A Florida man celebrating the Fourth of July with his friends and family on New Smyrna Beach noticed two middle-aged women trying to make off with his tent canopy, beach chairs, boogie boards, and kids' toys. So he confronted them, with a cameraphone, and got an unexpected fireworks show.

Earlier this month, San Marino, Ca. Mayor Dennis Kneier was caught on security camera throwing a bag of dog shit onto a neighbor's yard. Apparently, the incident was so embarrassing and scandalizing, he was forced to announce today that he's resigning as mayor.

San Marino, Ca. Mayor Dennis Kneier was busted for having thrown a bag of dog shit onto a neighbor's walkway. The neighbor, Philip Lao, caught Kneier tossing the doo with the security cameras outside his home and believes it was done in retaliation for his opposition to a proposed neighborhood dog park.

Detroit police looking for a meth lab instead stumbled upon a well-run, multi-million dollar shoplifting ring housed in a large warehouse near 8 Mile.

When a South Carolina mom learned that her 13-year-old son had been caught smoking pot with his buddies, she didn't get mad — she got creative.

Badass Game of Thrones star Sean Bean was arrested for doing something decidedly un-badass: harassing his ex-wife with texts and phone calls. The actor was taken into custody by Scotland Yard for allegedly flooding fourth-wife Georgina Sutcliffe's phone with mean messages.

Barack Obama got his lip busted in a basketball game yesterday, and now he needs 12 stitches. Video has surfaced: Watch Obama trudge dejectedly back to his Secret Service SUV, and dab at his wound in the White House.

When Las Vegas police found a bag of cocaine in her purse, Paris Hilton said the purse belonged to a friend. But earlier this summer, she tweeted a picture of her "new Chanel purse." Did Twitter just solve a crime?

Italian authorities have arrested over 300 people in a sweep of the Calabrian mafia 'Ndrangheta, on suspicion of murder, drug trafficking and money laundering. Some 3,000 police officers took part and arrests were also made in the US. [BBC]

Gossip Girl pretty boy Chace Crawford was arrested last night in Plano, Texas for misdemeanor marijuana possession at a place called Ringo's Pub. (Sadly, not a gay bar.) He had "one unlit joint," according to TMZ. Here's his crabby mugshot.

Rev. Al Shapton's made a name off of agitating authority; he's been arrested plenty of times during protests! Guess it runs in the family. His ex-wife and daughter were booked after road raging at a cop last night.

Fun, spoiled: two British guys were arrested with a motherlode of blow (1,507 non-metric-system pounds) outside of Montpellier in what the French government is calling the biggest cocaine bust in the history of the country.

The Noel family was once the toast of Greenwich, Connecticut. Dad ran a hedge fund. Mom and the daughters were social queens. Now, they've reportedly been kicked out of their country club. An American tragedy:

Poor George Michael. Just weeks after completing his first world tour in fifteen years, the singer was busted in a London public bathroom for drug possession. The police report doesn't name Michael, but sources confirmed to the British press that he was busted Friday for crack possession after a suspicious bathroom…

The keffiyeh trend has reached its saturation point—we mean you, Lauren Bush!—and is now confusing cabdrivers. "You visit Saudi Arabia?" last night's cabbie asked me. "You wear something from my country!" The explanation was unspeakable: "Actually, sir. Some twentysomethings, who live in the city and are sort of maybe…

Say a final farewell to Robert Chambers, the man who ensured E! Channel-level publicity in perpetuity for Upper East Side Irish pub Dorrian's Red Hand, which is the last place his former ladyfriend was seen alive in 1986. Like so many preppy misfits and high-profile morons before him, dude just couldn't stick to his…