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Was this man justified under Castle Law?
Posted on June 03, 2008A Texas man, 74, has been indicted after shooting a 15-year-old neighbor who was walking across his yard at night to get to a party. The man thought they were going to break into his house, so he fired through...
FLDS: We've reconsidered the whole "child bride" thing
Posted on June 03, 2008As Texas started returning the FLDS kids to their parents, the church announced plans to, well, encourage its members to obey the law and not let kids get married until they're of legal age. Snip: Late Monday, elder Willie Jessop...
MO women accused of stealing flowers off veterans' graves on Memorial Day
Posted on June 03, 2008Story is from St. Joe. Snip from the AP: Prosecutors said Monday that Jo Ann Milbourn and her daughter Rebekah Rutherford were cited after a man saw them May 27 with 30 containers of flowers in the back of their...
The hidden dangers of fixing "pressed ham"
Posted on June 03, 2008Story is from the Netherlands, where three men ran down the street with their behinds showing. One of them, though, made the mistake of pressing his against a shop window, resulting in what the Associated Press calls a mooning "that...
And I will call him "Squinty"
Posted on June 03, 2008Christopher Paul, 44, of Ohio is expected to plead guilty to planning to blow up Americans overseas. He's getting a deal that will put him away for 20 years. Snip: The government said Paul was so devoted to the cause...
Dennis Robertson
Posted on June 03, 2008Robertson, who was the Edwardsville police chief back in the 1980s and early 90s, died this weekend in a crash in KCK. (It was Sunday afternoon near Kansas and Kaw Drive.) As Sara notes ... In 1987, the department busted...
Should Ramona Morgan face murder charges?
Posted on June 03, 2008Morgan is the woman accused of running over two highway workers last year in Douglas County, killing both men. She's facing counts of second-degree murder, but her attorney argues that circumstances don't justify a murder rap.
How they caught Cesar Laurean
Posted on June 02, 2008Laurean is the Marine accused of killing a pregnant fellow officer, Maria Lauterbach, last year near Camp Lejeune. Here's a story telling authorities tracked down Laurean after he fled to Mexico -- but kept leaving messages online for his wife...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on June 02, 2008Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. This is also a good spot to share links, if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as...
The Megan Meier Foundation
Posted on June 02, 2008Tina Meier talks here about the foundation inspired by her daughter, Megan, who committed suicide after receiving mean-spirited messages over the Internet. Here's a link to the foundation's site.
Anybody can PRETEND to be a doctor ...
Posted on June 02, 2008... but it takes a special kind of weird to show up for shifts and continue to insist that you're a doctor after police have arrested you. Hat Tip: Many thanks, kmb!
KC man charged in last week's credit-union robbery
Posted on June 02, 2008From U.S. Attorney John Wood's office: Theotis A. Muhammad, 24, of Kansas City, was charged with armed robbery in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo. According to an affidavit filed in support of...
An unspeakable crime
Posted on June 02, 2008Hugging the elderly while drunk and naked. Saw this via Fark!
Hulk Hogan's kid would like to leave jail, please
Posted on June 02, 2008Nick Bollea, who's doing an eight-month stint, is "unhappy with the conditions at Pinellas County Jail and has filed a motion asking for a different sentence," the St. Pete Times reports. Specifically, he'd like to get himself some of that...
Because a casino is no place for a child
Posted on June 02, 2008A Delaware couple is facing criminal charges after they allegedly left their kids in the car while they went into a casino and gambled.
Two 18-year-olds charged in Independence homicide
Posted on June 02, 2008Dustin P. Rinehart and Derek A. Vaughan, both 18 and from Independence, are facing charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Diana Garner late Friday. Police say the murder weapon was an AK-47. Garner's...
Ah, a case worthy of J. Edgar Hoover ...
Posted on June 02, 2008The FBI is investigating whether a Philly TV anchor secretly read his co-anchor's email and leaked the juicy parts to the media ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!
The Supremes (sort of) save fantasy baseball
Posted on June 02, 2008Here's an interesting story about Major League Baseball wanting to crack down on the various fantasy-league publishers, to keep them from using real players' names and statistics. (Which would, you admit, kinda defeat the purpose of fantasy baseball.) The Supremes...
Guilty verdict in KC rape from 2000
Posted on June 02, 2008From Tony Rizzo: Ray Anthony Slaughter, 38, was linked to the assault when a DNA sample he gave after an arrest in California matched DNA evidence from the June 2000 assault. The woman, who was 19 at the time, testified...
Iowa man's DUI caused by taking dog's pills
Posted on June 02, 2008The state's poison control center says this happens a few times per year -- somebody will take medicine intended for their pets. The result? Fenton said he took a doctor-prescribed antidepressant on Nov. 9, the day that police reports show...
3 officers wounded, 1 critically, near Tucson
Posted on June 02, 2008Authorities say the most seriously injured officer was shot in the head during an apparent ambush. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
Tatum O'Neal accused of trying to buy crack
Posted on June 02, 2008I just wanted to take this opportunity to say that I really enjoyed "Paper Moon" ...
OK, now the FLDS kids WILL be returned ...
Posted on June 02, 2008That's according to a breaking-news alert from The AP ...
I report, you deride
Posted on June 02, 2008From the Salina Journal: Miscellaneous meats, a backpack and tennis shoes belonging to Gretchen Gail Rodriguez were taken from 2206 Pheasant between 11 a.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. The loss was estimated at $1,480.
The telltale mole
Posted on June 02, 2008So the attorney for R. Kelly makes a big deal about the fingernail-size mole on his client's back. The lawyer goes so far to say that, if the guy on the sex tape doesn't have the mole, it simply cannot...
Who killed Diana Garner?
Posted on June 02, 2008From Independence PD: On Friday, 05/30/2008, Independence Police responded the 8800 block of Winner Road in regards to a reported shooting. Upon arrival they located a 37-year-old female, Diana Garner, lying in the front yard. She was pronounced dead at...
One Year Later: Kelsey Smith
Posted on June 02, 2008It's been one year since Smith was abducted from an Overland Park parking lot, raped and killed. Here's coverage from KSHB, WDAF and The Star. And here's a link to the Kelsey Smith Foundation, which hosts self-defense seminars for young...
Justifiable lawsuit? Or money-hungry cash-in?
Posted on June 02, 2008A Texas family is demanding $206K from the city of Denton after their black Labrador mix was euthanized at the pound -- even though the owners had said they would pick it up. In fact, they showed up a DAY...
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Do parents have the right to NOT turn in a sexual offender?
No. The offender should be turned in regardless of any disability (1), or reason...
Can someone detained in a search w/ warrant, be charged with a crime related to the search if they were not arrested at the time of the search?
The police have fairly wide discretion on when they can make an arrest so long a...
I was a bookkeeper for a recreation center. The Center Director left and a new director took over. I went to work one day and some of my files were missing. I called our computer tech and her restored the files (I had ma
In order for a crime to be established you need to conclusively prove that the D...
If I was detained by citizens unlawfully, and then the police showed up...is everything they charged me with in-admissable?
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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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