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KSHB's "Missing in Plain Sight"
Posted on November 11, 2008This is a little depressing ... Channel 41 put up a bunch of fake "missing" posters in certain areas, then had the person in the poster walk around that area for an hour, just to see if anyone would notice...
Charges filed in teenagers' homicides
Posted on November 11, 2008From Jackson County prosecutor's office: Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar today announced Alphonso T. Davis (12/19/88) has been charged with two counts of Second Degree Murder and two counts of Armed Criminal Action. The charges stem from a double homicide...
Do you recognize this man?
Posted on November 11, 2008The FBI is investigating the robbery of a Community America Credit Union located inside a Hy-Vee at 1525 E. 23rd in Independence. Happened about 11l:35 this morning. The suspect is a black male, about 5 foot 8 with a heavy...
Teen murder suspects caught laughing on tape about boy's slaying, police say
Posted on November 11, 2008Story is from San Francisco. The tape was recorded by a police informant. The victim here was a 14-year-old named Ivan Miranda, who was stabbed to death with a samurai-style sword. Miranda, who was walking to a friend's house to...
Amazingly, nobody got shot
Posted on November 11, 2008From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police shot at a man Monday night who answered his door holding a gun in each hand. The gunfire did not hit the man, who lived in the 7100 block of Sni-A-Bar Road. The officers...
UPDATE: 2 dead after fight over LSU/Alabama game
Posted on November 11, 2008The victims' families, though, say the fight was over something else.
L.A. sheriff wants his deputies to disarm before going drinking
Posted on November 11, 2008Because they've had a handful of incidents where officers there have brandished or fired their weapons while off-duty, but intoxicated. The union is fighting the idea -- they don't want the bad guys to think there's ever a time when...
HP pulls ad campaign that featured Gary Glitter song
Posted on November 11, 2008That would be Gary Glitter, the rock star convicted of molesting girls in Vietnam. The song? Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah). More here from the Orlando Sentinel. UPDATE: Should be noted that it's a COVER of a Gary...
The life and death of Anthony Ray
Posted on November 11, 2008Ray, 15, is Omaha's youngest person to die from a gunshot wound this year, so far. The World-Herald has a strong piece about him here. One of the saddest details: After a life spent mostly in foster care, he was...
Suspicious death near 19th and Montgall
Posted on November 11, 2008From KCPD: Today (11/11) at approximately 8:15am, KCMO police were called to the 1900 block of Montgall in regard to a dead body. Upon arrival officer's located the deceased body of a black male (mid 20's) in the roadway. A...
Florida schools must track all cases of bullying
Posted on November 11, 2008The law was passed after a teacher's son committed suicide over things that were written about him online. And it covers all forms of bullying, whether that means shoving or somebody simply saying nasty things about you. I think it's...
Meanwhile, in Salina
Posted on November 11, 2008Two women were injured in a bar fight at Big Nose Kate's. One of the injuries? Broken nose.
Would you rent a designated driver?
Posted on November 11, 2008There's a new firm that lets local revelers/boozehounds hire a designated driver for $25 per hour. Which is probably cheaper than car repairs, attorney fees and, you know, going to prison. But wouldn't it be even cheaper to just call...
Toplikar loses race for JoCo commissioner
Posted on November 11, 2008More here. I haven't been following JoCo politics as closely as I should. Did the charges that he stole his opponent's campaign signs doom him? Or was he already cooked before then? Hat Tip: Many thanks, Golfer!
Double homicide at St. Louis Steak 'N Shake
Posted on November 11, 2008The big story near St. Louis is a double homicide that was discovered Monday at a Steak 'N Shake in south St. Louis County. It was part of a robbery, say police, who don't have any suspects yet. The victims...
The perfect victim
Posted on November 11, 2008The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a story about a disabled woman, Jamie, who is both blind and unable to speak. She's been raped at least once, and police believe the attacker was a state worker who was supposed to help her....
Ladies: Maybe you SHOULDN'T clean out your purse
Posted on November 11, 2008A Tennessee woman was saved from a bullet because it hit her purse, which was filled with layer upon layer of life-saving crap. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
Today in Adorableness
Posted on November 11, 2008Baby's First Missing-Person Scare ... (Running away from home is a pretty big accomplishment when you can't even walk yet.)
About that truck ...
Posted on November 11, 2008Yesterday, we had a post about the Metro Squad seeking info on a white pickup, possibly related to the Cara Jo Roberts homicide in Harrisonville. As it turns out, neither the truck nor its driver are related to the case,...
?I?m truly sorry, I?m not that type of person when I?m not strung out on drugs?
Posted on November 11, 2008Says the defendant who shot an Olathe man in the throat and roughed up his friend during a carjacking. The good news is that nobody died. The better news is that Christopher M. Hamon has just received a 30-year sentence.
Mayor Reardon names examiner to look at BPU
Posted on November 11, 2008This follows allegations that $400K was stolen from BPU coffers. Here's the Star story from Mark Wiebe.
Do you recognize this man?
Posted on November 11, 2008From OP Police: On October 20, 2008 Overland Park Police received a report regarding a check theft and a subsequent forgery of the stolen check. The check was stolen from the victim?s residence and cashed on October 3, 2008. The...
Woman's death tied to Klansmen initiation, police say
Posted on November 11, 2008Story is from Louisiana, where eight people have been arrested -- one for allegedly pulling the trigger, seven for obstruction. The authorities say the victim, a woman from Oklahoma, had been recruited over the Internet, but after she showed up...
Would you have gone back for the ferrets?
Posted on November 11, 2008A Wisconsin woman apparently escaped her house fire -- but then ran back inside to save her two pet ferrets, where all three of them perished together, the local sheriff's office reports. This is going to sound cold, but my...
The Death of The Running Man
Posted on November 11, 2008Sorry to keep linking to all of these sad stories today, but this one is just so well done. The New York Times profiles Imonil Aminov, a delivery man who brought food to homebound seniors in New York. He was...
Without reason
Posted on November 11, 2008In Colorado, police say a boy walked into a school that he did NOT attend, grabbed a 16-year-old from behind and slit her throat without any kind of warning while several of her classmates watched. She's still alive, still undergoing...
Witness couldn't describe nude couple having sex
Posted on November 11, 2008Lovely story from Florida, where a citizen spotted a couple having sex in the woods next to a restaurant. Other than skin color, he wasn't able to describe their physical appearance, though. There is a happy ending, though: After a...
The homeless start to benefit from downtown development
Posted on November 10, 2008This made me smile ... Hat Tip: Saw this via Tony's
KSHB: Belton reports a string of weekend burglaries
Posted on November 10, 2008All in the Georgia Place development, KSHB reports ...
It apparently runs in the family
Posted on November 10, 2008After Indiana police pulled over a woman for driving, they tried calling a handful of relatives to drive her 1-year-old kiddo home. Dad showed up -- but he'd been drinking, too, and was arrested. They called Grandma and Grandpa, who,...
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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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