Scandal: Doctor Who Treated Tiger Woods Faces Drug Charges

A doctor from Canada who treated Tiger Woods after his knee surgery with a technique called “blood-spinning” is facing charges of illegal import and sale of drugs.

Prominent Member of the Palm Beach Polo Circuit Exposed as Fraud?

A prominent financier who used his fortune and connections to climb Palm Beach high society is being accused of posing as a well-educated scion of an old Southern plantation family to swindle his new peers.

Does Convicted Military Veteran Impostor Play Another Role on Internet Dating Websites? (NSFW Links)

A local newspaper’s blogger alleges that a man accused of posing as a highly decorated military veteran also plays a more lewd (but not illegal) identity on the Internet.

Child-like Drawing Provides Leads for Police to Nab Two Murder Suspects

A portrait of a murder suspect that resembled a typical child’s inchoate sketches still managed to lead police officers to a murderer in Bolivia.

Wife Poses as Underage Girl to Snare Pedophile Husband

Good for her. Some women would prefer to look the other way or wait until their husband is arrested to take some sort of action. This older woman named Cheryl Roberts was wily enough to concoct a phony online identity to snare her husband after deciding to stop her husband before he could hurt more children.

Convicted German Murderer Demands Removal of Name from Wikipedia

Convicted murderer Wolfgang Werle’s attorneys have sent a letter to Wikipedia demanding that their client’s name be removed from the Internet encyclopedia’s entry for Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr. Werle is pursuing a lawsuit in Hamburg that enforces his right to rehabilitation and reintegration into society by preventing his full name from being published in association with his murder of Sedlmayr. Many German publications have already begun to omit Werle’s last name from published articles. Werle was paroled in August 2007 after serving a 15 year sentence for the murder.

Sentence of Public Embarrassment for Stealing Gift Cards from Birthday Girl

A mother and daughter team who stole two gift cards with a total value of $80 from a nine year old girl on her birthday while she chatted with a Wal-Mart store employee agreed to display signs in public that informed passersby of their crime with large lettering. Tina Griekspoor and Evelyn Border agreed to the public shaming sentence that lasted several hours instead of jail after they used Marissa Holland’s gift cards to pay for their purchases.

Russian Man Who Killed and Ate His Mother Gets Sentence Reduction

A young Russian man from the city of Samara has received a lighter prison sentence after claiming he resorted to killing and eating his mother only because he was starving. Sergey Gavrilov stated that he had spent all of his money on gambling and drinking before committing the crime. He attacked his mother’s head with a brick and strangled her after she refused to give him part of her pension to spend. He left her body on an outdoor balcony for about two days after the crime. After he spent all of his remaining money on gambling and drinking, he decided to begin eating parts from his mother’s body as part of soup and pasta meals over a period of several weeks. The judge appeared to take Gavrilov’s statement that the cannibalism was a last resort because the killer did not even like the taste of his mother’s meat into consideration for Gavrilov’s sentencing. Generally, 15 years would have been the minimum sentence under local laws for Gavrilov but he has been sentenced to 14 years and three months for killing and eating his mother. Gavrilov had a prior criminal conviction for robbery. The murder of his mother was discovered after policemen visited his apartment because they suspected him of stealing a mobile telephone.

Spider-Man Impersonator Arrested on Hollywood Walk of Fame

A professional Spider-Man impersonator was arrested in the tourist-friendly section of the Hollywood district in the city of Los Angeles today after a man complained that he had been attacked by the would-be webslinger. Police were not sure if they had the right man after they arrived at the scene because there were four Spider-Man impersonators at the scene but were able to find the suspect on their second try. The victim declined to pursue criminal charges against the alleged assailant but it turned out that there were outstanding misdemeanor arrest warrants for the faux superhero. It also appeared that the victim and the alleged wallcrawler Christopher Loomis knew each other before the incident. This arrest is the latest in a series of incidents involving professional impersonators who frequent the area near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. Tourists have complained that some impersonators react with hostility when they do not receive donations, make inappropriate remarks to certain tourists, fight with each other, and other problems in recent years. A Freddie Krueger impersonator was even accused of stabbing someone but no charges were filed.

Predator or Prey?

The female police officer caught a male pedophile she met on the Internet who planned to have sex with her two imaginary daughters. It seems like a open-and-shut case. However, the alleged pedophile’s parents paid for him to take a psychological test that indicated their son has no sexual interest in children. In addition, the alleged pedophile claims that he only hinted that he wanted to have sex with the undercover police officer’s daughters because it seemed to be a way to lure their mother into having sex with him and that was the real aim of the meeting he arranged.

Father of teenage murder and sexual abuse suspect was convicted child molester

The father of a teenage suspect alleged by police to have sodomized and murdered his four year old male neighbor in Mendota, California before stuffing the young boy’s body inside a clothing dryer was convicted of sexually abusing a five year old male relative. Jose Antonio Castro was accused by his wife in 1996 of the sexual abuse before being convicted, sentenced to five years in prison, and deported to Mexico. No evidence has been found to suggest that the fifteen year old accused murderer Raul Castro was also victimized by his father.

Holy Con Artist, Batman!: Film Director’s Brother Accused of Planning Superhero-style Escape from Prison

The brother of the director who helmed the two most recent films in the Batman franchise is accused of planning an escape attempt from the federal jail in Chicago where he is awaiting trial in a Costa Rican murder case. Matthew Nolan now has additional criminal charges for making and possessing “31 feet of rope made from bedsheets, a harness, a razor and a metal clip that could unlock handcuffs.” Nolan is also accused of defrauding investors out of millions of dollars by making promises such as a ride in the Batmobile utility vehicle that appears in the Batman franchise films directed by his brother Christopher and co-written by his other brother Jonathan.

Albinos of Tanzania Get Taste of Justice After Wave of Ritual Killings

Albinos in Tanzania have been targeted by killers eager to harvest parts from their bodies for use by witch doctors in special potions that sell for thousands of dollars on the black market. The killings have been occurring for several years but Tanzania’s government has finally taken action by prosecuting at least seven people who are believed to have targeted albinos for murder. More than 50 albinos are believed to have died in the wave of killings including one victim who was 6 years old. Similar crimes in neighboring countries Congo and Burundi are believed to have been influenced by the Tanzanian trend.

Suspicion for Mexican Mayor Who Announced Death of Political Rival Before Body Was Found

The newly elected mayor of an upscale Mexican city has attracted suspicion after he announced the death of his enemy hours before the man’s body had even been found and days before the man’s body had been positively identified. San Pedro Garza Garcia mayor Mauricio Fernandez had previously claimed he was notified by American intelligence agents that the murder victim (a known drug trafficker) was plotting to have Fernandez killed before his untimely death. Fernandez claims the drug trafficker’s death was just a coincidence but he was unable to explain how he knew of the man’s death before the body had even been found.

31 year prison sentence for man who smeared poop on his lawyer and flung it at trial jurors

A San Diego man was sentenced to 31 years in prison for charges of robbery, burglary, and assault after a jury convicted him of all charges. The assault charges stemmed from a January incident when Weusi McGowan smuggled feces into the courtroom where he was on trial for a home invasion robbery and used it to assault his attorney and the jurors deciding his case.