Creepy clown sightings spread, police departments issue warnings

The creepy clown craze has spread to metro Detroit and in several instances has gone beyond creepy to criminal.

In any case, police aren't

Two Detroit area police departments are investigating what could be related armed robberies at three stores within 90 minutes Tuesday night by a hooded gunman wearing a scary clown mark.

Article here (via the freep). 

Side note: even if a person dressed as a clown merely "hovers in the background," he or she could be charged with criminal trespass, among other

In the "deplorable defenses" file: Man claims toddler initiated sexual contact

APPLETON, WIS. — A man who claimed his 3-year-old daughter initiated sexual contact with him in 2012 was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison after a judge ordered he remain behind bars long enough for his child to grow up without being re-victimized.

Article here. 

The 39-year-old man also was sentenced to eight years of extended supervision and ordered to have no contact with the girl or minors without prior approval. In June 2013, he pleaded no contest to first-degree child sex assault, a felony punishable by up to 60 years in prison.