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Thief used lubricant to steal ring off elderly woman's hand

Posted on November 28, 2008
They did a bump-and-rob -- smashed into the back of her car, then robbed her when she got out. The crook literally just ran his hand over hers and stole the ring. Story is from Florida.

Wild hearts can't be given detention

Posted on November 28, 2008
Lovely story here from Germany, where an 8-year-old boy -- upset about being kicked out of class -- stole his teacher's car and wrecked it, police report. (Kid says he REALLY meant to drive home and tattle to his mom.)

Arrest in Anne Pressly's slaying

Posted on November 28, 2008
Pressly was a TV journalist from Arkansas who was found beaten to death in her home several weeks ago.

Why, yes, you CAN sue your coworker for wearing perfume

Posted on November 28, 2008
Best Part: They're using the Americans With Disabilities Act to bring the suit.

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Sometimes the good guys win

Posted on November 28, 2008
Great story here about an Australian restaurant owner who uses Facebook and a little detective work to track down a crew of dine-and-dashers! Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards!

Signs someone isn't real Santa Claus

Posted on November 28, 2008
He pulls a gun on you in the bank drive-thru and steals $400. | Sara Shepherd

Don't say we didn't warn you

Posted on November 28, 2008
From Mike Mansur: The Missouri Highway Patrol will concentrate extra troopers Saturday on Interstate 70 in Jackson, Lafayette and Saline counties in a special traffic enforcement effort. The operation was announced this week by Capt. Robert L. Powell, the commanding...

Too much publicity in electro-shock sex killing

Posted on November 28, 2008
From Pennsylvania: A man who claims he accidentally killed his wife during electro-shock sex wants an out-of-county trial or an out-of-county jury because of pretrial publicity. | Sara Shepherd Hat tip: Thanks, You're A Mean Drunk, R2D2!

Lori Drew guilty on lesser counts

Posted on November 28, 2008
I bet you anything this gets kicked on appeal ... From The AP: The federal jury could not reach a verdict on the main charge against 49-year-old Lori Drew - conspiracy - and rejected three other felony counts of accessing...

NY mom comes to school, helps daughter beat up other girl, police say

Posted on November 28, 2008
Sort of like being a room mother, only she's handing out beatdowns instead of cookies and fruit drink.

Crime quiz: The worst of St. Louis

Posted on November 26, 2008
To help promo a new book -- Mobs, Mayhem & Murder -- the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a nifty interactive online quiz covering some of their city's most notorious crimes from the past two centuries. Try it! | Sara Shepherd

'Butt-Cheek Bandit' caught in the act

Posted on November 26, 2008
No more will Valentine, Neb., residents be terrorized by the sight of "greasy, graphic imprints of his naked behind, and sometimes his groin, on windows of stores, churches and schools." | Sara Shepherd

Meanwhile, Pratt marks first homicide in nearly 20 years

Posted on November 26, 2008
The 48-year-old female victim was partially disabled. Police in the south-central Kansas town aren't saying yet exactly how she died. | Sara Shepherd

More homicides in the metro

Posted on November 26, 2008
Overnight in the metro: A man was shot to death inside a running car parked outside a KCK barber shop. The car's back window was riddled with bullet holes. A shooting victim thought to be in his 50s was found...

Bush pardons rapper, Carly Simon helps

Posted on November 26, 2008
Brooklyn-born John Forti -- formerly of the Fugees -- was convicted of smuggling liquid coke into the country in 2000 after he was busted at Newark Airport. | Sara Shepherd

An icy rescue, then filicide

Posted on November 26, 2008
From CNN: Less than a year after four strangers risked their lives to save Michelle Kehoe and her sons from an icy Iowa River, the mother is accused of slashing the two boys' throats and leaving them to die. Kehoe...

Border breach fails for immigrants in beer van

Posted on November 26, 2008
From Arizona, where border patrol agents found "nonalcoholic cargo" inside a beer van -- eight illegal immigrants from China and five from Mexico. | Sara Shepherd Hat tip: Thanks, eephus!

Open Thread...Wednesday edition

Posted on November 26, 2008
For those of you who aren't off traveling for the holiday, welcome to the Open Thread! This is the blog's spot for chatting, joking and introducing off-topic conversation. Please remember to sign your comments and avoid profanity and racially or...

Attention Missouri travelers: Watch out for cows

Posted on November 26, 2008
Four Salem, Mo., motorists went to hospitals tonight after a wreck that started with a pickup hitting a cow. The wreck happened about 5:45 p.m. on Missouri 32 just west of Salem. After hitting the cow, the driver lost control,...

Terrorists target Mumbai

Posted on November 26, 2008
UPDATE: CNN is reporting that at least 78 people have been killed, mainly at spots popular with tourists and businesspeople. One witness told local reporters gunmen had tried to find people with U.S. or British passports. The attack included five-star...

Robber strikes bicycle ice-cream vendor

Posted on November 26, 2008
In Waco. Police caught the robber a few blocks away, but the story doesn't say exactly what he took. | Sara Shepherd

Costume ban sparks protest, police presence

Posted on November 26, 2008
Remember yesterday's story about Pilgrims and Indians being banned from a California kindergarten celebration? Sure enough, a heated protest ensued and the police were called. | Sara Shepherd Hat tip: Thank you, JUNGLE JIM!

Thanksgiving dinner in space

Posted on November 26, 2008
International space station astronauts will enjoy turkey and fixin's, "irradiated, freeze-dried, vacuum-packed into plastic pouches and then launched into space to be served 220 miles above Earth." Instead of sitting at a large Thanksgiving dinner table, the astronauts will float...

Mother shot dead while lifting children to safety

Posted on November 26, 2008
This standoff didn't end as well as the one in Kansas City last night. How sad: A gunman shot and killed 24-year-old Loan Kim Nguyen as she lifted her young children to safety through a window Tuesday morning during a...

Burglars steal everything -- even sick dog

Posted on November 26, 2008
But they didn't take the medication he needs to treat his severe pancreatitis. The owner says she doesn't care about the electronics, she just wants Domino back safely: "He could die," she told a TV station, "he could dehydrate and...

'Mystery meat' still a mystery

Posted on November 26, 2008
For the sixth week in a row, fresh-cut slabs of raw red meat were discovered in a pile beneath a tree in the Framingham Town Centre Common. Within hours, town officials released a statement titled: Press Release Mystery Meat 11-25-08:...

Drunk driver runs over self

Posted on November 26, 2008
That part came AFTER he ran over a ditch and a fence. | Sara Shepherd Hat tip: Thanks, Patty PV!

Lap dances 'not sexually stimulating'

Posted on November 26, 2008
That's what the chairman of the Lap Dancing Association told a British parliamentary committee this week. The government there is under pressure to change its Licensing Act so that lap dancing clubs have to be licensed as sex encounter establishments...

Iowa meat packer indicted for harboring illegals

Posted on November 26, 2008
From the AP: A federal grand jury has issued a 12-count indictment alleging that managers were intricately involved in efforts to employ illegal workers at a kosher slaughterhouse that was the site of one of the nation's largest immigration raids....

Police scanner, Thanksgiving Eve edition

Posted on November 26, 2008
Things I'm thankful for -- I heard about all these people on the police scanner instead of by crossing their paths out in the streets: Nov. 2: "...at Chubby's, it's a black female about 5-foot, 200 (pounds). Wearing a red...

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