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Impasse at World Trade Center site escalating
Posted on July 07, 2009A private developer is threatening to go to an arbitrator unless he and the port authority can come to an agreement on how much each of them should pay for planned office towers to be built at the site. |Meredith...
No bologna: man arrested for 120th time
Posted on July 07, 2009Since 1987 this man has been arrested for everything from shoplifting to indecent exposure. This time he allegedly stole bologna from a convenience store. Hat Tip: Many Thanks blondie2hot7!
Tragic young death in KC homicide
Posted on July 07, 2009From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police today identified a 14-year-old found shot to death Sunday night at Linwood Boulevard and College Avenue as William L. Parker, of Kansas City, Kan. He was found about 9:20 p.m. on the sidewalk near...
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on July 07, 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. PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCEMENT: James is off this week, and Meredith Rodriguez will...
Man armed with box cutter steals toiletries
Posted on July 07, 2009Maybe he just needed these essentials. Police said James Hawkins, 48, was discovered stealing nine bathmats, five bath towels, three boxes of tissues, 19 rolls of toilet paper, one large laundry bag, six shoe shine cloths, a shower gel and...
Somehow I think his sick argument will not fly
Posted on July 07, 2009A 76-year-old "prophet" from Las Vegas sexually assaulted two girls in his small congregation. He said he can't be held responsible because anything that happened with the girls was "God's doing." Police believe there are other victims. Hat Tip: Many...
A new Kansas law allows prosecutors to take guns into court
Posted on July 07, 2009But Johnson, Wyandotte, and Shawnee County courts have already banned the guns anyway. Hat Tip: Many thanks Keith G in PV! |Meredith Rodriguez
Juvenile sex offenders' pasts might go public
Posted on July 07, 2009A Chicago Tribune story features Tim, a 19-year-old who sexually assaulted an 8-year-old as a juvenile. It talks about his abused past and how he hopes to change in the future. According to the story, most juvenile sex offenders who...
Woman drowned in shallow fish pond
Posted on July 07, 2009And it appears to be an accident. |Meredith Rodriguez
Mother and daughter plead guilty to stealing American Indian artifacts
Posted on July 07, 2009The women were caught when they tried to sell the artifacts to undercover investigators. Their sentence will come later. "I hope the message is that people will learn that we have sacred, stunning, rare unique artifacts on our public lands...
One more Fourth of July story
Posted on July 07, 2009Except this one is about why the fireworks did not go off. Ira Roberts' land dispute with the Raintree Lake Property Owners Association caused him to cancel an annual show at his community lake. But Lee's Summit officials approved the...
Man charged for trying to resolve a fistfight with a gun
Posted on July 07, 2009Brian Burnes: Authorities have charged a south Kansas City man with first degree assault following a shooting incident last month. James M. Toney was charged for allegedly shooting at two men June 23 in the 5700 block of East 96th...
Calls about water bills are a scam
Posted on July 07, 2009From Brian Burnes: Blue Springs police are warning residents about an apparent telephone scam. Police said Tuesday that they have received multiple reports from residents saying they have been called by individuals identifying themselves as representatives of the city?s water...
"The wages of sin is sweat"
Posted on July 07, 2009That's a line from a Houston Chronicle story about how inmates in Texas state prisons are forced to live through Texas summers without air conditioner. Out of 112, only 19 of them are air conditioned. The guards must also brave...
P.E. teacher jailed for running brothel
Posted on July 07, 2009From the BBC: During questioning, Tim Blake-Bowell claimed he had started the brothel in June 2006 in order to give his wife some financial independence and so she could work in a safe, controlled environment. He said she had had...
Hm...what could dampen the day's altruism?
Posted on July 07, 2009How about this story about a man in a wheelchair who was robbed while pulling out money for a beggar. |Meredith Rodriguez
Stolen wallet found 27 years later, only $20 missing
Posted on July 07, 2009From the Arizona Republic website: NEW YORK - Money doesn't grow on trees, but a tree-care supervisor in New York City's Central Park found an old wallet inside a dead one. The blue leather wallet had been stolen by a...
Even spy chiefs must learn the harsh realities of social networking
Posted on July 07, 2009The newly appointed U.K spy chief's wife posted family vacation photos, details on their children and the location of their London home on Facebook. A newspaper brought it to the government's attention before she took them down. Some think it...
Should breastfeeding while drinking be a crime?
Posted on July 07, 2009When police were called to a North Dakota woman's house on a domestic disturbance, they found her breastfeeding her 6-week-old in front of them--drunk. Stacey Anvarinia later pled guilty to child neglect. The initial arrest sparked the debate though. Since...
A malamute, a Dalmatian, three golden retrievers and an akita ...
Posted on July 07, 2009...were some of the purebred showdogs that died after being left in a hot van overnight in Arnold, Mo., according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Mary Wild, the hired handler who left them there after a dogshow in Iowa, was...
Juvenile convictions can apply to "three strikes" law
Posted on July 06, 2009Under the law passed in 1994, anyone convicted of a felony at age 18 or older who has committed at least two serious or violent felonies must serve between 25 years and life in prison. The California Supreme Court ruled...
McNair's death ruled a homicide
Posted on July 06, 2009Police did not go so far as to say if it was a murder-suicide by the former NFL quarterback's girlfriend, who was found dead by his side, the Associated Press reports. |Meredith Rodriguez
Maybe he was just getting into the night's festive spirit
Posted on July 06, 2009Shon Pernice, still a suspect in his wife's disappearance, was arrested in the middle of 4th of July night for "disturbing the peace," The Star's Christine Vendel reports. He was apparently yelling outside a man's house. This was the same...
You knew this would happen somewhere in the metro
Posted on July 06, 2009"Carless use of fireworks" caused a duplex fire Saturday in Kansas City, Kan., The Star's Jim Sullinger reports. |Meredith Rodriguez
Motorcyclist dies near Kearney
Posted on July 06, 2009The Lenexa man collided into another car. The Star's Jim Sullinger reports. |Meredith Rodriguez
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on July 06, 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. PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCEMENT: James is off this week, and Meredith Rodriguez will...
Only in Galveston
Posted on July 06, 2009The island was ravaged by Hurricane Ike, and now arsonists are torching its symbolic palm trees--30 since May. A tree trimming business owner, Greg West, is offering a $1,000 reward to catch the culprits, according to the Galveston County Daily...
Texas Father frustrated that son was physically dominant
Posted on July 06, 2009So he wraps a 20-foot chain around his 15-year-old's neck and sprays him with mace. |Meredith Rodriguez
Police academy graduate shows dedication and drive
Posted on July 06, 2009When he arrests a mugger minutes after graduation, according to the Associated Press. "Officer Firpo made us all proud," police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. "He's off to a great start." |Meredith Rodriguez
Grim reminder that recession is global
Posted on July 06, 2009A man in Spain, afraid of losing his job, hires a hit man to kill his boss. He was arrested last week. Sadly, the boss was killed in February. |Meredith Rodriguez
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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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