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By James Hart
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Open Thread ... Caturday
Posted on August 30, 2008Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. This is also a good spot to share links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as...
Police welcome protesters to St. Paul
Posted on August 30, 2008By raiding their headquarters. The Star-Trib says five people were arrested, though 100 others were handcuffed and questioned before being sent on their merry way. Snip: In a statement Saturday morning, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said the St. Paul...
More from the Funkhouser-Corwin press conference
Posted on August 30, 2008KSHB says that homicide and patrol will get more resources, and the mayor plans a "new tools task force" -- more details coming this week, though the idea is to spend more on education and other quality-of-life improvements in troubled...
Innocence Project looks into explosion that killed KC firefighters
Posted on August 30, 2008From Mike McGraw: The Kansas City-based Midwest Innocence Project announced Friday that it was launching an investigation into the case of five people convicted in the 1988 explosion that killed six Kansas City firefighters. ... (Executive director Jay Swearingen said...
KMBC: 1 injured in carjacking early Saturday
Posted on August 30, 2008Happened outside a Denny's on Blue Ridge Cutoff, near the Sports Complex. The victim was hit in the leg and was in serious condition at last report.
Casey Anthony, back in jail
Posted on August 30, 2008She was probably thrilled just to get away from the throng of people yelling "babykiller" at her.
Meanwhile ...
Posted on August 30, 2008If you are really bored, you might check out a guest post I wrote for Criminal Report Daily, a blog over at Investigation Discovery's site. Thanks to David Lohr for the opportunity!
Best Excuse Ever For Speeding
Posted on August 30, 2008From the Mason City Globe-Gazette: A Joice man who was injured Thursday when part of a tree branch lodged in his head was stopped by the Iowa State Patrol while on his way to the hospital. The trooper was perplexed...
2 homicides early Saturday, minutes apart
Posted on August 30, 2008From KCPD ... Homicide #82 On Saturday morning at approximately 2:30am, KCMO police were called to a residence in the 6700 block of Paseo in regard to a shooting. Upon arrival officer's located a 19yr old shooting victim in the...
13 DUI arrests during KCMO sobriety checkpoint
Posted on August 30, 2008From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on August 29, 2008 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at Blue Ridge Blvd and Holiday Drive. North and Southbound traffic was checked with total of 372 vehicles...
Karaoke is a cruel temptress
Posted on August 30, 2008From the Ocala (FL) Star-Banner: The 36-year-old, the first one up before the judge in a crowded courtroom, stood shakily at the lectern, as the judge addressed him. She asked if he might not be intoxicated. No, he replied, saying...
KCPD's homicide count is high and rising
Posted on August 29, 2008I have no idea how the police are juggling all this. They've been able to close a lot of cases quickly, it seems, but the last week has been ridiculous. Four murders in the space of a day? I'm not...
Say, how's our old friend, Drew Peterson?
Posted on August 29, 2008Well, he's headed to court on a gun rap.
Quote of the day
Posted on August 29, 2008"No one that reports to work wants to be strip searched." -- Ronald Smith, a labor relations specialist for the Maryland Classified Employees Association, responding to reports that nine prison employees were strip-searched for contraband.
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on August 29, 2008Thanks for another great week on the Open Thread! It's been a lot of fun, and I really appreciate the comments and links that people have posted. (This is, of course, the place for off-topic comments and links.) PROGRAMMING NOTE:...
TKC: What's the mayor doing about crime?
Posted on August 29, 2008Tony's Kansas City says Funkhouser needs to be doing more about the rise in KCMO homicides: At the beginning of the Summer, everyone knew this would happen. Sadly, the only action Mayor Funky was able to take was a silly...
UPDATE: Ohio Mom accused of microwaving baby
Posted on August 29, 2008They've found her guilty. She's eligible for the death penalty, but that won't be determined until next week.
UPDATE: AZ man killed baby who interrupted video game
Posted on August 29, 2008After the attack, he finished his video game and THEN called 911. He's pleaded guilty.
Fact: Huffing could make your car explode
Posted on August 29, 2008Especially if you roll up all the windows to your car and decide to light a cigarette after inhaling all that keyboard cleaner. Like these guys did.
Pro-life groups say cops roughed up teen activists in Denver
Posted on August 29, 2008Two girls, they say, who were writing anti-abortion messages on the sidewalk outside Barack Obama's hotel. The girls were allegedly kneed in the back and dragged off, though they'd reportedly cleared the chalking with local authorities. Hat Tip: Many thanks,...
First federal judge to ever face federal sex-crime charges
Posted on August 29, 2008Story is from Texas, where U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent is accused of making lewd suggestions to his case manager and trying to grab her under her clothes. Hat Tip: Many thanks, goshel!
Charles Cammisano, One Year Later
Posted on August 29, 2008It's been almost a year since Cammisano, 52, was found killed in his Riverside home. So far, there have been no charges filed in the case. The reward fund stands near $6,500, Crime Stoppers reports. Cammisano's family plans a vigil...
More about KCK woman shot and killed Friday morning
Posted on August 29, 2008KSHB has more details here. The victim was Krystal Dewalt, 19, who was reportedly staying at a house with her boyfriend and his grandparents.
No death penalty in Precious Doe case
Posted on August 29, 2008A lot of people said, from the get go, that prosecutors wouldn't be able to pull this off. Snip from Christine: The man charged with killing 3-year-old Erica Green will not face the death penalty, Jackson County prosecutor Jim Kanatzar...
Acquitted man wins $16 million from wife, her new husband
Posted on August 29, 2008I think the award should have let him beat the two of them with a hose for a solid hour, but $16 million is good, too. From Mark Morris: A federal jury awarded $16 million this morning to a man...
Love's Labors Defrauded
Posted on August 29, 2008Awful story about a 77-year-old man who thought he'd won the heart of a woman 40 years younger ... only she was stealing about $50K from him, police say. Story is from Cali.
Woman stole $20K to pay for breast lift, police say
Posted on August 29, 2008And a tummy tuck, too!
Do you know this man and woman?
Posted on August 29, 2008From OP Police: The Overland Park Police Department is releasing photos of the suspects and the suspect vehicle use in the robbery on 8/23/08. The robbery occurred at 8698 College Blvd. This was the robbery where one on the suspects...
Utah man pays $30 to stop being stabbed
Posted on August 29, 2008I think we can all agree that it was money well spent.
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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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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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