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By James Hart
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Unspeakable
Posted on September 25, 2008If it's true, how could anybody do this to another human being, much less their own daughter? Hat Tip: Thanks to JUNGLE JIM and You're A Mean Drunk R2D2
Yet another reason to hate the Chiefs ...
Posted on September 25, 2008State Of The Line, another local blog, points out this study showing that America's most dangerous cities tend to have the worst NFL teams. Uh-oh ...
If someone has sex with a sheep, should we call him a sex offender?
Posted on September 25, 2008Story is from Michigan, where an appeals court has ruled that Jeffrey Scott Haynes, who's doing time for shtupping a sheep, will NOT have to register as a sex offender once his time is up.
Nebraska dad leaves 9 kids at hospital under "safe haven" law
Posted on September 25, 2008Youngest is 1, and the oldest is 17. Way to go, Nebraska legislature, you really thought hard about all of the unintended consequences.
"How not to get killed in Kansas City"
Posted on September 25, 2008A checklist, courtesy of local blogger AKCB ...
TKC takes a victory lap
Posted on September 25, 2008Remember last year, when the police department released those stats saying Kansas City crime was going down? Tony's Kansas City called shenanigans -- and now it turns out he was right all along ...
Lawsuit: Doctor amputated my penis without permission
Posted on September 25, 2008Story is from Kentucky, where a man seeking a circumcision woke after the surgery to find his penis was gone. There is, of course, a lawsuit. The man's lawyer says the doctor found cancer and removed the penis -- but...
Judge orders Nick Sheley to kindly shut up
Posted on September 25, 2008That's too bad. I bet he has a lot of wisdom that he could share with us ...
"The luckiest man on the face of the Earth"
Posted on September 25, 2008Homeless man survives getting hit by a car and a train. Both incidents occurred in the space of seven hours -- in fact, he was walking back from the hospital when he "encountered" the train. Story is from Colorado. Hat...
ND man steals empty beer truck -- ditches it when he learns the truth
Posted on September 25, 2008Dude lives in North Dakota. He must be used to disappointment by now. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
PCP is a hell of a drug
Posted on September 25, 2008San Jose police arrest a man found "howling at the moon." PCP use is suspected.
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Posted on September 25, 2008From The AP: Rachelle Rustici, left, watches her son Joseph Giacona III as he stands, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, in Oneida County Court after he was indicted on second-degree murder charges in Utica, N.Y. State police on Thursday arrested the...
KCK PD identifies homicide victim from 18th and Parkview
Posted on September 25, 2008From KCK PD: The victim from the homicide that occurred on September 25, 2008, in the area of 18th Street and Parkview Avenue has been identified as Kansas City, Kansas resident Christopher M. Jones, black male, DOB 4/14/1983. The victim's...
Skillicorn's attorneys ask for more time
Posted on September 25, 2008From Jason Noble: Lawyers for convicted murderer Dennis Skillicorn have filed a new motion to delay his execution. Skillicorn, one of two men sentenced to death for the 1994 murder of an Excelsior Springs man, was originally scheduled for execution...
KCPD arrests 27 during Midtown warrant sweep
Posted on September 25, 2008They hit a couple of Section 8 buildings on Armour on Wednesday.
Dear Lord, thank You for not making me live in Detroit
Posted on September 25, 2008Detroit PD shuts down its crime lab after errors are found in 10 percent of 200 random cases. It doesn't sound like a temporary move, either. They're reassigning all staff and asking the state lab to take over their work.
NY police Taser naked man on ledge -- who falls 10 feet and dies
Posted on September 25, 2008What a weird story. The police are facing a lot of trouble for using the Taser and not having a cushion under the guy before doing so. (The way he landed, apparently, killed the man, who was suicidal.) Hat Tip:...
1 man dead after attack in Penn Valley Park
Posted on September 24, 2008From Sara Shepherd: Kansas City police are investigating the death of a man after an assault by four other people at Penn Valley Park this evening. The incident was reported to police about 6:20 p.m. Officers had roped off a...
Liquor-store guard shoots, injures man on SW Boulevard
Posted on September 24, 2008KMBC has more details here. At last report, the injured man was in critical condition.
Don't make me get my reaching stick!
Posted on September 24, 2008Using nothing more than her "reaching stick," elderly woman chases away burglar who invaded her Maryland home.
Cargo thefts cost $15 billion to $30 billion per year
Posted on September 24, 2008Most of these are cases where robbers steal a tractor-trailer filled with merchandise, the Dallas Morning News reports. The FBI doesn't have firm numbers yet, because Congress only just now told them to start tracking it. But the paper found...
"Daddy, don't steal"
Posted on September 24, 2008A Michigan judge has sentenced a man to wear or write the words "Daddy, don't steal" -- a message from the man's son -- on his arm or hands for seven months. Daddy, who has six previous felony convictions, could...
PA leads the nation in giving teens life without parole
Posted on September 24, 2008And they're starting to wonder if that's such a good thing.
How they solved it
Posted on September 24, 2008Interesting case from Minnesota, where a motorcyclist's fatal crash was actually something very different, police say. Authorities accuse her boyfriend of beating her to death, then strapping her body to the cycle as a way of faking the wreck. It's...
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on September 24, 2008Welcome to the Open Thread -- our blog's space for chatting, chewing the fat, etc. I think we're going to have an excellent day! Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually abusive language....
KMBC: Bomb squad responds to IRS building
Posted on September 24, 2008From KMBC: Police spokesman Darin Snapp said an 85-year-old man went to the building and asked employees where his stimulus check was. Employees told the man that he could not get his stimulus check in person. Snapp said that is...
Guilty plea in Independence c-store holdup
Posted on September 24, 2008From the official release: John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to robbing an Independence, Mo., convenience store at gunpoint. Mandingo Sanders,...
KSHB: Lee's Summit investigates baby's death
Posted on September 24, 2008An Oklahoma woman brought her 6-week-old son to Summit Ridge Emergency Center yesterday, but he was already gone. Police have taken Mom into custody while they investigate.
TX police say they've solved old rape -- but attacker can't be charged
Posted on September 24, 2008That's the flipside of increased DNA tests: Police are also solving old crimes. In some cases, such as rape, though, they can't file charges because the statute of limitations has passed. Like this case. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Matt!
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on September 24, 2008Pig traps Aussie woman in her house. Pig is later put out to stud. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
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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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If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
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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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