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KC bloggers are skeptical about McCain mugger story
Posted on October 24, 2008From Nick Sloan: Look, this is not partisan and that is not the reason I am concerned with the legitimacy of this story. I endorsed John McCain, after all. However, this is a young woman in college who is a...
21 years for beating death at Grandview motel
Posted on October 24, 2008From Mark Morris: A crime of rage, jealousy and murder earned a Kansas City man 21 years in prison. Timothy E. Hollingshead received the sentence Thursday for the beating death of Vicki Protzmann, 44, in a Grandview motel room on...
Charges filed in OP garage robbery
Posted on October 24, 2008From Joe Lambe: Johnson County prosecutors charged Timothy M. Jenkins of Shawnee on Thursday with robbing an Overland Park couple at gunpoint Oct. 11 in their garage in the 5700 block of West 128th Street. Authorities allege that Jenkins, 20,...
Wisconsin gov wants to legalize DUI checkpoints
Posted on October 24, 2008Fun Fact: Wisconsin is one of 12 states that do NOT have sobriety checkpoints.
Some people just cannot wait for their Taco Bell
Posted on October 24, 2008In which a man waiting in the drive-through and asks the lady ahead of him to hurry the hell up. She threatens to CALL HER DAD AND HAVE HIM BEAT THE DUDE UP. Things sort of spiral out of control...
No charges in fatal Whiskey Tango shooting
Posted on October 23, 2008This is from July, when a man named Jesse Saldivar, who was unarmed, was fatally shot in WT's parking lot, KMBC reports. Jackson County prosecutors have declined to file charges against the shooter, Clinton Reighard -- who apparently thought Saldivar...
Will James Ford Seale go free? And what will it mean for other civil-rights cases?
Posted on October 23, 2008Seale was convicted in the 1964 kidnappings of two black teenagers who were later found murdered -- until his conviction was overturned because, a federal appeals panel ruled, the statute of limitations on that particular crime had passed. The DOJ...
St. Louis school's "spirit week" spirals out of control
Posted on October 23, 2008From the Post-Dispatch: Principal Linda Lelonek learned Monday night that her sixth graders had started an unofficial ?spirit week? last week. According to a Parkway School District representative, the students started with ?Hug A Friend Day,? moved to ?High Five...
Seriously, what is wrong with New Zealand?
Posted on October 23, 2008I would appreciate your thoughts on this matter. Hat Tip: Saw this via Weird Universe!
I know, I know -- kidnapping your friend SOUNDS hilarious
Posted on October 23, 2008But when a bunch of strangers see you throw a screaming 16-year-old into your car trunk and then speed away ... well, they're bound to get the wrong impression.
"Twenty-five years is nothing"
Posted on October 23, 2008Local blog, RDM's Random Remarks, on Michelle Johnson getting 25 years in the Precious Doe/Erica Green murder: While it is believed that she didn?t kill her daughter, she did absolutely nothing to save her daughter. She didn?t go to the...
I wonder where he gets it from ...
Posted on October 23, 2008A Wisconsin couple was handcuffed and taken away after they allegedly shouted and cursed during a school meeting about the boy bullying other kids, police allege. Snip from WISN-TV: That is when police said the mother hit a detective in...
FL woman hit man who refused to kiss her, police say
Posted on October 23, 2008She claims HE hit HER. (She's also accused of hitting a pregnant lady in the stomach.) Sounds like a keeper ...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on October 23, 2008Thanks for spending part of your day on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually abusive language. And when you sign your...
Accuser in Duke lacrosse case still says she was sexually assaulted
Posted on October 23, 2008And you could read more in her new memoir.
Off-duty cop shoots suspected burglar
Posted on October 23, 2008From Kevin Hoffmann: Police are on the scene of a shooting in east Kansas City, where an off-duty officer reportedly shot a suspected burglar. Initial reports indicated that at about 10:15 a.m. two men tried to break into the officer?s...
Don't stop believing
Posted on October 23, 2008Louisiana legislator says he still wants to pass a law paying $1K to poor people who get sterilized, despite the near-universal condemnation of his legislative colleagues. He says he has a lot of support on the Internet.
Where are Paige Alley and Levi Carlson?
Posted on October 23, 2008Still no joy, but the Cameron paper has an update -- police think the kids are headed to Colorado.
Japanese woman murders "virtual ex-husband" online
Posted on October 23, 2008Here's the thing -- they weren't married, but their characters in an online game were. The actual charge revolved around her using his login to go into a MMORPG and delete his character -- a "virtual murder." Hat Tip: Many...
Prosecutors say they're almost done with the Drew Peterson case
Posted on October 23, 2008Which Drew Peterson case, of course, is the mystery. Do they mean his most recent wife, Stacy, who disappeared a year ago? Or his wife, Kathleen Savio, who died in 2004 and whose death has been reclassified as a murder?...
Would earlier closing times reduce crime in Westport?
Posted on October 23, 2008That's one pastor thinks -- he's asking the city to force bars to close at 11 p.m. as a response to recent shootings in the neighborhood, KSHB reports. UPDATED: I got a really thoughtful email from a longtime Westport resident...
CO teacher gets restraining order against parent
Posted on October 23, 2008So Mom can't get any closer than 100 yards to the school, which will make picking up the kiddo sort of challenging. (And forget school plays, classroom parties, etc.) It's hard to tell who's at fault here. Mom does sound...
Hit-and-run driver smashes several cars near 120th and Quivira
Posted on October 23, 2008From OP Police: The Overland Park Police Department is investigating a hit and run accident involving (6) vehicles (5) of which were parked in an apartment community?s parking lot in the area of 120th and Quivira. There is extensive damage...
Corwin plans to ask for 50 new officers next year
Posted on October 23, 2008That's according to Northeast News, which reports on a neighborhood meeting where Corwin spoke. (Saw this via Tony's Kansas City, who says more boots on the street would be a very good thing.) I'll be surprised if he gets them,...
Inmates assault 2 guards at Leavenworth
Posted on October 23, 2008From Bob Cronkleton: Two officers from the Corrections Corp. of America?s Leavenworth Detention Facility are recovering this morning after being assaulted by three inmates. The officers are reported to be in stable condition this morning. The extent of their injuries...
The alleged "Plaid Shirt Bandit" gets indicted
Posted on October 23, 2008A Missouri man -- Joseph P. Young of Rogersville -- has been indicted on bank robberies in West Virginia and South Dakota, and he's a suspect in something like 20 overall, spread across various states.
Nothing more powerful than a bad example ...
Posted on October 23, 2008The unstoppable Midtown Miscreant wraps up his series on the criminal element and explains what finally led him away from a life of crime.
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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?
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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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