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Monday's Open Thread
Posted on August 16, 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,...
Old bones might show Irish railroad workers were murdered
Posted on August 16, 2010In Malvern, Pa., researchers are investigating what appears to be the mass grave of 57 Irish immigrants who died in 1832 while working on a section of railroad. All of the men were dead within the space of six weeks,...
N.Y. man charged, then quickly cleared in Buffalo shooting
Posted on August 16, 2010In Buffalo, police charged -- and then cleared -- a 25-year-old in a shooting early Saturday, which left four dead and four wounded. Investigators have video of the shooter, and it wasn't the man who was charged. That man is...
Columbia considers police Taser ban
Posted on August 16, 2010Tonight, the Columbia City Council will consider a measure to ban Taser use by police there. A group of activists has been campaigning against Tasers for a couple of years now. If the city council decides to keep the devices,...
Thieves used breasts to distract victim, police say
Posted on August 16, 2010CNN has a story about two women who robbed a man at an ATM by distracting him with bare breasts.
8 DUI arrests at Merriam checkpoint
Posted on August 16, 2010Merriam police have released the results of their latest sobriety checkpoint, which was held from Saturday night into early Sunday morning. There were a total of 794 drivers directed into the lane conducted at 10000 West 75th Street. Of those...
Church, strippers reach armistice
Posted on August 16, 2010Just a followup to a not-remotely-crime-related story from Warsaw, Ohio, where a church had protested outside a strip club -- which, naturally, led to the strippers protesting (and dancing) outside Sunday services. The two sides say they're going to meet...
St. Joe terrorized by paintball spree
Posted on August 16, 2010"The horror ... the horror ... there were pink and orange splotches everywhere ..."
A not-so-secret garden
Posted on August 16, 2010A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly growing 25 marijuana plants in his front yard.
Wichita victim spends 4 days in basement before help arrives
Posted on August 16, 2010A Wichita man tells police that he was robbed in his home and spent four days in his basement, suffering from head injuries, before someone found him, the Eagle reports.
Grave-robbers steal Pa. child's remains
Posted on August 16, 2010Awful story from Pennsylvania, where thieves have stolen the remains of a 9-year-old girl, Paula Ream, who died in 1962. The crime happened sometime late Thursday or early Friday. The little girl's family is confused and upset. They don't know...
Victim wrestles carjacker to the ground
Posted on August 16, 2010A local man wrestled a carjacker to the ground and held him for police, KCTV reports. It happened at a car wash on Van Brunt near Interstate 70 on Sunday morning. (I wish I had a nickel for every robbery...
Internet radio host guilty of threats against federal judges
Posted on August 16, 2010Harold Turner, an Internet radio host, was found guilty Friday of making threats against federal judges, the New York Times reports. Turner made the comments after three judges upheld Chicago's ban on handguns. (Which was ultimately overruled by the U...
Where is Josh Hancock?
Posted on August 16, 2010Linn County authorities are looking for a missing man, Josh Hancock, who was last seen Aug. 6 at the Great Mall of the Great Plains in Olathe, Fox 4 reports. I'm sorry, I don't have an image yet of Josh,...
Still no answers in Ninemire homicide
Posted on August 16, 2010It's been seven years since a robber shot and killed Ray Ninemire as Ninemire was working at a Westwood grocery store. KMBC has a piece about the anniversary here. A $21,000 reward is offered for information in the case. Previous...
Report: More Kansans wearing seat belts
Posted on August 16, 2010From Brad Cooper: A new study shows that seat-belt use in Kansas climbed above 80 percent for the first time. At 81.8 percent, seat-belt use rose almost 5 percentage points from 2009, the biggest increase since 1993.
Should man who pleaded guilty to online sex charge get probation?
Posted on August 15, 2010In Shawnee, a judge might give a lighter sentence to a man who was caught in an online sex sting conducted by the sheriff's office. The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to wanting two underage girls to stimulate each other while he...
Sleepwalker acquitted of sex assault
Posted on August 15, 2010In Bloomington, Ill., a 24-year-old man was found not guilty of committing sexual assault after his lawyer argued that, even if he did commit the attack, he suffered from sleepwalking and couldn't be held responsible, the Pantagraph reports. Hat Tip:...
Report: Man commits suicide by escort
Posted on August 15, 2010It's from the UK Sun, so take it with a grain of salt, if you choose: Police say an unemployed banker hired two escorts to yell abuse at him as he hanged himself in the woods. The escorts told the...
1 man shot dead in 5500 block of Michigan Avenue, KCPD says
Posted on August 15, 2010From Brad Cooper: Kansas City Police identified the man shot to death early this morning on the city?s east side as Ephriam R. Prewitt. Responding to a call at about 4:30 this morning, police found Prewitt, 29, shot to death...
Police ID man killed at 24th and Quincy
Posted on August 14, 2010KCPD has released the name of a man killed early Friday on 24th Street near Quincy Avenue. Kenny R. Warren, who lived in Kansas City, was 27 years old. A security guard found his body outside, lying on the sidewalk,...
KCK investigates police shooting
Posted on August 14, 2010From Meredith Rodriguez: Two Kansas City, Kan. police officers shot and critically injured a man who allegedly threatened them with a knife. Around 4:45 p.m., the officers responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment building at 4119 Mission...
Drunk stranger trapped in Tenn. chimney
Posted on August 14, 2010You could say that he made an ash of himself. (You could say that, I wouldn't. I hate puns.) Best Part: An officer yelled down, "'Hey, Santa Claus, what's your real name?'" Weissinger said.
Open Thread, Weekend Edition
Posted on August 14, 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,...
Maybe he was 'cracking up'
Posted on August 14, 2010A North Carolina man was thrown in jail for laughing in court. He wouldn't say what made him laugh, though authorities report they found three grams of crack on his person when they booked him. Hintity-hint-hint. Hat Tip: Many thanks,...
Shopping mall tries to do away with the First Amendment
Posted on August 14, 2010A California mall instituted a policy that forbade strangers from talking to each other inside their building, and surprisingly, an appeals court has a problem with this. (The mall wanted to stop a preacher from trying to witness to people.)...
The Mummy hungers for Oxycontin
Posted on August 14, 2010A man with surgical bandages wrapped around his face robbed a pharmacy in Somerset, Pa., on Wednesday, police tell the AP. (He handed over a note saying, "Don't do anything stupid, this is a holdup." Too late.) He wanted money,...
10 DUI arrests at KC checkpoint
Posted on August 14, 2010From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department assisted by Jackson County Sheriff Deputies conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on August 13 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at 634 Prospect. South and northbound traffic was checked with the following results:...
Crash victim says mouse jumped on his face
Posted on August 13, 2010Story is from Akron, Ohio. In the mouse's defense, it had been bought for the sole purpose of being fed to a snake. That mouse was fighting for its life.
Friday's Open Thread
Posted on August 13, 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,...
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Do parents have the right to NOT turn in a sexual offender?
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?
Probably depends on the law of the state in which you live. Many states allow fo...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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