Daily Rotten Archives April 17, 2005 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 Idiots try to explode pet rabbit San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Mike O "Two lifeguards who taped an explosive to Lucky the rabbit before tossing her into a lake apologized Wednesday before a judge sentenced them to jail and 30 days of community service. Lucky's former owner, Nick Sigmon, 19, and his friend Paul Collins, 21, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty charges for taping an M-1000 - a firecracker with the power of a quarter of a stick of dynamite - into Castro Valley's Lake Don Castro on July 13. The explosive failed to detonate. After pulling Lucky from the lake, the defendants debated trying again but decided against it, authorities said. East Bay Regional Park District police were called after pictures of the incident wound up on the Internet." Read article... Cop allegedly fingerbangs incarcerated jailbait Murfreesboro Daily News Journal | Submitted by: optional "A former Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center officer was indicted on charges of 24 sexual offenses on a 14-year-old girl in custody, a Murfreesboro detective said Friday. Defendant Kasey Allen McWhirter, 23, of Carmi, Ill., was charged in a sealed indictment on eight charges each of sexual battery by an authority figure, statutory rape and sexual contact with an inmate, said Detective Jim Boske... McWhirter allegedly received sex from the girl several times through the bars of her cell, and he allegedly fondled her on other occasions, the detective said. The girl told Boske McWhirter allegedly penetrated her with his fingers, but he denied that sexual contact." Read article... Fuckwit principals possibly facing coverup charges The Day | Submitted by: E.T.: The Extra Testicle "Witnesses said her lip was bloodied and she was sexually assaulted by a group of boys, an attack videotaped by one student and watched by more than a dozen others who came running as word spread. Within minutes, the developmentally disabled girl reported the alleged assault to a special education teacher... But principals didn't immediately notify police for fear of media attention, in violation of state law. When the girl's father arrived, he was asked not to call 911. He ignored the request and called police. Now administrators at Mifflin High School face the possibility of being charged along with students in the alleged March 9 assault at the school." Read article... Man allegedly distributes dick snapshots AZ Central | Submitted by: optional "A 41-year-old man is behind bars today after he told police he left photos of his genitals on the vehicles of up to 100 women in the East Valley, officials said. Police arrested Jeffery Howard Pritchert, of Mesa, on Tuesday... police have been investigating at least 30 reports of photos left on the cars of women since 1999... Mesa police got a break in the case when a man left DNA when he touched himself in front of women at two separate locations in November and December." Read article... Kasparov slapped with chessboard by Putin fan MSNBC | Submitted by: Bitter Cynic "Garry Kasparov, the world's former No. 1 chess player who quit the professional game last month to focus on politics, said Saturday he had been hit over the head with a chessboard in a politically-motivated attack. Kasparov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, was not injured Friday when he was hit with the chessboard after signing it for a young man at an event in Moscow. A spokeswoman for Kasparov, Marina Litvinovich, said the assailant told the chess champion: 'I admired you as a chess player, but you gave that up for politics.' ... The 41-year-old Kasparov, a brilliant and aggressive tactician regarded by many as the greatest chess player of all time, has been ranked No. 1 in the world since 1984. He retired last month, saying he planned to focus on politics and do 'everything in my power to resist Putin's dictatorship.'" Read article... Newspaper misidentifies Lotto millionaire rapist BBC | Submitted by: E.T.: The Extra Testicle "A national paper had to pull some of its editions after wrongly identifying a man as the so-called 'Lotto rapist.' Iorworth Hoare, 52 and originally from Leeds, won £7m on Lotto Extra in 2004 and was released from jail in March. A Sunday Mirror article claimed to show Hoare 'on the loose' on a UK seafront, but used pictures of the wrong man... Hoare had been serving life after being convicted of attempted rape in 1989 and is understood to have been released on strict conditions under a life licence. He was also jailed several times for a string of sex attacks, including rape, during the 1970s and 1980s." Read article... Gay marriages nullified in Oregon CNN | Submitted by: Bitter Cynic "The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday nullified nearly 3,000 marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples by Multnomah County a year ago, saying a single county couldn't take such action on its own. The court said while the county can question the constitutionality of laws governing marriage, they are a matter of statewide concern so the county had no authority to issue licenses to gay couples. The court noted that last November, Oregonians approved a constitutional amendment that limits marriages to a man and a woman." Read article... Man dies in jet crapper, nobody notices Indianapolis Star | Submitted by: Sexual Favors Free with Purchase "A 63-year-old Indianapolis man was found dead Wednesday in the lavatory of an American Airlines flight arriving at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport from Tokyo, authorities said Thursday. The body of the man, identified as Matsuo Taisuke, was found by cleaning staff around 5 p.m. - about an hour after Flight 154 landed, said Tim Smith, an airline spokesman. Taisuke died of heart failure, the office of the Cook County, Ill., medical examiner said Thursday... As the Boeing 777 landed, flight attendants were unaware Taisuke was in the lavatory, Smith said." Read article... Suicide somewhat contagious BBC | Submitted by: Bitter Cynic "The partner of a person who has committed suicide is significantly more likely to take their own life, researchers have found. But men who had lost their partner to suicide were 46 times as likely to commit suicide themselves, three times the risk for women bereaved this way... When the researchers looked at the effect of being separated or divorced, they found both factors doubled the risk of suicide for men and women. The loss of a child through suicide or other causes almost doubled the risk of suicide in both parents." Read article... Blacks fucked by New Orleans bartenders Wire Services | Submitted by: Got Crack? "If you're black and belly up to a bar on Bourbon Street, be forewarned: You run a 50-50 chance of either being charged more or being forced to order a minimum number of drinks... The study, conducted by the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, paired black and white men of similar body type, dress and manner, and sent them into bars within minutes of each other. Of the 28 bars visited, 40% charged the black customers more for drinks. A white man, for example, bought a Long Island iced tea for $7.50, while the black man was charged $9... 10% of the bars informed the blacks - but not the whites - that there was a drink minimum, and 7% told their black customers that they would have to meet a dress code." Read article...