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Mom tries to save her daughter ... and fails
Posted on July 23, 2009Awful story from Georgia, where an elderly woman called police because she was worried about her suicidal daughter. After an officer arrived, the daughter came downstairs with a gun and pointed it at him. He opened fire, killing her ......
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on July 23, 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,...
KS thief forgets the first rule of holes
Posted on July 23, 2009Namely, when you're in a hole, stop digging. The Hutch News has a story from Reno County, where someone ignored the signs and drove behind the barricades of a bridge construction project. His truck got stuck. Because it was a...
Topeka resident shoots 2 home invaders
Posted on July 23, 2009They got a couple of blocks before arrested them and took them to the hospital, the Cap-Journal reports. A third suspect wasn't hit, but was later arrested. This is the second case in the last few days where a "victim"...
MO garbagemen used their jobs to steal dogs, police say
Posted on July 23, 2009Story is from Scott City. According to authorities, the men would spot dogs while making their rounds and come back later to steal them. Several pets have been recovered, but they're still looking for others.
Shooter says he fired in self-defense
Posted on July 23, 2009Christine interviewed Daniel Johnson, 88, who reportedly shot and killed his younger roommate, Marcus Yarbrough, on Tuesday night near 33rd and Jackson. Johnson said he was in a chair when Yarbrough jumped on him without explanation. ?He?d been drinking,? Johnson...
Woman ran secret dentist's office in her garage, cops allege
Posted on July 23, 2009The suspect's name is Rosa Maria Toledo, and she had hundreds of clients, police allege. Whenever I hear stories like this, it reminds of the old "Brian Fellow's Safari Planet" sketch on SNL: "Brian Fellow is not an accredited zoologist,...
He must be steamed
Posted on July 23, 2009Cecil Brooks of Topeka, who just got 18 years for drug distribution, sounds like a swell guy. From Dawn Bormann: (Cecil) Brooks became the focus of a joint investigation by several authorities in the fall of 2007 when it became...
Woman who had sex with teen is tired of being harassed for having sex with teen, police say
Posted on July 23, 2009An Oregon woman called police to complain about her neighbors, who were harassing her for having sex with a 13-year-old boy. The woman was arrested for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old boy. Hat Tip: Many thanks to our Great...
Dear Readers
Posted on July 23, 2009We're having a problem with the blog's software, so all of today's comments have temporarily disappeared. They're all still on the server -- I can see them when I go into the admin section. I've contacted our blogging service, Typepad,...
Hippies found sleeping on library's roof, Boulder police say
Posted on July 23, 2009And their little dogs, too!
Police: Man who kept kids in bathroom for 1 year says he's the victim
Posted on July 23, 2009In Dallas, authorities are investigating a horrific case of child abuse where three kids -- ages 6, 10 and 11 -- were allegedly kept in a motel bathroom for a year, maybe more. The children were emaciated. Mom's Boyfriend is...
Drunken driver parks on police HQ's lawn
Posted on July 23, 2009Points for knowing when to quit. Sadly, we have to take back those points for the where. Story is from Michigan.
KC woman stabbed boyfriend to death over debit card, jury says
Posted on July 23, 2009From Tony Rizzo: A Kansas City woman has been found guilty in the stabbing death of her boyfriend last year. A Jackson County jury deliberated for about two hours late Wednesday afternoon before finding Carrie A. Jackson guilty of killing...
A different kind of "disorderly conduct"
Posted on July 23, 2009In North Dakota, a college hockey player was arrested for disorderly conduct after he and a friend threw "so many objects from a residential garage that traffic had to be halted on a Grand Forks street." Snip: Police say alcohol...
Teen finds crack while buying Skittles
Posted on July 23, 2009It was at a CVS in Florida, and the kid says he found a bag of crack when he reached into the box for a bag of Skittles. (The 14-year-old says he knew it was crack because he watches "COPS.")...
Suspect hides from cops ... in shrubbery outside police HQ
Posted on July 23, 2009Story is from Wisconsin.
Shades of Bob Berdella?
Posted on July 23, 2009A Wisconsin man, Ed Lanphear, has been sentenced to 50 years after he abducted two men in their 20s back in July 2008 and kept them as prisoners in his home, where he beat and sexually assaulted them. One finally...
Barbie The Hitman
Posted on July 23, 2009The AP has a "fun" piece about the nicknames used by criminals in the Mexican drug cartels. "Barbie" is the name of one top hitman. Personally, I liked the guy named "Bunny Commander."
Autopsy says Drew Peterson's third wife was murdered
Posted on July 23, 2009Peterson, whose fourth wife is still missing, has already declared his innocence in the case of Kathleen Savio, his third wife. The new autopsy contradicts an earlier one that said Savio's death was an accident. Because of blunt trauma and...
KMBC interviews victim in incest case
Posted on July 23, 2009Peggy Breit at 9 has an interview here with Ashley Rinehart, whose father, Danial, allegedly impregnated her four times. Only one child survived, and Ashley, 19, says she desperately wants him back. (He's now living with a foster family.) It...
Concealed-carry amendment fails in Senate
Posted on July 23, 2009This is the legislation that would have forced states to recognize concealed-carry permits from other states. Supporters were trying to tie it to the defense bill, and though it failed, the amendment came within two votes of making it --...
Was Harvard prof's arrest a case of racial profiling?
Posted on July 23, 2009It's the story that won't die. Henry Louis Gates Jr., a professor at Harvard University, was arrested at his home this weekend. (If you ever watch PBS, you've probably seen Gates at one point or another.) There was a problem...
Hefty cop returns to work in Nebraska
Posted on July 23, 2009Christopher D. Parent -- a policeman in Bellevue, Neb. -- lost his job a few years ago because he reportedly failed to meet the department's physical fitness standard. (His 2005 license says he weighs 300 pounds and is 5 foot...
Parents blame girl, age 8, for her own sexual assault, AZ cops say
Posted on July 23, 2009Four boys -- ages ranging from 9 to 14 -- allegedly lured the girl into a shed with promises of gum, then held her down, Phoenix police say. She's been put into state custody, mostly because of her parents, who...
Sect leader gets 2 years for leaving corpse on toilet for 2 weeks
Posted on July 23, 2009He really thought she was going to come back to life, his attorney argued. Story is from Wisconsin.
KC man convicted of stabbing wife to death
Posted on July 23, 2009From WyCo DA: A Wyandotte County District Court jury this afternoon convicted Rickey Marks, Black Male, Kansas City, Missouri, DOB: 01-07-59, of First Degree Murder in connection with the October 11, 2008, stabbing death of his wife, Rozeta M. Marks,...
How are the French handling the recession?
Posted on July 23, 2009By kidnapping their bosses and threatening to blow up their places of employment.
UPDATE: Vehicle kills OP woman doing work in her yard
Posted on July 22, 2009Police have now determined that speed was NOT a factor in the crash. That's really all their press release says. I guess that narrows things down to -- what? Driver inattention?
Dead shark found lying in Miami street
Posted on July 22, 2009From AP: A City of Miami Crime Scene Investigator photographs a dead shark shark that was discovered in the middle of NW 5th Ave. in Miami late Tuesday evening, July 21, 2009 after two men tried to sell it to...
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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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