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Montana cop resigns over his Facebook comments
Posted on September 04, 2009He'd apparently written that he wished there was a law allowing police to arrest stupid people. It became public because he's being sued for an alleged wrongful arrest. The officer issued several apologies, including to his fellow officers for making...
Teen accused of pistol-whipping, robbery
Posted on September 04, 2009From Tony Rizzo: A Kansas City teenager was charged today with robbing a restaurant Wednesday night and pistol-whipping a customer. Keenan A. Moore, 17, was arrested shortly after the hold-up at the Church?s Chicken at 39th Street and Indiana Avenue....
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on September 04, 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 out of the office, so Bob Cronkleton...
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on September 04, 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,...
Mississippi football player tackles gun waving student on school bus
Posted on September 04, 2009The Associated Press | Bob Cronkleton
OJ denied bail while he appeals conviction
Posted on September 04, 2009The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Friday that O.J. Simpson and his convicted co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart will have to remain behind bars while they appeal their convictions in a gunpoint hotel room heist. A thee-judge panel noted that a jury...
British court to allow transsexual to be transfered to women's prison
Posted on September 04, 2009A transsexual prisoner serving a life sentence for manslaughter and attempted rape will be allowed to transfer to a women's prison. The prisoner, who obtained a legal acknowledgment that she should be recognized as a woman, had been diagnosed with...
Dog cited for illegal parking
Posted on September 04, 2009Yes in Australia, you can illegally park you dog. That's what an elderly woman found out after she tied her dog to a fence, gave him a bowl full of water and then headed into a shopping center. A traffic...
Cat stabbed during Virginia Beach burglary
Posted on September 04, 2009A 10-year-old Persian cat named Hershey is recovering after a burglar stabbed him repeatedly with a butcher knife. The 21-year-old daughter of the cat's owner returned home Monday afternoon and found Hershey lying in a utility room with an 8-inch...
Man needing ride home from jail steals emergency vehicle
Posted on September 04, 2009Justin Jack, 21, of Etowah, Tenn., had problems finding a ride home after he had accompanied a friend who had been bought in on charges to the McMinn County (Tenn.) Justice Center. That is until he allegedly broke into a...
Pranks get out of hand, lead to sexual assault charges
Posted on September 04, 2009There is a line where pranks at teenage parties get out of hand. These Canadian teens allegedly crossed that line. Hat tip to You're a Mean Drunk R2D2 | Bob Cronkleton
Shame they all can't be this easy
Posted on September 04, 2009Two Blue Earth County (Minn.) sheriff deputies got the break they needed on some burglary cases while they were at a Happy Chef restaurant having coffee. A report of another burglary came in from a nearby county which included the...
Urn containing father's ashes stolen days before ceremony
Posted on September 04, 2009Patty Revis of Fort Worth and her husband, Jim, are expecting nine family members from from four states who planned to spread the ashes of her father, Robert G. Parnell, in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday. | Bob Cronkleton
Honolulu city leaders want only clean smelling riders on public transit
Posted on September 04, 2009The Associated Press | Bob Cronkleton
Needle attacks spark riots in China
Posted on September 04, 2009From The Associated Press | Bob Cronkleton
Joco deputies, Olathe officers arrest 40 during warrant sweep
Posted on September 04, 2009From the Johnson County Sheriff Department: Sheriff?s Deputies and Olathe Police Officers netted a record 40 arrests, clearing 46 warrants during a one day warrant sweep in the City of Olathe on Wednesday. Of the 40 people arrested, 24 were...
Burglar brings baseball bat to swordfight
Posted on September 04, 2009Some reason, I'm hearing Sean Connery's voice . . .
New Texas law making millionaires out of those wrongly convicted
Posted on September 04, 2009The new compensation law provides DNA exonerees $80,000 for every year they spent in prison. There is also lifetime annuity payments that for most are worth between $40,000 and $50,000 a year. The compensation includes social services such as job...
Man fires cannonball into neighbor's house
Posted on September 04, 2009William Maser, 54, of Georges Township, Pa., is claiming it was an accident. He is a history buff who recreates firearms. he fired the cannon and the cannonball ricocheted, striking a house 400 yards away. The cannonball smashed through a...
Man posing as water department worker beats, robs 97-year-old man
Posted on September 04, 2009This happened in Philadelphia. The impostor told the victim he needed to check a water leak in the basement of the house. Once inside, the impostor punched the victim several times in the face and head. Two other men entered...
People "acting childish" leads to melee in Westport
Posted on September 04, 2009Isn't that how a lot of melees begin? Police arrest seven people and one person taken to the hospital. From KCTV-5. | Bob Cronkleton
Teen won't be tried as an adult
Posted on September 04, 2009From Joe Lambe's story: Antwuan Taylor was 13 when he when he killed a man last year in Kansas City, Kan. The boy was stoned on pot, drunk, bored and angry that no one there would take him to a...
Elderly crime victims in Detroit fighting back
Posted on September 04, 2009Seems that some elderly people are getting tired of being victimized by the same man in their Detroit neighborhood. In one instance, Ruby Lyons, 94, fought back the best she could -- biting the arm of the man who was...
Police catch homicide suspect while serving drug warrant
Posted on September 04, 2009Police in Wichita were serving a narcotics search warrant on a house when they came across the suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Mario Lewis outside a residence on Nov. 16, 2007. | Bob Cronkleton
Update: KC woman killed while attending college in Atlanta
Posted on September 04, 2009Christine Vendel has good story about who Jasmine Lynn was.?She tried to do everything right. She was a straight-A student. We expected her to be safe. She was at a good school,? said Kimberly Franklin, an aunt. |Bob Cronkleton
Woman describes attack involving family members
Posted on September 04, 2009The woman describes for a judge during a preliminary hearing for her ex-husband, Arthur Davis III, that she woke up while her 15-year-old son was brutally attacking her with a baseball bat in June. Davis faces charges of attempted first-degree...
Elderly nun polishes off half a bottle of gin, goes for a spin, NY cops say
Posted on September 03, 2009It doesn't end well. At one point, an unknown number of children had to run for their lives, WPIX reports.
Wow, they REALLY wanted that urine sample
Posted on September 03, 2009An Indiana man, arrested for allegedly driving drunk, is suing the police because, after he passed a Breathalyzer test, they had the man strapped down and inserted a catheter to get a urine sample. They took a blood sample, too,...
Dear 911, I am really hungry
Posted on September 03, 2009A Florida man allegedly 911 operators twice to (A) mention that he's hungry and (B) ask for a ride. Presumably to a restaurant or grocery store. Apparently, he'd already been to a liquor store or some other establishment that provides...
Yet again, wrong cheeseburgers lead to horrific beating
Posted on September 03, 2009You would think that, only once in your life, would you encounter a news item about someone getting beat up because they brought the wrong burgers back from Fat Mac's or wherever. This is the second or third time I've...
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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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