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When is a rape NOT a rape?
Posted on June 09, 2008If you missed it, Tony Rizzo had a good story this weekend talking about a case we've debated here before. It's the story about a woman in Nebraska who says she was raped -- even though the judge in her...
UK burglar narrowly avoids being eaten by 300-pound dog
Posted on June 09, 2008There is a lovely photo after the jump ...
Tanzanian albinos hunted, killed for their "lucky" body parts
Posted on June 09, 2008At least 19 people with albinism have been killed in Tanzania over the last year as witch doctors sell their skin, bones -- even their hair -- as ingredients in get-rich-quick potions, the New York Times reports.
I would never have guessed ....
Posted on June 09, 2008Headline from the Cap-Journal: "Streets near bars have high DUI arrest numbers" I'm as shocked as anyone ...
Some people just can't be helped
Posted on June 09, 2008When Utah authorities went to help two men who'd crashed their car, they were surprised when the victims started, well, throwing blood at them. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
16-year-old suspect in Lawrence double homicide
Posted on June 09, 2008That's not even the youngest murder suspect we've seen this year. Remember the 13-year-old accused of homicide in KCK?
Arson suspect in fire that damaged TX governor's mansion
Posted on June 09, 2008Authorities don't have a "who" yet, though. Nobody was home when the fire happened -- the mansion had been undergoing renovations.
If this isn't worthy of the death penalty, what is?
Posted on June 09, 2008We've got an update on a gruesome case from East St. Louis, where a woman named Tiffany Hall allegedly killed her best friend, stole the fetus from her belly and killed her three kids, whose bodies she stuffed in a...
A new low
Posted on June 09, 2008Two Florida robbers use a three-hole punch to rob a teenager. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
4 shot, but all live, outside south KC motel
Posted on June 09, 2008From Tony Rizzo: Four people were shot Sunday morning outside a southeast Kansas City motel. None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, police said. The victims were shot about 4:30 a.m. at the Days Inn at 87th Street and Interstate...
Who was Thomas Mitchell?
Posted on June 08, 2008From Mike Mansur: In the most recent case, Melvin Blake, 50, was charged with the Friday night shooting death of Thomas Mitchell, 41, in a home in the Northeast area. Police say Blake, charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal...
Charges filed in midtown KC homicide
Posted on June 08, 2008From the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office: Jackson County Prosecutor Jim Kanatzar today announced that Stephone D. Davis (01/22/86) has been charged with Second Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action. The charges stem from a shooting Thursday night in the 3700...
Quote of the day
Posted on June 08, 2008?I believe I owe the people of Kansas City an apology for the way I lived when I was here. I?d like to apologize because I feel like I disappointed a lot of people here. I can?t make up for...
CA man crushed by car while trying to steal its tires
Posted on June 07, 2008Apparently, he used some cinderblocks and rocks to jack up the car, but it gave way.
Open Thread ... Caturday
Posted on June 07, 2008Thanks for spending part of your day here on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Or if you've seen an interesting story elsewhere, feel free to post a link below. Please sign your comments, and...
Man left kids alone by the road while he searched for "wild asparagus," police say
Posted on June 07, 2008Not sure if he ever found any asparagus, but police say they located some pot in his car ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, goshel!
Jasper, Texas: 10 years later
Posted on June 07, 2008It's been 10 years since James Byrd Jr. was dragged to death in Jasper, Texas. The AP has a story about the anniversary and how Byrd's racially charged murder forced the town to change. Snip: "Afterward, people came together, worked...
10th-grader called a hit on ex-GF's friend for $150, police say
Posted on June 06, 2008And some drugs. Story is from Texas. Police aren't sure exactly why the 10th grader (who, BTW, is 17) wanted the girl dead ...
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on June 06, 2008The Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments, is up and running on a lovely Friday morning. Thanks again for spending part of your day here! If you've seen an interesting story elsewhere, feel free to post a link...
AL police Taser naked man who claimed to be Jesus and President Bush
Posted on June 06, 2008Which would give him the ability to break the handcuffs they placed upon him! (Not really.) Lovely quote from the police, though: "This guy must have been to quite a party or he is quite a party himself," said sheriff's...
UPDATE on Japanese official hiding pot in traveler's luggage
Posted on June 06, 2008This is the case where the customs official planted some pot in an innocent traveler's luggage as a test for his drug-sniffing dog. Only the dog couldn't find it, and the official forget which bag he used. Amazingly, the traveler...
Crime ring got rich off Oil of Olay, Pepcid AC, police say
Posted on June 06, 2008California authorities have shut down a major crime ring that bought huge amounts of shoplifted goods -- everyday goods like razors or aspirin -- and then resold them across the country, authorities allege. Hat Tip: Many thanks to The DB!
Gas-hoarding scheme ends in heartbreak, fire
Posted on June 06, 2008Lovely story from Massachusetts, where a couple reportedly decided to store nine jugs full of gasoline in a closet that also contained an air conditioner. There was, of course, a fire. Authorities say they might be on the hook for...
3 dead in MO murder-suicide, including 10-year-old
Posted on June 06, 2008Story is from Mountain Grove. Police believe the shooter is a 37-year-old man who shot his estranged wife, mother-in-law and the 10-year-old, who's a relative to the wife. (The wife lived.)
Will Texas punish officials for FLDS raid?
Posted on June 06, 2008Doesn't sound like it. From the governor's mouth to the Dallas Morning News' ears ... Mr. Perry, asked if he will fire or discipline any state officials because of the way the case was handled, said, ?I think that with...
Father of the Year?
Posted on June 06, 2008Police say a Virginia man tried to avoid arrest by throwing his 10-month-old baby girl at an officer as he ran away.
2.3 million people in U.S. prisons and jails last year, DOJ reports
Posted on June 06, 2008Which they're calling a new record. The price tag for that is $60 billion. Link to the report here ...
"You might as well live"
Posted on June 06, 2008Utah police are pretty sure a man was trying to kill himself when he stabbed himself, wrecked his car and nearly drowned in a river. Despite all that, he lived. It reminds me of the Dorothy Parker poem, "Resume." (Pardon...
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The police have fairly wide discretion on when they can make an arrest so long a...
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