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Baggy Pants Save Teen From Gator

By Ben MuessigApr 7th 2011 – 11:54AM
ABC

ABC

As a fashion trend, baggy trousers are as good as dead. But a pair of oversized pants might have saved one teen's life. Kendrick Williams, 17, was talking a shortcut home from work in St. Petersburg, Fla., on April 4 when he crossed paths with one of the Sunshine State's most notorious residents. "I heard the hiss, and...

Police: Man Shoots Teen in Butt Because of Baggy Pants

By Ben MuessigOct 5th 2010 – 3:58PM
Shelby County Sheriff's Office

Shelby County Sheriff's Office

(Oct. 5) -- Police say Kenneth Bonds committed a crime against fashion. Law enforcement officials in Memphis, Tenn., believe the 45-year-old shot a 17-year-old in the buttocks after getting into an argument with the teen over his baggy trousers. According to MyFoxMemphis.com, the incident occurred after Bonds confronted...

Woman Locked Up for Low-Riding Pants

By Ben MuessigAug 26th 2010 – 12:51PM
The Smoking Gun

The Smoking Gun

(Aug. 26) -- You could say she got caught with her pants down. A state judge in New Orleans sentenced a woman to 10 days in jail because she wore low-riding shorts in a courtroom. Kimberly Senette, 23, was held in direct contempt of court on Aug. 19 because her shorts showed off "[h]er panties and the top of her...

Killer Tripped Up by His Own Baggy Pants

Dec 18th 2009 – 5:33PM
AP

AP

NEW YORK (Dec. 18) -- A career criminal massacred three members of a family in their apartment but fell to his death when he tripped over his own baggy pants. The massacre occurred Thursday afternoon near a string of upscale shops on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Police said the attack apparently stemmed from botched drug...

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Northwest Indiana Town Pushes For Saggy Pants Ban

By joseph.erbentraut@huffingtonpost.com(Joseph Erbentraut) Mar 29th 2012 - 05:07PM

Lawmakers in a northwest Indiana town are pushing for an ordinance that would ban the wearing of saggy, baggy pants in public places.

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Background on baggy pants

Wide leg jeans or baggy pants are a style of clothing popularized in the mid-to-late 1990s, while recently revived.

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