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UPDATE: Colorado cop pointed gun to make McDonald's staff hurry up, police say

Posted on July 21, 2009
Allegedly happened in May, but he's just been charged.

MO motorist made 3 boys ride in car's trunk, police say

Posted on July 21, 2009
Story is from Camden County, though the parties charged are from Lebanon, Mo. The car already had five people riding in the front, plus a dog. And the boys had just been picked up from swimming.

TV reporter kidnapped and forced into 4-hour road trip

Posted on July 21, 2009
The carjacker wanted a ride from Dallas to Beaumont, about 87 miles, so he could see his baby mama.

IA teen accused of body-slamming cop, zapping officer with his own Taser

Posted on July 21, 2009
The 18-year-old says he didn't do it. The officer says he eventually had to pull his gun on the kid to get him to stop.

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Canadian driver was speeding while watching porno DVD, cops say

Posted on July 21, 2009
But he DID beat the Breathalyzer!

Open Thread ... Tuesday

Posted on July 21, 2009
Welcome 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,...

German artist investigated for Nazi lawn gnomes

Posted on July 21, 2009
Pretty much anything Nazi-related is illegal in Germany, so the authorities were chagrined to find these little garden gnomes giving the Hitler salute. The artist might be off the hook, though, if he can prove he was intending to mock...

That is a lovely tattoo on your face

Posted on July 21, 2009
Some suspects just want to make it easy for the police to find them, it seems. BTW, this gentleman's alias is Crazy Cracker.

Man carrying gasoline bursts into flames after getting Tasered

Posted on July 21, 2009
Australian police, though, say it's just as likely that the man's lighter caused the fire. He had apparently been sniffing gasoline, his sister said. Hat Tip: Many thanks, D-Man!

Man threatened to kill MO salespeople and their families, police say

Posted on July 21, 2009
You know those companies that call up and warn you about your car's warranty expiring, so that you'll buy one of their "extended warranties"? Well, an Ohio man got so sick of them that he called up a St. Louis...

Creator of Traffic Barrel Monster sentenced

Posted on July 21, 2009
He received 50 hours of community service.

Like something from a movie

Posted on July 21, 2009
In Maryland, a bank robber is getting 18 years after he kidnapped a bank manager and her two children. He then forced the manager to get him $169K while he held one of the kids hostage, authorities say.

Is childhood obesity a form of child abuse?

Posted on July 21, 2009
USA Today asks that exact question here, citing the recent case where the mother of a 555-pound teenager was charged with child neglect. There have been a handful of similar cases in other states. Though they haven't led to prison...

Students paid $32 to have classmate beaten up, TN police say

Posted on July 21, 2009
He would like $3 million, please.

Homicide conviction overturned because of juror's deafness

Posted on July 21, 2009
The case itself involved a murder from Ohio. One of the jurors was a partially deaf woman who read lips and, when a 911 tape was played, read along as a court reporter transcribed the recording. An appeals court, though,...

ESPN reporter secretly videotaped nude, uploaded to Internet

Posted on July 21, 2009
A lawyer for Erin Andrews says she intends to seek criminal charges over the video, which was apparently taken without her knowledge in a hotel room. You probably don't want to go looking for this video, because a lot of...

Civil suit accuses Steelers QB of sexual assault

Posted on July 21, 2009
From The AP: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit, his lawyer said, denying the claim. The lawsuit was filed Friday in Washoe County District Court accusing Roethlisberger of assaulting a woman...

DC mom let girls, 3 and 4, smoke weed, witness says

Posted on July 21, 2009
That mom is accused of killing those girls, plus two other siblings, so I had a hard time getting worked up over the pot-smoking.

Should online poker be legalized?

Posted on July 21, 2009
The Poker Players Alliance -- funded by an industry group based in Canada -- is making a big push to get the U.S. government to reconsider its ban. They say that technology can keep young people from getting into these...

Muslim woman to be flogged for drinking beer, Malaysian court decides

Posted on July 21, 2009
A beer. In a nightclub.

Alabama cops catch illegal immigrant who's been deported 28 times

Posted on July 21, 2009
It might be a while before he gets to No. 29 -- he's facing charges for giving a false name to police when he got pulled over. Seriously, though -- 28 times? And he still comes back? That's a triumph...

OK musician arrested for trampling U.S. flag during show

Posted on July 21, 2009
That's still on the books as a felony in Oklahoma, though the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that such acts are protected under the First Amendment. The Oklahoma authorities still think they can get the guy on a state misdemeanor...

Murder suspect has Merle Haggard song title tattooed on neck, OK cops say

Posted on July 21, 2009
It reads "Mama Tried" -- the one about the guy serving a life term, even though his mama tried to teach him better.

Are Section 8 housing, KC violence linked?

Posted on July 21, 2009
Another local blogger, Toellner Tells It, argues the point here.

Does KC need another crime hotline?

Posted on July 21, 2009
From Mike Mansur: With homicides spiking in Kansas City, Jackson County officials say they want to help. A new public information campaign is placing orange and black yard signs around the city saying ?Take Back Our City.? People with information...

Man in his underwear offered Ark. teen $20 to go to Missouri

Posted on July 21, 2009
Arkansas authorities have dismissed charges against the suspect, a man who is mentally ill and is now a ward of the state.

Man robbed Iowa City bank -- used loot to pay off bond at county jail, police say

Posted on July 21, 2009
He and his accomplices also dropped some money at Hat World, the police say.

UPDATE: MO town requires prescription to get Sudafed, other cold medicines

Posted on July 21, 2009
About a week ago, we wrote about Washington, Mo., which passed an ordinance requiring a doctor's prescription if anyone wanted to buy medicine containing pseudoephedrine, which is a key meth ingredient. Unfortunately, it's also a common ingredient in some very...

Monkey accused of burglarizing TX garden store

Posted on July 21, 2009
Text available here!

Feds knew cellphones caused wrecks -- but didn't warn public, NYT reports

Posted on July 21, 2009
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had a trove of research showing that cellphone use was causing wrecks, but sat on the results because they didn't want to upset Congress, the New York Times reports. Snip: The former head of...

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