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People on meth do the wackiest things

Posted on September 10, 2009
In Washington state, police arrested a naked man who'd allegedly broken into a stranger's home after he crawled through a sewage line. He thought he was being chased by police -- which is funny, because he eventually DID get to...

Prison in St. Joe marks 10th anniversary

Posted on September 10, 2009
Over 50,000 served!

Topeka school worker gets probation for sex with 13-year-old boy

Posted on September 10, 2009
The Shawnee County DA has already appealed the case of Jennifer Dawn Liskey, a former paraprofessional at a Topeka middle school. Liskey pleaded no contest to charges that she had sex several times with a 13-year-old boy, who's now 17....

What about Nancy Garrido?

Posted on September 09, 2009
Most of the pieces about the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping have focused on Phillip Garrido, a convicted rapist with a whole catalog of weird behavior. There hasn't been quite as much about his wife, Nancy, who's also facing charges. The Sacramento...

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Sorry, there is no religious right to use marijuana, AZ Supreme Court says

Posted on September 09, 2009
A man busted for possession had made that argument, saying that he deserved the same type of protections reserved for peyote.

Domestic-violence suspect tried to hide under blanket in playpen, WI cops say

Posted on September 09, 2009
He's accused of throwing his girlfriend down, kicking her in the head and dragging her back to their apartment.

"CEASEFIRE" anti-violence event set for Saturday

Posted on September 09, 2009
The rally is slated to start at 4 p.m. Sept. 12 at 3300 Indiana. The Rev. John Birmingham is scheduled to speak, and Mayor Funkhouser is slated to put in a guest appearance. They'll be giving away school supplies to...

The absolute worst place to hide a loaded gun

Posted on September 09, 2009
A North Carolina man is accused of storing loaded guns in his kids' toy box. He's facing a charge of child abuse.

UPDATE: Eight found murdered in Georgia mobile home

Posted on September 09, 2009
It's not clear if this is the motive behind the mass slaying, but one of the victims -- who also happened to be the father of the chief suspect -- had won a settlement of $25,000 shortly before his death.

Open Thread ... Wednesday

Posted on September 09, 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,...

Morganna has really let herself go

Posted on September 09, 2009
From AP: Tennis player Rafael Nadal, left, of Spain, is embraced and kissed by fan Noam U. Aorta after his quarterfinals win over Gael Monfils of France, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, early Wednesday, Sept. 9,...

Canadian judge throws drunk driver into prison for life

Posted on September 09, 2009
After his 19th drunk-driving conviction, in which he ran over a woman in a wheelchair, killing her. It's good they put him behind bars before he could do any real harm. I mean, it's not like they had any warning...

Big Brother moves into Shirley's Honey Hole?

Posted on September 09, 2009
Shirley's is a bar in Baltimore that, to keep its doors open after a public-nuisance rap, agree to install a surveillance camera indoors that feeds images to the police, the Sun reports. From the paper's crime blog: That's a key...

Report: More police departments relying on civilian volunteers

Posted on September 09, 2009
The Wall Street Journal has a good piece here about civilian police volunteers and how they're becoming more important now that so many police departments are working with less money. They're a little more active than your typical neighborhood watch....

Police arrest pranksters in series of phone hoaxes

Posted on September 09, 2009
Earlier this year, there was a series of hoaxes where someone would call a fast-food restaurant or a hotel and trick the staff into doing something stupid, like smashing the windows or setting off the fire-suppression system and taking off...

Could suspect in Milwaukee serial murders have been caught sooner?

Posted on September 09, 2009
A followup to yesterday's news that Milwaukee police have arrested one man who, they believe, has ties to eight and possibly nine murders over the past several years. The arrest was made on the basis of a hit in the...

UPDATE: The most disgusting thing you will ever read

Posted on September 09, 2009
Just a quick followup to last week's story about an Ohio defendant who opened up his colostomy bag in court and began to eat the contents. The trial resumed, and he was convicted. This time, he was restrained in a...

Next time, just hit the squirrel

Posted on September 09, 2009
A woman spent two hours hanging upside down in her car after she drove off a one-story parking deck to avoid running over a squirrel, North Carolina authorities say.

Elderly man forgives attackers for gruesome beating

Posted on September 09, 2009
Just a reminder that not everybody out there is a complete animal: In Baton Rouge, a 70-year-old man who was severely beaten in a road-rage incident has decided to give back the $41,000 that his attackers -- who still have...

Burglar steals KCPD officer's gun, equipment

Posted on September 09, 2009
From Christine: Someone burglarized a Kansas City police officer?s home Tuesday and stole her handgun, bullet-resistant vest and other police equipment. The burglary was discovered about 6:10 p.m., when the officer returned to her East-side home and found the front...

Quote of the day

Posted on September 09, 2009
"Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, for every witness called against me, I pray cancer in their lives, lupus, brain tumor, pancreatic cancer." -- Pastor Rodney McGil, engaging in some prayer before his sentencing in a Florida mortgage-fraud case. Hat Tip: Saw this...

Defendant slices his own neck in Calif. courtroom

Posted on September 09, 2009
He'll live, but the judge has declared a mistrial. Nobody's sure how he smuggled a razor into the courtroom in the first place. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

"Attention police, do not pull me over just because I'm pretty"

Posted on September 09, 2009
In Washington state, a woman has put a sign in the back of her car that asks police not to pull her over simply because she's very attractive. She tells a local news crew that she was forced to install...

KC man mugged his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors allege

Posted on September 09, 2009
Phillip M. Thomas, 23, is facing charges of first-degree robbery, kidnapping and armed criminal action, Jackson County prosecutors say. According to court records, Thomas asked his ex-girlfriend to meet him at a Walgreens on Blue Ridge back on Aug. 20...

Driving lesson goes horribly, horribly wrong

Posted on September 09, 2009
In Mishawaka, Ind., an 18-year-old decided to give his girlfriend, age 16, her very first driving lesson. Behind the wheel of his dad's Dodge Durango, the girl reportedly crashed into three parked vehicles, ran over a fence, drove entirely through...

11 accused of falsifying voter registrations in Florida

Posted on September 09, 2009
The case is from Florida, where police and FBI agents are going to be arresting the suspects today. They were reportedly employed by ACORN to register new voters, but allegedly doctored hundreds of registration cards instead. ACORN first reported the...

Shawnee releases totals from "Over The Limit, Under Arrest" enforcement

Posted on September 09, 2009
Shawnee got some overtime money to conduct a series of DUI saturation patrols recently. The department says it stopped 89 vehicles and made six DUI arrests. There were several other tickets or warnings, including 18 for speeding, nine for no...

UPDATE: The Boy Behind The Wall

Posted on September 09, 2009
Ricky Chekevdia -- the 6-year-old who was allegedly hidden at his grandma's house for two years, sometimes in a secret room -- is in Illinois state custody, though he's staying with one of his dad's relatives. He's getting counseling so...

OK man gets 20 for botched "mercy killing"

Posted on September 09, 2009
In December, a man named Thomas Wayne Garrett decided to shoot his ailing wife while he drove her home from the hospital, what he described as a mercy killing. Except Cynthia Garrett, who suffers from a variety of chronic illnesses,...

Man in "Krazy Glue" assault testifies

Posted on September 09, 2009
This is the Wisconsin man whose privates were reportedly Krazy Glued to his stomach by a group of women that he'd allegedly wronged. Snip:He said he was startled by a knock at the door, and worried it might be Ziemann's...

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