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Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on September 18, 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 off today, and Bob Cronkleton will be...
Update: Illinois bank robber captured . . . again
Posted on September 18, 2009Robert Maday, who managed to overpower two guards transporting him and then boldly robbed the same Bloomingdale, Ill., bank he allegedly robbed before, has been caught following a car chase that ended in a crash.Police say they are glad the...
Milwaukee police tell what led up to arrest of suspected serial killer
Posted on September 18, 2009The Associated Press | Bob Cronkleton
Child porn found in Washington treatment center
Posted on September 18, 2009More sex offenders who are residents of Washington's Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island have been caught with child pornography.Seven indictments were unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Authorities are baffled about how the child porn is getting...
Man acquitted of killing by reason of insanity escapes on field trip to fair
Posted on September 18, 2009A statewide manhunt is underway in Washington after a man who was acquitted by reason of insanity of a 1987killing escaped during a hospital field trip to a county fair. Authorities fear that Phillip Arnold Paul, 57, could become more...
Man who used banjo to kill sentenced to 12 years in prison
Posted on September 18, 2009Ferdinand Ambach, 31, a Hungarian dive master, was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for shoving a banjo a man's throat, killing him. Ambach was found guilty of manslaughter in July in the Auckland High Court in New Zealand...
Youth killed when he demands fish back
Posted on September 18, 2009The Times of India reports that Chetram of Kawwabhari village had gone for fishing with a net in a nearby culver. Lalai, also of the village, along with others took fish from the net. When Chetram demanded the fish back,...
Hangout with KCPD officers, horses, dogs in Waldo Saturday
Posted on September 18, 2009From the KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department will have several units on display at the 17th Annual Waldo Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, at 75th Street and Wornall Road. Come meet the Mounted Patrol...
Murder plot involving ex-wife, gansters foiled by Vancouver police
Posted on September 18, 2009Vancouver police discovered by accident the alleged murder plot while investigating violent gang activity. The estranged wife, Liza Joylene Belcourt, 32, knew some people in gangs and through those connections allegedly hired Jordan Joseph Doiron, 23 and David Dean Laidlaw,...
Ice cream truck ran by registered sex offender
Posted on September 18, 2009A registered sex offender was caught operating an ice cream truck without a business license in Greer, S.C.He was cited for operating a business license and proof of insurance after selling ice cream to several children and adults. | Bob...
Middle school teacher caught behind bushes with 13-year-old student
Posted on September 18, 2009Meridian (Idaho) Middle School Teacher Ashley Jo Beach, 37, was arrested for lewd conduct with a child under 16 after she was caught with a 13-year-old boy Thursday night behind some bushes. Beach allegedly has been having a sexual relationship...
Escaped prisoner may have carjacked Jetta, robbed bank
Posted on September 18, 2009Illinois state police are searching for a convicted bank robber who has been on the run since Thursday morning. Authorities believe that Robert R. Maday, 39, carjacked a gray Volkswagen Jetta in Hoffman Estates, Ill., and robbed a bank in...
Brinks security guard killed while loading ATM in Dallas
Posted on September 18, 2009A gunman ran up to the Brinks employee at a drive-through ATM outside a Chase bank this morning, grabbed him around the neck and shot him. The gunman then jumped into a car and fled. Police are looking for two...
Two men fighting on Wisconsin highway killed after being run over
Posted on September 18, 2009The men originally were passengers in a car, but the driver pulled over when the men started arguing. The men got out and started fighting on Wisconsin Highway 78 . A driver hit Avari D. Baker, 29, and Leonard L....
Passing gas not a crime; vandalizing friend's SUV is
Posted on September 18, 2009You can say things went too far while Tervoris Baker, 27, of Pierson, Fla., and Anthony Stevens, 38, of Ormond Beach, Fla., were dinning together. Baker intentionally passed gas near Stevens and near his plate of food. Stevens asked Baker...
Driver doing her nails strikes, kills motorcyclist
Posted on September 18, 2009Lora L. Hunt, 48, of Morris, Ill., told police that she was painting her fingernails red as she drove about 50 mph toward an intersection. She didn't see the motorcyclist who had stopped for a red light. The fatal crash...
Man on toilet ordered to strip by robber toting sawed-off shotgun
Posted on September 18, 2009A man told police that he was robbed and ordered to strip by a robber armed with a sawed-off shotgun. The victim, by the way, was sitting on a toilet at Wiggie's Bar in Madison, Wis., at the time of...
More molestation victims of former YMCA assistant camp director reported
Posted on September 18, 2009Police have spoken to as many as 10 molestation victims of former YMCA assistant camp director Matthew O'Dell.Springfield police Cpl. Eric Reese testified at a detention hearing that officers have spoken with nine confirmed victims of O'Dell's, who were ages...
Monkey pushes woman off cliff after she won't share food
Posted on September 18, 2009The monkey at China?s Chengdu Wildlife Park allegedly flew into a rage after Zhou Juchang, 60, refused to give up the bag of monkey food. Her tour guide had recommended she buy the food. The woman's mistake was showing fear."If...
Basehor man pleads guilty to sex charges involving children
Posted on September 18, 2009Dorsey H. Aldridge Jr., 67, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated solicitation of a child and a no-contest plea to one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Sentencing set for Oct. 15. | Bob Cronkleton
Why DUI checkpoints are a good idea
Posted on September 18, 2009I got to hear a KCPD officer talk about DUI cases at the citizens academy this week. The officer said that checkpoints cost about $3,500 to $5,000 in grant money, depending on how big they are. His argument was that...
Don't you know Shorty Smoothe?!
Posted on September 18, 2009In Florida, police arrested an intoxicated man after he hit on a woman in a convenience store and then proceeded to yell at her when she didn't know him or recognize his nickname, Shorty Smoothe. (Not clear if the "e"...
We'll have fun, fun, fun 'til I trade my dad's car for crack
Posted on September 17, 2009Fifty dollars worth for a Lincoln!
Man calls 911 after bartender cuts him off, FL cops say
Posted on September 17, 2009To reiterate: 911 doesn't care if you (A) are hungry, (B) got screwed at the drive-through, (C) need a ride somewhere or (D) would like some more beer, please.
Mother-in-law put a hit on her son-in-law
Posted on September 17, 2009Virginia Wheeler, a woman from North Carolina, was sentenced to 23 years in prison after she got her brother to shoot her son-in-law five times. Wheeler was reportedly upset because the couple wouldn't let Wheeler see her grandchild anymore, even...
JoCo deputy struck by vehicle
Posted on September 17, 2009From JoCo Sheriff: A Johnson County Sheriff?s Deputy working as the School Resource Officer at Horizons High School in Mission, Kansas was struck by a suspect fleeing from the officer. The suspect who is a student at Horizons High School,...
I don't think she's really the governor's wife
Posted on September 17, 2009In Pooler, Ga., a woman claimed to be the governor's wife after her credit and debit cards were rejected at a gas station, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: That's when the woman claimed to be the governor's wife, then started to...
Kiss almost gets newly-engaged couple killed
Posted on September 17, 2009In Pennsylvania, a man leaned over to kiss his girlfriend, who just agreed to marry him. Which caused his vehicle to cross the center line and crash into another vehicle. Ah, but it's still a romantic story, the Post-Gazette reports:...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on September 17, 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,...
Former KY coach cleared in player's heat death
Posted on September 17, 2009Jason Stinson -- the former football coach who was accused of reckless homicide after one of his players collapsed and died -- has been acquitted by a Kentucky jury. The jury deliberated about 90 minutes. From the defense's closing statement:...
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In order for a crime to be established you need to conclusively prove that the D...
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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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