Philadelphia landlord Thomas Daley, 45, was arraigned on more than 2,000 charges including wiretapping and invasion of privacy.  The charges allege that Daley secretly videotaped 34 female tenants over two decades. 

Daley installed tiny cameras behind mirrors, in cabinets, and under ceiling fans in seven apartments he rented to women.  He connected the cameras to a sophisticated recording system in the building’s basement.  The system was put online so Daley could view the tapes from his home over the Internet.

The investigation began after a tenant discovered one of the cameras this year and contacted police.

It sounds more like a fantasy than a crime. 

An 18-year-old Florida man, Olmer Morales, reported to the sheriff that a gang of women stopped and surrounded him as he was riding his bicycle to work.  The women then forced Morales to hand over $100 before they fled the scene. 

Morales described his assailants as five buxom women wearing overalls but no shirts or bras underneath.  Police have no suspects, though Morales believes he has seen at least one of the women in the area before.

The real crime here may be the victim didn’t get the robbery on tape.

Read more at TCPalm

A British woman is facing six years in a Dubai jail after police arrested her for having sex on a beach.  Michelle Palmer, 30, a publishing firm manager, says she is "panicking" after being arrested and charged with having sex outside marriage, indecent public behavior, public drunkenness and assaulting a police officer.  Palmer faces a sentence of between three months and six years in jail in the state, one of seven that makes up the oil-rich United Arab Emirates.  Her male partner faces a similar sentence.

"Because this is known everywhere they’re going to make an example of us and we’re going to get a higher sentence," Palmer said.  "We are in so much trouble and my family and everybody are affected.  Until someone is in this situation they could never know what it’s like.  It’s bad — it’s so, so bad.  I’m panicking. I can’t say anything else."

With its warm weather, beautiful beaches, luxury hotels and incredible modern architecture, Dubai has become a popular tourist destination.  In 2006, more than a million British visited the UAE, and more than 100,000 British nationals live there. 

But for all its hospitality, UAE has a dark side that reflects the broader clash between civilizations.  In Dubai, many freedoms that Westerners take for granted are illegal and harshly punished: public displays of affection, sex outside marriage, cohabitation, adultery and homosexuality.  Recently British tourist Keith Brown was sentenced to four years in prison after Dubai customs officers found a 0.003g trace of marijuana stuck to the bottom of his shoe.  Yes, simply walking through the Dubai airport can land you in prison.  Tourists beware!

More at the UK Times

Break any laws lately?  When it comes to sex, the United States has more laws regulating sexual behavior than all European countries combined.  Most of these laws are outdated, “erotophobic” and downright stupid.  Thankfully, most of these laws are also ignored by authorities.

Stupid sex laws dictate the following activities are illegal:

* Sex toys in Alabama
* Unmarried sexual intercourse in Georgia
* Sexual positions (other than missionary) in Washington, D.C.
* Kissing your wife’s breasts in Florida
* Sleeping naked in Minnesota
* Flirting in San Antonio, Texas
* Oral sex in Indiana
* Anal sex in Cincinnati, Ohio (what isn’t illegal in Cin city?)

Other than laws protecting minors, the government should not be telling us what to do in our bedrooms.  Even President Bush has said, “In our free society, people have the right to choose how they live their lives.”  At SexyNewz.com, we believe what consenting adults do in the privacy of their own bedroom is their own business.

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Somehow believing that fake bills were appropriate payment for fake boobs, Walberto Ramirez was arrested for using counterfeit $20 bills to pay strippers.

Ramirez visited the Déjà Vu Showgirls club in Tampa and paid $60 plus $20 tip for three lap dances.  The counterfeit bills were so poorly made that club managers quickly notified police.  “All of the bills were obvious fakes with no watermarks and poor quality,” the arresting officer wrote.  Ramirez was charged with felony possession of forged bills.  He posted $4,000 bail and was released.

As for the stiffed dancer?  Unfortunately the club doesn’t cover money entertainers lose to counterfeiters, but they did reimburse her $50 house fee.

Story at Tampa Tribune