16 Mail Workers Arrested For Taking Bribes To Deliver Drugs Sixteen postal workers are out of a job and headed to the feds today after falling for a sting operation setup in Georgia. 11 Alive reports that the Atlanta delivery people were each accepting bribes and providing “safe” addresses at which packages full of cocaine could be distributed across the Atlanta metro area, before intercepting said packages themselves and hand-delivering them to a person they believed to be a local drug lord. However, the drug trafficker in question was actually an undercover agent, and the packages being routed were full of fake drugs. The sting apparently went on for about 18 months, starting when FBI officials received an anonymous tip that drugs were running through the city right under their noses in neighborhood mailboxes , all with the help of the USPS. FBI placed a “new dealer” on the streets to see exactly who would accept the bribe and run the “drugs.” Several workers actually convinced their other coworkers to get in on the delivery scheme for additional pay, according to FBI sources. SMH. Sheesh, we’re guessing the postal service doesn’t pay as well as it used to once upon a time. But these folks will be paying for their extra cashflow for a long time. Getty/11 Alive
U.S. Marshals Make Arrests Over Student Loan Debt Scary news for anyone out there with outstanding student loans . Apparently government resources in the form of fully outfitted and armed U.S. Marshals are being allocated to collect old loan debts — for amounts as low as $1500. One Houston man was shocked when a SWAT Team-level sting operation hit his doorstep and carted him down to the courthouse without bothering to read him his rights, in demand that he pay a 20-year-old loan debt. And the worst part is that they plan to use this method even more in the future… Via Complex : As seen in Aker’s case, which is (sadly) far from unique, federal resources are being used to essentially carry out the duties one would usually attribute to a lowly debt collector. This seemingly ridiculous allowance, as noted by Rep. Gene Green, was made possible thanks to Congress just a few short years ago. According to Green, private debt collection agencies are getting judgments against the owners of these debts (even, apparently, 29-year-old debts) secured in federal court with ease. After a judgment is secured, the agencies are apparently asking for (and being granted preposterous access to) the usage of armed U.S. marshals. Aker, who was forced to sign a repayment plan for his 29-year-old debt, will sadly not be the last person to be arrested by armed federal agents. In fact, FOX 26 estimates that another 1500 arrest warrants are expected to be issued over unpaid federal student loans in the Houston area alone. Yikes. If this is the new norm…how many of you can expect a team of armed officers at your door in the near future?? Creative Commons / Fox 26 Continue reading →
Now that Bella Thorne is officially 18 and her Instagram is no longer an LAPD sting operation waiting to happen, I can do things like repost the bikini pictures she puts up there. So here’s her latest, of Bella “swimming” — aka auditioning for her next her hitting the pool before lunch, which is smart, because they always say to wait at least half an hour after eating before swimming. Speaking of which, I’d make sure you wait at least 30 minutes before standing up after this. Just to be safe.
Here’s Aussie actress, singer and up-and-coming hottie Maia Mitchell in LA for the premiere of her new movie: Teen Beach 2 . According to my research, it’s a sequel to the Disney Channel’s Teen Beach Movie , which, despite sounding like a sting operation organized by Chris Hansen, is a real thing. But as much as I want to see Maia here in a bikini, I think we should all just forget it and focus on her red carpet hotness instead. It’s much safer, if you ask me. » view all 16 photos Photos: WENN.com
Between Bella Thorne and now Chloe Grace Moretz , I’m starting to think that the People’s Choice Awards were actually one big sting operation by the LAPD. So instead of trying to flush your laptop down the toilet, I suggest just moving it along until next year, when they’re both 18. Because right now, there’s nothing to see here. » view all 35 photos Photos: WENN.com Continue reading →
I’d never heard of McKenna Berkley before this, so I’ve gotta admit I was a little worried I was going to land on some government watch list if I posted these pictures of her in a Christmas onesie. But the good news is that this photoshoot is for Wildfox and not an Internet sting operation, which means you’re safe to go ahead and enjoy these pictures of the cute ginger. And I don’t know about you guys, but I think I just figured out what I want for Christmas this year. » view all 28 photos
SMH !! Man Stopped For Speeding And Tells Cops He’s On Way To Kill Friend Alberto Moreno drove past an officer at such high speed, the officer just saw a blur and felt his car shake. Another law officer said Moreno’s pick-up went “so fast that a speed was unable to be determined.” Via TCPalm reports: When investigators on Feb. 18 finally stopped Moreno, 45, in Fort Pierce, he slurred out “that he was on his way to kill his friend for screwing him over earlier that day and that he knew he was speeding and all over the road as well as drunk,” a recently released arrest affidavit states. Moreno, whose shirt was inside out and backwards, smelled of booze. He said he’d been imbibing all day, saying he’d just come from his house where he’d quaffed a half dozen beers. While investigators couldn’t determine the speed Moreno’s pick-up was traveling, it likely did not make the jump to light speed, something only select space ships, such as the Millennium Falcon, are capable. Investigators asked Moreno whether he’d complete field sobriety exercises. He said he’d be glad to, and stepped out of his GMC pick-up, losing his balance. After performing field sobriety exercises, Moreno, of the 200 block of Southwest Tulip Boulevard in Port St. Lucie, was arrested on a DUI charge. He evidently didn’t make it to his friend’s house. Stay classy Florida!
Pope Francis is a pretty cool guy, but Drugs are still BAD m’kay ?! German Officials Seize 14 Cocaine Filled Condoms Bound For Vatican City 12 ounces of yayo were discovered packed inside 14 condoms hidden within a package of cushions coming from South America! The contraband condoms were seized by officials at Germany’s Leipzig airport this January, it was revealed Sunday in German weekly Bild am Sonntag . The box was addressed to the Vatican postal office, which means that any of Vatican City’s 800 residents could have picked it up. Apparently whoever was intended to receive the drugs must’ve learned that it had been intercepted because no one came to retrieve the box after a sting operation was set up with Vatican police. The value of the narcotics is estimated at several tens of thousands of euros. The investigation remains open, according to Vatican spokesman, Rev. Federico Lombardi, who also confirmed that Vatican police were working with German police to track down the responsible parties.
Here’s Ariel Winter getting some kind of henna chest art done at what I’m guessing is either a state fair, or a sting operation for my more perverted readers. Warning: it’s a trap! Anyway, since Ariel’s only 15, I’d suggest you don’t fall for it and just move along. Unless you want to join this “henna artist” in the local lock-up. Photos: PacificCoastNews
W.T.F?! ICE Arrests 255 In International Sexaual Predator Sting Operation Via DailyMail Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has arrested 255 alleged child predators, including a 49-year-old middle school teacher, and identified 61 underage victims in an international sting operation. The five-week operation, which ended June 30, targeted sexual predators who use the Internet to exploit children and disseminate child freak flicks. Twenty people were charged with online sexual enticement of a minor, which investigators are calling ‘sextorting.’ The crime involves coercing children into producing nekkid or sexual photos by threatening them with blackmail or violence. The remaining suspects were charged with child freak flick production, possession or distribution of child freak flicks, traveling with the intent to have sex with a minor and other offenses including sex assault. More than one third of the victims identified during the sting operation were engaging online with strangers who sexually exploited them. The ages of those victims ranged from seven to 17 years old and the majority were between 13 and 15 years old. Overall, 20 of the victims are under the age of nine, including seven who are younger than six years old. Among those arrested was John David Boyle, a 49-year-old Los Angeles-area middle school teacher who has been charged with molesting a 14-year-old boy, advertising child porn on the Internet and several other crimes. Boyle, of Glendora, California, was arrested last month after he set up a meeting in his classroom to watch child porn with a man that he met online.Unbeknownst to him, the man was actually an an undercover agent. Further investigation revealed a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly molested by Boyle, a teacher at Royal Oak Middle School in Covina. B-b-but wait it gets worse! In a separate case, authorities tracked down and charged Jimmy Caraballo-Colon, a former high school cheerleading coach, for allegedly blackmailing a 17-year-old girl from Colorado. Caraballo-Colon, 25, reportedly met the girl in an anonymous Internet video chat website. According to court documents, Caraballo-Colon persuaded the minor to remove her clothes during a video chat and then threatened to publish a recording of the act unless she provided him with her personal information, such as her phone number and email address. He then forced her to perform more explicit acts during video chats that he recorded. If she didn’t comply, he would threaten to post the videos online. Sadly enough, this probably didn’t even put a small dent in the amount of internet pervs lurking out there. Image via Shutterstock
