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No, crime doesn't ALWAYS pay

Posted on October 10, 2008
He mugged a guy for $50, but the victim chased him down and put him in a headlock. The robber not only gave him back the $50, but $30 of his own money. That's right -- he LOST MONEY while...

Fact: "Sorry" doesn't always make things better

Posted on October 10, 2008
From the Chicago Tribune: A West Chicago man charged today with sex assault was arrested when he returned to his victim's home to apologize, authorities said. If his apology was accepted he hoped to have further intimate relations, a prosecutor...

How things work in New Orleans

Posted on October 10, 2008
From Station WWL: The driver says the reason he ran over the man is because the pedestrian had shot his brother a short time earlier. Is the driver facing any charges? "Not at this point," said Officer Janssen Valencia. "He's...

How to save money on health care

Posted on October 10, 2008
Uh, give the hospital a fake name? Seems to have worked out pretty well for this fellow.

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Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on October 10, 2008
The Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion, is up and running on a lovely Friday. This is also a good spot if you've seen an interesting story elsewhere and want to share a link to that...

13 years for fatal crash during chase

Posted on October 10, 2008
From the JaCo prosecutor's office: William C. Shimp Jr. (04/23/86) will serve 13 years in prison for his part in a November 2006 traffic fatality that occurred while he was fleeing from police. According to court documents, police received a...

It's official: Richard Davis gets the death penalty

Posted on October 10, 2008
From Kevin Hoffmann: A Jackson County judge this afternoon formally sentenced Richard D. Davis to death. Davis, 44, already knew his fate. A Jackson County jury in August unanimously ruled that Davis should die for the murder and sexual torture...

Warrants issued in Lee's Summit pursuit, crash

Posted on October 10, 2008
From Lee's Summit PD: On 10-09-08 four warrants were issued for the driver of a fleeing vehicle involved in a crash September 14th at 10:30 p.m. in Lee?s Summit. The subject was being pursued by the Jackson County Sheriff?s Department...

Oops

Posted on October 10, 2008
Brian Nichols -- who's accused of killing several people during his escape from an Atlanta courthouse -- has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. So it's problematic that prosecutors have a tape of him saying there's nothing wrong with...

The other shoe

Posted on October 10, 2008
The New York Times notes that we could be heading into a time of increasing crime, thanks to our failing economy: ?Every recession since the late ?50s has been associated with an increase in crime and, in particular, property crime...

Charges in KCMO carjacking from Thursday

Posted on October 10, 2008
From the prosecutor's office: Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar today announced Terry J. Stringer (11/20/82) has been charged with First Degree Robbery and Armed Criminal Action in connection with a carjacking Thursday near 22nd and Lister. According to court documents,...

Dance Party Friday

Posted on October 10, 2008
The stock market's tanking, unemployment is up, we're a nation at war ... come on, America. It's time to get your Brady on. And now, Dom DeLuise dancing with 80 percent of the Jackson Five. (Little known fact, DeLuise was...

Have you seen this man?

Posted on October 10, 2008
From Crime Stoppers: United States Marshals, and other federal and local law enforcement agencies are seeking the public?s help in locating a wanted fugitive believed to still be in the Kansas City area. James D. Wainwright is 55 years old....

UK woman accused of illegally taking sperm from dead husband's body

Posted on October 10, 2008
Apparently, there are rules about these things ...

Lede of the day

Posted on October 10, 2008
Story is from the UK: A SEX-change woman who threatened to kill a taxi driver with a hunting knife days after torching her flat dressed like Rambo has been jailed. Joanne Spencer, who had to be taken down with a...

Robber holds up Sonic in south KC

Posted on October 10, 2008
From Sara Shepherd: A man slipped into a Southland Sonic at closing time Thursday and pistol-whipped an employee before making off with a bag of money, Kansas City police said The robbery was reported just after 11 p.m. at 500...

Prison struggle to keep cellphones out of inmates' hands

Posted on October 10, 2008
It's a huge problem because convicts get them smuggled inside and use the phones to run their businesses (criminal operations) on the outside, whether that's arranging drug deals or murders. Prison officials try to search visitors and cells, but it's...

Somebody didn't read the ethics policy ...

Posted on October 10, 2008
In St. Louis, a federal employee has pleaded guilty to milking $280K from a government-issued credit card, with the assistance of a stripper / former Hustler model, with whom he had a personal relationship.

How to make money in real estate

Posted on October 10, 2008
Try renting out vacant houses to young families! Possible drawbacks: The house's real owner might find out you've been doing this without his knowledge.

So stupid

Posted on October 10, 2008
Knoxville police are investigating a homicide at the men's store in a mall there. Their working theory? The shooter killed a clerk because he was upset over an old purchase. The store has a no-return policy. I guess I should...

In Texas schools, pizza parties are against the law

Posted on October 10, 2008
If they're used to reward kids who do well on state achievement tests. "If you have 20 students in a room and single out 15 who passed the test, it's pretty obvious who didn't pass," she said. "Principals aren't intentionally...

Boy shoots burglar with BB gun, chases away bad guys

Posted on October 10, 2008
The burglar was hit in the shoulder, though really, he could've gotten his eye shot out. Story is from Wisconsin.

Is this really a case of "child porn"?

Posted on October 10, 2008
Story is from Wisconsin, where a 16-year-old is accused of filming his buddy, age 17, having sex with a 15-year-old girl. (The 16-year-old was driving his van at the time while the other two were in the back.) Police have...

Not remotely crime-related

Posted on October 10, 2008
Do you know what Vladimir Putin got for his birthday? A tiger. A baby tiger, sure, but I still think this is ominous. There are only two kinds of people who get jungle cats for their birthdays: 1) Fabulous Las...

A girl named Gina

Posted on October 10, 2008
From Midtown Miscreant: There is a small cross-section of society that falls somewhere in the middle, somewhere between John Q Citizen and career criminal. They can't excel in the square world, and they don't have the stomach for the underbelly,...

Cop in Bigfoot hoax wants his job back

Posted on October 10, 2008
Matthew Whitton is a Georgia police officer who, with a buddy, pulled off a major Bigfoot hoax this summer, garnering national media attention in the process. They said they had BF's frozen corpse -- it was actually a Halloween costume...

Cook County sheriff refuses to do many foreclosure evictions

Posted on October 10, 2008
Because, in a lot of these cases, the people who live there are renters -- and they've faithfully been paying their leases, even if the property owner went into foreclosure. Snip: This week, an attorney asked that Dart be held...

Should KCPD have forced retirement?

Posted on October 10, 2008
Right now, KCPD officers are forced to retire after 30 years with the department. The police commission says they're talking about possibly changing things -- though, according to Sara's article, it sounds like it's really preliminary. Snip: About 10 officers...

KC barber shot in the stomach during robbery

Posted on October 10, 2008
Happened Thursday afternoon near 12th and Bennington, KMBC reports. KCPD is still looking for the shooter. The victim, at last report, was in stable condition.

FBI investigating possible voter registration fraud?

Posted on October 09, 2008
That's what the AP is reporting. Take it away, Bill Draper: Officials in Missouri, a hard-fought jewel in the presidential race, are sifting through possibly hundreds of questionable or duplicate voter-registration forms submitted by an advocacy group that has been...

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