Daily Rotten Archives January 28, 2006 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Don't Mock the Judge WDIV-TV 4 Detroit | Submitted by: aulduron "A judge who sentenced three teenagers to probation threw them in jail after he saw them ridiculing him and drinking alcohol on a Web site." ... "On the site, the girls were shown chugging shots and posing with beer cans stacked nearly to the ceiling. The site also had an abbreviated obscenity directed toward the judge." Read article... Comments (77) Teen Cries Wolf Houston Chronicle | Submitted by: xxxtinct species-reader57 "A 15-year-old girl who claimed she was snatched off the street and raped by three men was actually having sex with a man she met on the Internet and lied to investigators to avoid getting in trouble, Houston police announced Friday." ... "The girl made up a detailed lie, [police] said. She said the men drove up alongside her, pulled a pistol and ordered her into the car." Read article... Comments (63) Court says ID checks at airports constitutional c|Net | Submitted by: Space Jew "Airlines and the U.S government have the right to keep passengers from boarding planes if they refuse to show personal identification, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. John Gilmore, an early Sun Microsystems employee and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties group, sued after Southwest and United Airlines in 2002 both did not allow him on board their flights when he refused to show any ID." ... Meanwhile: Court date set for Google lawsuit Read article... and This article... Comments (35) Children Fear Mommy's Haywire Hormones WISN-TV 12 Milwaukee | Submitted by: xxxtinct species-reader57 "A pregnant woman is in custody after police said they found three of her 14 children taking refuge in an abandoned house in Milwaukee." ... "Police said the children had created a safe house where they'd go to escape their mother's beatings. Authorities said the floor was covered with garbage and feces." Read article... Comments (55) Cops try out taser on billy goat REDORBIT | Submitted by: xxxtinct species-reader57 "Steve Tuttle, a spokesman for Taser International, said he has heard a Taser being used on two moose in the Yukon as well as on a bear." ... Quote: "He's too old for goat burgers." Read article... Comments (20) Pervert gets job back with raise, back pay Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Submitted by: Hawk "A Shawano probation and parole agent who was fired in 2004 for accessing Internet pornography and other inappropriate sites for hours a day over at least five months has his job back - with a raise. He also will receive a year of back pay." ... "The department must also pay any medical expenses for DeLeon that would have been covered by the state's insurance plan during his yearlong absence." ... Also: Beatin' off at the Dept. of Homeland Security Read article... and This article... Comments (30) Lawyer dons dominatrix mask during trial San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: anonymous "A prosecutor put on a black leather mask and re-enacted a bondage session Friday at a dominatrix's manslaughter trial, telling the jury the woman did nothing to help her client when he suffered a heart attack." ... "After a gasp, his head went forward and she did nothing, nothing for five minutes," Nelson said, his voice muffled as he spoke through the zippered mouth opening. Read article... Comments (33) Elevator plunges five stories Toronto Star | Submitted by: madcow2 "A routine trip down the elevator to a parking garage that would have started the weekend instead turned into a terrifying ordeal for five people when their elevator plunged five levels and hit the bottom floor." ... "serious compression fractures and broken legs and ankles" ... "Emergency crews arrived at the 14-storey building about three minutes after the first call. But they had to frantically run underground to the elevator, which had stopped at the fifth and lowest level below the lobby, because ambulance and fire trucks could not go down the ramp to the garage." Read article... Comments (29) Little girl dead Iowa City Press-Citizen | Submitted by: black sugar "The most horrific autopsy photos — about half of the 10 displayed — showed severe bleeding from and damage to Jetseta’s buttocks and genitals." ... "Nashelsky said Jetseta’s head was covered in a plastic garment bag, wrapped around her face and neck with three revolutions of tape." Read article... Comments (67) Machete assault may have been self-defense South Mississippi Sun Herald | Submitted by: oddser5050 "The woodsman who allegedly covered himself in war paint before assaulting two men with a machete this week is a decent, well-educated man, according to locals." Read article... Comments (27) Doh! MSNBC | Submitted by: Chief Wiggum "In a tragic case of mistaken identity, police shot and critically wounded an off-duty officer as he pointed a gun at a suspect outside a fast food restaurant early Saturday, authorities said." Read article... Comments (29) Stop Snitchin' San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: anonymous "Right or wrong, the code of the street in poor, largely black neighborhoods in the Bay Area is never, ever cooperate with police. To do so, the idea goes, means risking retaliation from criminals." ... Quote: "Stop snitchin' is a good motto because if you don't meddle in something that ain't your business, you'll live longer." Read article... Comments (105) Anna Malle we hardly knew ye Las Vegas Sun | Submitted by: anonymous "A retired porn star still easing into a life outside the adult film business has died in a car crash on a dangerous stretch of highway south of Las Vegas. Anna Hotop-Stout, 38, known to the adult film world as Anna Malle, died Wednesday after the car she was traveling in collided with a pickup truck while making a U-turn. She had not been wearing a seat belt, [police] said." Read article... Comments (32) Criminals apparently taking notes during CSI Cleveland Plain Dealer | Submitted by: anonymous "When Tammy Klein began investigating crime scenes eight years ago, it was virtually unheard of for a killer to use bleach to clean up a bloody mess." ... "The more sophisticated the television story lines get, the better equipped criminals will be, [the police captain] said, adding that he never watches CSI because it's too unrealistic." Read article... Comments (37)