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Girl, 13, kept in adult jail for 2 weeks, TX cops say
Posted on August 07, 2009Story is from the Dallas area. The girl had been arrested for allegedly shoplifting at a Target. Officers say she gave a fake name and age. The arresting officer ran her name through the juvenile office, couldn't find any listing...
Shawnee couple misused money set aside for his dad's care, police say
Posted on August 07, 2009KCTV has a report about a Shawnee couple who were supposed to care for the husband's father, but instead used up all of his savings, police allege. Some of the funds were spent on his care, but a lot of...
UPDATE: IL woman suspected in newborn's murder is caught in KC
Posted on August 07, 2009Just a little more about Katie Stockton, a 28-year-old who's accused of leaving a newborn baby in a garbage bag along a road in December 2004 near Rockford, Ill. Winnebago County, Ill., authorities filed charges Monday and got a tip...
Cop stops car in funeral procession, writes tickets for no seatbelts, family says
Posted on August 07, 2009Story is from Spokane, Wash. Writing the five tickets took about 15 minutes, which kept the family from seeing the burial, they say. The officer was doing special seatbelt enforcement for overtime money.
There are frauds ... and then there are SUPERFRAUDS
Posted on August 07, 2009Fraud: Getting hired as a registered nurse, even though you are neither (A) registered nor (B) a nurse. Superfraud: Creating a fictional nursing organization to name yourself "Nurse of the Year," then throwing a $2,000 banquet for 40 people with...
Baby sitter pleads not guilty to baby's death
Posted on August 07, 2009This is the case of Izzack Doolin, who died about a year ago while his mom was in the hospital and a family friend was watching them. Authorities say the 16-month-old died from blunt trauma to his head and have...
Cocaine played role in Billy Mays' death, autopsy says
Posted on August 07, 2009From CNN: The fact that toxicology tests detected only breakdown products of cocaine, not the drug itself, led Chrostowski to conclude that Mays had used cocaine "in the few days prior to death but not immediately prior to death." Hat...
Twin, jailed for 18 months, didn't actually kill his brother
Posted on August 07, 2009Amazing story from Ohio, where a young man named Derris Lewis was charged with murdering his brother, Dennis, last year. He's just been released because a key piece of evidence -- an allegedly bloody palm print found at the murder...
40 years since the Helter Skelter murders
Posted on August 07, 2009This weekend marks 40 years since Charles Manson's followers broke into the home of actress Sharon Tate and killed five people, including Tate herself, who was eight months, two weeks pregnant. The next night, Manson Family members killed a wealthy...
Grandma demands burglar return kiddo's piggy bank
Posted on August 06, 2009Fact: There is nothing that Grandma can't fix.
Teen hit friend because he took too long rolling a joint, Lincoln cops say
Posted on August 06, 2009This might be my favorite assault case ever.
Former Congressman convicted of bribery
Posted on August 06, 2009William Jefferson -- a former Congressman who represented New Orleans -- was found guilty on 11 of 16 charges in his corruption trial. He was accused of accepting bribes in exchange for arranging business deals in Africa. Authorities found $90,000...
KCPD plans DUI checkpoint for Aug. 14-16
Posted on August 06, 2009From KCPD: The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on the weekend of August 14-16,2009 at a location in Kansas City, Missouri that is known for occurrence of DUI related crashes or DUI arrests. This checkpoint...
Autistic boy killed in apparent arson -- AL judge insists on death penalty
Posted on August 06, 2009In Alabama, a woman named Christie Scott has been convicted of setting a fire that killed her son, a 6-year-old boy who had autism. The defense still argues that it was an accident, but it looks bad that she bought...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on August 06, 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,...
Mom made son, 7, drive because she was drunk, passed out
Posted on August 06, 2009Story is from Alaska. Mom is getting 20 days in jail.
Guilty plea in fatal hit-and-run
Posted on August 06, 2009From Glenn Rice: A 23-year-old man pleaded guilty today in Clay County Circuit Court to leaving the scene of an accident that left a Kansas City man dead. Trevor A. Souther of Kansas City was charged with a felony count...
Naked Wichita man loses shorts, has his heart broken
Posted on August 06, 2009But considering he didn't get sliced by the knife-wielding men, I still think he did OK.
Woman suspected in IL newborn's murder, arrested in KC
Posted on August 06, 2009A 28-year-old woman named Katie Stockton has been arrested in Kansas City in a case from Winnebago County, Ill., near Rockford, where a newborn girl was stowed in a garbage bag and left alongside a road in December 2004. (As...
Neighbors upset over teens' fights outside Independence elementary
Posted on August 06, 2009More here from Brian Burnes.
Frying-pan-wielding Wichitan chases off burglar
Posted on August 06, 2009That's the power of a frying pan -- you don't even need to hit somebody with it. If somebody sees you swinging one, they know you mean business.
Charges dropped against incontinent woman, age 81
Posted on August 06, 2009Lula Mae Battle, 81, was charged with public lewdness after she reportedly urinated behind some bushes in a city park in Mobile, Ala. (She'd been trying to make it to the public toilets, but as we've previously stated, she's 81...
Do you recognize this woman?
Posted on August 06, 2009From OP Police: On July 29, 2009 at approximately 1:20 p.m. a female entered a retail store in Oak Park Mall and stole several items by removing the store?s electronic anti-theft/inventory devices. The fact these electronic devices were removed makes...
Intoxicated man in wheelchair leads German police on chase, cops say
Posted on August 06, 2009Best Part: One officer in the patrol car got out and started to pursue him by foot. He managed to catch up to the wheelchair but stumbled when the man sped up to the wheelchair?s maximum speed, 25 kilometres per...
Survey: More than half of E.R. nurses say they've been assaulted
Posted on August 06, 2009By patients, who've done everything from spitting to hitting to kicking, USA Today reports. This is a serious problem because it pushes more nurses to consider leaving the field.
UPDATE: Newlywed ordered hit on hubby less than 6 months after wedding, police say
Posted on August 06, 2009From AP: Dalia Dippolito, sits in a police car after her arrest Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009 in Boyton Beach, Fla. The South Florida woman was taken in for hiring an undercover police officer to kill her husband of six months,...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on August 06, 2009In Sunset Hills, Mo., Burger King management is apologizing for forcing a shoeless 6-month-old baby to leave its restaurant because they were following a strict "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" policy.
Is indoor prostitution "healthier"?
Posted on August 06, 2009Recently, we pointed out an interesting loophole in Rhode Island law: Indoor prostitution is, for all intents and purposes, legal there. Various legislators announced they were shocked, appalled and racing back to Providence to set the world right. But a...
Report: Heroin becoming more available, cheaper in the U.S.
Posted on August 06, 2009That's according to the Christian Science Monitor, which interviewed a series of experts in drug enforcement. One says the price per ounce is down about a third compared to a decade ago. It's not clear if that's because the market...
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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...
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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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