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Columbia keeps law protecting cyclists from harassment
Posted on August 18, 2009The city council also expanded the law to protect pedestrians and people in wheelchairs, the Missourian reports.
UPDATE: Hotel blames rape victim for being careless, negligent
Posted on August 18, 2009A few days ago, we wrote about a rape victim who was suing a Marriott hotel in Connecticut after she was attacked in their garage. The hotel's lawyers, in turn, blamed her for being careless. (The woman was raped in...
Shawnee car fires were probably set, police say
Posted on August 18, 2009Happened overnight on 63rd Terrace. The cars were parked across the street from one another. One was a total loss.
Man accused of shooting Special Olympian with BB gun, NY cops say
Posted on August 18, 2009There is a special place in Hell for someone who would do this: Patrick D. Hayward, 22, of Erie Street, was arrested Sunday by the Owego Police Department for allegedly assaulting the 31-year-old disabled man by hitting him in the...
"Dungeons & Dragons" leads to gruesome nerd beating, cops say
Posted on August 18, 2009The suspect is accused of beating two friends with a hammer while they were asleep because he was angry over a D&D session. Story is from Utah, where people have an unhealthy relationship with tabletop games.
1 shot, killed in 10700 block of Stark
Posted on August 17, 2009From KCPD: Tonight (08/16/09) at 6:40pm, KCMO police were called to a residence in the 10700 block of Stark in regard to the sound of shots. Upon arrival officer's located a shooting victim (b/m approx. 30yrs old) inside the residence...
The mystery of Benjaman Kyle
Posted on August 17, 2009The Wichita Eagle has an interesting piece about a man named Benjaman Kyle -- only that's not his real name. Nobody knows who the man really is because he suffers from amnesia, with entire decades wiped from his memory. He...
Woman pulled knife to get her shopping cart back, FL cops say
Posted on August 17, 2009The thing is, after reading the story, I think she was right to pull a knife in this situation. The police disagree.
World's Greatest Son left sick mom lying on floor for 2 days, cops say
Posted on August 17, 2009And simply stepped over her when she was in the way, NY police say. He eventually called 911.
1 man killed in Independence church parking lot
Posted on August 17, 2009From The Star: Independence police are investigating a homicide that resulted from a fight in a church parking lot. Police said they responded about 1:15 a.m. Saturday to the parking lot at 24th Street and Vermont Avenue to assist two...
Naked man saves the day
Posted on August 17, 2009Which is a nice change of pace. Generally, naked people are usually responsible for a lot of the stories here on Crime Scene. A Boulder man was naked when, in the middle of the night, he stopped a thief from...
Why everybody has a good time at Phish concerts
Posted on August 17, 2009Connecticut police arrest eight people, seize 18 tanks of nitrous oxide at Phish concert.
Employee murdered at KC cellphone store
Posted on August 17, 2009From The Star: Kansas City police said a robbery may have led to the city?s latest homicide Saturday afternoon at a cell phone store. Officer Darin Snapp said police responded to the business in the 5100 block of Bristol Avenue...
Fact: You don't have a legal right to lie naked on the city volleyball court
Posted on August 17, 2009Somebody had to explain that to this guy.
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on August 17, 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,...
KCPD names victim from south KC homicide
Posted on August 17, 2009From KCPD: The victim from the 10700 block of Stark was identified as 42 year old ANTHONY MELSON of KCMO.
KCPD plans DUI checkpoint for this weekend
Posted on August 17, 2009From KCPD: The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on the weekend of August 21-23, 2009 at a location in Kansas City, Missouri that is known for occurrence of DUI related crashes or DUI arrests. This...
$11K reward in Steven Bertling homicide
Posted on August 17, 2009Bertling was killed this weekend while playing soccer in an Independence church parking lot this weekend near 24th and Vermont. An anonymous donor has supplied $10K to the usual $1,000 TIPS Hotline reward. Snip: Anyone with information is urged to...
FL man calls 911 after family hides his booze
Posted on August 17, 2009One man's inconvenience is another man's emergency ...
UPDATE: Girl, 13, killed man after he poured out last of the milk, WI cops say
Posted on August 17, 2009The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has a solid report on Labrina Brown, the 13-year-old who allegedly sliced the throat of her grandmother's husband after he poured the last of the milk down the sink. (Labrina was fixing herself some cereal.) The Journal-Sentinel,...
8 DUI arrests during Independence DUI checkpoint, saturation patrol
Posted on August 17, 2009From IPD: The Independence Police Traffic Safety Unit conducted a sobriety checkpoint along Jackson Drive south of 39th Street while simultaneously conducting a DWI saturation patrol in that area. The saturation patrol began on Friday 8/14/09 at 10:00 PM and...
OP starts DUI, seatbelt enforcement campaign on Thursday
Posted on August 17, 2009It'll run through Sept. 7, thanks to a grant through KDOT.
Still no answers in Cara Jo Roberts homicide
Posted on August 17, 2009Roberts, a Harrisonville woman who was murdered in her home last November, was remembered during a ceremony yesterday. So far, nobody has been charged in her slaying. A $22,000 reward is being offered in her case. And a golf tournament...
NY businessman, 72, shoots 4 robbers who attack his store
Posted on August 17, 2009Killing two of them, reports the Daily News, which has the first interview the businessman has given. He says he tried to talk them into leaving, but they wouldn't. Didn't help matters that one of his employees had been pistolwhipped....
Report: About 85 percent of U.S. dollars have traces of coke
Posted on August 17, 2009That's a jump of 20 percent compared to two years ago. That doesn't mean that 85 percent of the population is high on coke -- though that would explain a lot -- it just means the "dirty" bills are being...
KC homicide count stands at 78
Posted on August 17, 2009Compared to 68 at the same point last year.
KC man tried to run over police officer, prosecutors allege
Posted on August 17, 2009Deawain Porter, 22, faces charges of second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action, resisting arrest and tampering. He's accused of running from police, then jumping into a Pontiac Firebird and nearly hitting an officer while trying to...
Teen vandalizes cars after grandma refuses to give him a cigarette, NE police say
Posted on August 17, 2009He's 14, and his little rampage reportedly did $6,500 damage to eight cars, the Lincoln Journal-Star reports.
Trials starting in horrific Florida rape, assault
Posted on August 17, 2009Not sure if you remember this case: A gang of masked teenagers allegedly broke into a West Palm Beach apartment in a housing complex, where they gang-raped a woman and beat her 12-year-old son, then forced her to perform oral...
DUI checkpoint set for Friday in Olathe
Posted on August 17, 2009From Olathe PD: The Olathe Police Department, in conjunction with the Johnson County Sheriff?s Department and assistance from several local Law Enforcement Agencies, will conduct a Sobriety checkpoint in Olathe, on Friday August 21st 2009 from 11:30 PM to 2:30...
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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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