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Open Thread ... Wednesday

Posted on September 16, 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,...

Man allegedly pointed gun at undercover police detective

Posted on September 16, 2009
From Tony Rizzo: A Kansas City man is facing federal gun and drug charges after allegedly pointing a gun at the chest of an undercover police detective. Michael J. Harris, 46, was charged in U.S. District Court with possession with...

Do missing Somali men have an al-Qaida connection?

Posted on September 16, 2009
NPR has done a good job following the story of several Somali-American men, younger guys, who were apparently disappearing in the Minneapolis area. Well, they weren't disappearing so much as being shipped to Somalia for militia training so they could...

KCPD names homicide victim from 19th and Paseo

Posted on September 16, 2009
From KCPD: On 9/12/2009, at approximately 11:30 pm, officers were called to the area of 18th and Paseo in regard to sound of shots. During an area canvass, officers located the victim inside his vehicle at 19th and Paseo. The...

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Merriam plans DUI checkpoint late Friday, saturation patrol early Saturday

Posted on September 16, 2009
From Merriam PD: A program to identify intoxicated drivers will be conducted by the Merriam Police Department and other area law enforcement agencies. Officers will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in the City of Merriam in the late evening hours of...

3 DUI arrests during Liberty enforcement campaign

Posted on September 16, 2009
From Bob Cronkleton: Liberty police arrested three people for driving under the influence during a statewide crackdown on drunken drivers. Officers issued a total of 65 traffic tickets, including three for drunken driving, 19 for speeding, three for not wearing...

Was Annie Le killed over mice?

Posted on September 16, 2009
The New York Daily News has a theory about the Yale student's murder. Meanwhile, authorities say she was killed by asphyxiation, and they've released a lab partner after questioning him.

KCMO homicide count stands at 86

Posted on September 16, 2009
Compared to 94 at the same point last year. Of this year's homicides, 38 have been solved. When you factor in past year's cases that were solved in 2009, the department's solve rate is 60 percent. (Which is actually close...

Grain Valley searches for alleged flasher

Posted on September 16, 2009
From Grain Valley: On 9/9/09 at approximately 1908 hours, the Grain Valley Police Department responded to 101 Main Street, Casey?s General Store in regards to a reported indecent exposure to a minor. At approximately 1826 hrs an unidentified white male...

Man used shotgun to get guests to leave, TN police allege

Posted on September 16, 2009
The man in question says that never happened, but police say they've got three witnesses.

UPDATE: Soldier fights deployment in court because she thinks Obama isn't president

Posted on September 16, 2009
The federal judge was strangely unsympathetic.

Man convicted of molestation -- even though victim says it never happened

Posted on September 16, 2009
In St. Francisville, La., a man named Michael Paul Jackson has been convicted of molesting a teenage girl, then 13. That same girl actually testified in court that she was never assaulted, but the prosecution produced a videotaped interview with...

Wichita stepdad says he didn't set girl on fire

Posted on September 16, 2009
From AP: A Wichita man has pleaded not guilty to setting his 10-year-old stepdaughter on fire as she slept in her bed in March. Sedgwick County prosecutors say 28-year-old Chris Newberry doused the girl with lighter fluid and set her...

Ohio woman arrested for spanking stranger's kid, police say

Posted on September 16, 2009
In Cincinnati, a woman is accused of spanking a stranger's 2-year-old at a Salvation Army store because he reportedly said something that annoyed her. (He's 2 -- I think it's impressive that he said anything.) Mom, who saw the spanking,...

The best reason ever for getting a divorce

Posted on September 16, 2009
A Nigerian woman wants a divorce because, every time her husband gets drunk, he comes home and defecates in their pots and pans. Also, he beats her and doesn't love her anymore. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jellybean!

Something awful happened at the Waffle House

Posted on September 16, 2009
Well, it's not so much "awful" as it is "stupid." Police were called to a Waffle House in Niceville, Fla., on a report of a man doing pullups on the eatery's awning. He was going to get a warning, but...

Man burns down house after being forced to live in Omaha

Posted on September 16, 2009
Tequila was involved. I'm not saying it's OK, but I understand. File Photo: The accomplice.

Debt collectors killed my husband, FL woman says

Posted on September 16, 2009
By calling and harassing him, her lawsuit claims. The dead man, who lived in Tampa, had gotten behind on his payments after he experienced a major first heart attack. The calls were so abusive that his blood pressure shot up....

PETA activists dress up like seals, miraculously avoid getting clubbed

Posted on September 16, 2009
In Washington, D.C., three PETA activists were arrested after dressing up like bloody seals and trying to stop traffic outside the Canadian embassy. They're trying to get the Canadian prime minister to stop seal hunting. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Minor was in possession of Molotov cocktail

Posted on September 16, 2009
In Springfield, a 17-year-old suffered serious burns after he tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at another boy he was fighting, police say. That boy hit the bottle with a stick, making it explode. The 17-year-old had burns on his...

Do you recognize these men?

Posted on September 16, 2009
The FBI is asking the public to help them locate the two men below. Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS (474-8477). First up? Eric R. White. White is wanted on two...

UPDATE: Pregnant teen killed while waiting at N.C. bus stop

Posted on September 16, 2009
The basic crime itself is horrible: A 15-year-old pregnant girl was shot and killed in Charlotte while waiting for a school bus. But the new details make the story even worse. Police are questioning her 36-year-old adoptive brother as a...

D.C. sniper's execution set for Nov. 10

Posted on September 16, 2009
Mark your calendars! (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

UPDATE: College student with sword kills burglar

Posted on September 16, 2009
The Baltimore Sun has a very in-depth piece about the case of a Johns Hopkins student who fatally wounded a suspected burglar. The piece talks a little about self-defense and whether the man with the sword could face criminal charges....

Does this sound right to you?

Posted on September 16, 2009
In Broward County, Fla., a teenage boy sneaked into the girls bathroom at his school and used his cellphone to take photos of some girls using the toilet, school officials allege. But he won't be charged because there were "no...

Do you recognize this man?

Posted on September 15, 2009
From KCPD: The man who was killed at Independence Ave. and Bennington (in an accident), on September 4, 2009, at 1128 am, has been identified as Antonio Salazar Perales, Hispanic/male, 06/13/1931. Mr. Perales used a number of different names and...

FL cops arrest allegedly drunk, naked man on motorcycle

Posted on September 15, 2009
Snip: According to the report, Krauss told Post that he did not know where he was coming from, but remembered going to Hooters earlier in the evening.

Ohio tries in vein to execute murderer

Posted on September 15, 2009
An Ohio execution has been postponed for a week because officials couldn't find a good vein after two hours of trying.

Police investigating Garridos in cases of other missing girls

Posted on September 15, 2009
In California, police are searching two properties to see if there's any evidence to tie the Phillip and Nancy Garrido, the suspects in the Jaycee Dugard abduction, to the cases of two other missing girls. Both girls were taken from...

IRS worker accused of stealing mail

Posted on September 15, 2009
From Tony Rizzo: An Internal Revenue Service employee in Kansas City was arrested today for allegedly stealing mail that had been delivered to the IRS facility on Pershing Road. A federal grand jury indicted Latrice Antionette Murray on five counts...

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