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The most messed-up thing you will read today ...
Posted on May 05, 2009From Christine Vendel: A 26-year-old man allegedly shot his girlfriend?s former boyfriend in the leg early today when the former boyfriend barged into their Northland bedroom with a knife. The former boyfriend dropped the knife, and said, ?I?m done,? according...
"Family justice" goes horribly awry ...
Posted on May 05, 2009From Christine Vendel: Two brothers possibly looking for some ?family justice? used their vehicles to box in their sister?s boyfriend?s car this morning near 40th Street and Holmes Road. The boyfriend rammed his way out of the situation, leaving one....
Alabama man killed his mom so he could spend her money on a stripper, police allege
Posted on May 05, 2009An Alabama man allegedly invited a bunch of his friends and some strippers to party in his mom's house while she was on a cruise. The defendant became so attached to one stripper that he decided to kill his mom...
FL man throws ex-GF's baby from car while driving down interstate, police allege
Posted on May 05, 2009The baby was only three months old. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Sasquach
How bad is the economy?
Posted on May 05, 2009A department in Washington state is laying off a police dog. Good luck, Dixie, in your future endeavors.
TKC's take on Koster vs. Craigslist
Posted on May 05, 2009"... the bottomline is that this practice has went on for years (and still does) in the back pages of metro rags all over Missouri. ... Only on the Internet is Koster ready to pounce and regulate content."
$25K reward offered in Renee Pernice case
Posted on May 05, 2009From Glenn Rice: The family of a missing Northland woman announced this morning a $25,000 reward for anyone with information specific enough to lead authorities to locate her. Renee Pernice, a mother of two, has not been seen since Jan....
NY cops offer cash to teens who report their schools' drug dealers
Posted on May 05, 2009And they can do it via text message, too. The potential payday is $500. (Which, if you're good at it, would beat a Mickey D job to pieces.) The ACLU is muttering over this, though, saying they've turned children into...
Should colleges tell parents if their kids get caught drunk, high?
Posted on May 05, 2009KU is going to start warning parents every time their child has a drug or alcohol violation, if Junior is under 21. The school is changing policy after a couple of alcohol-related deaths this year.
Minneapolis men guilty of stealing a mechanical gorilla head
Posted on May 05, 2009From outside a store that specialized in "Gorilla Grams." What on earth could they possibly do with such a find? A YouTube posting and anonymous tip led police to find the head on the men's kitchen table in Minneapolis "as...
Where is Joshua Childers?
Posted on May 05, 2009From The AP: Police and volunteers on horseback and all-terrain vehicles renewed the search Tuesday for a 3-year-old boy who wandered out of his rural southeast Missouri home. Joshua Childers was reported missing by his parents shortly after noon Monday...
Hells Angels go to Europe
Posted on May 05, 2009I didn't know they had motorcycles in Sweden and Denmark, much less Hells Angels. Authorities blame the club for an outbreak of gang violence, especially toward ethnic gangs of new immigrants. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards!
KS woman's body pulled from the Mississippi near Baton Rouge
Posted on May 05, 2009Nobody knows the cause of death yet, but authorities are pretty sure the dead woman is Kayla Cox Bjorndahl of Clay Center, Kan. (She'd also been living in a Louisiana town called Denham Springs.)
Puppy blamed for Sedalia man's wreck
Posted on May 05, 2009The puppy had reportedly fallen off the driver's lap, and the wreck happened while he was reaching down to pick up the poor baby.
IL boy, 13, accused of robbing bank -- will face trial as an adult
Posted on May 05, 2009I guess I can see trying a teen as an adult if they've committed murder, but it just feels weird to use that standard in this case.
Do we need a federal law against cyberbullying?
Posted on May 05, 2009A Congresswoman from California is trying to revive a bill to create a federal law against cyberbullying, the Post-Dispatch reports. They tried something like this last year, but it died. Critics say that's probably just as well -- they contend...
Jacqueline Standley
Posted on May 05, 2009From AP: In this booking photo released by the Lincoln (Neb.) Police Dept., on Monday, May 4, 2009, Jacqueline Standley is shown. Standley, 44, the mother of New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain, was arrested Saturday night, May 2, 2009...
More about the teen who posed as a Chicago cop
Posted on May 05, 2009This is the same kid who reportedly posed as a Chicago cop, went on patrol and even helped arrest a suspect. Now? He's accused of going to a car dealership in a suit, asking to test-drive an old Lexus and...
Report recommends probation, $5K fine in MySpace case
Posted on May 04, 2009Lori Drew, a Missouri woman accused of using MySpace to harass a teenage neighbor who later committed suicide, was convicted of three misdemeanors in California a while back. (For violating the site's terms of service.) She hasn't been sentenced yet,...
KSHB asks -- should KC bars close earlier than 3 in the morning?
Posted on May 04, 2009The question comes after no fewer than eight people were shot and injured outside KC bars this weekend, including four smack in the middle of Westport. (And that's not counting the person killed outside Grand Slam liquor at 6th and...
Officer fired for Tasering kids during "Take Our Sons and Daughters To Work" Day
Posted on May 04, 2009He says he had the parents' permission, but apparently, that wasn't enough to save his job. Story is from, yes, Florida.
A possible break in the blue-ribbon murder case?
Posted on May 04, 2009For those coming in late: About 10 years ago, the body of a murdered woman was found buried in the New Mexico desert. There was no name, no ID -- just three blue ribbons from the Stoddard County Fair in...
MO defendant gets convicted of murder, commits suicide before being sentenced
Posted on May 04, 2009The story is from Monett. The woman, who was convicted of second-degree murder, apparently killed herself with sleeping pills at her home. (She was out on bond, awaiting sentencing.) Her suicide note said that she couldn't bear to do time...
Pittsburgh woman shot, injured for honking at another car
Posted on May 04, 2009She was on her way to work, and the other vehicle was in her way, police say. What she didn't know? The car was involved in a reported home invasion that was under way at the time.
The Invaders
Posted on May 04, 2009The Post-Dispatch had an interesting story this weekend about a motorcycle gang, the Invaders, and how authorities suspect their members in three unsolved homicides.
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on May 04, 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,...
Lee's Summit cops caught robber as soon as she left the bank
Posted on May 04, 2009From the U.S. Attorney's Office: On Jan. 21, 2009, (Linda) Spooner pleaded guilty to using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. Spooner admitted that she used a firearm to steal $88,200 from Union Bank, 3700 S.W. Cheddington...
KC mom accused of threatening a witness against her son
Posted on May 04, 2009Her name is Janet Peregrina, and she faces three counts of witness tampering, Jackson County prosecutors say. According to the probable cause, Peregrina rolled up on in a van and started threatening the witness, even rattling off his address and...
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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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