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God spares the life of Midtown Miscreant

Posted on April 23, 2008
With photos.

Locomotive Breath Vs. The T-Bones

Posted on April 23, 2008
Another local blogger laments the loss of what we almost had. I'll get rotten peaches for this, but isn't our collective societal backside sewn up just a little too tight with this PC nonsense? It's twisted irony! It's black humor!...

OK, so maybe he was being a little disruptive ...

Posted on April 23, 2008
From TCPalm.com: Banu, 51, was accused of "disrupting the restaurant and bar because he was walking up to women, pulling off his dress (exposing his underwear) and propositioning women with a wad of money in his hand," the affidavit states....

Salina mom chases down daughter's stolen car

Posted on April 23, 2008
I thought this was heart-warming. Though I wish a photo had been included: The car is the only one of its kind in Salina, Frick said, as it has a moonroof and a mirror-finish Kansas City Chiefs tag on the...

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UPDATE on alleged MO babysnatcher

Posted on April 23, 2008
The AP says Shannon Torrez, who allegedly slashed a mother's throat and stole her 7-day-old baby, might be getting close to a plea deal. (Story is from 2006, near Union, Mo.) Baby was eventually recovered safe and sound, and Mom...

Quotes of the day: "My station is going to put you on TV and ruin your life"

Posted on April 23, 2008
So much good stuff in this story about the general manager of Boston TV station allegedly getting drunk and rowdy at Logan Airport. Snip: According to the police report obtained by WBZ, "She began flailing her arms and stated 'leave...

MO sheriff's wife accused of ID theft

Posted on April 23, 2008
Story is from Barton County, where the sheriff's wife is accused of using the Socials of her mother-in-law and a Golden City couple to get an American Express card, which later ran up $14K in debt. In the probable cause,...

MO meth lab busted twice in two weeks

Posted on April 23, 2008
Uh, usually getting busted once is enough to shut a lab down ... Story is from Greene County, near Springfield.

I'm not saying elder abuse is funny ...

Posted on April 23, 2008
A Florida teen, age 18, is charged with elder abuse after he allegedly made his senile, 85-year-old grandma star in a gangsta video. Grandma allegedly wears a mask in the video, poses with a gun and threatens to shoot "all...

FL teen shoots elderly man, steals his tricycle

Posted on April 23, 2008
A tricycle. And that's how the suspect made his getaway, police said -- pedaling away on a tricycle.

U.S. leads the world in imprisoning criminals

Posted on April 23, 2008
Great story from the New York Times, which reports that America has nearly 25 percent of the world's prisoners. We lock people up longer, and we tend to treat property crimes and drug offenses more seriously than other countries. Which...

UK man dresses up like Darth Vader, beats up "Star Wars" nerds

Posted on April 23, 2008
A UK man has confessed to dressing up like Darth Vader and attacking two men who founded a church based on Jedi teachings. He beat them with a crutch, but to be fair, they were asking for it: The victims...

Forget the child rapists -- THIS should be a capital crime

Posted on April 23, 2008
Awful story from Wisconsin, where a stranger walked into a VA medical center, plucked a 52-inch, flat-screen TV off the wall and wheeled it out of the building, never to be seen again. Stealing TV from sick and disabled veterans...

Something awful happened at the 7-Eleven

Posted on April 22, 2008
Three Salt Lake boys are accused of putting a bag of human waste in a 7-Eleven microwave and setting the timer for 10 minutes. A few minutes later, the microwave blew up and sent the excrement and a putrid stench...

The creepiest thing I've heard in a while

Posted on April 22, 2008
Kansas City police are looking for a man who reportedly licked the back of a woman's neck while she was walking near 41st and Holmes. The victim says it happened about 11:30 p.m. April 15. The man reportedly pulled her...

Ramona Morgan

Posted on April 22, 2008
From the Osage County Attorney's Office: Ramona I. Morgan, 48, was found guilty of felony fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer, reckless driving, failure to use turn signal and failure to maintain a single lane by an Osage...

UPDATE on "Weekend At Bernie's"-style scam

Posted on April 22, 2008
Recently, we had a story about two knuckleheads who tried to cash their friend's last welfare check ... even though he was quite dead. Authorities said the two gents dressed their former colleague and used an wheelchair office chair to...

Adventures in 911: "There's an alligator in my kitchen"

Posted on April 22, 2008
Lovely story from the St. Pete Times, with audio. (If you can get it to work.) "What's going on?" asked a dispatcher. "There's an alligator in my kitchen!" Frosti said. "How long do you think the alligator is ma'am?" "It's...

Alleged Congolese sorcerers accused of penis snatchings, shrinkings

Posted on April 22, 2008
Congo authorities have accused 13 alleged sorcerers of stealing men's penises or making them shrink. Victims say they were told to pay up or they'd never see their manhood again. Rumors of the crime wave actually has led to lynchings...

Missing Salt Lake woman's body found in Branson

Posted on April 22, 2008
In the trunk of her car, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Police also found her ex-boyfriend and another woman, who are now in custody. Before her death, Deborah Jones said she'd been having problems with the ex.

Country singer Chris Cagle faces assault charge

Posted on April 22, 2008
I think he was probably justified, if it's true: Police said Cagle punched Barry in the face after Barry's girlfriend became "verbally abusive" toward Cagle. Police spokesman Sgt. Mark Robinson previously said the woman was angry because Cagle declined to...

Open Thread ... Tuesday

Posted on April 22, 2008
Thanks for visiting the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. This is also a good spot, if you've seen an interesting story elsewhere, to share links. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well...

Bank robber shoots pregnant teller in abdomen, police say

Posted on April 22, 2008
Mom-to-be is in serious condition. Amazingly, the bullet didn't hit her unborn twins. Story is from Indianapolis.

Stray dogs save abandoned baby girl, police say

Posted on April 22, 2008
Story is from India. Police are looking for the biological mom.

Report: Fewer officers dying in the line of duty

Posted on April 22, 2008
Here's some good news: U.S. law enforcement officers are dying at a much lower rate compared to 2007, when line-of-duty deaths spiked, USA Today reports. Fatal shootings are down by 50 percent. Overall, officer deaths have declined 39 percent compared...

The Not-So-Smart Gun

Posted on April 22, 2008
A few years ago, New Jersey passed a law that said only "smart guns" could be sold there. "Smart guns" were guns that could only be fired by the weapon's owner. (The gun would measure the shooter's finger pressure and...

"This isn't Pretty Woman"

Posted on April 22, 2008
The Gazette has a really good series about an underage prostitution ring operating in an unusual place: eastern Iowa.

How bad is California's prison system?

Posted on April 22, 2008
The Christian Science Monitor has a piece here. Cali is spending almost $8 billion to expand its prison capacity. Meanwhile, the feds are pushing the state to spend another $7 billion on health care for prisoners. And the Golden State...

Douglas County plans saturation patrol on Saturday night

Posted on April 22, 2008
It'll run from 7 to 11 p.m. if you're out that way.

Hutch inmate reports being bitten in the face by fellow prisoner

Posted on April 22, 2008
God bless Hutchinson.

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