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18 months for stealing a hot dog

Posted on September 29, 2009
The defendant, a man from Massachusetts, reportedly used a pellet gun during his "heist." You would think that eating the hot dog -- and all of the ingredients within -- would be punishment enough.

Ga. pastor chops off deputy's hand, authorities say

Posted on September 29, 2009
It happened when the deputy tried to serve a warrant on the pastor, who was armed with an ax, prosecutors say. Luckily, doctors were able to reattach the deputy's hand. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Amanda!

Report: Local bicyclist says car ran him off the road

Posted on September 29, 2009
While he was riding around Kansas City's downtown airport, KSHB reports. Police are investigating the case as a possible assault.

Secret Service investigating Facebook poll on Obama assassination

Posted on September 29, 2009
There's a Facebook app that lets users create their own poll questions, and one VERY classy person asked readers if the president should be assassinated. Not only has Facebook removed the poll, it's attracted the attention of the Secret Service....

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Iowa City copes with plague of chickens

Posted on September 29, 2009
Police suspect a politically minded prankster is responsible for releasing a few dozen chickens throughout the city, many of them near city councilmembers' homes. It took about five hours to round up all of the freed fowl. The city council...

33 years later, suspect arrested in Columbia murder

Posted on September 29, 2009
There aren't too many details available yet, but Columbia police say that a suspect -- Johnny Wright, 65 -- was arrested a few days ago in Georgia on a warrant issued in 1985. The victim was a woman named Rebecca...

Arrests made in $500K cemetery vandalism

Posted on September 29, 2009
From Bob Cronkleton: Liberty police have arrested three teenage boys suspected of damaging the gravestones in the city-owned Fairview and New Hope cemeteries.The boys ? two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old ? have been charged with felony property damage, and the...

Should MO get to keep parole absconders' money?

Posted on September 29, 2009
The state auditor is wagging a finger at the Missouri Department of Corrections, which wants to use money that various escapees and parole absconders have left behind in their prison bank accounts. It amounts to about $1 million, money that's...

If you mess with the bull ...

Posted on September 29, 2009
From AP: A bull runs loose after escaping from ENA Meat Packing Inc. in Paterson, N.J. on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009. Police say the 1,400-pound bull that escaped from the northern New Jersey slaughterhouse dragged officers with a lasso down...

Taiwanese teen cuts off dad's hands, police say

Posted on September 29, 2009
Because the boy was upset over Dad allegedly abusing him. Doctors were able to reattach both hands later.

The murder of Derrion Albert

Posted on September 29, 2009
Four teenagers have been charged in the beating death of Albert, a 16-year-old who was beaten with railroad ties and stomped to death when he had the misfortune of walking into a street fight between two gangs of youths. It...

After years of harassment, British woman kills herself, disabled daughter

Posted on September 29, 2009
In the U.K., an inquest jury has found that police were partly responsible for a woman's suicide by fire, which also killed her daughter, because nobody helped their family deal with gangs of youths that beat up her dyslexic son,...

Why (and how) police are rethinking photo lineups

Posted on September 29, 2009
More police department are starting to use "sequential lineups" when they ask witnesses to identify suspects, USA Today reports. That means that witnesses are asked to look at suspect mugshots, but only one at a time. A lot of department...

Robber hits Wendy's drive-through in Waldo

Posted on September 27, 2009
From KCPD: On Friday (09/25/2009) at 9:36pm, KCMO police were called to the Wendy's restaurant, 7600 Wornall Rd, in regard to an armed robbery. Witnesses stated that a black male, armed with a handgun, entered the business through the drive-thru...

UPDATE: Census worker found hanged in KY forest

Posted on September 27, 2009
The police were hesitant to call this a homicide, but someone who found the body says that Bill Sparkman was naked and gagged, and his feet and hands were bound with duct tape. More here from The AP.

Inmate threatened to shoot KS governor, authorities allege

Posted on September 27, 2009
For "wrecking the Kansas economy," according to a letter that was reportedly intercepted by prison officials. The letter said the inmate threatened to shoot Gov. Parkinson after the inmate's release -- next month, authorities allege. Of course, that was before...

Charges filed in KCI chase

Posted on September 27, 2009
From KCPD: The three listed suspects (William Wards, Nancy De Laval, Gregory Bullock) were charged in Platte County with resisting arrest in regard to the vehicle pursuit yesterday at KCI. Ward (driver) was charged with a felony and the two...

Director Roman Polanski gets arrested

Posted on September 27, 2009
In Switzerland, on a U.S. alert. Which means there's a chance that Polanski could finally be extradited back to America and face trial for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl back in the 1970s. (He fled to Europe back...

18-year-old shot in the face during drive-by

Posted on September 27, 2009
From Brad Cooper: An 18-year-old man was shot in the face overnight on Kansas City's east side. Police say the man was standing outside his residence when shots were fired from inside a passing car near the intersection of 26th...

Open Thread ... Weekend Edition

Posted on September 26, 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,...

No charges for woman who filed fake Hofstra rape claim

Posted on September 26, 2009
Instead, the district attorney has agreed to not file charges if she completes a yearlong psychiatric program and does 250 hours of community service.

Ex-funeral director charged over rotting corpses

Posted on September 26, 2009
From AP: A former Missouri funeral home director accused of keeping rotting bodies in a basement faces three felony counts of unlawful merchandising practices. The indictment that Boone County grand jurors returned Friday stems from allegations that Harold Warren Sr...

Could Ark. case raise new roadblocks for death penalty in America?

Posted on September 25, 2009
In St. Louis, four Arkansas inmates are arguing in a federal appeals court that, even with new procedures in place, the process of execution could cause suffering and pain -- and thus be a form of cruel and unusual punishment....

Fla. firefighters run over the person they were sent to help

Posted on September 25, 2009
To be fair, the guy was lying two or three feet from the garage door of their firehouse. He was kind of asking for it.

Video catches burglar bumbling through office

Posted on September 25, 2009
Not really a "cat" burglar ... more of a cow burglar.

Protect yourself (and your car) from thieves

Posted on September 25, 2009
KCPD and Advance Auto Parts have an event this weekend where you can buy car-security devices at a deep discount. It'll run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Advance Auto store at 4401 E. Truman Road. Actually,...

Tip-jar thief suffers instant karmic vengeance

Posted on September 25, 2009
In Florida, a young man allegedly grabbed the tip jar at a local restaurant. Only the tip jar was tied to a cord, so he didn't get anywhere with the money -- all of the tips spilled out, police say....

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on September 25, 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,...

Chase winds around KCI

Posted on September 25, 2009
Sorry about the slow posting, I just spent the last 30 minutes or so watching the BEST POLICE CHASE EVER on Channel 41. Police just arrested three folks who weaved their way around the roads surrounding Kansas City International Airport...

Shots fired at KCSD building, 1 hurt by glass

Posted on September 25, 2009
From Christine: One student was injured by breaking glass when bullets hit the old Southeast High School building at 3500 Meyer Boulevard about 3:30 this afternoon. Someone fired 10 shots, and at least some of the bullets entered the building,...

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