\Smoothest Criminals of the Year""
Friends till the very end
In Norristown, Pa., Janeske Vargas, 35, was sentenced to life in prison for setting a friend on fire with vodka and nail polish remover in September. She said she had nothing to say in court to her friend's family. ""No, why should I?"" Vargas said. ""They'll get over it.""
—News Journal
Meth-od man
Sheriff's deputies in Vista, Calif., seized jars of urine from the home of a suspected methamphetamine user in September. Deputies said the user appeared to be saving his own urine so he could extract, and reuse, the meth he had already used.
—North County Times
Horse lovers anonymous
In September, Alfred Thomas Steven, 69, was arrested in Lompoc, Calif., for attempting to sexually satisfy himself with a horse. Steven coated his nude body in olive oil and feed grain. He then lay down so that the horse would nibble and lick him. He told deputies that it was a longtime fantasy.
—KSBY-TV
