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Larry Johnson faces accusation of simple assault
Posted on October 14, 2008From Mark Morris: Johnson faces a December date in Kansas City Municipal Court on a charge of simple assault. The municipal violation, filed early last month, stemmed from an incident on Feb. 24, 2008, in which a 26-year-old woman accused...
Man injured by machete during Northland home invasion
Posted on October 14, 2008It sounds like the homeowner's hand got sliced up pretty good, and he'll have to have surgery, but nobody died, either. Police were looking for two suspects, KMBC reports.
Independence plans DUI checkpoint for Friday
Posted on October 14, 2008From Independence PD: The Independence Police Traffic Safety Unit will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Friday October 17, 2008. The purpose of this checkpoint is to identify and arrest drunk drivers before they injure someone or themselves. It is also...
No jail for UK woman who had sex with teen, 14 -- HE seduced HER, judge rules
Posted on October 14, 2008It must be terrifying to live in Britain, where the laws of nature apparently run backward. Do hamburgers eat people there? Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
It's not what you think ...
Posted on October 14, 2008Man loses an eye at the strip club. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Seattle girl, 14, weighs 48 pounds
Posted on October 14, 2008Her dad and stepmom are accused of withholding food and water from her, so they're now facing criminal charges. Mostly, she says, they fed her toast. And Mom watched her brush her teeth so she wouldn't swallow extra water, she...
2 men hold up First Financial on East 5th in KCMO
Posted on October 14, 2008The FBI is looking for two robbers who held up the First Financial at 650 E. 5th St. in Kansas City about 11 this morning. Both were armed with handguns. No pictures yet, but both were black. One was in...
The next family reunion is going to be really awkward
Posted on October 14, 2008North Carolina man robbed at gunpoint by his cousin. They even took his pickup.
Casey Anthony, Indicted
Posted on October 14, 2008Charges won't be released until she's in custody.
"This is done ... Somebody's going to get killed right now"
Posted on October 14, 2008Last week, landlord Webber "Doug" Gilmer was convicted in Platte County of killing a tenant, Brian Harrell, over a rent dispute. The prosecutor has released tapes of the 911 calls. This one is Gilmer calling the police BEFORE he fired...
Casey Anthony's dad testifies before grand jury
Posted on October 14, 2008This is the grand jury investigating whether Anthony should be charged with murder in the disappearance of her 2-year-old, Caylee.
Should prosecutors be able to use a gangsta's street name?
Posted on October 14, 2008Interesting case from New Jersey, where prosecutors are accusing three Bloods of a murder. Prosecutors want to use their street names -- Respect, Gotti and High Five -- because that's how a lot of their witnesses know and refer to...
If you think your job is hard ...
Posted on October 14, 2008Here's a sample of what local blogger General Blather, a nurse, has to deal with: I understand that sometimes there is nothing good on television, and life can get boring. But that doesn't mean it's okay to cut off your...
The Second Chance Foundation
Posted on October 14, 2008The Crime Commission, which spends a lot of time putting bad guys behind bars, is getting into a new line of work: Helping those same convicts when they get out of prison. They've got a new initiative called the Second...
Suspect in DUI double fatality might get his license back, eventually
Posted on October 13, 2008A while back, we linked to a story from Wichita about a four-time DUI convict who's now accused of hitting and killing a woman and her 4-year-old daughter. Under Kansas law, a fifth DUI conviction usually means that person will...
Japanese murder suspect commits suicide in L.A.
Posted on October 13, 2008Kazuyoshi Miura was sort of like Japan's answer to O.J. Simpson -- he was accused of murdering his wife and, after an intense public trial, won an acquittal. Though the wife died in Japan, she was originally shot in Los...
It's not what you think ...
Posted on October 13, 2008From the Greenville News: Anderson County Sheriff?s deputies are investigating a Saturday-morning incident that left one man with something -- no one is sure what -- embedded in his buttocks.
O.J. would like a do-over, please
Posted on October 13, 2008He is, as pretty much everybody expected, seeking a new trial. His lawyers are citing mistakes by the judge, as well as a lack of evidence.
Boy, 15, hides gun in his Strawberry Shortcake backpack, FL police say
Posted on October 13, 2008I'm not sure what's the bigger news here -- that he had the gun at school or the Strawberry Shortcake backpack. How would you like to have been the first kid to give him hell for carrying around a little...
Murder suspect accused of killing Mom, taking her cat to the vet, police say
Posted on October 13, 2008Story is from California. The timeline hasn't been sorted out yet, but it sounds like the cat was dropped off AFTER the woman was killed. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Carjacker dangles baby upside down as a threat
Posted on October 13, 2008What a dirtbag ... "He unbuckled the baby and held her up by her feet outside the car," carjacking victim Alyssa Gould said. "He had the gun at me the whole time and I thought for sure that was it...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on October 13, 2008Welcome 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...
How to make your arrest 1,000 times worse
Posted on October 13, 2008From the Sun-Sentinel of Florida: "The driver got out of the car and immediately peed on himself while asking the deputy if he was in trouble." Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
CA teen killed mom for grounding her
Posted on October 13, 2008She's getting 25 years, though she doesn't sound TOO worked up. She says her boyfriend did all the stabbing, but prosecutors say both of them took part. "Even though I didn't do it," she said, "I feel like I didn't...
Some anti-crime initiatives are like bad diets
Posted on October 13, 2008That's the conclusion you get after reading this piece from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The city is close to starting up a new anti-crime program, based on one from Cincinnati that got good results. The only hitch? That program is starting...
OP man mugged in his own garage, police say
Posted on October 13, 2008KMBC has more here. Happened Saturday night in the 5600 block of West 128th. The bad guy apparently slipped into the garage as the victim was pulling in. A second robber showed up, and they stole his car, too.
Why some convicted immigrants are still in the U.S.
Posted on October 13, 2008In some cases, the convict's home country won't take the guy back. Countries like Iran, China, India and Vietnam are either slow to accept the deportees or won't take them at all. Which means they go back on the street....
"Their intent was to TP the house; his intent was to come out shooting"
Posted on October 13, 2008Michigan prosecutors aren't sure if they will charge a homeowner who shot and injured a 14-year-old who was TPing his house. (Teen should live.) I really liked the response from his neighbor: Bob Lipski said he was surprised to hear...
Should police departments hire officers with criminal records?
Posted on October 13, 2008The Atlanta Journal-Constitution looked at the records of Atlanta PD's last two graduating classes and found that a third of the graduates already had criminal records -- some for minor stuff, some for assault. About half said they'd used marijuana...
John Robert McGraham
Posted on October 13, 2008The Los Angeles Times has a profile of McGraham, a homeless man who was set on fire and killed last week. People from the neighborhood, who had adopted him, tried to save McGraham, but it was too late. The Times...
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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...
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