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The grammar vigilantes strike!
Posted on August 22, 2008Two guys have been banned from national parks for a year after they went around correcting typos and other errors on public signs. One, in the Grand Canyon, was considered a historic, irreplaceable treasure. After correcting a misplaced apostrophe and...
Be our guest!
Posted on August 21, 2008Denver police gave a tour of the "holding pens" they're building for anybody who misbehaves during the Democratic National Convention. Snip from the Post: Each cell will contain 20 chairs. A sign posted on a steel column warns: "Electric stun...
KMBC: Man shot at 40th and Prospect
Posted on August 21, 2008At last report, he was in serious condition, the station reported.
Kansas and concealed carry
Posted on August 21, 2008The AG's office has issued about 15K concealed-carry permits, Kansas Liberty reports. Hat Tip: Saw this via The Kansas Citian!
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on August 21, 2008Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion! This is also a good place to share links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as...
Ex-GF accused of hitting man, slitting puppy's throat, police say
Posted on August 21, 2008Story is from Wichita. Police don't know if the puppy, which was 6 months old, lived.
KSHB: Hospital trying to learn patient's name
Posted on August 21, 2008Unusual story here -- KU Med is treating a man who was admitted a week ago. He's had a stroke and suffers from a form of aphasia. He apparently can say his first name, though: Greg.
The wrongness
Posted on August 21, 2008When he visited the local high school to talk about Internet safety, a Wyoming police officer decided to include MySpace pages from students in the audience ... and how they were basically inviting strange men to break into their homes...
"Police, help! My friend's raccoon went crazy and bit me!"
Posted on August 21, 2008He called the police. Not sure if he wanted them to arrest the raccoon or what.
Who likes short shorts? Not this judge
Posted on August 21, 2008Kentucky judge jails defendant for three days after she wears short-shorts to a court appearance. (To be fair, she'd been warned twice before.)
Bigfoot hoaxers speak!
Posted on August 21, 2008One of them is a cop who lost his job over the deal -- though I tend to agree with the hoaxers here. Anybody with half a brain had to know they were lying. Best Part: They filled the Bigfoot...
Wow, they're really going to let her out? YES
Posted on August 21, 2008Casey Anthony -- the Florida mother who reportedly waited a month before reporting her 2-year-old, Caylee, missing -- has posted $500K bail. She could be out as soon as this morning. UPDATED: She's out! She'll be staying with her parents...
13-year-old boy was killed over pot, police say
Posted on August 21, 2008Amazing story from Pennsylvania, where police have arrested a suspect in the 23-year-old murder of David Wellington Reed, a 13-year-old who was killed in 1985. The most shocking part? Everyone originally thought Reed was attacked while riding his bike...
Police: MO mom hid "missing girl" in crawl space
Posted on August 21, 2008This is the story of Bailey Vieth, the girl who'd gone missing near Jeff City. We had a post earlier that she'd been found, but we didn't know the circumstances. Police say Mom cut a hole in the living floor,...
18-year-old charged in KC shooting
Posted on August 21, 2008From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors today charged D?Anthony M. Toombs, 18, with assault and armed criminal action in the July 14 shooting of a man after a fist fight in Kansas City. The victim was shot three times, but...
3 plead guilty to human trafficking in JoCo massage parlor sting
Posted on August 21, 2008From U.S. Attorney John Wood's news release: Ling Xu, also known as "Cherry," 46, Zhong Yan Liu, also known as "Lucky," 36, and Cheng Tang, also known as "Tom," 22, all citizens of China residing in Overland Park, pleaded guilty...
WI woman jailed after failing to pay library fines
Posted on August 21, 2008She owed $30. (The story doesn't say what the exact charge was -- as a commenter below notes, she might have been jailed for failing to appear in court.)
Ninja vigilantes target drug-dealing scum, police say
Posted on August 21, 2008Story is from New Jersey, where two young men dressed up as ninjas and armed themselves with swords, nunchuks, throwing stars and other weapons -- all in an effort to rid their streets of drug-dealing scum! Which they attempted, mostly,...
UPDATE: Bikini barista throws boiling water on flasher
Posted on August 21, 2008Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Man suffers life-threatening gunshot wound in KC North
Posted on August 21, 2008From Glenn Rice: A man suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound this morning at an apartment in the Northland, police said. The man, whose age and name were not available, was critically wounded when he got into a confrontation with another...
MO man suspected in dozens of bank robberies
Posted on August 21, 2008Authorities are looking for a Rogersville man in connection with a string of bank robberies, including this one from West Virginia. He reportedly eluded the Missouri Highway Patrol by crashing his truck and sneaking into a culvert. They call him...
Okies accused of Tasering cheerleading coach
Posted on August 21, 2008The two women are accused of Tasering the coach because she refused to put one woman's daughter on the varsity squad. And they thought the coach, who taught biology, was picking on the girl in class, police allege.
Actually, he WASN'T with the Gonzalez party
Posted on August 21, 2008From Christine Vendel: A gunman robbed a Denny?s restaurant in Kansas City early today and fled in a white minivan. The holdup occurred about 3:40 a.m. at 6887 Front St. An employee told police that when she offered a man...
Colorado man head-butts pit bull
Posted on August 21, 2008And promptly loses an ear. Police investigated, but didn't ticket anyone. Snip from the Boulder Camera: ?A couple of people said he was pulling the dog by its ears and head-butting the animal,? Huntley said. ?After a short period of...
Spokane police worried over "bad batch" of PCP
Posted on August 21, 2008They've been dealing with a wave of naked people who defecate in strangers' yards, so police are sure there's a "very dangerous" brand of PCP on the street. No offense -- but getting naked and doing crazy stuff is sort...
If only he'd said "thank you" ...
Posted on August 21, 2008Story is from Wisconsin, where a man started throwing tomatoes at his wife because his drink wasn't strong enough. (For the record, when police showed up, he had a .21% BAC. Hers was .17%.) She says her husband smacked her...
Was it prison rape? Or a medical exam?
Posted on August 21, 2008Weird one from Wisconsin, where a prison doctor is facing six charges of sexual assault for allegedly focusing too much on the crotchal region during his examinations. Snip: In one case last September, Bohlmann treated a 25-year-old male inmate for...
1 wounded in Knoxville school shooting
Posted on August 21, 2008Sounds like they've already got a suspect in custody. No word on the victim's extent of injuries. More here from the Knoxville News Sentinel. UPDATE: The injured student has died. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Ryan McDonald was the...
Report: More KS kids are wearing seatbelts
Posted on August 21, 2008KDOT says the "compliance rate" is about 75 percent, compared to 68 percent last year and 55 percent five years ago.
Where is Bailey Vieth?
Posted on August 20, 2008The News Tribune has a report on Vieth, a missing 11-year-old from the Jefferson City area. She was reported missing July 29 and has been added to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's database. Police do NOT think...
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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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