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Breakin' The Law: The Student Throat Slasher

Breakin' The Law: The Student Throat Slasher

From the juvenile to the serious, Breakin’ The Law endeavors to report on all the crimes committed by college students from across the country.

 

Today, we turn our collective attention to the University of Texas at Dallas where one student was arrested for brutally slashing another with a knife.

 

John Shaffer, 20, was arrested last Friday afte...

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Breakin' The Law: Student Arrested For Distributing Free Condoms

Breakin' The Law: Student Arrested For Distributing Free Condoms

Of all the dumb reasons to get arrested, this one surely takes the cake of stupidity.

 

Acting on behalf of a student group that advocates sex education, Dennis Chaney, a Northern Kentucky University student, went to the freshman orientation last semester intending to hand out hundreds of free condoms to eager, young frosh.

 

However, upon spyin...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: WOW is about the only word I can muster up on this one - I can't believe the administration is that naive that they won't even let a student try and help out the newbies by providing them with

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Breaking News: Gunshots Fired Near Yale Campus

Breaking News: Gunshots Fired Near Yale Campus

Early this morning, several shots were fired at the Chapel and York Street intersection near Yale University. While the investigation is currently on-going, New Haven Police have detained one person in connection with the gunfire.

 

According to the Yale Daily News, no one was injured in the shooting, and as of the publication of their report, p...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: New Haven is not the greatest neighborhood, and there's a lot of resentment between actual New Haven residents and Yale students because of the socio-economic stratification.

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Trojans and Bruins Bond Over Rising Crime Rates

Trojans and Bruins Bond Over Rising Crime Rates

Oh no, we're turning into USC.

 

The Trojans have suffered from two sexual assaults and a stabbing murder in the last month and it seems that the crime has spread to Bruin territory.

 

The Daily Bruin reported yesterday of two robberies in Westwood of two UCLA students and safety concerns have been increasing, just as they have at our rival's ca...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: haha appropriate picture

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The Five Most Notorious Killers in Football History

The Five Most Notorious Killers in Football History

With yesterday’s arrest of ex-Nebraska running back Thunder Collins on murder charges, it got us thinking. Doesn’t this seem to happen a lot? So we thought we’d compile a list of the top five most notorious killers in football. And no, OJ is not number one.

 

Be sure to check out the gallery to the right.

 

5. Jimmy Wilson 

 

Chalk this one up t...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Ray Lewis didn't play for WVU

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Notre Dame Footballers Arrested for Underage Drinking in Police Party Raid

Notre Dame Footballers Arrested for Underage Drinking in Police Party Raid

Junior tight end Will Yeatman and freshman center Mike Golic Jr. were arrested this past weekend in addition to 39 other people when police stormed an on campus party. The two were cited for consuming alcohol as minors (in college? Get out!) and other members of the Notre Dame’s soccer and lacrosse teams were arrested as well.


If the name Mike...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: the first 2 people who posted are probably both nerds. they r jealous of athletes and people who actually have a social life. sorry to break it to you guys but some people have sex with girls...not grapefruit

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Snurf Pills: Like Ecstasy, but Herbal, and Therefore Safe, Right?

Snurf Pills: Like Ecstasy, but Herbal, and Therefore Safe, Right?

Four students from Council Rock High School in Philadelphia have been hospitalized for overdosing on an herbal supplement. Yes, you heard correctly, even mother nature can mess you up if you're an idiot. The students bought "snurf pills" online, which has left everyone wondering, what the hell are smurf pills? Well the student officials did some...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: iv taken snurf pill an about died, worst trip my life..

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Need $2M? Find James Whitey Bulger for the FBI

Need $2M? Find James Whitey Bulger for the FBI

Today the FBI announced that it was doubling the reward for ex-mob boss James Whitey Bulger, upping the prize from $1M to $2M. Bulger has been on the run since 1995 when he was indicted on 21 counts of federal murder. Alright, so maybe you don’t really want to find this guy. That being said, it is Bulger’s 79th birthday today, so you might be ab...

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Oklahoma Athletes Stabbed in Violent Bar Brawl

Oklahoma Athletes Stabbed in Violent Bar Brawl

Mayhem erupted at a local nightclub this weekend as two University of Oklaholma athletes were stabbed in a brawl. More than just an average barfight however, the melee was said to involve guns, knives, tire irons, and someone being struck by a vehicle.

 

The two atheletes, now identified as football defensive end Frank Alexander (pictured) and b...

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Stupidity Brings Book Thieves To Justice

Stupidity Brings Book Thieves To Justice

According to the Diamondback, three University Book Center employees were charged with stealing thousands of dollars worth of textbooks from Stamp.

 

How did the employees get caught? By having two people try and sell the books at everybody's favorite bookstore, Bookholders. Right. No way you'd get caught doing that. I'm sure they weren't monito...

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Student Falls To His Death After Graduation

Student Falls To His Death After Graduation
Alan Kaname Hamai, a 22-year-old Anthropology graduate, was found dead Saturday morning outside his apartment on Durant Avenue. Police are not sure if he jumped or fell, but there is no evidence of foul play. Hamai had been celebrating his graduation, which took place Friday, with friends and family. If anybody has information, they should conta...

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Latest comment by TheBookworm: How Terrible. RIP and condolences to his family.

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Man Killed In Shooting Near Campus

Man Killed In Shooting Near Campus
The Shooting Took Place Outside Of Top Dog (pictured above).
There was a shooting in the parking lot near Top Dog on Durant and Bowditch (pictured above) this afternoon at approximately 3:45pm. Various sources including the Daily Cal (which is nearly impossible to load due to high traffic) are saying a man was shot six times by an unidentified

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Latest comment by Anonymous: free nate...rest in peace maceo.

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Hobo Alert! Knife Chaser Finally Arrested

Hobo Alert!  Knife Chaser Finally Arrested
Berkeley High School is merely a block or two west of UC Berkeley, but even the most casual of observers will notice how much better the high school looks.

Yet even the suave looking fortress that is the only public high school in Berkeley is subject to the strange, strange things that happen in the town.

During a lunch break last week, a home

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Berkeley Student Stabbed, Suspect Arrested

Berkeley Student Stabbed, Suspect Arrested
This is the sort of thing we all hate to see: a brilliant, young student, weeks away from graduation, losing his life in a senseless act of violence.

Please read this article

Chris Wootton, a 4th year engineering major, was stabbed during a fight that broke out between party attendees on Warring and Channing. The suspect was not a student.

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Latest comment by sunshinethewerewolf: and we can all thank the cal patriot blog for trying to tie this with political matters. Good taste in reporting, you snakes.

http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/05/03/berkeley-senior-killed/

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Vanderbilt Girls Need More Attention

Vanderbilt Girls Need More Attention
"Um, Just kidding?"


In my Inbox, April 14, 2008:

CRIME ALERT –Robbery

It was reported to Vanderbilt Police Department that a robbery occurred at approximately 9:35 pm on April 13, 2008 near Rand Hall. A student reported she was walking by Rand Terrace when an unknown subject walked up to her, said “hi” to her, punched her in the eye and then g...

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