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Comprehensive crime news information, crime prevention tips and crime analysis about the Kansas City area.
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Posted on June 09, 2009Man in women's swimsuit accused of harassing girls. In his defense, it was a one-piece. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
The only thing sweeter than chasing down the guy who stole your car?
Posted on June 09, 2009Getting to beat him with a baseball bat.
TX girl, 10, arrested and charged for fighting with her sister
Posted on June 09, 2009Unbelievable ...
Operation 100 ends in Shawnee after the suspect apparently kills himself
Posted on June 09, 2009They found the body in an upstairs bedroom a little after 10.
KCPD names homicide victim from 26th and Jackson
Posted on June 09, 2009From KCPD: The homicide victim has been positively identified as 16-year-old Raheem C. Marchbanks of KCMO. There are no suspects in custody and detectives ask anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.
FBI has a new special-agent-in-charge in Kansas City
Posted on June 09, 2009His name is Brian Truchon, and you can read more about him here.
KS paroles arsonist whose fire killed Lawrence firefighter in 1986
Posted on June 09, 2009David Winebrenner was released Monday. His victim, Mark Blair, was the first Lawrence firefighter to die in the department's history. Snip from the Journal-World: Winebrenner, 21 at the time, set fire to his parents? home while they were sleeping inside...
OP police seeking federal grant to buy hybrid vehicles
Posted on June 09, 2009OP already got approved for a $267K grant earlier to buy 15 hybrid vehicles and is now seeking another $65K to buy three more. (The vehicles won't be used for patrol work -- more than likely, it'll be detectives and...
The best headline ever
Posted on June 09, 2009"Allegedly lured by tacos, man shot in buttocks by pellet gun" Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Craigslist rapist apparently commits suicide in Wichita jail
Posted on June 09, 2009David Lee Gage was found dead Monday. He was convicted last month of lining up "dates" with women who advertised on Craigslist. When they met, though, he pretended to be a law-enforcement officer and threatened to arrest them unless they...
Robber's imaginary gun is less intimidating than clerk's real gun
Posted on June 09, 2009Story is from Virginia, where a crook put a towel over his finger and tried to pretend that it was a gun. Did NOT work. From NewsVirginian.com: Brubaker approached a Ladd employee June 6, 2008, with a towel over his...
Man buried his dead cat in the neighbor's tomato garden, PA police say
Posted on June 09, 2009Leading to this gem of a quote: ''All I did was turn the soil over maybe 10 inches, and there were paws sticking out,'' she said. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
Tiller family decides to close clinic -- are they making the right decision?
Posted on June 09, 2009Announcement from the family here. Are they essentially giving the killer what he wanted in the first place? Are they making a reasonable decision, based on the loss they suffered and potential danger they could still face? Hat Tip: Many...
Should FBI recruit informants to monitor -- spy on -- U.S. mosques?
Posted on June 09, 2009Robert Mueller, the FBI's director, is defending the bureau's practice of recruiting Muslim informants to keep an eye on mosques and Islamic centers in the United States. Several Muslim groups are upset about the policy, though prosecutors say it's a...
Where is Cortez King?
Posted on June 09, 2009King is a 5-month-old baby who was stolen from his 16-year-old mother on Saturday in Madison, Ill. The chief suspect is a 17-year-old from New York, who was staying in their house. Both the girl, Danielle Medina, and the BF...
$15K reward offered in Mario Lugo homicide
Posted on June 09, 2009From Crime Stoppers: On August 12, 2007, just before 3:00AM, Kansas City, Missouri Police responded to 18th and Baltimore on a shooting. Upon arrival police discovered 19 year-old Mario Lugo suffering from a gunshot wound in the back seat of...
Former MO governor ticketed in auto accident
Posted on June 09, 2009It's nothing too serious. Matt Blunt's SUV collided with a guy on a scooter Monday in Springfield. Blunt got a ticket for failing to yield the right of way. And the scooter rider's injuries weren't severe.
LAPD detective accused of murder from 23 years ago
Posted on June 08, 2009The suspect, Stephanie Lazarus, is accused of murdering a woman who had married Lazarus' ex-boyfriend. The Los Angeles Times has a pretty interesting article about how she was arrested. Lazarus was on the force at the time of the killing,...
Colorado couple gardens in thongs, pasties -- is that a nuisance?
Posted on June 08, 2009Only she wore the pasties. The police were called, but since everybody's genitalia were covered, there was nothing the officers could do. The couple's landlord, though, has a "nuisance clause" in the lease. He's threatened to evict them if they...
OR woman accused of faking pregnancy, killing pregnant woman to steal her unborn child
Posted on June 08, 2009The suspect is named Korena Roberts, and she's 28 years old. The dead woman, Heather Snively, was found dead in a house's crawl space.
5 U.S. contractors arrested in Iraq in murder of other American
Posted on June 08, 2009The five contractors work for a firm called Corporate Training Unlimited, founded by a former Delta Force member. They're being tied to the murder of another U.S. contractor, construction company owner James Kitterman, inside the Green Zone. The case is...
Tow-truck driver gets 1 year for loading police cruiser on his truck
Posted on June 08, 2009The story is from Oregon. The driver tried a couple of different stories. He said he did it as a joke and planned to take a photo to show a friend. He also claimed that exhaust from his tailpipe obscured...
Appeals court upholds Klansman's conviction in 1964 kidnapping
Posted on June 08, 2009James Ford Seale was convicted in 2007 of abducting two black teenagers, Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee, in 1964 in Mississippi. The two teens later ended up murdered. Though Seale was convicted, a panel from a federal appeals...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on June 08, 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,...
Cass County releases "Click It or Ticket" results
Posted on June 08, 2009From the sheriff's office: The Cass County Sheriff?s Office participated in the national Click It or Ticket mobilization conducted May 18-31. During the enforcement effort, officers issued a total of 36 traffic tickets including: 31 speeding tickets and 5 other...
A quick warning for anybody who takes the Heart of America Bridge ...
Posted on June 08, 2009From KCPD: Police are working a serious accident in the northbound lanes of the Heart of America bridge. At about 204 pm, a motorcycle was travelling northbound on the Heart of America Bridge when the driver looked down and he...
Do you know this man?
Posted on June 08, 2009From OPPD: Mario Ladale McIntosh, B/M, 5? 9?, 250 lbs., with black hair and brown eyes is wanted for Identity Theft and possession of property that did not belong to him. A warrant has been issued by the Johnson County...
Georgia boy, 6, shot and killed by grandpa for dropping a watermelon, police say
Posted on June 08, 2009Just awful ...
Common sense wins rare legal victory
Posted on June 08, 2009This is great news from the Supreme Court. The justices have ruled that, if a judge receives big campaign donations from a party in a lawsuit, the judge can't rule in that case. This all stems from a story out...
1 woman shot in the head during Fairway attack
Posted on June 08, 2009From The Star: Fairway police are searching for a man driving a sports utility vehicle after a shooting this morning left one person critically wounded. Police arrived at the scene of the shooting in the 6200 block of Glenfield Drive...
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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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