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A Cinderella story
Posted on November 18, 2008Except there's no Prince Charming, just a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly beaten, raped and forced to work as a servant for her aunt's family.
The cat came back the very same day
Posted on November 18, 2008In Kentucky, an inmate busted out of jail only to return several hours later. He says he came back because his sister told him to. The jailer doubts the story. Because the inmate was wet and grimy, the jailer thinks...
UPDATE: AZ boy, 8, accused of double homicide
Posted on November 18, 2008We've got part of his interview with police. The boy says he found the bodies, but wasn't the one who pulled the trigger. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Filthy, thieving pirates are at it again
Posted on November 18, 2008This time, Somali pirates have captured a Saudi tanker that can hold 2 million barrels of oil.
City threatens elderly blind woman over 1-cent debt
Posted on November 18, 2008They want to put a lien on her house because she was one penny shy of paying her full water bill one month. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tam!
Most "suspicious passengers" aren't, USA Today reports
Posted on November 18, 2008Of the 160,000 people who get extra attention from the TSA for being "suspicious," only about 1 percent of them are ever arrested for anything, the paper notes. Which leads some officials to say that TSA screening doesn't work and...
Homeless man must pay $101 million for starting forest fire
Posted on November 18, 2008Of course, judge. I'm sure he'll get right on that.
New leads in the Natalee Holloway case?
Posted on November 18, 2008Aruban police say they've gotten two new tips, which they believe could help lead to an arrest in Holloway's disappearance.
Mary Delgado
Posted on November 18, 2008Delgado -- who "won" The Bachelor back in 2004 -- was arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication after she allegedly refused to leave a Texas bar this weekend. (Her previous arrest was for allegedly smacking The Bachelor.)
Stripper, 44, sues over age discrimination
Posted on November 18, 2008She says she was fired because of her age and would like to continue working until she's 47 or 48. Story is from Canada ...
The Lord started it
Posted on November 18, 2008Things go awry during a Halloween party at a Missouri State fraternity ...
MO man admits to killing daughter's boyfriend
Posted on November 18, 2008Story is from Troy. They'd been arguing over $83 in scrap metal.
Because they wouldn't fit in the cupboard or under the couch
Posted on November 18, 2008In Vermont, a daycare provider is accused of locking four kiddos -- two toddlers, two infants -- in a garden shed because a state inspector showed up and the daycare was over its limit. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
"A baby no one loved"
Posted on November 18, 2008The Washington Post has a good, but sad story about police holding a funeral for an abandoned newborn who died hours after being left in a trash bag. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM
MO man suing over 23-year wrongful imprisonment
Posted on November 18, 2008Johnny Briscoe went away for a 1982 rape in St. Louis County that he did not commit. He was freed in 2006 thanks to new DNA tests. Now he's suing the county, as well as four police officers, saying he...
How did everybody behave at Arrowhead on Sunday?
Posted on November 18, 2008Pretty good, it sounds. Sgt. Rick Sticken of KCPD says his crew made five arrests: one for property damage, two for disorderly conduct and two for trespassing. There was also a pedestrian who was struck in the parking lot, though...
Hmm ... this usually works on "24"
Posted on November 18, 2008A Pennsylvania man is accused of tying up his neighbor with duct tape, throwing gasoline on him and threatening to set him on fire unless the neighbor confessed to stealing stuff from the guy's house.
Who was Dacia Wright?
Posted on November 18, 2008Christine Vendel has a good followup on Wright, who was killed this weekend. Charges were filed against her boyfriend yesterday.
Woman found assaulted in KCK park
Posted on November 18, 2008From Bob Cronkleton: Emergency workers took a woman to a hospital early this morning after she was found in a Kansas City, Kan., park. The woman apparently had been assaulted, according to police. She was found about 6:30 a.m. in...
Is there a loophole in Kansas DUI law?
Posted on November 17, 2008The Eagle says there is. Apparently, once a person gets charged with DUI, they can file for a hearing with the state -- and can keep driving until they have the meeting. Because the state doesn't have that many workers,...
KY teen wins $2.5 million after Klan beating
Posted on November 17, 2008What's interesting about this suit is that our plaintiff -- a 16-year-old who Klan members mistakenly thought was an illegal immigrant -- didn't sue his actual attackers. (When they went to court, the case wasn't even treated as a hate...
AZ mom was drunk when she went to get kiddo from daycare, police say
Posted on November 17, 2008How drunk was she? Well, so drunk that she didn't remember that she had ALREADY PICKED UP THE KID, police say. Kiddo, age 4, was home alone, and her situation was pretty dire: She was found eating cheese and Ovaltine....
Man in wheelchair robs bank, hides cash in prosthetic leg, police say
Posted on November 17, 2008More proof that pretty much anybody is capable of pretty much anything. Story is from Florida.
KS man killed 85-year-old, sexually assaulted elderly women
Posted on November 17, 2008Story is from Reno County -- and it was a really awful string of cases. Several elderly women reported being sexually assaulted earlier this year. The defendant's getting life without parole, thanks to a plea deal. The DA thinks he...
Say, how's Michael Vick doing these days?
Posted on November 17, 2008Not so good. He makes 12 cents an hour, his $60K racehorse died from colic and his former dogs have a nicer house than he does.
Oregon girl, age 11, crawls from wrecked SUV, gets help for seven people
Posted on November 17, 2008Maddie McRae saved her mom, two siblings and a family in another car after their vehicles were washed off the road during a storm and carried away by raging waters. Very cool story.
Yet another reason why reading is less popular nowadays
Posted on November 17, 2008Convicted sex offender found living inside a University of Illinois campus library. Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on November 17, 2008Welcome to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic discussion. Feel free to post links to interesting stories you've seen somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually abusive language...
Olathe boy reported for giving "inappropriate hug" to teacher, police say
Posted on November 17, 2008Read it and weep ...
15 years for murdering KC bicyclist
Posted on November 17, 2008From Mark Morris: A Jackson County judge sentenced a Kansas City man to 15 years in prison for the November 2005 shotgun slaying of a cyclist. Fabian Brown Jr. elected not to address Judge Jay Daugherty before hearing his prison...
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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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