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Self-proclaimed vampire threatens to kill judge

Posted on December 17, 2009
You know he's for real because he refers to himself as a "vampyr." Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!

Restaurants offer pot-infused foods in California, Colorado

Posted on December 17, 2009
One place charges $89 for a pizza made with marijuana. You'd have to be high to pay that much for a pizza. Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!

Say, how is Raymore's new gun policy doing?

Posted on December 17, 2009
You mean the one that lets councilmembers carry guns to meetings? Well, everything's going great, if you can overlook the part about half the city council wanting a police escort to meetings.

Not remotely crime-related

Posted on December 17, 2009
Arizona teacher suspended after taking class to Hooters for lunch.

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Shawnee cops find pot farm during routine call

Posted on December 17, 2009
KCTV has a report about Shawnee cops who -- while answering a call about a security alarm -- found an indoor grow operation with 45 marijuana plants.

I'm too fat to get a DUI

Posted on December 17, 2009
A New Hampshire man was arrested for intoxicated driving earlier this year, but he says it wasn't fair. He was arrested because he failed the field sobriety test, which involves a lot of coordinated movement -- something that he can't...

Did woman really offer sex for World Series tickets?

Posted on December 17, 2009
Near Philadelphia, a woman named Susan Finkelstein appeared in court for her preliminary hearing. Finkelstein, you might remember, was accused of offering sex for World Series tickets, according to an undercover officer who arrested her. The Daily News has more...

KC man guilty -- again -- of abandoning corpse

Posted on December 17, 2009
Matthew C. Davis has been found guilty of abandoning the body of his girlfriend, Amber McGathey, after she died from a drug overdose back in 2004. (The body was found in a car in River Market, about a week after...

1 shot, injured in 4500 block of Virginia

Posted on December 17, 2009
From Meredith Rodriguez: A man who was shot Wednesday night in Kansas City is expected to survive. Police were called on a shooting around 7:40 p.m. They arrived to find the man lying in the middle of the street in...

KCPD releases results from "You Drink & Drive, You Lose" campaign

Posted on December 17, 2009
From KCPD: The KCPD recently focused extra enforcement efforts on impaired driving laws in the holiday You Drink & Drive, You Lose campaign conducted December 7-13. During the effort the DUI Section and officers assigned to other elements made 14...

Maybe "martyr" isn't the right word ...

Posted on December 17, 2009
In Shenzen, China, a police officer was declared a "martyr" by his captain -- even though the officer had died after getting blind drunk, passing out and choking to death on his own vomit. The captain was allegedly trying to...

Should pet owners be able to sue for emotional distress?

Posted on December 17, 2009
In Vermont, a couple is suing their neighbor, who reportedly shot their dog when it wandered into his yard, for emotional distress. The neighbor, who says he was trying to scare off the dog, was given 100 hours of community...

N.J. dad tries to get his son back from Brazil

Posted on December 17, 2009
Just a quick update on David Goldman, the New Jersey man who's trying to get his 9-year-old son back. When the boy was 4, his mom took him to her native Brazil for what was supposed to be a short...

Man was beer battered, police say

Posted on December 17, 2009
A Florida woman, home from a drinking outing, poured beer over her sleeping boyfriend because he planned to move to Ohio, police say. He called the cops, and she was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery. Get it? Beer battered!

Shawnee man guilty of killing his elderly father

Posted on December 17, 2009
William May, 48, was convicted Wednesday of killing his 71-year-old father, Doyle, this spring. (The specific charge was second-degree murder, though the judge had argued that it should've been manslaughter.) From Joe Lambe's report: William May?s mother, Margaret May, had...

Who hides a gun behind their Christmas tree?

Posted on December 17, 2009
In Cortez, Colo., a boy shot himself in the calf while he was playing with a loaded pistol that his folks had hidden behind their Christmas tree. The local law says no charges will be filed because the parents had...

Take that, whippersnappers

Posted on December 17, 2009
The Cincinnati Enquirer has a piece about three young burglary suspects -- one of them a former football standout -- getting caught by two elderly men were part of their neighborhood watch. Our heroes are 71 and 84.

Man with guilty conscience confesses to murder

Posted on December 17, 2009
In Phoenix, police say a California man drove to their offices and confessed to bludgeoning his neighbor to death for drug money in 1988. As the article notes, the man got away with murder ... and couldn't stand it. According...

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on December 17, 2009
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,...

Suspect opens fire on KCPD detective, police say

Posted on December 17, 2009
From KCPD: On 12/17/2009 at approximately 6pm, KCMO Property Crimes Detectives observed a stolen auto (also believed to be used in numerous residential burglaries) near 36th and Wayne. Two suspects (black males approx. 20yrs old) exited the vehicle and began...

Boy, 4, goes drinking, burgling and cross-dressing so he can find his daddy, police say

Posted on December 17, 2009
Oh, somebody's on the naughty list. From WTVC: April Wright is 21 years old and is going through a divorce with her husband who is in jail. She says she is not sure how her 4-year-old managed to get out...

North Dakota museum fire ruled arson

Posted on December 17, 2009
After finding that the museum door?s lock had been cut and artifacts were missing, authorities believe someone intentionally set the blaze that destroyed the museum at the Whitestone Hill Battlefield State Historic Site in North Dakota last month. The battlefield...

Father charged for threatening daughter with ax

Posted on December 17, 2009
In the father's defense, he was trying to teach his 17-year-old daughter a lesson by threatening to smash items she had stolen. | Bob Cronkleton

And now in sports news . . .

Posted on December 17, 2009
A father and son from Burnaby, Canada, went to a Vancouver Canucks hockey game Wednesday night and a fight broke out. Not among the players, but between them and a 24-year-old female security guard. She was escorting them out of...

Ankle monitoring bracelet trips up burglar

Posted on December 17, 2009
Police probably wish all crimes were this easy to solve. It seems that career criminal Shawn Conklin of Shelton, Conn., didn't realize that monitoring device on his ankle had GPS capabilities. After being arrested for other burglaries, police checked and...

Witness strikes again

Posted on December 17, 2009
Don't know what it is today, but witnesses seem to be awfully helpful and are turning into crime fighters. Here's a story about a locksmith in Vancouver, Wash. | Bob Cronkleton

Officer shoots, kills police dog that bit him during investigation

Posted on December 17, 2009
An Alameda, Calif., police dog was shot and killed after it attacked an officer during a burglary investigation. The dog, Billy, bit the officer and refused to let go, even after his handler ordered him to do so. The burglary...

Former church deacon sentenced to 11 years for bank robbery attempt

Posted on December 17, 2009
Bruce Windsor, a former South Carolina church deacon and youth soccer coach, has been sentenced to 11 years for attempting to rob a Greenville bank. More than 100 people crowded the federal court in Spartanburg, S.C., to support him. Windsor...

Some people shouldn't work with children

Posted on December 16, 2009
In Bishopville, S.C., police are investigating an elementary-school teacher accused of abusing 5- and 6-year-olds: The report claims that the woman rubbed Purell hand sanitizer in their faces and mouths. The report goes on to say that the woman struck...

The real bicycle thief

Posted on December 16, 2009
In Toronto, the owner of a used-bike shop -- accused of stealing 2,865 bicycles -- has pleaded guilty. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!

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