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Why you should never help anyone, ever
Posted on March 20, 2009In Fort Worth, a homeless man is getting a life sentence after he murdered a woman who let him into her house and fed him.
Where are the parents? In my courtroom
Posted on March 20, 2009An Alabama judge has something he calls Parent Responsibility Court especially for parents whose juvenile-offender kids violate their probation. If Junior screws up, Mama and Papa get hauled into court, too. Snip: Naman chastised another teen's mother for the condition...
Truer words have never been spoken ...
Posted on March 20, 2009"The young naked man approached her with this poodle, and she immediately realized something peculiar." (I'm pretty sure she meant an actual poodle and was not using a euphemism.)
Justin Thurber won't get a new trial
Posted on March 20, 2009From the Wichita Eagle: The defense also asked the judge to consider Thurber's mental capacity, pointing out that he has a low IQ and may be considered mentally disabled. Under Kansas law, people who are deemed mentally retarded cannot be...
Food fight -- with canned food -- spirals out of control
Posted on March 20, 2009Story is from Hutch Garden City. First of all, food fights are not supposed to hurt. Using cans of SpaghettiOs and green beans is the equivalent of bringing an assault rifle to your next LazerTag night -- not sporting.
I bet she's a big Miranda Lambert fan*
Posted on March 20, 2009A Wisconsin woman is accused of spraypainting profanities on three cars -- a 1998 Dodge pickup, a Trans Am from 1981 and an 88 Thunderbird -- after her ex-boyfriend started talking to other women. Snip: Brunmeier denied the vandalism when...
Evangelist's lawyer says he's too puny to have sex with teenage girls
Posted on March 20, 2009Tony Alamo, the evangelist accused of having sex with underage girls, has a new defense attorney, and that attorney is rolling out an interesting defense: California lawyer Danny Davis told The Associated Press that "it would be physically impossible" for...
Church secretary implicates Satan in $73K embezzlement, police say
Posted on March 20, 2009Story is from Washington state: Papers filed with a theft charge Wednesday in Snohomish County Superior Court say the 62-year-old Arlington woman told detectives "Satan had a big part in the theft." Apparently, she used her cut to save her...
Guilty plea for Neosho church shooter
Posted on March 20, 2009Which means that Eiken Elam Saimon, who killed three people at Neosho's First Congregational Church back in August 2007, will NOT face the death penalty. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Japan's "suicide forest"
Posted on March 20, 2009CNN has a story here about a Japanese forest that's an incredibly popular spot for suicides -- mostly because people wander into the woods and are never, ever found again. Japan, which already has a high-than-average suicide rate, is seeing...
UPDATE: Wife pleads guilty to exercising elderly husband to death
Posted on March 20, 2009Sentencing is scheduled for today. She could get five years.
God told me to cut off my hand, South Carolina man says
Posted on March 20, 2009When reached for comment, the Almighty replied that he'd merely asked the man to give him a hand with something ...
Have they found Natalee Holloway's remains?
Posted on March 20, 2009A cadaver dog is being flown to Aruba ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Patty PV!
Man got robbed while trying to "hook up" via chatline, prosecutors say
Posted on March 20, 2009A Kansas City woman named Dawn L. Branstietter is accused of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action because she allegedly met a man over a chatline and agreed to have sex for money. Only when the victim/john appeared, he was...
Jewel thieves were robbed immediately after their robbery
Posted on March 19, 2009Story is from Wisconsin ...
Still crazy after all these years
Posted on March 19, 2009From The AP: In a Dec. 17, 1970 file photo, right, Charles Manson is pictured en route to a Los Angeles courtroom. At left Manson is shown in a photo made and released Wednesday March 18, 2009 by California corrections...
Oops ...
Posted on March 19, 2009When an intruder broke into his house, a Phoenix man was able to grab his gun and hold the bad guy at gunpoint. He and his wife called 911 and told them what happened. So when police showed up, they...
Where is Allyson Corrales?
Posted on March 19, 2009It's been nearly two weeks since Corrales, 4, disappeared from her home in east Kansas City. Her mother, 27-year-old Katia Lainez, was found dead inside their apartment. And Allyson's dad, Luis, is a person of interest in her disappearance and...
Maybe he should've spared the rod, just this once
Posted on March 19, 2009In suburban Chicago, a pastor has been found guilty of spanking a girl who accused her stepdad of molesting her. The girl's parents actually ASKED him to do this. The pastor smacked her hard enough that she recanted. Of course,...
Highway worker charged for giving beer to inmates on work detail
Posted on March 19, 2009Story is from South Carolina. A low-level DOT worker lost his job because he gave beer to the minimum-security inmates he was supervising on a work detail -- guys who'd probably spent the day picking up highway trash. Thank heavens...
Who's to blame for the drug war? Pretty much everybody
Posted on March 19, 2009Great piece from the Chicago Tribune about a Senate hearing over the Mexican drug cartels. It's sort of amazing to hear so many people talking so much sense. The main point? The U.S. and Mexico both share the blame for...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on March 19, 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,...
Trouble in Latteland
Posted on March 19, 2009From Bob Cronkleton: A man armed with a black handgun tied up a female employee and fired shots during a robbery of the Lattéland in Prairie Village. The employee told police that the robber entered the store at 79th Street...
KCPD Mounted Patrol to host free demonstration
Posted on March 19, 2009From KCPD: The Mounted Patrol Section will put on a free demonstration of its police horses at 7 p.m. March 20 at the American Royal Center, Scott Pavilion, 1701 American Royal Way. The public is invited to attend. Officers will...
Argument over etiquette ends with bowling ball to the face
Posted on March 19, 2009Like a "Goofus and Gallant" comic gone horribly awry ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
"Consider the source"
Posted on March 19, 2009The Plog has more about the Renee Pernice case and Alonzo Washington's interview with her husband, Shon.
Yeah, yeah ... we know all about your "medical condition"
Posted on March 19, 2009I like how a New Orleans teacher responded to allegations that he was masturbating in his classroom: Lehrman said he was putting lotion on his lower stomach and penis because of a medical condition, according to a news release from...
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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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