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Best. Prank. Ever.

Posted on April 18, 2008
Deputies were coming to serve a restraining order against a Florida man -- who didn't know that his roommate, as a going-away gift, laid out three lines of baby powder in his bedroom. The lines, of course, looked a lot...

FL will now let workers keep guns in their cars

Posted on April 18, 2008
The workers have to have concealed-carry permits to do this -- but since that list isn't public, employers don't have a way to double-check whether an employee is eligible to do this. This rule doesn't apply to schools, prisons and...

UPDATE: The death penalty and child rapists

Posted on April 18, 2008
McClatchy's Washington bureau has a post-mortem from Wednesday's arguments before the Supreme Court. Obviously, it'll be a while before we know the court's decision, but the reporter says the justices seemed to suggest the death penalty might be OK for...

But I'm too fat to be a murderer!

Posted on April 02, 2008
In New Jersey, a defense attorney says his 285-pound client is simply too fat to have broken into his former son-in-law's home and shot him to death. There's apparently going to be a medical exam ... Saw this via Romenesko's...

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Did sex offender deserve to lose his job at Mickey D's?

Posted on April 02, 2008
A convicted rapist was fired from his kitchen gig at a Boston-area McDonald's after a woman told his bosses that he was on the RSO list. So now he's suing the company and the lady. Specifically, he says the woman...

Nameless

Posted on April 02, 2008
More than 2,000 illegal immigrants have been buried as John Does since 2002 after dying in car crashes or from heat stroke. Many don't have identification, and it's not like anyone will filed a missing-person report in their name. Baylor...

"Urban Testimony"

Posted on April 02, 2008
KSHB has a story about Aaron Nickens, a Kansas City man who's done a series of interviews and videos called "Urban Testimony," asking regular people what should be done to stop crime. Here's his archive of past videos on YouTube.

Creep Of The Day: Oliver Thomas Bernsdorff

Posted on April 02, 2008
Bernsdorff, a Florida man, killed his kids, ages 4 and 2, because he thought they were going to be "future time bombs" because of the way he and his ex-wife raised them. He also murdered the ex and her girlfriend...

More on National Crime Victims' Rights Week

Posted on April 02, 2008
Here are two more events scheduled for National Crime Victims' Rights Week, which runs April 13-19. In Wyandotte County, there will be a program on April 14 at Community Missionary Baptist Church, 1300 Meadowlark Lane in KCK. Dinner starts at...

Amazing

Posted on April 02, 2008
Great story about a 17-year-old girl who chased away an alleged rapist after his reported victim -- a neighbor -- had run to her house for help. And then -- THEN -- the 17-year-old grabbed two kitchen knives and got...

Nobody notices missing prisoner for one day

Posted on April 02, 2008
Story is from San Antonio. Not helping matters: The jail is right across the street from police HQ. You'd like to think someone might have noticed an inmate climbing down an eight-story fire escape. He's still on the loose, at...

Open Thread ... Wednesday

Posted on April 02, 2008
Thanks 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, if you've seen an interesting story elsewhere, to share links. Please sign your comments, and...

More good news from Mexico ...

Posted on April 01, 2008
The drug cartels are operating training camps for their own in-house assassins, and those camps are just a few miles from the U.S. border. Our country is worried because these agents are being sent on missions on both sides of...

Conclusive proof that pimping ain't easy

Posted on April 01, 2008
From the Arizona Republic: "Laveen man gets 139 years for pimping young girls" He sounds like a real prince. Two of his girls were under 14, and he had his name tattooed on some of them.

Open Thread ... Tuesday

Posted on April 01, 2008
The Open Thread -- our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion -- is up and running on a lovely Tuesday morning. If you've seen an interesting story elsewhere, feel free to post a link below. Please sign your comments,...

Dear Criminals: If you want to hide your drugs from the cops ...

Posted on April 01, 2008
... then don't use a doughnut box as your "secret space."

UPDATE: IL woman gets 36 years for killing autistic daughter

Posted on April 01, 2008
Story is from Pekin, Ill. The mother, who is also a doctor, suffocated the little girl with a pillow because she couldn't deal with her daughter's condition anymore.

UPDATE on Dakota DeRemus case

Posted on April 01, 2008
From Diane Carroll: A 16-year-old Gardner boy charged in the death of a peer should be prosecuted as a juvenile instead of an adult, a Johnson County judge was told today. The recommendation regarding Dustin Howard came from Laura Brewer,...

Saudi woman killed for looking at Facebook

Posted on April 01, 2008
By her own father, the Telegraph reports. She was allegedly chatting with a man. Snip: Saudi preacher Ali al-Maliki has emerged as the leading critic of Facebook, claiming the network is corrupting the youth of the nation. "Facebook is a...

UPDATE: Craigslist scam was a coverup, police say

Posted on April 01, 2008
Two people have been arrested after an ad was posted on Craigslist inviting the public to visit an Oregon man's house and take his things. (The victim lost nearly everything.) Police think the ad was actually part of a coverup...

Was MySpace responsible for teenager's sexual assault?

Posted on April 01, 2008
Her parents certainly think so, which is why they're trying to sue the Web site for $30 million. The girl met a 19-year-old online and chatted with him for several weeks before meeting him in person -- which is when,...

Lone Jack boy, 10, is abducted, then released unharmed

Posted on April 01, 2008
From Crime Stoppers: A 10 year-old Lone Jack boy has told police in that city that on March 28th at about 7:30 a.m. he was abducted from the front yard of his home. He told police that he was driven...

Should pregnant women be considered disabled?

Posted on April 01, 2008
Not really crime-related, but QuizLaw has a really interesting post about a piece of California legislation that would let women in their last three months of pregnancy (and two months after) park in handicapped parking spots. They wouldn't have to...

UPDATE on the Megan Meier suicide

Posted on April 01, 2008
"Good Morning America" had an interview this morning with 19-year-old Ashley Grills, a family friend of Lori Drew. Grills said that she created the fake MySpace profile and wrote "the world would be a better place without you" to teenager...

D.B. Cooper

Posted on April 01, 2008
- It doesn't sound like that parachute was his after all. - The kid who found part of Cooper's ransom money is auctioning it off. He's a grown man now, and he hopes he'll be able to raise college money...

Emily Leatherman

Posted on April 01, 2008
Leatherman is accused of stalking actor John Cusack. Snip from The AP: In court papers, Cusack said Leatherman "is showing unusual interest by stalking, throwing long letters of interest over my fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside, making...

Only in KCK

Posted on April 01, 2008
KCK police stopped a driver who was unwittingly dragging a burning mattress down the street, KCTV reports. (You'd think the average person would notice something like that, but I guess not.)

The world's most effective home-alarm system

Posted on April 01, 2008
Angry naked guy with a torch flashlight. Pretty much every burglar in the world will drop whatever they've purloined and take off running once they spot him. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

The War On Porn!

Posted on April 01, 2008
The Wichita Eagle has an update on legislative efforts to make life more difficult for strip clubs and adult bookstores in Kansas. The latest bill would allow only "semi-nudity" and would ban alcohol from the strip-club premises, only it doesn't...

You might be a bad mother if ...

Posted on April 01, 2008
... you use duct tape to tie up your kids, then post photos on MySpace for your friends to enjoy. (Mom, for her part, says the kids "asked to play with the tape and wanted to be tied up.") Also,...

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