A former Ku Klux Klan "Exalted Cyclops" leader and his mother were indicted this week after the leader allegedly burned a cross at the entrance to a predominantly black neighborhood, then lied to police about it.

Fifty-year-old Floridan L.B. Williams didn't want his wife to divorce him because he loved her, and also who would bake him cakes? Instead of seeking marriage counseling or taking Mrs. Williams on some romantic Red Lobster dinner dates, he tried to woo her back by staging a hate crime. Hey, whatever works! (It did not work.)