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Quote of the day
Posted on April 22, 2008?When my wife was cleaning the blood off, she said ?I think it?s all his.?? - Allan Kieta, 49, a legally blind man from Indianapolis who beat the fu-schnickens out a 25-year-old intruder. Hat Tip: Many thanks, kmb!
NM teens arrested for shoplifting condoms, then reselling them, police say
Posted on April 22, 2008See, this is the kind of initiative you like to see in future criminals. They weren't stealing for kicks. They were stealing because it was part of their business plan. Hat Tip: Many thanks, sexy!
UPDATE on elderly women who killed homeless for money
Posted on April 22, 2008And the hits keep coming ...
Feds want airlines, cruise ships to fingerprint people leaving U.S.
Posted on April 22, 2008It's still just a proposal at this point. The authorities already fingerprint foreign travelers as they arrive in the country, but they also want departure info, too. The airlines and cruise ships aren't happy because it could cost them $2.7...
One Frame
Posted on April 22, 2008Edwin Hall, the man accused of murdering Kelsey Smith, was back in court yesterday. Hall's defense attorneys say they still haven't been given all the evidence that authorities collected during their investigation. Defense attorney Paul Cramm again told Judge Peter...
Citizen's Arrest! Citizen's Arrest!
Posted on April 22, 2008Great story from Portland, where a young lawyer is taking a police officer to court because the cop allegedly parked in a no-parking spot while picking up his dinner. (Oregon has a law that lets members of the public initiate...
Sarasota might impound cars with booming stereos
Posted on April 22, 2008If Sarasota adopts the measure, it'd be the only Florida city to impound vehicles based on loud-stereo violations. The city is also thinking impounding cars if the driver has a suspended license or flees a crash scene. A few cities...
UPDATE: Hospital gave man a rectal exam against his will
Posted on April 22, 2008For those coming in late ... In 2003, a New York construction worker went to the hospital because he got hit by a falling wooden beam and needed stitches above his eye. Hospital staff also gave him a rectal exam,...
IL talks about outlawing flavored cigarettes
Posted on April 18, 2008Menthol would still be OK. (Or as "OK" as menthol gets.) Supporters of the measure say the flavored cigarettes -- in varieties such as chocolate or vanilla -- are designed to appeal to kids, and thus, deserve to be banned.
FBI expects to see more white-collar fraud cases
Posted on April 18, 2008Mostly because of the subprime mortgage mess, ABC News reports. Snip: During the wide-ranging speech on corruption and white collar crime, Mueller briefly expanded on remarks made the day before confirming that the FBI is investigating 19 institutions relating to...
Report: Mexicans paid $2.58 billion in bribes in 2007
Posted on April 18, 2008In a lot of cases, these bribes were paid to cover traffic tickets or other police-related matters. One of the most common bribes was paid to police, so that investigators would actually file the report of a crime. Hat Tip:...
Where is Tyrone C. Brown?
Posted on April 18, 2008From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department?s Assault Squad is requesting the public?s assistance in locating Tyrone C. Brown, black male, six foot tall, 160lbs black hair, brown eyes of KCMO. He is wanted on a Jackson County Parole...
National Crime Victims' Rights Week
Posted on April 18, 2008Here's an essay from Michelle Frye of the local Parents Of Murdered Children chapter and Tina Porter, mother of the late Sam and Lindsey Porter, on how to help families who've lost someone to violent crime. If you know someone...
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on April 18, 2008Thanks again for spending a little time on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. This is also a good spot to share links to stories you saw elsewhere. Please sign your comments, and please avoid...
Shoot a mugger, lose your job
Posted on April 18, 2008We'd written about the Des Moines pizza deliveryman who shot an alleged mugger while on the job. He was suspended and, as predicted, has now lost his job. (Technically, Pizza Hut asked him to resign in exchange for two months'...
Weight Watchers demonstrator accused of shoplifting cupcakes
Posted on April 18, 2008Words fail me. But the mugshot doesn't. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
"Personal time"
Posted on April 18, 2008Lovely story from Florida, where a deputy investigated a suspicious car parked along a road: He found a 26-year-old man ?stimulating his genital organs.? The man put his clothes back on and told the deputy that, ?he had just left...
Florida considers banning bestiality
Posted on April 18, 2008The state Senate is passing a version of the bill along, but their House isn't exactly scurrying to get this passed. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
About that phone call ...
Posted on April 18, 2008Texas authorities raided the FLDS compound in south Texas because they received a cellphone call from a girl named Sarah, who claimed to be a 16-year-old bride whose 50-something husband had beaten and raped her. Police haven't found Sarah among...
Missouri AG wants to schedule 4 more executions
Posted on April 18, 2008Now that lethal injection has been upheld by the Supremes, Missouri wants to move ahead with its slate of executions. The Missouri AG has sent four more cases to the state Supreme Court, asking them to set execution dates. We...
Teens accused of firebombing car over MySpace comment
Posted on April 18, 2008Story is from Georgia. Listen, America, I've been to MySpace. There is nothing there worth a firebombing ...
KS volunteer firefighter accused of setting fires
Posted on April 18, 2008Story is from Saline County. The fire were all in pastures, and nobody was hurt.
Should this be treated as a felony?
Posted on April 18, 2008Apparently, young people today really love taking naked photos of themselves and using their cellphones to send the results to the opposite sex. In Utah, at least, the authorities are really freaking out about this. Prosecutors are pushing a series...
Safe with $10K stolen from President Hotel
Posted on April 18, 2008Story is from KCTV. This one's kind of curious. The safe weighs about 1,000 pounds, and the thief had to get past three secured doors. And somehow, the hotel security cameras were turned off during the two hours when the...
The Smithville Connection
Posted on April 18, 2008Clay County authorities say they've caught three guys who were stealing motorcycles, 4-wheelers, chain saws and other items -- then taking them to a guy in Houston, who allegedly sold them over Craigslist, KSHB reports.
The OTHER Edwin Hall case gets delayed
Posted on April 18, 2008From The Star: A Johnson County judge agreed Thursday to put off hearing a sex case against Edwin R. Hall until after his capital murder trial. Hall?s defense attorney, Paul Cramm, told the judge that he expected the trial ?...
Hard-partying widow cleared of murder
Posted on April 18, 2008Remember Cynthia Sommer? She was convicted of murdering her Marine husband by poisoning him with arsenic -- then taking his insurance money to get breast-enhancement surgery. Prosecutors also noted that she entered wet T-shirt contests and fooled around with other...
AZ teen nearly kills himself trying to get on YouTube
Posted on April 18, 2008Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
If you're not angry, then you're not paying attention
Posted on April 18, 2008Meet Deangilo Minor, 20, a local man who was riding his bicycle down the street when a rape victim pointed at him and accused him of rape. Minor spent nine months behind bars before a DNA test cleared him. The...
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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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