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Police release 911 call from Lane Bryant homicides near Chicago

Posted on February 20, 2008

If you've ever wanted to see somebody get smacked over the head with a skateboard ...

Posted on February 20, 2008
... we're about to make your wildest dreams come true. This is an update to the story yesterday about a Florida skateboarder smacking a guy who tried to rob a c-store. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jay Tee!

MO Supremes: "Grandfathered" sex offenders don't have to move

Posted on February 20, 2008
In 2006, Missouri made it illegal for registered sex offenders to live within 1,000 feet of a school or daycare. (It was a small tweak to the existing language -- previously, it was illegal for RSOs to establish residence within...

Man accidentally set his clothes on fire while he cooked landlady's pet chihuahua, police say

Posted on February 20, 2008
Story is from South Korea. Authorities say the man was poor, hungry and, yes, drunk.

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Good job keeping the guns hidden from Junior

Posted on February 20, 2008
From Bob Cronkleton: A first-grader at Douglass Elementary School in Kansas City, Kan., brought an unloaded handgun to school Tuesday, a school official said. The student brought the gun to the school at 1310 N. Ninth Street to show other...

"To make a long story short, I shot my mother"

Posted on February 20, 2008
Sad story from Georgia about a 19-year-old who accidentally shot and killed his mother while he was cleaning his AK-47. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Blondie -- sorry for the delay in posting!

UPDATE on OP Planned Parenthood investigation

Posted on February 20, 2008
The AP has the latest on the grand-jury investigation into Parenthood's Overland Park clinic.

Terror at Dunkin Donuts!!!

Posted on February 19, 2008
WFTV reports that a serial flasher is "terrorizing" drive-through employees at a Dunkin Donuts in Lake Mary, Fla. The man reportedly orders coffee and, when he grabs his coffee, rips a towel off his crotchal region. Employees tried to get...

SC teacher gets 6 years for having sex with 5 teen boys

Posted on February 19, 2008
Snip from The AP: Forensic psychiatrist Donna Schwartz-Watts said Ward is not a pedophile, but rather a childlike victim suffering from personality disorders and a repressed childhood. Schwartz-Watts said the minister's daughter lived a sheltered life but really was a...

A Sunday drive with Mom

Posted on February 19, 2008
An Arizona woman was arrested for aggravated DUI after she was allegedly pulled over with an open case of beer and five kiddos, ages 8 to 5 months, who were not buckled up. When the police asked if a relative...

Claude Gross

Posted on February 19, 2008
From KCPD: Detectives are asking for the public?s help with locating the suspect in this case. Claude Gross has been charged with the murder but is not in custody. He?s described as being 53yrs old, 6? and 180 lbs. Anyone...

Something horrible happened at a Super 8 in Estes Park, CO

Posted on February 19, 2008
The Delta Chi fraternity has suspended its University of Colorado-Boulder chapter after 10 of its pledges were arrested at a Super 8 in Estes Park. From the Daily Camera: Estes Park police were called to the motel about 2:30 a.m....

Robin ?Scott? Roggenbuck

Posted on February 19, 2008
From Glenn Rice: Platte County authorities are requesting the public?s help in locating other possible victims of a man recently charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy. Robin ?Scott? Roggenbuck, 55, was charged Thursday with deviate sexual assault and possession...

$50K reward for 2006 robbery, beating in North KC

Posted on February 19, 2008
Wow, this is a serious amount of money ... Not sure if you remember this case, but two men -- or maybe more -- broke into Missouri Poster and Banner Company in North Kansas City on Christmas Eve 2006. Only...

Independence teens accused of murder-for-hire plan

Posted on February 19, 2008
Joseph R. Garcia, 17, and Jacob Jett, 18, are accused of trying to hire two hitmen to kill Jett's parents, Jackson County prosecutors report. Both suspects face charges of second-degree attempted murder and armed criminal action. The probable cause says...

Elvis impersonator accused of lying about house fire so people would give him free stuff

Posted on February 19, 2008
I was torn between using a "Jailhouse Rock" reference or a line from "Suspicious Minds."

OP man killed while apparently playing Russian roulette

Posted on February 19, 2008
Story is from Alma, Neb. From The AP: Bryan McQuay said today that deputies responding early Sunday to a report of a shooting at a farm about eight miles south of Holdrege found the body of 28-year-old Cody Cummins of...

Open Thread ... Tuesday

Posted on February 19, 2008
The Open Thread -- our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion -- is up and running on a lovely Tuesday morning. Thanks for spending part of your day here! Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well...

Dear Criminals: I hope you choke on those cookies

Posted on February 19, 2008
Crooks pay for Girl Scout cookies with fake $100. They basically stole a day's worth of sales. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Golfer!

Totals from last week's traffic-enforcement campaign in Kansas

Posted on February 19, 2008
The campaign was last week, and officers were especially looking for people who didn't have their kids buckled up. I don't have statewide totals, but Tom at the JoCo Sheriff's Office does have a breakdown for their agency. Deputies wrote...

Study: Maybe Internet predators aren't as scary as Chris Hansen says

Posted on February 19, 2008
There's a new study out today that says, basically, people might have been overreacting to Internet sex predators. The researchers note that sex assaults against teens dropped 52 percent between 1993 and 2005, and that Internet sex predators are only...

I can't imagine why he broke up with her ...

Posted on February 19, 2008
An Oregon woman is accused of cyberstalking her ex-boyfriend by sending alleged nude photos of him to his boss. (There WAS a naked guy in the photos, but the face was obscured -- so it might not have been him.)...

WI teens use drill to remove gunpowder from bullet -- with mixed results

Posted on February 19, 2008
The good news: Nobody is dead. I also liked this quote from the Sheboygan paper: A deputy noted in his report that the boys had no specific plans for the gunpowder, ?but did admit to horseplay and suggested they would...

ACLU wiretapping lawsuit hits another roadblock

Posted on February 19, 2008
The ACLU and others have filed a lawsuit to learn more about the government's secret wiretapping program. A federal appeals court dismissed the suit, and now the U.S. Supremes have turned them down, too. The plaintiffs are in an unsolvable...

Vandal rams Northland church with vehicle

Posted on February 19, 2008
Story is from Weston's Community Church of the Nazarene. The malefactor took out two sanctuary walls and left scorched tire marks on the entryway carpet. John Shultz has more details here.

Cracking down

Posted on February 19, 2008
Last year, the U.S. Sentencing Commission reduced the recommended sentences for people caught dealing crack -- which, for years, has been punished more harshly than dealing coke. Since most crack offenders are black and most coke offenders are white, a...

More states want to execute child rapists

Posted on February 19, 2008
A Colorado legislator wants to make the death penalty available to people who rape children under the age of 12. Six other states already have similar laws in place. One of them, Louisiana, is facing a Supreme Court challenge to...

Midtown Miscreant muses about meth

Posted on February 19, 2008
Missouri officials are worried about the president's proposed budget, which doesn't set aside as much money as they'd like for anti-crime grants. Specifically, the highway patrol says they won't have enough funding to fight the state's meth labs. Midtown Miscreant...

Grandview police arrest man accused of stealing A/C units from church

Posted on February 19, 2008
Story is from KCTV. Officers arrested a man after a short chase -- they were also able to recover the three commercial A/C units that were taken from Grandview Assembly of God. The department thinks they were stolen for the...

Trial date set for former MO radio host

Posted on February 19, 2008
James Keown -- a former KC resident who used to host talk shows in Jeff City and Columbia -- is accused of lacing his wife's Gatorade with antifreeze, killing her. He's slated to go on trial March 3 in Massachusetts....

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