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"I cried so many nights"
Posted on August 17, 2009If you missed Michael Vick's mea culpa last night on "60 Minutes," we have a recap.
Who killed Steven Bertling?
Posted on August 17, 2009From Independence PD: The 26 year old victim from the Saturday morning assault at 11400 E. 24th Street has been identified as Steven A. Bertling. The victim died as a result of the injuries he received during that assault. Independence...
3 years for running "Fight Club" for mentally disabled people
Posted on August 17, 2009That's the sentence for one former employee at a Texas center for developmentally disabled people, where the staff reportedly made the residents fight each other for fun. Five other people have been charged in the case.
Millionaire beaten to death at Amway convention
Posted on August 17, 2009The Miami Herald has an interesting story about a very weird homicide from New York. Best Part: Narcy (the widow) -- who did not wish to comment except through her lawyer -- and her husband also had their ups and...
Is one jogger responsible for series of gropings?
Posted on August 17, 2009From Joe Lambe: Police in Johnson County are investigating whether the same jogger is responsible for groping three women in the last two weeks. After she saw media reports on the other two victims, a third woman came forward to...
Belton man charged in weird assault case
Posted on August 17, 2009A Belton man named Gary L. Hilliard, 40, is accused of kidnapping and assault in Cass County. Specifically, prosecutors say, Hilliard appeared at a party back in May where he allegedly pulled a 16-year-old boy from his vehicle and beat...
Trial starts in gruesome murder of Tennessee couple
Posted on August 17, 2009In January 2007, a young couple named Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian were carjacked, raped, tortured and finally killed. From the Knoxville News Sentinel: They were bound and gagged. Newsom was beaten and raped with an object, blindfolded and bound...
Discovery Channel filming show about Sanderholm homicide
Posted on August 17, 2009Jodi Sanderholm was a college student who was abducted, raped and murder near Arkansas City, Kan., back in 2007. (Justin Thurber was convicted of her slaying this year.) The Discovery Channel is now working on a program about the case,...
Rapist left his ID at the scene, Lawrence cops say
Posted on August 17, 2009The attack reportedly happened about 3 a.m. last Thursday in a parking lot near the 2400 block of Iowa, the Journal-World reports.
MO girl was kidnapped, raped, left to die in burning building
Posted on August 15, 2009From AP: A jury in Greene County Circuit Court deliberated about two hours Friday before returning the verdicts against Jeffery A. Dickson. The 39-year-old Springfield man faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced Oct. 23. ... Testimony...
Quote of the day
Posted on August 15, 2009"That's me in the pictures, my private parts fell out. I looked down and it was out, it just popped out. I was trying to put it back." -- alleged flasher Kevin Bishop of New York, explaining to police how...
The most disturbing thing you'll read today
Posted on August 15, 2009Where kids today are hiding their booze and drugs. Hint: It's not under the bed. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Yeahhh, let's keep this one locked up a little longer
Posted on August 15, 2009Parole has been denied for Brenda Spencer, a California woman who opened fire on an elementary school across the street from her house in 1979. Two adults were killed. Three other people were injured. She was 16 at the time....
Guilty plea in teen's 2008 murder
Posted on August 15, 2009From Meredith: A teen who shot another teen at a gas station last September pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder. Omar Hernandez, of Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty in the shooting death of Edgar E. Lozania-Florez, 17. Hernandez was 15...
SHOCKER: Police informants are sometimes untrustworthy
Posted on August 15, 2009The feds learned this lesson the hard way earlier this year when one of their secret informants in a Mexican drug cartel executed a hit on another cartel member who was also a secret U.S. informant.
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on August 15, 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,...
"Suspicious person" was actually Bob Dylan
Posted on August 15, 2009I wonder if the police were able to understand him ...
THIS is child abuse?
Posted on August 15, 2009A Florida dad was arrested after he reportedly threw a piece of pizza at his teenage daughter, who'd just cursed at him. He'd wanted her to turn off the computer.
AZ cop loses job for being a rotten pickup artist
Posted on August 15, 2009The news story reads like a how-not-to guide, from showing women pictures of his privates on his cellphone to trying to pick up women at a suicide scene. Snip: One married trainer said she saw 10 photos and scrolled through...
12 DUI arrests during KCPD sobriety checkpoint
Posted on August 15, 2009From Mark Morris: Kansas City police arrested 12 motorists for driving while intoxicated during a sobriety checkpoint that ended early Saturday morning. The checkpoint, set up at Southwest Trafficway and West 39th Terrace, also netted two citations for driving while...
Well, that's an EXCELLENT reason for lying about a rape
Posted on August 14, 2009A New York man has served four years for a rape that his accuser says he didn't commit. His accuser says she made up the story because ... drumroll ... because her friends were angry with her for stranding them...
New Mexico man faked having sex with his car, police say
Posted on August 14, 2009With his pants around his ankles while kiddos watched. Allegedly happened in a grocery store's parking lot. Also? I know it was simulated sex, but it's close enough for us to break out the "sex crimes involving inanimate objects" tag.
Muslim teen converts to Christianity, says her parents want to kill her
Posted on August 14, 2009So she reportedly ran away from her home in Ohio to stay with a family in Florida, whom she met through an online prayer group. She claims her family will physically hurt her -- something that Ohio police dispute. Her...
3+ years for drunk driver who killed exchange student
Posted on August 14, 2009Steven Cummins, 26, pleaded guilty to killing KU student Dimitri Mavridorakis, who was a few months from completing his MBA, in an accident that occurred February on Shawnee Mission Parkway. (Mavridorakis and a friend were pushing a stalled car when....
Hotel says rape victim was careless, negligent
Posted on August 14, 2009The story is from Stamford, Conn., where a woman who was raped in a Marriott parking garage -- while her children were just feet away, the News-Times reports. She is suing the hotel, saying that her attacker had been on...
"Gang intervention specialist" sold crack at Boys & Girls Club, Omaha cops say
Posted on August 14, 2009He's pleaded no-contest and will get three consecutive sentences of one to two years. He actually had an office at the Boys & Girls Club. Is that typical behavior for secret crack dealers, selling from their place of business? You'd...
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on August 14, 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,...
Man hires teenage girls in bikinis to wrestle in his basement, takes photos
Posted on August 14, 2009Which is why he's been found guilty of child porn. Story is from Pennsylvania.
When keeping it real goes catastrophic
Posted on August 14, 2009The Philly paper has a report here about a lady cop who allegedly dared a single mother -- "who family and neighbors described as mouthy and troubled" -- to fight her. The best part, in a story filled with good...
New Zealanders kill niece during exorcism, get probation
Posted on August 14, 2009The judge explains the sentence by saying the relatives were really just trying to help.
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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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