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OP Police: Attempted carjacking at Oak Park Mall
Posted on August 15, 2008From OP Police: At 12:45 pm on August 15, 2008 Overland Park Police responded to a report of attempted robbery and carjacking. When the officers arrived they contacted the victim who told the officers she was approached by a 3...
Edwardsville plans DUI checkpoints on Saturday
Posted on August 15, 2008Note the plural. From Bob Cronkleton: Police will conduct sobriety checkpoints Saturday night at various locations in Edwardsville. The checkpoints will begin at 11:30 p.m. Motorists suspected of being intoxicated will be given on site sobriety field tests.
Mom bound, gagged girl, 3, for snacking, fighting with sister, police say
Posted on August 15, 2008Then left her home alone in a locked bedroom, police allege. Grandma, however, discovered the kiddo and called police.
Crimes against humanity
Posted on August 15, 2008QuizLaw has discovered another gem -- this time, a traffic girl rapping. Every time this clip gets played, a unicorn dies.
Police arrest suspect in north OP rape
Posted on August 15, 2008From OP Police: Overland Park Detectives have arrested a suspect in the Aggravated Burglary and Rape that occurred in the 6500 block of Lowell on 8-4-08 at 2:00 am. The Investigators with the assistance and cooperation of the Johnson County...
Things aren't getting better for Kwame Kilpatrick
Posted on August 15, 2008Detroit's mayor will stand trial on assault charges -- he's accused of shoving an investigator who tried to serve his friend with papers. (This is separate from his perjury case.) Oh, and he doesn't get to go to the Democratic...
KSHB: Shots fired at Oak Park Mall during attempted robbery
Posted on August 15, 2008Police are looking for three guys who tried to rob a woman outside Dillard's, KSHB reports. It doesn't sound like anybody was hurt.
KMBC: Suspect arrested in attempted Olathe rape
Posted on August 15, 2008A tipster led police to the guy, Channel 9 reports.
U.S. traffic fatalities hit 13-year low
Posted on August 15, 2008Just over 41,000 people died on U.S. highways last year, a decrease of more than 1,600. (Sort of follow-up to our motorcycle post -- I hadn't realized HOW MUCH traffic fatalities had dropped.)
Carjackers target 60-year-old in KCMO
Posted on August 15, 2008From Christine Vendel: Two gunmen stole a car from a 60-year-old Independence woman early today as she waited in a Kansas City parking lot to pick a friend up from work. The victim told police she had been waiting about...
Our friend, Bernann McKinney
Posted on August 15, 2008You remember Bernann. She's the lady who cloned her pit bull five times and once was accused of keeping a Mormon missionary as a sex slave. (Until she allegedly fled the UK while posing as a deaf-mute actress.) As it...
They can't execute this one fast enough
Posted on August 15, 2008Yeah, sorry about that. I try to stay neutral on most cases, especially when they involve the death penalty. But Joseph Edward Duncan III needs to have been executed yesterday, in the most painful manner imaginable. Then, if possible, reanimated...
I'm guessing the wedding is probably off
Posted on August 15, 2008A Washington woman is accused of, well, beating the fu-schnickens out of her fiance during their prenuptial party -- after she allegedly caught him making out with one of her friends. Snip: Deputies say Barnes gave her friends the boot,...
To be fair, they really couldn't go inside with her
Posted on August 15, 2008A South Carolina mom is accused of leaving her kids, ages 2 and 4, locked in a SUV for hours while she went and had sex for money. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Tattoo gives away murder suspect's identity
Posted on August 15, 2008This guy had two problems. One, his last name is "Wolfname." Two, it was tattooed on the side of his face. Hat Tip: Saw this via Weird Universe!
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on August 15, 2008A Waffle House wedding. I think my favorite part is where the bride lights up a cigarette. Hat Tip: Saw this via "Erin in the Real World" ...
Unbelievable
Posted on August 15, 2008Teenagers shoot dementia patient 22 times with a BB gun while he tries to take a walk in the park. Very classy, dirtbags. I hope you have six kids and herpes by the time you fail to graduate high school....
MO robber steals PS3 "to save his family"
Posted on August 15, 2008Story is from St. John. The armed robber reportedly told the store clerk that his family was being held hostage and that he needed a PlayStation 3 to pay the ransom.
AP: Women dominate forensic science
Posted on August 15, 2008About 75 percent of those graduating from accredited forensic programs are female, the AP learned. And women account for 60 percent, at least, of people working in crimes labs across the U.S. Experts say that shows like "Bones" and "CSI,"...
More motorcyclists are dying in crashes
Posted on August 15, 2008It's about a 6.6 percent jump from 2006 to 2007, the New York Times reports. At the same time, fewer people were dying in cars, truck and other vehicles. Experts think it'll be even worse for 2008 because more people...
Woman's body found in car trunk in Columbia
Posted on August 15, 2008More here from the Missourian. No cause of death yet, but the paper is regularly updating the story.
The man who executed Timothy McVeigh
Posted on August 15, 2008The AP has a profile here of Alan Doerhoff, a doctor who presided over several Missouri executions until a judge banned him. (There were concerns that Doerhoff was dyslexic -- something he denies, though he acknowledges he would sometimes transpose...
Is the school to blame here?
Posted on August 15, 2008A California family is suing the local school district after their son, 15-year-old Larry King, was shot and killed by a classmate. The reasoning, though, is a little different. Larry was gay, and he wore makeup, jewelry and women's boots...
Even sex offenders need a place to live
Posted on August 14, 2008Interesting feature here about a conservative Republican from Pennsylvania, a former legislator known for being tough on crime, who is letting a series of sex offenders live with him. He even hopes to open a halfway house for them --...
Is this sexual assault? Or a prank?
Posted on August 14, 2008In Connecticut, a high-school wrestler has been arrested for sexual assault because, a year ago, he allegedly waved his genitals in the face of another wrestler who'd been pinned down. The suspect is 16. Snip: The victim managed to free...
Police find baby with pacifier taped to mouth
Posted on August 14, 2008Mom and Dad are 18 and 19, respectively, and they've been given a state-ordered vacation from parenting. (I'm not sure why tape was necessary -- most babies fiercely protect their pacifiers.) Kiddo, who is four weeks old, was also riding...
Olathe police search for attempted-rape suspect
Posted on August 14, 2008From Joe Lambe: A man climbed into a window in Olathe about 1:30 this morning and tried to rape a woman. The man attacked the woman in her bedroom on the 100 block of South Cory Circle and tried unsuccessfully...
Do you know this woman?
Posted on August 14, 2008Police say she left Wal-Mart with a large cart of groceries without paying. From KCPD: Detectives are trying to identify the woman in the attached pictures. On 06-08-2008, she walked out without paying for groceries from Wal-Mart (8551 N. Boardwalk)....
Homicide victim's brother paralyzes man, police say
Posted on August 14, 2008From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors today charged the brother of a recent homicide victim with shooting a teenager in the back early Wednesday. Jerome Oates, 17, faces charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in a 12:20 a...
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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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