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Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on December 12, 2009Welcome 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,...
She's too pretty to be guilty
Posted on December 12, 2009An Oklahoma woman -- who was at the hospital to get a blood draw because she was arrested for DUI -- is accused of stealing an ambulance and leading police on a 50-mile chase. Yes, Virginia, there is a mugshot....
Grandview installs red-light camera
Posted on December 12, 2009It'll go live Dec. 23 at Main and 15th, KCTV reports. There will be a 30-day grace period before they start issuing tickets off the camera, though.
Woman smuggled monkey skulls and meat, authorities say
Posted on December 12, 2009This part made me laugh: Manneh's lawyers argued that she and other African immigrants on Staten Island needed the meat for religious reasons. The judge ultimately rejected that defense but gave Manneh a lenient sentence because she has 11 children...
24 percent jump in officers fatally shot on the job
Posted on December 12, 2009The number so far is 47 compared to 38 at the same point last year, AP reports. We had a lot of cases this year where several officers were killed in one incident, such as the recent attack in Washington...
18 months probation for OP bigamist
Posted on December 12, 2009Joe Lambe has a report here about Charles L. Clemens, the Overland Park man who married two woman and -- amazingly -- lived in the same apartment complex with each one. When the women learned about each other, they left...
KCPD investigating 2 homicides
Posted on December 12, 2009From Meredith Rodriguez: Kansas City police found a man in his early 20s shot to death in a car tonight. When police found him, the man was slumped over the steering wheel of a Toyota with a pistol in his...
3 DUI arrests during KCPD sobriety checkpoint
Posted on December 12, 2009From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department conducted a Low Staffing Sobriety Checkpoint on December 11, 2009 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at NB I 29 &NW 64th street Exit Ramp and NB I 29 & Barry Road...
Two girls seriously injured sledding
Posted on December 11, 2009In Omaha, Neb. two 14-year-old girls pushed themselves down a steep slope in an inner tube. After hitting a snow bank used as a ramp, the girls went 20-feet in the air and fell on pavement. One was unconscious when...
OP bigamist gets probation
Posted on December 11, 2009This is an update to a story that broke a few months ago. The Overland Park man who had two wives in separate apartments at the same complex went to court today. The judge sentenced him to 18 months probation....
I feel ya, kid. Santa is shady.
Posted on December 11, 2009Just don't beat him with a candy cane. The L.A. Times is letting readers post photos of kids who are less than happy to sit on Santa's lap. |Meredith Rodriguez
While economy is down, ethics in the workplace is up
Posted on December 11, 2009One would think that ethics would suffer in the workplace during a recession, but that is not the case, reports The Star's Diane Stafford. She points out two possible reasons ethical lapses lower during hard times: ?When an organization?s well-being....
Roommate, 98, indicted for murder
Posted on December 11, 2009After authorities found a 100-year-old woman strangled to death in September, who did they finger as the suspect? Why, her 98-year-old roommate, of course. Now the question is: Will Laura B. Lundquist still be alive when the trial rolls around?
New lineup methods aim to minimize eyewitness mistakes
Posted on December 11, 2009Studies have snown that 75 percent of DNA exoneration cases involve mistakes by eyewitnesses. A great story by The Star's Grace Hobson discusses new trends aiming to make lineups more accurate. One main change is to show the potential suspects...
Hit-and-run caused local power outage
Posted on December 11, 2009Early Friday morning a car struck a pole in Westport, causing a power outage, according to NBC Action News. Then the coward ran. |Meredith Rodriguez
Dog saves owner from fire
Posted on December 11, 2009From The Star's Joe Lambe: A man?s barking dog woke him during a house fire in Merriam, and man and dog escaped by jumping out a bedroom window. Firefighters said this morning that the 1:30 a.m. fire in the 6300...
Columbia, Mo. man dies of hypothermia in his home
Posted on December 11, 2009The 30-year-old man's electricity had been shut off Sept. 30th for lack of payment. He had been dead more than 24-hours when police found his body today. Dang, that is just tragic. |Meredith Rodriguez
Hold the meth and mayo, please
Posted on December 11, 2009An employee was accused of cooking methamphetamine at a southeast Missouri Sonic restaurant Thursday. |Meredith Rodriguez
Weapon of choice: stun gun or ice scraper?
Posted on December 11, 2009In one Utah robbery attempt, an ice scraper was a more effective weapon than a stun gun. A robber tried to use his stun gun on a man who was putting chains on his tires. But when the stun gun...
Text msg: r u home?
Posted on December 11, 2009An acquaintance asked a Utah woman over text the question, and she wrote back, "no." The acquaintance then went to the woman's trailer and stole video game systems and jewelry. |Meredith Rodriguez
It's sorta like collecting old Coke bottles, right?
Posted on December 11, 2009A man in Amsterdam reported the theft of his Ecstasy pill collection, concerned because some of the stolen pills are poisoned and would be lethal if swallowed. The man told police he does not deal or use drugs. "I've tried...
She was probably slaving in the kitchen all day
Posted on December 11, 2009An Iowa man allegedly assaulted his wife when she refused to shovel snow. He "struck her in the head with his chest" and tried to pull her out of the house, accusing her of being lazy. He was arrested on...
Man offered to trade sex for beer, S.C. cops say
Posted on December 11, 2009They say he was standing outside a grocery store, holding onto a "Will Trade Sex for Beer" sign. I don't consider this begging -- he's really more of an entrepreneur.
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on December 11, 2009Welcome 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. PROGRAMMING NOTE: James is going to blog this morning, but Meredith...
Indiana executes man for three murders
Posted on December 11, 2009This was Indiana's first execution since 2007, the AP reports. Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!
Common sense wins rare victory
Posted on December 11, 2009A Chicago woman was facing a felony charge because she allegedly taped part of the latest "Twilight" movie while trying to film her sister's birthday party at the theater. She ended up with three minutes or so but insisted she...
Eighth-graders charged over oral sex during class
Posted on December 11, 2009That's right, during class. The charge is indecent exposure. Authorities say the incident allegedly happened in the presence of a substitute teacher, who didn't notice, and other students, who didn't tell the adults until later. Case is from the Macon,...
A modest proposal: Make defendants pay damages for child porn
Posted on December 11, 2009Under federal law, people who download child porn can theoretically be ordered to pay damages to the child who was victimized by the photo. In Texas, prosecutors tried to get one defendant to pay $3.4 million to the child whose...
Can judges and lawyers be Facebook friends?
Posted on December 11, 2009Here's a little sidebar from Florida, where the state's judicial ethics advisory committee is urging judges to not "friend" lawyers who might appear before them. The committee say it's necessary to avoid even the appearance of a conflict. It's only...
More about the Rod Jetton case
Posted on December 11, 2009Dave Helling has another followup in the case against Rod Jetton, the former Missouri House speaker who's accused of assault in Sikeston. Dave got a copy of the police incident report, so there are more details there, and he notes...
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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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