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Former JoCo commissioner gets diversion for stealing campaign signs
Posted on April 14, 2009From Kevin Wright: Former Johnson County Commissioner John Toplikar has accepted an agreement from the Olathe city prosecutor and will receive diversion for stealing his opponent?s campaign signs in October. Toplikar will serve 12 months probation, and at the end...
?If they were smart, we?d be out of a job?
Posted on April 14, 2009Joe Lambe has a funny story here about some unlucky burglary suspects ...
Pray for Midtown Miscreant
Posted on April 14, 2009He's moving to Independence ... Seriously, some of you people are as country as a chicken coop. Normally, this would be where I mock, criticize, and generally enrage the entire population of Kansas City's dull-witted, meth-addled, mullet-sporting, step-brethren, but much...
Arpaio v. Sharpton
Posted on April 14, 2009The Rev says he plans to protest Sheriff Joe's house of detention sometime this summer in Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe, in response, has invited the Rev to a personal meeting.
Middle-school students expelled, arrested for putting ipecac in teacher's coffee
Posted on April 14, 2009Story is from Washington state.
Keeping your hands to yourself -- always a good idea, especially in jail
Posted on April 14, 2009Tracy L. Sullivan, a KC man, is facing charges of first-degree assault because he allegedly hit another prisoner while they were being held at police headquarters. Sullivan later admitted to the attack, prosecutors say. From the PC: "... he admitted....
UK man accused of spraying his urine, feces on children's books, food
Posted on April 14, 2009The suspect, an out-of-work chemist, would allegedly go to stores while carrying a hidden spray bottle, filled with a mixture of his personal waste. Police say he did thousands in damage. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
I thought Canadians were supposed to be gentler than normal people
Posted on April 14, 2009Team of six girls use hatchet to mug woman walking to work, Canadian police allege. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Suspect placed fake obit in paper, hoping to avoid trial, police say
Posted on April 14, 2009Story is from New Mexico. The suspect was facing accusations that he was drunk when he crashed into another motorist's car, killing the driver and injuring a passenger.
Pet-sitter gets probation for allegedly overfeeding pig
Posted on April 14, 2009The pig tripled in weight, getting so fat its collar became embedded in its neck, the AP reports. The sitter had been facing a charge of animal cruelty. Story is from Minnesota.
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on April 14, 2009Wisconsin nurse is laid off halfway through surgery. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tim P!
Topeka sees a spike in arsons
Posted on April 14, 2009They're at 26 for the year, about eight more than normal for this time.
St. Joe official stole Social Security money from elderly, disabled
Posted on April 14, 2009From the U.S. Attorney - Western MO: Matt J. Whitworth, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former Buchanan County, Mo., official was sentenced in federal court today for embezzling approximately $119,000 from Social...
Olathe investigates c-store holdup from Monday night
Posted on April 14, 2009From Bob Cronkleton: The robbery occurred about 11:30 p.m. Monday at the Phillips 66 Minute Mart in the 12000 Block of South Strang Line Road. The clerk told police that a man entered the store armed with a handgun and...
More about the KCPD budget cuts ...
Posted on April 14, 2009Tony's Kansas City has a guest editorial from a reader upset about the KCPD budget cuts. I don't agree with everything he/she says -- Christine and the city hall guys actually reported on the proposed cuts pretty frequently. (Evidenced here,...
Teen to stand trial for allegedly trapping cat, setting it on fire
Posted on April 14, 2009Story is from KCK. TV-5 has more details here.
Michigan man owes $530K in child support for 14 kids
Posted on April 13, 2009By 13 different women. For his part, he says only three of the kiddos are his, and he doesn't think it's fair for him to pay $3K per month. He hasn't paid a dime in six years and, thus, has...
Life imitates "Born in East L.A."
Posted on April 13, 2009The feds have been so eager to deport illegal immigrants, they've also accidentally arrested or deported something like 55 U.S. citizens, the AP reports. (You might remember the case of Pedro Guzman, an illiterate, mentally ill man who spent three...
Ted Stevens, Innocent Bystander
Posted on April 13, 2009Mmm, maybe not. You probably know that Stevens, the former Alaskan senator, had his conviction tossed last week because the prosecutors reportedly withheld evidence. (And are now being investigated themselves.) But the New York Times has an analysis piece noting...
How strong is the Chandra Levy murder case?
Posted on April 13, 2009The AP takes another look at the infamous DC-area homicide. On the one hand, the suspect is a man with a long history of violence against women, and the proseuction has put together several witnesses who'll say just that. But...
A shocking finding!
Posted on April 13, 2009A new study has made the controversial conclusion that getting high might -- possibly -- impair one's driving skills. Thanks, Canadian researchers!
KMBC: 1 injured in shooting early Sunday
Posted on April 13, 2009Happened about 2 a.m. near Oakley and Paloma in KCMO, the station reports. No other information immediately available.
The stripper responds
Posted on April 13, 2009To last week's article in the Des Moines Register about her allegedly being drunk and then getting naked in a police holding area. Fazio said Hartman had to give a breath-alcohol test ?16 times.? Fazio said she had difficulty passing...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on April 13, 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,...
Ismael Frias
Posted on April 13, 2009Jackson County has filed charges against a driver in the crash that injured two KCPD officers and a third person on Sunday evening in Old Northeast. The probable cause is available here.
Columbia man has 8 DUI convictions, working on No. 9, police say
Posted on April 13, 2009The Tribune says he might have "only" six previous DUI convictions ...
Guilty plea in the Robin Bell homicide
Posted on April 13, 2009From Dawn Bormann: A 19-year-old woman pleaded guilty Monday to the brutal beating death of Robin Bell at the Bonner Springs Dollar General in 2005. Amber Russell pleaded guilty in Wyandotte County juvenile court to first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and...
U.S. citizen / Army veteran was imprisoned for 7 months
Posted on April 13, 2009Because they thought he was an illegal immigrant.
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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?
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