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UPDATE: Boy, 9, badly hurt in accidental shooting
Posted on August 21, 2009Just to correct something: The boy who was hurt is 9, not 10, like we said the other day. He's still in bad shape. Fox 4 caught up with the father of the boy who fired the gun. He's a...
Shon Pernice bonds out, heads to court
Posted on August 21, 2009Pernice -- husband of missing woman Renee Pernice -- bonded out last night, 41 reports. He was in court this morning for a preliminary hearing in Clay County. Pernice was arrested in a July Fourth incident when he allegedly threatened...
25 years for sex crimes against two girls
Posted on August 21, 2009From Platte County prosecutors: A Farley man who forcibly raped and sodomized a 14-year-old girl and molested a six-year-old girl has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Roger W. Keeton, 44, received the sentence on August 20 after pleading...
UT men plead guilty to urinating on Grandma, throwing baby powder at her
Posted on August 21, 2009While she was in the shower. The men are in their 20s, Grandma is 66 and they all lived together.
"Dr. Phil" episode inspired sugar-daddy extortion scheme, cops say
Posted on August 21, 2009"Online sex slaves" were involved, the Hartford Courant reports.
Ex-wife sues after man posts dirty photos ... well, everywhere
Posted on August 21, 2009Interesting case from Florida. A divorced couple is going back to court because the gentleman, who says he got to keep the naked photos of his ex, is accused of posting the images "on a Spanish-language porn site, distributing them...
Boy, 12, tried to set his friend on fire twice, police say
Posted on August 21, 2009The two boys, ages 12 and 13, were in a treehouse and playing with a balloon filled with lighter fluid. (As so many of us do.) The balloon popped, and the older boy got soaked. He was leaving to change...
OP cops look for dog that bit child
Posted on August 21, 2009From OPPD: The Overland Park Police Department Animal Control Unit is seeking assistance in locating a dog involved in the bite of a child. On 8/17/09 at around 03:30 PM, a man was walking two canines, on 97th Street between...
MO plans effort to stop registration sticker thefts from cars
Posted on August 21, 2009Is this Age of Aquarius or something? Seriously, if they can stop this from happening, I'm going to break into "Let the Sunshine In" and dance on my desk. Sadly, we don't know the full details yet. The governor has...
Guilty verdict in 2005 murder
Posted on August 21, 2009From Tony Rizzo: A jury found Duane A. Beard Jr., 25, of Kansas City guilty Thursday of fatally shooting a woman and wounding her roommate in 2005. He had fled before trial in 2008 but was arrested in Texas in...
Dad implicated in child's death can't be charged
Posted on August 21, 2009In 2007, a man named Lucas Peterson led authorities in Butler County, Neb., to the spot where his missing child, 1-year-old Trista, was buried. (The little girl died from repeated blunt force trauma.) But he did so because they promised...
Suspect in child molestation caught in Texas
Posted on August 20, 2009BEFORE AFTER From Lee's Summit PD: Lee?s Summit, MO ? On March 30, 2009 the police department issued a press release requesting assistance locating a wanted subject, 36 year old Benjamin F. Wolkey (11-14-72) of Lee?s Summit. The attempt to...
10-year-old seriously hurt in KC shooting
Posted on August 20, 2009From Sara Shepherd: Kansas City police responding to a shooting this afternoon found a 10-year-old boy with life-threatening injuries. Police were called to the 3500 block of East 25th Street about 3 p.m. The boy was rushed by ambulance to...
Man beaten after turning down toothless woman's sexual advances, FL cops say
Posted on August 20, 2009I feel that anything I add at this point would be superfluous.
Wichita mom let man have sex with daughter, 5, for smokes, booze, officials say
Posted on August 20, 2009The trial started this week. The mom, who hasn't been named so her daughter's identity can be protected, says no sex happened. Mom's friend, also on trial, also denies having sex with the child.
Woman tried to fight teen in wheelchair, TX cops say
Posted on August 20, 2009The encounter was apparently over a soccer ball, the AP reports. The 13-year-old boy, by the way, had a surgical "halo" screwed into his skull -- that's allegedly where he got smacked.
Report: Male drunk drivers outnumber ladies 4-to-1
Posted on August 20, 2009But the number of women arrested for DUI has increased 30 percent over the 10 years ending in 2007, the government says.
Yeah, that's totally irrelevant
Posted on August 20, 2009In Tennessee, a driver accused of killing a pedestrian is legally blind -- and has been since 1977. His lawyers are trying to get that suppressed, saying it isn't relevant. Defense attorneys argue the finding of blindness for purposes of...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on August 20, 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,...
"Survivor" Richard Hatch jailed again
Posted on August 20, 2009Hatch -- about one day after he told reporters that he was sent to prison for being gay -- has been sent back to prison. (As opposed to the home confinement that he was almost done serving.) He gave three...
Phil Spector would like to be in a "better prison," please
Posted on August 20, 2009He's not thrilled to be sharing oxygen with Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan. Snip: In (a letter to a friend), he said he is working with his attorneys "to get a better prison with people more like myself in it...
TX deputy fired for letting waitress pose with rifle on police cruiser
Posted on August 20, 2009From AP: In this photo provided by the Midland County, (Texas) Sheriff, an unidentified waitress at Twin Peaks Restaurant and Bar poses for a photo in Round Rock, Texas, Aug. 10, 2009. Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter fired one deputy...
Guilty plea in KC mortgage scheme
Posted on August 20, 2009From Tony Rizzo: A California man pleaded guilty today in one of the biggest mortgage fraud cases prosecuted in the Kansas City area. Jerome Shade Howard, 40, of Anaheim, was one of 17 defendants indicted last year by a federal...
A mother's love: 80-year-old fires on deputies who try to arrest her son
Posted on August 20, 2009The son, age 60, was hiding in a closet inside Mom's mobile home in Jackson, Tenn., authorities state. They sent extra deputies because the department had "dealt with (her) before." The standoff lasted over an hour until they could trick...
UPDATED: Yet another Subway gets robbed
Posted on August 20, 2009This time, it happened in Shawnee around 8 p.m. Wednesday in the 10400 block of West 75th Street. The robber got away on foot. It's unclear how much that person got away with. UPDATED: We've now got photos and more...
Suspect arrested in attempted City Market robberies
Posted on August 20, 2009From Sara Shepherd: Police have captured a man who allegedly fired multiple shots in the street and tried to rob two people at lunchtime Tuesday near City Market. Officers were dispatched about 11:45 a.m. to the China Town Food Market...
Reward increases in Ricky Jones homicide
Posted on August 20, 2009From Crimestoppers: On August 1, 2009 at 1:32AM, Ricky L. Jones became the 70th homicide victim of the year. Mr. Jones was at 31st and Elmwood with several other people when shots were fired by one of three black male...
One way or another, he was getting a cigarette
Posted on August 20, 2009In Salt Lake City, a man is accused of punching another guy who refused to let him bum a cigarette. So the defendant allegedly smacked him in the kisser and grabbed the cigarette that was already in his mouth.
Quote of the day
Posted on August 20, 2009"What would possess a 12-year-old to shoot somebody? Part of me feels remorse for the kid because he's so young, and then part of me wants to choke the living sh*$ out of him." -- Steve Babcock, a Michigan man...
Wisconsin might stop letting kids drink in bars
Posted on August 20, 2009Fun Fact: Under Wisconsin law, anyone under 21 -- even a bitty baby -- can knock one down at a bar if their parents are there and allow it. (The bartender also has to be cool, too.) There's a proposal...
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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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