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Do you recognize these men?
Posted on April 24, 2009From OP Police: On Thursday April 23, 2009 two men entered the Home Depot at 9600 Metcalf and removed expensive power tools. The pair entered the store to select the tools and ran out with the items. They left the...
Crime Victims Rights Week is next week
Posted on April 24, 2009And there are a couple of kickoff events. On Sunday, there will be a vigil at 2:30 p.m. at Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church, 6429 Blue Ridge Blvd. in Raytown, followed by food and visitation afterward. On Monday, KCK will have...
Precious Doe March
Posted on April 24, 2009It'll start at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Missouri Water Services Department, 4800 E. 63rd St., and continue to 59th and Kensington, where they'll dedicate the Precious Doe Memorial Park. Organizers say there will be an hour of prayer for...
Rodeo star accused of illegally practicing horse dentistry
Posted on April 23, 2009Did not know this was a huge problem, but I don't spend much time in Oklahoma, either ...
Dad forced his son, 7, to get a gang tattoo on his belly, Cali police say
Posted on April 23, 2009Dad allegedly held Junior down during the procedure because the boy didn't want the tattoo.
"So please don't feel sad for me ... tragedy leads to wisdom"
Posted on April 23, 2009Not sure if you remember this story, but college student Bryan Steinhauer was beaten into coma almost a year ago at a New York bar. The suspect, a basketball player from Serbia, fled the country. It became something of an...
The Informant
Posted on April 23, 2009The Star-Tribune has an amazing story about an investigation where authorities used one of Minneapolis' biggest gangsters to help them catch dirty cops who'd been selling secret information to the gangs.
Homeless man steals $80 worth of cologne, FL police say
Posted on April 23, 2009I'm sorry the store is out for that merchandise, but I can't help thinking this is God's will. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jay Tee!
Papa was a burglar, Mama was the wheelman
Posted on April 23, 2009The kids? They were just along for the ride.
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on April 23, 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,...
Mom bit son, 5, on the face because he ate too slowly, Florida police say
Posted on April 23, 2009She says she was just playing, but it was permanent enough for a teacher to notice at school.
JoCo man accused of bank robbery, trying to kill witness
Posted on April 23, 2009From Joe Lambe: A federal grand jury has indicted a Lenexa man on a charge of attempting to kill a witness during the robbery of a Lenexa credit union last month. Nicholas Kamphaus, 26, also faces charges of armed bank...
Wilfredo Pujols gets 15 years for hit-and-run death of Independence teen
Posted on April 23, 2009From Brian Burnes: Wilfredo Pujols will serve 15 years for the November 2007 hit-and-run death of an Independence teenager. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jack Grate sentenced Pujols today in Independence. Pujols, 26, had pleaded guilty last December in the...
Wisconsin teens beat up 76-year-old because they were bored, police say
Posted on April 23, 2009The victim had to have one of his eyes surgically removed, police report.
"Don't you know about leashes and collars?"
Posted on April 23, 2009The most mean-spirited thing you're going to read about today ...
Cali prosecutor says he won't do assault, burglary, theft cases anymore
Posted on April 23, 2009Because of budget problems. Local officials are annoyed -- not only because he's stopped the prosecution, but because he decided to tell the public, too. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Searching!
Pregnant woman holds up North Carolina bank
Posted on April 23, 2009... but wanders off without her money when she gets interrupted mid-heist by a cellphone call.
Indiana boys, 10 and 11, busted for marijuana deal at school, police say
Posted on April 23, 2009That would be an elementary school ...
85-year-old chases away carjacker with one swift kick
Posted on April 23, 2009To the family jewels. Story is from Tacoma.
WSJ on the Pennsylvania sexting case
Posted on April 23, 2009You might remember this one: A prosecutor in Pennsylvania is threatening to charge some local teenagers with child pornography because there are "provocative" photos of them circulating at the local school. They're not naked, just in their underwear or wearing...
Ha-HAW
Posted on April 23, 2009Robber bum-rushes a security guard in Arizona, just before the guard tried to fill an ATM. The robber got away with the guard's money bag ... which was empty. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
I'm surprised anybody had a problem with this ...
Posted on April 23, 2009Apple has stopped selling an iPhone app called "Baby Shaker" -- you're supposed to stop a baby from crying by shaking it.
Georgia first-grader, age 8, arrested for hitting her teacher
Posted on April 23, 2009Well, that seems like a reasonable response ...
DUI defendant comes to court with .31 BAC, police say
Posted on April 23, 2009It was high enough that authorities took him to the hospital. Story is from Oklahoma.
Arsonist who caused Lawrence firefighter's death is up for parole
Posted on April 23, 2009It was 1986 when David Winebrenner set his parents' house on fire -- while they were asleep inside -- because they wouldn't let him drive his dad's new truck. Mom and Dad escaped, but a firefighter named Mark Blair died...
MO man threatened kid so Mom would have sex with him, police say
Posted on April 23, 2009Story is from the Fulton area ...
Japanese girl becomes hooker to pay off her cellphone bill, police say
Posted on April 23, 2009At her parents' urging, authorities allege. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
How to catch a white supremacist
Posted on April 23, 2009Near San Bernardino, Calif., police used an unusual tactic to locate two women wanted in connection with a local white-supremacist gang. Officers kept an eye on the local maternity wards because the woman reportedly wanted to have their babies on...
We are not paying our teachers enough money
Posted on April 23, 2009... if they have to deal with stuff like this.
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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...
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