The most monumental case in the history of Orange County — nay, MAN! — opened Thursday with bombshell details! You want instances, mild-mannered public? Check out these:
Drugs were planted in the car of a mom volunteering at an Irvine elementary school because an attorney couple misunderstood her meaning when she referred to their 5-year-old son as being “slow;” the husband allegedly spoke with an Indian accent when he called police on the volunteer and identified himself with the name of an Indian neighbor; and the same hubby royally pissed off his scheming (and since convicted) wife by coming home sick the night of Valentine’s Day, when she had planned a romantic night out with her firefighter lover–this revelation coming from the defense!
Follow the rest of this daytime soap strange saga over at OC Weekly.

Back in April, Denver police botched a 911 call that left a mother of three children dead, shot by her husband in front of her children. But what the media seemed to focus on the most was the husband’s alleged psychosis caused by eating a piece of a marijuana edible, according to Denver cops and Denver DA’s office, who says blood tests showed “low-level” THC amounts.
It’s a story that kicked off controversy in Colorado surrounding edibles, and played heavily into lawmakers passing new, strict (and some would say useless) regulations on edibles manufacturing, potency and sales.
Now the family of Christine Kirk is finally speaking out, though they aren’t talking about the pot edibles or even the night of the murder. Instead, they want to tell the story of an amazing mother, daughter and sister. Read about Kirk from the people who loved her over at the Denver Westword.