WATCH: Cop Allegedly Pistol-Whips Man

Surveillance footage taken outside a Maryland convenience store appears to show a flash of light as a police officer with a loaded gun pistol-whips an unsuspecting man.

The video, recorded last February in Brentwood, calls into question Prince George's County police officer Donal Taylor's claim that 19-year-old Ryan Dorm -- who spent four months in jail following the encounter -- fought for the weapon as the officer approached. The gun appears to discharge as it strikes Dorm's skull.

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Attorney Jimmy Bell, who represents Dorm, says the video shows Taylor out-and-out "lied" when he wrote up a report supporting assault charges against his client.

Police also say that Taylor lied about the incident, according to NBC Washington. The alleged victim and his attorney have since filed a $10 million lawsuit against Taylor and his department.

Taylor is charged with misconduct, reckless endangerment and second-degree assault, the Associated Press reports. He is suspended from the department.

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Puddle Of Mudd Singer Arrested For Drunken Airline Antics

Puddle of Mudd singer Wes Scantlin was just arrested at an Austin, TX airport for allegedly becoming drunkenly combative with a flight attendant while in the air -- a rep for the Austin PD tells TMZ.

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Man Accidentally Kills Self While Reenacting Movie Shooting

A South Carolina man accidentally killed himself while reenacting a scene from a movie.

Witnesses say that 43-year-old James Gagum, of Conway, was watching a film early Friday morning when he saw a scene with a character using a gun.

Gagum then put a gun to his head and stated, "That's not how it's done," before pulling the trigger three times, WPDE-TV reported.

On the third pull, the gun went off and the bullet went through Gagum's head.

Emergency crews arrived and pronounced Gagum dead at the scene. The shooting was ruled accidental, according to the Associated Press.

This was not the first time Gagum used a gun in his home.

In 2010, three suspects broke into Gagum's home. When one of the suspects allegedly pointed a gun at Gagum and his wife, police said Gagum fatally shot him, the Daily Mail reported.

Gagum told WTOC that he was only protecting his family. "It was him instead of me or me instead of him," he said.

Gagum was not charged for the 2010 shooting.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that James Gagum's last name was Horry. We regret the error.

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Furniture Thief Seen On Tape Burglarizing Store THREE TIMES In One Night

If at first you don't steal all the stuff you want, try, try again.

That seems to be the motto of a Tarzana, Calif. furniture store thief who was caught on security cameras burglarizing the business late last Thursday night. He is still on the loose.

CBS Los Angeles reports that the video footage shows the burglar break in and drive off three times in 15 minutes.

“He took a concrete rock and smashed our front window. He climbed in and scoped out our place with a flashlight, stole our company laptop, and stole a 47-inch television,” said co-owner of Just Like Home Furniture, Angie Maidy.

Maidy told KABC she wants justice for the man who stole $3,000 worth of furniture.

"This is a family-owned business," Maidy said. "This isn't just our family, but this is my husband and I. We took our wedding money and started this from the ground up."

KTLA reports that the store's entrance was still boarded up on Monday, and due to the holiday weekend, they were still waiting for detectives to search for forensic evidence.

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Worker Tied Up And Forced To Watch Porn Gets $25,000

SAO PAULO -- Latin America's biggest beverage company Ambev must pay $25,000 to a worker who was forced to attend prostitute parties as part of a manager's incentive program, Brazil's top labor court ruled.

Anheuser Busch InBev's Brazilian unit AmBev must pay because of the embarrassment and bullying the employee suffered, the court stated in a release on its website.

The statement says incidents with prostitutes happened at least 10 times in 2003 and 2004.

The court's Monday statement says the worker at one point was tied up at work and forced to watch pornographic films and a stripper performed in his office. The statement described the worker as a married evangelical Christian.

The worker's manager used the services of prostitutes to reward salesmen who met their goals.

Ambev said Tuesday in an emailed statement that "old cases" don't reflect the company's daily operations, adding that it "preaches respect and values teamwork."

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DIE-O-RAMAS: Las Vegas Artist Creates The Cutest, Grisliest Miniature Crime Scenes You've Ever Seen

A former crime reporter turned artist is putting the "die" in dioramas.

For the last three years, Abigail Goldman, a former crime reporter for the Las Vegas Sun, has been creating dioramas of grisly murder scenes using benign figures designed to decorate model train sets.

"I look at figures that are designed to, say, mow lawns or wave at a train and figure out some way for them to do something else," Goldman told The Huffington Post.

That means a happy clown might be turned into a creepazoid out of a Stephen King novel or the man with the lawnmower may run over his victim with the instrument. Sometimes, she makes her murderous miniatures urinate on their victim.

"I'm not inspired by true cases," she promised. "I only do whatever I can come up with on my own."

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A former crime reporter is now looking at the grisly world of murder and mayhem with an artistic eye.

Abigail Goldman is the creator of "Die-o-ramas," which are miniature crime scenes showing tiny criminals and itsy-bitsy axe murderers.

Goldman, a former crime reporter at the Las Vegas Sun, came up with the idea after seeing a website showing miniature figures waving or mowing the lawn.

She decided to take the friendly scenes of imaginary Americana and show their gruesome underbelly by making the figurines do the most heinous crimes she could imagine.

Goldman first started doing the "die-o-ramas" three years ago, but put them on display at a Las Vegas art gallery.

Goldman charges between $90 and $500 for each morbid miniature scene.

Sometimes she changes the outfits on the figurines to make them more contemporary. She will also hack them apart in order to make them fit her murderous vision.

She buys her figurines at train stores, fake grass and styrofoam at Home Depot and uses the dirt in her own lawn.

None of the crime scenes are based on reality. Goldman prefers to use her own imagination.

Goldman says Las Vegas, where she lives, is inspirational because people come to Sin City to "get into sanctioned trouble."

"Crimes that would be banal in New Jersey have a certain glamor and grit in Las Vegas," she said.

Goldman currently works as an investigator for the Las Vegas Public Defenders Office and admits she prefers doing her "die-o-ramas" on the side. "I really do love my job," she said.

There are certain types of crime that don't lend themselves to dioramas, Goldman said. For instance, white collar crime isn't that visual.

Goldman is also dicey about doing custom orders, such as the one from the woman who wanted a diorama depicting her shooting her boyfriend after she catches him cheating.

"I thought that was more of a revenge fantasy than a diorama," Goldman admitted.

Goldman, who is currently an investigator for the Las Vegas Public Defender's Office, started doing her to-die-for dioramas as sort of a lark after seeing pictures of model train set figurines engaged in wholesome activities.

"I said, 'Oh, look at all the little people! Wouldn't it be fun to have them hacking each other in half?'" Goldman, 30, told the Los Angeles Times.

Although she started doing the dioramas for herself, she has found that there are others who wish to decorate their homes with tiny crime scenes. She currently sells her "die-o-ramas" for between $90 to $500 and is backed up on orders through the next year.

"Some people in Beijing have bought them, but I have no idea what they do with them," she told HuffPost. "Maybe put them on the mantel with the family pictures?"

Goldman gets her figures from hobby stores and gets styrofoam and fake grass from Home Depot.

"I get the dirt from my own yard," she added. "I've become an experts on what kind of fixatives work best, but have to do that part in a well-ventilated area."

Although she has received requests for custom orders, Goldman is skittish about pursuing those opportunities.

"One woman asked me to do one that showed her catching her boyfriend in the act of cheating and shooting him in bed, but I thought that was more of a revenge fantasy than a diorama."

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Search Intensifies For Missing College Student

The search will resume on Friday for California college student Linnea Lomax, who has been missing since June.

"The KlaasKids Foundation is coming back to complete searching areas along the Sacramento River -- areas they previously wanted to search," Lomax family spokeswoman Amanda Ernst told The Huffington Post.

Brad Dennis, director of search operations for KlaasKids, is asking volunteers to report to 2440 Glendale Lane in Sacramento between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sept. 7, 8, and 9. Dennis and his associates will be leading a massive ground search for clues in the case.

Lomax, a 19-year-old student at the University of California, Davis, was last seen at an outpatient clinic on Howe Ave. in Sacramento on June 26. She was at the clinic for an all-day visit, but she walked out for lunch and never came back, Lomax's friend, Heidi Hutchison, told The Huffington Post.

According to Hutchison, Lomax recently suffered a mental breakdown while studying for finals. The young woman spent more than a week at a treatment facility, but was released for outpatient therapy after she showed progress.

Lomax, a 2011 graduate of El Dorado High School in Placerville, Calif., had just completed her freshman year at UC Davis in June. She has a 4.0 grade point average and is studying human development, with the intent of pursuing a degree in nursing.

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Linnea Lomax, a 19-year-old student at the University of California, Davis, was last seen in Sacramento, Calif. on June 26.

Search teams have been concentrating in a five-mile radius near Discovery Park and the surrounding river areas in Sacramento, Calif.

Authorities do not suspect foul play in Linnea Lomax's disappearance but do consider her at-risk.

"Linnea is an angel. She is very smart. She is very sweet and caring. She is normally a very self-confident, self-assured and well-adjusted young woman. She has a bright future, a loving, supportive family and a heck of a lot of friends," Lomax family spokesperson Heidi Hutchison told The Huffington Post.

Linnea Lomax is a white female, 5'2" tall and weighing approximately 100 pounds. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes, and was last seen wearing green pants and a dark blue hooded sweatshirt that says "Sweden" in red. Anyone who spots Linnea Lomax is asked not to approach her, but to contact the Sacramento Sheriff's Department at 916-874-5115. Those interested in helping search for the missing teen can find information at www.facebook.com/HelpFindLinnea.

Lomax's parents operate Rock-N-Water Christian camp in Northern California. According to the organization's website, the purpose of the camp is to "experience the joy of God's living word through adventures in the outdoors." Lomax has worked at the camp for the past several summers as a counselor for teens.

Multiple searches have been conducted for Lomax, and late last month authorities received their first solid lead when a notebook belonging to her was found near the American River bike trail. The location is not far from the medical center where she was receiving treatment, police said.

Craig Lomax, Lienna Lomax's father, confirmed that the notebook belonged to his daughter.

"I saw the handwriting on the notebook. It was Linnea's," he said at an Aug. 19 press conference.

According to Ernst, authorities still have the notebook.

"They are still processing it," she said. "They have not said what, if anything, was found in it."

Individuals who would like to participate in the next search must be at least 18 years old and must bring a photo ID. It is recommended that volunteers wear sturdy shoes, long pants and long sleeves. Volunteers should also bring gloves, walking sticks and backpacks to carry water.

Linnea Lomax is white, 5 foot 2 inches tall and weighs approximately 100 pounds. She has long blond hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing green pants and a dark blue hooded sweatshirt that says "Sweden" in red letters.

A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who provides information that directly leads to the safe return of Lomax to her family or to the custody of law enforcement. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sacramento Sheriff's Department at 916-564-2215 or by calling 916-905-HELP. Those interested in helping search for the missing teen can find information at Facebook.com/HelpFindLinnea or at HelpFindLinnea.org.

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