Weird crimes

A so-called Instagram influencer in California was charged with giving false information to police after making kidnapping claims, authorities said.

Police raided a home last week in Pennsylvania and found drugs, guns and Nazi paraphernalia, according to officials. The drugs had a street value of nearly $1 million.

Two people face charges after prosecutors said they got millions of dollars in romance scams on social media. The scammers used sites such as Match.com and Tinder.

A man pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court to flying smuggled goods into prison using a drone. He started the operation months after he was released.

A street performer wearing a Star Wars Chewbacca costume is wanted in New Orleans in connection to a stabbing, according to police. The victim's condition was not released.

A 22-year-old Moorhead, Minnesota man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly spray painting several hate-related messages onto the outside walls of a Mosque.

A man faces charges in Florida after police say they found puppies crammed into a case and left to die. The suspect was charged with dozens of counts of animal cruelty.

A lawyer in Oregon had his law license suspended for five years after he shot up an attorney's office. The lawyer is an Iraq War veteran who suffered from PTSD.

Caron McBride recently found out from Oklahoma authorities she was a wanted felon for failing to return 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' VHS rental decades ago.

A woman appealed a prison sentence after she illegally voted in Texas. She was sentenced to five years in prison for the crime. Here is the latest on her efforts.

A duo pleaded guilty to operating a theft ring in the Atlanta area, according to federal prosecutors. They would then sell the stolen items online through sites such as Amazon.

Ernesto Arias-Martinez and Armando Perez face felony counts of official misconduct and falsifying public records for allegedly issuing false tickets to motorists.

A man with more than a dozen felony conviction is now accused of murdering a hotel employee in Florida, police say. The suspect was charged with second-degree murder.

A Nevada father and son are accused of shooting and killing a neighbor’s cat that had wandered onto their property and gotten into a scuffle with their three dogs.

A woman pleaded guilty in Montana to starting a fire at a home. The suspect said she started the fire because she was tired of people fighting over the house.

Daniel Pigg, 38, allegedly identified himself to the resident of a home in Newton Falls, Ohio, as “Mark Angel” and said he had arrived to rid the home of demons.

Two people in Florida face charges after police say they found children who were malnourished and locked in a room for hours. The children have been removed from the home.

The suspect was convicted of stabbing a man multiple times in 2000, and served 22 years in prison for the death. He was wanted for a parole violation when he was allegedly found with a knife.

Federal prosecutors charged a Nigerian man in connection to an online scam that promised financial windfalls in exchange for a fee. The elderly victims lost nearly $500,000.

A couple who had public sex in several places across the Myrtle Beach area was sentenced to probation. The two posted videos on adult porn websites.

Two Oklahoma women are accused of lifting six-figures worth of cigarettes from drug stores and then selling them to a Tulsa convenience store.

A Connecticut woman allegedly ran into trouble with police starting with a domestic dispute and got herself arrested three times over less than one day, according to a report.

A long-simmering online feud between two Indiana women recently boiled over into a full-blown physical showdown at the all-you-can-eat buffet and grill Golden Corral.

A Louisiana 911 dispatcher was arrested after Charles Schwab & Co. accidentally deposited over $1.2 million into her account and she refused to give it back.

The former Director of Bands at Southern University was sentenced to federal prison for stealing money from marching band. The renowned band from the Historically Black College played at various events.

When the puppy was brought into an Iowa shelter, staff discovered that the dog had two fractured legs, a badly broken femur and many other bones fractured.

He found sex offenders' information online, then charged them money to remove the listings. Some of the people who were harassed weren't actually sex offenders, according to prosecutors.

A home inspector in Michigan is accused of using a Elmo doll from Sesame Street to pleasure himself in a nursey. The incident was recorded on a camera, police say.

Dutch police have arrested a man accused of stealing artwork from two different museums in the Netherlands last year. The alleged thefts happened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two off-duty correctional officers have been arrested for assaulting an employee and hitting several people as they crashed through the front doors of a Maryland Taco Bell, police say..

The worker at a North Carolina pig farm is still missing. However, police say there is “enough substantial evidence” to charge a suspect in his death.Mercil continues to testify about the use of force training. When showed a picture of Chauvin on Floyd, he said the move is not a trained move. He admitted officers are trained to use their body weight to control a suspect and they are also trained to put a knee across the suspect's shoulders.

Authorities in Mountain View, California, used surveillance video to identify and catch three people they accuse of stealing a giant yellow rubber duck named Rubberta.

A Disney World guest said "he spent too much" to be arrested for refusing to have his temperature taken as part of Covid-19 safety protocols, according to police.

A fake doctor in Florida gave patients thinking they were getting Botox an unknown substance, police say. The suspect also drank alcohol while performing the procedures.

A woman opened fire in a Burger King fast-food drive-thru window this week in Memphis, Tennessee. Police ask for the public's help finding the suspect.

A man is accused of illegally selling snakes and turtles in Georgia and shipping them to Florida, prosecutors say. He now faces up to 15 years in prison.

James Bradley allegedly pledged his devout allegiance to ISIS and wanted to “fight among the rank[s] of the Islamic State,” police say. He and his wife have now been arrested.

His company agreed to raise the cattle with help from these companies. However, hundreds of thousands of cattle were never purchased. He pleaded guilty to federal charges.

A mom called her daughter in an April's Fools prank to say she had been shot, police said. The daughter then called the police, who responded. The mom is now facing charges.

Hunting for treasure worth up to $2 million in Yellowstone National Park landed a man in prison. Officials say he excavated a cemetery in the park.

The janitor taped a cell phone inside a locker and filmed outside a window. He admitted to filming the underage girls at least three times from different vantage points.

A woman was sentenced to jail for making a bomb threat against a popular Catholic school in Washington D.C., federal prosecutors announced.

After transporting the animals, the suspect shipped them to customers in the United States. Many of these animals would die in transit, prosecutors said.

A Jacksonville mom allegedly arrived at her daughter's school wearing a boxing glove. She proceeded to join her daughter in fighting a classmate, cops say..

A man in Ohio is accused of raping a teen while living under her bed for weeks, according to police. The incident happened outside Cincinnati.

Police in North Carolina say they found a real gun that was modified to look like a NURF toy during a recent drug raid. The suspect had 20 guns in the home.

A man is being investigated for child endangerment after he allegedly took his child into a San Diego Zoo elephant area. Video of the incident has gone viral.

Police seized more than $635K worth of counterfeit designer products at Chicago airport, according to U.S.Customs and Border Protection.

Manchester police are searching for New Hampshire couple who reportedly stole thousands of dollars in video games from a local Walmart store.

Two teachers in Florida are accused of allowing their underage daughter to have sex with adult. They also gave marijuana to students from their high school, police say.