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Woman lived with mom's skeleton

Posted on June 15, 2010
In Fort Myers, Florida, police found a 61-year-old woman living in "deplorable conditions" and, when they searched the home for her missing mother, eventually discovered the elderly lady's skeleton. It's not clear how the older woman died. It sounds more...

Pool worker groped in Overland Park

Posted on June 15, 2010
A 19-year-old working at a neighborhood pool was groped by a stranger about 9:20 Sunday morning, Overland Park police say. It happened somewhere south of 135th Street, Chief Douglass' blog reports. They're looking for a suspect: The suspect is described...

Guilty verdict in Mo. murder-for hire

Posted on June 15, 2010
In St. Louis, two men have been found guilty of a murder-for-hire from 1992, the Post-Dispatch reports. That's the year that Danny Coleman was beaten to death and set on fire so his wife, Karen Coleman, could benefit from his...

'Crazy Joe' arrested over 911 calls

Posted on June 15, 2010
"Crazy Joe" is his official alias, police tell the Gainesville Sun. When he couldn't find his Bud Ice this weekend, he allegedly called 911 to say that his friends had beaten and robbed him, police allege.

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Some headlines just write themselves

Posted on June 14, 2010
"Teenager Passes Out Marrying Cow He Had Sex With" Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

The library drop box is for books, not mayonnaise and corn syrup

Posted on June 14, 2010
A 74-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly throwing mayonnaise, ketchup, corn syrup and other substances into the Boise Public Library's drop box, police say. The incidents, which occurred several times in the space of a year, are believed to...

Guilty verdict in Devin Cassidy murder

Posted on June 14, 2010
A Kansas City man has been convicted of killing 24-year-old Devin Cassidy in Westport in September 2008. Last week, Brandon R. Smith was found guilty of second-degree murder and other charges in the death of Cassidy, who was found shot...

Man drives to KC police HQ to escape carjackers

Posted on June 14, 2010
From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police were looking for a gunman who followed a man from the Westport area early today to police headquarters in a failed attempt to steal his car. The 19-year-old man said he noticed a vehicle...

The irreconcilable difference? She hired a hitman to kill me

Posted on June 14, 2010
Right now, if a Californian tries to hire a hitman to kill their spouse, that person can still legally lay claim to their spouse's stuff during any divorce proceedings. The legislature is trying to fix that loophole.

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on June 14, 2010
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,...

Should parents be jailed for missing parent-teacher conferences?

Posted on June 14, 2010
In Detroit, the local prosecutor wants to throw parents in jail if they don't attend at least one parent-teacher conference per year, the Detroit News reports.

Where there's smoke ... there might be some marijuana

Posted on June 14, 2010
In Madison, Wis., police arrested three teenagers after marijuana smoke was seen "billowing" from their car, the Capital Times reports.

Meth dealer caught mid-snooze

Posted on June 14, 2010
From Joe Lambe: Sometimes you snooze, you lose ? just ask meth dealer Kevin Johnson. A federal judge in Kansas recently sentenced him to 20 years for drug trafficking after he was caught in Atchison sleeping in his car, which...

Not remotely crime-related

Posted on June 14, 2010
Boy uses model rocket to pull tooth

U.S. seeks WikiLeaks founder

Posted on June 14, 2010
The U.S. is trying to locate Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, a website that publishes secret documents provided by whistle-blowers, the Daily Beast reports. They're worried that he has diplomatic cables allegedly leaked by Bradley Manning, an Army specialist...

Man on drugs believed home was bed-and-breakfast, police say

Posted on June 14, 2010
In Higganum, Conn., a man who was apparently on drugs went into a stranger's house and went to lie down in the bedroom because he thought it was a bed and breakfast. The man's credit card was found lying on...

Man cut up stepdad's body, dumped limbs in river, police allege

Posted on June 14, 2010
In Yuba City, Calif., 39-year-old Michael Gold is accused of killing his stepdad and dumping his severed body parts in nearby rivers last November. News 10 has a full rundown on the case here, and it's a little wild: Gold...

Violent crime increases in hospitals, report says

Posted on June 14, 2010
This is according to the Joint Commission, an independent oversight group that studies the health-care industry, USA Today reports. There are a lot of reasons for the increase in violence. Regular hospitals are seeing more psychiatric patients because there are...

FBI to release files on Ted Kennedy

Posted on June 14, 2010
Later today, the FBI will release thousands of pages from its files on the late Ted Kennedy, and a lot of it will likely revolve around the death threats that Kennedy received. MSNBC has a story compiling information about previously...

Police: Man threw puppy at bikers

Posted on June 14, 2010
German man accused of mooning Hells Angels, throwing a puppy at them. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!

OP seeks car in weekend hit-and-run

Posted on June 14, 2010
Overland Park police are trying to find a driver who reportedly fled the scene of a pedestrian accident Saturday in a parking lot in the 6900 block of West 135th Street. They're looking for a light blue Ford Mustang coupe,...

Still no sign of missing Oregon boy

Posted on June 14, 2010
Oregon police are now treating the disappearance of Kyron Horman, a missing 7-year-old, as a criminal case, though the Multnomah County sheriff stopped short of calling it a kidnapping. The boy was last seen June 4 at his elementary school,...

Van der Sloot confession released

Posted on June 14, 2010
Peruvian police have released transcripts of Joran van der Sloot's confession, which his defense lawyer wants dismissed, CNN reports. The article has a couple of reasons why the victim, Stephany Flores, might have been killed, but it mostly boils down...

Cops called on Topeka karaoke singer

Posted on June 14, 2010
Police were called after a man set up an "amped-up karaoke machine" about 7:30 Sunday morning in the Regency Inn & Suites in Topeka and proceeded to wail away, the Cap-Journal writes. He had fled before officer arrived.

Topeka weighs ban on guns in public

Posted on June 14, 2010
The Topeka City Council is considering a ban on carry guns openly in public, the AP reports. The city used to have a rule like that, but they accidentally repealed it in 2007. If they do pass this measure, people...

Sounds like she got a bra deal

Posted on June 14, 2010
There was a minor kerfuffle in Miami last week when a female attorney wasn't allowed to see her client at a federal detention center because the attorney was wearing an underwire bra, which set off a metal detector. So she...

Obama prosecutes more officials for leaking to the media

Posted on June 14, 2010
The Obama administration is actively pursuing prosecutions against government officials who leak classified information to the media, more than recent presidents have, the New York Times reports. You probably remember the case from last week of an Army specialist accused...

Something awful happened at Wendy's

Posted on June 14, 2010
I've seen a lot of cases where an angry drive-thru customer has thrown their french fries back at the help, but it's a nice change of pace to see the workers throw stuff back.

28 DUI arrests at KC checkpoint

Posted on June 13, 2010
From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department, assisted by Jackson County Sheriff Deputies and Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on June 11, 2010 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at 3719 Independence Avenue. East and...

1 fatally shot at 73rd and Indiana

Posted on June 13, 2010
A 28-year-old man, Taron Smith, was shot and killed about 12:06 a.m. Saturday near 73rd and Indiana, police say. He was found inside a light-colored Chevy Blazer. The police ask anyone with information to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS...

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