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What a lovely mugshot ...

Posted on September 21, 2009
Meet Roy Bristow. He looks genuinely surprised.

Former Kline assistant investigated over alleged ethics breach

Posted on September 21, 2009
From Prime Buzz: The Disciplinary Administrator overseeing lawyers in Kansas has filed a formal ethics complaint against Stephen Maxwell, former assistant to former Kansas Attorney General and later Johnson County DA Phill Kline. The complaint -- attached in full below...

Trial date set in Dan Rinehart case

Posted on September 21, 2009
From AP: An April 19 trial date has been set for a Cass County man accused of second-degree murder and other charges in the death of an infant he allegedly fathered with his teenage daughter. ... Prosecutors believe the man...

Now, THAT is a great escape

Posted on September 21, 2009
In New Jersey, a suspect reportedly broke the window of a state trooper's cruiser and jumped headfirst from the moving vehicle, then ran into some nearby woods.

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Marine accused of lying about wounds, medals

Posted on September 21, 2009
Marine Sgt. David W. Budwah is accused of lying about serving in Afghanistan (he never went) and wearing medals that he didn't earn for wounds that he never received. As a result, the authorities allege, he received V.I.P. treatment at...

Fact: Imitating "The Dukes of Hazzard" is harder than it looks

Posted on September 21, 2009
Oh, sure, it LOOKS easy when they jump a creek, patrol or burning orphanage in the General Lee. In real life? Much hard to duplicate. After the jump, there is a photo of someone in a mess of trouble. And...

Mich. man shoots himself while looking for burglar -- which was actually his cat

Posted on September 21, 2009
Police say the man was apparently surprised by the cat, which jumped out at him. His injuries -- to his index finger -- were minor.

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on September 21, 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,...

Bleach gets rid of stains -- and robbers

Posted on September 21, 2009
In Cleveland, police say a convenience-store clerk was able to chase off an armed gunman by pouring bleach on him. (There's a video after the link, too, if you scroll down a bit.)

Woman, 71, shot while planning to ambush her ex, Pa. cops say

Posted on September 21, 2009
In North Versailles, Pa., police shot and killed a 71-year-old woman who was reportedly lurking outside her ex-boyfriend's house. Authorities believe the woman planned to ambush her ex and his new woman. Officers went to the home after a neighbor...

Corrupt Chicago cop still gets his pension in prison

Posted on September 21, 2009
The Sun-Times says that William Hanhardt, who once served as the chief of detectives for Chicago police, still gets $68,000 annually from his police pension, despite having led a robbery ring that targeted jewelry salesman and made off with millions....

EMT shot two men ... then patched them up, police say

Posted on September 21, 2009
The case is from Massachusetts. Snip: ?The guy who shot them kept saying, ?You guys made me do this. Why did you make me shoot you??? LaPointe said. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Rapper suspected in quadruple murder in Va.

Posted on September 21, 2009
Police in Farmville, Va., are investigating a quadruple murder where the chief suspect is a man named Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III -- or "Syko Sam" as his fans know him. "Sam" is a "horrorcore" rapper, meaning that his songs...

Woman robbed Git-N-Go because she was depressed, IA cops say

Posted on September 21, 2009
The Des Moines Register has the details ... The police report says, "McCloskey stated that she has been depressed and that's why she performed the robbery. A notebook archiving McCloskey's depression was located in her purse ..."

KCK police name victim of last week's homicide

Posted on September 21, 2009
From KCK PD: The victim from the homicide that occurred on Thursday, September 17, 2009 in the 1000 Block of Barnett Avenue has been identified. Florinda Florez-Hernandez, Hispanic female, DOB 12/12/1972 was a Kansas City, Kansas resident. The victim?s family...

N.M. man accused of simulating sex with his car

Posted on September 21, 2009
It allegedly happened in an Albuquerque grocery store's parking lot, in view of an off-duty policeman and his 10-year-old son. Snip: ?Witnesses, including two children, told police that their attention was drawn to Brawner because his pants were around his...

8 DUI arrests during Merriam checkpoint, saturation patrol

Posted on September 21, 2009
From Merriam PD: The Merriam Police Department and Johnson County area law enforcement agencies completed a DUI Checkpoint on Friday September 18 from 7:30 PM until 11:00 PM. The DUI Saturation Patrol was from 11:00 PM to 3:00 AM Friday...

Drunk-driving suspect gets points for honesty

Posted on September 21, 2009
From nwfdailynews.com: A woman arrested for driving under the influence admitted to a police officer that she was taking medications, as well. When asked what kinds, she told him, "All of them."

Escape From Alcatraz!

Posted on September 21, 2009
NPR had a great feature this morning about a 1962 escape from Alcatraz, the supposedly escape-proof prison. The U.S. Marshals still consider this an open case because the three escapees, who were all serving time for bank robbery, have never...

The scary stats on motorcycle fatalities

Posted on September 20, 2009
Be sure to read Christine's piece about the huge increase in motorcycle fatalities here in Kansas City. In a nutshell ... In the last five years, the number of motorcycle fatalities has doubled in Kansas City and across Missouri, even...

No parole for 3 MO women who say they killed over domestic abuse

Posted on September 19, 2009
A couple of years ago, Missouri passed a law that allowed for early parole for some women convicted of murder if they killed because they were battered by their husbands. (Because, the thinking went, they'd been convicted without having the...

I only stole that purse because the voices in my head told me

Posted on September 19, 2009
Sadly, it was this Florida man who got arrested. (He referred to himself as "schizo effective.") They weren't even able to get a physical description of the voices, so you know they're just going to do it again.

Open Thread ... Weekend Edition

Posted on September 19, 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,...

Nobody is using Kansas' safe-haven law

Posted on September 19, 2009
That's the law where mothers can leave their infants with the authorities and not face any criminal penalties. Legislators passed the law hoping that desperate woman would give up their children instead of murdering them or leaving them in trash...

"Show and tell" goes horribly, horribly wrong

Posted on September 19, 2009
From Tony Rizzo: As a convicted felon, Raymon D. Harrison Sr. cannot legally possess a firearm. But on Thursday, according to police, when Harrison saw a man sitting in a car with a gun, he allegedly lifted his shirt to...

MO children watched parents' murder-suicide

Posted on September 19, 2009
From The AP: A woman who had sought court protection against the father of her four children has been shot and killed in front of the youngsters in a case that police are calling a murder-suicide. Police said 37-year-old Rodney...

Dad told son, 4, that cocaine was actually candy, NJ cops say

Posted on September 19, 2009
Naturally, the little boy decided to take the "candy" to his daycare and share it with some of his friends. The children went to the hospital, but were OK. Daddy went to jail. No word on his condition.

Man convicted of 16th DWI sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison

Posted on September 18, 2009
No that is not a typo. Shaun Campbell, 40, of East Rutherford, had his driver's license suspended 78 times prior to his 16th drunken driving conviction.Campbell's DWI convictions date back to 1987. | Bob Cronkleton

You might be addicted to Facebook when . . .

Posted on September 18, 2009
While allegedly burglarizing a house, Jonathan G. Parker, 19, of Fort Loudoun, Pa., decided to check his Facebook account on his victim's computer. Fortunately for authorities, Parker forgot to log out and his account was still open when the victim...

After two mistrials, Salina man found guilty in third trial

Posted on September 18, 2009
The first two trials for 21-year-old Cameron A. Nelson of Salina ended in mistrials. But in the third one, a Saline County District Court jury on Thursday found him guilty of the April 2008 fatal shooting of 38-year-old Mark H....

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