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I'm amazed that ONE woman married this guy, much less TWO
Posted on May 27, 2009You really need to see this mugshot.
Supreme Court gives police more power to question suspects
Posted on May 27, 2009If a suspect decided to remain silent or insisted on his attorney being present, the police wouldn't be able to start questioning. Just because a suspect asserted a right to an attorney at an arraignment or another official proceeding, though,...
The fight over state secrets
Posted on May 27, 2009One of the nice things about being the federal government? You can lawsuits against you thrown out if they could reveal state secrets. The Obama administration says this privilege was overused by its predecessors and promises to not invoke state...
Colorado man slashes tires on 46 cars -- blames Mom, radiation, braces, police say
Posted on May 27, 2009Weird stuff happens in Boulder ...
Suspect used buttocks to smash 5 windshields, AZ police say
Posted on May 27, 2009The criminal mastermind also jumped up and down on the vehicles' hoods, police say. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
IL considers putting speed camera on East St. Louis bridge
Posted on May 27, 2009That particular structure, the MLK Bridge, is notorious for being the site of several deadly accidents, the Post-Dispatch reports. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Chuck Rizzo!
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on May 27, 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,...
Citizen's Arrest! Citizen's Arrest!
Posted on May 27, 2009Virginia man pulls over deputy for speeding. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Do you recognize these men?
Posted on May 27, 2009NOTE: Authorities are looking for the two customers, not the guy behind the counter. From Mark Wiebe: Kansas City, Kan., police are asking for the public?s help in identifying and finding two men who may have knowledge about the theft...
Roland Burris and the transcript
Posted on May 27, 2009The senator says that newly released transcripts of his call to Rod Blagojevich's brother (lovingly recorded by FBI agents) show that he didn't pay to get his seat in Congress. Except that, according to some wages, it kinda does.
KCK officer chases down bank robber
Posted on May 27, 2009From Mark Wiebe: An off-duty Kansas City, Kan., police officer chased and captured a man who robbed a downtown bank this morning. The officer was working as a security guard at a UMB Bank branch in the 600 block of...
After dad dies in crash, 7-year-old drives wrecked car for help
Posted on May 27, 2009Story is from New Mexico.
Assault with a deadly weapon -- Ladies Man's bodily fluids
Posted on May 27, 2009Texas authorities are prosecuting Philippe Padieu, a Texas resident, because he allegedly had sex with several women and did so without telling them he had HIV. I know Kansas has a law specifically against this, but it doesn't sound like...
UPDATE: MO teen accused of fatally stabbing 2 girls near Nevada
Posted on May 27, 2009The Joplin Globe is staying on new developments. The latest? Garrett Mason has entered "not guilty" pleas. And the paper has this little nugget: Officers later located three witnesses who said that Mason showed up at their apartment spattered with...
DNA frees yet another person wrongly convicted in Dallas
Posted on May 27, 2009This is No. 21. Jerry Lee Evans has spent about 23 years in prison for a sexual assault that he didn't commit.
Do you think this defense is going to fly?
Posted on May 27, 2009Johannes Mehserle is the former Bay Area subway cop accused of murder after he shot a suspect in the back. (The suspect was facedown on the platform, with Mehserle on his back.) It happened back around New Years, inspiring huge...
Bernard Kerik indicted for allegedly lying to the White House
Posted on May 27, 2009When staffers were trying to vet him as a nominee for Homeland Security secretary. Specifically, he said he didn't have any financial involvement with contractors doing business with New York City, back when Kerik was chief of police. Authorities say...
Nothing solves a problem like punching someone in the nose
Posted on May 27, 2009In Tacoma, Wash., a convenience-store clerk was threatened by a large man holding a baseball bat with nails driven into it. So he punched the bad guy in the nose -- he dropped the bat and ran off with a...
For the last time ...
Posted on May 27, 2009Please don't call 911 if the drive-through gets your order wrong. Even if the help does laugh at you for talking funny.
Customer spits on KFC worker after her "Oprah" coupon isn't accepted
Posted on May 27, 2009Des Moines police are classifying this one as an assault, though "the large, middle-aged woman then drove away" and wasn't captured. Profanity was also used.
MO raises the penalty for child enticement
Posted on May 27, 2009The maximum punishment used to be four years, maximum. The new punishment is five years MINIMUM, with no parole. And the Missouri Supreme Court has already upheld the law after a legal challenge.
Massive human-trafficking ring operated from KC, OP, Mission, feds allege
Posted on May 27, 2009Mark Morris has big news about an indictment accusing 12 people of running a human-trafficking ring, one with national reach, from Kansas City. Here's the indictment itself, all 90 pages. Here's how it allegedly worked: The ring brought hundreds of...
48
Posted on May 27, 2009That's where the homicide total stands right now in Kansas City. There were 43 homicides by this point last year.
I'm going to Disney World ... AND third base!
Posted on May 27, 2009A Florida teacher is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student, but two things make this story more unusual, police say. 1. Police couldn't question the teacher at first because she and the boy were vacationing at...
Sonia Sotomayor
Posted on May 27, 2009Up to this point, a lot of the coverage has focused on the Supreme Court nominee's biography, which is inspiring but doesn't say much about her past work. Adam Liptak at the New York Times, though, has a good piece...
How bad were the roads on Memorial Day?
Posted on May 27, 2009We've got numbers for the Missouri Highway Patrol's Troop A, which serves Kansas City and the surrounding counties. Our area had one fatality for the weekend, 28 injuries and 44 crashes. Troopers made 31 DUI arrests and wrote 338 speeding...
New owner finds 4 corpses left behind in former funeral home
Posted on May 27, 2009In Gary, Ind., a local church bought a former funeral home at a tax sale. The previous owner went out of business after a deluge of customer complaints and state sanctions. So maybe it's not TOO surprising that four bodies...
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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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