Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: Crime

  • Be Afraid

    I've always jokingly told My Darling Wife the only way she is going to git rid of me is to shoot me. HA, ha, ha, that is until I saw this today.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/25/news/state/65-admit.txt" title="Be Afraid">Woman admits to killing husband</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A woman who said her husband told her during a drunken argument that…

  • Sick, Twisted Wacko

    <img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/03/AR2006080300166.html">Man Says Sex With Kids a Sacred Ritual</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A man accused of sexually assaulting nine boys with physical or mental disabilities told a judge that having sex with children is a sacred ritual protected by civil rights laws.<br />n<br />nPhillip Distasio, who said he is…

  • Rant Again

    <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13988087/">2 girls found starving; have well-fed siblings</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Two emaciated girls who told police they ate only when their father wasn’t traveling on business were hospitalized after police found them in an advanced state of starvation.<br />n<br />n“It’s the worst case of malnutrition I’ve ever seen,” said police Lt. E.J. Bastian. The 6- and…

  • Understatement

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/22/news/wyoming/35-toddler.txt">Mom gets 60 years in death of toddler</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A woman whose daughter was abused to death – suffering a skull fracture, a broken arm, burns to her fingers, dehydration and numerous pinch and nail marks – has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.<br />n<br />nMacalia Blackburn pleaded guilty to being an accessory…

  • Insulting

    <img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/24/news/local/80-rape.txt">Man accused of raping 16-year-old</a><br />n<br />n<b>Man</b>, I don't think so. No <strong>man</strong> I know goes out and rapes anyone, let alone a 16 year old girl. Let's try scum-sucking loser or cowardly asshole to describe this less than human beast. Calling him a man insults…

  • Interesting

    A few Headlines from today's Billings Gazette:<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/13/news/state/35-crime.txt">Violent crime numbers dip in Montana</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/13/news/local/65-sex-abuse.txt">Man accused of felony sex abuse</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/13/news/local/70-wife-biting.txt">Man charged with biting wife</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/13/news/local/75-assault.txt">Man charged with assault on pregnant girlfriend</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/13/news/local/80-homicide.txt">Woman arraigned in homicide</a><br />n<br />nI always find dichotomies like this amusung. In the…

  • To Soft

    <img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/08/news/state/55-abuse.txt">Sexual abuser of kids gets 30 years</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Billings man who photographed himself engaged in sexual activity with children and had thousands of child pornography images on his computer will spend 30 years in federal prison.<br />n<br />nSenior U.S. District Judge Jack Shanstrom on Wednesday…

  • Unbelievable

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/07/news/local/45-assault-charges.txt">Teen charged with attempted murder for hockey stick assault</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A 15-year-old Billings boy accused of beating another 15-year-old boy with a hockey stick after being stabbed in the leg was charged as an adult Tuesday in District Court with attempted murder.<br />n<br />nJohnny Allen Washee Jr. pleaded not guilty to attempted deliberate homicide.…

  • Disgusting

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/01/news/state/55-rape-charges.txt">Ex-minister faces assault, rape counts</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A former minister accused in a civil lawsuit of molesting three young girls now faces criminal charges in the same case.<br />n<br />nTerrance R. Passmore, 48, is charged with two felony counts of sexual assault and two felony counts of rape. He made an initial appearance in Justice…

  • Cruelty

    <a href="http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19313240%255E662,00.html"> Baby put in clothes dryer</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> A 13-MONTH-OLD baby is in hospital being treated for horrific burns she suffered from being put in a clothes dryer.<br />n<br />n The girl was left with her mother's boyfriend at a Perth home while the woman went to a gym for about an hour last…