Killer of Opry star Stringbean, wife gets parole

NASHVILLE -- The killer who murdered beloved Hee Haw and country music star  David (Stringbean) Akeman and his wife, Estelle, in 1973 has finally been granted parole. A Tennessee Board of Parole panel released John A. Brown after almost 40 years in jail. Brown and his cousin Doug went down for murder after cold-bloodedly ambushing the pair on Nov. 10, 1973. They shot Strongbean to death as he entered the cabin just hours after performing at the Grand Ole Opry. It was rumoured the country star kept wads of cash in the modest cabin 20 minutes from Nashville. His wife was shot in the head when she tried to run.
Country star  Jean Shepard was bitter about the release: "Why should they turn him loose? He cold-bloodedly killed two friends of ours." MORE IN THE TENNESSEAN and a good backgrounder on the case HERE.

Playboy model Krista Boseley in massive dope bust

SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA -- A wannabe Playboy model has been busted with 100 pounds of MDMA powder and a whopping 50,000 Ecstasy pills. Krista Boseley, 30, and her possible 61-year-old sugar daddy, Gilles Lapointe, were pinched when their private landed in Orange County.
Cops were suspicious of the pair and a trust dope-sniffing dog tipped them off that they weren't just bringing their bathing suits.
Lapointe had $13,000 in U.S. cash while Boseley was carrying $7,500 inside her posh Louis Vuitton purse. No, no, all wrong said the pair... we won it gambling in Las Vegas. Both are Canadian citizens with Boseley being from Vancouver. As she says on her Facebook page: “Don’t judge someone because they sin differently than you. Yes, I’m crazy. No, you can’t have some.” MORE FROM THE SMOKING GUN

MUGSHOT MANIA! Next Elizabeth Gilbert discovered

First, there was Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love about the madcap adventures of an entitled white woman who set off to find herself [with book contract in hand, of course.] Now, we've found the next big empowering book for white women: Hope You Dance.

Grandma who murdered grandson will stay in jail

DETROIT, MICHIGAN -- A gun toting granny who killed her 17-year-old grandson by blasting him with six shots, including two in the back, has had her murder conviction affirmed by a Michigan appeals court.
Sandra Layne said he rights were violated when a judge refused to allow threatening comments made by Jonathan Hoffmann which would have helped her self-defense claims.
The 76-year-old was convicted of second-degree murder in 2013 and sentenced to 22-years in prison after Hoffman was shot six times at her home in Michigan's West Bloomfield Township.
Hoffman was living with grandparents during his last year of high school and Layne claimed at trial that she had been scared by his behavior and drug use.
However, prosecutors played a recording of a 911 call that showed him being shot again while pleading for help.

Holly Bobo murder suspect's brother 'raped her'

The brother of the prime suspect in the Holly Bobo murder case has been indicted and charged with raping the 20-year-old nursing student, authorities said.
John Dylan Adams was already in jail on charges that he helped dispose of evidence in Bobo's murder was indicted by a grand jury on two counts for allegedly participating in her rape on the same day she disappeared.
The 26-year-old admitted to the rape when he was arrested for allegedly destroying evidence relating to her murder, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
His brother Zachary Rye Adams and another man are accused of killing Bobo whose body was not found until three years after she went missing in April 2011.  

Randy rabbi 'put hidden cam in women's showers'

Oi Vey! A randy rabbi installed a hidden camera in the women's showers at his prominent Washington D.C. synagogue and secretly recorded them, according to a police report.
Cops charged Dr. Barry Freundel with voyeurism after raiding his home and seizing computer equipment.
A witness told NBC Washington a clock radio had been used to disguise the recording equipment that had been placed in the showers which are used for ritual cleansing.
Freundel has not only been the spiritual leader of the synagogue for 25-years, but he is also an adjunct instructor at the University of Maryland and and adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School.

Sex with teddy bear led to thief being nabbed

If you go down to the woods today you're in for a big surprise, especially if you live in Blackburn, England.
Paul Mountain was identified as a burglary suspect after having sex with a teddy bear and leaving his semen inside the toy.
Cops collared him after matching his DNA.
The 38-year-old told a court that he felt "an overwhelming need" for sexual relief as he came down from an amphetamine high.

Slippery thief makes off with 18 tons of Crisco

He must love french fries or something, but one slippery thief made of with 18 tons of Crisco, Florida cops said.
St. Petersburgh police said that the oily robber snatched the tractor trailer containing the vegetable oil that can be used for frying or making baked good.
It had been destined for a distribution center before the crook made off with it, investigators said.
Quite what they intend to do with the 36,000 pounds of oil remains to be seen.

Crooked mayor Pat Cannon to be sentenced

Crooked Pat

The fat cat former mayor of Charlotte who prosecutors say accepted nearly $50,000 in bribes is to be sentenced in his federal corruption case.
Patrick Cannon pleaded guilty in June to one count of honest wire services fraud in June in the federal corruption case that stunned North Carolina's largest city, after cutting a deal.
Prosecutors said he accepted the money in January 2013 when he was a city councilman and February 2014, just three months after he was elected mayor.
FBI agents posing as real estate developers recorded him accepting more than $48,000 in cash, airline tickets and a hotel room, in return for expediting permitting and zoning approvals.

Demon Barber of California slashes man's throat

Not Daniel Flores

He might not live on Fleet Street or put his victim's in pies but an Imperial Beach barber slashed one of his customer's throats, according to San Diego County Sheriff's officials.
Daniel Flores, is accused of slicing the center part of Timothy Vaughn's, just under his chin, investigators said.
The 33-year-old survived the attack and his injuries are not life threatening officials said.
Quite why the 22-year-old Flores attacked remains a mystery but he was booked into San Diego County Jail on one count of attempted murder.  

Dog 'needed 1,000 stitches' after vicious attack

Douchebag dog attackers left a pit bull mix named Spartacus needing more than 1,000 stitches after they stabbed him and beat him with a shovel, according to an animal rescue group. 

Cops in Los Angeles are investigating the attack which vets say left the animal with severe wounds to its head, neck and torso. 

"It's almost like they tried to cut his head off, it's ear to ear," said Alex Kyrklund, a manager at the Pet Care Veterinary Center where the dog was treated. "He seriously almost looks like an autopsy victim."  

However, the Ghetto Rescue Foundation said Spartacus is up and walking and expected to make a complete recovery. 

They added that the dog will eventually be returned to its family. 

Teacher Nicole Dufault's oral sex video blackmail

MAPLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY -- Ms. Dufault [call me Nicole] knows how to P.A.R.T.Y. A New Jersey high school teacher may have been blackmailed with a raunchy video showing her giving oral sex to a 15-year-old student while another filmed the action, according to her lawyer.
“We haven’t received the specifics, but we received some feedback to the effect of blackmail, coercion,” lawyer Timothy R. Smith said. “It seems at this point in time that the information we are receiving is legitimate. It’s something we’re obviously taking very seriously.”

MUGSHOT MANIA! Hair says she's a little bit country...

And no doubt, the old man is a little bit rock and roll. We heard her hair was a stand-in for Dolly Parton's.

Ex-porn queen Sasha Grey's beau ordered: stay away

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY -- Former porn queen Sasha Grey -- star of Anal Academy and Face Invaders 4 -- has worked hard to convince the world that all the gang bangs were just a, you know, artistic experiment. Well, she says now the reality is that it was an ex-boyfriend who lured her into the world of the lurid. Now, Ian Cinnamon -- who claimed he was a CIA spook -- has been ordered to stay away from the brunette beauty. She claims he viciously abused her. MORE FROM TMZ

Pee bombers target Texas students

Pee bombing victim. 

Jeep-driving pee-bombers have been throwing urine at women in Austin, cops said.
The ominous looking black vehicle pulled up alongside the college age women and fired the urine filled bottles at their victims.
"They threw urine out of a bucket on me," 22-year-old Maiya Johnson told KXAN, who added that she wouldn't be surprised if other women had been targeted but had not reported the incident.
After holding back the tears, Johnson said she went home and took a shower.
"First incident is pretty random," Detective Calvin Pierce said at a news conference. "Once it starts happening again, it's someone who enjoys doing it."