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 […]
A new prank using duct tape has led to serious injuries for a California motorcyclist and it points to a type of prank that can quickly turn deadly. The pranksters stretched clear duct tape across a busy urban thoroughfare and the cyclist became entangled when he was unable to see the tape in the dark. […]
Lots of high school kids may think that Taco Bell is the “bomb”, but a Taco Bell wrapper led to a real bomb scare in Fair Oaks, Ca. Police gave a “shelter in place order” and shut down a local high school after someone reported a suspicious package. Turns out the package was a taco […]
Corona, NY police report the arrest of a shop lifter who attempted to conceal items by placing them in a shopping bag lined with duct tape. Apparently the thief was under the impression that duct tape could be used to defeat the security sensors attached to many retail items. Read the story here. Tapenews.com is […]
Law enforcement officials in Livington, MT cited a Canadian truck driver in a fuel spill incident after the driver tried to fix a fuel tank leak with duct tape. The driver attempted to patch the leak with the universal fix-all before going to sleep. He was awakened in the middle of the night after the […]
Seminal British punk band The Stranglers had a very effective way to deal with “difficult” music critics during their heyday. The gaffer taped their hands together and kidnapped them! You can see the revived lineup of The Stranglers at Rock Cafe in Prague this Friday at 8:00 pm. Best leave your opinions at home. […]
Boston police suspect fraternity hazing after finding five shivering students in their underwear, bound with duct tape, in the basement of an Ashford Street house. The students, believed to be members of Boston University’s Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, were covered with mustard, hot sauce and honey. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s […]
It was his knowledge of movie production that led to Stephen Workman’s arrest when he was charged with murder in Daytona Beach, FL. It appears that Workman tied up his victim with gaffers tape, a product most criminals don’t know about and can’t easily access. Police discovered Workman’s victim bound with the tape and were […]
The Watford Observer in England included this useful bit of information in an article about the abduction and murder of a local man. The paper detailed the killer’s plan, including the contents of something they called a “kidnap” kit. The kidnappers laptop bag included knives, gaffers tape, scalpels and face masks. Here is a link […]
Alicia Lyons, a day care worker in Kentucky has solved the problem of unruly children who don’t want to settle down at nap time. She duct tapes them to their floor mats! Lyons, along with a co-worker, taped at least one child, an 18 month old, to the floor to enforce the nap time rules. […]