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Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on May 01, 2010Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments,...
40 years for killing Border Patrol agent
Posted on April 30, 2010In San Diego, a 17-year-old from Mexico has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for slaying Robert Rosas, a Border Patrol agent who was killed during a botched robbery. Rosas was killed last summer. He was the first Border...
Mo. plans DUI campaign next week
Posted on April 30, 2010Kansas City will operate two checkpoints and one wolf pack during that time period, the department says. Jurisdictions across the state will be doing extra enforcement between May 5 and 9 as well.
Boy, 13, accused of chain-saw spree
Posted on April 30, 2010In Sandy, Ore., police have accused a seventh-grader of "a four-month reign of arson and chain saw destruction," the Oregonian reports. The lad allegedly went out at night and used a chain saw to cut down trees and utility poles...
That's not a rubber ducky
Posted on April 30, 2010In Bluffton, S.C., a man was arrested for trying to sell a 3-foot-long alligator that he kept in his bathtub, police say. The asking price was $30.
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on April 30, 2010An Idaho woman claims that her cat tried to kill her. A couple of points ... 1. The cat is named after a character in the "Twilight" books. But I'm not judging. 2. The woman has given the cat to...
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on April 30, 2010Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments,...
Guilty verdict in Palin email case
Posted on April 30, 2010In Knoxville, a jury has found a 22-year-old guilty in the reported theft of Sarah Palin's email. David C. Kernell was found guilty of "felony destruction of records to hamper a federal investigation and misdemeanor unlawfully obtaining information from a...
Man stole drugs from mom's bra, police say
Posted on April 30, 2010In Memphis, a woman called police after she allegedly found her son reaching into her bra to get her Xanax pills, the Commercial Appeal reports. She thought she could hide the drugs there, police say.
Police searching KU hall for gunman
Posted on April 30, 2010The University of Kansas says that police are searching a campus building, McCollum Hall, after receiving a report of an armed suspect, according to a text alert sent to campus personnel and students. Officials are warning those on campus to...
What does 'person of interest' mean?
Posted on April 30, 2010Well, according to the Justice Department, it doesn't mean anything, officially -- there's no legal definition of the term. But it's generally recognized as shorthand for someone that police want to interview. That person has NOT been charged, though, and...
Dance Party Friday
Posted on April 30, 2010A group of soldiers, stationed in Afghanistan, chose to shoot their own remake of a Lady Gaga song. And then unwisely posted it to the Internet.
No money for man wrongly linked to BTK case
Posted on April 30, 2010In 2004, a TV station incorrectly named Roger G. Valadez as a suspect in the BTK investigation. He sued -- and a jury awarded him $1.1 million, though it was capped by law at $250,000. Valadez died about a month...
Bass tourney to raise reward money
Posted on April 30, 2010There's going to be a bass fishing tournament next weekend to honor a KCK murder victim, Jeff Rogers, and raise money for a reward in his case. It's scheduled for May 8 at Truman Lake. More detailed information, including an...
Motorcycle deaths drop in Missouri
Posted on April 30, 2010From Brad Cooper: Missouri motorcycle deaths dropped for the first time in four years during 2009, officials announced this morning. Mirroring a national trend, Missouri motorcycle fatalities dropped about 21 percent last year, state officials announced...
Canadian colonel accused of double life
Posted on April 30, 2010In Ottawa, Canada, Col. David Russell Williams -- a high-ranking member of that country's military -- is accused of two murders, two sexual assaults and several other crimes, the New York Times reports. Yesterday, 82 additional charges were added to....
Jason Bourne's evil twin is on the run
Posted on April 30, 2010In Los Angeles, police are looking for a guy who might be the next best thing to Jason Bourne, KTLA reports. When authorities busted into his apartment over a gasoline smell, he fled out the fire escape and left behind...
Red-light cameras work, KC chief says
Posted on April 30, 2010How effective are Kansas City's red-light cameras? At KCPD Chief Jim Corwin's blog, there's a graph listing all of the intersections with cameras, and it compares the number of tickets during the first three months to the most recent quarter....
Were mine inspectors bribed?
Posted on April 30, 2010Citing unnamed sources, NPR is reporting that FBI agents are investigating whether officials at the Mine Safety and Health Administration were bribed. It's tied to the recent tragedy at West Virginia's Upper Big Branch mine, where 29 miners died. File...
Alcohol might have been a factor
Posted on April 30, 2010A homeless man was arrested for urinating on his wife's head while she helped up a sign asking for help, police tell the Boulder Camera. Officers say the couple had been drinking.
Officer, I can TOTALLY explain
Posted on April 30, 2010A Colorado man reportedly crashed his plane into a Toyota Prius and then ran away from the scene, the Boulder Camera reports. The pilot's excuse: He was worried about his dogs, who were locked in his car at the airport,...
A break in Missouri bank robberies?
Posted on April 30, 2010Yesterday, police arrested a man suspected of robbing First Community National Bank in Cuba, Mo. At this point, he hasn't been charged. The FBI is trying to see whether he's connected to a yearlong series of robberies in Moberly, Chillicothe,...
Mo. family wants to end school drug searches
Posted on April 30, 2010In Springfield, a city councilman and his wife are upset because police are bringing drug dogs to the high schools and searching for illegal drugs, the News-Leader reports. The ACLU has written a letter to the school district asking them...
How do police like new Arizona law?
Posted on April 30, 2010Arizona's new immigration law has a big impact on police there, who'll be enforcing the rules. Some lawmen, like Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, are happy about the changes, though others say it's an unfunded mandate that will destroy...
Probation for Mizzou cotton-ball incident
Posted on April 30, 2010Two Mizzou students have pleaded guilty to leaving cotton balls outside a black culture center, and they've been sentenced to two years of probation and 80 hours of community service. Plus, their licenses were suspended. The incident infuriated a lot...
Body found inside burning vehicle
Posted on April 30, 2010KCK police are investigating a dead body found inside a burning vehicle about 1:30 this morning in the 2200 block of State Line Road. (Firefighters were the ones who made the discovery, so both agencies are working on the case.)...
That is a lovely parking job
Posted on April 30, 2010From AP: A car is seen after going through the wall on the 6th floor of a parking garage in Tulsa, Okla. on Wednesday April 28, 2010. No injuries were reported. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Tom Gilbert)
'Click It or Ticket' returns May 24 - June 6
Posted on April 30, 2010Riverside is one of the Missouri agencies that will participate in the campaign, which looks for motorist who aren't wearing their seat belts.
Who killed Bernard Jackson?
Posted on April 30, 2010KCPD has named the man killed before 1 this morning in an apartment in the 8500 block of 108th Street. Bernard Jackson was 23 years old. He'd apparently been in an argument inside the residence. No suspects have been arrested,...
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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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