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A likely excuse
Posted on December 11, 2009Why am I driving in this ditch? Well, I'll have you know it's not because I'm driving drunk. I am merely looking for deer.
"She made the whole thing up"
Posted on December 11, 2009In Ladue, Mo., a woman told police that she had been dragged from her wheelchair and into the woods, where two men allegedly raped and robbed her. Except there were some factual inaccuracies with her report, the P-D says: "What...
KCK killer, 15, just wanted to shoot a stranger
Posted on December 11, 2009From Dawn Bormann: A boy who was 13 when he killed a man received the maximum juvenile sentence for first-degree murder Thursday. Antwuan Taylor, now 15, must stay at the Juvenile Correctional Facility until he is 22 1/2 years old....
A remarkable show of restraint
Posted on December 10, 2009A Texas man is accused of grabbing his AR-15 rifle and chasing down the punks who dared to play "Ding Dong Ditch" on his house. In a remarkable show of restraint for a Texan, he did not shoot them, police...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on December 10, 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...
4 hurt in fight outside Mission apartments
Posted on December 10, 2009From Mission PD: A fight in the parking lot of a Mission apartment complex resulted in injuries to four people, one serious. The incident occurred 12-09-09 at about 10:30pm in the 4900 block of Broadmoor, and it is believed to...
$100K for tip that helped catch 9/11 suspect
Posted on December 10, 2009In Minnesota, a flight instructor has received a $100,000 reward for tipping off the authorities about Zacarias Moussaoui weeks before the 9/11 attacks. One of his coworkers received $5 million. Another colleague, also a tipster, has received nothing.
$4,500 reward in Raytown homicide
Posted on December 10, 2009From Crime Stoppers: The Crime Stoppers Greater Kansas City TIPS Hotline and Raytown, Missouri Police Department are requesting the public?s assistance in identifying those responsible for the homicide of Wesley B. Binder. Mr. Binder was found near his home at...
Emo girl gets punched because she hates Insane Clown Posse
Posted on December 10, 2009This is a tough one. I'm really not sure whose side I'm on here.
Thanks for everything, Julie Newmar
Posted on December 10, 2009Julie Newmar -- who once played the Catwoman, the Batman villain / jewel thief -- reportedly helped police track down thieves who stole $25K in jewelry from her home.
Man shot his wife, thought she was a burglar, Ohio cops say
Posted on December 10, 2009The missus had gotten up because one of the grandkids' toys had started making noise. The husband says he saw a shadow and, naturally, assumed it was a burglar, police report.
Man dressed as Santa tries to grab girl, Ohio cops say
Posted on December 10, 2009Not only dressed as Santa, but carrying a box and a bag full of candy canes. Oh, and a unicycle with bells on it.
"I live in a van down by the river!"
Posted on December 10, 2009Salon.com has a great piece here about a Duke grad student who literally lives in his van -- constantly avoiding the parking police -- as a way to save money.
Teen tells girlfriend to close her eyes -- then stabs her, Alaska cops say
Posted on December 10, 2009Awful story from the Anchorage area, where a 16-year-old is accused of luring his ex-girlfriend into the woods while they were on a lunch break from school. He told her that he was going to give her a silver ring...
Ex-husband saves woman from Smithville Creek
Posted on December 10, 2009KSHB says she apparently drove into the creek, then called 911 and her ex for help. The ex just happened to beat the authorities there.
"The First National Bank of You" is not a reliable source
Posted on December 10, 2009More and more people are creating their own "bond promissory notes" or "private offset bonds" to try and pay off car loans, tax liens and other debt, even though they, um, can't, the Post-Dispatch reports. The feds say people are...
The coolest thing you're going to see today
Posted on December 10, 2009The BBC has video of a man who, after a teenager puts a gun at his head, quickly disarms (and pummels) said teenager.
Big Wheel keep on turning
Posted on December 10, 2009From AP: A Topeka man will be sentenced in municipal court over a confrontation with a 6-year-old boy who he said threatened him by riding toward him on his Big Wheel. Denny Bogan says he was defending himself when he...
How should Mo. fix its DUI law? Does it need fixing?
Posted on December 10, 2009Gov. Jay Nixon had a series of press conferences yesterday to announce a slate of suggested DUI reforms, which are going to be sent to the legislature next year. Here's the laundry list, courtesy of the governor's site: Requiring repeat...
Your Honor, I was suffering from "caffeine psychosis"
Posted on December 10, 2009In Colfax, Wash., a financial analyst is accused of hitting two pedestrians with his vehicle. His attorney is arguing that his client might have been suffering from "caffeine psychosis" from apparently drinking too much coffee and too many energy drinks...
Do we need an "honest services" law?
Posted on December 10, 2009Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about the federal "honest services" law, passed back in 1988. The law says, basically, that it's illegal ?to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.? It's a crime to...
U.S. prison population growing at slower rate, report says
Posted on December 10, 2009The Bureau of Justice Statistics says that America's prison population grew 0.8 percent in 2008 -- which isn't considering it's averaged out at 1.8 percent over the past decade. In the 1990s, the growth rate was about 6.5 percent. More...
Stay classy, Cedar Rapids
Posted on December 10, 2009Cedar Rapids police stopped a couple that was allegedly having sex in their car in a church parking lot early on Sunday morning. An officer caught the man and woman having sexual intercourse around 1 a.m. Sunday in the parking...
Maybe she was charged with horsing around?
Posted on December 10, 2009In Shelbyville, Tenn., a woman was arrested for public intoxication after she was found passed out, though still atop a horse, which was outside a motel, police allege. The woman had ridden the horse in a Christmas parade shortly before...
Woman pours boiling grits on sleeping boyfriend, La. cops say
Posted on December 10, 2009The man, who suffered second-degree burns, apparently made the crucial mistake of falling sleep in the presence of a woman that he'd just ticked off. They had been in a fight, and he told her that he was breaking up...
Sonic speed!
Posted on December 10, 2009In Cape Girardeau, police found a Sonic employee allegedly making a batch of meth at the restaurant early Thursday morning.
Girl accused man of rape so that friends would "feel sorry for her"
Posted on December 10, 2009Then she got caught up in the lie as prosecution continued, sending a construction worker to prison on a 20-year sentence. The accused, William McCaffrey, was in prison almost three years. New DNA evidence showed that the bite marks on...
Nurse mowed down, caught on tape
Posted on December 10, 2009Police released a video of a nurse who was struck by a hit-and-run driver outside a hospital. Fox posted the video, with instant replay, here. The nurse suffered multiple fractures but is in good condition. Police are still searching for...
Just like the movies
Posted on December 10, 2009Around noon today, during the height of the holiday shopping season, a man fired shots at police officers in New York City's Times Square. Officers shot back and killed him in the passenger drop off area of the Marriott Marquis...
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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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