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The very definition of shameless

Posted on March 11, 2008
Remember the two New Jersey prisoners who reportedly pulled a "Shawshank"-style escape from jail? One was recaptured a few blocks from jail. The other was found in Mexico City. Well, they've both pleaded not guilty. I'll be curious to see...

Seattle man files police report against hooker who stole his money

Posted on March 11, 2008
From the Post-Intelligencer: The police officer who took the report told the man it is against the law in Seattle and the state of Washington to pay someone for sex. But the man wanted to file a police report in...

Miami policeman accused of starving K9 to death

Posted on March 11, 2008
This is the first time I've heard of a case like this. Most handlers love their dogs like the animals were their children. The officer, who's accused of animal cruelty and offenses against a police dog, couldn't have done this,...

Open Thread ... Tuesday

Posted on March 11, 2008
Thanks for spending a little time on the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. (It's also a good place to share links to any stories you might have seen elsewhere.) Please sign your comments, and please...

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Why I love Leavenworth County

Posted on March 11, 2008
From The Times: "Shots fired at nudist camp." No nudists were harmed -- pretty sure they weren't there, seeing as it's early March -- but a mailbox met a grisly end.

Independence PD plans DUI checkpoint for St. Pat's

Posted on March 11, 2008
From Independence PD: The Independence Police Traffic Safety Unit will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on St Patrick?s Day Monday March 17, 2008. The purpose of this checkpoint is to identify and arrest drunk drivers before they injure someone or themselves...

The going rate for getting Tasered in Utah: $40K

Posted on March 11, 2008
That's how much Utah is going to pay a motorist who was zapped twice during a traffic stop last September. (Which we covered here.) The authorities say it's a close case -- the motorist refused to sign his citation and...

Oops

Posted on March 11, 2008
For the last several days, Melbourne police have been investigating the disappearance of a married couple who apparently disappeared. Their daughter said their door was unlocked, their car was gone and the dog was out in the street. She called...

Pianist wants $300K from Holiday Inn over broken sauna bench

Posted on March 11, 2008
I know, I know ... it sounds like I just had a seizure, but it's an actual news story. Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!

Follow the bouncing tire ...

Posted on March 11, 2008
It apparently flew off a tractor-trailer. Amazingly, the other driver only had minor injuries.

Report: Oh Lordy, the poor babies are being hazed!

Posted on March 11, 2008
A new study says more than 50 percent of students involved in campus organizations have been hazed -- not just fraternities and sororities, but members of the glee club, too! What did the researchers consider hazing? Activities the survey counted...

What happens when the bad neighborhood comes to your neighborhood?

Posted on March 11, 2008
Local blogger Midtown Miscreant says the city needs to start taking crime more seriously. Double-M breaks it down for us here: Here is the problem as I see it. Kids come up in poor areas of Kansas City, and the...

JoCo DA appoints special prosecutors to investigate Morrison

Posted on March 11, 2008
From the JoCo DA's Office: Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline today appointed attorneys Robert E. Arnold III and Timothy E. Keck as Special Prosecutors to investigate allegations of criminal misconduct made against former Attorney General Paul Morrison...

And I am telling you I'm not going

Posted on March 11, 2008
Sen. Larry Craig's attorney have filed papers with the Minnesota Court of Appeals, saying Craig should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea in the alleged "bathroom incident."

Say it ain't so, Mary Ann

Posted on March 11, 2008
Dawn Wells -- best known for playing Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island" -- has been sentenced to five days in jail for reckless driving, The AP reports. It's part of a plea deal, though, in which three other charges --...

Only 5 years old

Posted on March 11, 2008
Awful story from Massachusetts, where a young mother was killed as four of her young children watched. The only bright spot? The oldest child, who was only 5, knew enough to get the other kids -- who are 4 years,...

Maybe God really does love Fred Phelps ...

Posted on March 11, 2008
From David Klepper: The Kansas Supreme Court today declared the state?s funeral picketing ban invalid, citing legislative legal maneuvering as the reason. The decision nullifies the law passed by the Legislature last year ? and not yet implemented ? designed...

Man gets over breakup with whiskey, pills, church vandalism, prosecutors say

Posted on March 11, 2008
Daniel W. Singleton, 28, of Rushville, is accused of ramming his Jeep several times into the Weston Community Church of the Nazarene last month, Platte County prosecutors report. Damage was listed at $15K to the church. From the press release:...

Restraining orders for pets?

Posted on March 11, 2008
The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bill that would let pets be included in restraining orders because abusers often hurt or kill pets as a way to terrorize their victims. (Here's hoping the restraining order works better for Rex and...

Australians win argument over football ... but do less well in court

Posted on March 11, 2008
Two Australian sailors have pleaded guilty to beating up an American after they got into an argument over American versus Australian football. (There might have been a dispute over the Iraq war, too.) Story is from San Diego, where the...

Did 9-11 kill the U.S. extremist movement?

Posted on March 11, 2008
Interesting story from the Los Angeles Times, which notes that cases of domestic terrorism have pancaked since 9-11. There are still extremists interested in animal rights and the environment, but there aren't as many like Eric Rudolph or Timothy McVeigh,...

World's Greatest Dad drives 101 mph, lets kids stick heads out window

Posted on March 11, 2008
I understand why he did this -- the only way to REALLY feel like you're going 101 mph is to stick your head out the window. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Fruit-flavored cocaine: The healthy choice!

Posted on March 11, 2008
In California, DEA agents say they're starting to find fruit-flavored cocaine during raids. The new coke -- which has found in strawberry, coconut and other tastes -- is apparently a way to get kids and women to try the drug....

MO highway patrol plans DUI checkpoints, saturation patrols

Posted on March 11, 2008
It's a statewide effort that will run Friday through Monday.

FL man gets 20 years for burglary, beating up K9

Posted on March 11, 2008
It sounds like the judge was more annoyed about the attack on the dog than the burglary. (The attack sounds pretty brutal -- the suspect reportedly fell on the animal, repeatedly punched it and then tried to tried to strangle...

UPDATE: MO mayor accused of online enticement

Posted on March 11, 2008
Allen D. Kauffman, the former mayor of Collings, Mo., is going to stand trial on three charges of soliciting sex over the Internet from a child, the Joplin Globe reports. Kauffman is accused of soliciting sex and nude photographs from...

Timothy W. Leighty

Posted on March 11, 2008
Leighty, 36, of Lee's Summit, has pleaded guilty to online enticement and attempted statutory sodomy after he approached a Platte County undercover officer online back in 2005. The officer was posing as a 14-year-old. Sentencing is set for May, Platte...

KS woman stayed in the bathroom for 2 years, police say

Posted on March 11, 2008
Excellent story from Ness County, Kan., where a man called the sheriff about his girlfriend, who hadn't left his bathroom for nearly two years, the Hutch News reports. Officers say they found the woman sitting on the toilet -- and...

"Everything that happened was for religious reasons"

Posted on March 10, 2008
After California police arrested a man suspected of dealing drugs, they searched his hotel room, where they found a woman -- Monique Felicia Trepp -- stuffed in a Rubbermaid container and chilled with dry ice. It doesn't look like Trepp...

FL man killed after being thrown from shopping cart

Posted on March 10, 2008
The 18-year-old was riding in a cart that was being pulled by a friend's Escalade. Which was probably great fun until they hit a speed bump and he was thrown from the cart. The 18-year-old died at the scene. The...

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