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Star crime story wins national award
Posted on August 09, 2009I'm very pleased to report that Christine Vendel, Lee Kavanaugh and Malcolm Garcia won a national award for their series about last August's run of Kansas City homicides. The award was given by the National Association of Black Journalists. They...
1 shot, killed near 67th and Monroe
Posted on August 09, 2009From KCPD: Officers were on patrol in the area of 67th and Monroe at about 433am Sunday when they saw a car that appeared to have been involved in an accident (the car was against another car). When they checked...
Assault victim escapes, but needs 51 stitches
Posted on August 09, 2009From Judy Thomas: Robert H. Saffold, 49, was charged Saturday with one count of first-degree assault and two counts of second-degree assault, according to Kansas City Police. He is being held on $250,000 bond. According to police, a 24-year-old woman...
The most disturbing thing you'll read today
Posted on August 08, 2009Washington police are investigating a teenager who allegedly brought home girls so his father could drug and rape them. Leaving the home, Casarez gave the girl a bracelet, told her she was "special" and repeated his threat that he would...
Brother pulls shotgun on brother -- during fight over sandwich
Posted on August 08, 2009Story is from New Jersey.
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on August 08, 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,...
Prison accidentally releases murder suspect -- nobody notices for 2 months
Posted on August 08, 2009Pray for the people of Arizona ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
3 DUI arrests during OP saturation patrol
Posted on August 08, 2009From OPPD: The Overland Park, Kansas Police Department conducted a DUI Saturation Patrol on Friday, August 7, 2009. The DUI Saturation Patrol was conducted with the intent to reduce alcohol related auto accidents and discourage impaired driving. The DUI Saturation...
KCPD officers involved in shootout at park
Posted on August 08, 2009From KCPD: Officers were called to a park at 67th and Paseo at about 212 am Saturday morning to investigate a call about a suspicious person. When the officers arrived, they found a 17 year old male on a bench....
Man claims that cat downloaded kiddie porn on his computer
Posted on August 07, 2009Story is from Florida. I really hope he sticks with this defense through the trial.
What would the Colonel say?
Posted on August 07, 2009In Surprise, Ariz., an argument over condiments led to one customer getting arrested at a KFC. Employees reportedy failed to give her anyway at the drive-through, which escalated to a face-to-face argument indoors and then the customer allegedly trying to...
Attempted rapist vomited up evidence, OR police say
Posted on August 07, 2009The suspect allegedly broke into a home and tried to rape a woman who was asleep with her kids, though Mom was able to chase him off. Police later arrested the man, and they gathered up an interesting piece of...
14-year-old crashes family SUV into convenience store, GA cops say
Posted on August 07, 2009He really just wanted some Skittles. Police wonder if his ADD had anything to do with this.
English-speaking suspect insists that he doesn't speak English, cops say
Posted on August 07, 2009Probably didn't help that he literally said "I don't speak English" instead of, I don't know, "no hablo ingles."
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on August 07, 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,...
There is a right way and a wrong way to move cattle
Posted on August 07, 2009Tying a rope to a bull's neck and dragging him behind your car for a half-mile down a road? That's the wrong way. You would expect a 75-year-old and a 57-year-old to understand this.
Do you recognize this man?
Posted on August 07, 2009From Independence PD: It is believed the same armed robbery suspect that robbed the Super 8 Motel in Independence on 07-20-09, has also robbed the Liberty Bank & Trust in Kansas City, KS, and a 7-11 store on 08-04-09, in...
6 arrested after Carnahan forum near St. Louis
Posted on August 07, 2009The forum was about aging issues, but opponents and supporters of the president's health-care proposal showed up to protest. The forum itself got heated, and things apparently boiled over afterwards. Of the six arrested, one was a Post-Dispatch reporter, who...
Roethlisberger's accuser says she's getting nasty phone calls
Posted on August 07, 2009The woman who's filed acivil suit against Steeler Ben Roethlisberger says that she's received about 100 phone calls either harassing or threatening her since she accused him of sexual assault.
Thief steals body armor, ammo from police car
Posted on August 07, 2009From Sara Shepherd: Someone broke a window and stole two sets of body armor, ammunition and police clothing from an unmarked Lenexa Police Department car Thursday in downtown Kansas City. A tactical sergeant parked the car at the Kansas City...
Mom takes kiddos to library -- has sex with guy in the restroom, CT police say
Posted on August 07, 2009Again, a truly lovely mugshot.
That is a lovely mugshot
Posted on August 07, 2009Texas authorities pull intoxicated, screaming, cursing woman from lake. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
NC bill would allow race-based defense against death penalty
Posted on August 07, 2009This is interesting. From the Winston Salem-Journal: The General Assembly has approved a landmark bill that will allow death-row inmates to challenge the death penalty by arguing that there is systemic racial bias in the way that capital punishment has...
Should jails try to charge prisoners for room and board?
Posted on August 07, 2009When counties and states needed to cut their budgets recently, jails and prisons took some of the biggest hits, the AP reports. So more officials are trying to charge their inmates for daily room and board -- in some cases,...
OP to hold public forum about street, fatal wreck
Posted on August 07, 2009Just an update about the Sandra B. Carocari case. Carocari, 70, was working her yard along 99th Terrace when a van ran off the road and killed her. Overland Park is going to host a public forum Tuesday with police...
Child molester? Or sleepwalker?
Posted on August 07, 2009A Minnesota man is accused of getting naked and climbing into the bed of his girlfriend's 13-year-old son, then trying to kiss him. (The boy says he was actually followed from room-to-room.) The suspect says he was having a nightmare,...
WI police intern gets drunk, pretends to be real cop, roughs up random people, cops say
Posted on August 07, 2009Snip: "It is anticipated his internship will be ending," Radovan said.
KC mom reports daughter's BF for stealing
Posted on August 07, 2009From Sara Shepherd: A Kansas City mom turned in her daughter?s 17-year-old boyfriend after spotting him in surveillance video from a July 9 break-in at Burke Elementary School, police said. Police went to the woman?s house, where the teen spends...
AP: More women getting charged with DUI
Posted on August 07, 2009Men still account for more DUI arrests, but their share is dropping while more women are getting busted for drinking and driving. Snip from the AP: Nationwide, the number of women arrested for driving under the influence or alcohol or...
Greek woman pours Sambuca on Brit tourist, sets his genitals ablaze
Posted on August 07, 2009The BBC says the tourist, 23, was drunk and had allegedly "waved his genitals" at several girls before he tried to cop a feel off the woman, who says she acted in self-defense. Reaction on Crete, where this all happened,...
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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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