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The Murder of Tom and Jackie Hawks
Posted on October 16, 2008It sounds like something from a movie, but unfortunately, how Tom and Jackie Hawks died is all too real. They were trying to sell their boat, so they took some potential buyers on a test cruise. Only those buyers were...
"Donnie Brasco" is very shy
Posted on October 16, 2008"Brasco" -- aka Joe Pistone -- declined to testify on behalf of an FBI agent facing murder charges -- mostly because he could be photographed while on the stand. Which is sort of an issue, what with the various people...
All of this over a loud muffler
Posted on October 16, 2008A St. Charles man, age 19, is getting a suspended sentence and probation for pleading guilty in his father's death. The two of them had gotten into a fight about a loud muffler on Son's car. Dad fell during the...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on October 16, 2008The Open Thread -- our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion -- is open for business on a lovely Thursday. Feel free to share links if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. PROGRAMMING NOTE: I'm going to be...
PA women accused of stealing from sister while she was in the hospital
Posted on October 16, 2008Longtime reader You're A Mean Drunk R2D2 says the suspects are very "hot." By that, I assume he means they look like they've been set on fire at some point. Judge for yourself.
KCPD's official statement on the Salva settlement
Posted on October 16, 2008From KCPD: "We are pleased to have this matter resolved. We are continuing to work on healing the relationship between the department and the community that was harmed because of this incident." That is all.
Lee's Summit plans DUI checkpoint for Saturday
Posted on October 16, 2008I can't tell if they're funning us, but the press release actually gives a general location for the checkpoint: In a continuing effort to reduce alcohol-related traffic crashes and operation of motor vehicles while intoxicated, the Lee?s Summit Police Department...
Boy, 12, arrested for attacking pregnant school counselor
Posted on October 16, 2008By throwing rocks and sticks at her, police say. He reportedly smacked and kicked another counselor, who was trying to keep him from running away from school. So the police showed up, handcuffed him and threw him into the squad....
Meanwhile, at the BPU ...
Posted on October 16, 2008Justin Kendall of The Pitch has a post here about the first board meeting since the, you know, indictments.
I can totally explain that cross-burning ...
Posted on October 16, 2008That was a HALLOWEEN DECORATION. I'm not sure why everybody's getting so upset ... Shane Helson, 36, said he wanted to make his annual yard display more authentic and set fire to the T-shaped wooden cross so it would look...
Swordsman with road-rage dies from instant karma
Posted on October 16, 2008It's hard to work up too much sympathy for this one. Guy doesn't like another motorist is driving, forces him off the road, GRABS A SWORD and starts attacking the other motorist's car. Only our swordsman wasn't watching the traffic...
Yet another tragedy at a strip club
Posted on October 16, 2008A Florida man is suing after a stripper's shoe flew off during a pole dance, hit the mirrored ceiling and rained down a torrent of glass upon him! He would like $15,000 please. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM and...
Mom gets 3 years for keeping sawed-off shotgun in baby's stroller
Posted on October 16, 2008Plus a bunch of knives and a box cutter. It's a wonder there was any room for the kid ...
Trip to the strip club goes horribly, horribly wrong
Posted on October 16, 2008SC dad leaves baby (and keys) in his car while he goes inside strip club. Police find Dad getting a lap dance ... while Mommy is pole dancing. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
City settles with Sofia Salva for $750K
Posted on October 16, 2008From Mark Morris: A Sudanese woman whose baby miscarried after a February 2006 incident with Kansas City police settled her injury and wrongful death claims against the department today for $750,000. Sofia Salva said after the federal court hearing where...
$500K worth of copper stolen from Riverfront Park
Posted on October 16, 2008IN BROAD DAYLIGHT! Snip: Investigators believe the thieves probably used a backhoe or other heavy equipment to dig for the copper wire cables and they estimate it could have taken weeks to pull off, KCTV5 News reported. Hat Tip: Many...
New tech could help ISPs discover child porn
Posted on October 16, 2008It would essentially check every bit of data traveling through an ISP's service -- photos, emails, etc. -- and match them against a list of known child porn. In theory, it would let the Internet service providers hunt down most,...
Wisconsin lady stabbed 2 because she was owed $3, police say
Posted on October 16, 2008She's also accused of throwing bleach at them, too.
Did this pastor deserve to be charged?
Posted on October 16, 2008Story is from South Carolina, where a pastor is accused of assault and battery for spanking a 4-year-old at the church's school. Kiddo was acting up, and Mom gave permission over the phone for the pastor to dole out a...
Arrest made in Alheli Alcantara homicide
Posted on October 16, 2008Alcantara is the Topeka resident, age 18, who went to Wal-Mart and was found dead outside a Manhattan motel. The Mercury and the Cap-Journal report the suspect might have worked with her at a Burger King.
TX man accused of freeing 31 wild pigs in Wisconsin
Posted on October 16, 2008This allegedly happened in 2002, so state officials now estimate the wild-pig population is in the hundreds. These are not genteel creatures, either -- they have a bad habit of destroying crops. Why would the suspect -- whose nickname is...
ACLU: These Death Row inmates deserve health care
Posted on October 16, 2008The ACLU says that Death Row inmates in Terre Haute are regularly denied treatment, not just for medical problems, but dental and mental issues, too. It cited one instance of an inmate, who was not identified, pressing an emergency call...
Willie regrets
Posted on October 16, 2008Midtown Miscreant returns. This time, he writes about an aging criminal, Willie, who did almost everything right. Maybe it was the booze, or the late hour, but Willie was talking about something I had never heard come out of another...
KCPD names victims from overnight (possible) homicides
Posted on October 16, 2008From KCPD: At about 12:08 am KCMO Police officers were called to 23rd and Monroe to investigate the need for an ambulance. On arrival they discovered an unidentified male lying near the curb deceased. He has been positively identified by...
Pimp my SWAT van
Posted on October 16, 2008Merriam police are getting a new -- well, OK, maybe not new -- armored van to use for their SWAT team. PSI is donating the vehicle, but it needs to be "refreshed." So a handful of Merriam businesses are planning...
AP's take on Kansas City homicides
Posted on October 16, 2008The Associated Press has a news feature here about our higher-than-normal homicide rate. Sounds like the audience is readers in other cities, so there's not much new here for the average Kansas Citian. But it's a good recap of the...
Where there's smoke, there's burglars
Posted on October 16, 2008An Olathe woman smelled cigarette smoke in the middle of the night, which was odd because nobody in her family smokes. It was enough for her husband to go downstairs and chase away a pair of burglars who sneaked into...
Homeless shelter worker beaten by woman she tried to help
Posted on October 15, 2008Story is from St. Louis, but the woman who was injured used to work in Kansas City. Virginia Shelly was in intensive care at last report.
Inside jobs
Posted on October 15, 2008Great story from Oregon about how police were able to prove that two robberies were actually hoaxes designed to hide embezzlement by employees. Some of the bad guys here really committed to the scam: The 20-year-old woman's hands were bound...
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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...
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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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