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Florida Gator accused of using dead girl's credit card
Posted on May 09, 2008Running up a tab near $2,800.
MN principal suspends boys for sitting during Pledge of Allegiance
Posted on May 09, 2008Not a crime, just interesting ... Apparently, the school district there has a policy that requires all students to stand during the pledge, even if they don't want to recite it. Still, the ACLU is not having it.
Charges filed in 3700 block of Booth homicide
Posted on May 09, 2008From the WyCo DA: The Wyandotte County District Attorney this afternoon charged Perry Parks, Black Male, Edwardsville, Kansas, DOB: 04-06-47, with First Degree Murder and Aggravated Robbery in connection with the May 7, 2008, shooting death of Everett Suits, which...
Shannon Torrez pleads no contest to kidnapping, assault
Posted on May 09, 2008Torrez is the woman accused of slashing another woman's throat and stealing her newborn back in 2006 in Franklin County. The baby was recovered, and Mom survived. Prosecutor is recommending 30 years for Torrez.
Hulk Hogan's kid gets 8 month for wreck that seriously injured friend
Posted on May 09, 2008He could've gotten five years. Toellner Tells It, a local blog, wonders why the case is getting so much attention: So this is what TV news is coming to? I just walked by the TV here in our office and...
Best. Defense. Ever.
Posted on May 09, 2008In San Francisco, a radio-show host named Bernie Ward has pleaded guilty to a kiddie-porn charge. Would you like to hear what his original defense was? The defense lawyer previously said Ward was looking at the child pornography for research...
KC man guilty of burglarizing homes during funerals
Posted on May 09, 2008From John Shultz: The second of two men who burglarized the homes of people attending funerals was convicted by a Platte County judge Friday. Dane S. Johnson, 35, of Kansas City was convicted of five counts each of burglary and...
Bill would reimburse MO for jailing illegal immigrants
Posted on May 09, 2008Right now, Missouri only gets reimbursed for jailing/imprisoning convicted illegal immigrants. The bill, if approved by Congress, would let the state get paid for housing suspects before their trials. States say it's only fair they get reimbursed because the feds...
You knew it was eventually going to happen ...
Posted on May 09, 2008Remember the lady who got beat up while waiting in line for the Mad Tea Party Ride at Walt Disney World? Well, she's suing Disney because they didn't provide adequate security, she says.
Handcuffed suspect manages to steal KS police cruiser, authorities say
Posted on May 09, 2008Story is from St. Marys, via the Manhattan Mercury ... A policeman had pulled over a man suspected of stealing cars. Got the guy cuffed -- hands behind his back -- and, for some reason, left him in the front...
Way to go, Washington state
Posted on May 09, 2008On April 26, you released Christopher Charles Eddy or "Crazy Eddy" for short. A registered sex offender, he went away for 90 days for failing to report his address, but got out a month early for "good behavior." On April...
Who was Napoleon Malone?
Posted on May 09, 2008Malone was the Renaissance West employee, age 26, who was shot and killed the other day while he tried to take a smoke break. Tony Rizzo and WDAF have more here. Malone's mother was actually on the phone with him...
The case of the flying tambourine
Posted on May 09, 2008Missed this from the other day ... An Overland Park music teacher has resigned after he reportedly tossed a tambourine at his desk, but missed -- hitting a kindergartener in the process. He had cut and some bruises, and his...
How many drunk drivers are there?
Posted on May 09, 2008Good question -- but there might not be a way to get a good answer. The Wall Street Journal's Numbers Guy has a great post here about the problems with studies that ask people if they've ever driven under the...
2 arrested in OP prostitution sting
Posted on May 09, 2008From Overland Park PD: As part of an ongoing effort to suppress criminal activity in our community, the Overland Park Police Department participated in a Prostitution Sting on Thursday evening May 8, 2008. Two females were arrested and charged with...
Former IA cop gets 6 months for having sex with woman he pulled over
Posted on May 09, 2008Story is from Cedar Rapids. The woman, who apparently had been drinking, says she felt like she was being coerced. The officer is also permanently barred from ever serving as a law-enforcement officer again.
Man beats charge of fondling girl, 12 -- he was sleepwalking, jury says
Posted on May 09, 2008I am really surprised the jury believed this defense.
Black-and-blueberry
Posted on May 09, 2008Lady rapper Foxy Brown -- who was released from prison a few weeks ago -- has pleaded guilty to beating her neighbor, using nothing more than a Blackberry as a weapon. (How somebody gets beat up by Foxy Brown, I'll...
Ah, it all makes sense now ...
Posted on May 09, 2008A Wisconsin man has explained why he repeatedly rammed a stranger's car: He thought he was actually attacking his dad, police allege. Snip: "I thought it was my dad that I was ramming and that is why I was doing...
"The best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen"
Posted on May 09, 2008Hey, remember that guy being sought by Interpol for severe sexual abuse involving children? Guess what he did for a living.
Iowa man poses as his dead brother when police arrest him, officers say
Posted on May 09, 2008Which wasn't very smart because Brother had an outstanding warrant for a probation violation. BONUS POINTS: At some point during his incarceration, the suspect told police that he was both (A) Indonesian and (B) a terrorist. It appears that he...
Brandon Burtin's last gift
Posted on May 09, 2008KMBC has a story here about Brandon Burtin, a recent homicide victim. (He was shot and killed Monday at 34th and College.) His organs were donated, and as it turns out, one of his kidneys was able to go to...
Bigamist's wives team up, turn him into the authorities, police say
Posted on May 08, 2008All together now: Ha-HAW.
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on May 08, 2008Thanks for spending a little time on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments, discussions and links to any interesting stories you might have spotted elsewhere. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially...
Police shoot, kill suspect during foot chase
Posted on May 08, 2008It happened about 3:20 p.m. near 26th and Jackson. From the Star: Before running, the suspect reportedly had been in a car that was being driven erratically. It was unclear whether he was the driver. A police helicopter crew had...
7 days, 6 homicides -- and KCPD needs our help
Posted on May 08, 2008KCPD just put out a press release asking for help in a recent series of unsolved homicides. (We've had six slayings in seven days, though police have cleared one of those cases.) Here's a rundown of the cases, most of...
MO deputy was right to use Taser, sheriff says
Posted on May 08, 2008St. Charles County has already conducted an internal investigation of the deputy who Tasered man, who later died. (Nobody's been able to prove what killed the guy yet.) The sheriff says the deputy was right to use the Taser on...
Assassins kill Mexico's top cop
Posted on May 08, 2008Unbelievable ... well, it's a little believable considering that Mexico's federal police have been going tooth-and-claw at the cartels for months now. This is the 10th time in the past two months that a federal police official has been murdered....
Guilty verdicts in Kansas City hate-crime murder
Posted on May 08, 2008From Mark Morris: A federal jury convicted two Kansas City men today in the hate-crime murder of a Northeast area pedestrian in 2005. Gary Eye and Steven Sandstrom had been on trial for killing William McCay early the morning of...
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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?
Probably depends on the law of the state in which you live. Many states allow fo...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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