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KCK police investigating suspicious death on North 40th
Posted on June 16, 2009From KCKPD: On Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at about 1435 hours, the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department responded to a residence in the 2400 Block of N. 40th Street on a report of a dead body. Upon arrival, officers found...
"It's kind of interesting, but it's kind of messed up"
Posted on June 16, 2009This is some of Joe's best work. I've highlighted the good parts: As Shawnee police put it, they see a lot of goofy stuff. Now they have to make sense of Monday reports about an armed traveling salesman, a drunken...
Iowan arrested for reckless driving on golf cart
Posted on June 15, 2009Police say their suspect, plus another man, rented golf carts and deliberately rammed them into each other, doing $3,000 in damage. Which sounds a lot more fun that regular golfing.
Lakers fans celebrate with property damage
Posted on June 15, 2009Wow. You hate to think what might have happened if they'd lost. From The AP: Los Angeles Lakers fans break the windshield and try to flip a police car while celebrating their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the...
Big Spender tries to pass fake $100s at McDonald's, AL cops say
Posted on June 15, 2009No, nothing suspicious here. (I get suspicious looks any time I try to use a $20 there, but what the heck.) Police say they found a stash of fake bills worth $16,000. The case is from Alabama.
A chilling factoid about the U.S. justice system
Posted on June 15, 2009Eagle-eyed reader Keith G. found this in a story about former Congressman William Jefferson's corruption trial: The jury will hear opening statements Tuesday. Frenkel said those statements can be critical, especially in a complicated case. He said a recent study...
Minnesota woman sues White Castle because they won't serve her motorized scooter at the drive-through
Posted on June 15, 2009The chain has a pretty firm rule: They only serve people in cars, trucks and other licensed motor vehicles. Hoverounds and other mobility scooters don't count. Which has made one woman "madder than fish grease." One night, she visited the...
Columbia might ban honking and screaming at bicyclists
Posted on June 15, 2009Their city council will consider an ordinance on Monday night. It'd make harassing bicyclists a Class A misdemeanor, with harassment defined as anything that puts a bicyclist in danger. Also banned under the ordinance? Honking at bicyclists or actions that...
Quote of the day
Posted on June 15, 2009"Once I knew I was going to jail, I decided to have some fun." - Philip Pennypacker, who allegedly led Florida authorities on a high-speed chase through two counties until he ran out of gas.
Mom's Boyfriend tied up toddlers so he could watch basketball, police say
Posted on June 15, 2009To be fair, it would've been awkward bringing two toddlers to a bar. Especially when they're bound and gagged. Snip from the Las Vegas Sun: Weaver reportedly told police he didn?t think leaving the children in the garage was a...
Convicted terrorist can sue former Justice lawyer
Posted on June 15, 2009Jose Padilla has the right to sue the government lawyer who wrote the memos that, Padilla alleges, led to him being tortured, a federal judge says. That lawyer is John Yoo, a former DOJ official who now teaches law at...
"Victim" grabs gun from teenage robber, shoots him, Detroit cops say
Posted on June 15, 2009This seems like a very "Detroit" thing -- I've seen a few cases like this one from Motor City, where the victim is just as likely to be the guy who pulls the trigger.
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on June 15, 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,...
Man robbed near 95th and Monrovia in Lenexa
Posted on June 15, 2009KMBC has the story here. The victim said he got a ride from two guys in a van about 10:30 last night when there was an argument and a knife was pulled. Police say they later caught two suspects.
19-year-old jumps into lake to avoid DUI stop, authorities say
Posted on June 15, 2009He only had two beers, but his mom thinks he was afraid of an underage drinking rap, KSHB reports. This all reportedly happened early Sunday in Miami County.
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on June 15, 2009UK tot flushes puppy down the toilet -- puppy miraculously survives. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Salina man killed before he could testify in other case
Posted on June 15, 2009The three defendants in that case were all in jail when the murder happened, though, the Journal notes.
The next gun controversy? Look to Montana
Posted on June 15, 2009Recently, Montana passed a law that said any guns made in Montana and sold there to owners who plan to keep them in-state would essentially be exempt from federal laws -- background checks, licensing, etc. A handful of other states...
Dena Riley pleads guilty to federal kidnapping charge
Posted on June 15, 2009Riley admits that she and codefendant Richard Davis kidnapped a 5-year-old girl, one of his relatives, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch reports. They told the little girl they were going to McDonald's, but drove to Missouri and sexually assaulted her. Riley...
The feds blink over Real ID
Posted on June 15, 2009Remember Real ID? It was a federal plan to create national standards for driver's licenses and birth certificates. Most states hated it, citing the cost of implementation. Privacy advocates weren't thrilled either -- they said it would essentially create a...
KCPD working an Operation 100 in Old Northeast
Posted on June 15, 2009From Sara Shepherd: Police are on the scene of a standoff in the Northeast area of Kansas City. A person with a weapon was reportedly refusing to come out of a building in the 600 block of Indiana Avenue, police...
Thomas Glisson, Alleged Ambulance Thief
Posted on June 15, 2009He's the gentleman accused of liberating an ambulance at Research Med this weekend, KCPD says.
Man tried to sexually assault teen in Borders bathroom, OP cops say
Posted on June 15, 2009This is the vilest thing you're going to read today. Hat Tip: Saw this via the Plog!
Convict sells "rape cards" from behind bars
Posted on June 15, 2009Meet Arohn Kee, a serial killer and rapist from New York, is selling something called "rape cards" -- 3x5 cards with hand-written accounts of his attacks -- on a Web site that specializes in murderabilia. (Price is $19.63.) The New...
Fetch me the world's tiniest violin!
Posted on June 15, 2009Richard Poplawski -- who's accused of murdering three Pittsburgh police officers back in April -- is complaining about jail conditions. Snip from the Post-Gazette: Since his incarceration, he said, "I have been denied a viable psychiatric treatment plan, I have...
Hunting for lone wolves
Posted on June 15, 2009I had a post about lone wolves this weekend -- the guys who operate on their own when committing acts of violence like the Tiller homicide or the Little Rock recruiting-center shooting. The Wall Street Journal has a report this...
UPDATE: Judge orders MN teen to get chemo
Posted on June 15, 2009Friends say that Daniel Hauser, who actually fled Minnesota because he wanted to avoid the court-ordered treatment, is doing better now. The tumor has shrunk a great deal. Hauser continued to get alternative treatment from his mom even as he...
OK man raped, sodomize girl -- gets 1 year in plea deal
Posted on June 15, 2009Technically, the sentence was 20 years, but the judge suspended 19 of them. The defendant also got credit for the nine months that he served since being arrested. So there are a lot of people howling for the judge and...
15-year-old girl stabs romantic rival in the chest, WA police say
Posted on June 15, 2009The victim here is 13 years old. She's expected to survive. I just have a hard time believing kids that young could get so worked up over a boy.
How's Howe doing?
Posted on June 15, 2009Joe Lambe has a piece here about Johnson County DA Steve Howe and his first few months in office. The takeaway? Things are a lot quieter now.
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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...
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