Daily Rotten Archives February 4, 2006 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Eligible for parole in 2434 Daily Sentinel | Submitted by: Pants "Gary Clow was sentenced Thursday to 428 years in prison after pleading guilty to habitual criminal charges and offering an apology to his latest victims." ... Weird: It is still not clear why Clow targeted the Belcastros or to whom he was speaking on the walkie-talkie he carried with him during the robbery. “The robber asked, ‘Do you want me to snuff them?’ To that the man at the other end replied, ‘It’s up to you,’ ” Ralph Belcastro testified Tuesday. Read article... Comments (45) Not a normal bad guy Cleveland Plain Dealer | Submitted by: anonymous The sheriff held a news conference to display some of the items confiscated in the case: Blond and red wigs. Six pairs of handcuffs. A Summit County deputy sheriff's uniform, gun belt and insignia patches. Hooded sweat shirt, black ski mask, gloves, sunglasses and hats, including official "Police" and "Sheriff" caps. Of more concern were four guns, ammunition and four homemade pipe bombs, which a bomb squad detonated. Read article... Comments (24) Stripper Bingo The Smoking Gun | Submitted by: Dr. Dickum "The strippers, who were nabbed late last night and early this morning, worked at six Tampa-area clubs: Lollipops; Calendar Girls; Vegas Showgirls; Brass Flamingo; Bare Assets; Foxy Lady; and Club Extasy." [Pictures!] Read article... Comments (83) Auto Theft Bingo Modesto Bee | Submitted by: jhigh "Eleven people were arrested on suspicion of auto theft in Stanislaus County between Jan. 27 and Friday." [Pictures!] Read article... Comments (22) Sexual Predator Bingo MSNBC | Submitted by: a net reader "This report aired Dateline Friday, Feb. 3, 9 p.m. We want to warn you some of what you'll read is explicit. But parents need to know what their kids can confront when they sit down at the computer." [Montage...] Read article... Comments (55) Librarian to FBI: Go fuck yourself, get a warrant Boston Globe | Submitted by: anonymous "In the face of a storm of protest, Newton officials defended their decision to demand that the FBI obtain a warrant before searching the public library's computers to track down who had e-mailed a threat to Brandeis University. The head librarian's defiance prompted a rare public rebuke from the US attorney in Boston and a tongue-lashing from a conservative radio talk host who called her a loony liberal." Read article... Comments (95) Rock Out With Your Cock Out AZ Central | Submitted by: Rooney Eats It "A man who repeatedly exposed himself to women in a unique way was sentenced today to seven years in prison by a judge who was unswayed by his recent treatment. Jeffery Howard Pritchert, 41, admitted to Mesa police that he took pictures of his own genitals and plastered them to the cars of 100 women in Southeast Valley parking lots from 1999 to 2005." Read article... Comments (36) Mom dies, son celebrates by stealing her morphine San Jose Mercury News | Submitted by: Peaches Nayar "A Martha's Vineyard man is charged with taking morphine from his mother's intravenous drip minutes after she died. Robert S. Peatie, 37, was arrested last week after a nurse at Cape Cod Hospital caught him pouring the morphine into a water bottle, the Cape Cod Times reported Friday. His 62-year-old mother, Linda Peatie, had just died from an undisclosed illness." Read article... Comments (28) Man in Lexus robs five-year-old girl KNSD-TV 7 San Diego | Submitted by: anonymous "A male, 17 to 20-years-old, got out of a 1990s Lexus, walked up to the girl and pulled the necklace from around her neck, [police] said." ... "We have robberies around here from time to time, but I can tell you that the robbery, the victimization of a 5-year-old female is extremely rare, and we're very concerned about that," said [police]. "We're not sure why they targeted this female. We're not even sure they could see the jewelry from the street where they were at." Read article... Comments (26) Indigenous Species Threatened CNN | Submitted by: anonymous "This month, Dutch authorities launched a campaign to fight forced prostitution by urging clients to alert police if they suspect women are being coerced into selling themselves. The campaign triggered a passionate debate and led to calls for the notorious Dutch red-light districts to be shut down." Read article... Comments (23) Message in a Bottle The Columbian | Submitted by: Peaches Nayar "A sailor who sent a message out to sea in a bottle says he received a reply from England - accusing him of littering." Read article... Comments (43) Hands Off newKerala.com | Submitted by: oddser5050 "Six people who seven years ago hacked off the limbs of four people have been ordered by the additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Badardin at Kasur to undergo the same punishment along with a 54-year collective imprisonment, besides paying a fine of 100000 rupees." ... "Two women, Saeeda Bibi and Zareena Bibi who were also implicated in the crime were absolved of all charges and released." Read article... Comments (36) Wowowee CNN | Submitted by: Bitter Cynic "A crowd of people awaiting entrance to a stadium in Manila stampeded Saturday, killing at least 73 people and injuring 322, an official said." ... "Some of the 20,000 people who were lined up outside the arena had been waiting for days to gain access to the stadium, where a game show was to be videotaped." ... Quote: "Someone shouted and and screamed that there was a bomb." Read article... Comments (21)