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Comprehensive crime news information, crime prevention tips and crime analysis about the Kansas City area.
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By James Hart
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Open Thread ... Caturday
Posted on August 02, 2008Thanks for spending part of your weekend on the OT, despite this terrifying cat picture! Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually abusive language. And when you sign your comments, please use only...
KCPD: Victim apparently shoots mugger in the head
Posted on August 02, 2008From KCPD: On Saturday morning just before 9am, KCMO police were called to the Bank of America, 8320 North Oak Trafficway, in regard to a shooting. Upon arrival officer's located a black male (approx. 20yrs old) in the parking lot...
KCPD investigates homicide at 26th and Prospect
Posted on August 02, 2008From KCPD: Saturday morning at approximately 12:15am, KCMO police were called to the 2600 block of Prospect in regard to a shooting. Upon arrival officer's located a shooting victim (black male in his late 20's) in a parking lot with...
1 shot, killed in 2900 block of Highland
Posted on August 02, 2008From KCPD: Friday night at approximately 11pm, KCMO police were called to a residence in the 2900 block of Highland in regard to a shooting. Upon arrival a shooting victim(32yr old black male) was located in the front yard with...
Did Nancy Grace's questions cause a woman's suicide?
Posted on August 02, 2008There's a lawsuit against Grace, who's accused of causing a woman's suicide by aggressively questioning her on Grace's TV show. The woman's toddler had gone missing. Snip: Duckett, 21, was on Grace's show after her son Trenton went missing from...
Should new moms be prosecuted for drug use?
Posted on August 02, 2008The story is about a Georgia county where prosecutors are targeting moms whose newborns test positive for drug exposure. In some cases, the mothers have been sentenced to a year in jail -- the first year of their baby's life....
If the police raid your apartment ...
Posted on August 02, 2008... they'll probably remember to check under the bed.
You might be a bad mother if ...
Posted on August 01, 2008A) You drive drunk with your kids in the car. B) You wreck the car. C) You flee on foot, leaving the kiddos behind in the wrecked car. Don't be surprised if your only Mother's Day gift is an emancipation...
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on August 01, 2008Congratulations on surviving another work week! Celebrate in the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. (It's also an excellent place to share links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else.) Please sign your comments, and...
Meanwhile, at the University of Florida
Posted on August 01, 2008A young woman has sued two fraternity brothers because, well, while she was having sex with one of them, the other hid under a blanket and filmed the proceedings. (The brohams have already done time over this.) Snip: When Highley...
Over the river, through the woods, and into a ditch you go
Posted on August 01, 2008Lovely story from Kentucky, where a 4-year-old "borrowed" the car and tried to drive himself and his younger brother, age 2, to Grandma's house. They got about 350 feet. (Mom and Mom's Boyfriend were reportedly asleep.) Best Part: The boyfriend,...
UPDATE on Chicago's Lane Bryant murders
Posted on August 01, 2008Not one, but two new theories about the case where five women were murdered in a Lane Bryant store in suburban Chicago. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Kickoff for National Night Out Against Crime
Posted on August 01, 2008The actual Night Out Against Crime is Aug. 5, but there's going to be an event from 5 to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) at Oak Grove Park, 76th and North Troost in Gladstone -- sort of a kickoff for all...
"You hear that, Elizabeth? I'm coming to join you, honey."
Posted on August 01, 2008Suspect defending himself + eighth-grade education + too many "Sanford" reruns = faking a heart attack in court. Story is from Ohio.
Where is Monteze Murrell?
Posted on August 01, 2008From Crime Stoppers: Raytown Police are seeking information about a man missing from their city since about 9:00 p.m. on May 27th, 2008. 28 year-old Monteze E. Murrell was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans and was...
Guilty plea in bicyclist's murder
Posted on August 01, 2008From Tony Rizzo: A 22-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty today to the 2005 fatal shooting of a bicyclist in east Kansas City. Rapheal Willis was one of two men charged with killing Robert Osborn as he rode his bike...
Fred Silva
Posted on August 01, 2008It's been 21 years since Fred Silva followed a Clinton County woman to her house and forced her inside at gunpoint. Before he escaped with her purse and $11, he shot the woman, then 51, in the head. By all...
Boy, 4, expelled from daycare for threatening to shoot people
Posted on August 01, 2008Story is from Colorado. Snip from the Rocky: According to the report, the boy said, "I am going to go shoot all my friends!" Hudson says police asked if the family has guns. She says they don't. Lordy! Be sure...
"Judge: Nude dancing is an art"
Posted on August 01, 2008That's the headline from The Gazette in Iowa. This is an update to a story we had earlier, about prosecutors going after a "performing arts center" named Shotgun Geniez because a 17-year-old girl danced naked onstage. Shotgun Geniez has prevailed.
Man posted YouTube videos threatening to poison baby food, police say
Posted on August 01, 2008So, he claimed, he could kill black and Hispanic babies, authorities say. Gerber and the FDA say there's no evidence that he or any accomplices, real or imagined, actually poisoned any products -- they're calling the videos a hoax. Hat...
UPDATE: Bus rider decapitated by seatmate
Posted on August 01, 2008Planes crash, sure, but they sure do have a low rate of beheadings. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Scooter!
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on August 01, 2008On second thought, this might be some kind of war crime. All I know is that I can't look away ...
Chick-fil-A isn't just delicious, it's merciful too
Posted on August 01, 2008After two girls broke into his house and vandalized it, the founder of Chick-fil-A, S.Truett Cathy, has decided not to press charges. Instead, the girls have to write "I will not vandalize other people's property" a thousand times and read...
Meanwhile, in St. Joseph
Posted on August 01, 2008Police are looking for two teens who urinated on the ticket counter at the local cineplex. The theater was closed, but the security cameras were working. How much trouble could a little pee cause? Well, theirs wrecked a $1,700 ticket...
OP teenage vandals throw "dry-ice bombs"
Posted on August 01, 2008Story is via KCTV. Way to go, Johnson County. I bet you feel really smart now, investing in all that science education for young people ...
Colorado cop accused of ticketing ex's new boyfriend
Posted on August 01, 2008I'm sure it was strictly professional. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
TX woman accused of beating hubby with meat tenderizer
Posted on August 01, 2008Snip: Police found Mr. Hollenshead outside with swelling and bruising on his arms, backs and head. They also noticed the distinct ?waffle-like pattern? of a meat tenderizer, the report stated. Hat Tip: Saw this via WeirdUniverse.net!
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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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