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Lenexa PD wrote 26 tickets during last week's traffic-enforcement campaign

Posted on February 22, 2008
From the always excellent Benita Williams: The tickets were issued as part of a special child restraint enforcement campaign from Feb. 11 to 17. It was funded with grants from the Kansas Department of Transportation. Lenexa?s tickets included 10 for....

Report: KCPD won't be able to add 20 new officers this year

Posted on February 22, 2008
A few years ago, the department said it would add 20 new officers through 2010 if voters passed a tax measure to pay for new facilities. Ain't gonna happen -- not this year, at least. From KMBC: "I did not...

AZ man, age 91, holds police at bay for 6 hours -- despite being in wheelchair and on oxygen

Posted on February 22, 2008
Luckily, the situation was resolved peacefully, thanks to the assistance of a robot and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!

MO firefighter charged after wreck kills deputy

Posted on February 22, 2008
Story is from Greene County, near Springfield. It goes back to last November. Apparently, a deputy named Gary McCormack was headed to an accident scene while a volunteer firefighter, Joshua C. Douglas, was headed to his fire station, so he...

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I know the job market looks bleak ...

Posted on February 22, 2008
... but there ARE people hiring. If you can pass the drug tests and obstacle course. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jim!

IA firefighter loses job for allegedly defecating in a coffee can

Posted on February 22, 2008
And leaving the package where others could find it. Story is from Ottumwa, Iowa. The department officials think it was a prank. But it was also considered "an unacceptable social practice, an exposure to a potential blood borne pathogen and...

Drew Peterson's 3rd wife was a homicide, new autopsy shows

Posted on February 22, 2008
Police still haven't found Wife No. 4, Stacy Peterson, but they're now saying that Kathleen Savio was drowned. Nobody's been charged with killing her. From The AP: Drew Peterson told the (Joliet) Herald-News on Thursday that the results "shocked" him...

Is gang behind a series of local robberies?

Posted on February 22, 2008
From Bob Cronkleton: Police said three teenagers charged with armed robbery in Kansas City are suspected of being members of a gang that might be tied to about a dozen robberies. Police have arrested three adults and two juveniles in...

Dead woman helps convict husband from beyond the grave

Posted on February 22, 2008
A Wisconsin jury has convicted a man named Mark Jensen of suffocating his wife. The thing is, Julie expected that her husband would kill her. So she left a note blaming him. That letter -- plus statements from friends that...

Precious Doe suspect is unhappy with his lawyers

Posted on February 22, 2008
Harrell Johnson goes to trial in June on charges that he killed Erica Green, the girl who became known as Precious Doe until she was finally identified. Johnson says his lawyers are ignoring his advice. He also wants access to...

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on February 22, 2008
The Open Thread -- our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion -- is up and running on a lovely Friday morning. This is a good place, if you've seen something cool elsewhere, to share links. Please sign your comments,...

Who killed Taron Adams?

Posted on February 22, 2008
Adams, 27, was shot and killed about 7:20 p.m. Dec. 27 near a corner store at 40th and Prospect. Almost two months later, there have been no charges in his case. That's why his family has added another $1,000 to...

Judge wants report on Westboro Baptist's finances

Posted on February 22, 2008
The church was ordered to pay $5 million after it lost a civil suit brought by the father of a dead Marine. (The church protested the young man's funeral.) Now the judge wants a list of the church's assets and...

UPDATE on Independence teen accused of hiring hitmen

Posted on February 22, 2008
KMBC has a report on his folks' "Good Morning America" interview. Simply put, they're standing by their man. "I want him to know that we love him, we support him. People are saying he's a spoiled brat, but he's not...

What an awful way to die

Posted on February 22, 2008
A 5-year-old boy from New York died when his residence caught fire. Authorities say his older brother, 24, was supposed to be watching him, but the child was allegedly left at home, locked into the apartment. The brother is now...

Unbelievable

Posted on February 22, 2008
Kirkwood had its first city council meeting since the shooting that took five lives earlier this month. There was a prayer ... and then a long bout of bickering and fighting. Let the healing begin.

UPDATE on Baldwin City mom accused of molesting her son

Posted on February 22, 2008
This is the case where a 28-year-old woman is accused of sexually abusing her 3-year-old son, which her boyfriend allegedly watched via an Internet camera. A judge has ordered her to stand trial.

What Not To Wear

Posted on February 22, 2008
A Sheboygan department store had a shoplifter who was stealing clothes, but police were able to identify a suspect from a surveillance tape. So they asked him to come to their headquarters for an interview. So he did. And he...

FL man, age 40, accused of Tasering mom at party

Posted on February 22, 2008
From the Sun-Sentinel: According to a Port St. Lucie Police Department report, Kenny Chumsky was "using a Taser on guests" about 2 a.m. Thursday at his mother's home in the 1000 block of Southwest Liberty Avenue. "Kenny and everyone at...

OK, this DOES sound like something Jack Bauer would do ...

Posted on February 22, 2008
A Maryland college student has pleaded guilty after he rammed another man's car and claimed to be Jack Bauer of the TV show "24." (He said the other guy was a terrorist.) Alcohol might possibly, maybe, have been involved. Say...

Lisa Lynette Clark

Posted on February 22, 2008
This is a file photo of Clark, a Georgia woman who married her son's 15-year-old friend and had a child with him. (Just shy of the state's legal marrying age at the time, 16.) Clark is a free woman again.

Wife (sort of) wins argument over who was too drunk to drive

Posted on February 22, 2008
A Florida couple had been out drinking and, on the drive home, got into argument over which one was too drunk to drive, police say. They pull over in a parking lot and argue. At some point, hubby allegedly pushes...

Morgue File: Fetch, boy, fetch

Posted on February 22, 2008
From Feb. 21, 1960: Paul Renshaw, photographer for The Star, agreed to be the "victim" in this test of a dog's prowess. Renshaw fled as Bruce, 73-pound German shepherd of the St. Louis police department, was ordered to attack. Bruce...

I am so sorry that I don't have any video of this

Posted on February 22, 2008
Japanese man, age 39, goes for a walk wearing a schoolgirl uniform and wig that he bought over the Internet. When he passes a local high school, the kids all start screaming, Reuters reports. In a truly visionary escape effort,...

Holden teacher accused of enticement, child porn

Posted on February 22, 2008
David B. Shanks lives in Warrensburg, but teaches sixth grade in Holden. He was arrested Thursday after allegedly being caught in an online investigation, KCTV reports. Hat Tip: Many thanks, KC Savage!

Fact: If your loved one goes on a killing spree, maybe he's not such a "great guy" after all

Posted on February 22, 2008
Midtown Miscreant has another great post here about NIU, Virginia Tech and the Independence teen accused of hiring hitmen to kill his parents. If someone tries to have me killed, regardless of who it is, how we are related, then...

KCPD arrests homicide suspect on broken-down bus

Posted on February 22, 2008
From KCPD: Claude Gross was arrested at around 2 am this morning at 64th and I-29. Police received a tip that Gross was on a bus that was on its way to Kansas City. While waiting at the bus station,...

Priest had great reason for embezzling over $600K from two churches

Posted on February 22, 2008
He needed the money to help support his secret family.

JoCo deputies, police arrest 35 in warrant sweep Wednesday

Posted on February 22, 2008
From the JoCo Sheriff's Office: Over 30 deputies and police officers from Prairie Village, Merriam, Roeland Park and Shawnee armed with over 450 warrants took to the streets looking to arrest as many people as they could find. Their efforts...

Worst. Co-pay. Ever.

Posted on February 22, 2008
Florida doctor, age 70, accused of trading sex for prescription drugs.

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