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1 person injured in Overland Park shooting
Posted on October 09, 2008From Bob Cronkleton: Overland Park Police are searching for a gunman this morning following a shooting that injured a person. The shooting occurred about 5 a.m. in the 9500 block of 85th Street, according to police. The person?s injuries were...
If you're trying to submit a bunch of fake voter registrations ...
Posted on October 09, 2008... maybe you shouldn't submit the starting lineup of the Dallas Cowboys. People might notice.
Cross your fingers, gang, and wish REAL HARD
Posted on October 09, 2008A former MCI exec who did time thinks that a lot of Wall Street-types are going to be sent to prison for, you know, ruining the economy and mutilating our children's futures, possibly ensuring an era where Morlocks (Americans) toil...
MO man accused of driving drunk on riding lawnmower
Posted on October 09, 2008If this keeps happening, we might have to have a telethon. Maybe George Jones can perform. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Al Sharpton convicted of disorderly conduct
Posted on October 09, 2008For his part in the protests that followed the Sean Bell homicide verdict. The Rev was sentenced to time served -- five hours, 30 minutes, for those following along at home. Most protesters had their charges dismissed, but Sharpton and...
You would think they'd run out of people to kill in Tijuana
Posted on October 09, 2008Nine more bodies found in TJ -- more casualties of the war between Mexico's federal government and the drug cartels. In response, the feds plan to send more soldiers to the Tijuana region. The drug war has already led to...
Oregon boy, 16, kills mom's boyfriend with a sword
Posted on October 09, 2008He's charged as an adult, but with manslaughter -- which seems weird. If you stab someone with a sword, it seems like that would naturally rise to murder.
Meanwhile, in the Power & Light District
Posted on October 09, 2008Ach, I completely missed this Wednesday. Hearne Christopher grabbed hold of several emails between Cordish, the folks behind the P&L District, and City Hall. My personal favorite -- Cordish's reaction to a recent shooting in a parking garage. I like....
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on October 09, 2008Thanks for spending part of your day on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. This is also a good place to share links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments,...
Grandma takes kiddo to a bar ... then all hell breaks loose
Posted on October 09, 2008From Joe Lambe: Police rolled en masse this afternoon on a child kidnapping call, locked down two De Soto schools and cuffed a suspect, only to find a family spat to blame for all of it. Unified School District 232...
Justin D. Leonard
Posted on October 09, 2008From the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office: Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar today announced Justin D. Leonard (06/23/73) has been charged with one count of Sexual Assault. According to court documents, Leonard, a massage therapist at a business on the Country...
OR police find 4K Ecstasy pills in Elmo diaper
Posted on October 09, 2008We are faced with one of two possibilities ... 1. Smugglers are using babies as their drug mules. 2. Somewhere in America, there is a baby that poops recreational drugs. Both ideas are terrifying.
AZ woman prays away a carjacker
Posted on October 09, 2008He just ran off when she started to pray. I was hoping he got hit by a lightning bolt or something, maybe a plague of boils, but no, nothing supernatural to report ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
"Woman sues after son allegedly left semi-nude in Tulsa classroom"
Posted on October 09, 2008This poor kid, just 4 years old, wet his pants, so the teacher took them off. Then she promptly forgot him, went to eat lunch and left Kiddo crying and half-naked in a dark classroom, Mom alleges. There is, of...
Remember Erin McLean?
Posted on October 09, 2008She's the Tennessee mom who had an affair with a teenage boy -- who, by the way, was shot and killed by her husband. Erin wasn't charged with anything, but there's a good chance she'll be going to jail now:...
UPDATE: TX man chopped up ex, burned remains on barbecue grill
Posted on October 09, 2008He's been found guilty. Witnesses say that Timothy Wayne Shepherd killed Tynesha Stewart because he thought she'd disrespected him.
Sniper forced to kill out-of-control burro
Posted on October 09, 2008It broke out of a farm, rammed a police car, chased traffic off the road and resisted three shots of tranquilizers. It was essentially on burro PCP. File photo of a generic burro, completely in control of his faculties.
Man with hammer fights man with letter opener
Posted on October 09, 2008Letter-opener guy won, but I think we're all winners simply because we get to imagine the fight ...
Guilty verdict in KC attack, sexual assault
Posted on October 09, 2008From the JaCo prosecutor's office: A Jackson County judge found a Kansas City man guilty in a brutal attack and sexual assault on a 44-year-old woman last year. Robert Greer Jr. (01/01/1950) was found guilty of Forcible Rape, Forcible Sodomy,...
Victoria's Secret in Columbia lost $8K to shoplifting last month
Posted on October 09, 2008Though oddly enough, none of the stolen goods were lingerie, the Columbia Tribune reports.
Marcus Bowers
Posted on October 09, 2008Story is from Scott City, Mo., where Bowers is getting four years for involuntary manslaughter, the Southeast Missourian reports. Snip: At first, investigators thought Hagan's head had been struck against a mobile home tie-down stake at a Scott City mobile...
You're sort of missing the point
Posted on October 09, 2008A British gardener is being ordered to take down the barbed-wire fence around his land. The authorities are worried that thieves might hurt themselves ...
Report: The NSA is listening to your phone sex ...
Posted on October 09, 2008And gossiping about it! Hat Tip: Many thanks to The_DB!
A fate worse than Def (Jam)
Posted on October 09, 2008An Ohio college student got a $150 ticket for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo. The judge offered to knock off $115 if he spent 20 hours listening to classical music -- but he couldn't do it....
MO man gets 75 years for beating his dad with a baseball bat
Posted on October 09, 2008Happened during a burglary in Chillicothe. Dad was hit so hard that the bat broke, the News-Press reports.
I think Westboro Baptist might win this one ...
Posted on October 09, 2008Months ago, Shirley Phelps-Roper of Westboro Baptist Church was charged in Nebraska after her son stood on the U.S. flag during a Guardsman's funeral back in 2007. The authorities also say Phelps-Roper wore the flag as a skirt and let...
Alonzo Washington and Precious Doe
Posted on October 09, 2008Tony's Kansas City gives Washington credit for his work on the case.
Do you recognize this man?
Posted on October 09, 2008From Merriam PD: On Sept 9, 2008 between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm someone stole a wallet out of a purse. The purse had been sitting on the victim?s desk in her work area. The credit cards were used several...
Nothing says success like gun violence and street crime
Posted on October 09, 2008Local blogger AKCB reports on a shooting in his neighborhood: So, tonight Union Hill and Longfellow finally had a rolling gun battle to call our own. No more do we have look longingly at the gunplay in Brookside and think...
This cracked me up ...
Posted on October 09, 2008It's from KSHB's home page. I didn't notice the face was a mask at first. I just thought, "That is THE ugliest sex offender I've ever seen. What did Gollum do?"
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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?
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