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Posted on April 29, 2009"My wife has cancer" is not a good excuse for getting caught masturbating with another guy in a city park. Especially if you're a police chief in Ohio. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
Rage against the machine!
Posted on April 29, 2009Florida man, age 70, arrested while protesting the placement of brown sand on a beach known for its white sand. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards!
Awkward ...
Posted on April 29, 2009After you accidentally drop your bag of weed at the bank teller's counter, there's not much you can do but walk away ... Hat Tip: Saw this via Tony's Kansas City
KC man accused of trying to burn himself, GF alive, prosecutors say
Posted on April 29, 2009George McGaugh is facing charges of second-degree arson and third-degree domestic assault, Jackson County prosecutors say. The incident allegedly happened Monday in the 500 block of Maple -- his GF says McGaugh was upset over the mother of his children.
Man pleads guilty to gay immigration fraud
Posted on April 29, 2009A Washington man has pleaded guilty to charges of immigration fraud. The authorities say he claimed to be an immigration expert and would tell immigrants to pretend to be gay -- and fearful of persecution in their home countries --...
Worst Want Ad Ever
Posted on April 29, 2009A Washington man is accused of placing a Craigslist ad looking for a woman who would (A) let him have sex with her and (B) then let him kill her. Also, he suggested he wouldn't mind being paid for his...
Thank heavens that nobody overreacted ...
Posted on April 29, 2009A Florida man, 81, is accused of shooting his neighbor after they had a confrontation. The reason for the argument? The dead man's 9-year-old quasi-son (he was actually Mom's BF) was playing too close to the older man's house. Hat...
Sometimes, the fates smile on the good guys ...
Posted on April 29, 2009Overland Park police caught a really lucky break this morning. One of their officers stopped to help a pair of motorcyclists who looked like they were having trouble. Only one of them matched the description for a car burglar that...
Wisconsin woman put her ex-BF's profile in Craigslist's men-seeking-men section
Posted on April 29, 2009She's going to write a nice apology letter and perform about 40 hours of community service.
KC officer has an easy time finding drunk-driving suspect
Posted on April 29, 2009The suspect rearended the officer's patrol car ...
KC carjacker gets 14 years on federal rap
Posted on April 29, 2009From Mark Morris: A Kansas City federal judge sentenced a 24-year-old man to 14 years in prison Tuesday for carjacking. Michael R. Toombs of Kansas City admitted in December that he used a handgun to steal a minivan on June...
Landlord confesses to killing tenants -- but the charge could be dropped because of a Miranda problem
Posted on April 29, 2009Unbelievable ... Story is from Florida.
FL man drank blackberry wine while cruising grocery store on electric cart
Posted on April 29, 2009And then he tried to leave without paying, police say. Best Part: The employee found the bottle ? half full ? on the next aisle. Asked if he drank the wine, Leonardi allegedly asked the employee, ?What are you going...
The murder of David Allen Masters
Posted on April 29, 2009Masters used to be the prosecuting attorney in Macon, Mo., in the north-central part of the state, serving from 1990 to 1998, when he lost an election. His life spiraled out of control, and he ended up dealing drugs near...
UPDATE: MO bill would allow concealed-carry on college campuses
Posted on April 29, 2009The measure passed the House version, but things look bleak in the Senate, the Columbia Missourian reports. The bill would also lower the CCW age from 23 to 21.
Drunk driver must spend 10 Christmases in jail
Posted on April 29, 2009That's on top of his one-year sentence. The driver -- an 18-year-old from Wisconsin -- is responsible for killing two other young people because of his drunk-driving. The sentence says he has to spend both Christmas Eve and Day in...
New York sees a drop in fatal shootings
Posted on April 29, 2009Fatal STABBINGS, meanwhile, are up 50 percent.
Motorcyclist leads police on 85-mph chase with 30-pack of Bud between his legs
Posted on April 29, 2009He survived the chase. The Bud, sadly, did not. Story is from Arizona. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
KC man accused of sexually assaulting his baby's mother
Posted on April 29, 2009Because she wouldn't return his calls and because he found her talking to another man, prosecutors allege.
I don't agree with Radio Shack's return policy ...
Posted on April 29, 2009In Wisconsin, a Radio Shack employee allegedly refused to let a customer return a purchase and then punched the guy when he asked to speak to a manager. No offense, buddy, but if that's how the help acts, it's probably...
Trucker clings to semi while carjacker leads police on 50-mile chase
Posted on April 29, 2009Story is from Georgia. And yeah, police say the trucker was holding on the back of the truck during the whole chase ...
James Lewis
Posted on April 29, 2009KSHB has a big piece about Lewis, a former KC resident who was once investigated in the 1982 Tylenol cyanide poisonings, which left seven people dead. Lewis was NEVER charged in the deaths -- however, he did do time for...
No, wait! It's a trap!
Posted on April 29, 2009Lovely story from nwfdailynews.com about a Florida police officer busting up an underage booze party ... When he walked inside, he noticed a number of males and females with beer cans in their hands. "Who are all the minors," he...
Judge won't let inmate change his name to "Sinner"
Posted on April 29, 2009No matter how much his Lord and God, the Mighty Thor, demands it ...
Can this relationship be saved?
Posted on April 29, 2009Anytime your ex-lovah smears dog poop on your front door, I'd say the relationship is damaged beyond hope of repair. Story is from Memphis.
Mizzou student, brother accused of giant spam ring
Posted on April 29, 2009From Mark Morris: Two brothers, one a student at the University of Missouri-Columbia, have been charged with spamming students at more than 2,000 universities, selling more than $4 million worth of products in the process. Unsealing the indictment Wednesday, federal...
Pregnant woman hit by a car while fleeing a bear
Posted on April 28, 2009The Denver woman is going to be OK. To her dismay, however, the bear was euthanized. She will give her baby the middle name "Bear" in honor of the animal. "The bear spared me and then it had to die,"...
Tinker Bell flew away
Posted on April 28, 2009But the six-pound Chihuahua was reunited with her owners Monday after a 70-mph gust of wind picked her up and dropped her in a wooded area. |Meredith Rodriguez
One horrific crime
Posted on April 28, 2009A 12-year old girl is the chief witness against her father. She said that he killed her mother and then forced her to help him chop her mother's body up. |Meredith Rodriguez
He needed money for his criminal defense lawyer
Posted on April 28, 2009So a Wisconsin teen robbed a few things to help pay. |Meredith Rodriguez
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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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