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Registered sex offender runs for mayor of Texas town
Posted on March 24, 2008From The AP: A registered sex offender running for mayor of his small town said he hopes voters can overlook his 2004 arrest in which he was caught in a police sting trying to arrange sex with a 15-year-old girl...
Burglar brought a shopping list, Leavenworth police say
Posted on March 24, 2008Lovely story from the Times about a young man accused of stealing CDs from a music store. They say he even had a list of CDs to steal.
"A SEX OFFENDER LIVES HERE": KS judge makes man posts signs in yard
Posted on March 24, 2008Story is from Hudson, Kan., as reported by the Hutch News. The defendant here is 72 -- he was accused of molesting a couple of kids. He took a plea deal and admitted to solicitation, but at sentencing, the judge...
KCK suspect accused of killing man, burning house
Posted on March 24, 2008From Bob Cronkleton: Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome A. Gorman this morning charged Mark T.J. Salary with first-degree murder and aggravated arson. Salary, 27, of Kansas City, Kan., is accused of killing Valray G. Estell, 58, the morning of March...
FL woman tried to run over husband 20 times, police say
Posted on March 24, 2008Lord, I wish I had video of this. She allegedly chased him around their yard in their minivan after they got into a fight over $300. At some point, he tried to throw a brick through the windshield. Good news,...
Detroit mayor faces perjury, obstruction charges
Posted on March 24, 2008Whenever I feel worried about the state of Kansas City, I try to remember that things could be much, much worse: We could all be living in Detroit. The latest from the Motor City? The mayor and his former chief...
Former JaCo deputy gets no time for sex offense
Posted on March 24, 2008Missed this from last week. Steven Burgess was sentenced to 14 years in prison, but a Jackson County judge suspended the sentence and gave him five years of probation. This after Burgess pleaded guilty to having a 15-year-old girl perform...
Meredith Emerson didn't go quietly
Posted on March 24, 2008Emerson was abducted and killed in January while hiking in the north Georgia mountains. Her murderer, Gary Michael Hilton, has already confessed to killing her. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution got copies of the interviews between Hilton and investigators -- and it...
5 dead in Iowa City shooting -- 4 of the dead are children
Posted on March 24, 2008UPDATED: This story just keeps getting worse and worse. The suspect is a guy recently indicted for embezzling $560K from a bank. The family van might be involved in a fiery, fatal crash on a nearby interstate, but police haven't...
Quote of the day
Posted on March 24, 2008"I'm sure when all this clears up. I'll get some apologies from some people." -- Drew Peterson, in an interview with The Associated Press. It's been five months since his wife, Stacy, disappeared. I didn't realize this, but he's still...
Easter Best
Posted on March 24, 2008A group of war protesters squirted fake blood on themselves and worshippers at an Easter Mass in Chicago this weekend. The group calls itself Catholic Schoolgirls Against The War -- of the six arrested, three of them were guys. (To...
The truth about polygraphs
Posted on March 24, 2008Really good though long article from the Wall Street Journal about polygraphs. (What my grandma used to call "lie-detectors.") Studies show that polygraphs are wrong about 10 percent of the time, and their results are very rarely entered in court....
Report: Fewer murders being solved, police blame "code of silence"
Posted on March 24, 2008That's according to the Police Executive Research Forum, which recently surveyed 76 police departments. USA Today has a report on the study here. About 60 percent of U.S. homicides were cleared in 2006, which is a drop compared to 1998,...
UPDATE: Army wife accused of starving infant to death
Posted on March 24, 2008The News-Leader has a follow-up on the Fort Leonard Wood wife who allegedly let her 11-month-old starve to death. (Dad is in Iraq.) The base says that a series of parenting and counseling programs -- including free child care --...
To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint
Posted on March 24, 2008Canadian accused of starting large grass fire while trying to kill gophers. At some point, authorities say, the suspect shoved a propane tank down a gopher hole.
JoCo DA warns about fake money order scam
Posted on March 24, 2008It involves eBay and MoneyGram money orders. Diane has more information here.
KCPD investigates life-threatening shooting
Posted on March 24, 2008From Benita Williams: Kansas City police are investigating a shooting at an apartment at 11406 Colorado Ave. Officers were called to the scene at about 5:45 a.m. A man was taken to the hospital. Dispatchers initially described his injuries at...
Wisconsin police bust underage keg party
Posted on March 24, 2008Did we mention the keg was full of root beer? Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Charges filed in Sergio Hernandez homicide
Posted on March 23, 2008From The Star: The boyfriend of a man whose body was found at a Kansas City industrial park this week has been charged with killing him. Jose Arturo Banuelos-Arteaga, 27, of Kansas City was charged with second-degree murder and armed...
KCPD investigates life-threatening stabbing
Posted on March 23, 2008From KCPD: On Saturday at approximately 9:30pm, KCMO Police were called to a residence in the 500 block of Maple Street in regard to a disturbance. Upon arrival officer's located a stabbing/cutting victim (black male in his 40's) outside of...
Were they glad to see the horse? Neigh.
Posted on March 23, 2008A drunk man not only brought a horse to a Hawaii hospital, but managed to get the animal to the third floor via the elevator, security said. The man said he wanted to the horse to visit a sick relative....
The Bloomberg Collection
Posted on March 22, 2008Gun dealers hate New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who's backed a series of weapons restrictions and wants to shut down illegal gun sales. Now a Wisconsin company has named a new line of colored guns after him -- the Bloomberg...
Naked man runs through traffic, dies after Tasering
Posted on March 22, 2008Maybe the Taser killed him, but if you make a habit of wandering through traffic, clothed or unclothed, I don't think you're long for this world anyway. Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!
The last wish
Posted on March 22, 2008Seriously, somebody just show the warden this video. The little girl wants to hug her dad one last time.
Extreme Makeover: DUI Edition
Posted on March 22, 2008Young woman drives into Arizona house at approximately 45 mph -- DUI suspected. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus. (Please pray for eephus, who lives in the middle of this insanity.)
IA judge sentences defendant to church
Posted on March 22, 2008Guy apparently led the police on a car chase. Pretty sure they stole this from that last Ice Cube movie. The defendant agreed to it, but it doesn't sound particularly onerous -- just eight weeks worth of sermons.
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on March 22, 2008The Open Thread -- our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion -- is up and running on a lovely weekend morning. Thanks again for spending part of your day here! Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as...
Vicious cow terrorizes the city of Toronto until somebody finally shoots it
Posted on March 21, 2008I love this quote: "He just pulled his handgun out and started shooting at it. It would be like a car coming at you, that's what it would be like," he said, adding that the officer fired more than a...
The bride wore orange
Posted on March 21, 2008Bad: Getting arrested. Worse: Getting arrested in front of your friends. Worst: Getting arrested at your wedding.
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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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