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About the Sarah Palin effigy ...
Posted on October 29, 2008The Secret Service says it's no threat. Hat Tip: Many thanks, aqua
Postville plant fined $10 million for violating wage law
Posted on October 29, 2008The plant -- which was the site of one of the country's largest immigration raids -- has apparently ceased operations, though who knows if it's permanent. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Skinheads had poor planning skills, were unlikely to carry out Obama plot, police say
Posted on October 29, 2008Alzheimer's patient, 91, arrested on first day at nursing home
Posted on October 29, 2008For attempted assault and disorderly conduct, New Hampshire police say. The man, who was a POW during World War II, allegedly barricaded himself and another patient in a room while waving a three-inch penknife at police. His family's doubly annoyed:....
Mmm, morphine
Posted on October 29, 2008From the News-Leader: Testimony began this morning in the trial of a man accused of using a pellet gun to rob a Springfield Walgreen?s Pharmacy of morphine, then drinking the drug in the store while police surrounded the building.
Burglary at Olathe East High
Posted on October 29, 2008From Olathe PD: On Wednesday October 29th at approximately 5:33 am officers from the Olathe Police Department were dispatched to Olathe East High School in reference to a burglary. Upon arrival officers determined that unknown suspect(s) entered the school sometime...
Jackson County won't enforce Halloween law for sex offenders
Posted on October 29, 2008From Glenn Rice and Laura Bauer's story: And still more say they won?t do anything to enforce the legislation, because it appears to them that the law applies only to offenders convicted of their crimes after Aug. 28, the date...
Finally! Nebraska calls a special session to fix its safe-haven law
Posted on October 29, 2008And we only had to have, what, about two dozen teenagers abandoned by their parents to get the legislature's attention?
Drugs blamed for deaths at Lawrence homeless camp
Posted on October 28, 2008Meredith Rodriguez has more details here.
Kansas City's 110th homicide of the year
Posted on October 28, 2008From The Star: The Jackson County medical examiner has ruled a man?s September death a homicide, police said Monday. Aundray Crutcher, 44, had been hospitalized after being injured in a fight Sept. 13 in the 3500 block of Wabash Avenue....
Problems with MO's Halloween law for sex offenders?
Posted on October 28, 2008A judge has issued an injunction against parts of a Missouri law that would force registered sex offenders to stay home on Halloween and NOT give out candy, saying some parts of the law are too vague. Snip: For example,...
New leads in Arkansas anchorwoman's murder?
Posted on October 28, 2008Police aren't saying much, but they do expect to make an arrest in the case of Anne Pressly.
MI man admits to stabbing mom with fork, attacking lady with frozen chicken
Posted on October 28, 2008It takes a big man to admit to something so weird ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!
AMBER ALERT: Where is Navailynn Andrews?
Posted on October 28, 2008Andrews, who is 1 year old, went missing yesterday afternoon, Independence police say. More from their release: Kee'Arra Hill left the address on Brookstone Village (listed below) with the Navailynn Andrews (with mother's permission) to get the child's hair cut...
About that assassination attempt ...
Posted on October 28, 2008The Smoking Gun has more about the alleged plotters here. If the story is true, they planned to assassinate Obama by doing a driveby whilst they wore white tuxedos and top hats. Once again, the White Power movement proves that...
Michigan woman, 65, holds gun on lovah who refuses to do her a "favor"
Posted on October 28, 2008If you were wondering if the favor was sexual in nature, I can confirm your suspicions ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, M@!
Fewer hate-crimes reported in 2007
Posted on October 28, 2008But there was an increase in attacks over somebody's sexual orientation and ethnicity. New Jersey led the nation in reported hate crimes. Mississippi reported no, zero, zip, nada hate crimes.
Portuguese national accused of Savannah, MO, bank robbery
Posted on October 28, 2008I'm not sure if you remember this case, but last year, there was a series of robberies where a crook called a bank, then demanded a wire transfer or he'd blow up the bank building. There were threats against banks...
Kwame Kilpatrick's big day
Posted on October 28, 2008The former Detroit mayor is headed to jail today, and he'll spend two months in a private cell with cable TV. (He does have to bring his own set, if that makes it any better.)
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on October 28, 2008Thanks for spending some time on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Feel free to post links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well...
Punk kid learns the hard way why it's bad to steal yard signs
Posted on October 28, 2008Nothing like getting shot in the arm to inspire a "teachable moment" ... It should be noted, however, it's the homeowner, not the teenager, who is facing criminal charges.
Police: NJ man killed parents, used their credit cards to buy engagement ring
Posted on October 28, 2008I know, it sounds tacky -- but the bride-to-be might have earned that ring: Police think she helped bury her in-laws.
UPDATE: NYPD cops accused of walkie-talkie sodomy
Posted on October 28, 2008Based on the early investigation, the DA has decided to call a grand jury. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Twinkie!
Fact: A spork can be a deadly weapon
Posted on October 28, 2008Guy tries to rob another man by threatening him with a spork -- or as the Anchorage Daily News describes it, a combination fork and spoon. Original charge was armed robbery, but then reduced to felony assault with a deadly...
"Unpaid markers, naive mothers and model trains"
Posted on October 28, 2008Midtown Miscreant returns with a very dark post ...
One Year Later
Posted on October 28, 2008Drew Peterson marks his wife's disappearance with an interview on The Today Show. He thinks she's alive and is just in hiding. Snip: ?If I was a little girl and the focus of all this media attention, I wouldn't be...
Czech teen gets run over, left for dead -- then sued
Posted on October 28, 2008Not only did the guy get hit by a car, the driver actually dragged him into the woods instead of getting help. The driver is in prison now, but his employer is suing his victim -- for damage caused when...
More patrols on K-10 after run of fatal wrecks
Posted on October 28, 2008That's according to the Journal-World. Four people died on the roadway in the space of six days, which is prompting increased enforcement. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Golfer!
Was this woman a prisoner or an accomplice?
Posted on October 28, 2008In Oklahoma, a woman named Bobbi Parker is facing trial after she was found living with an escaped convict on a Texas chicken farm, about 10 years after the two of them disappeared. Bobbi's husband was the assistant warden at...
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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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