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Sixteen hunters in northern Arizona still missing
Posted on December 10, 2009Two of them are 10-years-old. Crews have already rescued 50 people since the snow storm that hit Arizona Monday. The storm brought more snow than expected. |Meredith Rodriguez
Two second-degree murder charges filed
Posted on December 10, 2009One for a pregnant woman and one for her unborn daughter, who both died Nov. 20 in a shooting. Calvin A. Boswell, 24, of Grandview faces two second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Ashley Thomas and her unborn daughter,...
Kansas City Police Officers getting driving lessons
Posted on December 10, 2009An audit showed that officers caused 149 preventable crashes in 2008, costing the department $362,681. That's a 33 percent increase from the year before. Fifty-five percent are caused by officers who have been on the job six years or less,...
2,000 arrests this year for illegal deer poaching in Missouri
Posted on December 10, 2009Those numbers are normal for Missouri, officials say, but spotlighting is up this year. Spotlighting is when poachers shine bright lights at deer and then shoot them. It's also illegal to shoot deer from the road. Who knew? |Meredith Rodriguez
Gun advocates are sensible, survey shows
Posted on December 10, 2009So says a Washington Post columnist. He says NRA lobbyists and Washington are out of touch with NRA members. A poll conducted by Mayors Against Illegal Drugs and a Republican pollster shows that NRA members believe gun rights and gun...
Report: Exploding chewing gum kills student
Posted on December 09, 2009Ukrainian authorities say it blew off his jaw ...
JoCo jail to be on Discovery Channel?
Posted on December 09, 2009From JoCo Sheriff: For the past three weeks, two film crews contracted by the Discovery Channel have been in Johnson County shooting a new documentary series entitled ?Behind Bars.? The show, which focuses on the operation of the Johnson County...
N.C. woman accused of selling moonshine at daycare
Posted on December 09, 2009Uh-oh, that's not apple juice ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!
Murder suspect gets makeup to cover tattoos
Posted on December 09, 2009Just a quick update on John Allen Ditullio Jr., who's on trial for murder in Florida. A judge agreed for taxpayers to pay for a makeup artist to cover up the tattoos on his face and neck, so they wouldn't...
Another Mo. city might require prescriptions for cold meds
Posted on December 09, 2009Poplar Bluff is considering a new rule that would require customers to get prescriptions before they could buy anything with pseudoephedrine, which is a key ingredient in meth. Unfortunately, it's also used in several over-the-counter cold medicines. A few communities...
Drunken stranger found cuddling teddy bear on couch
Posted on December 09, 2009Sadly, it wasn't his couch.
Woman beat her boyfriend with raw steak, Fla. police say
Posted on December 09, 2009Because he refused a piece of sliced bread and wanted a roll instead, the authorities allege. Snip: Egan denied hitting the man with the steak but did admit to slapping him, saying she did it "so that he could learn."...
4 Missourians get prison over dogfighting raids
Posted on December 09, 2009The raids took place in July, rescued 500 dogs and led to the arrests of 26 people in several states, including Missouri, the AP reports. Four of those suspects were sentenced yesterday. Fifty-year-old Teddy Kiriakidis of Leasburg and 34-year-old Ronald...
UPDATE: Springsteen cousin dies in KC hotel
Posted on December 09, 2009From Christine Vendel: Bruce Springsteen?s cousin, whose death in October prompted the singer to cancel his Sprint Center concert, died from an accidental drug overdose, according to autopsy results released Tuesday. Lenny Sullivan, 36, died from acute amphetamine and heroin...
Man murdered sister because he didn't get invited to Christmas, he says
Posted on December 09, 2009In California, a man named Edward Wycoff was sentenced to death for the 2006 murder of his sister and her husband at their El Cerrito home. Wycoff says he killed them because he wasn't invited to Christmas, he thought they...
Beauty queen planned ex-boyfriend's kidnapping
Posted on December 09, 2009Kumari Fullbright, who won a couple of beauty pageants and once competed for Miss Arizona, has pleaded guilty in the reported kidnapping of an ex-boyfriend back in 2007. She'll do two years in prison. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
Teens pleads not guilty in alleged drug murder
Posted on December 09, 2009From Joe Lambe: A 15-year-old boy pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a first-degree murder charge in the August shooting death of 20-year-old Robert Moran IV. Mikeise Levon Boyd of Kansas City previously was certified as an adult in the case....
Kentucky Fried Crooks
Posted on December 09, 2009Christine has more about Monday's robbery of a KFC on 85th Street in Kansas City. As it turns out, only TWO of the bad guys got into a shootout with an off-duty officer in a nearby parking lot. The third...
Man wanted his kids to beat their mother to death, jury says
Posted on December 09, 2009In Lawrence, a jury has convicted Arthur W. Davis III of attempted murder and other crimes for a June 16 attack on his wife. She says she woke up to find their teenage son beating her with a baseball bat...
?Hey, you want me to send your husband in pieces or what??
Posted on December 09, 2009The New York Times has an interesting report about a rogue group of kidnappers and hitmen that branched off one of the Mexican drug cartels. Several men who are allegedly connected to the group are on trial in San Diego....
Mo. public defenders say they need 175 more lawyers
Posted on December 09, 2009To help them keep up with their workload, the Missouri Senate's appropriations committee heard. That represents an increase of about 50 percent. Legislators said there's no way that's going to happen, not with the state's budget being what it is...
VIDEO: Mission Improbable
Posted on December 09, 2009Burglar does his best "Mission Impossible" entrance into a Florida pawn shop.
I had no idea this was illegal
Posted on December 09, 2009In North Carolina, a Cherokee tribal member has been found guilty of trafficking in bear gall bladders. They must be delicious.
N.J. man dressed like his mom to raid her bank account, police say
Posted on December 09, 2009His act came with a pink blouse, head scarf and a high-pitched "lady voice," officers say.
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on December 09, 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 Sara...
The hostess with the...
Posted on December 09, 2009So that's what they call a folk hero in Tennessee. _Tony Rizzo
Father charged with killing baby
Posted on December 09, 2009Christine Vendel has an awful story from Kansas City. Prosecutors in Jackson County allege that 18-year-old Howard Jackson beat his 7-month-old son to death in September. He was arrested Tuesday. He remains jailed and bond is set at $250,000 cash...
Who's mutilating cows in Colorado?
Posted on December 09, 2009Really intriguing story from the Denver Post. The UFO investigator stopped short of blaming aliens for decades of strange, unexplainable mutilations, but darned if anyone has a better idea:"A lion will drag its kill. Coyotes rip and tear flesh. These...
Guilty: 16-year-old who killed girl that rejected her advances
Posted on December 09, 2009Sad/disturbing story from Florida, where a 16-year-old section leader in the marching band shot and killed her 15-year-old friend. In the days leading up to Collette's death, Wimberly had been sending her friend text messages declaring her love. Collette, a...
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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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