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Driver of ice-cream truck is shot in Ruskin Heights
Posted on April 24, 2009KMBC has the details here. The good news is the driver should live.
Pregnant Colorado woman gets hit by car while running away from bear
Posted on April 24, 2009Thank heavens that people helped her: A car brushed her to the ground and the driver slowed as Swendsen screamed that she was being chased by a bear. But the driver, an older woman, sped off and the three cars...
Eighth-graders teased moose to death
Posted on April 24, 2009What a sad story. Apparently, the moose got so scared, it kept running into a wall again and again. Story is from Alaska.
OK bill would ticket people who drive too slowly in the left lane
Posted on April 24, 2009Oklahoma, I take back all of those mean things I said about you.
NJ gang leader stole ID of mentally ill veteran
Posted on April 24, 2009And, thus, was able to steal $30K in disability checks from the man.
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on April 24, 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,...
Chris Bartholomew
Posted on April 24, 2009Next month will mark two years since Chris Bartholomew was killed near Westport during a driveby shooting. His loved ones have planned a memorial service for 1 p.m. May 17 at the Children's Fountain in North KC. (It's at North...
Shawnee teen is ID'd as the dead body found on KU campus
Posted on April 24, 2009From Brad Cooper: The body found this morning on the University of Kansas campus outside Watkins Scholarship Hall has been identified as an 18-year-old freshman from Shawnee. Dalton Eli Hawkins was an honors student who was a 2008 graduate of...
Should Craigslist close down its "erotic services" ad section?
Posted on April 24, 2009Prosecutors have often complained about that part of the site, saying it's basically aiding and abetting prostitution. There's new energy, though, since the so-called Craigslist killer arrived on the scene. Police allege that he met his victims through the site...
MO troopers find 600 pounds of pot during traffic stop in Lafayette County
Posted on April 24, 2009Happened when they pulled over a tractor-trailer on I-70 yesterday. The pot was mixed in with a load of produce.
KMBC: Man shot in the arm while trying to stop carjacking
Posted on April 24, 2009Happened outside a liquor on Independence Avenue, near Norton. More here.
Suspect in Craigslist killing is now on suicide watch
Posted on April 24, 2009More here from the Boston Globe ...
KC man killed his cousin -- thought he wasn't getting a ride to Grandma's
Posted on April 24, 2009All of that PCP might have influenced his judgment, though ...
White House wants to give police more power to question suspects
Posted on April 24, 2009The administration is asking the Supremes to change the current law, which prohibits police from starting to question a suspect if the suspect has a lawyer or has asked for one. The lawyer has to be present for the questioning...
Scam artists try selling subscriptions to "Rocky Mountain News"
Posted on April 24, 2009Which, you might recall, stopped publishing in February.
OR trooper pulls over a string of Ferraris, Lamborghini racing across state
Posted on April 24, 2009Snip from CNN: Five of the cars soon blew past him, running about 100 mph in a 55-mph zone, Hastings said. As Petersen pulled onto Highway 18 in pursuit, a sixth car passed him. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tam!
UK woman arrested for screaming during sex
Posted on April 24, 2009The neighbors have made something like 250 complaints. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
A plague of Juggalos
Posted on April 24, 2009Yet another tale of the Insane Clown Posse ruining some poor innocent's life. What's striking here is the prosecutor calling the Juggalos a "street gang." I didn't know you could live in your mom's basement and still be considered "gangsta."...
Local couple charge in 5-month-old's scalding
Posted on April 24, 2009From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors have accused a man of burning his 5-month-old baby with scalding water, and they accused the mother of waiting nearly four weeks to seek treatment. Prosecutors charged Erica R. Davis, 22 and Jake C....
6 DUI arrests during last week's OP sobriety checkpoint
Posted on April 24, 2009From OP Police: The Overland Park, Kansas Police Department and several Kansas police agencies conducted a DUI Check Lane on April 17, 2009. The DUI Check Lane was conducted with the intent to reduce alcohol related auto accidents and discourage...
The coolest thing I've read today
Posted on April 24, 2009To stop a murder plot, Russian police faked the death of a pregnant woman before a hired killer could get to her -- then leaked the news to media there. Even the woman's family didn't know the truth. The beat...
West Virginia mom tried to sell her baby for $10K, police say
Posted on April 24, 2009So she'd reportedly have money for a new apartment. The $10K wouldn't fly, though, so she later cut her asking price to $5K, police allege.
Awful Ways To Die, No. 325
Posted on April 24, 2009Being shot in the head 34 times with a nail gun.
House would expand federal spending on local cops
Posted on April 24, 2009From The AP: The House legislation authorizes spending of $1.8 billion a year over the next five years for the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program, signed into law in 1994 in a drive by President Bill Clinton to put...
Dead body found on KU campus this morning
Posted on April 24, 2009Near Watkins Scholarship Hall, if you know the campus.
Timing is everything ...
Posted on April 24, 2009An Arizona man was shopping at a pawn shop, trying to replace some tools that were stolen from his truck. That's where he met the thief himself -- trying to pawn the stolen goods, police say. Hat Tip: Many thanks,...
MO mom hid kidnapped daughter in crawl space under living room
Posted on April 24, 2009Story is from New Bloomfield. Rebecca Albrecht took her daughter, age 11, from the girl's father and kept her hidden for almost a month last year.
Alabama cops recover KC salesman's dog-themed jewelry
Posted on April 24, 2009The jewelry -- which is styled to look like different breeds of dog -- was stolen during a February dog show in the Denver area. The goods were recently recovered during a traffic stop in Alabama. The arrested couple faces...
More border agents are being accused of taking bribes, officials say
Posted on April 24, 2009That's mostly because the Mexican drug cartels are trying harder to get into the country, USA Today reports. The cases of possible corruption are small compared to the overall number of border-patrol agents, but the numbers have been growing. Snip:...
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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...
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