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200 dead dogs, cats found in garbage bags on CA man's property
Posted on September 03, 2009How bad was the scene? When police arrived, they saw one dog kill another and then start eating it. They also found a dog with its heart eaten out.
There are probably better hiding places ...
Posted on September 03, 2009In Bridgeport, Conn., police went to arrest a man who failed to show up for a court appearance. They knew he was inside because they saw him through the window. Yet when they searched the building, he was gone. They...
UPDATE: KC woman killed while attending college in Atlanta
Posted on September 03, 2009UPDATE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a strong piece here about the killing. They police are apparently talking to a witness who was reportedly beaten up after the shooting happened. (Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jen!) Jasmine Lynn, 19, was a student...
17 people lined up, killed in Juarez drug rehab clinic
Posted on September 03, 2009It's like another world there. Ciudad Juarez has a homicide count over 1,400 for just this year.
Young people made a game of killing small animals, WI officials say
Posted on September 03, 2009Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, a group of 15 young people -- all of them in their teens or early 20s -- are accused of playing a game where they beat raccoons, possums and other small animals to death with clubs and...
Open Thread ... Thursday
Posted on September 03, 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,...
Honey bees help stop be-mulleted burglar on Billy Goat Mountain, police say
Posted on September 03, 2009Story is from Arkansas. Yes, yes, it's not clear if "be-mulleted" is a word, so all of you frustrated English majors can simmer down, now. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Kennedy says Chappaquiddick incident was "inexcusable" in memoir
Posted on September 03, 2009The book won't go sale until mid-September, but the New York Times and the Daily News got early copies. Besides Chappaquiddick, Kennedy also says that he believed the Warren report when it said his brother was killed by only one...
Man bites off stranger's pinky finger at health-care protest, cops say
Posted on September 03, 2009Story is from California. It's not clear if this would be covered under the proposed government plan.
Report: KS troopers will drive less to save money
Posted on September 03, 2009Troopers are being asked to cut their "driving time" by 10 percent and spend that parked along roads, looking for violators that way. It's not clear how much money the patrol thinks it will save on fuel.
Feds plan $9 million ad campaign to fight meth in MO, elsewhere
Posted on September 03, 2009It'll run now through November and appear on TV, in newspapers, online and on billboards. Missouri (but not Kansas) was one of 16 states that were deemed to have the worst meth rates in the nation. You can look at...
MO convict pleads guilty to killing Texas family
Posted on September 03, 2009But it doesn't sound like Levi King cut any deals -- Texas says it's still going to seek the death penalty.
Girl, 15, poisoned Dad's Jell-O with lamp oil, Montana officials say
Posted on September 03, 2009They'd been fighting over her curfew. The girl, who hoped it would give him diarrhea, has pleaded guilty.
Pastor accused of pouring garbage on mentally disabled boy, CO police say
Posted on September 03, 2009The boy had reportedly volunteered to clean out a church van, but the pastor wasn't happy with the job that he did. To discipline the boy, the pastor allegedly made him lie down in the parking lot while wearing a...
Dad gets 7 years for trying to help his son, 15, have sex
Posted on September 03, 2009Story is from Florida, where the 41-year-old man allegedly delivered his son, who has ADHD, OCD and dyslexia, to a hotel room on the boy's 15th birthday. A mysterious woman showed up, and she and the teen reportedly had sex....
When is a homicide not really a homicide?
Posted on September 03, 2009Christine has a great article this morning on the science -- or maybe art -- of counting homicides. A couple of times this year, KCPD has reworked its tally of homicides because of coroner rulings and other factors. (Even though,...
UPDATE: Bystander shoots woman accused of shoplifting meat, police say
Posted on September 03, 2009We've got a mugshot of the alleged meat shoplifter, Loucinda M. Carroll, who's been charged with second-degree robbery. For those coming in late, Independence police say she tried to steal a bag of meat from a Sun Fresh this weekend....
The most disgusting thing you will ever read, period
Posted on September 03, 2009I refuse to even type what this guy did. I understand why they stopped his trial, though. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Steve!
UPDATE: Man pretended to be cop on date, Lenexa police say
Posted on September 03, 2009The gentleman's name is Aaron Walton. Bob Cronkleton has more details here.
Man tried to pay for gasoline with weed, MD police say
Posted on September 02, 2009Astonishingly, the clerks called the authorities instead of quietly accepting the weed.
Holocaust Museum shooter appears in court
Posted on September 02, 2009Despite James von Brunn's wishes, he's going to be tested for mental competency. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM! From AP: In this artist's drawing by Dana Verkouteren, James von Brunn, left, is seen with defense attorney A.J. Kramer in...
Stranger slaps toddler who refused to stop crying, GA police say
Posted on September 02, 2009At a Wal-Mart in Georgia, a 61-year-old man is accused of repeatedly slapping a 2-year-old who wouldn't stop crying -- a child, by the way, whom he did not know. The guy had reportedly told Mom that he would shut...
Fleeing suspect breaks into house, hides under the bed
Posted on September 02, 2009Wow, second story in the past two days about suspects trying to hide under beds. It might be very popular, but you can't say it's very effective.
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on September 02, 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,...
Report: Drag-racing might have caused I-435 wreck
Posted on September 02, 2009From Christine Vendel: The driver of a Ford Mustang that was possibly racing an orange Chevrolet Corvette on Interstate 435 Tuesday lost control, causing a three-car wreck that vaulted two cars over median cable barriers. The driver of a car...
Lockerbie bomber dying faster than expected
Posted on September 02, 2009He's reportedly been moved to ICU.
A modest proposal: "Duress code" for ATMs
Posted on September 02, 2009In Los Angeles, a city councilman wants banks to equip their ATMs with a "duress" function so that, if someone is forced to withdraw money at gunpoint, they just have to enter a secret code, different from their regular PIN...
Phil Spector gets his wish
Posted on September 02, 2009The wish about getting moved to another prison, not the wish about having never been convicted.
Federal agent charged after hunting down burglars who stole from his mom, MI cops say
Posted on September 02, 2009The story is from Detroit, and the suspect is Alvin Davis, an ICE agent. His mom says the allegations -- which say that Davis allegedly held the burglary suspects at gunpoint and even put his gun in one guy's mouth...
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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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