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Man accidentally shoots himself while urinating in alley, IN police say
Posted on July 29, 2009Story is from South Bend. He must have had poor aim.
Dad hosted fight club for son, his pals in their living room
Posted on July 29, 2009Dad says he was doing the responsible thing. He decided to have the fight club in their living room after he learned Junior planned to have the fights in a nearby field. The kids wore protective gear, and he says...
Diamond-encrusted "Flintstones" amulet got man killed, SF cops say
Posted on July 29, 2009It was of Barney's kid, Bamm-Bamm -- which is another nickname for cocaine. More here from the Chronicle.
Missing MO boy had jumped on a train
Posted on July 29, 2009Amazing story from Polo, just northeast of the metro, where a 7-year-old boy -- who LOVES trains -- apparently climbed onto the coupling between train cars and rode more than 50 miles before he was able to climb off. Meanwhile,...
UPDATE: Flight crew duct-tapes disorderly passenger
Posted on July 29, 2009He's been convicted and could get 20 years. He really didn't like being tied up. From the Orange County Register: The crew duct-taped Cameron's legs and chest ? but he was able to get out of the restraints, prosecutors said....
Skinnydippers push guard into pool -- unaware he can't swim
Posted on July 29, 2009Story is from California. Luckily, a bystander rescued the security guard, but the skinny-dipping teens all escaped from the apartment building's pool. The police are now looking for them.
College student demanded nude photos from his cousin, police say
Posted on July 29, 2009Story is from Minnesota. The suspect allegedly stole his cousin's computer passwords and threatened to delete all of her files unless she sent him nude photos of herself. Amazingly, she agreed and sent him 20 of them, police report.
Ta-Da! Handcuffed suspect steals cop's car, police say
Posted on July 29, 2009Story is from North Carolina, where a DUI suspect managed to climb into the front seat of a police cruiser, get his hands -- which were handcuffed behind his back -- in front of him and drive away. He later...
NYPD upset over getting no COPS money
Posted on July 29, 2009Kansas City and other communities got millions from the COPS grants yesterday, but New York City got bupkiss from the program, which helps pay for police salaries. New York says it isn't fair because they've been doing a good job...
911 caller wasn't really upset over shooting woman, police say
Posted on July 29, 2009In North Carolina, a man reportedly called 911 to tell them that he had shot and killed a young woman who'd been staying at his house and wouldn't leave. He sounds pretty blase about the whole affair: From the News...
Killer steals baby from murdered woman's belly, MA police say
Posted on July 29, 2009There's still hope the baby, who was 8 months along, might still be alive with whoever killed his/her mom.
The Horse Buggerer
Posted on July 29, 2009A South Carolina man has allegedly been caught having sex with a horse, the second time he's been charged with that in the past three years, police say. His name is Rodell Vereen, age 50. (The horse's name is Sugar.)
Boy, 11, used toy gun to try and rob kids on scooters, OH cops say
Posted on July 29, 2009And even chased them down when they tried to run away. Dad, luckily, saved the day, police say.
Do we need another investigation of the VA Tech Massacre?
Posted on July 29, 2009A group of parents wants another investigation because the shooter's mental-health records have only recently been discovered -- at the home of the student health center's former director. The parents say they want to know why the school didn't do...
Obese cop gets reinstated -- and is immediately put on leave
Posted on July 29, 2009Chris Parent won a long legal battle to keep his job as a police officer in Bellevue, Neb., despite being obese. He was supposed to return to work on Monday. When he showed up, though, he was put on paid...
MO car thieves prefer to steal American
Posted on July 29, 2009I hummed Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." as I read this AP report: Apparently, car thieves in Missouri tend to steal Ford, Dodge and Pontiac vehicles more than other makes. About 20,000 cars were stolen in the state last...
MO man challenged nephew, 11, to drinking game, police say
Posted on July 29, 2009Which is how the Joplin boy died from alcohol poisoning, the authorities allege. They say the kid, the uncle and the uncle's girlfriend were drinking shots of Jim Beam. No word from the uncle or the girlfriend -- not clear...
Intoxicated woman was riding stolen horse, SC cops say
Posted on July 29, 2009When authorities located them, the horse was tied to a bench outside a convenience store, and the woman was trying to operate a payphone. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Porn star / aspiring politician arrested for domestic violence, FL cops say
Posted on July 29, 2009Stormy Daniels -- who's mulling a run against Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana -- was arrested in Florida after she allegedly smacked her husband during a fight over laundry and bills. Meanwhile, somebody blew up her political adviser's car in...
Teenage boys + forklift = $100K in vandalism
Posted on July 29, 2009At some point, they allegedly put a Dumpster on the roof of a school. The coup de grace was letting the forklift roll down a hill and into somebody's house, police say. Story is from Omaha.
KCPD names victim from East 29th homicide
Posted on July 29, 2009From KCPD: The victim has been positively identified as 34-year-old Tyrone L. Collins of KCMO. There are no suspects in custody and detectives ask anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816.474.8477.
Scott Roeder's letters to his son
Posted on July 28, 2009Judy Thomas has a piece this morning on Scott Roeder, the man charged with killing Dr. George Tiller, and the letters that Roeder wrote to his son. (Roeder's ex released the letters, with his son's permission.) A lot of the...
Man convicted of KC firefighters' deaths dies
Posted on July 28, 2009The convict was Earl D. "Skip" Sheppard, 49, who was doing a life term. He and four other people were convicted back in 1997 for an explosion that killed six Kansas City firefighters in 1988. Sheppard died at federal medical...
Deaf man Tasered for refusing to leave store bathroom, AL cops say
Posted on July 28, 2009He's both deaf and mentally disabled, something that officers didn't realize until after the fact. The Taser was used after a pepper-spraying failed. The police wanted to charge him, regardless, but a magistrate refused. The officers, however, are under investigation...
Dad threw girl off cliff to avoid child support, prosecutors allege
Posted on July 28, 2009Story is from California. The defense hasn't shared their full verion of events, but says Dad really did care about the girl and had even sought more time within her in the weeks before her death.
IL woman stabs 2 with pen after she loses child-custody case, police say
Posted on July 28, 2009The woman is from East St. Louis. She allegedly stabbed a woman she blamed for losing her case and a bailiff.
Intoxicated Iowans stole water for their water slide, police say
Posted on July 28, 2009They allegedly stole 1,500 gallons from a city hydrant.
FINALLY: New Taser can zap 3 people before reloading
Posted on July 28, 2009I'm still waiting on my fully automatic Taser with a 100-prong clip, but I understand that technology takes time.
St. Louis judge sues over his own red-light ticket
Posted on July 28, 2009He says the red-light cameras violate his constitutional rights ...
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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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