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Restaurant managers accused of locking employee in shed
Posted on May 01, 2008And then hitting the sides with hammers, which allegedly gave the employee a panic attack. I've had some bad bosses before -- but never anybody who tried to lock me in a shed. Story is from Ohio. Hat Tip: Many...
Nebraska police respond to report of a wedgie
Posted on May 01, 2008Words fail me. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Today's the day: KCMO votes on red-light cams
Posted on May 01, 2008If it passes, the city will have 12 cameras installed around the city, ready to photograph the license plates of people who run reds.
No eyewitnesses? No murder case
Posted on May 01, 2008Jackson County prosecutors have dropped 11 charges against Timothy T. McClendon, who's accused of killing two women, beating his girlfriend, carjacking a vehicle, shooting a man in the face and firing into two cars and a house. It allegedly happened....
Iowa diocese plans to pay $37 million to abuse victims
Posted on May 01, 2008It's the diocese based in Davenport, which declared bankruptcy and sold some of its property to help finance the payment. The church is coughing up $17.5 million with its insurer covering the rest.
DON'T LOOK, ETHEL! Redux
Posted on May 01, 2008From a bystander: "He had a lot of stress in his face."
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on April 30, 2008The Open Thread -- our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion -- is up and running on a lovely Wednesday morning. Thanks again for stopping in! If you've seen an interesting story elsewhere, feel free to post a link...
Drunk driver got into 10 hit-and-run wrecks before being stopped, police say
Posted on April 30, 2008Story is from Arizona. A motorcyclist was hurt in one encounter. The suspect faces a slew of charges, including Super DUI. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
Mugger steals woman's bank deposit, escapes on skateboard
Posted on April 30, 2008Only in Arizona ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
Okie teen accused of stabbing other girl after fighting over boy on MySpace
Posted on April 30, 2008They allegedly met at a local QuikTrip shortly before midnight to settle each other's hash, the Tulsa World reports. The victim got jabbed in the arm, but should live. The suspect is 14, the victim 15.
DON'T LOOK, ETHEL!
Posted on April 30, 2008From Christine Vendel: An inmate escaped from Kansas City police headquarters this afternoon, stripped off his jail uniform and ran onto an interstate in his underwear. The incident began about 12:45 p.m. when Spencer L. Rounds, 38, appeared in city....
Vanilla Ice's wife won't press domestic-violence charge
Posted on April 30, 2008Story from the Orlando Sentinel.
Your leg isn't broken, son, but there's plenty else wrong with you
Posted on April 30, 2008Then: California mother begs rescuers to find her teenage son, who is lost in the forest and has broken his leg! Now: He's fine. As it turns out, so is his leg. Police say Junior was dropping acid, which made...
TX authorities say several FLDS kids had suffered broken bones
Posted on April 30, 2008Which was revealed during a legislative hearing. The state authorities say it's way too early to draw any conclusions about the injuries or how they were caused, though investigators are going to be looking into that. Hat Tip: Many thanks...
Suspected tweaker loses high-stakes game of Hide-And-Seek, police say
Posted on April 30, 2008Story is from Quincy, Ill., where police tried to arrest a couple of gentlemen for running an alleged meth lab. They got one right off, but the other ran to nearby Quincy University, sneaked into an office and hid under...
Midtown Miscreant
Posted on April 30, 2008... reacts to the kid accused of planning an attack on his school in South Carolina --- allegedly so he could go to Heaven and kill Jesus. Take it away, Double-M: At any rate, killing an omnipotent and all knowing...
Police: Homeless man arrested after knives are found inside his prosthetic leg
Posted on April 30, 2008But he was actually charged for carrying a gun without a conceal-carry permit, police say. Saw this via Fark!
Report: Mexico produces 80 percent of U.S. meth
Posted on April 30, 2008The good news is that we've stomped out all the little hillbilly labs. The bad news is that we've still got "superlabs" operating right across the border. In the first three weeks of April, the feds seized about $30 million...
LAPD and racial profiling
Posted on April 30, 2008How many allegations of racial profiling were investigated by Los Angeles police last year: 320 How many were found to have merit: The Los Angeles Time has more here. It's provoking different reactions from people. One of the police commissioners...
Wichita police use Craigslist to arrest 8 in prostitution sting
Posted on April 30, 2008See, the Internet makes life easier for everybody ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Greg P!
A treasure hunt
Posted on April 30, 2008The P-D has a great story this morning about a prison guard who took up with an imprisoned drug dealer's girlfriend -- and she happened to know where the dealer had buried thousands upon thousands of dollars, authorities say. At...
Who killed Robin Bell?
Posted on April 30, 2008Bob Cronkleton has a report from the trial of Robert M. Haberlein, who's accused of murdering Bell at her Dollar General store in Bonner Springs, back in November 2005.
Witness (sort of) fingers suspect in KC homicide
Posted on April 30, 2008Gary Eye and Steven Sandstrom are on trial for the slaying of William McCay -- who, prosecutors allege, was killed simply because he was black. On Tuesday, Mark Morris reports, Sandstrom's ex-girlfriend testified that she heard Eye confess to shooting...
Gary Dourdan
Posted on April 30, 2008Dourdan, who stars on "CSI," was arrested by police "after locating suspected cocaine, heroin, Ecstacy, miscellaneous prescription drugs and paraphernalia," The AP reports. He was found passed out in his car, which was parked on the wrong side of the...
Smiley Face Murders = Shenanigans?
Posted on April 30, 2008We linked to a story earlier in the week about two detectives who believe that a series of apparent drownings might actually have been murders. They used the phrase "Smiley Face" murders because of reported "smiley-face" graffiti found near the...
The last thing you want to hear when calling 911
Posted on April 30, 2008Snoring. Hat Tip: Saw this via RDM's Random Remarks!
Shots fired, burglar hurt during OP break-in
Posted on April 30, 2008Police were called before 11 last night to Ratliff Guttering Company. From OP Police: The responding officers were informed that an employee of the company had been sleeping in an apartment inside the business when he heard a loud crash...
Life imitates "Grand Theft Auto"
Posted on April 30, 2008Man is stabbed by suspect who was apparently standing in life for "Grand Theft Auto," UK police say. UPDATE: GamesRadar interviews a source connected to the store, who says the victim wasn't standing in line and waiting for the game....
Quote of the day
Posted on April 30, 2008"I just got out of jail. I'm trying to have fun and whoop some ass." -- Kevin J. Diaz, 19, a Wisconsin man accused of using an ice scraper to hit a bicyclist in the back of the head.
2 critically injured in KCK shooting
Posted on April 30, 2008From Sara Shepherd: A double shooting tonight in Kansas City, Kan., left two men in critical condition. The shooting was reported at 7:10 p.m. in the parking lot of a music and video store at 33rd Street and Parallel Parkway,...
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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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