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KCPD wants $45 million for 54 new officers, other upgrades

Posted on October 30, 2008
That's a 20 percent increase in the department's budget, which -- unless the chief starts spending part of this year's budget on Powerball tickets -- probably ain't gonna happen. The request also includes money for 400 new vehicles, more 911...

Skunk makes domestic disturbance much worse

Posted on October 30, 2008
Story is from Colorado, where a man was fighting with his girlfriend and decided to go to their back yard -- where he was sprayed by a skunk. That made him so mad, apparently, that he grabbed a machete and...

Awful Ways To Die, No. 124: Suffocating on compost

Posted on October 30, 2008
Story is from Minneapolis.

Cheating at the buffet? Oh, you're going to jail

Posted on October 30, 2008
The world's cheapest date goes to jail for letting his GF eat off his plate. Snip: He said that ?there were no signs in the restaurant that said someone could not have some food off your plate,? the report said.

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Young moron tries to reenact "Italian Job" chase scene

Posted on October 30, 2008
With the brand-new Mini that mummy and daddy bought him. Things go horribly, horribly wrong. Alcohol might have played a part.

OP plans DUI saturation patrol on Halloween

Posted on October 30, 2008
From OP Police: The Overland Park, Kansas Police Department is conducting a DUI Saturation Patrol on October 31, 2008. It is the police department?s goal to reduce alcohol related auto accidents and discourage impaired driving within its community. The DUI...

Report: AZ illegal immigrants are more afraid of police than crooks

Posted on October 30, 2008
Because they're afraid they'll get deported. They're especially skittish in Arizona, which launched a pretty successful piece of legislation that, basically, made hiring illegal immigrants illegal. (REALLY illegal, not the pretend-illegal from before...

"I'm going to put a stop to this crime, one way or another"

Posted on October 30, 2008
A tale of the world's most dangerous liquor-store clerk. She lives in Topeka ...

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on October 30, 2008
Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Feel free to post a link, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially...

AMBER ALERT: Where is Leilah Arriaz?

Posted on October 30, 2008
From Meredith Rodriguez: The McDonald County Sheriff?s Department in southwest Missouri has issued an Amber Alert for a 3-year-old girl reported missing in the Kansas City area earlier today. Leilah Arriaz was taken from a temporary custodian south of Longview...

MO Halloween law for sex offenders gets a green light

Posted on October 30, 2008
From The AP: Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon?s office says a court order means a new state law aimed at keeping children away from sex offenders on Halloween night can be enforced in its entirety. That means registered sex offenders...

Hawaiian gets 5 years for killing family's pet pig

Posted on October 30, 2008
I think the crime is pretty reprehensible, but doesn't five years seem like overkill?

Ashley Todd

Posted on October 30, 2008
She's getting diversion, basically. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Postville plant manager facing criminal charges

Posted on October 30, 2008
Postville, Iowa, was the scene of a huge immigration raid earlier this year -- one of the largest in U.S. history. The manager, BTW, just happens to be the son of the company's owner. Snip: The 49-year-old will face charges...

Anthrax-hoax suspect: "I'm not sorry"

Posted on October 30, 2008
A Sacramento man is accused of sending more than 100 anthrax-hoax to newspapers, businesses and elected officials earlier in the week. A local TV station got a jailhouse interview: "I don't consider myself a criminal," Keyser added. "I'm just trying....

Pittsburgh fans burn couch to celebrate Phillies win

Posted on October 30, 2008
To be fair, they probably would have burned the couch if the Phillies had lost ...

Yard-sign vandal caught on tape in OP

Posted on October 30, 2008
From OP Police: Overland Park Police received reports on October 21 and October 24 of damage to 14 political signs for Marvin Kleeb, who is a candidate for Kansas State Representative. It is estimated the damage to the signs exceeds...

Toplikar: OK, I did it

Posted on October 30, 2008
From Finn Bullers: For the first time, Johnson County Commissioner John Toplikar admitted today that he took his opponent?s campaign signs and said he shouldn?t have done it. Toplikar made the comments at the county offices in Olathe after a...

Wal-Mart has a posse

Posted on October 30, 2008
You know what Sam's Club is? It's a two-by-four we use to beat down anybody who messes with the WM. What-what!

Wisconsin man accused of 10th DUI offense

Posted on October 30, 2008
He rented his buddy's van for $100, went barhopping, crashed into a tree and had to be pulled from the burning vehicle, police allege. My question: How is this man still alive?

3-year-old tries to throw down with police officer

Posted on October 30, 2008
Story is from Memphis. The officer, of course, was trying to arrest the man and woman who were in the car with the kiddo. (Not sure if they're Mom and Dad.)

Bill Pullman's kid busted for moonshine possession, police say

Posted on October 30, 2008
The mugshot is awesome. Bill Paxton unavailable for comment.

IA bowling alley wins legal battle over half-naked beer slide

Posted on October 30, 2008
It all ties back to that sex-fueled debauch, the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa: "I mean, nudity happens on RAGBRAI. Who are we kidding?"

Fun Fact: In South Korea, adultery is a criminal matter

Posted on October 30, 2008
And their high court just upheld that law.

Ed and Elaine Brown

Posted on October 30, 2008
Remember the Browns? They're the New Hampshire couple convicted of tax evasion and, as a bonus, refused to leave their house and threatened violence if the feds tried to take them. How serious was that threat? Prosecutors say agents seized...

Man threatened coworkers after firing, prosecutor says

Posted on October 30, 2008
From Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd: A Platte County employee has admitted making threats against his former co-workers and their families. Joshua T. Ellington, 26, of Shawnee Mission, KS pled guilty October 28 to harassment in Platte County Associate Circuit...

Golfer John Daly found drunk outside Hooters, police say

Posted on October 30, 2008
From The AP: In this photo provided by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, professional golfer John Daly is shown. Daly was taken into custody Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, by Winston-Salem police after he was found drunk outside a Hooters restaurant...

Not remotely crime-related

Posted on October 30, 2008
Great story about a UK dad spending 100K pounds on a gaudy, trailer-trashy wedding for his 16-year-old daughter. I rescind the part about this not being a crime: somewhere in Britain, good taste is lying in a ditch, bleeding out...

Report: Alleged "Dungeon Dad" locked up his mom, too

Posted on October 30, 2008
That's according to a psychologist who's examining Josef Fritzl before his trial starts next year. Fritzl says he was abused as a kid and locked up his mother as a way to punish her, the psychologist reports. Snip: "I locked...

A town without "a real Halloween"

Posted on October 30, 2008
Oil City, a town in Pennsylvania, stopped trick-or-treating at night for 16 years after an 11-year-old girl was kidnapped and killed while walking home from a Halloween party. That's changing this year, though, after a fifth-grader started a petition drive...

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