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Come on, people -- it's the FIRST rule of Fight Club
Posted on March 31, 2009A couple of Plattsburg teenagers are telling FOX 4 about their not-as-secret-now Fight Club, where young people beat the snot from another and then posted videos of the aforementioned snot-removal to YouTube.
KCPD releases names of 2 homicide victims
Posted on March 31, 2009The first is the case from the 5500 block of Highland: The victim has been identified as Mark Ashley, b/m, 10/22/81 of KCMO. No suspects are in custody and detectives ask that anyone with information in this case to call...
The Lazarus rule
Posted on March 31, 2009In Maryland, a cult member who allegedly starved her child to death has agreed to plead guilty -- on the stipulation that all charges will be dropped if the baby is resurrected. Snip: "This is something she absolutely insisted upon,...
Independence runaway, 15, accused of fleeing OK troopers, firing on them
Posted on March 31, 2009While tearing down the interstate in a stolen SUV, the authorities allege. The chase ended after they ran him off the road, he opened fire and they shot him -- though not bad enough to kill him. He was in...
The ShamWow Guy
Posted on March 31, 2009is in a heap of trouble for allegedly beating up a prostitute. (The Sun-Times says she bit his tongue while they were kissing and wouldn't let go.) The Smoking Gun has photos of both suspect and victim, and be warned,...
More about homicide victim found in front yard
Posted on March 31, 2009This is the case from Monday morning, when a small boy spotted the body of a young woman lying in a yard near 40th and Highland. We're still waiting on an ID from police.
What kind of punishment -- if any -- should teens face for emailing nude photos of themselves?
Posted on March 31, 2009A quick followup from a story we had last week: A Pennsylvania prosecutor will NOT charge three teenage girls with child porn for emailing partly clothed photos of themselves. (He'd wanted them to participate in an afterschool program.) I liked...
WyCo sheriff's son bound over for trial
Posted on March 31, 2009From Dawn Bormann: A judge on Monday ordered Leroy Green III to be bound over for trial on charges of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with two children. Green III, who is the son of Wyandotte County Sheriff Leroy Green...
Ted White
Posted on March 31, 2009Mark Morris has more about the case of Ted White, a Lee's Summit man who spent five years behind bars for a crime that he didn't commit. He won a $16 million lawsuit against a former LS police detective, Richard...
They knew, they knew, they knew
Posted on March 31, 2009The National Catholic Reporter -- based here in Kansas City -- has broken a huge story: The leadership of Catholic Church knew, as far back as the 1950s, about its problems with pedophile priests. Summary from the AP: The founder...
Technology helps track child porn's tiniest victims
Posted on March 30, 2009Investigators can see the faces of real children being abused in pornographic images. But figuring out who they are, rescuing them and prosecuting their abusers isn't easy. New developments in technology are helping. From Laura Bauer's weekend story: ?There is...
Crimes of the rich and famous...
Posted on March 30, 2009The son of socialite/philanthropist Brooke Astor, along with his attorney, is scheduled to begin trial today. They're accused of robbing her $198 million estate. A-list witnesses could include Annette de la Renta, wife of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta...
Your first time, the video game
Posted on March 30, 2009This may not be crime-related, but... Video game designers have thought up a game where the mission is losing your virginity. The quest involves steps such as shaving your legs (without missing those tricky spots around the knees), picking good...
Dallas cop apologizes for keeping motorist from seeing dying relative
Posted on March 30, 2009The officer is still on leave while the department conducts an internal investigation.
Drunk driver awarded $8.6 million after crashing into some wild boars
Posted on March 30, 2009The jury decided the motorcyclist -- who had a BAC near .10 -- wasn't drunk enough to have responsibility for the accident. Instead, they say the state of California knew the boars regularly crossed the road where the crash happened,...
Seriously, they're STILL living under that bridge?
Posted on March 30, 2009In Miami, the county rules require registered sex offenders to live 2,500 feet away from, well, pretty much everything. So a small colony of RSOs started living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway, what Grandma used to call a bridge. It's...
Marc Conklin
Posted on March 30, 2009On the Pitch's Plog, Justin Kendall reflects about his contacts with the late, indicted BPU official who killed himself last week: I remember rolling my eyes while reading how Conklin gushed in February 2008 meeting minutes about what "great opportunities"...
The Triggerman Rule
Posted on March 30, 2009Virginia only executes an inmate for murder if he's the one who pulled the trigger. (Or swung the ax, choked the victim, etc.) Tim Kaine, their governor and a former Kansan, has vetoed a law that would have expanded the...
Because the ladies love the bear bile ...
Posted on March 30, 2009A South Korean woman has been accused of sneaking a kilogram of bear bile into the country. Bear bile, if you didn't know, is renowned as an aphrodisiac in some circles. (Not mine.) For that one kilo, she could end...
Gunman opens fire in nursing home, killing eight
Posted on March 30, 2009A new low in mass shootings: A gunman in North Carolina opened fire in a nursing home Sunday, killing seven patients and a nurse before being shot and wounded by a police officer. Three other people -- including the officer...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on March 30, 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. PROGRAMMING NOTE: James will be off Monday, and Sara Shepherd will...
One dog revived, two dead
Posted on March 30, 2009They were trapped in a house fire overnight in the Northland. | Sara Shepherd
Another sad ending to another abusive relationship
Posted on March 30, 2009From St. Louis, where a man stabbed his wife to death in a car -- while their 7-year-old son looked on. The woman's son from a previous relationship said William Owens "was always jealous of my mom because my mom...
Even levees aren't immune to drunk drivers
Posted on March 30, 2009As if authorities in Fargo didn't have enough trouble already -- not only is their river flooded, they have drunks trying to drive over the levees, too. | Sara Shepherd Hat tip: Another one for Keith G!
No bears on the beach!
Posted on March 30, 2009Nobody really knows why you would want to, but in the Holy Land you're not allowed to take a bear to the beach. If you're a single woman -- no parachuting on Sundays in Florida. This story includes a few...
Deadly morning in KC
Posted on March 30, 2009Police are investigating two separate homicides, both from overnight. In the first, a little boy getting ready for school looked out his window and noticed the dead woman's body. In the second, a man discovered his brother's dead body inside...
'Family-on-family' murder-suicide leaves six dead
Posted on March 30, 2009It happened Sunday night in an upscale neighborhood in Santa Clara. The lone survivor -- a woman -- is hospitalized with life-threatening wounds. | Sara Shepherd
Clerk with baton wards off would-be robber
Posted on March 30, 2009I assume this looked more menacing than the kind people twirl in pageants? | Sara Shepherd
Accused priest could be your kid's principal
Posted on March 30, 2009No criminal charges were ever filed against him, because his accuser's lawsuit failed to meet the statute of limitations. Lawyers are trying to get that overturned. A man defrocked as a priest in 1993 -- and who later was sued...
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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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