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    In today’s Newsbreak, Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine provides a round-up of bizarre legal cases from around the country. Two crooks had their dirty laundry — literally. After stealing a debit card, they used it to take care of some very mundane household chores. A testing scam with teachers cheating on exams went on for 15 years. The gig was up when one of the impersonators wasn’t so smart. Larry tells you how the fraud was uncovered. One woman, …

A Hawaii man who stupidly posted a video on the Internet of himself drinking and driving is facing open container and other charges, though he has dodged DUI charges so far. Richard Godbehere Jr., 53, used a lighter to pop the cap on a Beck’s bottle in a video that he posted to LiveLeak.com, proclaiming, “This is celebration time!” The video is titled, “Let’s Go Driving & Drinking!” “I’m so happy to be drinking and driving,” Godbehere says in the …

An attempt to save a little cash on train fare turned out to be a very expensive mistake for one man in New York City. Ruben Sanabria, 37, was sentenced to eight years in prison this month, with an additional 3 1/2 years probation, after he tried to carry a loaded .40-caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol into a 14th Street train station. Police spotted Sanabria when he hopped the turnstile to get into a Port Authority subway station with …

Cops in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn are dealing with one of New York City’s most crime-infested areas by spending more time on Facebook. That’s where they’ve found plenty of evidence of illegal gun possession and are nabbing criminals who post pictures of themselves living la vida loca.   Stats Support Facebook Strategy Officers and detectives in the 73rd Precinct in Brownsville spend part of their shifts every week on Facebook, looking for pictures of weapons and evidence of gang …

A California man will be needing a good defense attorney after he allegedly stole valuable comics from an Anaheim store only to be immediately apprehended, thanks to some quick social media work by the store owners. The thief broke a display window with a rock and took off with $18,000 worth of comics, but got nabbed the very same day when he tried to sell some valuable “Incredible Hulk” issues at a different nearby store. Turns out the owner of …