Crime is one of the most-read sections on Stow Patch each day. We rounded up the three most popular crime stories this week, in case you missed them.

1. A Silver Lake man was pulled over for not having a light on his back license plate. His simple traffic violation turned into a lot more than that.

2. A man with no driver's license lost control of his car on Darrow Road and crashed. Find out why he crashed here.

3. A 16-year-old boy was charged with telecommunications harassment after circulating a picture of a classmate performing a sexual act with him. Find out how it happened here.