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Dog thieves steal puppies, run over their mother
Posted on November 20, 2008Story is from Reno, Nev.
Woman died after accidentally drinking meth ingredient
Posted on November 20, 2008From Sara Shepherd: John D. Williams, 29, and Benjamin T. Clarkson, 38, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine and one count of creating a substantial risk of harm to human life while manufacturing...
WA man Tasered when he tries to complain about rude cops
Posted on November 20, 2008The PD in question gets to make a $60K, court-ordered apology. (Though it sounds like the guy was kind of asking for it ...) Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
KC man guilty of shooting a KCPD officer
Posted on November 20, 2008From Platte County prosecutors: A Kansas City man has been found guilty of shooting a police officer after a November 19 trial. Vernando J. Smith, 20, faces up to life in prison for the first degree assault of a Kansas...
Meanwhile, in Salina
Posted on November 20, 2008Bad: Driving drunk Worse: Hitting a parked BMW while driving drunk Worst of all: Hitting a former cop's BMW while driving drunk. Twice. And he catches you.
FBI agent shot, killed during arrest in Pennsylvania
Posted on November 20, 2008They were there to arrest a suspected drug dealer, but the agent -- Sam Hicks -- was instead killed by the suspect's wife. (Her lawyer makes it sound like she was frightened, didn't know what to do.) She's now facing...
Headless, handless corpse is Raytown man
Posted on November 20, 2008From Russ Pulley: Lafayette County authorities have identified the body of a headless, handless man discovered near Concordia as a missing Raytown man. The victim is 29-year-old Monteze E. Murrell. Authorities identified him though a DNA profile developed from the...
Some headlines just write themselves
Posted on November 20, 2008Woman charged as another woman complains of "bite to nipple area'' Friends, I just pass them along ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
MO sheriff refuses to imprison pregnant suspect
Posted on November 20, 2008Even though the judge has ordered the woman -- who's facing charges of stealing, trespassing and careless-and-imprudent driving -- to be in jail. The sheriff is worried about a medical emergency. And he's afraid that his office will end up...
Defending Billy Blood
Posted on November 20, 2008Midtown Miscreant writes here about friends defending Billy Blood, a woman facing criminal charges because a 4-year-old girl was reportedly able to kill herself with Blood's handgun, which had been left in a handbag.
Homicide suspect, 8, will spend Thanksgiving with Mom
Posted on November 20, 2008But won't be allowed to watch TV or play video games. This is the case of the 8-year-old who's accused of killing his dad and a family friend.
MO man shoots his ex-wife in the back with arrow, police say
Posted on November 20, 2008The son says she'd been firing shots at HIM before Dad was able to hit her with the arrow. Story is from Jackson, near Cape Girardeau. Mom and Dad have been divorced for eight years, but still lived together.
Screwed
Posted on November 20, 2008The Pitch's Plog points out a funny post from local blog "Laughtrack To My Life," where the author does a ridealong with an ambulance supervisor: First and foremost, the very best call of the night was located at the downtown...
JoCo Sheriff plans extra traffic enforcement over Thanksgiving
Posted on November 20, 2008From JoCo Sheriff: Johnson County Sheriff?s Office along with other area police agencies, will be participating in the Kansas Thanksgiving Traffic Enforcement Campaign, November 24-30. A grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation will enable the Sheriff?s Office to have...
Why Amber Alerts are like barbecue
Posted on November 20, 2008Because every state has their own way of doing it, and everybody thinks their method is best, The AP reports. Federal law says that all Amber Alerts are supposed to be based off a common set of guidelines, but the...
IL police catch suspect in serial toilet arsons
Posted on November 20, 2008Best Part: "Meehan admitted to starting the fires, but did not explain what he has against bathrooms, Cary Police Det. Susan Ellis said." Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!
Promising law-enforcement career ends in a flash
Posted on November 19, 2008In Minnesota, a young cop faked the arrest of an 18-year-old woman and told her that he'd let her go if she showed her breasts. The cop, who worked part-time, was forced to quit and is getting probation and a...
Inmate gets $300K for disfigured groin
Posted on November 19, 2008He got a flesh-eating bacteria while he was serving time for threatening a neighbor. Doctors removed "several pounds of flesh from his pelvic region" but good news! The doctors were able to build a "replacement penis" with skin from his...
Who killed Julie Magliulo?
Posted on November 19, 2008The FBI is trying to direct attention to a Florida homicide that's gone unsolved for 21 years. Specifically: A 3-year-old named Julie Magliulo disappeared from her home near Pompano Beach in 1987. Ten months later, authorities find her skeleton in...
So ... some party ...
Posted on November 19, 2008From The State: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill football players testified Monday about a wild night of drinking last December that they say ended with them trussed and sexually molested by a woman while a naked man roamed their apartment...
A gentler "crackdown"
Posted on November 19, 2008Homeland Security had planned to force all federal contractors doing $3K or more worth of business to use a program call E-Verify to make sure they weren't hiring illegal immigrants. After several companies complained, though, the feds will only enforce...
But it's not a quota!
Posted on November 19, 2008In Detroit, police officers are regularly told they need to write X number of tickets during a shift, the Detroit News reports. The state law technically forbids ticket quotas, but departments ARE allowed to count how many tickets are written...
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on November 19, 2008Welcome to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic discussion. Feel free to post links, too, if you've seen interesting stories elsewhere. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually abusive language...
Rape suspect taunted victim's son, prosecutors allege
Posted on November 19, 2008From JaCo prosecutors: Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar today announced that Damien T. Milhouse (02/04/79) has been charged with Forcible Rape, First Degree Assault and three counts of Forcible Sodomy. The charges stem from an August 2007 attack on a...
Lawyer: Breathalyzers are racist
Posted on November 19, 2008Wait for it ... Ruane says research shows that the lung capacity of a black man is 3 percent smaller than a white man and, therefore, black men's test results vary from the sobriety standard set by the device.
"Life will find a way"
Posted on November 19, 2008In Indiana, three male prisoners and three female ones are accused of removing ceiling tiles in their cells and making a passage so they could get together for sex and card games.
Teen accused of breaking the face of the guy who hit on his sister
Posted on November 19, 2008From Glenn Rice: A 17-year-old teen faces felony second-degree assault charges in Clay County Circuit Court for punching another male in the face for allegedly making romantic advances toward his sister. Devin E. Day of Kansas City, North, was arrested...
$1 million reward for hacker who stole data from MO company
Posted on November 19, 2008And not just any data -- the hacker got personal information, including medical history and pharmacy records. The bad guy has threatened not only the company, Express Scripts, which manages pharmacy benefits, but some of the customers directly. Unless the...
NC man Tasered at his father's funeral
Posted on November 19, 2008UPDATE: While he was loading Dad into the hearse. For some reason, the police decided not to arrest the guy AFTER the ceremony. There was a scuffle, which led to the Tasering. The sheriff's office is now apologizing for the,...
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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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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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