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Dad arrested after boy drowns in septic pit

Posted on March 25, 2010
Near Yuma, Ariz., a 14-month-old boy reportedly drowning in an open septic pit near his family's house. Dad was arrested for allegedly hindering the prosecution.

Texas boy, 12, leads cops on 100 mph chase

Posted on March 25, 2010
He told police he just trying to reach his Mom. Probably to ask for bail money.

KC police interrupt alleged rape

Posted on March 25, 2010
From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police arrested a 46-year-old man last night after apparently interrupting a rape at his apartment. Neighbors called 911 about 5:10 p.m. after hearing a woman scream for help in the 2100 block of E. Linwood...

The dumbest thing you'll read today

Posted on March 25, 2010
In New York, some playground equipment is going to be removed from a housing complex because it looks too much like a prison and "it was like promoting kids to go to jail."

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Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on March 25, 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,...

Naked man runs through Wichita streets

Posted on March 25, 2010
From The Eagle: It was, he figured, just supposed to be a harmless little nocturnal gathering with friends to do some drugs at a south Wichita house. Almost before he knew it, however, a 24-year-old man was naked and running...

Reward increase in KCK teen's murder

Posted on March 25, 2010
Another $1,500 has been added to the reward in the Jose Macias Jr. case, bringing the total to $2,500. It's been almost two years since Macias, 17, was shot and killed near 13th and Ridge. He and his cousin, who...

House Republican says he was threatened, too

Posted on March 25, 2010
Congressman Eric Cantor, who represents Virginia, said he's received several threatening messages and noted that someone shot a window at his campaign office in Virginia, CNN reports. Cantor accused Democrats of using the recent threats against their members for political...

15 arrests during Lenexa warrant sweep

Posted on March 25, 2010
From the JoCo Sheriff's Office: As a result of the latest Lenexa Warrant Sweep, 13 people were arrested on warrants and two were taken into custody on Orders to Arrest and Detain. During this sweep deputies made 79 warrant attempts...

12 years for dad's death -- fair sentence?

Posted on March 25, 2010
William May has been sentenced to 12 years for his 71-year-old father's death, Joe Lambe reports. May was charged with second-degree reckless murder for the April 2009 incident at their Shawnee home, where May lived in his parents' basement. During...

Tear gas can't stop WW2 veteran

Posted on March 25, 2010
A standoff allegedly started after the veteran, who had been drinking, fired a shot during an argument with his wife, who then called police. That led to the SWAT team being called out, the Houston Chronicle reports. After failing to...

Teacher's murder unsolved after 25 years

Posted on March 25, 2010
It's been 25 years this month since Barbara J. Miller, a second-grade teacher, was found murdered in her home near Gregory and Woodland. Miller, who taught school in Kansas City for 20 years, was 47 years old. To date, nobody...

Deputy fired for yanking grill from inmate's mouth

Posted on March 25, 2010
A few days ago, we had a story about a Tennessee deputy who reportedly ripped a grill from an inmate's mouth -- causing extensive damage to the guy's teeth and leading to a $95,000 settlement from the county. That deputy...

Awful Ways To Die, No. 446

Posted on March 25, 2010
Hair-dresser dies after her cigarette causes a bottle of hydrogen peroxide to explode.

St. Louis officer dies chasing suspect

Posted on March 25, 2010
The officer, David Haynes, had recently gotten married. He died in a four-car wreck while pursuing a burglary suspect, the Post-Dispatch reports. None of the other people involved, including the suspect, suffered severe injuries. This is the third time in...

Flash mobs draw police attention

Posted on March 25, 2010
I'd always thought that flash mobs were stupid, but mostly harmless things: A bunch of people, alerted by text message, would gather at a store or street at an exact time and do something weird, like sing a song or...

Vatican failed to investigate priest, report says

Posted on March 25, 2010
The New York Times is reporting that a Vatican office once led by Pope Benedict declined to investigate a Wisconsin priest who was accused of molesting about 200 children at a school for the deaf. The church didn't report the...

Deputies find man sought over school scares

Posted on March 25, 2010
Jackson County authorities have found the man who allegedly tried to enter a couple of schools in Blue Springs and Pleasant Hill last week. The man was arrested on a probation violation warrant, though it doesn't sound like he's been...

Woman uses menstrual cycle to flee cops, police say

Posted on March 25, 2010
In Florida, a woman avoided questioning by police when she said she was having her period and needed to use the restroom. Instead, she jumped out a third-story window and started running, Fort Pierce police say. "I'm not going to...

Mo. legislators pass K2 ban

Posted on March 25, 2010
Both houses have given final approval to the bill, but it still needs to go through reconciliation. The Post-Dispatch says the differences are minor, though. Once that's done, it heads to the governor. The ban will become law as soon...

Please don't tell my mom, robber asks

Posted on March 25, 2010
In Salt Lake City, police say a teenage boy tried to rob a convenience store by holding a knife to the clerk's throat -- only the clerk was able to knock the kid down. Before he ran off, police say,...

Something awful happened at Wal-Mart

Posted on March 25, 2010
In Rome, Ga., a man dressed in drag is accused of taking off his clothes in the women's bathroom at Wal-Mart, where some children allegedly saw him. He was arrested at 7:30 on a Sunday morning, police say. I don't...

Congressmen threatened over vote, leaders say

Posted on March 25, 2010
UPDATED: Congressmen Emanuel Cleaver and Dennis Moore both received threats over the health-care vote, Steve Kraske reports. The FBI looked into the threat against Cleaver and traced it to an Independence man, who says he didn't really mean it, a...

Man strangles baby's mother, gets 25 to life

Posted on March 25, 2010
Jose Solis, who strangled Natasha Crump in 2006, was sentenced to life in prison yesterday, with no parole possible until he's served 25 years, Grace Hobson reports. The two of them had a daughter together, and though they had broken...

Teen killed in KCK

Posted on March 25, 2010
Hector Olivas-Villegas, 18, was found with a gunshot wound about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday behind a business in the 1200 block of Kansas Avenue, Meredith Rodriguez reports. He was pronounced dead later at the hospital. KCK police are asking anyone with...

KC girl, 1, was homicide victim

Posted on March 25, 2010
From Christine: The death of a 23-month-old girl Monday has been ruled a homicide, Kansas City police announced today. Police were called to the home of Leeya Guzman about 7 p.m. Monday in the 1400 block of Bellefontaine Avenue by...

18-year-old accused of murder

Posted on March 25, 2010
Terrell Crout, 18, of Kansas City faces a first-degree murder charge in the Feb. 22 shooting of Avion D. Williamson inside a bus station at 39th and Troost. Police say they have an associate of Crout's naming his as the...

1 woman dead in Raytown shooting

Posted on March 25, 2010
From Bob Cronkleton: Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman inside a Raytown house this morning. The woman called police shortly before 10 a.m. and told them she had been shot inside a house in the 6700 block...

Ex-police chief says he was told to racially profile

Posted on March 25, 2010
Coming soon to a cable news network near you ... The former police chief of Ladue, Mo., says he was fired because he refused the mayor's suggestion to stop black drivers and target out-of-towners for tickets. He also says he...

$6K reward in Independence slaying

Posted on March 24, 2010
The family of Beverly Crowl -- a former police employee who was murdered Friday in Independence -- has added $5,000 to the reward fund in her case, bringing the total to $6,000, the TIPS Hotline reports. Police released a sketch...

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