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FBI plans to go national with "Bandit Tracker"
Posted on July 28, 2009In four states -- Texas, Illinois, Indiana and Arkansas -- the FBI has created a series of sites that track bank robbers, complete with photos and nicknames of the culprits. They've been extremely popular, and the bureau plans to take...
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on July 28, 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,...
Billionaire suspect wants to go to jail with A/C
Posted on July 28, 2009Allen Stanford, who's accused of cheating his customers out of $7 billion, also says he's icked out by his new roomies: Stanford says he?s being held in a cell with eight to 10 other men, at times in total darkness....
More about Jeffrey Sauerbry
Posted on July 28, 2009Sauerbry has been indicted in the 1998 death of William Kellett, who was found stabbed to death in an RV-style trailer on an Independence used-car lot. Why and how Sauerbry was charged now isn't publicly known yet -- prosecutors say...
Man inhales 28 cans of whipped cream at Wal-Mart, FL cops allege
Posted on July 28, 2009The authorities say he was more interested in the nitrous oxide than any of the whipped cream. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Is this woman the Bikini Bandit?
Posted on July 28, 2009From AP: A photo released by the Southaven Police Dept. shows Morgan Haley, 24. Southaven, Miss., Police Chief Tom Long said a woman was carjacked Thursday, July 27, 2009 by the bikini-clad Haley, who, he said, later tried to rob...
Snakes escape man's pockets, causing him to wreck SUV, CT police say
Posted on July 28, 2009Not just wreck the SUV -- he rolled it. Animal Control was called for the snakes, which were never seen again.
Sykes talks about unsolved murders with U.S. Attorney General
Posted on July 28, 2009From David Goldstein: Kansas City civil rights activist Alvin Sykes met with Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday as part of his campaign on behalf of unsolved murders. The meeting grew out of Sykes? long fight for the creation of...
Parkville man guilty of child porn
Posted on July 28, 2009From Platte County prosecutors: A Parkville man faces up to 71 years in prison after being found guilty of using his home computer to view child pornography and to share obscene material depicting children engaged in sexual conduct. David D....
Mom won't let teen drink booze -- he bites her fingers, chokes her, police say
Posted on July 28, 2009Story is from Wisconsin.
Independence plans DUI checkpoint, saturation patrol on Friday
Posted on July 28, 2009From Independence PD: The Independence Police Traffic Safety Unit will conduct a sobriety checkpoint and DWI saturation patrol on Friday July 31, 2009. The purpose of this operation is to identify and arrest drunk drivers before they injure someone or...
KCK investigating suspicious death in 1200 block of Central
Posted on July 28, 2009From KCK PD: On Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at about 1038 hours the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department responded to 1215 Central Avenue on a reported nature unknown. Upon arrival, officers found a white female in her late forties dead...
MO boy, 11, dies from alcohol poisoning in Joplin
Posted on July 28, 2009Family says he'd been staying the night at his uncle's house and allegedly got into the whiskey overnight.
Guilty plea in 2007 shootout with police
Posted on July 28, 2009From Tony Rizzo: A Kansas City man wounded in a 2007 shootout that critically injured a police officer pleaded guilty this morning to a federal firearm charge. Kyle A. Gardenhire pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Kansas City to...
A robber repents
Posted on July 28, 2009An Illinois teenager robs a Dunkin' Donuts so he can go see his dad, who's in prison, but then returns the money because he feels so guilty.
Girl, 4, accidentally eats Skittles mixed with Oxycontin
Posted on July 28, 2009Good news: She's going to be OK. Better news: They avoided infringing on my Skittlecrack copyright. Hat Tip: Many thanks, annoyed!
KCPD gets $8.36 million in federal stimulus -- enough for 50 cops
Posted on July 28, 2009The feds set aside $1 billion for the COPS program, which helps pay salaries of local cops. Missouri got $20 million, and only St. Louis Metro PD got more cash than Kansas City -- about $8.67 million. Independence got enough...
Sure, he tried to blow me up, but I still love him ...
Posted on July 28, 2009Ye gods ... A Belleville man has just gotten 10 years for tying up his wife, then trying to blow up their house. Only it turned into a veritable Wile E. Coyote situation -- the wife escaped with their sleeping...
The first witness testifies against Roeder
Posted on July 28, 2009It's the other usher who was serving with George Tiller when Tiller was murdered inside his church a few months ago. The usher saw the shooting happen and can put Roeder on the scene. Roeder's been pretty cagey in interviews...
7 men arrested in NC terror plot
Posted on July 28, 2009What's different here is that all but one of the suspects is an American citizen -- can't remember ever hearing of an alleged terrorist named Danny Boyd. (The seventh is a Kosovo native in the country legally.) The News &...
OP cops hunt for stolen goods on Craigslist, Ebay
Posted on July 28, 2009Fox 4 has a good feature here about Overland Park police and how they're spending a lot more time combing Craigslist, Ebay and other sites so they can track down stolen goods. Criminals love the sites, too, because it's easier...
Wife pours scalding water on sleeping husband's crotch, NY police say
Posted on July 28, 2009Because he'd allegedly been cheating on her. ("She wanted to shut down that possibility forever ...") His burns, which extend from his knees to his belly, are second- and third-degree caliber. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Woman, 89, brings hand grenade to MO city hall
Posted on July 28, 2009Which forced authorities to shut down Maplewood City Hall and call the bomb squad. The elderly woman says the grenade belonged to her husband, a World War II veteran, and she didn't know what to do with it.
Bear simply refuses to die
Posted on July 28, 2009Colorado authorities say it took 10 shots -- three shotgun blasts, five bullets from a handgun and two via a rifle -- to kill a bear that had broken into a family's home. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in...
AMBER ALERT: Poplar Bluff kids might be with Dad
Posted on July 28, 2009Police are looking for two Poplar Bluff children, Crystal and Edgar Langley Jr., who were allegedly taken by their father, Edgar Langley. Crystal is 6, little Edgar is 5. Authorities are concerned because their dad allegedly made a threat against...
Did spilled beer get a man killed?
Posted on July 28, 2009The Philly Daily News has a piece about David Sale Jr., a man who was beaten to death outside Citizens Bank Park over the weekend. Sale and some friends had gone to a bar at the park for a bachelor...
5th suspect arrested in last week's Northland home invasion, rape
Posted on July 28, 2009That's according to 5.
KCTV reports on police protection at chief's house
Posted on July 28, 2009TV-5 had a big piece last night about police officers protecting the chief's house while he was at a conference in Australia. The staffing was apparently ordered by the department's second-in-command, without the chief's knowledge, a department spokesman told KCTV...
Trial starting for ex-KU student accused of brutal beating
Posted on July 27, 2009The case goes back to October 2007, when Matthew Jaeger allegedly beat up his girlfriend after he reportedly found her with another man. Authorities accuse Jaeger, who was trained in jiu-jitsu, of assaulting her so badly that she was hospitalized...
TX mom says Satan told her to behead 3-week-old baby
Posted on July 27, 2009The woman also suffered self-inflicted stab wounds to her chest and stomach, Dallas police said. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
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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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