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IA couple, sister accused of burglaries in 54 IA, MO towns
Posted on March 21, 2008In total, they're charged in connection with 75 burglaries.
Maybe there are limits to what surveillance cameras can do
Posted on March 21, 2008Interesting story from San Francisco, where leaders want to install more surveillance cameras in high-crime areas. A group of researchers, though, decided to study the track record of the cameras they already have: While homicides within 250 feet of the...
The Eliot Spitzer story spirals out of control
Posted on March 21, 2008Playgirl offers $1 million for Eliot Spitzer to pose nude.
Great news, everyone!
Posted on March 21, 2008Remember that 91-year-old who was accused of attempted sexual assault in Colorado? Well, they're not going to convict him after all. Because he died a month ago.
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on March 21, 2008Congratulations! You've nearly completed another work week. Feel free to hide out inside the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion, until 5 p.m. This is also an excellent place, if you've seen interesting stories elsewhere, to...
AP: Murder victim's roommates "used her for target practice"
Posted on March 21, 2008We'd posted recently about Dorothy Dixon, a disabled pregnant woman who was basically tortured to death in Alton, Ill. Now the AP has a take on the case here. Snip: Banished to the basement, the 29-year-old mother with a childlike...
1st Amendment doesn't cover smoking, Colorado court says
Posted on March 21, 2008Specifically, the appeals court says that actors can't smoke onstage in character because it's "not sufficiently expressive to qualify for First Amendment protection." Maybe if they lit their cigarettes with a burning American flag instead ...
You still have a chance to win $50!
Posted on March 21, 2008But that chance disappears at 2 p.m. Saturday! If you haven't already done so, just fill out this survey being circulated by KU journalism researchers. It is painless, and best of all, if you complete the bugger, you get entered...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on March 21, 2008Though I suppose you could classify this as an assault.
Man accused of spitting on Chuck E. Cheese diners, claiming to have Hep C
Posted on March 21, 2008Story is from Pennsylvania. Nobody's sure yet if the guy actually has hepatitis or if he infected anyone.
IA police nab stolen doughnut truck after 100 mph chase
Posted on March 21, 2008As a reward, the shop owner gave all the doughnuts in the truck to the cops.
Bippity-Boppity-Beatdown
Posted on March 21, 2008A Georgia woman is now facing a charge of battery with a deadly weapon after she allegedly beat up a woman at Disney World's Mad Tea Cup ride. (The defendant thought she'd gotten cuts in line.) Snip from Fox News:...
FBI agent might be fired for giving noogie to federal prosecutor
Posted on March 21, 2008It took a yearlong investigation, and two other agents might be fired, too, for allegedly failing to tell the truth. The agents are all male, the prosecutor is a woman. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mike!
MO trucker pleads to abducting, raping AL woman
Posted on March 21, 2008The man's name is Roy Scott Stillwell, and we had a post or two about him last year. He basically kidnapped the woman, tied her up, took off her clothes and raped her as he drove around the southeast. She...
Sara Jane Olson is a free woman
Posted on March 21, 2008Olson, aka Kathleen Soliah, was part of the Symbionese Liberation Army back in the 1970s. She's been released after serving six years for attempting to blow up police cars and for her part in the murder of a bank customer....
CA woman shot while on the phone with 911
Posted on March 21, 2008Awful story from southern California, where a woman was chased around her house as she was talking to 911 on the telephone. She was shot twice while on the phone. Hat Tip: Many thanks, sexy!
Dear Leawood Residents: Somewhere, someone wants to steal your stuff
Posted on March 21, 2008Leawood police think there's a burglary ring operating in town, Benita Williams reports. They're telling residents to be watching for anything odd -- like anyone who knocks on their door and then offers a lame excuse when somebody's actually home....
Police: Elderly woman lay in her own feces for years
Posted on March 21, 2008From Mark Morris: Police spokesman Rich Lockhart said firefighters called police when they answered a call to the home of Hazel L. Byes, 85, in the 5700 block of Forest Avenue Thursday evening. ?They reported that her condition was potentially...
Could this murder have been prevented?
Posted on March 21, 2008The Post-Dispatch has a big story this morning about the rape and murder of Nancy Miller, a retired P-D editor. The suspect in the case, Brian Walters, allegedly told his counselor and parole officer that he had violent fantasies about...
Saddam Hussein look-alike robs Italian banks, markets through hypnotism
Posted on March 21, 2008Couldn't make it up if I tried. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Grandma, 67, chases down suspect in KFC robbery
Posted on March 21, 2008Story is from Oregon. She's about 5 feet 6, but she chased the 22-year-old suspect -- first by car, then on foot -- and grabbed him as he was trying to jump a fence. "I pulled him off the fence....
Missouri Death Certificates
Posted on March 21, 2008Nearly fifty years of death certificates are now searchable online, for free, the News-Leader reports. Here's the record for Tom Pendergast.
SC troopers accused of using cars to hit running suspects
Posted on March 21, 2008You've got to admit -- it's probably a lot safer (for the officer) to smack somebody with the front end of a Crown Vic than to get in a foot race and then a wrestling match. Hat Tip: Many thanks,...
17-year-old dies after being Tasered in North Carolina
Posted on March 21, 2008It happened in a grocery store. From station WSOC: Police released a statement reading, "[Turner] was highly agitated and refused all verbal commands and began walking toward the officer." At that point, the officer used his Taser on Turner. Turner...
Meanwhile, in Kirkwood
Posted on March 21, 2008Kirkwood is the St. Louis suburb where several people were shot and killed during a city council meeting. The community is getting ready for an election, and that's actually exposed a lot of raw nerves left over from the killings....
Thief steals disabled 11-year-old's wheelchair
Posted on March 21, 2008You'd like to think this is a rare crime. I got 181,000 results when I Googled "stolen wheelchair," including a listing for a Yahoo! message board where someone asked, "How much does a stolen wheelchair go for on Ebay?" Hat...
KC dad, son beat up car thief, bind him with stereo wire
Posted on March 21, 2008Story is from WDAF. Ah, precious moments. I remember the first time my dad and I beat up a car thief.
More on yesterday's gunfight in Brookside
Posted on March 21, 2008From Midtown Miscreant: What everyone should learn from this is that the s*** that happens in the less affluent areas has a ripple effect. We tend to disconnect with the day to day violence in the disenfranchised areas of the...
CA man gets his Ford Mustang back 38 years after it was stolen
Posted on March 21, 2008The amazing thing is that it's still in good condition. The woman who's been driving it -- and didn't realize it was stolen -- had the engine rebuilt twice. Hat Tip: Many thanks to The_DB!
Charges filed after MO teens get sick on methadone
Posted on March 21, 2008From Glenn Rice: Authorities in Buchanan County today filed criminal charges against three teenagers after nine students became ill Wednesday after ingesting methadone earlier this week. Those charged with delivery of a controlled substance were a 16-year-old boy and a...
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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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