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Suspect shot by cop to be charged with assault

Posted on October 21, 2008
From Kevin Hoffmann: Authorities have charged a suspected burglar who was shot by police last week with assaulting a law-enforcement officer. William J. Olson, 32, also faces one count of burglary and one count of possessing burglar tools, both felonies...

Retired Chicago cop accused of torturing suspects

Posted on October 21, 2008
At one point, they thought that Jon Burge, who was fired for allegedly beating a confession out of a suspect, was beyond prosecution because the statute of limitations had run out. But the U.S. attorney is bringing charges of perjury...

Aussie woman set car on fire to avoid DUI charge, police say

Posted on October 21, 2008
That's right -- because nothing says I'm a sober driver like setting my vehicle on fire. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

KCPD identifies victim of Sunday homicide

Posted on October 21, 2008
LaToya Tooley, 26, of Kansas City, was shot and killed about 6 p.m. Sunday in the 6400 block of East 13th Street.

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UK chef killed, ate his lovah -- guess what his prison job is

Posted on October 21, 2008
The good news is that he doesn't get to use any knives.

Edna Jester gives them hell

Posted on October 21, 2008
Jester is the 89-year-old who was arrested because she wouldn't give a football back to a neighbor kid after the ball landed in her yard. Fight the power, Edna!

Hereford House

Posted on October 21, 2008
Just got back from a briefing from the ATF outside the extra-well-done Hereford House. The high points ... The special agent cautioned against assuming it's arson. Their national response team was called only because of the estimated cost of the...

St. Louis County police still investigating bombing last week in Clayton

Posted on October 21, 2008
This is the case where an attorney was injured after he picked up a wicker basket left next to his car -- the basket contained an explosive, which went off. Police are now trying to see if the bomber left...

Suicide rate up, especially among middle-aged whites

Posted on October 21, 2008
Up 19 percent for women, 16 percent for men in the 40-to-64 age group, USA Today reports. It's a bit of a surprise because experts are usually more worried about teenagers and the elderly when it comes to suicide. Experts...

What's a little Tasering among friends?

Posted on October 21, 2008
An off-duty Florida officer has lost his job after he Tasered a 15-year-old (on camera) during a party. The 15-year-old knew, agreed, etc., but the cop's superiors had a problem with it anyway. (The kid called it a "lifelong goal"...

Argument over salad dressing spirals out of control

Posted on October 21, 2008
I've occasionally gotten scolded at work, but none of my editors has ever tried to head-butt me. (And I've never knocked out any of their teeth.) Story is from Springfield, Ill. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!

Pickpocketing suspect, 76, busted for 37th time, NYPD says

Posted on October 21, 2008
And she's got something like 20 different aliases. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Defendant can't use fingernail clipping, A&W coupon as evidence

Posted on October 21, 2008
Because the best defense is self-defense ... A Wisconsin man is defending himself against charges of molestation, and it's not going well. He's battled the judge over the relevance of some "evidence," such as an old fingernail clipping. And he...

Mom says Topeka man's death was homicide

Posted on October 21, 2008
Jason McNaughton's body was pulled from the Kansas River last week, and though police don't see any signs of foul play, his mother insists that he was killed by someone, the Cap-Journal reports. McNaughton was reported missing in September.

Woman chooses jail over paying $7.45 for meal at Waffle House

Posted on October 21, 2008
I think her mistake was ordering food at a Waffle House in the first place ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, D-Man and Gabe!

It's too bad that he's going to be executed ...

Posted on October 21, 2008
In Texas, convicted killer Richard Tabler has been caught with a cellphone, even though he's not supposed to have one. Authorities say he called up a state legislator and threatened his kids. Tabler's mom is now facing charges for reportedly...

Fact: Beyonce is not waiting to meet you

Posted on October 21, 2008
In Connecticut, police pulled over a man who was reportedly driving erratically. The man -- who had flowers and a teddy bear in his car -- said that singer Beyonce Knowles was going to meet him on the George Washington...

How drug cartels are destroying U.S. parks

Posted on October 20, 2008
A while back we'd written a bit about Mexican drug cartels establishing secret pot farms in national parks and forests. (Because it's a lot easier to grow inside the U.S. than to have to fight border security.) There's another negative...

The undercover pharmacist

Posted on October 20, 2008
Great, great story here about a lifelong pharmacist who, sick of Medicare fraud, became a lawyer and went to work at a Walgreen's in Minnesota, where he was an undercover investigator for the government. He reportedly helped discover how the...

Should this 89-year-old have been arrested?

Posted on October 20, 2008
Story is from Ohio, where an 89-year-old woman is accused of taking a neighbor kid's football after it landed in her yard. After she refused to give it back, the kid's mom called the police. The woman STILL wouldn't hand...

Police chiefs are worried about foreclosures, too

Posted on October 20, 2008
Financial problems hurt police departments in two ways, USA Today reports. First, if there's a boom in foreclosures, those empty houses are magnets for crime. Either they become targets for scrap-metal thieves, or they provide shelter to drug dealers, prostitutes...

Suspect escapes UT police on golf cart from Hell

Posted on October 20, 2008
That's right -- he got away on a golf cart, police say. He'd apparently swapped out the electric motor for a car's engine. It was able to jump irrigation ditches, so the police weren't able to keep up with him.

Southern MO sheriff found shot dead

Posted on October 20, 2008
From The AP: The Highway Patrol says it's not actively seeking suspects in the apparent shooting death of a southern Missouri sheriff. A relative found 47-year-old Carter County Sheriff Greg Melton dead Thursday night in a workshop outside the family...

Man accused of having sex with vacuum at car wash

Posted on October 20, 2008
Wow, this really sucks. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Everybody's got something to hide but me and my marmoset

Posted on October 20, 2008
A California man was accused of housing a pet marmoset at his house. To throw the officials off his trail, he took a picture of himself, the animal and a MEXICAN NEWSPAPER -- as a way to show the primate...

Maybe you should have waited ...

Posted on October 20, 2008
In Connecticut, a man is accused of moving an ambulance -- which was on a medical call -- because it was blocking his car. His car, by the way, was parked in a no-parking loading zone. The police say he...

Leavenworth County arrests Florida murder suspect

Posted on October 20, 2008
This is the second suspect from Florida who's come to Leavenworth in the last few months. Has the visitors bureau been advertising?

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on October 20, 2008
Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. This is also a good spot to share links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else! Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as...

UPDATED: Not just a fire, but an explosion, too

Posted on October 20, 2008
UPDATED: From KCPD ... We were called early Monday morning to meet the fire department regarding a fire at the Hereford House restaurant at #2 East 20th Street. The Fire Chief asked for the ATF to assist with the investigation....

Meanwhile, at the Ted Stevens trial

Posted on October 20, 2008
Stevens, a Senator from Alaska, is accused of accepting gifts and then failing to report them on his financial disclosure forms. (Stevens says his family paid every bill that was sent to them.) Closing statements are expected tomorrow. I really...

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