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Quote of the day
Posted on September 01, 2009"The dog must have smelled a tasty dinner in his pants." Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
UPDATE: FL teens accused of sodomizing teammate with hockey stick, broom
Posted on September 01, 2009About 10 or 12 times, authorities say. They've recovered DNA from the alleged weapons and want to test them against the suspects' DNA. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM
Clerk beaten during Fast Stop robbery
Posted on September 01, 2009From Christine Vendel: A gunman pistol-whipped a convenience store clerk during a robbery early today. Three gunmen barged into the Fast Stop at 7100 Eastwood Trafficway about 2:45 a.m. wearing dark clothes and facemasks. They forced the 25-year-old clerk to...
Did the police do the right thing here?
Posted on September 01, 2009In Seattle, a woman has sued the department for $25 million after an officer threw her husband into a concrete wall, leaving him with what's likely permanent brain damage. The police department says their officer didn't do anything wrong. The...
KC man accused of carjacking prostitute GF's johns, prosecutors allege
Posted on September 01, 2009Anthony D. Phillips, 20, faces three counts each of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action related to incidents from this weekend, Jackson County prosecutors say. The girlfriend says she didn't know the robberies were going to happen.
IL woman, 96, killed over $7.06, authorities allege
Posted on September 01, 2009The victim was a woman named Ruby Coney, the Belleville News-Democrat reports. The suspect in her case, a 23-year-old man, is now on trial. Police say they found the money -- it was nothing more than coins -- in a...
Pit bull chewed off baby's toes while Mom slept, NC authorities say
Posted on September 01, 2009Mom says she was on medication, which is why she didn't hear the baby crying even though they were in the same room. Mom and Mom's Boyfriend are both facing a charge of felony child abuse.
Man in van hits stranger riding his son's stolen bicycle, Colorado cops say
Posted on September 01, 2009Only it wasn't actually his son's bicycle.
Fake marriage ended in real murder, DC police say
Posted on September 01, 2009In Washington, D.C., police believe the owner of a convenience store was killed after his brother's sham marriage fell apart. The dead man had allegedly hired a woman to marry his Pakistani brother so the brother could stay in the...
Report: Bystander shoots alleged shoplifter in Independence
Posted on September 01, 2009Missed this from the weekend -- a man with a CCW permit reportedly shot and wounded a shoplifter outside a Sun Fresh in Independence when the shoplifter allegedly acted like she was going to run over him and the store...
Study: Iraq, Afghan veterans have bad driving habits
Posted on September 01, 2009A new study says that returning veterans are at risk of getting into accidents because, while they serving abroad, they picked up bad driving habits, such as driving fast and ignoring stoplights and stop signs. (Which is behavior that could...
ND man, age 64, accused of kicking his feces at Fargo cops
Posted on September 01, 2009Police were apparently responding to a loud party at the man's house. Snip from the Grand Forks Herald: Renner said Fike indicated to police that he had to go to the bathroom, but there weren?t enough officers present to allow...
Strip-club patron saves the day, FBI says
Posted on September 01, 2009The FBI says that a strip-club customer helped rescue two women who were allegedly being forced to work as prostitutes in the St. Louis area. (One of the women, forced to work at a strip club, told the man, and...
1 in 10 binge drinkers gets behind the wheel, CDC study says
Posted on September 01, 2009And that's a major factor in fatal drunken-driving crashes, experts say. What constitutes a "binge drinker"? The researchers focused on 14,000 "binge drinkers " - people who said that at least once month that they had five or more drinks...
Bank robber steals $9K, but asks teller for kiss, police say
Posted on September 01, 2009It's not clear if she agreed. But he did get to tackle the security guard and punch the bank teller, so I think he had a full day just the same. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tim P!
Cops use stimulus checks to reel in dirtbags
Posted on September 01, 2009Story is from Fort Lauderdale. Police contacted several suspects while posing as the "South Florida Stimulus Coalition," and they got 75 respondees -- wanted for everything from attempted murder to grand theft -- to appear. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Searching!
Actually, there WAS a monster under the bed
Posted on August 31, 2009I have a hard time imagining anything creepier than finding a stranger hiding under your bed ...
KC homicide count stands at 81
Posted on August 31, 2009Compared to 83 at the same point last year. (August 2008 was a notoriously bad month for homicides.) So far, 41 percent of the homicides committed in 2009 have been solved. If you add in past homicides that have been...
New MO law lets motorcyclists run red lights
Posted on August 31, 2009If they've been waiting an unreasonable amount of time because the machines controlling the stoplight don't "see" their ride. Also, there can't be any other traffic, and they have to have come to a complete stop. Police are a little...
OP taking applications for citizen police academy
Posted on August 31, 2009From OPPD: Anyone interested in law enforcement, police work and police service is invited to attend the Overland Park Citizen Police Academy. An applicant must be at least 18 years of age, and have no criminal record. Applicants need not...
UPDATE: 2 convicted in brutal Florida gang rape
Posted on August 31, 2009This is the case where a group of teenagers reportedly gang-raped a woman, beat her son and then forced her to perform a sex act on him before they were doused with chemicals.
3 guilty of selling fake "ambassador" credentials
Posted on August 31, 2009According to the U.S. Attorney for Western Missouri, the defendants -- one from Kingsville, one from Lawrence, one from Nevada -- have ties to the sovereign citizen movement. They allegedly sold the credentials by telling customers that owning one would...
Man stabs estranged wife's BF during fight at her house, KCPD says
Posted on August 31, 2009From Christine Vendel: According to police ... The suspect (age 33) allegedly kicked in the front door in the 7400 block of Walrond Avenue about 1:10 a.m. (Sunday). During a struggle on the living room floor, the boyfriend was stabbed...
Dog wanders into daycare, eats bunny while kids watch, OH police say
Posted on August 31, 2009The dog's owner has been charged with allegedly failing to keep the dog locked up and failing to register it.
The Huffer returns!
Posted on August 31, 2009Maybe he just really likes getting high off spray paint ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Alaska OKs the Big Gulp defense
Posted on August 31, 2009The Big Gulp defense, in a nutshell, argues that a driver was less intoxicated when he was driving than when he was given a Breathalyzer test. (Because it theoretically took time for the booze to be absorbed by his body.)...
Fact: Your hot tub will not save you from a wildfire
Posted on August 31, 2009Morons ignore sheriff's evacuation order, decide to "ride out" major fire in their hot tub. He said the two residents "completely underestimated the fire" and that the hot tub provided "no protection whatsoever."
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on August 31, 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,...
Why the elderly are always chasing kids off their yards
Posted on August 31, 2009They don't want something like this to happen. Hat Tip: Many thanks, D-Man!
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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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