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Police arrest "Merry Christmas"

Posted on December 14, 2009
Merry Christmas, 44, was arrested in Boynton Beach, Fla., for allegedly obstructing a police investigation. Her birthday is Dec. 28. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

St. Louis girl, 7, shoots 1-year-old brother, police say

Posted on December 14, 2009
The shot was fired into the little boy's chest, leaving him in critical condition, the P-D reports. It reportedly happened at a family gathering. The kids were in one room, and the girl allegedly got a gun out of an...

Liberty boy missing -- possibly taken by his dad, police say

Posted on December 14, 2009
From Mark Morris: Liberty police asked for the public?s help in finding a boy who they think was taken by his father Sunday. Officers were trying to locate Orin Brightwell, 8, who had spent the weekend with his father, Hector...

Adultery's still a crime in New Hampshire

Posted on December 14, 2009
The legislature is considering a repeal, but in the mean time, don't go having sex with someone else's spouse if you're in New Hampshire.

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Report: Illinois secretly releases some prisoners early

Posted on December 14, 2009
The AP has learned that Illinois prisons, under a secret order from the governor, has been releasing some inmates incredibly early. The practice is helping the state save money. That means some prisoners have enough good-conduct days to qualify for...

Pregnant woman wrestles with gang members who attacked cop, police say

Posted on December 14, 2009
The woman and her husband were driving along when they saw a group of teens beating the fu-schnickens out of a cop in Brownsville, Texas. The woman reportedly hopped out of the car and started wailing away at the attackers...

Former Mo. mayor seeking new trial

Posted on December 14, 2009
Deb Masten -- the former Kirksville mayor who was convicted of burning down her bar -- is seeking a new trial, arguing that video evidence shown at her first trial wasn't fair. From the Daily Express: During Masten?s trial, the...

DMV = Destruction Most Violent

Posted on December 14, 2009
In Centennial, Colo., a man is accused of crashing his truck into the front of a DMV because he got there after it closed.

DNA evidence used to solve cat's slaying

Posted on December 14, 2009
A New York man has been charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly used an umbrella to kill his mother-in-law's cat. (He was allegedly upset because she'd kicked him and told him to get a job.) What's unusual is how...

Say, how's Amanda Knox doing?

Posted on December 14, 2009
Ooh, not so good.

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on December 14, 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,...

Another robbery involving an open garage door

Posted on December 14, 2009
Kansas City police are investigating a home invasion that happened in the southern part of the city over the weekend, Christine reports. A young man apparently left the garage door open before he left for work before 11 p.m. Sunday,...

30 years for gruesome gang rape

Posted on December 14, 2009
I remember when this case first broke: A Florida woman and her 12-year-old son were attacked by a gang of teens in their housing complex. The woman was repeatedly raped, the boy was beaten and their attackers forced her to...

Who killed Rakim Gonzales?

Posted on December 14, 2009
From KCPD: The man who was killed on December 11th, at 68th Terrace and Myrtle, has been identified as Rakim Gonzales, black/male, 12/27/1989, of Kansas City, MO. There are no suspects in custody and anyone with information is asked to...

Music director burned down church for money, feds say

Posted on December 14, 2009
From the U.S. Attorney for Kansas: A former church music director has pleaded guilty to setting fire to the Sunflower Missionary Baptist Church in Leavenworth, Kan., U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today. Carva Lee White, 45, Kansas City, Mo., pleaded...

Maybe three isn't your lucky number

Posted on December 14, 2009
A Connecticut woman is arrested after she keeps asking a married couple to have sex with her, police allege. Yes, there is a photo of the suspect.

KCPD names victim from weekend homicide

Posted on December 14, 2009
From KCPD: The man who was killed has been identified as William L. Payton, black/male, 09/13/1987, of Kansas City, MO. There are no suspects in custody at this time. Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at...

Just like the Apple Dumpling Gang

Posted on December 14, 2009
Midtown Miscreant blogs about a case last week where a local KFC got robbed and two crooks got into a shootout with an off-duty officer. (A third robber was waiting for his order of chicken, back in the store.) Luckily...

Lex Luthor wishes he was this bad ...

Posted on December 14, 2009
The Detroit News writes about a convicted drug trafficker who's awaiting sentencing: Black, who used concert tour buses to move duffel bags of cash and drugs around the country, allegedly fled to Mexico prior to his 2007 arrest in California....

Totals from JaCo's "You Drink, You Drive, You Lose" campaign

Posted on December 14, 2009
From Jackson County Sheriff: The Jackson County Sheriff?s Office participated in the holiday ?You Drink, You Drive, You Lose? Campaign conducted December 7th thru the 13th. During the effort, Jackson County officers targeted Friday and Saturday for this campaign...

Teenagers love to smoke weed, study says

Posted on December 14, 2009
Though they are cutting back on cigarettes, meth and binge-drinking.

Human Trafficking in America

Posted on December 14, 2009
If you haven't seen it yet, the Star is running a series of articles this week about human trafficking in America. It's not something that you might think is a big problem here, but the U.S. attorney for Western Missouri...

More gangs on Indian reservations, report says

Posted on December 14, 2009
The New York Times reports that gangs are becoming a big problem for several reservations, partly because there's less money for law enforcement and there aren't many programs trying to help young people. (The suicide rate for Indian teens is...

Someone sent text messages from dead woman's phone

Posted on December 14, 2009
In Connecticut, a woman named Rebecca Koster was found hacked and burned to death back on Dec. 4. Her case is already disturbing, but someone took it a step further and used her phone to send a series of text...

Teacher ticketed for cutting child's hair

Posted on December 14, 2009
In Milwaukee, a teacher was ticketed for disorderly conduct after she reportedly cut off a child's strand of braided hair because the first-grader wouldn't stop playing with it, WISN-TV reports. The kiddo has other braids, but Mom is still very...

140 months for Shawnee man who sold heroin

Posted on December 14, 2009
Including a sale in an elementary school's parking lot. From the U.S. Attorney for Kansas: Michael Shirley, 39, Shawnee, Kan., has been sentenced to 140 months in federal prison for heroin trafficking, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today. ... On...

Should the Super-Glue Avengers go to jail?

Posted on December 14, 2009
And when I say "Super-Glue Avengers," I refer to the group of women who allegedly super-glued a Wisconsin man's penis to his stomach after he'd reportedly fooled around with all of them. (He'd been tricked into getting (A) naked and...

Suspect chokes to death while swallowing bag of pot, Fla. cops say

Posted on December 13, 2009
In Bay County, Fla., deputies tried to arrest a 23-year-old man, and while he struggled with them, he reportedly swallowed a bag of pot. They Tasered him, and that's when they noticed he was choking. They weren't able to clear...

AP: Gun laws becoming less strict

Posted on December 12, 2009
The AP surveyed state legislatures and found that many states, usually in the South and West, have loosened their gun regulations over the past year. That's partly due to the NRA, which has put more energy into lobbying state leaders....

Thank heaven for guns that jam

Posted on December 12, 2009
In Woodbridge, Va., a student reportedly walked into a community college classroom and fired two shots at a professor before the rifle jammed. The teacher wasn't hit. The student, police say, was allegedly upset about his grades.

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