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Posted on November 19, 2008It's official: The Internet has gone too far. Hat Tip: Many thanks, KC Savage!
KMBC: Charges filed KS infant's scalding death
Posted on November 19, 2008Largely because Mom did her own investigation and got help from the AG's office. Story is from Miami County.
UPDATE: Elderly blind woman threatened over 1-cent debt
Posted on November 19, 2008This is the case from Massachusetts where the city threatened to put a lien on an elderly woman's house because she owed one penny on an old water bill. A former city councilman paid it for her. Hat Tip: Many...
Things could always be worse ...
Posted on November 19, 2008Need proof? Read this. Good story from the Herald-Examiner in Lexington, Ky. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Misunderstood hero: Postman charged for NOT delivering junk mail
Posted on November 19, 2008From The AP: In an undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office, thousands of pieces of mail after they were extracted from the home of former North Carolina mailman Steven Padgett. Padgett admitted to keeping thousands of pieces of...
Fact: You cannot get high on cookie dough and Orajel
Posted on November 19, 2008But that didn't stop this guy from trying to pass them off as crack cocaine, Pennsylvania police report. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Robber holds up Taco Bell in KC early Wednesday
Posted on November 19, 2008From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police are looking for a gunman who robbed a Taco Bell this morning. An employee who was cleaning the parking lot at 6401 Front Street just before 9 a.m. told police a gunman forced her...
"So, buddy, what are you in for?"
Posted on November 19, 2008"Interrupting a moment of silence by praying aloud. Also, disorderly conduct."
Today in George Tiller
Posted on November 19, 2008Paul Morrison says, no, he did NOT charge abortion provider George Tiller because Morrison's formerly secret lovah told him to. More here.
Today's Safety Tip
Posted on November 19, 2008If you see a man WEARING A MEAT CLEAVER AS A NECKLACE, start running in the opposite direction. Just go. Some bad #$%^ is about to go down.
Toy drive to honor late MO highway patrolman
Posted on November 19, 2008For the sixth year, there's going to be a toy drive in memory of Michael Newton, a Missouri patrolman who was killed in the line of duty. Both Missouri and Kansas patrols are helping with the drive, which works like...
Should she get the money?
Posted on November 19, 2008Here's an interesting civil suit: A Florida couple has been separated, but still married, for 26 years. They still socialize, too, news accounts report. Well, HE won $1.9 million in the lottery. And SHE wants half. The kinda-sorta-wife says that...
UK man leaves wife hanging
Posted on November 19, 2008From a noose for eight weeks, police say. The two of them allegedly had a suicide pact, and he decided to withdraw after she was already dead. Hat Tip: Saw this via Dvorak Uncensored!
Possible solution in elderly jeweler's murder?
Posted on November 19, 2008Douglas County authorities are trying to tie the homicide of Clarence David Boose, a 77-year-old retired jeweler, to a string of robberies, the Journal-World reports.
Topeka teen, 15, could be tried as adult in toddler's death
Posted on November 19, 2008The toddler is the teen's cousin, the Cap-Journal reports. The charge is intentional second-degree murder, but the family says it was an accidental discharge. The judge won't make a decision on trying the teen as an adult until next year.
World's most dangerous intern ain't going out like that
Posted on November 19, 2008Lovely story about a TV station firing its college intern -- who then, allegedly, flips out so badly that representatives of the po-po are called. Highlights from St. Paul's Pioneer Press: Several newsroom employees heard Anato-Mensah shouting, yelling obscenities and...
Cheney, Gonzalez indicted by TX grand jury in prison case
Posted on November 19, 2008It sounds a little like that Vermont village that vowed to arrest President Bush if he ever stepped foot in town.
A really good primer on the Lori Drew case
Posted on November 18, 2008Linda Deutsch of The AP has a piece about the case here. Last week, the judge said he WOULD allow the attorneys to talk about the suicide of Megan Meier, the neighbor girl who allegedly killed herself after being taunted...
Central America's crime is becoming a U.S. problem
Posted on November 18, 2008Fun Fact: Central America has one of the highest homicide rates of any region in the world, the Miami Herald reports. Officials in El Salvador, Guatemala and other countries say the U.S. is contributing to the problem by shipping back...
"Cool kids" hustled man in beer-for-porn swap, defense attorney says
Posted on November 18, 2008A while back, we had a story from Utah about a school employee agreeing to buy beer for high-school students if they gave him pictures of their genitals. The defense attorney feels his client has been tricked, though, because the...
The very definition of nerve
Posted on November 18, 2008New Hampshire man accused of stealing car -- then trying to sell the vehicle back to the owner for $250.
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on November 18, 2008Thanks for spending some time on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic discussion. Feel free to post links here, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as...
UPDATE on the Lady Hot-Tub Electrocution Killers
Posted on November 18, 2008A while back, we mentioned that Tina Loesch and Skye Hanson, two women accused of masterminding a murder by electrified hot tub, were going to be featured on America's Most Wanted. They'd been on the run for 10 years. Less...
Girl, 4, shoots herself in the head -- gun owner charged
Posted on November 18, 2008From JaCo prosecutor's office: Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar today announced that Billy J. Blood (06/29/82) has been charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Armed Criminal Action. The charges stem from a Sept. 29 incident in which...
UPDATE: Shauntay Henderson argues self-defense in murder trial
Posted on November 18, 2008From Mark Morris: Lawyers painted very different pictures today of Shauntay Henderson?s motives on the day she killed DeAndre M. Parker, Sept. 2, 2006. At her trial in Jackson County Circuit Court, prosecutors pointed to evidence that Parker?s death was...
More on Olathe student and his "inappropriate hug"
Posted on November 18, 2008From Olathe PD: On Tuesday November 11th, the School Resource Officer assigned to Chisholm Trail Jr. High School was informed of an alleged sexual battery that occurred at the school that afternoon. A school faculty member reported being hugged inappropriately...
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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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