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Guilty verdict in infant's murder
Posted on April 16, 2010In Wyandotte County, a man named Anderson Cheffen has been convicted of first-degree murder for the slaying of Kawliga Wiseman. The little girl died from a severe head injury last summer, during an incident at an Edwardsville apartment. (I've got...
Please stop touching the naked people
Posted on April 16, 2010At New York's Museum of Modern Art, a new show includes several performers who stand around naked. The museum is asking visitors to stop touching the naked people as it's, well, just creepy as hell. Snip: One performer, Will Rawls,...
Report: Crack babies are awesome
Posted on April 16, 2010Years ago, a lot of experts were predicting, well, the end of America because there was going to be a generation of children who'd been exposed to crack cocaine while they were still in utero. "Crack babies" were going to...
This bird's gotta fly: Man ticketed for middle finger
Posted on April 16, 2010And now their insurance company gets to pay that man and the ACLU a total of $5,000, Joe Lambe reports. The incident happened back in September. Police had stopped the man for reportedly failing to yield. The ACLU says he...
They see you when you're sleeping
Posted on April 16, 2010Recently, a Pennsylvania family sued their son's school district, accusing officials there of using his school-supplied computer to secretly take photos of their home. The laptop came with a program designed to help them track the device, if it were....
Police: Apple used to smoke marijuana
Posted on April 16, 2010This is why America is great: Even our loser potheads are amazing inventors. If you're not worried yet, China, you should be.
KC woman accused of mortgage scam
Posted on April 16, 2010Marilyn James is accused of getting a reverse mortgage in the name of an 89-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease, the Jackson County prosecutor alleges. She kept the money from the mortgage, about $64,000, they say. The man, who had come...
Ill. cop accused of beating suspect
Posted on April 16, 2010A police officer from Streamwood, Ill., is facing criminal charges after dashcam footage showed him beating a suspect with his baton, the Chicago Tribune reports. The incident came to light after a police supervisor was looking at that day's booking....
Couple finds $1,400 -- and keeps it
Posted on April 16, 2010Leavenworth police are looking for a couple who found $1,400 lying on the ground and failed to report the matter to police, KMBC reports. It happened at a supermarket there. Someone had just sold a car and accidentally dropped the...
State worker left disabled lady in car, went gambling, prosecutors allege
Posted on April 16, 2010From Sara Shepherd: A state employee on an apparent gambling binge left a severely mentally retarded woman locked inside her government vehicle for hours at a Kansas City casino, authorities say. The Missouri Department of Mental Health employee was supposed...
Top female cop retires from KCPD
Posted on April 16, 2010Rachel Whipple, who served as interim KCPD chief a few years ago, is retiring. Christine Vendel has a profile on Whipple here. She's the second woman to become deputy chief with the department. Her ?most fun? job was as captain...
Ill. trooper pleads guilty in fatal wreck
Posted on April 16, 2010Matt Mitchell, a state trooper in Illinois, has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide over a traffic wreck that killed two teenage sisters back in 2007, the Post-Dispatch reports. Under the terms of a plea deal, he'll be on probation, but...
Man killed by angry husband, prosecutors allege
Posted on April 16, 2010From Don Bradley: A 47-year-old Kansas City man was charged today for allegedly stabbing to death a man he suspected was involved with his wife. Jeffery E. Sherman is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal in the death of...
Pit bull kills 1-week-old, Mom sleeps through it
Posted on April 15, 2010This wasn't even a case where Mom was in a different part of the house. She was lying in the same bed with the baby when the dog attacked, a witness told tbo.com. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean...
Names released in Jackson County homicides
Posted on April 15, 2010The Jackson County Sheriff's Office has released the names from last night's incident where two people were killed near Lake Lotawana. The girl killed was Gabrielle Morejon, who was killed at age 12. They believe the other person, Gabrielle's father,...
82 years for dad who killed molester son
Posted on April 15, 2010In Detroit, a judge has sentenced Jamar Pinkney Sr. to 37-to-82 years in prison after Pinkney executed his 15-year-old son for allegedly molesting his 3-year-old half-sister, the Detroit News reports. (Pinkney claimed the boy confessed to raping the child, but...
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Posted on April 15, 2010"The Fast & The Furious: Sheboygan Drift"
Fewer people hanging on the telephone
Posted on April 15, 2010At KCPD Chief Jim Corwin's blog, there's a post about National Telecommunicator Appreciation Week, along with this statistic about KCPD's 911 system: In 2007, 45.5 percent of all 911 callers in Kansas City got put on hold. Their average hold...
Deputy wants $75K for spit-coated burger
Posted on April 15, 2010A sheriff's deputy in Washington state has sued Burger King and the local franchise owner after he bought a Whopper that a couple of workers had allegedly spit on. He's seeking at least $75,000.
Man hid drugs inside copy of 'Penthouse,' police say
Posted on April 15, 2010A man in Boulder was arrested after he tried to ship Ecstasy, hidden inside a copy of "Penthouse," overnight to California, police say. After all, who would ever want to look inside a copy of "Penthouse"? (The clerk did --...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on April 15, 2010Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments,...
Inmates got thousands through tax scheme, report says
Posted on April 15, 2010How is Uncle Sam using your tax dollars? CNN reports on a group of Florida inmates who allegedly made about $5K each by filing fake tax returns for jobs they didn't do at businesses that had closed. The IRS didn't...
Dad forced sons, 4 and 6, to fight
Posted on April 15, 2010A 26-year-old from Maine has been sentenced to two years after he allegedly forced his sons, ages 4 and 6, to fight each other while he watched. (He reportedly smacked the little one with his shoe when the kid refused...
KC woman rammed cousin with van, prosecutors allege
Posted on April 15, 2010Kalana T. Wren, 29, faces charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action after she allegedly rammed her cousin with a van, leaving him severely injured, Jackson County prosecutors say. It's not clear why she allegedly did so. The incident....
Teens say Plaza fights weren't racially motivated
Posted on April 15, 2010I know you're probably sick of the Plaza coverage, but here's one more post, and I'll drop it for a while. There have been a lot of stories, but not many that quote teenagers, especially those who were there last...
Police ask parents to act like parents
Posted on April 15, 2010The police department phrased it a lot more nicely in their press release, but that's the basic message here. KCPD is reminding the public that curfew for those 17 and younger is midnight to 6 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 11...
Shots fired during QuikTrip robbery
Posted on April 15, 2010From Bob Cronkleton: No one was injured when two armed men fired shots during a robbery at a QuikTrip in Blue Springs this morning. The robbery occurred about 2:30 a.m. at the convenience store at 1500 S. Missouri 7. ......
Potato thieves terrorize UK farm
Posted on April 15, 2010They come in the cool dark of the night, with no sound to mark them but the gentle rustling of burlap sacks and the anguished lowing of tiny spuds, separated from their mothers, fading into the haunted moors. (I think...
No use crying over spilled beer
Posted on April 15, 2010A Wichita man was so upset after a teenager knocked over his beer that he allegedly grabbed the boy by the throat and used a pocket knife to cut across his stomach, the Eagle reports.
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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?
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