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The good news: We got your money back
Posted on August 29, 2008The bad news: You might not want it back once you learn where the thief was hiding it. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
Midtown Miscreant
Posted on August 29, 2008I like his philosophy: "When all else fails, give the readers crazy people."
DOJ plans to lighten up a little on white-collar crime
Posted on August 29, 2008Justice is issuing a new set of guidelines for prosecutors investigating white-collar crimes -- the DOJ had faced criticism that it was being TOO aggressive when going after suspects. Snip from Reuters: The government has faced criticism, from business groups...
LAPD searches for a serial killer
Posted on August 29, 2008Creepy, but interesting story about Los Angeles homicide detectives, who are hunting down a serial killer responsible for at least 10 murders over the past 23 years. (They're looking to see whether he's connected to 30 others.) For the longest...
Should pregnant inmates be shackled during labor?
Posted on August 29, 2008You've got to admit -- it would be an unlikely time for an escape attempt. A federal appeals court has agreed to hear the case of a former inmate, a woman who did time in Arkansas for credit-card fraud, who...
Cybercows terrorize British countryside
Posted on August 29, 2008From The AP: This is an undated image released by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of a curious cow who got her head stuck in the drum of a washing machine drum that was illegally...
Where is Caylee Anthony?
Posted on August 29, 2008Casey Anthony, the Florida mother who waited a month before reporting her 2-year-old, Caylee, missing, is out on bail, but there's a good chance that her bondsman is going to send her back. (Just the other day, police found physical...
3 injured in KCMO, 1 dead and 1 injured in KCK
Posted on August 29, 2008Like reporting on a damn war zone ... From Bob Cronkleton: Three people are in the hospital this morning after being wounded in what police believe were two unrelated shootings. The shootings occurred before 2 a.m. today at 41st Street...
Thief stole $500K from a daycare, gets probation
Posted on August 28, 2008From Bob Cronkleton: A 45-year-old Lenexa woman who stole more than $500,000 from a Kansas City, Kan., church?s day care center has been granted probation. Nancy Ann Fisackerly pleaded guilty last month to one count of theft of property with...
IL nursing home robbed at gunpoint
Posted on August 28, 2008And all the bad guy took was prescription drugs ...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on August 28, 2008Thanks for spending part of your day on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Or if you've seen an interesting story elsewhere, feel free to post a link below! Please sign your comments, and please...
MO troopers catch suspect in 20 bank robberies
Posted on August 28, 2008That would be Joseph Paul Young of Rogersville, who escaped police a few days ago. He's accused of being the Plaid Shirt Robber, pulling off bank holdups in Kentucky, West Virginia and several other states. Best Part: They caught him...
Charges filed in Dwight Mayhugh murder
Posted on August 28, 2008Mayhugh was fatally wounded during a bank robbery on Feb. 24, 2006, when two men approached him outside the UMB bank at 79th and Wornall. Federal prosecutors now say they've got one of the men responsible: Iralee E. French Jr.,...
Former Marine acquitted of killing Iraqi civilians
Posted on August 28, 2008Story is from California. This is the case where a civilian jury determined the case because the defendant had left the service and, thus, wasn't under the military's purview -- something that critics found controversial.
1 man gets 3 DUI arrests in 8 days
Posted on August 28, 2008He's a Carnegie Mellon professor who used to work for the Clinton administration, the AP reports.
Charges filed in KC double homicide
Posted on August 28, 2008View Larger Map From Christine Vendel: A dispute over $195 for marijuana prompted a shooting last night that killed an 18-year-old man and a 24-year-old pregnant woman, according to court records filed today. Police arrested a suspect shortly after the...
Where is John P. Barker?
Posted on August 28, 2008From Shawnee Fire: THE SHAWNEE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS THE PUBLIC?S HELP IN LOCATING A SHAWNEE RESIDENT NAMED MR. JOHN P. BARKER. A FIRE OCCURRED AT HIS RESIDENCE ON AUGUST 23, 2008 AND MR. BARKER HAS NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD...
Dog kills bear cub -- owner gets charged
Posted on August 28, 2008Story is from New Jersey, where a 5-year-old Rottweiler killed a bear cub that wandered into its yard. The local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has filed criminal charges against the dog's owner, saying she should have...
Is this father really guilty of child endangerment?
Posted on August 28, 2008Jaw-dropper of a story, though it didn't start out that way. Dad and Son, age 11, are at McDonald's near Austin. They argue. Dad gets angry enough that he drives off and tells Son to walk home -- it's "a...
KSHB: Kansas City man killed in Springfield
Posted on August 28, 2008The man's name was Raymond Khalid. He was 20. More information here.
Who killed Jeff Rogers?
Posted on August 28, 2008I talked a little bit yesterday to John Frishman, the uncle of KCK homicide victim Jeff Rogers. Rogers, 25, was shot and killed by a group that forced its way into his home back in April near 84th and Tauromee....
Drunk, naked swimmer tells police that he's Jesus
Posted on August 28, 2008Must be a different Jesus than the one I'm thinking of. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Robbery victim tells police he'll "take care of it"
Posted on August 28, 2008From Christine: The man said he was walking down Bellefontaine Avenue near 63rd Street about 10:45 p.m. when two men appeared from behind a house with a handgun. They demanded his money and wallet. He said he didn?t have anything...
Who was Otis J. Brown?
Posted on August 28, 2008From Christine: Kansas City police today identified the man killed in a shooting last night near 20th Street and Wheeling Avenue as Otis J. Brown, 25. Brown was walking along the sidewalk when a car pulled up and Brown began...
$3,500 reward in Brandon Garner homicide
Posted on August 28, 2008From Crime Stoppers: On August 18th at about 9:15 p.m., 24 year-old Brandon Garner was shot and killed as he stood in the parking lot of the O?Reilly?s Auto Parts store at 6227 Troost, where he worked. A witness told...
AARP being sued for age discrimination
Posted on August 28, 2008I know, I know, it's a civil matter, just thought you would appreciate this one. Hat Tip: Saw this via QuizLaw!
If you're looking for work ...
Posted on August 28, 2008... the Missouri Highway Patrol's Troop A is hiring. They've got something on the order of 17 openings.
Crash victim's condition upgraded to "alive"
Posted on August 28, 2008Oops ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
MO man Tasered during traffic stop, later dies
Posted on August 28, 2008Though again, we don't have the autopsy back to see if other factors were in play. From The AP: Moberly police said Stanley James Harlan, 23, was pronounced dead at a hospital after the incident at 12:30 a.m. today. Police...
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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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