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By James Hart
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The debt
Posted on October 09, 2008Great story about an anonymous man who mailed $10 to Abilene, Kan., to pay for a 35-cent toy that he stole as a boy during the 1940s. Snip from the city manager, who donated the money to Toys For Tots:...
It wasn't the "Real Thing" after all ...
Posted on October 09, 2008A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to selling a fountain-drink syrup LABELED "Coca-Cola" to restaurants, even though it was really a generic product. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
FL deputy accused of stealing nickels after wreck
Posted on October 09, 2008They don't say how many nickels are missing -- something like 3.7 million of them spilled after a Treasury truck crashed. I'm wondering what the threshold is for charges. Would they really fire the guy if he took enough for...
Leavenworth walkaway captured in Kentucky
Posted on October 08, 2008From Bob Cronkleton: U.S. Marshals captured a man today who they say escaped from a Leavenworth halfway house, robbed a Topeka bank and attempted to rob a second one before fleeing to Kentucky. U.S. Marshals arrested Daniel Lee Dukewits, 31,...
Shirley Riggs speaks
Posted on October 08, 2008Riggs, who was arrested after failing to return her kids from an unsupervised visit, talked to Marcus Moore at KMBC. Snip: "What regrets, or do you have any regrets about what you did?" Moore asked. "You know that's a hard...
New lawsuit challenges MO execution protocol
Posted on October 08, 2008Because, when the protocol was put into place two years ago, there wasn't any public comment or legislative input. DOC says it's largely an in-house matter, so it doesn't need a lot of debate. The Missouri Supremes are being asked...
Woman tries to steal ring off other lady's finger, TX police say
Posted on October 08, 2008Happened in a Kroger's parking lot, when the bad guy complimented the woman's nails and asked to take a closer look. The two of them wrestled a bit before the guilty party fled emptyhanded.
How popular is Nebraska's safe-haven law?
Posted on October 08, 2008They're actually bringing kids from other states to abandon them in Nebraska ...
How bad is health care in California's prisons?
Posted on October 08, 2008It's so bad that it's unconstitutional, The AP reports. A judge has ordered the state to spend $8 BILLION DOLLARS on building new medical facilities, something that Cali officials haven't done yet. (Hmm, wonder if that has anything to do...
Medicare has a posse
Posted on October 08, 2008On the street with Medicare investigators! Hunting down dirty dealings and frivolous fraud in mesmerizing Miami Beach! (One of the country's hot spots for this particular crime, BTW.) Snip: By the time Bradley and Franco leave the man's apartment, he...
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on October 08, 2008The Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments, is up and running on a lovely Wednesday. Thanks again for spending part of your day here. As always, if you've seen an interesting story elsewhere, feel free to post a...
Moron reads "The Crucible," decides his teacher is a witch, police say
Posted on October 08, 2008Story is from Michigan. The literacy people are going to be mad at me, but maybe it's better if some people just don't know how to read. Police say this gentleman poured "holy water" -- though it came in a...
Precious Doe verdict: Harrell Johnson guilty on all counts
Posted on October 08, 2008If he flinched when the verdict was read, I couldn't see it -- he just looked tired. He's getting life without parole for starters. We've still got a penalty phase to decide on punishment for the two other charges, child...
Man skinnydips in truck bed at MA football game
Posted on October 08, 2008Then knees an officer in the groin when he's told to stop. (This all happened in the parking lot while people were tailgating before a University of Massachusetts game.) It sounds like the policeman really took a bad hit --...
Woman shot in the leg by her own stove
Posted on October 08, 2008To be fair, the stove comes from a broken home and has a history of substance abuse. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Mom accused of using naked photos of daughter's ex to blackmail him into taking the girl back
Posted on October 08, 2008Story is from Illinois. Mom might be from outer space. The parents told police their son admitted he and the girl had taken naked photos of themselves while dating, sharing them with each other with their cell phones, but the...
"I hope you like the present I left for you at the house"
Posted on October 08, 2008A 19-year-old from Oregon is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents. Our headline? That's what he allegedly texted to the girl after the slayings ...
Iowa burglar offers to fight victim for his stuff, police say
Posted on October 08, 2008This is hysterical. The victim knows who took his computers, VCR and other goodies. In fact, the thief even told the victim's relative that he did. He'll give it all back if the victim challenges and defeats him in a...
Good news, everybody!
Posted on October 08, 2008If you should happen to catch a naked sex offender in your daughter's bedroom in the dark of night, you probably will NOT be charged if you strangle the @#$%%^ to death. (May vary upon jurisdiction, consult your local prosecutor.)...
Cursed 7-Eleven robbed for the 10th time in 2008
Posted on October 08, 2008There's still anything left to steal? From Christine Vendel: A man with a knife robbed a 7-Eleven early today, marking the 10th time this year that the store has been held-up. The man wandered the aisles at the store at...
SD inmate escapes from prison using fire truck
Posted on October 08, 2008He didn't hide on the truck while it left the prison grounds. No, he BUSTED THROUGH THE GATES. And they weren't able to catch him until Arkansas, though nobody knows what happened to the fire truck.
Because some people need to be knocked out
Posted on October 08, 2008Do you know this man? His name is Dick Fuld, who saw Lehman Brothers crash like Courtney Love driving a tractor-trailer. The Telegraph reports an anecdote that Fuld went to the company gym after it was announced that Lehman was...
"At wit's end"
Posted on October 08, 2008That's reportedly why a 75-year-old Arkansas woman shot and killed her husband while he was sleeping. She says she was mentally abused and didn't want to have sex. Her lawyer also says she suffers from dementia. Mary Winkler unavailable for...
The hour approaches
Posted on October 08, 2008We could have a verdict in the Precious Doe/Harrell Johnson trial in a few hours. The jury will start deliberating this afternoon, and best guess? Maybe a couple of hours before they return a decision. I'm going to head over...
Jonesboro school-shooter headed back to prison?
Posted on October 08, 2008Remember Mitchell Johnson? When he was 13 years old, he and a classmate murdered four classmates and a teacher in Jonesboro, Ark. He was sent away, but only until he was 21. Now? Mitchell might be headed back to prison...
TKC: If only other neighborhoods had P&L-style cameras ...
Posted on October 08, 2008Tony's Kansas City has a post here about security cams in the Power & Light District -- and laments that neighborhoods with crime problems don't have similar setups. There are some that do. Kansas City, for example, has wired up...
Fact: Interlock-ignition devices ARE beatable
Posted on October 08, 2008An enterprising drunk driver in Wisconsin found a way using a balloon and an air compressor ...
WI man used chainsaw to cut brother's entertainment center in half
Posted on October 08, 2008Arguing with chainsaws ... never a good idea.
Man accused of pulling gun on kids in OP
Posted on October 08, 2008Reportedly happened last night at a motel where the man and the kids were living. He'd loaned them a computer for homework and then demanded it back, at gunpoint, around midnight, KMBC reports. Police eventually talked him into putting the...
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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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