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Assault with orange slushee
Posted on May 21, 2008Wichita police are trying to find a 50-something man who went through a Spangles drive-through and, apparently displeased with his food, threw an orange slushee at the staff. Snip: There's no indication what he yelled at the employees as he...
Mailman helps deliver drive-by shooting suspect, prosecutors say
Posted on May 21, 2008Sulif I. Wilkins, 18, of Kansas City is facing charges of unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action after he allegedly opened fire in a gas station's parking lot Tuesday at Cleaver II and Paseo, Jackson County prosecutors...
IL authorities charge Drew Peterson on gun violation
Posted on May 21, 2008Snip: Brodsky said the charge is related to a technical requirement about the length of the gun barrel. "According to what I was told, [the barrel] was three-eighths of an inch too short," Brodsky said. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE...
Francisco J. Cota
Posted on May 21, 2008Cota, 18, is facing charges of first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of weapon. It's connected to the drive-by shooting Monday near 6th and Van Brunt. From the prosecutor's office: According to court documents, witnesses said a white...
"Reckless, shameless, unprofessional"
Posted on May 21, 2008Judge John Torrence, who oversees Jackson County's Division 14, has written a blistering letter to KCTV over a report aired last week on the Elijah Jones murder trial. There were threats made against several people connected to the case, the...
Houseguest decides to intervene in domestic disturbance ...
Posted on May 21, 2008... and is rewarded by having a gun pointed at her head. Hint: Your first mistake was caring. Story is from Columbia.
MO mom accused of sleeping with 6 teenagers
Posted on May 21, 2008In the space of three months, the authorities allege. Investigators say there could be other boys involved. Story is from Cuba. Saw this via JoCo SOB ...
IL man blew up house while trying to kill family, police say
Posted on May 21, 2008Story is from Belleville. What's unusual -- and unexplained -- is that Mom and Baby Girl both escaped unharmed, but Papa (aka the suspect) got caught in the blast. Snip: Neighbors said he was burned so badly that everyone initially...
UPDATE: Woman left in cell 4 days without food, water
Posted on May 21, 2008Recently, we had a story about a woman who was left in a courthouse holding cell for four days without food or water. (The guard forgot to transfer her back to jail.) The case was from Fayetteville, Ark. The woman...
FL dad owes $700K in child support, gets 2 years in prison
Posted on May 21, 2008That's about 20 years' worth of back child support.
OK man uses BB gun to solve most family problems, police say
Posted on May 21, 2008An Oklahoma man is accused of grabbing a BB gun and shooting his son when he got bad grades, his daughter when she broke a window blind and his wife, well, just because. Hat Tip: Many thanks, KMB!
Is someone stalking elderly women near Hutch?
Posted on May 21, 2008Disturbing story from the Hutch News, which reports on the death of an 85-year-old woman at her assisted-living center in Buhler. It's been ruled a homicide, and it's prompted authorities to organize a joint task force. They're going to see...
MO car dealer gives free gun with purchase of vehicle
Posted on May 21, 2008Story is from Butler, courtesy of KMBC. The dealer says he also offers a free gas card, but most people -- about 80 percent -- choose the free semiautomatic. (Of course, they have to pass a background check.) File photo:...
Another page in the long, sad story of teenagers emailing naked pictures of themselves
Posted on May 21, 2008Lovely story from Wisconsin where a 17-year-old is facing criminal charges after he reportedly posted naked pictures of his 16-year-old girlfriend on MySpace. (With some LESS than flattering captions.) The police contacted the young gentleman and told to remove the...
Middle-aged women steal cemetery flowers for craft projects
Posted on May 21, 2008The story is, of course, from Wisconsin. Hat Tip: Many thanks to the Uncanny Goshel!
Probably the saddest story you're going to read today
Posted on May 21, 2008Indiana police find an 8-year-old autistic boy living in a hovel with his mother. He's never been to school, the doctor or a dentist -- which is too bad because he apparently has existed exclusively on chocolate: chocolate pudding, chocolate...
"Body vandalism"
Posted on May 21, 2008St. Joseph is dealing with an unusual wave of vandalism, KMBC reports. Basically, somebody -- probably some punk kids -- are hurling their bodies into garage doors. They call it body vandalism. I'm betting some homeowners would like to vandalize...
MO Supremes turn down Michael Taylor appeal
Posted on May 21, 2008Taylor is one of two men convicted of murdering Kansas City teenager Ann Harrison back in 1989. She'd been waiting outside her house for the school bus. Tony Rizzo has more here on Taylor's latest setback in avoiding execution, which...
New KC police camera records a driveby shooting
Posted on May 21, 2008Recently, KCPD installed a series of surveillance cameras along 24th Street as a way to deter crime and help police catch the bad guys. As it turns out, one of the cameras recorded a drive-by shooting that injured a 21-year-old...
There really isn't a good excuse for bringing explosives to work ...
Posted on May 21, 2008Swedish authorities arrested two people after a nuclear-plant worker was found with traces of a very powerful explosive on his bag. The good news is there wasn't enough to harm anybody. But it's worrying because the chemical doesn't have any...
WDAF: KCPD finds gang hiding in bushes with assault rifles
Posted on May 21, 2008Kind of a cool story. Sounds like the police stopped a potential retaliatory hit. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
16 years
Posted on May 20, 2008That's how long it's taken Florida to set a final execution date for Mark Dean Schwab, who was convicted in 1992 of raping and murdering an 11-year-old boy. Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!
NH man held on $10K bail for stealing $1.99 beer
Posted on May 20, 2008He already has 152 other arrests, so I guess the high bond was probably justified. The guy just sounds like your all-purpose ne'er-do-well: Last week, Baldwin was brought to Portsmouth Regional Hospital after he was found passed out in a...
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on May 20, 2008Thanks for spending a little time 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 share the link. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity,...
If you've been busted for DUI in Arizona in the past 2 years, I have some good news
Posted on May 20, 2008A Tucson judge has thrown out 49 cases because the breath-test company refuses to show how its machine works. If the precedent holds up, every DUI in Arizona since 2006 could be undermined, a defense attorney says.
AR boy, 12, gets drunk, wrecks stepdad's truck while looking for rodeo girl, police say
Posted on May 20, 2008I think the best part is when he knocked on a stranger's door after the wreck, and the homeowner answered the door with a shotgun. It WAS something like 2:30 in the morning ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Kevin!
"A moonlight serenade composed in hell"
Posted on May 20, 2008Local blogger Midtown Miscreant writes about living arrangements in prison, part of his "Prison For Dummies" series. Snip: Seriously, I never realized until I went to prison just how loud people can snore. When you have 60 people crammed in...
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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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