pokemon
Video: Pokemon player drives into Baltimore police cruiser
Officers were standing on a southeast Baltimore corner early Monday when police say a Toyota RAV-4 hit a cruiser steps away. Police say the driver told police that he was looking down playing “Pokemon Go” on his cellphone when he hit the cruiser. In the video, the driver steps out and shows the officer his […]
Don’t fall for these Pokémon Go hoaxes
Pokémon Go is a phenomenon. Naturally, this means that the mobile game has inspired a parade of hoax stories, many of which seem to come from a single sketchy website, with connections to one of the more notorious faux news organizations on the Internet. Cartel Press’ home page is covered in stories about Pokémon Go […]
Pokemon Go: Players find monsters, injuries, robberies and worse
Early Friday morning, 19-year-old Shayla Wiggins hopped a fence to walk along the bank of Wind River in Riverton, Wyo. She was looking for Pokémon, the collectable cartoon critters that debuted in Japan in 1996 and proceeded to win the hearts of every fifth-grader since. What Wiggins found instead would reduce her to tears, sparking […]
Two men accused of threatening Pokemon competition in Boston
BOSTON — Two Iowa men charged with threatening violence at a Pokemon competition in Boston have been ordered held on $150,000 bail. Kevin Norton, of Ames, and James Stumbo, of Boone, pleaded not guilty to weapons charges during their arraignment Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court. Prosecutors say the men made social media threats against the […]