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MO Supremes: Midwives are legal in the Show-Me State

Posted on June 25, 2008
The court's ruling upholds a measure passed by the legislature, the Post-Dispatch reports. Missouri is the 38th state to OK midwifery. (The P-D did a big series about midwives recently -- you can find it after the jump.)

Guilty verdict for man who tortured, raped student over 19 hours

Posted on June 25, 2008
Story is from New York. The guy's attorney says his client, Robert Williams, wasn't fit to stand trial. I get the feeling the jury -- which heard about the attack in gruesome detail -- didn't feel terribly sympathetic. Snip: the...

UPDATE: Teenage clerk's throat was slashed during robbery

Posted on June 25, 2008
The St. Joe News-Press has more about a c-store clerk whose throat was slashed during a robbery last week in Winthrop, Mo. She's just turned 19 and, according to her friends, should get her voice back. I cannot imagine what...

Gladstone puts out the word on alleged roofing scams

Posted on June 24, 2008
Gladstone police are looking for a man named Alford J. Jeffery, 20, of Carthage, who's accused of stealing over $500. Authorities allege that, earlier this month, Jeffery went to a house where roofing repairs were being done and pretended to...

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Once More, With Ceiling (Collapse)

Posted on June 24, 2008

Girl, 12, charged with distributing nude picture of classmate

Posted on June 24, 2008
Does it stop being child pornography if the pornographer is a child? Story is from Connecticut.

Missouri Missing

Posted on June 24, 2008
Just wanted to plug another site that's trying to publicize missing-persons cases in the Show-Me State: Missouri Missing. It's the brainchild of two women who both have daughters that vanished. The site's still under construction, but they've got a good...

Victim won't help catch shooters, KCPD says

Posted on June 24, 2008
From Christine Vendel: A gunman shot a man in the arm and abdomen Monday night near 61st Street and Jackson Avenue, but the victim told police he doesn?t want to cooperate with the investigation. The victim was standing outside about...

If this isn't hitting bottom, I don't know what is ...

Posted on June 24, 2008
A Pennsylvania woman is jailed after authorities say she was drunk when she crashed her vehicle and killed her 6-year-old son. Still, she was given leave so she could attend his funeral, so long as she reported back to jail...

OK toddler gets help for Mom by singing a song

Posted on June 24, 2008
Story is from Oklahoma, where a woman devised a very clever plan to get help with she fainted from a chronic condition. She taught her 3-year-old daughter a song about how to call 911. When Mom passed out recently, Kiddo...

KCPD names victim in 39th and College homicide

Posted on June 24, 2008
From KCPD: The victim has been positively identified as Darron R. Jacobs, a 20-year-old KCMO resident. There are no suspects in custody and detectives ask that anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.

Garbage in, garbage out

Posted on June 24, 2008
An Atlanta businesswoman reportedly dumped a mess of trash on a neighbor's porch because that person had been using her trash bin without permission. Except she dumped the trash on the wrong person's porch ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith...

The wrong kind of stimulus

Posted on June 24, 2008
Sheboygan police have arrested a man caught carrying heroin in his wallet. He reportedly told officers that he was using his economic-stimulus check to pay for the drugs ...

Carmelo Anthony takes plea deal in DUI case

Posted on June 24, 2008
He copped to a less serious charge, and he got a year's probation and 24 hours of community service as punishment. His team has decided to suspend him for the first two games of next season. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Where is Joyce Patterson?

Posted on June 24, 2008
Police are fearing the worst in the disappearance of Patterson, a c-store clerk in Viola, who disappeared on Monday. From the Eagle: The owner of the convenience store arrived at 4 p.m. to an empty store, where he noticed some...

Open Thread ... Tuesday

Posted on June 24, 2008
This is the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments. You can also post links here to interesting stories you might have seen elsewhere. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually abusive...

I wish there was video of this

Posted on June 24, 2008
Two inmates in a Texas jail tried to escape through the air-conditioning vents. Sadly, it ended when one of them fell through the ceiling of the police chief's office ...

Salina priest thwarts collection-plate thief

Posted on June 24, 2008
Great story from the Journal about a priest who finds a thief looting the collection plate on a Sunday afternoon. The thief ran into another room -- so the priest locked him inside there. The crook eventually escaped by jumping...

Project REST

Posted on June 24, 2008
The Missouri Highway Patrol and MoDOT are going to start displaying posters of missing persons at the state's rest stops, as a way to dig up leads.

FL man accused of shooting teen with sagging britches

Posted on June 24, 2008
The guy lived. If this doesn't convince him to stop sagging, I'm not sure what will ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

NIJ: Tasers are not as death-inducing as some think

Posted on June 24, 2008
The National Institute of Justice, the DOJ's research wing, put together a panel of medical experts to look at Taser-related deaths and injuries. The NIJ found about 300 cases where people died after getting zapped, but the panel concluded there's...

CSKC Rule No. 1 of Criminal Nudity

Posted on June 24, 2008
The people you MOST want to see naked will never take off their clothes in public. The people you LEAST want to see naked, however, will get bare at the drop of a hat. Case in point ... Hat Tip:...

Summers are slow at the North Pole ...

Posted on June 24, 2008
A North Pole man was arrested after he allegedly drove a riding lawnmower while drunk and tried to flee the police using said lawnmower. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

St. Louis man, age 19, shot and killed for his gold necklace

Posted on June 24, 2008
Story is from this weekend. The bad guys already had the necklace by the time they shot him.

Quote of the day

Posted on June 24, 2008
"Broad daylight. It used to be that you would want to get off the streets at nighttime. There was always 'bad things' that would happen after dark. Not anymore. You?re liable to get shot on a sunny day with high...

Because, sometimes, a baseball bat just isn't enough

Posted on June 24, 2008
A Florida man is accused of chasing another guy while, at various times, wielding a baseball bat, samurai sword, brass knuckles and a Rambo knife. Alcohol and marriage problems were a factor, police say. Saw this via Fark!

Dear Criminals: If you decide to photograph yourself at work ...

Posted on June 24, 2008
... try not to leave the camera at the crime scene. Four juveniles are accused of vandalizing the First Christian Church in Atchison, looking for porn on church computers and then stealing (and wrecking) a church van, the St. Joe...