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Man used software to create child porn

Posted on March 12, 2010
From Mark Morris: A Kansas City, North man pleaded guilty in federal court today to attempted production of child pornography. Elvon L. Arndt, 66, also agreed in his plea bargain to accept a sentence of 20 years in prison. Arndt...

Did police beating lead man to murder?

Posted on March 12, 2010
In Seattle, prosecutors have charged Christopher Monfort with murdering a police officer named Timothy Brenton, firing at officers and firebombing four department vehicles. Monfort was allegedly angry over a videotape showing an area deputy beating up a 14-year-old girl in...

The Waldo rapist has NOT been captured

Posted on March 12, 2010
In the words of Bananarama, I heard a rumor -- actually, I'm betting half the metro has heard this one. But KCPD says the Waldo rapist has NOT been captured. We've had several emails here today, and I guess the...

Sarah Palin to testify in email case

Posted on March 12, 2010
Palin, the former vice presidential candidate, is expected in Chattanooga next month to testify in the case of David C. Kernell. The college student allegedly accessed Palin's email account and posted the password online for others to find. His attorney...

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The most sordid thing you'll read today

Posted on March 11, 2010
A Milwaukee woman and her two young sons were murdered in a case involving a twisted love triangle, police believe. The key is a man named Maurice Visor, who got two different women pregnant. One woman had her child early,...

Burglar broke into church to watch porn, Iowa cops say

Posted on March 11, 2010
I assume he brought the porn with him.

The return of the Wedgie Killer

Posted on March 11, 2010
In 2003, a Utah man shot and killed a man who was giving him a wedgie, then told police it was in self-defense. Amazingly, through an unlucky series of legal events, he was sentenced to time served for a lesser...

Should cop lose job for driving 149 mph?

Posted on March 11, 2010
An arbitrator has ruled that an Ohio policeman should keep his job, even though he was arrested for driving 149 mph on a motorcycle. His police department argued that it showed "a complete disregard for the law," but the arbitrator...

Big break in Mo. Death Row case?

Posted on March 11, 2010
Supporters of Reginald Clemons, who is on Missouri's Death Row for a 1991 rape and murder, hope that evidence from a rape kit will help prove Clemons is innocent. According to St. Louis police, that evidence has always been available,...

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on March 11, 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,...

Chef accused of serving illegal whale

Posted on March 11, 2010
It's pretty sad -- the whale was only in this country to make a better life, trying to do a job that American citizens won't, and he sent almost all of his paychecks to his family back home.

Kan. man stole $890K from his mom, feds allege

Posted on March 11, 2010
Kent J. Gockel of St. Marys is accused of stealing $890,000 from his mother's accounts, the U.S. attorney for Kansas reports. The 52-year-old Gockel, who took care of his mother's finances, allegedly drained most of his mother's trust funds by...

'Most Wanted' list turns 60

Posted on March 11, 2010
Meet Orba Elmer Jackson, the first Kansas City guy ever placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, which turns 60 this weekend. He landed there on March 21, 1950, after he escaped from federal custody. (Doesn't have a nice smile?...

'Hustler' won't get headless corpse photos, judge says

Posted on March 11, 2010
"Hustler" magazine, which sought photos of a murder victim, won't be given copies under a restraining order issued by a Georgia judge. (The order is on the state's investigation bureau, which was happy to be restrained.) The publication wanted crime-scene...

You meet the neatest people on the Internet

Posted on March 11, 2010
A Massachusetts man, Trevor L. Lucas, is accused of driving to Madison, Wis., and threatening a 16-year-old boy who refused to email Lucas naked photos of himself. The two of them had met online while playing "World of Warcraft." After...

'International con man' stole RV in Riverside, prosecutors say

Posted on March 11, 2010
Milos Gaspar -- a Czech national arrested on a luxury yacht in Belize -- has been sentenced to three years in prison for renting an RV in Riverside and never returning it, Platte County prosecutors say. Gaspar allegedly wrote a...

Man dies after hit-and-run on 77th Terrace

Posted on March 11, 2010
Paul Allegri, who was run over yesterday afternoon near 77th Terrace and Main, died at the hospital this morning, Kansas City police say. He was 56. Officers arrested a 49-year-old woman later in the 100 block of East 81st. Police...

N.J. man accused of raping, beating 5 daughters

Posted on March 11, 2010
A New Jersey man is facing heinous allegations in court -- namely, that he beat and raped his five daughters, getting three of them pregnant in the process. Authorities believe six children were born as a result. The man's wife...

Boy uses 911 to save his family

Posted on March 11, 2010
From AP: Carlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents hugs the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's dispatch center, Wednesday March 10,...

Did serial killer have other victims?

Posted on March 11, 2010
In California, Rodney Alcala was convicted this week of killing four women and a 12-year-old girl -- crimes, a jury decided, that merit the death penalty. The murders date back to the 1970s, and police are worried that Alcala might...

Drunk bus driver allowed to finish route, cops say

Posted on March 11, 2010
In Mount Prospect, Ill., a school bus driver is accused of driving drunk while taking kids home from school. She allegedly recorded a .22 BAC, authorities say. (She apparently likes a little vodka and O.J. before making the afternoon run.)...

Lee's Summit suspects look rested

Posted on March 11, 2010
Charges have been filed against Robert N. McGinley and Jacob T. Wilson in a robbery yesterday at a Lee's Summit convenience store. They're both accused of robbery and armed criminal action; McGinley was also charged with unlawful possession of a...

Rural counties see spike in burglaries

Posted on March 11, 2010
Business burglaries have increased in six rural counties north of Kansas City, and police think a professional team might be responsible for one, the St. Joseph News-Press reports. The affected counties -- DeKalb, Caldwell, Clinton, Harrison, Gentry and Worth --...

High-roller ends up naked, broke

Posted on March 11, 2010
In Detroit, a 27-year-old man -- fresh off a $150 win at the MGM Grand casino -- must have thought his hot streak was continuing when he met two ladies who said they wanted "to party." So, he got a...

'48 Hours' tackles unsolved Mo. murder

Posted on March 11, 2010
This weekend, "48 Hours Mystery" will focus on the Angela Mischelle Lawless murder from Scott County, Mo. Authorities had convicted a man named Josh Kezer, who served several years in prison before he was cleared and freed last year. Now,...

Mo. trooper kills suspect in shootout

Posted on March 11, 2010
Patrick Greer, a Fort Worth man sought by the Secret Service, died after he opened fire on authorities near Cuba, Mo., and they returned fire. After a pursuit on Interstate 44, Greer reportedly stopped his truck, got out and started...

Coins stolen from Mission pawn shop

Posted on March 11, 2010
From Mission PD: Mission Police are looking for a man in connection with a theft from a pawn shop on Monday. At about 5:15pm on March 9th, a suspect entered a pawn shop in the 5900 block of Lamar in...

UPDATE: Woman says surgery gave her four breasts

Posted on March 11, 2010
Just a quick update: The woman won her lawsuit and has been awarded $3.5 million. The condition, by the way, is called "double bubble deformities." (Not remotely crime-related, just an interesting story.)

How to fix finger foods

Posted on March 11, 2010
Anna Ayala, the woman who claimed she found a human finger in a cup of Wendy's chili, is out of prison, after serving four years for the hoax. (The finger came from a coworker.) She's talking to the media and...

Is the KC mob undergoing a revival?

Posted on March 11, 2010
As you've probably noted, some of the men indicted in the U.S. attorney's online gambling probe were sons or grandsons of former Kansas City mob figures. Does this mean the mob is undergoing a revival here? Mark Morris talked to...

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