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DOJ: U.S. businesses lost $867 million to cybercrime
Posted on September 18, 2008That's according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the newly released glut of 2007 crime data. Full report here.
Should CCW permits be public information?
Posted on September 18, 2008The Society of Professional Journalists says that several states are locking down their lists of who owns a concealed-carry permit. Part of the problem is journalists themselves -- a few papers published their states' entire database of CCW-permit holders, including...
IN man stabs brother over Hot Pocket, police say
Posted on September 18, 2008The story is from South Bend. (If Detroit is the armpit of America, South Bend is the gaping gunshot wound.) Victim is 20, suspect is 18. Jim Gaffigan unavailable for comment. Best Part from the South Bend Tribune: "Police said...
Brownback: Don't send Gitmo inmates to Leavenworth
Posted on September 18, 2008There's been some talk that, depending on who wins the presidential election, the U.S. might shut down its facility for enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay. Sam Brownback reminded the Senate yesterday that he strongly opposes sending any detainees to Fort...
Moron fakes gunshot wound with ketchup, EMS not amused
Posted on September 18, 2008Story is from Pennsylvania. Snip from the Morning Call: Garced dribbled ketchup on his shirt, around his heart, and laid down on the floor. Garced was laughing as he told the friend to run outside and tell another friend he...
MORE results from KCPD's Click It Or Ticket campaign
Posted on September 18, 2008From KCPD: The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department participated in the statewide Click It or Ticket mobilization conducted September 11th. During the enforcement effort, officers issued a total of 300 traffic tickets including 85 for safety belt violations and 114...
Jimmy Kimmel, Legal Analyst
Posted on September 18, 2008I thought his take on the O.J. trial was pretty good ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tim!
Wisconsin woman beaten to death over Xbox, police say
Posted on September 18, 2008The suspects? Two boys, ages 14 and 15.
Yep, Julius Rosenberg really was a spy, his sons say
Posted on September 18, 2008Which is a big turnaround. The Rosenbergs had worked for years to clear their parents' names, but now their dad's codefendant, Morton Sobell, has admitted to spying. Sobell and the Rosenbergs still say Ethel was innocent, though.
Fact: Vigilantism is also a crime
Posted on September 18, 2008Lovely story from the St. Joe area, where burglars broke into a woman's home, took her most valuable possessions and, for giggles, played with her dogs. Her sons, her boyfriend and a fourth party decide they know who did it...
Who killed David Nevarez?
Posted on September 18, 2008KSHB has a followup story about David Nevarez, who was shot and killed Sept. 6 near 10th and Spruce. His daughter is asking anyone who might know about his case to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS...
The O'Neals enjoy some father-son time
Posted on September 17, 2008From The AP: Ryan O'Neal and his son Redmond were arrested Wednesday morning after authorities said a check of their Malibu home turned up drugs. Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies and probation officers went to O'Neal's home to check on his...
O.J.'s attorney
Posted on September 17, 2008From The AP: O.J. Simpson's attorney Yale Galanter tales a breath during Simpson's armed robbery-kidnapping trial Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Simpson is charged with a total of twelve counts including...
Report: ATF has a problem keeping track of its own guns
Posted on September 17, 2008Which is sort of, um, disturbing since they're supposed to be experts in keeping tabs on firearms. A new audit says that 76 ATF weapons and 418 laptops were either lost, stolen or spontaneously vanished over the past five years....
He's your problem now, world
Posted on September 17, 2008John Mark Carr, who famously took credit for killing JonBenet Ramsey when he actually had not, has left the country, his dad says. JMC did not feel appreciated. Snip: "I'm not a registered sex offender," he said. "I was treated...
Lede of the Day
Posted on September 17, 2008From the Tampa Tribune: Shortly before her Maserati was stolen from the parking lot of the Blue Martini nightclub, the owner was kissing and caressing the suspect on the hood of the Italian sports car, police say. The woman, Gloria...
Who was Rickey Douglas?
Posted on September 17, 2008From Mark Morris: Kansas City police today identified the victim of a Monday evening shooting in the 3300 block of Spruce Avenue as Rickey D. Douglas, 31, of Kansas City. Douglas showed no signs of life when police answered a...
UPDATE on Lenexa police-involved shooting
Posted on September 17, 2008The JoCo DA, Phill Kline, says he's reviewed the evidence and doesn't find any fault with how officers handled the case of Eric Lynd, who was fatally shot after he started lowering the barrel of his shotgun toward the police....
Pot advocate is pro-marijuana, anti-stoner
Posted on September 17, 2008Interesting article about the former top editor of High Times warning college students against abusing pot. But Hager said he's against substance abuse, especially for college kids. "Education is very expensive," he said. "It's a waste of money if you're...
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on September 17, 2008Thanks for spending part of your day on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Feel free to post links to interesting stories you might have seen elsewhere. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity,...
How did everybody behave at Arrowhead on Sunday?
Posted on September 17, 2008Whew. Not so good, but I guess you've got to expect that from a game against the Raiders. According to KCPD Sgt. Rick Sticken, there were ... - 17 ejections. That's the most I've seen since I started blogging. -...
Proof that your wedding reception has spiraled out of control
Posted on September 17, 2008A guest gets wrapped in duct tape, and the groom allegedly starts throwing knives at him ...
Sarah Everson, where are you?
Posted on September 17, 2008You remember Sarah. She's the Grain Valley lady who lied about having sextuplets so people would give her presents. She'd been serving time at the Kansas City Community Release Center. When she left the other day, she was theoretically going...
The importance of calling shotgun
Posted on September 17, 2008It can prevent a lot of nastiness, such as having your friend slit your throat with a box cutter because HE didn't get to sit in the front seat.
FL judge says anti-sagging law is unconstitutional
Posted on September 17, 2008No, really? I am shocked -- SHOCKED! -- at such a ruling. (Even though anyone with a sixth-grade civics education could have told you that.) Snip: "Somebody help me," said Palm Beach Circuit Judge Paul Moyle, before giving his decision....
Alleged "Criminal Casanova" dies in jail
Posted on September 17, 2008This is the case of Jerome Sternlieb, a 74-year-old who was accused of romancing four women -- and then stealing their money. He died from natural causes last week in the Platte County jail, John Shultz writes. Snip: According to...
De Soto High goes into lockdown over suicide threat
Posted on September 17, 2008From JoCo Sheriff: Deputies locked down the De Soto High School and Middle School as a precautionary measure while they looked for an 18 year old De Soto man after he threatened suicide, cut himself and left his home with...
FBI: 837,000 marijuana arrests in 2007
Posted on September 17, 2008That's an increase of 5 percent from 2006, and it's also a record, Reason magazine's Hit & Run blog notes. Most of the arrests were for simple possession. Blogger Nick Sloan has a post about the news here: I cannot...
Latest homicide victim was shot in August
Posted on September 17, 2008From Mark Morris: A Kansas City man who died last weekend has been listed as the city?s latest homicide victim. Ricky T. Lamar, 22, was shot in his back, buttocks and abdomen Aug. 24 and died Sunday of a pulmonary...
A cat named Tinkerbell
Posted on September 17, 2008KSHB interviews the owner of a cat, Tinkerbell, that was set on fire and had to be euthanized. Snip: "If you can do this to a cat, what can you do to a baby? What can you do to an...
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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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