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Dead quadriplegic girl, 9, left in Michigan storage unit
Posted on April 23, 2009"Wrapped in a garbage bag and stuffed in a large plastic bin filled with mothballs, her feet hanging over the side." Story is from Flint, via mlive.com. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM Shylea Myza Thomas shown here in this...
Where is Hugh Laurence O'Donnell?
Posted on April 23, 2009From Bob Cronkleton: Police are asking for help in finding Hugh Laurence O?Donnell, 41, of Overland Park whose vehicle was found at work, but he could not be found. O?Donnell, who goes by the name of Larry, works in Mission....
KCPD plans DUI checkpoint for this weekend ... and next
Posted on April 23, 2009Just a reminder: KCPD will do a sobriety checkpoint sometime this weekend, and they've just announced another checkpoint sometime between May 1 and 3.
DUI checkpoint planned for Merriam on Saturday night
Posted on April 23, 2009From JoCo Sheriff: A program to identify intoxicated drivers will be conducted this month by the Merriam Police Department and the Johnson County Sheriff?s Office. Officers will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in the city of Merriam in the late evening...
UPDATE on JoCo man arrested for desertion
Posted on April 23, 2009It sounds like things might work out for him after all ...
Phil Markoff has a posse
Posted on April 23, 2009Markoff, the alleged "Craigslist killer," has a Facebook page of people who say he's innocent, USA Today's ON DEADLINE blog reports. (AP Photo/Mark Garfinkel, Pool)
UPDATE on Independence burglary and arson
Posted on April 23, 2009From Don Bradley: Independence police are continuing today to look through arson rubble for the remains of a man suspected in the burglary of a dental office building. The man and an accomplice allegedly started a fire in the building...
And it all started with a cheeseburger ...
Posted on April 22, 2009Here's an interesting civil suit. A Tennessee woman has filed suit against a homeless man who beat her up after she tried to give him a cheeseburger from Mickey D's. He said he only wanted cash, she called him an...
Indiana man beat up autistic teen during exorcism
Posted on April 22, 2009The kid -- whose grandma requested the exorcism -- suffered two black eyes and other bruises.
Independence attorney disbarred over memorial fund for the Porter kids
Posted on April 22, 2009From Judy Thomas: A former Independence attorney who took money donated to a memorial fund for two murdered children and invested it in his own company has been disbarred. The Missouri Supreme Court last week found Kent Desselle guilty of...
Alleged KKK member found incompetent to stand trial
Posted on April 22, 2009Not a great day from white supremacy ... Dr. Michelle Garriga, who was appointed by the court to examine Foster and did so on March 16, testified on the stand today that Foster does "not have a factual understanding" of...
Dear Media
Posted on April 22, 2009Just because someone is carrying a sword and wearing a ski mask does NOT make them a ninja. Ninjas don't hold up dry cleaners in Weymouth, Mass.
Idaho judge has duct tape placed over mouthy defendant's piehole
Posted on April 22, 2009See? There's no problem that duct tape can't fix.
Mother of the Year?
Posted on April 22, 2009Story is from Chicagoland, where a woman is accused of leaving her 4-year-old alone in the car at 2 a.m. so she could go have sex in another car. Eventually, Kiddo went knocking at nearby houses -- thankfully, a functional...
2 critically injured in Longview Road shooting
Posted on April 22, 2009From Meredith Rodriguez: Two people were shot in Kansas City Tuesday night. One of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries. The shooting happened at 7007 Longview Road around 9 p.m. Police have not arrested any suspects.
Should they have forgiven him?
Posted on April 22, 2009Interesting story from the Pioneer Press about a young (naive) couple who got taken for $6,400 by an unsavory car dealer. It actually came to criminal proceedings, and they had a chance at getting some restitution through the courts. Instead,...
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on April 22, 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,...
Life without parole for man who beat transgendered date to death
Posted on April 22, 2009We had a post on this a few days ago. After Allen Andrade found out his new lover, Angie Zapata, was biologically male, he reportedly beat Zapata to death using a fire extinguisher and his hands. A jury in Colorado...
KCPD releases results from "420" enforcement
Posted on April 22, 2009From Sara Shepherd: Police saturated areas around schools, known party houses and other areas of drug use, checking 137 drivers, 36 pedestrians and 14 residences. Officers arrested four people for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 12 for...
Washington teen saves his mom from knife attack, police say
Posted on April 22, 2009And his little brother called police.
New bill would let the president turn off the Internet
Posted on April 22, 2009If the national security were endangered. Critics, though, feel it's dangerous for the government to have this power. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Nemesis!
UPDATE: Do schools have the right to strip-search kids for drugs?
Posted on April 22, 2009Legal Times has a review of yesterday's arguments before the Supremes, and judging from the justices' comments, the writer thinks they'll probably side with the school. Snip: Justice David Souter seemed to lean that way when he said at one...
The world's most confident shoplifters
Posted on April 22, 2009Stealing anything, period, takes a fair amount of nerve. To stop and moon the security guard, though? That's very cheeky.
Florida man Tasered his estranged wife so she'd stop beating him, police say
Posted on April 22, 2009He says he already had a blood nose and she was going for a knife ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jay Tee!
More about the alleged Somali pirate ...
Posted on April 22, 2009Yesterday, Mama said the defendant had fallen under the sway of evil gangsters. Today? Prosecutors say he was one of the leaders.
Who killed Saul Gomez?
Posted on April 22, 2009From Dawn Bormann: Authorities today identified Saul A. Gomez as the teenager who was shot in the head Saturday night. Gomez, 19, of Kansas City, Kan., was killed when one or two men fired multiple shots into a sedan at...
UPDATE: JoCo keeps catching speeders on K-10 ... 71 at last count
Posted on April 22, 2009From JoCo Sheriff: Deputies wrote 81 traffic citations this week during two days of a special enforcement on K-10 Highway near De Soto. These enforcements were done in the between 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Monday and Wednesday this...
Death penalty in danger in Colorado?
Posted on April 22, 2009Their House just narrowly passed a bill to repeal capital punishment, the Denver Post reports. No word on its chances in the state Senate. The legislation would take money currently spent on death-penalty cases and apply it to unsolved crimes.
Burglars use ladder to break into house near 26th and Olive
Posted on April 22, 2009Unfortunately, the 82-year-old resident was home at the time, Tony reports. They tied her up and apparently gave her a pretty bad scare before making off with some money.
Security guard opens fire on shoplifting suspect, police say
Posted on April 22, 2009From Tony Rizzo: A security guard fired shots at a shoplifting suspect?s vehicle Tuesday night after it struck the guard?s car outside a central Kansas City business. Kansas City police said the suspect?s car later was found abandoned a few...
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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...
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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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