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Should criminals be publicly shamed?
Posted on July 27, 2010The Chinese government is ordering police there to stop parading chained suspects in public, a practice they call "shame parades," the New York Times reports. Shaming crooks is something of a tradition for law enforcement there, but it's meeting more...
Raymore to vote on concealed-carry during city council meetings
Posted on July 27, 2010Raymore is still fighting over whether its city councilmembers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons during their meetings. Earlier this year, the council changed the rules so that it was allowed, but now, voters will decide whether to keep...
Baby's life saved in nick of time
Posted on July 27, 2010If you get a second, be sure to read Christine Vendel's story about KCPD, firefighters and paramedics saving a baby that everyone thought was stillborn -- but was actually still alive.
Teenagers on acid burn Ind. church, police allege
Posted on July 27, 2010In Indiana, a group of teenagers took some LSD and decided to burn a local church because they thought it belonged to Satan-worshippers, police say.
Mom put fecal matter on my toothbrush, man tells cops
Posted on July 27, 2010This isn't an Orbit gum commercial yet, but I'm sure it will be: A Pennsylvania man called the police on his mother, who allegedly cleaned the bathroom with his toothbrush and then put it back in its holder. Mom was...
The fight over 'Secure Communities'
Posted on July 27, 2010The AP has a piece here about the Secure Communities project, an ICE-backed initiative where local jails compare fingerprints of all prisoners to FBI and DHS records to see if they're illegal immigrants. Those who are could be deported. As...
Texan beheaded wife's kids
Posted on July 27, 2010In Edinburg, Texas, a jury has convicted John Allen Rubio, 29, of beheading his common-law wife's three children in 2003. He'd already been convicted once, but that verdict was overturned on appeal. Rubio's lawyers noted his rough childhood, including time...
Nothing solves a romantic quandary quite like brass knuckles
Posted on July 27, 2010A Minnesota woman, 18, allegedly sent a bogus text message to lure her romantic rival to a lake, where she used brass knuckles to beat the fu-schnickens out of her.
Vigil tonight for KC homicide victim
Posted on July 26, 2010The Ad Hoc Group Against Crime will host a prayer vigil in the 2009 homicide of Aaron Powell, who was killed July 26 at 31st and Agnes. That's where the vigil will be tonight at 8 p.m. The case hasn't...
Should this man be charged?
Posted on July 25, 2010A few days ago, we had a story about a New York man who faces criminal charges after he tackled a teenager who played Ding-Dong-Ditch and held the kid until police showed up. This story gives a little more context,...
PHOTO: Bear steals car
Posted on July 25, 2010From AP: This photo provided by Ben Story shows a bear inside Story's car early morning on Friday, July 23, 2010, in Larkspur, Colo. Story said the bear got into his empty car, honked the horn and sent it rolling...
Nope, nothing suspicious here
Posted on July 25, 2010Police investigating the overdose death of a 25-year-old in California noted that some of his prescriptions were signed by Dr. Pepper and Dr. Dre. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Should Kansas set limits on where sex offenders can live?
Posted on July 24, 2010KSHB has a report about an Olathe neighborhood upset that a registered sex offender is trying to move into their area, near a school. Unlike a lot of states, Kansas doesn't have any rules on where sex offenders can live....
For just pennies a day, you can help a teenager buy weed
Posted on July 24, 2010An Utah girl has admitted that she went door-to-door seeking donations for a charity -- when she actually intended to spend the money on marijuana and K2, police say.
Columbia cops sued over Tasering
Posted on July 24, 2010A Columbia man has sued two police officers after he was Tasered during a 2009 traffic stop, the Tribune reports. The internal-affairs investigation cleared the officers, and the criminal charges against the plaintiff have been dropped.
Weekend Open Thread
Posted on July 24, 2010Welcome 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,...
Love triangle involving Facebook, inmate turned deadly, police say
Posted on July 23, 2010From AP: A Facebook feud between two women who claimed to love the same prison inmate led to a high-speed chase and a crash that critically injured one of the rivals, killed her friend and left the second rival facing...
Second man charged in frat-party robbery near Rockhurst
Posted on July 23, 2010Jackson County has charged another guy, Christian O. Dorsey, 20, in that robbery during a fraternity party last weekend near Rockhurst University. This is the second arrest, and police are still looking for a third. The robbers reportedly took control...
Five charged in local meth ring
Posted on July 23, 2010From Mark Morris: Prosecutors in Kansas City announced federal charges Friday against five men, accusing them of distributing enough methamphetamine to possibly earn them life sentences. Steven M. Martin, 56, John O. Younce, 37, Timothy Younce, 35, Jason M...
Bear steals car
Posted on July 23, 2010Stephen Colbert was right: Bears are the lowest form of scum.
Merriam deaths ruled murder-suicide
Posted on July 23, 2010From Joe Lambe: The man and woman found dead in a Merriam apartment on Thursday died as a result of a murder and suicide, police said this afternoon. The man shot the woman and then himself, police said. Police were...
Where is Elaine Adcock?
Posted on July 23, 2010Kansas City police are publicizing the case of Elaine M. Adcock, a 70-year-old who hasn't been seen since Thursday morning. She was supposed to fly to another city for a family reunion, but never arrived. Adcock is 5 feet 2,...
N.Y. teen killed entire family, set home on fire, police say
Posted on July 23, 2010In Staten Island, police believe a 14-year-old boy killed his mother, slashed the throats of his younger sisters and slit his own throat before setting their apartment on fire. (A younger brother, age 2, would die later at the hospital.)...
'Darth Vader' robs N.Y. bank
Posted on July 23, 2010I guess we shouldn't be surprised. He cut off his own son's hand and slaughtered an entire room full of younglings. Robbing a Chase branch in Setauket, N.Y., is par for the course. I'm not sure why he was wearing...
Friday's Open Thread
Posted on July 23, 2010Welcome 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,...
Local lawyer accused of child porn
Posted on July 23, 2010From Joe Lambe: A partner in an Overland Park law firm is charged with attempting to entice a minor and with sending and receiving child pornography. Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Samuel P. Logan, 45, of Kansas City, in federal...
Alaskan cop Tasers bear
Posted on July 23, 2010He was trying to condition the bear so that it would stop coming around people's houses, the Anchorage Daily News reports. "Hopefully, he's associating electrification with getting into mischief in people's homes," Parker said.
Israeli-Palestinian man takes plea deal in rape-by-deception
Posted on July 23, 2010In Israel, a man has been sentenced to 18 months for a rape-by-deception case, after he allegedly had sex with an Israeli woman without telling her that he was of Palestinian descent and married. Otherwise, the sex was consensual, he...
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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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