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WI security guard issued his own parking tickets
Posted on August 28, 2008Surprisingly enough, about half of the people paid up before Madison police caught the guy, who wrote something like 100 to 150 "tickets."
Never give up, never surrender!
Posted on August 28, 2008After being tossed from the bar on his 21st birthday, a Madison man allegedly started throwing rocks at the bouncer, clocking him in the back of the head. (Reports say the man initially threw his "birthday beer mug" but missed.)
Should the FBI be able to compel silence from ISPs?
Posted on August 28, 2008The ACLU has filed a lawsuit in the name of an unidentified Internet service provider, which received an FBI letter demanding information. Like most people who get these letters, the ISP was warned not to talk about the request. The...
Suge Knight
Posted on August 28, 2008Knight -- close friends call him "Sugar" -- is accused of beating his girlfriend while holding a knife, Las Vegas police say. It allegedly happened in a parking lot, while they were driving home from a strip club. Knight, a...
The wrong way to cope with rejection
Posted on August 28, 2008NY police say a man placed 891 calls to a handful of Banana Republic stores, asking female workers if he could, well, make the mouth love to their feet. He allegedly did it because a lady employee there turned him...
Woman gets 8 years for baby-stealing scheme
Posted on August 27, 2008From Brian Burnes: Lauren Gash today was sentenced to eight years in prison for her part in a scheme to take an infant from a pregnant teenager in 2007. Last month Gash pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping, assault and...
Report: Westboro Baptist fire was arson
Posted on August 27, 2008I don't care how you feel about the church or their protests. The law is the law is the law. Nobody deserves to have their lives or homes threatened because of their speech. Before anybody lists just how rotten and...
KCPD investigates homicide at 56th and Garfield
Posted on August 27, 2008From KCPD: On Tuesday at approximately 10:30pm, KCMO Police were called to the 5600 block of Garfield in regard to the sound of gunshots. Upon arrival officer's located a shooting victim (black male in his early 20's) in front of...
California AG issues new rules for medical marijuana
Posted on August 27, 2008This is the first time that California's attorney general has spelled out what is and isn't allowed. The rules are pretty basic: No smoking near schools or recreation centers. Users need to get state-issued cards. Police have to give pot...
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on August 27, 2008The Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion, is up and running on a lovely Wednesday. Feel free to share links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity,...
Protester toted around bottle of feces, Denver police say
Posted on August 27, 2008Oh. My. God. Doesn't he know the Denver City Council made a law specifically forbidding transporting one's dookie by hand? (Also, props to the city council. There took some crap when they passed their anti-poo law, but the city fathers...
Who was Thomas Lewis?
Posted on August 27, 2008KCTV has a report on the man killed Tuesday night near 56th and Garfield.
Was teen football player's death a crime?
Posted on August 27, 2008Last week, a 15-year-old named Max Gilpin collapsed and died during football practice in Louisville. Witnesses say a coach wouldn't let players drink any water, so the police are now investigating to see whether anything criminal happened. Hat Tip: Many...
Where is Caylee Anthony?
Posted on August 27, 2008Anthony is the 2-year-old from Florida who disappeared -- and whose mother didn't report her missing for something like a month. Investigators now say they have physical evidence showing a decomposing body had been in Mom's car trunk. They're offering...
MO Highway Patrol names its first female trooper commander
Posted on August 27, 2008Lee Ann H. Kenley is going to be a captain overseeing Troop I, based in Rolla, the Post-Dispatch reports.
Reward offered in Legends Suzuki arson
Posted on August 27, 2008From Bob Cronkleton: Up to $5,000 is being offered for information about the fire that destroyed vehicles at a Kansas City, Kan., auto dealership, authorities announced this afternoon. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Kansas...
If you're going to take hostages ...
Posted on August 27, 2008... you can't let them out for a beer run. Story is from Iowa, where even the criminals are warm and trusting. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Adios, John Henry Horton
Posted on August 27, 2008He got life with the eligibility of parole after 15 years.
"These kids made it a crack house"
Posted on August 27, 2008A North Carolina couple came home from a business trip and found a 16-year-old boy -- not theirs -- sleeping in their bed. Their house, of course, looked like a landfill. Snip: the house (was) trashed with piles of broken...
After wreck kills his stepkids, man beats other driver, police say
Posted on August 27, 2008Story is from Colorado, where a rearend collision instantly killed two kids, age 13 and 14. Their stepdad allegedly beat the other driver, age 62, was still buckled up in his car. The other driver never woke up and died...
Dangerous thief, 9, holds up restaurant with gun-like object, police say
Posted on August 27, 2008That would be a toy gun. Don't worry, though, the police have arrested him. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
KC man was killed for disrespecting a woman, prosecutors say
Posted on August 27, 2008From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors today accused two men of killing a Kansas City man last week because he allegedly disrespected a woman they knew. Prosecutors charged Kalven M. Canady, 29, and Damon L. Simpson, who turns 31 Thursday,...
Joplin won't get to vote on pot decriminalization
Posted on August 27, 2008Activists had been circulating a petition in Joplin, trying to get a decriminalization measure on the ballot. But they couldn't get enough signatures -- they fell short by 531 names, officials say. More here from the Globe.
Quote of the day
Posted on August 27, 2008"I think I'm not letting my kids go down that slide anymore." -- concerned resident Barbara Taylor of Bartlett, Tenn., after learning that a local playground was used for a porno shoot. Hat Tip: Saw this via JOCO SOB! Belated...
Preschoolers forced to fight at Arkansas daycare, police say
Posted on August 27, 2008Parents say it was called "Ring of Fire," which may or may not be a UFC reference. The kids who were allegedly involved are 3 or 4 years old. Snip from KFSM-TV: Parents who did not want to be identified...
About 600 detained in MS immigration raid
Posted on August 27, 2008Sorry, Postville -- it looks like this might be the biggest workplace immigration raid in U.S. history. It happened at Howard Industries in the town of Laurel -- they make all sorts of things, including medical supplies and electric transformers....
A new low
Posted on August 27, 2008St. Joe authorities say a new scam is working its way through town, the News-Press reports. A handful of residents have received an automated phone call warning that one of the victim's loved ones has been hurt in a wreck....
$4K reward offered in Jeff Rogers murder case
Posted on August 27, 2008From Crime Stoppers: The family of Kansas City, Kansas murder victim Jeff Rogers have added $3,000 to the reward for information leading to an arrest in his killing making a total possible reward of $4,000. Just after midnight on April...
Got your nose!
Posted on August 27, 2008Not only did a Des Moines man lose his nose in a fight last month -- it was, sadly, bitten off -- but he's also facing charges now. He allegedly got the row going by smacking someone in the head...
Lady NYPD cops accused of pistolwhipping motorist
Posted on August 27, 2008Some pepper spray might have been involved, too. And now he's suing for $25 million. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
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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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