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UK prison guard fired for friending convicts on Facebook
Posted on March 24, 2009Listen, I loved "The Fox and The Hound" as much as anybody, but stuff like this is unnatural. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tim!
Is Missouri's Halloween law enforceable?
Posted on March 24, 2009Looks like we'll find out. A handful of prosecutors have filed charges against several registered sex offenders because the RSOs allegedly failed to stay home on Halloween, Tony Rizzo writes. (One was in another state, with a Christian motorcycle group...
Do you recognize this woman?
Posted on March 24, 2009OP police are trying to find a heavyset white woman who reportedly stole an older woman's purse in a grocery-store parking lot back on Jan. 23. (An hour later, somebody used her credit cards to buy a laptop computer in...
Like fingerprinting your eye
Posted on March 24, 2009In Scott County, Mo., the sheriff's department is starting to use iris-recognition software, which they say is more accurate than fingerprints. They hope to use the technology in missing-person cases and hope it'll help them keep track of registered sex...
There are easier ways to meet girls
Posted on March 24, 2009Several months ago, we wrote about the 2007 homicide case of Katherine Ann Olson from the Twin Cities area. Olson had gone to answer a help-wanted ad for a babysitter, which she saw on Craigslist. Her body, which had been...
Time running out for Aim4Peace?
Posted on March 23, 2009Aim4Peace is a city-funded program that tries to intervene after shootings and homicides to prevent retaliatory killings -- it's based on a highly successful program from Chicago. Only the city is thinking about taking its $600K budget and sending the...
If you don't let me watch this basketball game, I'll be forced to stab you
Posted on March 23, 2009I guess there's a reason they call it March Madness. A Washington state man is accused of entering a closed bar at 10:25 in the morning so he could watch a Huskys game, using a knife to threaten an employee...
Why one family wants a law against sexting
Posted on March 23, 2009The Cincinnati Enquirer has a heartbreaking story about a teenager named Jessica Logan, who killed herself after she sent a naked photo to her boyfriend's cellphone. That photo was soon passed to kids at SEVEN DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS. Her loved...
MO's struggling public-defender system
Posted on March 23, 2009If you missed it this weekend, be sure to read Mark Morris' piece about Missouri's system of public defenders, one of the most overworked in the country. It's something we've written about here, but Mark goes into much greater detail....
Orthodox Jews riot at NY eatery after learning the hot dogs weren't kosher
Posted on March 23, 2009God bless you, New York Post. I like the part where the manager was able to keep the mob away with his electric carving knife. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
A bloody weekend in Oakland
Posted on March 23, 2009Four police officers were killed there. Two were shot during a traffic stop, and two more died from injuries while tracking down the shooter from the initial incident. (A fifth was shot, but lived.) The San Francisco Chronicle says it's...
"Stand by your man ... give him four arms to cling to"
Posted on March 23, 2009All hell broke out in a Massachusetts courtroom when a woman showed up to support her defendant boyfriend ... and she learned about his other, secret girlfriend, who was also there to support him. Beatings ensued, though oddly, not for...
Teens could get 25 years for setting cat on fire
Posted on March 23, 2009Because the cat, naturally, set its surroundings on fire. Those surroundings? An occupied apartment building. Story is from NYC.
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on March 23, 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,...
Linda Rinehart due in court
Posted on March 23, 2009Rinehart's arraignment is scheduled for today, KMBC reports. Rinehart's husband, Danial, is accused of repeatedly impregnating their daughter and, because only one of the babies survived, second-degree murder. Linda is facing charges of endangering a child's welfare and hindering the...
KCK police release name of weekend homicide victim
Posted on March 23, 2009From KCK Police: The victim from the homicide which occurred on Saturday, March 21, 2009 in the 2400 block of S. 13th Terrace has been identified. Johnny L. Baer, white male, DOB 02/01/1985, was a Kansas City, Kansas resident. The...
KCPD task force goes after burglars, car thieves in Midtown
Posted on March 23, 2009UPDATED: We've got video of the presentation here. It sounds like police were essentially trying to make a case against budget cuts -- though Dave Helling notes it's not clear if projects like this one would necessarily go away if...
Wichita police horse scared by 5-foot-long inflatable penis
Posted on March 23, 2009From the Eagle: Wichita police arrested three people on Sunday in an incident that began when a man threw an inflatable penis at an officer's horse. Officers were patrolling the Old Town area on horseback at about 1:20 a.m. when...
Michigan teen dies after being Tasered, family says
Posted on March 23, 2009Aaaand the family naturally blames police, though the kid, age 15, had been trying to fight them.
Why most prostitutes never go for the "hard sell"
Posted on March 23, 2009A North Carolina woman is accused of forcing her way into a home and aggressively propositioning the residents to have sex for money. Which seems tacky, even for a prostitute. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
FL mom accused of aborting daughter's fetus against her will
Posted on March 23, 2009By crumbling up the necessary pills and putting them into some hot tea, which the daughter drank. She was about 24 weeks along at that point. The baby was born on a toilet and thrown out in the garbage, authorities...
Quote of the day
Posted on March 23, 2009?I?m stealing this and going around back to drink it. Call the cops.? -- Michael Anthony Sessions of Florida, to a liquor-store clerk as he left with a $16 bottle of Gilbey?s Vodka
Coming soon? A border crackdown
Posted on March 23, 2009The Washington Post says the Obama administration is THIS CLOSE to sending more resources to the border as a way to help Mexico fight the drug cartels. Specifically, the feds want to stop guns and money headed south. Snip: To...
Peace in our time?
Posted on March 23, 2009New Jersey abandons plan to ban genital waxing. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Report: TX inmates lost Death-Row appeals because lawyers missed deadlines
Posted on March 23, 2009Big story from the Houston Chronicle: They say nine men on Death Row lost their federal appeals because their attorneys botched deadlines. Snip: In (two) cases, the lawyer waited until after business hours on the last day an appeal could...
Woman tried to steal truck from KCMO fire station, police say
Posted on March 23, 2009Talk about bold -- the lady tried to steal the SUV while a firefighter was standing RIGHT THERE, police allege. From Christine: A Kansas City firefighter stopped a woman from stealing a marked battalion chief?s vehicle from a fire station...
Martial law in Schenectady?
Posted on March 23, 2009It sounds like things are getting out of hand in Schenectady, N.Y. The city has five police officers who could face prosecution for driving drunk, beating up a guy and other offenses. So the mayor is mulling over a few...
Dawn Branstietter and Trevor Sparks
Posted on March 23, 2009Jackson County prosecutors say they're mother and son, and they're accused of robbing a man who reportedly met Mom via a chatline and wanted to become physically intimate for money.
Lost dwarf relies on pet chihuahua for body heat
Posted on March 23, 2009It took me two attempts to mentally process that headline. It's like a Mad Lib come to life. Story is from the UK. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
UPDATE on fatal Independence stabbing
Posted on March 23, 2009Jon C. Welch, 48, of KCMO, was fatally stabbed Saturday near 23rd and I-435, Independence police report. They've charged two men who were persons of interest: Christopher Vasquez, 18, KCMO, with second-degree murder and armed criminal action, and Anthony Gillen,...
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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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