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The end of gun control?
Posted on March 07, 2008U.S. News has an interesting story here about federal attempts at gun control. Basically, the magazine says, the Democrats are so terrified of the issue, they're probably not going to touch it. (Some politicos partly blame Al Gore's presidential loss...
FL man hits toddler with ATV -- then gets attacked with a machete, police say
Posted on March 07, 2008The kiddo is in critical condition. The ATV driver -- who allegedly was attacked by a neighbor who saw the wreck and apparently got upset -- only had minor injuries. He's decided not to press charges. Loved this part from...
Catholic dioceses, orders spent $526 million last year on sex-abuse settlements
Posted on March 07, 2008That's about a 90 percent jump from 2006, USA Today reports. Meanwhile, the number of claims actually declined slightly.
Severed foot? Or severed paw?
Posted on March 07, 2008Yesterday, we had a story from South Hutchinson, Kan., about police investigating a severed foot that was found outside an ALCO. Turns out the foot belonged to a bear, not a human. And it was apparently part of a joke...
UPDATE on woman who sprayed girl with high-pressure washer
Posted on March 07, 2008Yesterday, we had a story about a Florida women who sprayed a little girl with a high-pressure washer at a car wash. Mom has turned herself in. She says she was just trying to calm the girl down, and she...
Missouri Missing
Posted on March 07, 2008There's a new Web site, Missouri Missing, dedicated to publicizing missing-persons cases from the Show-Me State. The founders are two women who both have missing daughters. (One of the missing women, Jasmine Haslag of Russellville, is being treated as a...
University of Nebraska bans assassins from campus
Posted on March 07, 2008Has anybody ever played "Assassins"? It's a game that a lot of college kids enjoy -- everybody's assigned a person to "kill" with a toy gun, there are often prizes and it's generally a hoot. (Just like the movie "Gotcha,"...
KC councilman reports racist threats, police investigating
Posted on March 07, 2008Councilman Terry Riley, who is black, says someone left a letter with racist slurs and threats in his mailbox at City Hall. KMBC has the story here. KCPD and the FBI are both investigating. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Golfer!
Bum-Bot
Posted on March 07, 2008THIS IS SO AWESOME. An Atlanta bar owner has turned a barbecue smoker into a robot that fires cold water at drug dealers and homeless people who trespass on private property. The police aren't completely thrilled -- spraying someone could...
Lenexa woman, 71, files suit accusing priest of sex assault
Posted on March 07, 2008The priest died in 1995, so the suit is actually filed against the Kansas City-St. Joe diocese. From Joe Lambe's report: Katherine Goodnow, a member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, contends that (John) Baskett was about...
Murder charge filed in 2-year-old's homicide case
Posted on March 07, 2008From Kevin Hoffmann: Jackson County prosecutors have filed a second-degree murder charge against a Kansas City man in connection to last week?s death of a 2-year-old boy. Shawrice Winton, 22, is named in an arrest warrant that was signed Wednesday,...
Fact: Applebee's will not put worms in your salad
Posted on March 07, 2008Lovely story from the Pittsburgh area, where a couple was able to get a free $57 meal at Applebee's because they found live worms crawling in their salad. (Since they were making a scene about it, the staff was only...
Because guns aren't snowflakes
Posted on March 06, 2008For a while now, folks have talked about starting a national ballistics database. Every new gun would be test fired. Then, their unique markings -- which are left on bullets and shell casings -- would be entered in a national...
Teacher's aide steals autistic girl's lunch money 57 times
Posted on March 06, 2008She's getting six months in jail, four years of probation. The girl, age 14, can't speak because of her condition, but her parents figured something was wrong when she kept going directly to the fridge several times every day after...
Capt. Nemo
Posted on March 06, 2008The Salt Lake Tribune has a story about a convicted killer seeking parole 18 years after the murder. What makes this one interesting is the felon -- Nate Eugene Woodland, who calls himself "Capt. Nemo." Woodland -- who acquired legal...
UPDATE on Good Samaritan killed while chasing thieves
Posted on March 06, 2008Here's an AP take on the story, including video of the suspects.
U.S. court orders $37 million award in Peru massacre
Posted on March 06, 2008The massacre -- which killed 69 civilians in 1985 -- happened in Peru, but U.S. law lets survivors seek damages in court here if the "host country" refuses, The AP reports. It doesn't sound like the suspect has $37 mil,...
More police departments are going wireless, tech
Posted on March 06, 2008Interesting article from ComputerWorld on police departments setting up their own wireless networks to connect laptops in officer's cruisers with surveillance cameras. Here's something frightening for people who use street parking: A few cities are using GPS, cameras and recognition...
Florida man punched wife, threatened to kill her with voodoo, police say
Posted on March 06, 2008And because she's a big believer in voodoo, she took that very seriously, the authorities say.
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on March 06, 2008The Open Thread is up, running and shooting at the walls of heartache on a lovely Thursday morning. Thank you for joining us! For any newcomers, this is our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Or if you've seen...
Who was Tammy Cochran?
Posted on March 06, 2008From Olathe PD: Olathe Police Detectives have identified the victim of the homicide first reported on 03/05/2008 in which a burned body was discovered at 8255 S. Gardner Road, Olathe, KS. The victim has been identified as Tammy K. Cochran,...
Wow, the police are really worried about losing their Byrne grants
Posted on March 06, 2008For those arriving late ... the White House wants to deeply cut back on the Byrne grants, a DOJ program that helps fund anti-drug programs and investigations across the nation. (In out-state Missouri, this pays for a lot of the...
No sagging at Power & Light's Kansas City Live?
Posted on March 06, 2008Apparently, there's going to be a dress code in part of the Power & Light District, specifically the Kansas City Live block. Snip from Kevin Collison's story: The dress code will include prohibitions on "bandanas, work boots, and ripped and...
Springfield man accused of sex-toy thefts
Posted on March 06, 2008He's charged with knocking over not one, not two, but three stores that sell sex toys. This graf from the News-Leader made me smile ... A probable cause statement used to charge Ray read: "Suspect Ray claimed that at the...
Roger Clemens has suffered enough, congressman says
Posted on March 06, 2008Rep. Anthony Weiner, a Democrat from New York, wants the FBI to drop its investigation of whether Clemens lied to Congress. Love this rationale ... "Roger Clemens has been shamed. I think the public record is replete with examples of...
"An overwhelming calm"
Posted on March 06, 2008A Swedish man is accused of defiling the seats of women's bicycles because it gave him an "overwhelming calm." Snip: The man was first reported in the spring of 2006 when police found sperm during an investigation involving a slashed...
UNC student body president shot to death
Posted on March 06, 2008Another unusual homicide involving a college student ...
MO dermatologist accused of chasing man with screwdriver, leading police on pursuit
Posted on March 06, 2008Story is from Columbia.
Canadian mom kills little girl -- then argues to keep her child-tax-credit money
Posted on March 06, 2008Kiddo was murdered the day before she was supposed to start kindergarten. The government wants $1,200 back that it overpaid Mommy Dearest through a child-tax-credit program, but Mom, who's now a lifer, is fighting them in court. Hat Tip: Many...
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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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