her 10 years of captivity in a [...]

Watch This 12 Year – Old Call Out A Cop For Parking Illegally To Get A Pop [ Video]

Steph — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:00:23 +0000

Do you think that cops do slightly illegal things just because they can? I don’t mean murder or robbing a bank….but I’m fairly sure that they speed or make their own parking spaces on occasion, just because they have a badge. Watch a spunky 12 year-old bust a cop for doing something he thought was [...]

Judge Who Presided Over Casey Anthony Trial Finally Breaks His Silence On "Shocking" Not Guilty Verdict and More [Video]

Steph — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:21:03 +0000

I think that most of us were shocked and horrified when the verdict came back on the Casey Anthony murder trial. Not guilty said the jury! How could this happen, we asked? Two years later, the Florida judge who presided over this case shares his thoughts. The search for precious two year old Caylee Anthony [...]

Reese Witherspoon Opens Up About Her Disorderly Conduct Arrest In Atlanta [Videos]

Steph — Sat, 04 May 2013 12:00:24 +0000

It's been a tough few weeks for one of America's favorite sweethearts.

We've always thought of Reese Witherspoon as the girl next door, but that image has been a little tarnished since her recent arrest in Atlanta for disorderly conduct. Watch dash cam footage of the arrest heard around the world and then listen to Reese do damage control here.

Graphic, Post-Mortem Photo Of Bombing Suspect Leaked

Steph — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:12:43 +0000

The source of the photo isn’t clear, but it appears to have been taken soon after the body of Tamerlan Tsaranaev, the first alleged Boston bombing suspect was turned over to law enforcement. The photo shows gunshots to Tsamaev’s body as well as a large thorocotomy incision on his chest. The facial discoloring is what [...]

Is Eating Too Many Samples At The Grocery Store A Crime?

Steph — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:00:03 +0000

Erwin Lingitz dropped by his local grocery store to pick up a prescription and left in handcuffs. Why? He hogged the free samples. 68 year-old Erwin Lingitz was confronted in April, 2010 as he was exiting his local Cub grocery story, and ultimately taken to jail. He was busted for helping himself a little to [...]

Fenton Family Believes Thieves Used Information From TV And Newspaper To Rob Homes [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:43:30 +0000

It sounds almost too ridiculous to be real. Unfortunately, a Fenton area family says it is real for them. Here’s what happened.They believe thieves used obituary information to rob their homes. Two of their homes, in Livingston County and some 15 miles apart, were hit Valentine’s Day. They say they were robbed, while they were [...]

Flint, Detroit, Named the Most Dangerous Large Cities in America

George McIntyre — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:05:03 +0000

Flint once again ranks at the top of the FBI's list of most violent cities.

Michigan Bank Robber Caught Spending Money On Lap Dances

Steph — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:00:49 +0000

A bank robber in Michigan was caught with his stolen cash on Sunday, and you’ll never guess where he was spending his loot. Todd Jason Kettler, 37, was using money covered in a special red dye to pay for lap dances at Angel’s Gentleman’s Club in Kalamazoo Twp. The red dye on the dollar bills [...]

World's Worst Burglar Falls Asleep During Crime

J. Patrick — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:50:53 +0000

In the world of burglars, everything seemed to be going just right for burglar Cristian Villarreal-Castillo. He had just grabbed a number of small electronic gear from cars in the neighborhood of Hillsboro, OR, and then someone made his night a real success when they left their back door open to their home.

It could have been one of the biggest hauls of his crime-laden career. . Unfortunately for Villarreal-Castillo, he fell asleep.

Mid-Michigan Ladies Heads-Up Pervs Using Tiny Cameras To Take 'Up-Skirt' Pictures [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:52:13 +0000

Reports are that this invasion of privacy is happening all the time and most women aren’t even aware of it.Perverts these days are hiding smartphones in shopping bags, maneuvering notebooks with pen cameras and stepping close with tiny lenses tucked in their shoe laces.After a recent string of arrests in the state for so-called ‘up-skirt’ [...]

Attempted abduction Of Ten-Year-Old Girl Caught On Camera [VIDEO]

Rod Prahin — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:54:20 +0000

Even though the abductor didn't succeed, looking at this video will bring on all kinds of emotions. None of them good. A ten-year-old girl and her two-year-old brother were walking back from buying sweets in South Philadelphia when a man suddenly came

'24/7 Wall St.' Names Flint 'Most Dangerous City in America'

George McIntyre — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:54:27 +0000

With 23.4 violent crimes per 1,000 people, Flint Michigan is now the most dangerous city in America, according to 2011 FBI crime data released Monday. Detroit follows closely behind at number two. See the rest of the top 10 list below. The data, analyzed by ‘24/7 Wall St.‘ conclude that no other US city with [...]

Mom Used Daughter To Help Her Shoplift

Erin Bishop — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:03:55 +0000

A mom in Kentucky is in some trouble for having her 10-year-old daughter help her shoplift at a Target store. The mom, her friend and daughter stole about $600 worth of merchandise and mom actually had her daughter push the cart out of the store. The daughter got caught and the two women ran away.

Cop Faces Charges For Stealing From Work Fridge

Erin Bishop — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:36:51 +0000

We've all had co-workers eat our food that we leave in the fridge at work, which can be frustrating at times. One cop had been caught stealing from his work fridge and now faces misdemeanor theft charges and a 30 day suspension.

College Student Faces Trial for Stealing $2 Pumpkin

Shauna Wright — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:20 +0000

Theft charges serious enough to warrant a jury trial typically involve stolen goods that are pretty expensive (just ask Lindsay Lohan about that).

But you don’t have to steal high-dollar stuff to get in that kind of trouble — in fact, a New Mexico college student is about to go on trial for allegedly forgetting to pay for a $2 pumpkin.

Minnesota Man Steals $25,000 Worth of Tide Detergent

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:00:30 +0000

If it’s gotta be clean, it’s gotta be Tide. If it’s gotta be stolen Tide, it’s gotta be Patrick Paul Costanzo. Costanzo systemically stole $25,000 worth of Tide liquid detergent from a St. Paul, Minnesota store over the course of a year. About a week ago, managers at the Wal-Mart in West St. Paul noticed that $25,000 [...]