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FBI: Estimates show crime down in first part of 2008
Posted on January 12, 2009It's part of a preliminary report covering the first six months of 2008, compared to the first half of 2007. Overall, they say, violent crime was down 3.5 percent and property crimes were down 2.5 percent. (The drops were 6...
Blunt commutes sentences for women who killed their abusers
Posted on January 12, 2009One of the women was 18 years old at the time -- she killed her father, who'd been sexually abusing her since she was 8. The other woman killed her husband, who raped and physically abused her and threatened to...
National Safety Council wants total ban on cellphones while driving
Posted on January 12, 2009Ditto for text-messaging devices, too. They're asking state governments to ban the practice, and they want businesses to order their workers not to talk and drive while on the job. Snip: A study from the Harvard Center of Risk Analysis...
Drag racer kills co-founder of Steamboat Arabia museum, police say
Posted on January 12, 2009Greg Hawley had the misfortune to be driving on I-70 when two other people happened to be drag-racing Saturday, police say. One of the racers lost control and collided with Hawley's truck, killing him. (The drag-racing suspects, of course, escaped...
Police find shoes chockful of heroin
Posted on January 12, 2009Story is from the Kansas City bus station. If you've never had the opportunity to visit, it's a lot like the cantina from the first "Star Wars" movie.
Who killed Brandon Garner?
Posted on January 12, 2009KSHB has a piece about Brandon Garner, 24, who was shot and killed at his workplace, the O'Reilly Auto at 63rd and Troost, back in August. So far, the case has not been solved. His mother, though, is reportedly raising...
Probation for teen in alleged murder-for-hire plan
Posted on January 11, 2009From Brian Burnes: Joseph R. Garcia, an Independence teenager accused in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme, on Friday received two years of supervised probation. Jackson County Circuit Judge John M. Torrence described the probation as an ?amazing? opportunity for Garcia...
Independence officer wounds suspect during chase
Posted on January 11, 2009From Mark Morris: Independence police are investigating an early morning incident in which an officer reportedly shot a suspect during a stolen car case. An Independence dispatcher said the shooting occurred about 2:15 this morning, just south of the intersection...
2 arrested in Lee's Summit shooting
Posted on January 10, 2009Not sure if you remember the original incident -- it happened about a week before Christmas, when a gunman shot a young woman in the face during an attempted carjacking. (She got away, with both her vehicle and her life.)...
Midtown Miscreant v. Lil Gangstas
Posted on January 10, 2009Double-M finds a great story about a first-grader who gets sent to the office for sagging -- and it's only then that school officials realize he's got a gun tucked in his drawers.
More stuff I didn't know about Evel Knievel
Posted on January 10, 2009The Pitch's Plog looks back on Evel getting arrested for solicitation in KCMO. (A charge that was later pleaded down to disorderly conduct.) EK argued that he was entrapped.
If you've always wanted to own the Unabomber's personal writings ...
Posted on January 10, 2009... then I have some good news for you.
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on January 10, 2009Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments,...
Sheboygan man accused of using GF as human shield
Posted on January 09, 2009Against police officers' Tasers. The mugshot here is quite choice -- I find the crossed arms convey an air of nonchalance, something you don't always see in booking photos.
MO car salesman accused of shady financial dealings
Posted on January 09, 2009I'm as shocked as anyone.
Dog thief is undone by detailed Adolf Hitler tattoo on his calf
Posted on January 09, 2009Lovely story from Dodge City, where a man named Steven Somerville pleaded no-contest to stealing a dog from someone's back yard. He was pretty easy to identify because he has a very detailed tattoo of Adolf Hitler's face on a...
Cass County sheriff plans citizen's academy
Posted on January 09, 2009From Cass County: The SCA is an 8-week program and courses are held once per week from 6:30 p.m. until approximately 9:30 p.m. Each week a new topic will be introduced and discussed. Citizens will also have the opportunity to...
LA baby sitter puts baby in dryer, killing him, police say
Posted on January 09, 2009Why? Because the little boy -- age 5 months -- was interfering with her TV watching. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM
Vandal opens fire on KCPD officer, police say
Posted on January 09, 2009KSHB has the story here. The incident happened about 6 p.m. Thursday near 37th and Prospect, when an officer confronted a group of spray-painters. One ran off, the officer followed and during the chase, police say, the suspect fired at...
St. Joe sued over funeral picketing law
Posted on January 09, 2009The ACLU filed suit for Shirley Phelps-Roper of Westboro Baptist Church, a Topeka congregation infamous for protesting the funerals of, well, everybody. (Though legislators didn't get moved to action until it was soldiers and not, say, people with AIDS...
?We love seeing the look on their face when we tell them we?re from the cold case squad?
Posted on January 09, 2009Christine has a good story here about KCPD closing a 1993 homicide, thanks to a hotline tip that detectives used to develop new leads. (The call actually came in a few years ago.) The suspect, 40-year-old Sean Williams, is accused...
Man had mo-ped with onboard meth lab, IN police say
Posted on January 09, 2009For the tweaker with an active lifestyle and little concern for their personal safety! Hat Tip: Many thanks, Simone!
MO woman tried to kill spouse with Visine, police say
Posted on January 09, 2009Story is from Greene County, where a woman named Tonia L. Peterson is accused of putting half a bottle of Visine in her husband's tea. Police were alerted by a coworker, who alleged that Peterson was interested in killing her...
A kinder, gentler KCK?
Posted on January 09, 2009The other Kansas City tends to get a bad rap for having a lot of crime, but a new report from their police department shows that violent crime dropped 24.3 percent last year. (They did have a small increase in...
Lee's Summit works apparent homicide in 1200 block of SW Sunflower
Posted on January 09, 2009From Sara Shepherd: Lee?s Summit police are investigating an apparent homicide in which a woman was found shot to death after a domestic violence dispute. About 8:45 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to the 1200 block of Southwest Sunflower Drive on....
Not just evil, but stupid, too
Posted on January 09, 2009A Maine woman has admitted that she stole $32K from the Dunkin' Donuts where she worked. She needed the money, you see, because she got an email from an heiress who needed money so she could claim her multimillions in...
Stripper failed to report $80K in tips, faces felony charges, police allege
Posted on January 09, 2009Holy Cow -- $80K in tips alone? I don't understand why more parents aren't encouraging their daughters to get into the field. Story is from Minnesota.
Dear Penthouse ...
Posted on January 09, 2009In Ohio, a man and his two adult daughters are accused of pulling a scam on a chat-line caller, authorities say. The women invited the man over for sex, but he's greeted by Papa, who beats up the gentleman caller...
While his children watched
Posted on January 09, 2009A man named Dorian Gaskin, 38, was fatally shot in Ocala, Fla., when he went outside and asked a group of people in a car to stop speeding through his neighborhood. Someone in the car shot Gaskin in the chest,...
UPDATE: WA teen accused of drowning newborn, throwing him into trash
Posted on January 09, 2009The 16-year-old was charged with murder on Wednesday.
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Do parents have the right to NOT turn in a sexual offender?
No. The offender should be turned in regardless of any disability (1), or reason...
Can someone detained in a search w/ warrant, be charged with a crime related to the search if they were not arrested at the time of the search?
The police have fairly wide discretion on when they can make an arrest so long a...
I was a bookkeeper for a recreation center. The Center Director left and a new director took over. I went to work one day and some of my files were missing. I called our computer tech and her restored the files (I had ma
In order for a crime to be established you need to conclusively prove that the D...
If I was detained by citizens unlawfully, and then the police showed up...is everything they charged me with in-admissable?
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