MURDERS, MAYHEM & MALFEASANCE
ISSUE № 968 — 06-30-25
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Until the next ones… -MMM
⬛ SIRENS/NATIONAL BLOTTER
▀ Mad Maxine (Tampa, FL)
SHE RAMMED A man’s Dodge Challenger from a boosted pickup — and then tried to mow him over when he ran for his life.
Armani Zyanna Bellamy, 20, was taken into custody on Saturday for allegedly attempting repeated smash into the man’s Challenger that was riding along Interstate 75 back at around 2:45 p.m.
A witness told cops he saw a woman try crash into his gray Dodge Challenger.
The woman behind the wheel of a Strong Roofing emblazoned Ford F250 allegedly pulled into reverse and atttempted to repeatedly tried to strike the man’s muscle car.
On the fourth try, the witness says Bellamy “got a running start” as she backed the pickup into the front of the Challenger despite the man waving his hands to motion her to stop.
As the car owner tried to assess the damage, the witness says that the woman aimed the struck and reversed towards him as well
That sent the man high-tailing it up the embankment to the tree line to escape the truck (and Bellamy’s) wrath.
Bellamy allegedly then tried to hitch a ride and saw the man aching under the pickup.
She's being charged with five counts, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with great bodily harm, one count of criminal mischief, attempted murder in the first degree with a weapon, and grand theft motor vehicle.
⬛ WANTED V. NABBED
▀ ATM Destroyers (Mountain Home, AR)
MAYBE THEIR PLASTIC failed.
A cash-famished tools were being sought after trying (of all things) to use a shovel to dig out an ATM’s cash reserve.
The three — one casual bandit riding a skateboard — were captured on the Pioneer Federal Credit Union drive-thru money machine’s camera at around 1:45 a.m. on June 3rd.
Snaps show two jamming the shovel shaft to dig into the machine and try to empty its bills. Thirty minutes later the skateboarder appears later and is also believed to have tried to compromise the gizmo for gain.
It’s unclear if they were successful.
▀ Bombmaker’s Bomb Meth Lab (Pāhoa, HI)
A SUSPECTED BOMBMAKER was exposed with a bunch of drugs.
Shannon Hostetler, 54, was nabbed on June 24 after cops and FBI agents raided two addresses — unearthing a meth conversion lab and a bomb-making lair.
The dragnet (including bomb squad members) also confiscted two partially constructed pipe bombs, black powder, flash powder, and other explosive materials.
HAUL: 289 grams of methamphetamine, 459 grams of cocaine, 1,700 grams of methamphetamine oil, 7 guns, more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition, $14,000, and bomb-making materials
RAP: Multiple drug, firearm, and explosives-related charges and he remains in custody.
▀ Gonzo Ganker (Bakersfield, CA)
A BRAZEN THIEF picked off a burly security guard of his cell phone.
The guard was spotted pacing around at the Burlington store on California Avenue and (despite the video cutting short) allegedly lifting the gizmo.
BACKTALK:
Gilbert Cazares: Damn time to start putting in applications for a office job 😅
Lissette Hernandez Gomez: And I'm still here waiting for the police to come to my home after someone broke my windows yesterday!!!! 😒
John Williams: Really? Is that what this comes down to? Once again BPD has failed to do a simple task and is asking the community for help 🙄 Update: that phone was stolen April 7th. The simplest of life forms would know that that phone is a lost cause lol
Jennifer Guerra: That tiny dude beat up the huge guy?
Deanna Dhawk Blankenship: That's Fred Astair.... I recognize the fancy footwork anywhere
Shelly Simpson: Can't see his face?
Carlos Alfredo: Should’ve used his safety face mask!
Eric Huggins: This video is pointless, I don’t see an assault…
Kristina Montoya: What’s the point of a security guard if they’re getting robbed themselves??
⬛ EVIDENCE ART
▀ K9 Bonnie Whiffs Blow + Green (Bend, OR)
THE FUZZ WAS munching their popcorn waiting for the right time to pounce. After months of a couple’s alleged slinging — they moved in.
Tyler Speas and Nichole Johnson were hauled away after getting stopped on the road around 6 p.m. on June 24.
A task force swarmed the pair’s car as they were coasting along U.S. Highway 97. K9 Bonnie was brought in and did a jig when she smelled two bricks of cocaine, a switchblade, and ill-gotten gains.
▀ Fungi Farm Foiled (Bend, OR)
THE SHROOM BLOOM was bananas.
Nygel Boothe, 29, was met by several detectives back on May 28, who scoured his apartment and found his girlfriend, two teens nearby a cache of psilocybin mushrooms, a psilocybin mushroom grow operation, a pistol, and drug paraphernalia.
HAUL: Cache of psilocybin mushrooms, a psilocybin mushroom grow operation, a pistol, and drug paraphernalia
RAP: Delivery of a controlled substance (Psylocibin) ORS 475.752(1)(a) A Felony, Manufacturing a controlled substance (Psylocibin) ORS 475.752(1)(a) A Felony, Possession of a schedule 1 controlled substance (Psylocibin) ORS 475.752(7)(a)(B) B Misdemeanor, two counts of Endangering the welfare of a minor ORS 163.575(1)(b) A Misdemeanor.
▀ Going Down To H Town (Uniontown, PA)
STATE POLICE SEIZED a massive amount of dope and cash.
Christopher Slade was nabbed on Prospect Street and state cops seized 28 bricks of heroin, four ounces of crack cocaine, $2,242, and two guns.
HAUL: 28 bricks of heroin, four ounces of crack cocaine, $2,242, and two guns
RAP: Possession with Intent to Distribute.
⬛ K9 V. K9
▀ K9 Edo Exposes Quarter Pound Of Crystal (El Dorado Springs , NV)
A K9 WAS sniffed out two bad guys meth stash.
Over a quarter pound of the stuff was discovered by K9 Edo during an interstate traffic stop where two perps are nabbed.
The dog also found knuckle dusters and stolen radio gear from a local biz.
▀ K9 Bruno Scored 2 LBS. Of Crystal (Danville, KY)
K9 BRUNO IS was gonna be treated to a steak supper after turning over a car sneaking two pounds of tick-tick inside of a kitty litter box.
The June 26 bust took place as driver Roman Drake and passenger Iman Hawkins were stopped at a Burjer King parking lot.
Deputies sniffed the exhales of a kind buds
The pooch was brought in and found the adulterated kitty litter box that was taped shut.
But once they cracked it open, out popped a plastic bag sticking out filled with two pounds of methamphetamine.
HAUL: Two pounds of methamphetamine hiding in a kitty litter
RAP:
*Drake: Trafficking in a Controlled Substance of Methamphetamine greater than 2 grams, drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, operating on a suspended/revoked operators license, no operators license, failure to signal
*Hawkins: Trafficking in a controlled substance of methamphetamine greater than 2 grams, drug paraphernalia
⬛ THE BLUE NOTE
▀ Muling In Cybertruck (Columbia, MO)
▀ Refuse Raider (Athens, OH)
▀ Car Woes (Athens, OH)
«SOURCE»
▀ Golf Cart Goose Slayer Netted (Columbus, OH)
▀ Hunter’s Fashion Faus Pas (Columbus, OH)
▀ Can’t Let Hounds Sic Coyotes (Columbus, OH)
▀ Loo Run AFowl (Columbus, OH)
«SOURCE»
▀ Man Caught Packing In Criminal Courthouse (Memphis, TN)
«SOURCE»
⬛ SCENESTERS
▀ Cops Wax Ode To Dunce Motorist (Storm Lake, IA)
A BOZO OF a bad guy zipped away from a scene of a hit and run. Only s/he left behind their front bumper with the license plat. And the cops were ready to dish out their wiseguy sass for the not-so-clean getaway.
“Remember Renegade the song by Styx,” they asked before going into the lyrics…
“The jig is up, the news is out
We finally found you.
The renegade who had it made
Retrieved for a bounty.
Nevermore to go astray.
This'll be the end today.
You’re a wanted man.”
They then added: “Do yourself a favor: come in and see us so we can get this taken care of properly. Otherwise… you won’t just be running. You’ll be wanted.”