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15 years for KCK man who secretly taped women undressing
Posted on July 31, 2009Frankly, the undressing stuff is relatively tame compared to the other videos that were found on James E. Rincon's computer and in his home. Snip from Tony Rizzo's article: When investigators searched Rincon?s home, they also found homemade videotapes, including...
Do you recognize this man?
Posted on July 31, 2009From The Star: A man wearing a brown wig with blond highlights robbed the Liberty Bank and Trust, 4850 State Ave., about 4 p.m. Thursday, the FBI said. He was carrying a handgun, described by witnesses as a silver pistol....
Robber in gorilla suit gets hit with meat cleaver during holdup at hibachi restaurant
Posted on July 31, 2009Monkeyman still had the cleaver hanging out of him when he ran off. Story is from South Carolina.
UPDATE: Mom's BF made 3 kids live in motel bathroom, TX cops say
Posted on July 31, 2009What these children lived through is unimaginable.
Could this woman be Mother of The Year?
Posted on July 31, 2009A Tennessee mother is accused of loading up a Wal-Mart shopping cart with goods, then having her son push the cart to her car -- without her paying for it. When the security guards detained Junior, though, Mom took off...
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on July 31, 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 woman stabs guy after her crack pipe gets taken, police say
Posted on July 31, 2009She ended up stabbing a guy who DID not take her crack pipe, the authorities allege.
Bartender won't serve man, so he tries to burn her truck, VT cops say
Posted on July 31, 2009The bartender stopped him before anything caught fire, police say.
Judge lowers Shon Pernice's bond from $250K to $100K
Posted on July 31, 2009This regards the July Fourth incident where he's accused of threatening his neighbors. So he'll have to find $10K instead of $25K. The judge also placed some strict conditions on his release, if he does make bond.
AZ cops find 97 illegal immigrants in chilled trailer
Posted on July 31, 2009They were riding in a trailer carrying fruits and vegetables, so the temperature was only 34 degrees. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Searching!
Officer, I sprayed that man with gasoline in self-defense
Posted on July 31, 2009A likely story ...
Police chiefs accused of burgling home of celebrities' surrogate mom
Posted on July 31, 2009In Ohio, two police chiefs are accused of a scheme involving a surrogate mom working for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. One of them allegedly stole items from the woman's house, proving she was the surrogate for the stars....
Newlywed, 81, disappears in California
Posted on July 31, 2009Police are searching for Robert Harrod, who married his childhood sweetheart a few weeks ago. (They'd been apart for 59 years.)
Who killed Jeffrey Rogers?
Posted on July 31, 2009From Mark Wiebe: Gov. Mark Parkinson has offered a $5,000 reward to help solve a nearly 14-month-old murder case in Kansas City, Kan. The amount is the maximum allowed by a Kansas statute that gives the governor the authority to...
Driver hit lady in wheelchair, kept going, prosecutors say
Posted on July 31, 2009Gary G. Blackmon, 35, is accused of leaving the scene of an accident, driving with a revoked license and operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner. Jackson County prosecutors say he hit an elderly woman in a wheelchair...
Robber found napping in grass about 1 block from crime scene
Posted on July 31, 2009Story is from Utah. Criminals: Remember, your getaway is just as crucial, if not more so, than your actual criminal activity.
KCPD staffer accused of check forgery
Posted on July 31, 2009Melissa Wayne, who works in KCPD's accounting unit, is charged with one count of forgery, Jackson County prosecutors say. Wayne is accused of creating a duplicate check, identical to a real one that she got for tuition reimbursement. The fake...
Escaped steers cow Olathe residents, stay on the moooove
Posted on July 31, 2009Great piece here from Joe Lambe, and yet another reminder of the odd things that police get to handle on the job.
Dog sends innocent man to prison for 26 years
Posted on July 31, 2009John Preston and his scent-tracking dog were supposed to be "infallible." I guess "untrustworthy" might have been a better adjective. More here from Reason's Hit & Run blog. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Restaurant owner killed for enforcing "no smoking" law
Posted on July 31, 2009Story is from Turkey. The owner tried to tell some customers they couldn't smoke inside because of a new law. He was shot four times after taking away their cigarettes, Reuters reports.
Sex offenders want to keep living under Miami bridge
Posted on July 31, 2009We've written about this before: Because Miami-Dade has some of the strictest rules in the country on sex-offenders and where they can live, a group of RSOs has started their own tent city under a bridge. The state even grudgingly...
Some headlines just write themselves
Posted on July 31, 2009From the Leavenworth Times: Deputies arrest intoxicated man lying in ditch
Cops allegedly ran criminal background check on Obama
Posted on July 31, 2009Which could be counted as a misuse of government computers or an official invasion of privacy. The cops, who work for DeKalb County, Ga., were put on paid administrative leave while the matter is investigated.
The continuing saga of Uncle Ed
Posted on July 31, 2009Midtown Miscreant has an update on Muscare, the one-time local TV host who was busted for molestation back in the 1980s. And I found this older post from Kansas Watch about Muscare that's worth reading, too.
VIDEO: Mom literally drags kid through store, police say
Posted on July 31, 2009Story is from Alabama -- and is actually from a few months ago, but I hadn't seen it yet. The local paper says the kiddo was wearing a chest harness and had marks because of the dragging. Mom was arrested....
A not-so-brilliant disguise
Posted on July 31, 2009UK robber uses a pair of underwear as his mask. Snip: The crook burst into the BP garage on London Road in Clacton, Essex, with the elastic of the white pants pulled over his face and his eyes peering through...
Say, how did the Beer Summit go?
Posted on July 31, 2009It's sort of like "Lost In Translation," you know, at the end where Bill Murray whispers something very meaningful in Scarlett Johansson's ear, but the audience can't hear it. Same deal. The press was allowed to take pictures of the...
OP woman asphyxiated newborn baby, prosecutors charge
Posted on July 31, 2009Alice M. Zeorlin, 25, is facing a charge of first-degree murder from a May 31 incident at her parents' home in the 7200 block of Hemlock. Prosecutors say that Zeorlin lived with her parents, but didn't tell them about her...
Rapper gets 2 years for "Kill Me A Cop" song
Posted on July 31, 2009A rapper named T.O. wrote a rap song about killing two cops, which Florida authorities considered a threat against public officials. He pleaded no-contest and was sentenced to two years.
Report: Crash victims wait 75 minutes until police find them
Posted on July 31, 2009Though it doesn't sound like the police's fault. The wreck happened on 169 near Englewood, and the car had run off the road, where it was covered by brush, WDAF reports. A man inside crawled to the road so that...
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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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