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Sorry, you cannot just ship problem children to Russia

Posted on April 10, 2010
Even if that's where they're originally from. The Russian government is furious after a 7-year-old boy, adopted by an American family, was placed on a flight back to that country, unaccompanied, with a note that said he was a little...

Second time was NOT the charm

Posted on April 10, 2010
From Tony Rizzo: A Kansas City man pleaded guilty today to robbing the same Country Club Plaza bank twice in December. Isaac O. Okesanya admitted in U.S. District Court in Kansas City that he held up the Bank of America...

Open Thread ... Weekend Edition

Posted on April 10, 2010
Welcome 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,...

Kiwi boy, 16, accused of sex with donkey

Posted on April 10, 2010
The neighbor who reported the incident was apparently taking photos while on the phone.

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Now, THAT is a lovely mugshot

Posted on April 10, 2010
In Connecticut, a woman was arrested after her two diaper-clad sons, ages 2 and 3, were found wandering in the woods as it rained, police say. The kiddos looked like they had been out there about an hour, they estimate....

OP standoff ends peacefully

Posted on April 10, 2010
From Brad Cooper: A police standoff in an upscale south Overland Park neighborhood came to a quiet end today after 71/2 hours. Police entered the house and took the 23-year-old man into custody. The man, who had been armed with...

Woman's body found at suspected arson

Posted on April 10, 2010
From KCPD: This morning (04/10/2010) at approximately 10:30am, KCMO police were called to the Relax Inn Motel, 6300 Blue Parkway, to meet the fire department in regard to a dead body. Upon arrival, officers were informed that the fire department...

Did pope protect accused priest?

Posted on April 09, 2010
From the AP: The future Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to defrock a California priest with a record of sexually molesting children, citing concerns including "the good of the universal church," according to a 1985 letter bearing his signature. The....

Police save man's life in nick of time

Posted on April 09, 2010
In Tulsa, police received a 911 call giving them an address and saying that officers would a dead body when they arrived. The caller was hanging himself. He was able to get started after he finished the 911 call, but...

Son reveals dead father's crimes

Posted on April 09, 2010
In Humboldt County, Calif., a man has led police to the body of a woman killed years ago by the man's father, when the man was just 16 years old. And he's telling police other stories of how his father...

Intoxicated man fires at cars outside club, police allege

Posted on April 09, 2010
From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors today accused a man of randomly firing two handguns at vehicles in a parking lot after leaving a nightclub early Thursday. Three vehicles were hit. One man was struck in the leg. He suffered...

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on April 09, 2010
Welcome 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,...

Man says he was short-changed at White Castle

Posted on April 09, 2010
The prostitute didn't do everything that she promised for $50, said the man who allegedly called police to the White Castle bathroom, claiming that he'd been robbed. (This is an update from a story that we had the other day....

Thief weighed down by $61 in coins

Posted on April 09, 2010
Funny story from Clackamas, Ore. ... A guy who allegedly broke into some newspaper machines had a hard time running from police because he had $61 in coins, plus various burglary tools stuffed in his pockets and a bolt cutter...

Private security helps stop crime, study says

Posted on April 09, 2010
The Economist writes about a study that looked at business improvement districts -- groups where businesses band together to hire security guards, litter patrols, etc. They're essentially the same as the Community Improvement District that operates downtown, i...

'Banana schnapps' defense fails

Posted on April 09, 2010
In Denver, Colo., a woman has been convicted of a DUI crash that killed two other motorists. Her defense? She wasn't actually drunk when the wreck happened, but she accidentally drank a bottle of banana schnapps after the crash, thinking...

Slain cops' families sue for $182 million

Posted on April 09, 2010
Last November, a man named Maurice Clemmons walked into a Lakewood, Wash., coffee shop and killed four police officers. Their families are now suing the sheriff and the jail because Clemmons made several phone calls from jail -- all recorded...

Border towns worry about Mexican drug violence

Posted on April 09, 2010
NPR has a report from Fort Hancock, Texas, one of the border towns where people are increasingly worried that violence from Mexico's drug war is going to spill into the U.S. (In a recent case, a well-known rancher in Arizona...

The ride of the Ball State Butt Slapper

Posted on April 09, 2010
In Muncie, campus authorities are warning students about a bicyclist who has slapped two women on the behind as he rode past. The students, naturally, have started a Facebook page, and a rapper wrote a song about the man, posted...

A new way to fight domestic abuse?

Posted on April 09, 2010
At Chief Corwin's blog, there's a post about KCPD officers using a new technique, the Lethality Assessment Protocol, to help stop domestic violence. Police are trained to ask 12 questions whenever they go on DV calls, and if a victim...

No developments in Kopetsky search

Posted on April 09, 2010
Lee's Summit Underwater Search and Rescue offered to search two ponds yesterday, just a day after a big canvass of land near 155th and Holmes in the Kara Kopetsky case. Nothing was found either day, Glenn Rice reports. It's encouraging...

Ex-girlfriend accused of home invasion

Posted on April 09, 2010
A Florida woman is accused of sneaking into her ex-boyfriend's home and pouring water on him and his new woman while they were asleep in bed, police in Destin say. As an encore, she then hit the man and started...

Teen faced extreme punishment, officials allege

Posted on April 09, 2010
A Platte City man is accused of using cruel punishments against a teenage girl who lived with him, KCTV reports. The girl was forced to stand in a corner for hours on end, and the man would monitor her via...

Ex-deputy to get 14 years for sex act

Posted on April 09, 2010
Steven Burgess, a former Jackson County deputy, originally got five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to forcing a 15-year-old girl perform a sex act on him in a squad car. Today, he's supposed to be sentenced to 14...

Fender bender leads to kidnapping

Posted on April 09, 2010
When a man got into a minor car accident yesterday near 39th and 71 Highway, the people in the other car essentially kidnapped him to Grandview, demanding that he cash a check and give them money immediately, Glenn Rice reports....

Why Elmo is so darn happy

Posted on April 09, 2010
In Uniontown, Pa., a man went to his son's elementary school to fetch some marijuana that Dad had secreted inside the boy's Elmo bookbag. Like any responsible parent, Dad called ahead first, which led school administrators to search the bag...

Quote of the day

Posted on April 09, 2010
"The toes were pointing up. The legs were shaking and quivering. From a visual standpoint, all you had to see was the legs quivering to know something was going on." (Alternate headline: "Something awful happened in the men's bathroom")

Deputy zapped 30 kids at career fair, officials say

Posted on April 09, 2010
It allegedly happened in Lake County, Colo., and the deputy is on unpaid leave. The case was handed over to the prosecutors. Nobody knows if there will be any charges. Officials say the deputy used his stun gun on the...

Billy Joe Shaver accused of shooting a guy in the face

Posted on April 09, 2010
Shaver, a country singer, is on trial in Waco, Texas, facing charges that he shot a man in the face outside a bar. Willie Nelson -- who should be helping keep pot illegal -- was waiting to testify on Shaver's...

This looks like a job for Farm Aid

Posted on April 09, 2010
This is hilarious: In northern California, an area known for its marijuana production, there's a nascent movement to STOP the legalization vote coming later this year. Apparently, some pot growers are worried that if other people are able to grow...

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