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MO couple embezzled almost $400K from public water district
Posted on April 20, 2009From the release: Matt J. Whitworth, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that the long-time president of a public water district and his wife, who served as the district?s clerk, were sentenced in federal court...
New stripper, 52, stabbed in the face by stiletto-shoe-wielding rival, police say
Posted on April 20, 2009The suspect is in her late 40s and apparently resented the club bringing more strippers into the mix, Ohio police allege.
How the Mexican drug cartels are operating in a city near you
Posted on April 20, 2009The AP filed a pretty long piece this weekend about the Mexican drug cartels and how they have distribution operations in 230 U.S. cities. (I don't think Jack-In-The-Box has market saturation that strong.) A lot of the reporting has focused...
Platte County prosecutor plans Victims Rights breakfast
Posted on April 20, 2009From Eric Zahnd's office: The fourth annual Victims? Rights Breakfast hosted by the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney?s Office will focus on unidentified victims. The public is invited to attend the free breakfast, which will be held at 8:00 a.m. on...
Mission PD plans DUI saturation patrols this weekend
Posted on April 20, 2009Brad Cooper has more details here ...
An execution date for Dennis Skillicorn?
Posted on April 20, 2009May 20, is what the Pitch's Plog is reporting. Missouri hasn't had an execution since 2005. We've previously written about Skillicorn here and here.
Does the First Amendment protect videos of dogfighting?
Posted on April 20, 2009For years, there has been a federal law against having videos and photos "of animals being maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded or killed," The Chicago Tribune reports. The goal was to stop people from selling videos from dogfights and similar operations...
Yet another way that President Obama is stimulating the economy ...
Posted on April 20, 2009Gun sales, friend. They've seen a big jump, largely because gun owners are afraid the Obama administration will issue new restrictions on some weapons, the Sun-Times reports: Across the country, firearms sales in large retail outlets have jumped 39 percent...
A wrinkle in KS death-penalty law?
Posted on April 20, 2009And there's some concern that it could undermine the John Robinson conviction ...
The Supremes reject David Wittig's appeal
Posted on April 20, 2009From The AP: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the appeal from former Westar Engergy Inc. CEO David Wittig of his prison sentence following a 2003 bank fraud conviction. Without comment, the court refused Monday to consider Wittig?s appeal of...
Mommy is having a rough day ...
Posted on April 20, 2009A Florida mother is accused of threatening her kids with a butcher knife after they failed to say they loved her. Police also say she threw a glass table at them. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Report: 5 percent of child molesters are female
Posted on April 20, 2009USA Today has this news feature, which follows a couple of high-profile molestation cases where the suspects are women. As it turns out, female molesters are different from their male counterparts. Snip: A woman who would kidnap, rape and kill...
Prediction: Cop-killing suspect won't be execucted, even if he gets death penalty
Posted on April 20, 2009Story is from Pittsburgh, where Richard Poplawski is accused of killing three police officers. (Who were called to his house over a domestic disturbance -- the dog had made a mess on the rug.) The public is clamoring for execution,...
No, no ... I said "FORE"
Posted on April 20, 2009Missed this last week about two women using a Prairie Village home for prostitution. Police say they met a lot of their clients through a nearby golf course, where the women would dance for them.
Man shot in the neck near 36th and Argentine, KCK police say
Posted on April 20, 2009Missed this from the other day. KCTV has more information.
Meanwhile, in Sedalia
Posted on April 20, 2009"Officer shoots, kills 'aggressive' opossum" -- headline is from the Sedalia Democrat.
"Why are you still here?"
Posted on April 20, 2009The AP has a nice profile of Frank DeAngelis, the man who was principal at Columbine when the massacre happened. He's still in the same role today, and he doesn't plan to leave until all the kids who were in...
Tony Dungy's new mission
Posted on April 20, 2009Dungy -- who left his job coaching the Indianapolis Colts -- is now active in prison ministry and helping former convicts re-enter society. USA Today has a good story about the progress he's making. Snip: "He could have absolutely been...
5 kids die after TX man, drunk and talking on cell phone, drives into flooded ditch, police say
Posted on April 20, 2009The driver -- who was able to escape -- was the father to three of the children. They're still looking for the fifth child, a 3-year-old girl. Story is from Houston. Police recover a car early Sunday morning April 19,...
KCPD investigating baby with broken arm, fractured skull
Posted on April 20, 2009From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police arrested a 33-year-old woman Sunday night after doctors discovered her 7-week-old baby had a skull fracture and broken arm. The mother was feeding the baby Sunday afternoon at home in the 4900 block of...
Charges filed in 2006 murder from 24th and Topping
Posted on April 20, 2009Aaron M. Cox, 28, is facing charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the slaying of Muhamed Jeylani, whose corpse was found in a car trunk at 24th and Topping back on Aug. 27, 2006. According to the...
Hooters girls, Wal-Mart employees team up to beat down pervert, police say
Posted on April 18, 2009Well, hell, there goes my movie idea.
Help, 911 ... I drank so much that I don't know where my kids are!
Posted on April 18, 2009Oooh, Family Services hates when stuff like this happens .. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jay Tee!
Kansas -- now with pistol-packing prosecutors
Posted on April 18, 2009The governor has OK'd a bill that will let prosecutors carry concealed in the courtroom, though the chief judge in a particular district can countermand that.
Bad economy means more domestic violence, Kansas AG says
Posted on April 18, 2009From the Eagle: The Wichita YWCA confirmed that, reporting a 70 percent increase in women and children seeking shelter from abuse. Six said he's seeing an upswing in domestic violence, based on abuse complaints and meetings he's had recently with...
Sebelius signs Kelsey's Law
Posted on April 18, 2009From Klepper: Kansas is now the first state in the nation with a law requiring cell phone companies to release ?ping? information to police searching for missing people. The new law was prompted by the 2007 murder of Kelsey Smith,...
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on April 18, 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,...
Fifth-grader hired classmate to shiv another boy, San Jose police say
Posted on April 18, 2009Though, thankfully, nobody got shivved. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Everything ends well for homeless man and the ferret he left at KFC
Posted on April 18, 2009Story is from Wisconsin. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
KCPD, JaCo make 10 DUI arrests at sobriety checkpoint
Posted on April 18, 2009From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department, assisted by Jackson County Deputies conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on April 17, 2009 from 2300 hours to 0400 hours at Blue Ridge Blvd. and Holiday Drive. Northbound traffic was checked with total...
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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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