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It's all fun and games until somebody breaks their pelvis
Posted on September 23, 2008Lovely story from Wisconsin, where two young men apparently lay on the street -- in the path of a girl's car -- as part of an apparent prank. Both have broken pelvises. I'm not sure how their prank was supposed...
Trial in MO trooper's death won't start until March
Posted on September 23, 2008This is the case of Sgt. Dewayne Graham, who was shot and killed presumably because he was investigating a fatal wreck near Van Buren in 2005. The suspect, Lance Shockley, has a new attorney.
Zwego sentenced to 13 years
Posted on September 23, 2008From Mark Morris: A federal judge today sentenced the ringleader of a high-profile mortgage fraud scheme to 10 years in federal prison, and then added three more years for a probation violation. Raymond Zwego, 60, led a real estate investment...
19-year-old charged in KC homicide
Posted on September 23, 2008From Tony Rizzo: A 19-year-old man was charged today with shooting another man last month outside a central Kansas City market. Derrick D. Pennie was charged in Jackson County Circuit Court with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Witnesses told...
National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims
Posted on September 23, 2008The Parents Of Murdered Children are hosting a picnic and balloon release this weekend at Longview Lake to mark the date. The picnic will start at 2 p.m. Saturday, followed by the balloons at 4. It'll be at Shelter House...
How is Willie Mays Aikens doing?
Posted on September 23, 2008Sam Mellinger has an update on the former Royal, who's been released from prison, where he was serving time on a drug charge. Snip: Aikens was released from a Kansas City halfway house 12 days ago. He is repairing manhole...
OMG: Has somebody found Westboro Baptist's kryptonite?
Posted on September 23, 2008More proof of God's goodness. And by God, I mean the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
The saddest thing you're going to read today
Posted on September 23, 2008From WCVB in Boston: A 9- and 5-year-old walked into a Salem, N.H., restaurant looking for help because their mother was drunk and passed out in their car near an elementary school, police said Tuesday.
"Messed with the wrong one"
Posted on September 23, 2008That's what Worter Torriente-Vela reportedly told Oregon police when they tried to arrest him this weekend. Torriente-Vela -- who describes himself as a five-time national wrestling champion from Cuba -- took on six police officers, who Tasered him FOUR TIMES...
Serial killer rapes, slays 23 men -- gets life sentence
Posted on September 23, 2008Story is from Louisiana. Ronald Dominique confessed to 23 killings, but officially, he's going to plead guilty to eight, in exchange for a life sentence. (No word if charges are possible in the others.) The victims' families say they'd rather...
Police think Columbia murder suspect is in KC
Posted on September 23, 2008From Crime Stoppers: On August 21st, just before 11:00 p.m., police in Columbia, Missouri were called to the 2700 block of Quail Drive on a shooting. When they arrived they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. One was pronounced...
Who was Jose Zadien?
Posted on September 22, 2008From Mark Morris: Police today identified a man who died Saturday night after being shot near East 13th Street and Ewing Avenue. Jose A. Zadien, 24, of Kansas City, died after sustaining an apparent gunshot wound to his neck, said...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on September 22, 2008Thanks for spending part of your day on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. (As always, if you've seen an interesting story elsewhere, feel free to share the link below.) Please sign your comments, and...
MO Highway Patrol to host blood drive
Posted on September 22, 2008From the patrol: Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, announces the 15th Annual Corporal Michael E. Webster Memorial Blood Drive. The blood drive will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m....
Underwear thief has to be cut out of ladies panties, police say
Posted on September 22, 2008Story is from California. He was allegedly wearing five sets of underwear and string bikinis, and that's not counting the ones stuffed in his pockets, police say. (There was reportedly some jewelry involved, too.)
Suspect sketch release in I-29 rest stop homicide
Posted on September 22, 2008From Glenn Rice: The patrol described her as a person of interest in the investigation into the death of Valentin G. Kirilchuk, 39, of Springfield. ... The woman was white, about 30 years old, freckled and with shoulder-length reddish-blond hair....
Oregon woman set tow truck on fire, police say
Posted on September 22, 2008Her car was illegally parked, and she didn't want to pay $150 for the driver to leave it alone. So in a bold negotiating strategy, she decided to set his tow truck on fire if he didn't leave her alone,...
Who was Lahoma Benton?
Posted on September 22, 2008From KCPD: Kansas City police today identified a woman shot to death on a front porch Friday night as Lahoma Benton, 59. Police said two men ran up on the porch at 2728 Monroe Ave., where Benton was sitting alone,...
Dog drags child's foot to Alabama home
Posted on September 22, 2008Which means Alabama authorities are now looking for the corpse of a child. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM
Pregnant teen shot, killed in St. Louis
Posted on September 22, 2008Doctors tried, but failed to save the baby. This is the second pregnant woman murdered in the St. Louis metro in the last week or so.
A picture is worth a thousand words
Posted on September 22, 2008Scroll down. Imagine you're driving drunk and that sign is the last thing you see before you crash.
3 accused of evidence tampering in MO tiger attack
Posted on September 22, 2008From The AP: The owners of Wesa-A-Geh-Ya in Warren County, Kenneth and Sandra Smith, and a board member, Roy Elder, allegedly told officials at first that a pit bull, not a tiger, had attacked volunteer Jacob Barr, who later had...
KCPD investigates tavern holdup, sodomy
Posted on September 22, 2008From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police are looking for two men who tied up three tavern employees during a robbery early Sunday and sodomized one of them. The holdup began about 2:10 a.m. when two men barged into The Hangout,...
UPDATE: FL mom sprays kiddo in face with car-wash hose
Posted on September 22, 2008Mom reportedly wanted to calm the child, age 2, by spraying her in the face with a high-pressure hose. (Didn't work.) Mom pleaded no-contest and is getting a year of probation.
FL man arrested for sleeping naked outside city hall
Posted on September 22, 2008Snip from the St. Pete Times: Officers arrested Campbell, who is homeless, on a misdemeanor charge of exposing sexual organs. When officers asked him why he was nude, Campbell said "he had an itch and it felt more comfortable to...
Cass County draws over $30K in highway safety grants
Posted on September 22, 2008From Cass Co Sheriff: The Cass County Sheriff?s Office will receive over $30,000 in Highway Safety Grant Funding. The grant monies are directed in four main areas, MoDOT Work Zone Enforcement, Sobriety Checkpoint, DWI Enforcement, and Hazardous Moving Violations...
They had everything but an ark
Posted on September 22, 2008In Macon County, Mo., the sheriff is investigating after "two baboons, 200 chinchillas, several porcupines, two alligators and three llamas" were found in allegedly poor condition at a residence there. (Deputies originally went there for a theft investigation...
Sen. Ted Stevens goes to trial
Posted on September 22, 2008He's facing corruption charges -- specifically, that he failed to disclose the receipt of gifts and home repair worth several hundreds of thousands. Stevens strongly denies this. The AP notes this could have a big impact on his reelection effort...
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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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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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