This Week's Most Ratchet Crimes in America

America's ratchet crimes this week include public sex with a mattress and ice bucket challenge-related arrests.

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The word "ratchet" may be played out, but until the Internet agrees upon a more accurate description for these crimes, it will have to do. These stories are sad, imaginative, and they inspire us to have conversations about raceclass, and the American dream

This week's roundup includes a naughty beach couple, raging beauty-shop customers, and drug smuggling school principals. Each crime is rated on our Ratchet Meter, a base-10 logarithmic scale modeled after a similar system developed by Charles Richter—except that the Ratchet Meter has nothing to do with science because it's not actually a real thing. 

Read on for the best of the worst ratchet crimes in America. Proceed with caution, stay safe, don't try this at home, and send your tips to cityguidetips@complex.com.

And for your viewing pleasure, here's the latest episode of Ratchet News Network with The Kid Mero:

1. RNN: Ratchet News Network

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2. Florida Woman Arrested for Stabbing Man Because Who Declined Sex

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3. Siblings Arrested for Church Parking Lot Sex Inspired by “The Notebook”

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4. Violent, Naked Man Ruins Vibe at Oregon Hemp Festival

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5. Fugitive Arrested After Posting ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Video

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6. Man Caught Having Sex with Mattress (in Public) in Ireland

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7. Oklahoma City Police Officer Allegedly Committed Six Sexual Assaults in the Line of Duty

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8. Two Members of Jail Staff Arrested for Sleeping with Inmate

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9. Unsuspecting Man Tackled (And Taunted) by Grandmother While Evading Police

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10. Heartless Masked Man Robs Amish Horse and Buggy at Gunpoint

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11. Man Evicted from Apartment Due to Noisy Sex Swing

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