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The word "ratchet" may be played out, but until the Internet agrees upon a more accurate description of these crimes, it will have to do. Everyday, someone decides to commit a thoroughly disturbing criminal activity. These crimes are often sad, but also imaginative. They provide an endless amount of source material, inspiring conversations about race, class and the American dream. This week's roundup includes a burrito, a bad booty lift, girlfriends biting boyfriends, cops killing other cops, heroin at daycare centers and much more. Not all crimes happened this week, but they will all give you pause. Read on for a look at the best of the worst. Send your tips for ratchet crime news to cityguidetips@complex.com.
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Heroin Discovered in 2-Year-Old Boy's Jacket
Date: 3/10/14
Location: Paterson, N.J.
Crime: Planting Heroin on Child
On Monday morning, 48 glassines of heroin were found hidden in a child's jacket. His father, 27 year-old Phillips Young, had planted the drugs on his son prior to dropping him off at daycare. Young was arrested for endangering the welfare of child.
Teen Sets Mother's Clothes on Fire Because She Won't Give Him Pot Money
Date: 3/8/14
Location: Houston, Texas
Crime: Refused Money for Weed, Burned Mom's Clothes
Texas teen, John Carter, set his mother's clothes on fire because she wouldn't give him money to light up. He was arrested and held in jail with a $30,000 bail. Carter could have saved his mother and himself a lot of time, money, and embarrassment if he just left out the part where he needed the money for weed.
Queens Man Arrested After 2,000 Packets of Heroin Are Discovered in Home
Date: 3/9/14
Location: Queens, N.Y.
Crime: 1948 Glassines of Heroin
Police arrived upon receiving a noise complaint and ended up walking into a kitchen with five pounds of heroin. Frank Giardina was arrested and charged for possession with intent to sell. He greeted the officers with a bong in his hand and then invited them in. He forgot about the possibility that they would notice the heroin on his kitchen counter.
Bad Booty Lift Leads to Manslaughter Charges in Manhattan
Date: 3/11/14
Location: New York, N.Y.
Crime: Death from Silicone Ass Implants
Last July, a 22 year-old Tamara Blaine was suffering from seizures when she was found by police in a Manhattan hotel room. She died shortly after. The cause of death was a botched silicone implant procedure from Tamira Mobley who is being charged with manslaughter. It ain't worth it, ladies.
Seattle Man Arrested for Assaulting Man Who Refused to Share His Burrito
Date: 3/1/14
Location: Seattle, Washington
Crime: Assault on a Non-Sharing Burrito Eater
Mahamed Abdi, age 24, was arrested for attacking a man withholding a bite of his burrito from him outside of a Mexican restaurant. Abdi allegedly punched the man and ran. Police caught and arrested him right before he got on a bus.
Michigan Woman Chews Boyfriend's Ear Off
Date: 3/10/14
Location: Macomb County, Michigan
Crime: Biting Off Piece of Boyfriend's Ear
Danielle Nebelung got so fired up amidst a fight with boyfriend John Michalke, that the adrenaline gave her enough momentum to launch onto her boyfriends back and bite off part of his ear.
Eighty-Year-Old Man Attacked by Homeless Woman
Date: 3/9/14
Location: New York, N.Y.
Crime: Attacking an 80 year-old Man Waiting for Wife
Danika Riley accosted an 80 year-old man waiting outside of the women's bathroom for his wife last weekend. Riley has a hefty criminal record, including an attempted escape from an Oklahoma penitentiary in 1994.
Retired Cop Who Shot Man for Texting During Movie
Date: 1/13/14
Location: Tampa, Florida
Crime: Shooting a Movie Goer for Texting
71 year-old Curtis Reeves shot 43 year-old Chad Oulson for texting during a matinee of Lone Survivor. New information has revealed that Reeves was also texting during the film, but no one thought it was a good idea to murder him for it. Old people do the craziest things.
Officer Arrested for Selling Meth to Undercover Cops
Date: 2/11/14
Location: Seattle, Washington
Crime: Crooked Cop
Former King County Sheriff's Department police officer Mitchel J. Wright was arrested for the second time within a year last month for selling drugs. He was initially fired for stealing evidence while working undercover. Upon his second arrest he boasted that he thought "he'd never be caught because knew every police tactic."
Jacking Up Cop Cars With Hammer
Date: 3/11/14
Location: Philadelphia, P.A.
Crime: Vandalizing Cop Cars
This rampage took place in Philadelphia's Chinatown. While everyone was asleep, a deranged man wearing only boxers ran around a police station parking lot and smashed the windows of over 14 cars with a hammer. When the police decided to find out what was causing the noise, they found a man mumbling unintelligibly and arrested him on the spot.