A somewhat stunned art world was amazed (amused?) to see a banana duct taped to a wall called art and given a valuation of $150,000 by Art Basel Miami. Clearly the artist, Maurizio Cattelan, was in on the joke, since the piece was named “Comedian”. Apparently another South Florida performance artist was also in on […]
We normally stay away from duct tape crime stories here, but a recent piece on Dateline caught our attention. Correspondent Andrea Canning shows viewers how to escape if they are ever tied up with duct tape. You can see it by clicking here.
A suspicious looking device taped to an overpass railing on Atlanta’s Downtown Connector caused police to close the highway for two hours while the bomb squad detonated the device. No one was sure what was taped to the bridge, but drivers caught in an hours-long traffic tie up spent the afternoon clogging alternate routes through […]
We normally don’t bother with posts related to crimes involving duct tape, because there seem to be dozens of them in our news alerts every day. Occasionally, though, we have to share one. A Johnston County (North Carolina) man has been arrested after being charged with kidnapping a man in tying him up with duct […]
My daily search for duct tape news always turns up an abundance of articles about criminals who bound their victims with duct tape. It’s standard operating procedure these days. A store clerk in Clallam Bay, Wa. turned the tables on a would-be thief when, after being attacked with a knife, he was able to subdue […]
Charleston, SC police say a man tried to use duct tape to cover his face before robbing a Dollar General store. Employees said that the man, wearing a hoodie used a gun and took over $1000 from the cash register. If the robber had a mustache, he probably doesn’t have one anymore. Click here to […]
Duct tape is sold in an informal set of grades, to give users some idea of the quality and performance characteristics. The three grades are “basic”, “utility” and “nuclear”, with basic being the least expensive garden variety on home improvement store shelves. Utility grade is the most useful and can be found in most workers […]
We’re used to references to tape in crime stories, usually when someone is tied up with duct tape. A British thief has found a new way to bring tape into disrepute, and this time it is gaffers tape. Police report that 45 year old man was arrested after being caught using the sticky tape to […]
One interesting fact that has come to light in the ongoing legal drama surrounding alleged Colorado mass shooting suspect James Holmes is that the FBI has someone they call a “duct tape expert”. The FBI forensic scientist testified in a hearing involving bombs that were found in Holmes apartment and when questioned about her area […]
Not really, but it got us thinking. At the beginning of every school year, we see a number of stories about school fundraisers where students buy strips of duct tape and then use them to tape the principal to the wall, a doorway, whatever. We usually see an equal number of stories about teachers who […]