crime

We've all done it, called someone by mistake on our cellphones. You hit the wrong button at the wrong time and before you know it someone in your contact list gets an unexpected call and you don't even know it. Some people call it pocket-dialing or 'butt-dialing.'

Massachusetts has some of the strictest laws in the nation when it comes to guns. These laws were enacted in 1998 and, since then, there has been a steady rise in crimes involving guns. Hmmmm. Makes you think, doesn't it?

So, two drinking buddies get together to do what drinking buddies do best and that is, drink. They were imbibing at a hotel on Brighton Avenue in Portland when all hell broke loose!

The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office has released security footage of the robbery at the Circle K convenience store on Main Ave., Farmingdale Sunday night, Jan. 27th. The woman entered the store just before 7:30pm and after first blending in with other customers, confronted the cashier with a pistol. She left with an undisclosed amount of money and headed north on foot.

Ut oh. Rapper Rick Ross, who is never short on controversial headlines, whether he is posing shirtless on magazine covers or passing out on planes or canceling concerts due to death threats, was reportedly involved in a drive-by shooting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. this morning (Jan. 28).

Matthew Colleluori is in LC-deep trouble.

Peter Robbins, the now 56-year-old child actor who once voiced Charlie Brown in all those 'Peanuts' cartoons, was recently arrested in San Diego on five felony charges, including one count of stalking and four counts of threats to cause death and bodily harm. Good grief, bro.

As if losing in the NFC Championship game weren't bad enough, an unlucky Atlanta Falcons fan was stabbed by a San Francisco 49ers fan outside the Georgia Dome after the 49ers 28-24 victory on Sunday night.

An attempt on the life of a Bulgarian politician was miraculously averted yesterday when the would-be killer's gun refused to fire.

A man wearing a Philadelphia Fire Department shirt has been pretending to inspect fire extinguishers at businesses. He allegedly burglarized an art museum, a music school and a visitor center. How did he get caught?

Hey this was MY idea... GPS chips in certain drug bottles. Well, the New York Police Department wants pharmacies in and around NYC to fight prescription drug thefts by stocking pill bottles fitted with GPS tracking chips. With so many pharmacy robberies in Maine last year, we can see where this is a good idea.

When you're a kid in school, doling out wedgies might land you in detention at worst. But as some 18-year-old knucklehead in Florida recently learned, its a totally different story when you're an adult.

As any thief worth his salt knows, a clean getaway is absolutely essential. Well, a South Carolina teen recently botched a robbery in a big way after police followed a trail of Cheetos right to his front door. (While that's not the thief pictured above, authorities should still be on the lookout for a hungry cheetah in human clothing.)

There was another pharmacy robbery Maine. This time in Sanford. However, there was a quick end to the story. The police got the guy about ten minutes after it happened.

Winthrop police say four masked men barged their way into an elderly woman's apartment last weekend. The men knocked on the her door just after midnight on Sunday. When the 71 year old answered, the men forced their way in. They left after the woman gave them money from her purse. Police suspect the burglars were looking for prescription drugs.

In the past, we've told you about the liquored up bar brawler who cried for his mommy and an inebriated Norwegian tourist who passed out on an airport conveyor belt. Now comes an intoxicated man who stole an ambulance in the middle of an emergency call and went for a joyride.