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By James Hart
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It's easier to predict weather than crime rates
Posted on August 03, 2009The New York Times makes a great point in this article: Despite all of the studies, research and predictions of doom, we have almost NO IDEA what causes crime rates to go up or down. Notably, crime is down in...
"They said they were going to bring money, but they came with bats"
Posted on August 03, 2009After their relatives were kidnapped and held for ransom, a group of 19 people reportedly appeared at a Connecticut strip mall where the hostages would be swapped for money. Only the relatives, armed with baseball bats, reportedly beat the snot...
Women use Krazy Glue on philanderer's special gift, WI police say
Posted on August 03, 2009Three women are accused of tying up a married Wisconsin man who'd allegedly been having affairs with all of them, police say. (His wife was there, too, but she hasn't been charged yet, the authorities say.) The man was reportedly...
Are we headed for another bloody August?
Posted on August 03, 2009Last year, Kansas City recorded 21 homicides in August -- the deadliest month that either The Star or KCPD could find in the last 20 years. In one stretch, homicide detectives responded to 10 cases in the space of eight...
Veteran shoplifter, age 86, arrested 61st time
Posted on August 03, 2009What did she allegedly get caught stealing? Anti-wrinkle cream, among other items. Story is from Chicago.
Bonnie and Clyde slept here (and got into a shootout)
Posted on August 03, 2009The Joplin Globe has a piece here about Bonnie and Clyde's two-week stay in Joplin, which ended with a bloody shootout that left two police officers dead. Their one-time apartment has been restored and added to the National Register of...
VA man helps geese cross road, gets ticketed
Posted on August 03, 2009For jaywalking, which he plans to fight in traffic court. The man reportedly stopped traffic on a highway with four lanes, then shooed the Canada geese along. The police say he should've pulled over, then called police to help. Virginia...
Rowan Ford's stepdad fights death-penalty option
Posted on August 03, 2009Ford, a 9-year-old girl, was kidnapped from her home near Stella, Mo., back in November 2007. She was reportedly raped in one county, then murdered in another. After a weeklong search, her body was found in a sinkhole in McDonald...
Testimony continues in Lawrence beating trial
Posted on August 03, 2009This is the case of Matthew Jaeger, a former KU student who's accused of severely beating his ex-girlfriend after he found her with another guy. Jaeger, who knows jiu-jitsu, says he was worried about his girlfriend's safety. Police say they...
Should Gitmo inmates be housed in Leavenworth?
Posted on August 03, 2009Kansas' Congressional delegation has repeatedly and forcefully spoken against moving Gitmo detainees to Leavenworth, but the AP reports the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks is one of two finalists for housing the Gitmo inmates. It would reportedly cost about $100 million to...
"Animal CSI" helps stop dogfighting
Posted on August 03, 2009Sara Shepherd has a good story this morning about forensic veterinarians and how they help build cases against dogfighting operations. She deals a lot with the big July 8 raid, which encompassed eight cases, 26 suspects and 500 dogs. The...
2 stabbed during Blue Springs home invasion early Sunday
Posted on August 03, 2009From Mike Mansur: Just before 5 a.m., police were dispatched to the 300 block of Northeast Highland Lane. They found a 24-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man who had been assaulted with a knife. They were transported for emergency treatment...
Grandview investigates 3 home-invasion attempts
Posted on August 03, 2009KSHB has more details. All of the attempts happened between 1:30 and 2 a.m., but it's not clear if they got anything -- the bad guys apparently ran off whenever the homeowners screamed at them.
3 hurt in shooting at Club Oasis
Posted on August 03, 2009I guess you could say we were about due. I just ran Club Oasis through our internal library, and it seems like every other year, the police get called because somebody got shot while they were at the club or...
Woman used ashtray to KO her ex-boyfriend, then stole his dog, FL cops say
Posted on August 03, 2009The only way this story could have been more "Florida" is if the weapon was a decade-old, petrified Moon Pie.
KCPD releases names of other homicide victims
Posted on August 03, 2009From KCPD: The man who was killed at 31st and Elmwood has been identified as Ricky L. Jones, black/male, 11/17/1987, of Kansas City. From KCPD: The man who was killed at St. John and Denver has been identified as Donald...
KCPD names homicide victim from 3200 block of East 29th
Posted on August 03, 2009From KCPD: The victim has been identified as Laron Johnson, black/male, 11/16/1991, of Kansas City, MO. (This homicide was reported about 1 this morning.)
VT man digs up dead dad's remains, brings him home, cops say
Posted on August 03, 2009The good news: Dad had already been cremated. Police say the man was simply lonely.
OP plans DUI saturation patrol for Friday
Posted on August 03, 2009From OP Police: The Overland Park, Kansas Police Department is conducting a DUI Saturation Patrol on August 7, 2009. It is the police department?s goal to reduce alcohol related auto accidents and discourage impaired driving within its community. The DUI...
Police solve young lovers' murders after almost 30 years
Posted on August 01, 2009Amazing story from Wisconsin ...
The feds tell Sheriff Joe to leave illegal immigrants alone
Posted on August 01, 2009Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., has been told by the federal government to stop arresting illegal immigrants willy-nilly if their only crime is being in the country illegally. Sheriff Joe is less than thrilled by the new regulations:...
Aim4Peace gets a lifeline
Posted on August 01, 2009The Pitch's Plog notes that Aim4Peace, an anti-violence group that tries to prevent murders, will receive a $300K grant, giving the organization another six months' worth of operating funds. The group had lost most of its funding during this year's...
Alabama lady hid 1 pound of meth in her bra, cops say
Posted on August 01, 2009You'd think that would cause back problems after a while.
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on August 01, 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,...
Wichita teen checks to see if gun is loaded
Posted on August 01, 2009It was. Sadly, he found out the hard way -- by pulling the trigger and shooting himself in the leg.
Bank teller chases down robber, loses his job
Posted on August 01, 2009This time, it happened in Seattle.
KCPD working 2 early-morning homicides
Posted on August 01, 2009From Laura Bauer: The first occurred at 31st Street and Elmwood Avenue just after 1:30 a.m. Police received a call about a shooting and a short time later two people with gunshot wounds showed up at an area hospital, a...
Murder victim used last moments to call her daughter
Posted on July 31, 2009Near Pittsburgh, police are investigating the murder of Amy Kucsmas, a recovering drug addict who had relapsed and then disappeared. Her body was found rolled in a carpet in a park in Wilkinsburg, Pa., and police ID'd her remains using...
Truck driver was using 2 phones when he wrecked, NY cops say
Posted on July 31, 2009From AP: Sgt. Kevin Locicero, left, and Capt. Bruce Elliot, of the Niagra County Sheriff's Department, examine a flatbed towing truck that drove into a swimming pool in Lockport, N.Y. on Thursday, July 30, 2009. Police said that the Buffalo-area...
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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?
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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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