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2 men injured in weekend KCK shooting

Posted on June 30, 2008
It's been a while since we've had a weekend as bloody as this past one. Part of it's the time of year -- assaults and homicides tend to tick upward during the warmer months. From KCK PD: Police found two...

KCPD investigates West Bottoms homicide

Posted on June 30, 2008
This is the case of a 27-year-old man who was shot and killed early Sunday outside the Millennium Super Stop in the West Bottoms. Police have surveillance footage of two guys who were in the store before the shooting, and...

Are the right people in prison?

Posted on June 29, 2008
Mike McGraw, an investigative reporter for The Star, has just published a story raising new questions about the explosion that killed six KCFD firefighters in 1988 in one of the city's worst tragedies. If you get a chance, McGraw and...

Man killed outside convenience store

Posted on June 29, 2008
Happened about 3:15 a.m. in the 1600 block of West 12th Street -- sounds like it was in the West Bottoms. From KCPD: On today?s date KC police officers were dispatched to the above address on a shooting. Upon arrival,...

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1 dead, 5 injured in south KC shooting -- shots fired into crowd

Posted on June 29, 2008
From KCPD: On today?s date at 0048 hrs, Metro and South Patrol officers were called to 5614 E. 87 (Banquet Hall), to assist security in closing down a party at that location. At 0059 hrs, a large number of shots...

How Eve Carson died

Posted on June 28, 2008
She was at home, just studying ...

OMG

Posted on June 28, 2008
The inimitable Nice Deb has tracked down photographic evidence of the dude dressed as a penis.

Rapist posed as cop to get inside home, NY police say

Posted on June 28, 2008
Awful story from New York, where a rapist pretended to be a cop, barged into a woman's apartment and raped her three times, pausing only to make her get him beer, police say. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

KDHE: Infant was brain-damaged at Olathe daycare

Posted on June 28, 2008
From Jim Sullinger: An Olathe day care owner has been charged with severely injuring a 7-month-old boy, and her business has been shut down. Officials of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the infant, who was not identified,...

TX Supremes: Exorcism-related injuries are protected under the First Amendment

Posted on June 28, 2008
The Texas Supreme Court has the best job in the world. What a weird case. Snip from the Star-Telegram: Schubert described a wild night in 1996 that involved casting out demons from the church and two attempts to exorcise demons...

18 DUI arrests at KCPD sobriety checkpoint

Posted on June 28, 2008
From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on June 27, 2008 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at 4040 Main St. Southbound traffic was checked with total of 792 vehicles stopped. A total number of...

Greg Reeves

Posted on June 28, 2008
It's been one year since Greg Reeves, the blog's founder, passed away from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Besides being a great journalist, Greg was also a great person -- warm, generous, with a wicked sense of humor. Just a reminder: There's...

Should sex offenders be banned from volunteering at churches?

Posted on June 28, 2008
A new law takes effect next month in Georgia, and it would do exactly that. No church choir, no cooking for church meals, nothing, or else it's a 10- to 30-year sentence. Some sex offenders are suing to stop the...

Unless he had mind-control powers, I don't think you have a case

Posted on June 28, 2008
A New York woman sued her rabbi because he abused his position by "allegedly persuading her to have sex with him to help her find a husband," the New York Law Journal reports. (As matchmaking strategies go, it's unique.) The...

NY officer accused of excessive force, bodyslamming woman

Posted on June 28, 2008
Story is from Yonkers, N.Y., where a police officer reportedly picked up a woman and bodyslammed her to the ground last year, breaking her jaw and putting her in the hospital for four days, The AP reports. It happened during...

Drink some tea, go to jail

Posted on June 28, 2008
A Florida man, awaiting trial on a burglary charge, got thrown into jail after he reportedly failed a random drug test -- which was a shock to him, because he'd never done coke before. He had, however, enjoyed some tea...

Quote of the day

Posted on June 28, 2008
"I go nuts in jail, but I straight would not do anything different. I know I'm in trouble, but ... I know I changed his mind next time he even thinks whether he should or he shouldn't." -- Tammy Lee...

Open Thread ... Caturday

Posted on June 28, 2008
Thanks for visiting the Open Thread on a lovely June weekend. As always, we'll be celebrating Caturday both days. Though feel free to post an off-topic comment or link, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your...

Dance Party Friday

Posted on June 27, 2008
I hate doing two weeks of Dance Party Friday in a row, but this one has the Hot Girl in it, which makes it both rare and terrific. (Also, if you'd like to help DPF originator Bob Herzog win a...

Royals player accused of DUI

Posted on June 27, 2008
From Christine Vendel: A Kansas City Royals infielder spent more than seven hours in jail today after he was arrested for driving under the influence. Campus police for the University of Missouri-Kansas City stopped Alberto J. Callaspo, 25, about 3...

That is a LOT of alleged cockfighting

Posted on June 27, 2008
From the JoCo DA's office: Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline filed a total of 345 criminal charges against two men in connection with a Sheriff?s Department raid on a farm near Gardner, Kansas. Fernando Tapia was charged with 172...

Homeless Vietnam vet mugged while sleeping at Veteran's Memorial Park, prosecutors say

Posted on June 27, 2008
It happened about 3 on Thursday morning near the veterans' park south of Westport. The victim woke up when he found a group of young men going through his pockets. He started to fight with them, even though he got...

The judge doesn't care if your pacemaker hurts

Posted on June 27, 2008
A doctor convicted for his role in an illegal Internet pharmacy just had a new pacemaker installed on Thursday. He'd really like a little time to recuperate before he has to report to prison on Monday. His attorneys have begged...

Fact: The real Stone Cold doesn't sign autographs for $10 at Wal-Mart

Posted on June 27, 2008
Indiana authorities are hunting down the faux Stone Cold Steve Austin, who posed as the REAL wrestler and signed autographs for 10 bucks each at a Wal-Mart. File Photo: There were many other, less visually disgusting photos of Stone Cold...

MO schedules its first execution since 2005

Posted on June 27, 2008
From Tony Rizzo: A northern Missouri methamphetamine dealer is set to be the state?s first inmate put to death since October 2005. The Missouri Supreme Court today set a July 30 execution date for John C. Middleton, who was convicted...

Dirtbag teenagers try to ruin "GTA" for everybody else

Posted on June 27, 2008
By blaming their violent crime spree on the game. If you're clever enough to blame a video game for affecting your impulse control and providing a bad influence, then you're smart enough to know you shouldn't go out mug people,...

Dirty hippies, making the world worse for everyone

Posted on June 27, 2008
From the Chattanoogan: At Mr. Zip on Frazier Avenue, clerks said they declined to sell beer to a skinny white male, about 25 years old. He had a California ID, but it was expired. Clerks said the man returned the...

Update on our continuing samurai-sword crisis

Posted on June 27, 2008
A Connecticut man is accused of brandishing a samurai sword at a pedestrian because he was taking too long to cross the parking lot, the Courant says. The suspect says it was in self-defense.

The Second Coming

Posted on June 27, 2008
Lovely story from Des Moines about a family recovering their missing Nativity Jesus. (Though he now has a swastika painted upon his belly.) This is especially good news for the family's 10-year-old, who no longer has to fill in for...

Assist The Officer

Posted on June 27, 2008
A Jackson County deputy, Jerry Goodman, has suffered hemorrhaging brain stroke, so some of his colleagues are planning a dice run to help raise money for his medical expenses. (Sort of fitting since Goodman is an old motorcycle cop.) The...

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