Charles Hersel was arrested in 2009 at a Thousand Oaks mall after high school students claimed Hersel paid them to spit in his face, slap him and yell profanities at him. There were also claims he offered the teens even more money to urinate and poop on him.  He was charged with four counts of "annoying and molesting a child".  Hersel reportedly paid dozen of teens to do those things to him, although there is no confirmation has to how many times it actually occurred or to what extent. Last week a jury found Hersel not guilty despite the fact Hersel admitted to the requests.  The judge's...


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A 16 year old mentally disabled Chicago teen died late Monday after he fell 46 stories through his building's garbage chute. Charlie Manley was doing chores and somehow fell into the chute and his body was found face down in the basement trash compactor.  Charlie was autistic and had Down syndrome and died from multiple injuries suffered in the fall The boy had an older brother and sister and his father was formally on the International Board of Directors of Special Olympics.   Charlie was described by neighbors as a building favorite and as nice a kid as you'll find.  Some wonder how he could...


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Ian Summers, 30, decided that he wanted to bring a prostitute into a Orange County, FL home, but knew that he first had to address the issue of his overly aggressive pit bull. The pit, perfectly named "Fiesty", had bitten several people recently, although "attacked" is probably a more accurate description.  One included a 2 year old nephew that lost a hunk of flesh from under his arm after meeting Fiesty. Summers himself admits he is terrified of the animal, but when he brought the prostitute, Robin Johnson (yes, that is her mugshot to a previous arrest below) to a home on Feb 10th, Summers...


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John Christopher Champion, 22, had been acting suspicious to the employee of a Chevron station in Chiefland, FL.  For several hours he had been riding his motorized wheelchair in and out of the store.  Wearing a Gators hat and sweatshirt, Champion was sizing up the store and the clerk for a heist. Just after 10pm Champion rolled up the counter, brandished a knife and demanded the 54 year old woman hand over the cash.  She fought back, actually stabbing him in the leg three times before he was able to get away with a 12 pack of beer and a roll of electrical tape (?!?). The police were called...


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Saturday night in Canada a 22 year old man died couch surfing. Yes, you read that right. While mounted on a sofa, being pulled by a van the man was critically injured after being thrown when the van lost control and rammed into an oncoming car.  Two others were not injured.    


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A man in Indianapolis used the most forward of all advances to ask a female neighbor for some personal interaction. The woman claims this wasn't the first time the male neighbor had approached her, but this time it was more aggressive... and obvious. Friday afternoon the woman called police after the man approached her as she opened her apartment door.  He was naked, first asked for sex, then began touching himself and then asked for sex again - this time even offering to pay for it.  She repeated refused, told him to go away and slammed the door shut.  The naked, masturbating man then...


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Yes, it Happened In Florida. In Dixie County, Fl (no less) police arrested Allen J. Brannin, 54; his daughter, Amy M. Brannin, 34; her son, Austin J. Brannin, 18; and Tyler W. Cannon, 18, who is closely related to the Brannins all for manufacture of methamphetamine. “This is the first time that I know of that we've arrested three generations all at once like this," said Maj. Scott Harden of the Dixie County Sheriff's Office. A search warrant was being served at the home when the lab was found and all the family members were arrested.   Related articles 3 generations of Fla....


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...Drones have feelings too... An animal rights group in South Carolina claim that a helicopter drone they were using to film and expose a pigeon shoot was itself shot down by the hunters. SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), was working to shoot the video when police and an attorney tried to stop them.  But when it was obvious that what they were attempting to do didn't break any laws the pigeon shoot and its participants packed up to leave. The group decided to launch their drone anyway, probably just to show off, and once it was airborne, BLAM, shots rang out from the tree...


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Well known in her neighborhood as a hoarder, 72 year old Margareta Scheibe worried that people would take things from her. She collected so much stuff that neighbors referred to her home as the "stinky house" with all the garbage, stray cats and crap strewn throughout the house and yard.  Trash piled up to the ceiling, flowed into the yard and even the two cars were filled with trash, belongings and debris.  The woman's 46 year old son lived upstairs while she lived downstairs and reportedly had an agreement to not invade the other's space. That might explain how the son did not know why his mother...


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Tom Holloway, 57, of Niceville, FL is a guy just trying to kick a habit.  But, his use of electronic cigarettes backfired, literarily. The Vietnam vet had been using the device as a alternative to smoking for two years, but Monday night his wife heard what sounded like a "firecracker" and Tom's scream.  She came down to find his face and the room in tatters. The fire chief describes it as if he had been holding a "bottle rocket in his mouth".  The explosion was severe enough to knock out all of his teeth and tear out part of his tongue.  It even caused a small fire in the room.  Parts...


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