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Some people hit rock bottom and keep going

Posted on April 30, 2010
I'm amazed that he survived all of this. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tim P!

Charge filed in Plaza assault

Posted on April 29, 2010
Jackson County prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old with first-degree assault after he beat a 16-year-old in the Winstead's parking lot back on April 10, the night of the big Plaza mobs. According to court records, Steffon Rainey beat the victim...

D.V. shelters running out of room

Posted on April 29, 2010
Recently, we had a post KCPD and its new Lethality Assessment Protocol -- a checklist of questions that police ask on domestic-violence calls. The questions help predict whether a victim is likely to face more violence or even death. The...

Jim Beam accused of public intoxication

Posted on April 29, 2010
I hear they're still looking for his accomplice, Jack Daniels.

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Military wants death for Fort Hood suspect, attorney says

Posted on April 29, 2010
That's according to the attorney for Maj. Nadal Hasan, who's accused of killing 13 people during a shooting spree at the base. The military requires there be an aggravating factor to qualify a murderer for the death penalty. In this...

Monkey meatballs -- delicious, but illegal

Posted on April 29, 2010
Indonesian authorities have arrested two people for allegedly killing protected monkeys and making meatballs out of them, Reuters reports.

IT guy locked bosses out of computer system

Posted on April 29, 2010
In San Francisco, one of the city's former IT workers has been convicted for refusing to give his bosses the passwords to the city's network. He was afraid that he was going to be laid off, prosecutors said, and he...

Barber set homeless man on fire

Posted on April 29, 2010
In Los Angeles, a barber named Ben Matthew Martin, 31, has been sentenced to life without parole after he set a homeless man on fire, killing John Robert McGraham. Martin apparently had a problem with homeless people, and he lost...

OP plans DUI patrol, checkpoint

Posted on April 29, 2010
Overland Park police have scheduled a DUI checkpoint for this Friday and a saturation patrol for May 5.

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on April 29, 2010
Welcome 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,...

Wash. man killed stepkid, 3, for money

Posted on April 29, 2010
A Washington man was found guilty of drowning his 3-year-old stepdaughter so he could allegedly claim the insurance money, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. Joel Zellmer was convicted in an incident from 2003, when little Ashley McLellen drowned in their pool...

Were shootings ordered at Kent State?

Posted on April 29, 2010
One of the Kent State shooting victims argues that Guardsmen were ordered to fire upon students during the infamous 1970 incident, and he says an audio recording made that day will back him up. Experts are getting to analyze a...

Report: ID for body found in Mo. River

Posted on April 29, 2010
KMBC reports that Sugar Creek has put a name to the body recently found in the Missouri River: Christopher A. Jones of KCK. Authorities haven't released how Jones died.

Randy Quaid is a free man

Posted on April 29, 2010
In California, prosecutors have dropped charges against actor Randy Quaid, who was accused of cheating a hotel out of $10,000. (The hotel was eventually paid.) Quaid's wife, though, had to plead no-contest and will be on probation for three years....

Olathe plans May 5 saturation patrol

Posted on April 29, 2010
I have no idea why they would hold a saturation patrol on Cinco de Mayo.

'You're not going to believe this, but I'm the messiah'

Posted on April 29, 2010
A man crashed his car into a Pittsburgh synagogue on Tuesday, police say. He reportedly told officers that he was on a mission from God. Sadly, he does have precedent on his side.

'Andy Griffith' star robbed in 'Mayberry'

Posted on April 29, 2010
Betty Lou Lynn -- who played Thelma Lou, Barney Fife's girlfriend on "The Andy Griffith Show," lost her wallet to a thief while shopping in Mount Airy, N.C., the real-life inspiration for Mayberry. The AP says Lynn had moved to...

A little groveling goes a long way

Posted on April 29, 2010
A quick update to yesterday: Kelsey Gloston, the 19-year-old who was hauled into court wearing flip-flops and shackles for missing jury duty, has apologized to the judge, who's going to let the matter drop. Her dad says he's not going...

Feeling RANDy about illegal immigration

Posted on April 29, 2010
The RAND Corporation has a new report about illegal immigration and whether it's a good idea to have local police doing enforcement. A copy of the study costs about $7, though there's a decent summary here. The big problem is...

Does this deputy deserve to be charged?

Posted on April 29, 2010
A few weeks ago, we had a story about a Colorado deputy who reportedly Tasered 34 teens at a school's career fair, at their request. The deputy ended up resigning, and now he's several charges of misdemeanor child abuse. (Some...

Report of teen's death greatly exaggerated

Posted on April 29, 2010
In New York, police told one couple that their son had died in a car wreck -- only he was still alive. The teen's brother found him sleeping at their house. The parents spent about 90 minutes thinking they had...

I see a lawsuit in your future ...

Posted on April 29, 2010
Scottsbluff, Neb., has a law banning fortune-telling, divination and other forms of clairvoyance, and the ACLU is asking officials to not enforce the law or, better yet, repeal it. Scottsbluff police can't remember ever actually arresting someone for this...

Obama's not in a forgiving mood

Posted on April 29, 2010
President Obama has received a lot of requests for pardons and clemency, but so far, he hasn't granted any, USA Today reports. Recent presidents have hesitated to approve these requests, experts say, because they're afraid it will turn into another...

3 DUI arrests during saturation patrol

Posted on April 29, 2010
The Missouri Highway Patrol says that it arrested three people for DUI during a saturation patrol April 17 in Jackson County. They report making 26 arrests or citations overall, plus 33 warnings.

Victim's mom says real killer was convicted

Posted on April 29, 2010
Jasmine Lynn -- a KC native attending Spelman College in Atlanta -- was killed last year when someone fired a bullet into a crowd. Earlier this year, a man named Devonni Benton was convicted of killing Lynn, who graduated from...

19-year-old dies from KC shooting

Posted on April 29, 2010
Charles Henderson, 19, has died from injuries he received in a double shooting Tuesday afternoon near 26th and Bellefontaine. The other victim was expected to live. KCPD arrested a suspect, though I don't think charges have been filed yet.

Do you feel a burning sensation?

Posted on April 29, 2010
An Ohio inmate needed emergency treatment after a bottle of hot sauce got stuck in his behind, the Columbus Dispatch reports. The man had originally told authorities that he was assaulted, but later admitted that he had done it himself....

Quote of the day

Posted on April 29, 2010
"The thing that made me not feel so bad was, she was old." -- an 18-year-old suspected of getting high and running over an elderly woman, who died. The quote is according to New York police, as reported by the...

Florida keeps failing to ban bestiality

Posted on April 29, 2010
A Florida legislator is going to try -- again -- to get her colleagues to pass a law banning sex with animals. Their Senate passed a version last year, but something stopped the Florida House from doing likewise. The new...

Will Missouri pass Arizona-style law?

Posted on April 29, 2010
Arizona has gotten a lot of attention for its new law on illegal immigration, but Missouri is also considering a bill to punish people who help illegal immigrants, KSHB reports. In fact, the bill's sponsor -- Rep. Mark Parkinson, who...

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