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Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on December 05, 2008Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments. Feel free to post links if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity,....
Drunk driver has perfectly legitimate reason for doing doughnuts on airport's icy runway, police report
Posted on December 05, 2008The FAA said he could, he told police.
Cali man accused of stabbing himself ... so he could frame a former friend
Posted on December 05, 2008Whatever happened to egging somebody's car?
Blue Springs investigates wave of broken car windows
Posted on December 05, 2008Like so many stories, someone with a BB gun is suspected.
Wave sweeps woman away, just before her BF was going to propose
Posted on December 05, 2008Story is from Oregon, where the sheriff is trying to find witnesses. They don't suspect foul play, though. Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!
Report: Girl stabbed in head at Raytown High
Posted on December 05, 2008From Don Bradley: Police say a 17-year-old girl at Raytown High School was stabbed in the head about 12:30 p.m. today and the building was ?locked down? for safety reasons. The victim was taken to a hospital with a non-life...
Scam played on disabled woman was a hate crime, police say
Posted on December 05, 2008A Wisconsin man is accused of scamming a mentally disabled woman out of $7K -- he pretended to be a psychic who would help her contact her dead dad, police say. And because he went after because of her disability,...
Dance Party Friday
Posted on December 05, 2008That's right, I'm punishing everybody for all of those "Partridge Family" references in this morning's OT.
Lawrence PD busts tailgate theft ring
Posted on December 05, 2008Who knew there was an underground market for tailgates?
Should Gitmo detainees be brought to Leavenworth?
Posted on December 05, 2008Brownback is agin it, loudly -- saying the facility doesn't have the medical services necessary and has some security concerns. State of The Line weighs in here. I also like the Plog's notion: But the whole argument seems to be...
KC man accused of breaking c-store manager's jaw
Posted on December 05, 2008From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors charged Stephen L. Watson, who turns 27 on Sunday, with second-degree assault. The 38-year-old manager spent two days in a hospital and must keep his jaw wired shut for six weeks. Court records gave...
Life, no parole for KS man in his pregnant teen GF's murder
Posted on December 05, 2008Elgin Robinson had his 14-year-old girlfriend, Chelsea Brooks, killed in the ninth month of her pregnancy because he was afraid of a rape charge. Still not convinced that he's a class act? Robinson inflamed passions from Chelsea's family after he...
O.J. gets about 15 years in prison
Posted on December 05, 2008He'll be eligible for parole in six, USA Today's On Deadline blog reports. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tam!
KS Supremes rain on Phill Kline's parade
Posted on December 05, 2008From The Star: The Kansas Supreme Court this morning sanctioned Phill Kline for his handling of Planned Parenthood records and ordered him to give them to the Kansas attorney general. The high court ordered that a set of the records...
Report: Many police Tasers are MORE powerful than listed
Posted on December 05, 2008From the Arizona Republic: A new study has found that the type of Taser stun gun used most by police officers can fire more electricity than the company says is possible, which the study's authors say raises the risk of...
Malaysian man killed for hogging karaoke mic
Posted on December 05, 2008This is why I never go to karaoke night ...
Goodbye, Lawrence Neal
Posted on December 05, 2008A Jackson County jury convicted Lawrence Neal of rape and robbery yesterday, and a lot of people are thanking God they did. Lawrence -- who previously did 15 years for murder -- was the suspect in two other rapes that...
Owner arrested after obese dog freezes to sidewalk
Posted on December 05, 2008The lady left the poor border collie outside in freezing weather, Wisconsin police allege. The only thing that saved the poor thing? He weighs 120 pounds, so he's got more rolls than a bakery. The owner says she couldn't get...
Wisconsin cop fixes soup for lady, age 103, and tucks her into bed
Posted on December 05, 2008Just a typical "check the welfare" call -- but an absolutely extraordinary response from the officer. Way to go, Officer Magolan!
Is Texas going soft on the death penalty?
Posted on December 05, 2008Only nine defendants were sentenced to capital punishment in Texas -- the lowest number since they brought the death penalty back in the 1970s. Moreover, seven inmates had their death sentences reduced to life in prison. Prosecutors say that juries...
Family hires babysitter off Craigslist -- sitter makes porn with toddler
Posted on December 05, 2008The authorities scolded the family for hiring a sitter off the Internet, but I think this is something that could've happened if they'd found the guy some other way, too. That poor baby girl ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE...
Was it booze? Or faulty brakes?
Posted on December 05, 2008Police say both! From Joe Lambe: A woman whose car slammed into a house Thursday morning did suffer brake failure, but police also ticketed her for drunken driving. The 30-year-old woman was driving her four children to school when she...
MO couple burglarized 60 homes in 45 days, police say
Posted on December 05, 2008Somebody has been reading their "Awaken The Giant Within" ...
Midtown Miscreant versus g.d. Hipsters
Posted on December 05, 2008Pray for Double-M: He's having neighbor problems. Snip: I know what you are thinking, just move, right? After all, I'm rapidly approaching 50, midtown isn't what it once was, I'm a dinosaur in a sea of pointy shoe wearing modern...
"Millennium Bomber" will be free in 10 years
Posted on December 04, 2008Ahmed Ressam -- the guy who wanted to blow up LAX back in 1999, until he got crossing the border with explosives -- will NOT be given a life sentence as federal prosecutors wanted. Instead, a federal judge is sticking...
Midtown Miscreant v. Orrin Hatch
Posted on December 04, 2008Though in a larger sense, he's also taking up arms against illegal drugs and the state of Utah.
"Look, somebody has to do it"
Posted on December 04, 2008In Milwaukee, the county jail will let prisoners work off one hour of their sentence for every hour they spend cleaning up blood, urine, fecal matter and other nasty stuff at the facility. (The volunteers get training and suits to...
UPDATE: Teen escapes after being held captive for a year
Posted on December 04, 2008The young man's aunt has been charged now, too.
It's true ...
Posted on December 04, 2008DUI tests are HILARIOUS ... but giggling during yours might attract the attention of the police.
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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?
Probably depends on the law of the state in which you live. Many states allow fo...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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