Showing posts with label fake. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Rapper DMX Indicted on Charges

The rapper DMX has been indicted on felony charges by a grand jury in Arizona for using a false name to avoid paying for a hospital bill. He has been charged with one count of theft and one count of taking someone else's identity. He went to Scottsdale's Mayo Clinic in April using the name “Troy Jones” to receive medical care even though his real name is Earl Simmons and didn't have any intentions on paying the bill.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Woman Arrested Wearing Fake Bomb at Airport

In Boston a woman, named Star Simpson, was arrested at gunpoint after she walked into Logan International Airport wearing a fake bomb strapped to her chest. The fake bomb was made out of a computer circuit board, wiring, and Play-Doh putty.

A Massachusetts Port Authority official notified the police and troopers tracked Simpson down outside of Terminal C. She was arrested and it was determined the bomb was fake. Simpson is a 19 year old sophomore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.