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Meanwhile, in Sioux Falls

Posted on June 27, 2008
Police arrest two men who had been beating each other with wood beams. Snip: There was no indication as to what started the fight, he said. ?It looks like they were drinking together with some other people,? Clemens said.

Quote of the day

Posted on June 27, 2008
?I thought he was pulling me up there to dance around or something. Next thing I know. ? I go to give him a high-five, and he comes up with a fist.? - Marcus Nirschl, who's accused of getting rough...

Woman IDs her pimp in exchange for pizza

Posted on June 27, 2008
A couple of thoughts: 1. Dear Pimp: If your ladies are selling you out for food, you're not pimping hard enough. 2. Why aren't we offering fast food to all of our criminals? A Taco Bell run has got to...

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on June 27, 2008
Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic discussion. This is also an excellent place to post links to interesting stories you might have seen somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well...

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You Don't Mess With The Fawzi

Posted on June 27, 2008
A robber tried to hold up a Michigan bank by threatening tellers with a bomb strapped to his body. They responded by alerting customer Nabil Fawzi, who just happens to be a 6-year veteran of the Lebanese army. Oh, and...

Travels with Charlie

Posted on June 27, 2008
Midtown Miscreant has been recounting an old episode from his "seedy" past -- ferrying his crackhead pal Charlie to the West Coast. Chapter Three is up and available here.

Dear Friends: Duct-taping your kids to trees is not OK

Posted on June 27, 2008
It's ... yeah, it's child abuse, even if you do tell the police you were just "playing a game." Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!

Manure theft goes horribly, horribly wrong

Posted on June 27, 2008
Anytime you ended up naked and coated in cow feces ... it's safe to say that something has gone horribly wrong.

Report: MO underage drinking is higher than U.S. average

Posted on June 27, 2008
Story is from the Jeff City paper, which cites a state-sponsored study. Snip: According to a 2006 Missouri Student Survey commissioned by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Mental Health, in a 30-day period...

Lizabeth Wilson's brother bound over for trial

Posted on June 27, 2008
Lizabeth Wilson was a Prairie Village girl who was abducted and killed back in 1974 -- it's only in the last few years that her killer, John Henry Horton, was put on trial. The hearings put Lizabeth's brother, John, and...

Romania allows 11-year-old rape victim to get abortion

Posted on June 27, 2008
She's 21 weeks along -- Romania allows abortion only through Week 14. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Golfer

OP boy, 3, dies after being struck by hit-and-run driver

Posted on June 27, 2008
From OP Police: The 3-year-old child struck by a hit-and-run driver in the 13900 block of Newton passed away early this morning, June 27, 2008. The child?s name is Ian Jeon, W/M, 3 years old. He and his parents are...

Missing clerk is found safe in Wichita

Posted on June 27, 2008
Here's some good news: Joyce Patterson, a c-store clerk in Viola, Kan., was found safe late Thursday night at a house in Wichita. Police had feared the worst when she disappeared from the store a few days ago. Police are...

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on June 26, 2008
Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussions. This is also a good spot to post links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as...

MS man convicted of hiring hit on daughter-in-law because she was black

Posted on June 26, 2008
The rest of the family is Indian. In a Monday, June 16, 2008 file photo, Chiman Rai, right sits along side Don Samuel, left, part of his defense team, during jury deliberation in Atlanta. Rai was convicted Thursday, June 26,...

Neil Entwistle gets life without parole

Posted on June 26, 2008
Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jellybean!

Hit-and-run driver injures 4-year-old in OP

Posted on June 26, 2008
From OP Police: VEHICLE WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH INJURY HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT 3:07 PM., 6-26-08 OVERLAND PARK POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC?S ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING A WHITE TOYOTA RAV 4 SUV THAT WAS INVOLVED IN...

11 years for millionaire who kept maids as slaves

Posted on June 26, 2008
Couldn't happen to a nicer lady. Authorities say the millionaire beat the women with umbrellas and brooms, cut them and made them take ice-cold showers.

Unbelievable

Posted on June 26, 2008
At Knott's Berry Farm, a California amusement park, they're not going to let disabled people go to the front of ride lines. Why? Because too many people were pretending to be disabled so THEY could get cuts ...

Michele Anderson would like to die, please

Posted on June 26, 2008
Anderson is the woman accused of killing her parents, her brother and his wife, her 5-year-old niece and 3-year-old nephew on Christmas Eve in Washington state. She pleaded not guilty originally, but is now looking for a lawyer who can...

Pakistani busted for sham marriage to KCK woman

Posted on June 26, 2008
So he could get legal residency in the U.S. In case you were wondering, the "bride" got $60 per month for 16 months.

A ruling that might get more victims killed?

Posted on June 26, 2008
JUNGLE JIM points to another Supreme Court ruling that's getting lost in the shuffle today. The Supremes say a convicted killer should get a new trial because the prosecution introduced statements from the victim. Before she was killed, she told...

Mindy McCready is in trouble again

Posted on June 26, 2008
This time for probation violation -- she apparently claimed to have done more community service than she actually did, the Tennessean reports. (The mugshot is a file photo -- one of our sentimental favorites.)

KC man suspected in Springfield beating death

Posted on June 26, 2008
The suspect is a man named Darryl S. Vest, who was released in May after doing time for domestic assault and exhibiting a weapon. He's accused of fatally beating James W. Dake, a fellow probationer, earlier this week. The two...

Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over

Posted on June 26, 2008
Yesterday, the Supremes ruled that executing child rapists isn't constitutional -- a decision that infuriated a lot of lawmakers. They're vowing to write new laws that still make death available in these cases ...

Midtown Miscreant

Posted on June 26, 2008
Double-M is writing about an episode from his old, "seedy" life. Here's Chapter Two, wherein our hero ferries his junkie buddy Charlie to California. We get to meet Charlie's family, including his sister: Sometime in the early 1980's she stepped...

Okie discovers home videos of Mom having sex with dogs, police say

Posted on June 26, 2008
And he discovered the tapes, ironically enough, while he was dog-sitting, Tulsa police say. (Mom was in the hospital.) Son contacted the authorities and turned over 200 pieces of evidence. That's not counting what the police found during a search:...