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Post Frequency: 275.3/day Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 10:30:00 Recent Entries: 16796
By James Hart
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Posted on April 03, 2009Wish I had a trunk monkey ... Hat Tip: Saw this via Weird Universe!
DUI checkpoint tonight in Mission
Posted on April 03, 2009Just found out. Mission police and JoCo sheriff are teaming up for the project.
At least 12 killed at NY immigration center -- shooter apparently killed self
Posted on April 03, 2009Latest AP take is here. (Many thanks, Mikeybackwards.) In this photo rendered from video and released by WBNG-TV in Binghamton, N.Y., authorities remove a person on a stretcher, Friday, April 3, 2009, in Binghamton, N.Y. At least four people were...
"Kansas City's Most Wanted" helps nab its 100th crook
Posted on April 03, 2009"Most Wanted" is a newspaper published by the Crime Commission which features nothing but mugshots of wanted men and women. Readers pick up a copy, look for people they know, then call police to claim a reward. It's almost two...
Who was Dwayne E. Smith?
Posted on April 03, 2009KCPD says he's the gentleman who was killed the other night at 10th and Grand. (Beaten up, then run over by a motorist who apparently didn't see him.) Police are still looking for suspects. Anyone with information is asked to...
Philly daycare head stole $400K in state money meant for hungry kids, police say
Posted on April 03, 2009Instead, police say, he spent the cash on a Mercedes-Benz, vacations, nice suits and other things that poor kids can't eat.
STUFF I DIDN'T KNOW: You can harvest meth from junkies' urine
Posted on April 03, 2009Tennessee authorities have found a couple of labs that specialize in this particular process. (At one scene, they found 144 gallons of urine, stored in plastic bottles.) And this actually sounds like the classy, upscale way to get meth from...
Burglar uses bike to carry off stolen 42-inch flatscreen
Posted on April 03, 2009You really need to see the photo. Nothing suspicious here, nope.
Lousiana couple accused of stealing steaks, selling them at a bar
Posted on April 03, 2009Mmm, that sounds sanitary. Meanwhile, the USDA's head just exploded.
You can't cry over spilled milk
Posted on April 03, 2009There are some folks who WILL shoot someone over spilled beer, though ...
Demi Moore (sort of) uses Twitter to save suicidal woman
Posted on April 03, 2009We're still not even for "G.I Jane," Demi ...
The night the lights (almost) went out in Parkersburg
Posted on April 03, 2009A man has been arrested in Parkersburg, W.V., for threatening to turn off the town's power because, well, he just disapproves of President Obama's policies. The charge is threatening to commit a terrorist act.
911 tape of woman trapped inside her car
Posted on April 03, 2009Everybody still says this was not an April Fools prank ... Hat Tip: Many thanks to The Hulk!
School failed to stop bullies, led to son's suicide, Ohio family's lawsuit says
Posted on April 03, 2009They say they're willing to drop the suit if the school got tougher on bullies. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards!
Someone wants to give pregnant women a license to kill ... this will end well
Posted on April 03, 2009Story is from Oklahoma, where a legislator has introduced a bill that would let pregnant women legally use lethal force if they feel their unborn child's life is threatened. It's actually based on a tragic case, where a mother-to-be killed...
Google Street View makes people lose their damn minds
Posted on April 03, 2009Google was trying to add a small English village to their Street View maps, but the locals freaked out and called the police. They feel their homes are so nice that publishing photos of them on the Web would naturally...
Midtown Miscreant
Posted on April 03, 2009is shocked -- SHOCKED! -- to learn that Mexican drug cartels are involved in the local drug trade.
Man married two different women -- then robbed them, police say
Posted on April 03, 2009But it was for a good reason: He needed to pay back the $147K that he'd embezzled from his boss, police say. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Good news from Chicago
Posted on April 03, 2009I've picked on Chicago because they've had so much turmoil with their police department, but things might be turning around. The homicide rate there is down 21 percent for the first quarter of this year, compared to the same time...
Pub burglaries are connected, JoCo Sheriff reports
Posted on April 03, 2009From JoCo Sheriff: On Saturday, March 14, 2009, between 5:00 and 5:30 a.m. the Bonita Flats Saloon, located in rural Johnson County near Olathe, Kansas was burglarized. Taken was cash from the registers and the ATM which was bolted to...
Because nature abhors a vacuum ...
Posted on April 03, 2009As more people face foreclosure and trouble with their mortgages, there's also an uptick in scam artists trying to take advantage of them, the Kansas AG warns. Specifically, the authorities are telling the public to be careful about hiring "foreclosure...
Massachusetts mom used scissors to stab toddler 100 times, police say
Posted on April 03, 2009Amazingly, the little girl, age 2, should survive because so many of the cuts were superficial, police say. Mom told police that she thought a cult was after her. Snip: "I heard a woman screaming very loudly that she was...
16 felony counts for Blagojevich
Posted on April 03, 2009The new charges, including racketeering and extortion, are the result of a federal grand-jury indictment. The former Illinois governor maintains his innocence. Snip from the P-D: Among the most startling information in the indictment is the claim that Blagojevich and...
Tweakers hid their meth recipe inside a Bible, IN police say
Posted on April 03, 2009On the last page of Revelations, it's alleged. (And NOT Paul's letter to the people of Independence.)
I don't practice Santeria
Posted on April 02, 2009Which is good, because it can occasionally be a legal hassle. To wit: A Texas man is in federal court because his community won't let him sacrifice animals at his house, even though he super-duper-promises to quadruple bag anything he...
"Take Your Daughter To A Robbery" Day
Posted on April 02, 2009From AP: This image taken from a surveillance video provided by the Ellensburg Police Department shows a suspect pointing a gun at a clerk and his daughter who have been identified by authorities as Robert Daniel Webb, right, and Meadow,...
Why the funeral-protest laws could be a problem ...
Posted on April 02, 2009Everybody is generally OK with the laws limiting protests at funerals when we're talking about, say, Westboro Baptist. But a Michigan couple got into trouble because, while they were riding in a friend's funeral procession, they carried a sign criticizing...
An interesting question
Posted on April 02, 2009Not really crime-related, but here's a thought-provoking opinion piece from Edward Wasserman in the Miami Herald: Here's a question: Since being gay has lost much of the stigma it once had among heterosexuals in this country, should a celebrity who...
Nurse injected 10 dialysis patients with bleach, TX authorities say
Posted on April 02, 2009Killing five of them, the police say, making her eligible for the death penalty. No word on a possible motive, if she actually did it. The story is from Lufkin area.
Arkansas man stole school bus, drove it while drunk, police say
Posted on April 02, 2009He got into the bus because he was looking for a "warm, dry place," police report. He also had a cut over an eye. He claimed it was from a fight, but then admitted he'd fallen down.
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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...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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