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Task force arrests two men for string of home burglaries
Posted on April 08, 2009The two men are allegedly connected to a string of home burglaries from 55th to 85th, from Wornall west into Kansas, Christine reports. The task force is actually working to put down a much larger ring that might be responsible...
You see, making that bomb threat really was her only option
Posted on April 08, 2009An Arizona teen is accused of making a bomb threat against her school because she had a scheduling conflict, police say. She needed to appear in court for a shoplifting charge, but she only had one excused absence left, and...
FL mom kills herself, son at gun range
Posted on April 08, 2009UPDATED: Here's an article on the shooting. H/T to reader Hulk! Hat Tip: Many thanks, Rhonda
I've been completely misunderstood
Posted on April 08, 2009A Washington man says that, when he allegedly ran over and killed a gas-station attendant, he wasn't trying to drive away without paying for his gas. Nope. He was afraid the attendant was a witch about to cast a spell...
OP, other agencies plan April 17 DUI checkpoint
Posted on April 08, 2009I'm guessing the other agencies are probably the sheriff or KHP, though I've seen OP team up with a neighboring city sometimes on a DUI checkpoint.
Missouri, King of the Puppy Mills?
Posted on April 07, 2009That's what the AP is reporting. And Lord knows we see, every other week, a story about the law discovering a farm with hundreds of dogs, many of them in poor condition. (There is occasionally a chimpanzee or jungle cat...
Pilot of stolen Canadian airplane lands in SE Missouri after being followed by F-16s, NORAD
Posted on April 07, 2009Reinforcing my theory that nobody goes to that part of the state unless they're under some kind of duress or outside pressure. The pilot, a Turkish native who became a Canadian citizen, was arrested at the grocery store in Ellsinore....
KCPD to add "Rumbler" devices to 105 patrol cars
Posted on April 07, 2009It'll happen over the next two years. The devices -- which are basically a pair of subwoofers tied into the siren system -- cost about $400. (Theoretically, *I* could get one, but I'm saving up for one of those neon-green...
Good news! More nutjobs are wearing body armor!
Posted on April 07, 2009Both the Binghamton and Pittsburgh shooters were wearing body armor when they went on their killing sprees because there isn't a background-check requirement, The AP reports. (Their story doesn't explicitly explain why this is a bad thing -- I presume...
Greene County's 19,000 active warrants
Posted on April 07, 2009The Springfield News-Leader has been reporting about their area's problems with outstanding warrants. Basically, there are a lot of them. And not enough officers to effectively serve them. The paper found cases of men charged with child molestation, armed robbery,...
Dear Young People
Posted on April 07, 2009Please do not use cans of Axe body spray as improvised flame-throwers. That is all.
Car burglar butt-dials 911 while he breaks into vehicle
Posted on April 07, 2009And, naturally, he talks about his previous break-ins while the po-po secretly listen to him. Story is from Arizona. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
Man gets shot in January, dies Monday, classified as homicide
Posted on April 07, 2009From Christine Vendel: A man critically wounded in a double shooting Jan. 6, 2008, died early Monday. Eric L. Davis, 26, had been wounded at a home in the 2700 block of Grove Street. The other victim, Rosaland Dawson, died...
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on April 07, 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,...
OMG: Fleeing car crashes into Plaza McDonald's
Posted on April 07, 2009That does it. As soon as I get my hands on a time machine, this is what I want to go back and see ... From KCPD: Tonight at approximately 9:15pm, KCMO police were called to a residence in the...
Vick is headed back to Leavenworth
Posted on April 07, 2009The judge didn't like his bankruptcy plan.
JoCo man accused of killing his 71-year-old father, hitting his mom
Posted on April 07, 2009From Joe Lambe: Johnson County prosecutors today charged a Shawnee man with killing his father and battering his mother. A judge today set a $1 million bond for William May, 47, who was arrested after he attacked his parents late...
Nebraska man flees police while wearing pink fishnet tights
Posted on April 07, 2009I probably don't need to tell that he was up to no damn good.
70+ years for sex offender who posed as 12-year-old, attended school
Posted on April 07, 2009A fairly amazing feat when you consider the guy is now 31. (Oddly enough, his scam was uncovered because school officials were afraid that HE was an abducted child.)
KC man pleads guilty to 2008 carjacking
Posted on April 07, 2009From the U.S. Attorney's Office: Brannon D. Taylor, 28, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah W. Hays this morning to the charges contained in a July 15, 2008, federal indictment. By pleading guilty today, Taylor admitted....
Report: Pittsburgh dispatcher failed to warn police about suspect's guns
Posted on April 07, 2009Another backstory from this weekend's shooting where three Pittsburgh police officers were killed while responding to a domestic disturbance: Apparently, the shooter's mom told 911 that he had guns in the house, but for whatever reason, the dispatcher failed to...
Former NY pastor used stolen church money on plastic surgery, Botox, prosecutors allege
Posted on April 07, 2009And pills. The alleged total is somewhere near $85K. His attorney denies the allegations.
Man pleads no-contest to selling his daughter into marriage for $16K, beer, meat
Posted on April 07, 2009He'll do a year in jail, then get deported back to Mexico. The daughter was 14 years old.
It's a great day to be Ted Stevens
Posted on April 07, 2009Not only did Stevens' conviction get kicked, the tables are officially, 100 percent turned on the prosecutors, who are now going to be investigated for misconduct. The judge doesn't trust the DOJ to investigate itself and has appointed an outside...
Dear Young People
Posted on April 07, 2009If an adult gives you weed and beer, then encourages you to fornicate with one another in his outbuilding, be sure to check for an elaborate videotaping operation first. Also: Your first clue should have been his My Space photo,...
Adam Dylan Leon
Posted on April 07, 2009From The AP: Adam Dylan Leon, the suspect who allegedly stole an aircraft from Canada Monday, is seen in a booking photo released by the Butler County, Missouri Sheriff's Department Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Daily American Republic, Butler County...
Hijackers steal $28K in beauty products off truck in JoCo
Posted on April 07, 2009No description of the suspects, though they are expected to look fabulous.
Owner of OL massage parlor gets 2 years, 9 months for sex trafficking
Posted on April 07, 2009From Mark Morris: Hongmei Madole, 33, pleaded guilty last year to recruiting Asian women to travel to the Kansas City area to work as prostitutes at her business, the Asian Touch Massage in Olathe. Madole, a legal U.S. resident who...
SC boys, 7 and 9, save mom from knife-wielding BF, police say
Posted on April 07, 2009The boyfriend had stabbed Mom, but she was able to get into the car with her kids, authorities allege. The oldest, 9, kept locking the car doors, because the BF had a key, while the 7-year-old dug into Mom's purse...
Reduced sentence for Iraqi who threw shoe at President Bush
Posted on April 07, 2009He'll do one year, not three, because he has no prior criminal record.
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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...
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