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Suspect arrested for allegedly scamming senior citizen

Posted on August 31, 2009
Kansas City police have arrested Anthony C. Washington, who is accused of cheating a senior citizen out of $4,000, Jackson County prosecutors report. Washington allegedly promised to help a 78-year-old man out of a reverse mortgage, only to bilk him....

Olathe robbers tried the "hard sell," police say

Posted on August 31, 2009
From Olathe PD: On August 29th at approximately 9:39 pm officers from the Olathe Police Department were dispatched to 1000 N. Ridgeview (Two Trails Park) in reference to a reported aggravated robbery. Upon arrival officers contacted several victims/witnesses who advised...

Suspect in Dugard kidnapping speaks

Posted on August 31, 2009
NBC News has an interview with Phillip Garrido, the man accused of abducting Jaycee Dugard, keeping her captive for 18 years and fathering two kids with her. He says he left documents with the FBI in San Francisco, showing that...

MO dad accused of bringing kids from Germany to St. Louis

Posted on August 31, 2009
Because he was afraid his three children, whose mother is African, would be the victims of racism in Munich. (He reportedly told Mom that he was taking the kiddos to an amusement park. Instead, they flew to the Loo.) A...

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Boy, 10, shot his father in the head, NM police say

Posted on August 31, 2009
He's going to be charged with first-degree murder. The police say the boy told them that he killed Dad because Dad disciplined them too much. The boy's 6-year-old sister reportedly saw the shooting happen. State officials had checked on the...

Drug industry agrees to pay for database to track purchases of cold meds in MO

Posted on August 31, 2009
A while back, Missouri legislators passed a law that would set up a statewide electronic database of people who bought cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine. That way, it would let police see if one person was buying more cold medicine than...

Platte County jurors to hear case of Columbia tot's gruesome death

Posted on August 31, 2009
According to the Missourian, they're going to use Platte County jurors for the trial of Keyonda Lumpkins, a Columbia woman facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of her son, 2-year-old Cortez Johnson. (Cortez's dad was charged, too, but...

MO convict now facing death-penalty case in Texas

Posted on August 31, 2009
Levi A. King pleaded guilty to murdering Orlie McCool, 70, and his 47-year-old daughter-in-law, Dawn McCool in Pineville, Mo., back in 2005. He got life in prison for that crime, but now he's being tried for killing a family in...

IA football team bounces back after coach's murder

Posted on August 31, 2009
NPR has a good piece here about Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Iowa, whose longtime football coach, Ed Thomas, was murdered this summer.

8 killed, 1 severely injured in Georgia mobile home

Posted on August 31, 2009
In Brunswick, Ga., police are investigating a mass killing at a trailer park over the weekend. They found seven bodies, plus two survivors, one of whom later died. They've arrested a 22-year-old man who called to report the slayings, but...

Report: Missing girl was working at suspect's business

Posted on August 31, 2009
Weird sidenote about the Jaycee Lee Dugard case: The suspects apparently had a home business that specialized in printing, and customers say they regularly dealt with someone named "Allissa" -- who they now believe was actually Jaycee. They say she...

MO woman, 69, tries to shoot down plane with .22, police say

Posted on August 31, 2009
Authorities say the woman, who is from Fulton, was sick and tired of planes flying too close to her house. So, after telling folks in the terminal that she planned to shoot down the aircraft, she allegedly went onto the...

Arkansas father had toddler in one hand, knife in the other

Posted on August 29, 2009
Story is from Arkansas. He was reportedly upset because his dad had sold his car. The good news is that everybody got out OK, though Dad did suffer a Tasering. Hat Tip: Many thanks, silverside!

Should the feds have a "kill switch" for the Internet?

Posted on August 29, 2009
That proposal is included in an early version of a new cybersecurity act. The federal government would be able to shut down private networks if there were some kind of emergency, though the exact extent isn't specified. Hat Tip: Many...

Tim McGraw is sick and tired of your crap

Posted on August 29, 2009
Lovely piece here about the country singer and his penchant for giving the hook to people who cause trouble at his concerts, especially if they're harassing women. Snip from AP: At one concert, McGraw stops in the middle of singing...

Molestation suspect kills himself -- jury finds him not guilty

Posted on August 29, 2009
But largely on a technicality -- it wasn't clear how old the girl was when she was assaulted. So the jury had to conclude the statute of limitations had expired and cleared the defendant. Not that it mattered. Story is...

Open Thread ... Weekend Edition

Posted on August 29, 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,...

Burglar returns to steal TV ... while cops are still there

Posted on August 29, 2009
And he STILL got away with the TV!

TX dispatcher accused of setting fire in deputy boyfriend's house

Posted on August 29, 2009
On the same day they broke up. Snip: A friend told police after Gilliam shared the news about the break-up over the phone three hours before the fire, Gilliam said "she wished something bad would happen, because when something bad...

Car hits KCFD truck, killing 2

Posted on August 29, 2009
From Christine Vendel: A car slammed into a fire truck that was heading back to its fire station early today, killing two passengers in the car. The driver, a 24-year-old man, suffered critical injuries in the 4:15 a.m. crash in...

14 DUI arrests during OP sobriety checkpoint

Posted on August 29, 2009
From OPPD: The Overland Park, Kansas Police Department and several Kansas police agencies conducted a DUI Check Lane on Friday, August 28, 2009. The DUI Check Lane was conducted with the intent to reduce alcohol related auto accidents and discourage....

1 man shot and killed near 70th and Olive

Posted on August 29, 2009
From KCPD: On 8/28/2009, at approximatley 10:43 pm, officers were called to a shooting at 70th Terr and Olive. The caller advised someone had been shot and was being driven to a local hospital. The victim arrived at the hospital...

8 DUI arrests during KCPD sobriety checkpoint

Posted on August 29, 2009
From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on August 28, 2009 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at 56th & Ward Parkway. Southbound traffic was checked with total of 494 vehicles stopped. A total number...

Child care facilities are a free-for-all

Posted on August 28, 2009
That is, if they are run by religious organizations. The law requires it. Below is the beginning of the Associated Press story. A Missouri board reluctantly voted Thursday to rescind health and safety rules for hundreds of child care centers...

TX designs actual light saber for self-defense

Posted on August 28, 2009
It defends you by burning the attacker's eyes as opposed to carving him into bits, but I still want one.

Wreck and suicide killed two KCK officers, a look back

Posted on August 28, 2009
The Star's Mark Wiebe gives a thoughtful look back to Sep. 27th, when police officer Kyle Kovac killed himself hours after a car accident that killed fellow friend and officer, Mark Jaramillo. Kovac was driving when Jaramillo died. The accident...

Should teenage sex offender be allowed back at school?

Posted on August 28, 2009
An Ohio mom is trying to get her son -- age 18, convicted of rape at age 14 -- back into public school, but nobody will have him. He's reportedly got Asperger's, PTSD and bipolar disorder, but a psychologist says...

Law banning texting while driving starts today

Posted on August 28, 2009
The Star's Brad Cooper discusses, however, that it may be difficult to enforce. ?I think it?s going to be difficult to enforce,? said Kansas City Police Officer Bill Johnson, who investigates vehicular crimes. ?If it?s only illegal to text when...

Life, not death, in gruesome TN double murder

Posted on August 28, 2009
You probably remember the case of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom -- we've talked about the case several times here on CSKC. Well, the first defendant to stand trial has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, though the...

Man killed his ex, says she gave him HIV, police say

Posted on August 28, 2009
Story is from Florida.

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