Crime

Amy's Baking Company Hires Joe Arpaio's PR Firm To Change Public's Perception

by Tina Nguyen

How good is Rose, Moser & Allyn? They represent the highly controversial Maricopa County Sherrif Joe Arpaio, the law enforcement official so divisive that someone recently tried to blow him up with a package bomb.

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WATCH: The Sussman Brothers Ride Horses And Crash Tea Parties On Truckers In The Wild

by Tina Nguyen

God forbid that Max and Eli Sussman, the pride of Brooklyn, ever betray their hipster roots by doing such WASPy things as equestrian activities and gossiping with ladies over tea.

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WATCH: Why Is Anthony Bourdain At A Fake KFC In Libya?

by Tina Nguyen

"That kid who you see, a militia member, at one point looks in the camera and says, 'This is the taste of freedom.' Which is both dismaying and heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time."

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WATCH: Jay Rayner Takes Down Locavorism In Snarky New Book Trailer

by Mariella Mosthof

British food critic Jay Rayner just released a trailer for his new book A Greedy Man in a Hungry World, which contains a sneak peek of his mind-blowing anti-locavorism argument. Turns out sustainability based on geography is poppycock!

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Crime

Indicted Peanut Executive Considered Flight Risk In Today’s Ridiculous News

by Tina Nguyen 4:32 pm, April 26th

Look at this face very carefully, especially if you live in Argentina, South Africa, Zimbabwe, France, Senegal, or Nicaragua. He’s a notorious peanut felon, and he could be trying to go on the lam.
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Crime

The Perils Of Producing An Anthony Bourdain Show: Being Covered In Drugs

by Tina Nguyen 10:37 am, April 22nd

Can you imagine, after filming most likely the coolest thing you’ve ever seen, having your feet ripped off by a cocaine-sniffing dog upon your return home? By the way, this is what six tons of burning, uncut cocaine looks like:
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Crime

Dunkin’ Donuts Stayed Open To Feed Cops During Boston Lockdown

by Tina Nguyen 3:45 pm, April 20th

While everyone in Boston (and the rest of the nation) was collectively locked inside their homes and affixed to CNN yesterday, one group of intrepid Bostonians were hard at work: the employees at Dunkin’ Donuts.
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Crime

Cook Hides Camera In Women’s Bathroom

by Laura Norkin 10:16 am, April 17th

As if we don’t have enough reasons to fear for humanity, this week, CBS Chicago is reporting that an investigation is underway into a cook who allegedly recorded video from a cellphone hidden in the women’s bathroom of a Taco Fresco restaurant.
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Crime

FOOD FEUD: Buddy Valastro Vs A Drunken Cake Thief

by Mariella Mosthof 2:35 pm, April 3rd

Occupy Carlo’s Bakery, you guys. Apparently, they were giving away free cakes at Buddy Valastro’s newest bakery location in Pittsburgh yesterday, for which hundreds of people showed up and stood in an orderly line. Everyone except William Davenport, who later admitted to being just a wee bit drunk.
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Crime

Redditors Complain About Liquor Store Stealing Credit Card Info; Story Appears In Boston Globe Minutes Later

by Tina Nguyen 2:25 pm, March 24th

After a group of Boston-based Redditors began noticing that their credit card information had been stolen after they’d used their cards at one particular liquor store, it ended up resolved — and a Boston Globe story — mere hours later.
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Crime

Embezzler Stole Masa Sushi Money To Pay For Internet Porn Addiction, Gets Year In Prison

by Tina Nguyen 12:17 pm, March 24th

According to Gizmodo, some of the best-paid internet adult entertainers haul in $300 a day — which means that Thomas likely spent a more than half a year skinning his unagi with Masa funds. GROSS.
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Crime

Justice Served: Chef Who Stewed Wife’s Remains Sentenced To 15 Years To Life In Prison

by Mariella Mosthof 1:33 pm, March 23rd

After a 40-minute speech to the judge in a sentencing hearing yesterday, in which Viens recanted his confession, saying, “I loved my wife. I didn’t cook my wife,” he was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the crime.
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Crime

Taiwainese Chef Murders Sister And Pickles Her Severed Head, Because Of Course

by Mariella Mosthof 11:25 am, March 22nd

Chefs commit murder in inextricably chefy ways, as we’ve already learned in our relatively new foray into chef crime. So do we need to feign shock and dismay over this Taiwanese chef who covered up the murder of his sister by pickling her head and dumping it in a public toilet? Probably not.
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Crime

Former Top Chef-testant Carla Pellegrino’s Cat Allegedly Murdered

by Mariella Mosthof 10:33 am, March 21st

Who else from the most recent crop of Top Chef-testants would you expect to come forward with an elaborate tale of cat murder, poison, and deranged neighbors. Of course, Carla Pellegrino.
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