On Saturday, someone dressed up as Darth Vader robbed The Showplace Eight Theater in Springfield, Illinois. According to police, the unarmed man blended in with moviegoers, pushed an employee away from the register, grabbed the cash inside and ran into the woods.

Florida judge Richard Albritton is facing a disciplinary hearing for a string of offesive comments he made toward defendants and lawyers in his court room. Documents on The Smoking Gun also show numerous other bold and offensive statements and actions on behalf of Albritton:

On Friday night, Preston Henn, owner of the popular South-Florida based Swap Shop, was tasered and arrested after tackling a Broward County Sheriff Office command staff member. Police were called to The Swap Shop after receiving several civil disturbance calls involving Henn, who was trying to get a vendor to leave the premises. When police tried to calm Henn down, he walked into his office and locked himself in. Twenty minutes later, Henn walked out and knocked over BSO District Chief George Jarboe.

On September 18, 2003, Jaime Chilberg was arrested after she attempted to smuggle drugs into the U. S. from Canada. Legal papers posted on The Smoking Gun detail the events:

An off-duty police officer goes to the bathroom and accidentally fires two rounds from his gun. The officer was spending his time off at a San Antonio auto auction house Thursday when he realized he needed to use the bathroom. Officer Craig Clancy, whose been going to the bathroom for many years now, took the appropriate steps to relieve himself. Unfortunately, as he began to pull down his pants his gun fell off his waistband and fired off two rounds as it hit the tile floor. One of the bullets nicked a bit of floor tile into the leg of a man who was washing his hands nearby. That man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. San Antonio Police internal affairs is investigating.