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Today's Workplace Harmony Tip

Posted on May 28, 2009
Just because a coworker says "bite me," you probably should not. It could end in criminal charges.

If you fill those buckets, I'll fill you full of lead

Posted on May 28, 2009
South Dakota man accused of pulling a gun on a man filling water buckets from his neighbor's tap. As it happens, the malefactor here was the neighbor's brother-in-law.

Internet helps save a woman's life

Posted on May 28, 2009
Don't worry -- the Internet will be back to helping people get raped, murdered and robbed tomorrow.

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on May 28, 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,...

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FBI, KS sheriff track down missing Dodge City police docket

Posted on May 28, 2009
The docket is from 1878 to 1882, and it includes references to Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp. One estimate says it's worth about $100K. The book had gone missing back in the 1950s, but after a year's investigation, officials from...

Do you want prosecutors armed in the courtroom?

Posted on May 28, 2009
Starting in July, Kansas will allow prosecutors to carry weapons in the state's courtrooms -- though judges and county commissions can opt out of the new provision. Shawnee County is trying to decide what it will do. I've got calls...

Dangerous criminal steals Life Savers Gummies, flees on motor scooter

Posted on May 28, 2009
His yellow motor scooter, which was no doubt covered in My Little Pony stickers.

UPDATE: C-store clerk punches robber, beats him with his own weapon

Posted on May 28, 2009
We had this yesterday, but not the bit about the clerk smacking the bad guy with his own baseball-bat-filled-with-nails. Story is from Tacoma, Wash. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Pedophile asks for lighter sentence -- judge increases it by 7x

Posted on May 28, 2009
HA-HAW.

Who thought this man should be caring for a child?

Posted on May 28, 2009
Way to go, Kentucky courts. Hat Tip: Many thanks, silverside!

Woman stabbed her dad after arguing over dinner roll, police say

Posted on May 28, 2009
The case is from the Detroit area.

Good work, kid

Posted on May 28, 2009
A Wisconsin man is accused of being drunk when he picked up his son after school last week and then leading police on a chase. At some point, Dad got out of the car and then tried to hop back...

Nebraska gets back in the execution game

Posted on May 28, 2009
Nebraska used to execute people with its electric chair, Old Sparky, but the state's Supreme Court ruled that out several months ago. (Something something unconstitutional.) The legislature has now come up with a NEW official method of capital punishment: lethal...

Swordsman in black robs 7-Eleven for cash, cigarettes, TX police say

Posted on May 28, 2009
Elevens are well-known ninja magnets ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

OK pharmacist charged with murder for killing robber

Posted on May 28, 2009
The robber had already been shot in the head when the pharmacist, who chased away a second thief, came back and shot him five times in the abdomen, prosecutors allege. An autopsy shows the robber actually died from the stomach...

KCK police hold bilingual info fair for city's immigrants

Posted on May 28, 2009
This is the third year that KCK has invited the public -- especially the Spanish-speaking portion -- to meet officers, firefighters, park rangers and other emergency personnel. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday at...

What's on Independence's stimulus wish list?

Posted on May 28, 2009
Money for a new gang unit, KCTV reports, with funding for a supervisor and three detectives. The department says it's seeing more gang activity because neighboring jurisdictions are pushing gangs out of their areas.

Wearing the wrong colors helped get a KC man killed

Posted on May 28, 2009
Christine has the details here about the Josh Sadler homicide from Tuesday.

No DUI checkpoints outside Power & Light?

Posted on May 28, 2009
The Plog has an interesting post here about the lack of sobriety checkpoints outside the Power & Light District. KCPD regularly sets up checkpoints near Westport, the Plaza and other neighborhoods with active bar scenes, but not P&L yet. The...

Police search for serial rapist in Junction City, Manhattan

Posted on May 28, 2009
More here from The Mercury.

The "no parking" signs were fake, but the tickets were real

Posted on May 28, 2009
A businessman posted several "no parking" signs around a Florida restaurant -- and so, local police wrote about 200 parking tickets for "violators." The city is trying to reimburse fines that have been paid. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

MO man kidnapped teen for spitting at his wife and kid, police say

Posted on May 28, 2009
This allegedly happened in Kirksville, and the suspect himself is only 19. From KTVO: Investigators say Branch took the boy to his house and held him captive. ?He had him there for a couple hours where he verbally and physically...

Buddy Buzzard, 48, accused of stealing grease from Fuddruckers in Joplin

Posted on May 28, 2009
Buddy Buzzard. Buddy Buzzard. BUDDY BUZZARD!

MD teen accused of asking kids on her school bus to kill her dad

Posted on May 28, 2009
Dad later ended up dead, and police have already charged a young man in the slaying, The AP reports. They're also bringing charges against the daughter, who says she was physically abused. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Golfer!

Report: U.S. spent $468 billion on drug and alcohol abuse, smoking in 2005

Posted on May 28, 2009
The study is from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, based at Columbia University. It's a little weird to lump smoking with drinking and illegal drugs, but what the hey. Most of the money was spent on law...

You just knew somebody was going to pay for this ...

Posted on May 28, 2009
We had a story several months ago about a woman who waited several hours in a New York hospital before she ultimately collapsed on the floor and died. It took staff about an hour after THAT just to check her...

Little Adolf

Posted on May 28, 2009
Remember Little Adolf Hitler Campbell? The 3-year-old became Internet famous after a local baker refused to fix him a birthday cake reading "Happy Birthday, Adolf!" At some point, the state authorities got involved and removed Adolf and his little sisters...

Serbian priest fired -- he ran drug treatment center where addicts were beaten with a shovel

Posted on May 28, 2009
The patients were also beaten and kicked while trying to kick drugs, church officials say.

Man faces 15 charges for allegedly shooting up apartment complex

Posted on May 28, 2009
Kenneth Thompson is accused of firing on two people who intervened in an argument that Thompson was party to. Not only that, the probable cause states, Thompson ran through a KC apartment complex in the 1300 block of East 89th,...

Who was Norvel Johnson?

Posted on May 28, 2009
The victim from the homicide which occurred on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 in the 700 Block of N. 80th Place has been identified. Norvel L. Johnson, black male, DOB 10-13-1974, was a Kansas City, Kansas resident. The victim?s family has...

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