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Burglary suspect expected to live
Posted on October 18, 2008Kevin Hoffmann has more about a burglary suspect who was shot by a Grandview officer after the suspect reportedly pointed a gun at him.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery ...
Posted on October 18, 2008... maybe this lady should be more appreciative. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
2 dead in KCK
Posted on October 18, 2008From Dawn Bormann: Two people are dead and a third suffered serious injuries Friday night after a shooting and subsequent car crash, authorities said. Police were first called to a shooting in the 1500 Block of N. 63rd Terrace, where...
It's almost like they think she's a bad mother ...
Posted on October 17, 2008A Michigan mother abandoned her son, 13, in Nebraska this week, using that state's Safe Harbor law. Her hands are clean! Only Michigan is now trying to take away the rest of her kids. They say the trip to Nebraska...
Stripper's "cancer money" actually used for breast implants, police say
Posted on October 17, 2008A stripper from Kentucky is accused of scamming a 69-year-old lady into giving her more than $60K over two years, the Lexington Herald-Leader's Bluegrass Beat reports. She allegedly told the woman that she needed cash for both college courses and...
FL boy beaten for not doing his homework, police say
Posted on October 17, 2008He's 6. Why does he have homework in the first place?
She's back on the market, gentlemen!
Posted on October 17, 2008Betty Neumar -- a grandmother with FIVE DEAD HUSBANDS -- has posted bail. She's accused of masterminding the murder of her fourth husband, but police are starting to give a closer look to how the other gents passed. Ooh, and...
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on October 17, 2008Woo-hoo! It's Friday! Come celebrate the sweetest day of the week inside the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've got a link you want to share, this is a good place for that. PROGRAMMING...
Friday nightcap: Two charged in barbershop murder
Posted on October 17, 2008Two 21-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in connection with an Oct. 3 shooting that killed Muryel Josenberger and injured another man at a Kansas City, Kan., barber shop. Donnell Dobb and Casey Ellis, both...
107...
Posted on October 17, 2008UPDATE: Police have identified the backyard victim as 17-year-old Tarrell McKinney of Kansas City. It turns out there was more than one dead body down on East 40th Street last night. A few hours later police found a second person...
As heard on the police scanner
Posted on October 17, 2008Here are some scanner snippets I've been saving since the last time I subbed, with a few more to come tomorrow. Sept. 4: "White male in his late 30s, completely nude, standing outside the office." Sept. 10: "...in reference to...
Eeeew...ouch
Posted on October 17, 2008I'll just post this very-true quote from the sheriff and let you all read the rest if you want: "Fortunately there weren't any kids or families present." | Sara Shepherd Hat tip: Thanks (or not...), You're a Mean Drunk R2D2!
Sofia Salva case: Will daddy get any of the money?
Posted on October 17, 2008We reported yesterday that nearly three years after a Sudanese woman accused Kansas City police of causing her baby to miscarry, Sofia Salva walked out of federal court with a $750,000 settlement -- $700,000 for her "personal injuries" and $50,000...
But what was the mouse doing in the woman's cleavage in the first place?
Posted on October 17, 2008From New Zealand: Lindsay Rowles pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges and offensive behaviour after he grabbed a mouse from a woman's cleavage, pretended to eat it, and killed it in the process. | Sara Shepherd Hat tip: Thanks, You're...
Murder suspect didn't take Dad's advice
Posted on October 17, 2008From Wichita, where Elgin Ray Robinson Jr. is accused of arranging the murder of his 14-year-old girlfriend when she was nine months pregnant with his child. Elgin Robinson Sr. testified today, saying this: He warned his son to stay away...
Loose lug nuts -- A hate crime?
Posted on October 17, 2008From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Firefighters with the Northeast Ambulance & Fire District have been asked by their employer, under threat of termination, to take lie-detector tests to determine if any of them loosened lug nuts on a fellow firefighter's...
White-gloved criminal ties up girl for sexual assault
Posted on October 17, 2008A man dressed all in white and wearing white gloves tied up a 12-year-old girl, taped her eyes shut and sexually assaulted her inside her Dallas home. The man entered the house, where the girl was staying with her baby...
For KC history/mystery lovers
Posted on October 17, 2008You might enjoy this upcoming talk at the Plaza library: A former Kansas City Star editor will delve into the murder-mystery of Colonel Thomas Swope Sunday at the Kansas City Public Library. Giles Fowler -- author of "Deaths in the...
'Idleness' nets son six months, 30 lashes
Posted on October 17, 2008A Nigerian father took his 20-year old son to court for idleness, asking that he be sent to prison for refusing to engage in productive activities. "He is not listening to words and he is bringing shame to my family....
Where is Cole Puffinburger?
Posted on October 17, 2008Six-year-old Cole Puffinburger was kidnapped from his Las Vegas home by two men who posed as police officers and tied up his mother and her boyfriend. An Amber Alert was issued, but as of Friday morning, police said they had...
Also overnight...
Posted on October 17, 2008UPDATE II: Police say the Lee's Summit suspect is expected to survive his gunshot wounds. UPDATE: Police say there may, indeed, be a connection between the shooting that wounded the 11-year-old and the shootings that killed two males on East...
Home invaders pick wrong home, get shot
Posted on October 17, 2008A 23-year-old University of Arizona student shot and killed two home invaders, apparently in self-defense. The intruders may have had better luck had they selected 19-year-old sophomore Jenny Wise, who told a reporter: ?I?ve lived a sheltered life. This seems...
CDC completes lengthy study of "car surfing"
Posted on October 17, 2008This cracked me up -- it's like researching whether you should set yourself on fire. It's bad for you, mmmkay? Snip from the press release: CDC researchers examined 18 years of news reports from January 1990 to August 2008 using...
104...105...106...
Posted on October 17, 2008The number of people found lying dead in the streets Thursday went from two to three later in the evening, after a man's lifeless body was found near 40th and Lawn. At this point, police are investigating all three as...
Fact: Dog poop is not protected political speech
Posted on October 17, 2008A Minnesota man is accused of leaving dog feces in the back of a neighbor's pickup -- after the man put a McCain sign in the truck. He's 45.
IN man shot while trying to carjack a backhoe
Posted on October 17, 2008"Alcohol may have been the reason this occurred.?
Thieves steal pastor's wallet, go on shopping spree DURING SERMON
Posted on October 16, 2008Classy. Because nothing says "wealthy victim" like campus minister.
Like rock and roll, databases never forget
Posted on October 16, 2008Here's a nasty side effect of the computer age: We've got databases that can record every criminal offense committed anywhere in the country. A lot of employers, landlords and charities pay a fee to vet their potential workers/tenants/volunteers with these...
MA man killed wife because she spent too much time at church, police say
Posted on October 16, 2008He also beat his stepson, age 11, to death, too, police allege. The slayings happened in 2006 -- the trial is this week in Massachusetts. In this May 22, 2006, file photo Jeremias Bins appears for a hearing in Framingham...
Because he was bored
Posted on October 16, 2008In New York, a homeless man is accused of killing a 19-year-old college student. The motive? The homeless man was bored, according to court records.
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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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