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You make an excellent point, but my box cutter says I'm right
Posted on March 19, 2009From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors today charged Tracy Marie Glover, 36, with domestic assault after she allegedly cut her boyfriend?s forearm with a box cutter. The 38-year-old victim?s wound required seven staples to close. The incident occurred Wednesday in...
Hoax Alert
Posted on March 19, 2009I've gotten a couple of emails this afternoon from people who've heard rumors about a possible "situation" happening at a local Wal-Mart. As it turns out, the story is a hoax. How do I know? The Orlando Sentinel has a...
Woman throws out dad's gin -- dad shoots daughter, police say
Posted on March 19, 2009From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors today accused a 59-year-old man of shooting his daughter in the leg after she poured out his gin. Prosecutors charged William James Smith, of Kansas City, with first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action...
"The Teen Rape Double Standard"
Posted on March 19, 2009The Daily Beast has a piece here about statutory rape cases -- and how male suspects are almost always treated more harshly than female ones. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Van!
U.S. deports former Nazi guard, 83, to Austria
Posted on March 19, 2009From The AP: U.S. investigators found (Josias Kumpf) participated in a 1943 mass shooting in Poland in which 8,000 Jewish men, women and children were murdered in pits at Trawniki in a single day. "Josias Kumpf, by his own admission,...
"Dinosaur Crimes"
Posted on March 19, 2009That's what the headline said, so I was very excited to read the story -- maybe it'd be something about keeping an unlicensed velociraptor or riding a T-Rex while it stomped on people. But no, it was about an archaeologist...
In this case, a little profiling was OK
Posted on March 19, 2009If you work in a bank, it's probably OK to assume that anyone who is literally redhanded is up to no good. In New York, police say they caught a bank robber whose hands and jeans were STILL STAINED from...
Joe Fritzl, not a COMPLETE monster
Posted on March 19, 2009Another blog, QuizLaw, pointed out this lovely bit from the AP's story about Joe Fritzl, the Austrian dungeon dad. Fritzl's lawyer argued that he was not THAT bad of a guy. Snip: Fritzl's lawyer, Rudolf Mayer, said his client regretted...
Why Kansas' seatbelt law could be changing
Posted on March 19, 2009Kansas is one of the states where police cannot pull a motorist over simply because they're driving without a seatbelt. But the legislature is thinking about changing that. If they do, they'll get $11.2 million from the feds, plus another...
JOCO SOB called it
Posted on March 19, 2009KCPD had no confirmed reports of any shootings on St. Patrick's Day -- which is a minor miracle when you consider that it was a warm day when a lot of people were out and drinking.
Trial starting for man accused of killing MO trooper
Posted on March 19, 2009Story is from Van Buren. Prosecutors say Sgt. Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. was killed by Lance Shockley about four years ago. Snip from The AP: Shockley is believed to have shot Graham on March 20, 2005, because of the trooper?s...
St. Louis cops bust theft ring working Lambert Airport
Posted on March 19, 2009Not many details yet -- a press conference is scheduled for this afternoon -- but police say the group stole something like 900 items from passengers' luggage.
Suspects hid 229 pounds of weed in cookies, authorities say
Posted on March 19, 2009From Acting U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker: Taurino Cereceres-Morales, 70, Juan Morales, 29, and Jesus Robles, 33, are charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute ? and one count of possession with intent to distribute ?....
PV police release description of Latteland robber
Posted on March 19, 2009From PVPD: The suspect was described as a white male approximately 28-30 years old who was 5? 6? tall and of medium build. He was wearing gray sweat pants, gloves, a black hoody, sunglasses, and a mask over the lower...
Woman shot outside Ramada Inn in Overland Park
Posted on March 19, 2009From Joe Lambe: Overland Park police this morning are on the scene of a shooting at a Ramada Inn parking lot. A woman in her early 30s was shot shortly after 8 a.m. at Shawnee Mission Parkway and Riley Street,...
TX school used cage fights to settle student disputes, police say
Posted on March 19, 2009And the principal allegedly knew about it, the Dallas News reports, though he denies it. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Joe Fritzl receives life sentence
Posted on March 19, 2009He'll be eligible for parole in 15 years, though "psychiatric experts" would have to OK his release. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Probably the best mugshot you're going to see today
Posted on March 19, 2009He looks so surprised ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
New Mexico bans executions
Posted on March 19, 2009To be fair, they weren't getting a lot of use out of it anyway. They'd executed one inmate, a child killer, back in 2001. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards!
Independence city manager's DUI charge gets dismissed
Posted on March 19, 2009Brian's story is here. At first, a city spokeswoman told him that court records were closed, though they later provided a written statement saying: ?On March 5, 2009, the Defendant filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence, which was vigorously opposed...
William Smith
Posted on March 19, 2009According to the prosecutor's office, he's the gentleman who doesn't like people messing with his gin. (He says it was an accident.)
Kid throws lunch in the garbage -- teacher makes him eat it anyway
Posted on March 18, 2009She is now, of course, facing a criminal charge. Story is from Connecticut. The kid threw out a banana and some chicken nuggets, the bill of fare at his school that day. Teacher, who is 67 and too old for...
Joe Fritzl pleads guilty to everything
Posted on March 18, 2009Earlier in the week, he'd copped to the incest charges, but denied that he enslaved his daughter and also rejected the murder rap. (For not getting care to a newborn who later died.) It sounds like the videotaped testimony of...
KCPD makes 28 DUI arrests during St. Pat's checkpoint
Posted on March 18, 2009From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department along with the Jackson County Traffic Safety Unit and the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on March 17, 2009 from 2200 hours to 0400 hours at 39 tr &...
When the Internet sneaks into the jury room
Posted on March 18, 2009Thanks to handheld devices like Blackberries, it's a lot easier for jurors to look up information during their deliberations, even though they're specifically forbidden from doing so, the New York Times reports. Also? More jurors are starting to give Facebook...
Losing the race against time
Posted on March 18, 2009A teenager in Cincinnati tells his friend in Texas that he's going to commit suicide. She calls police, who call his cable company to get the boy's address. It takes them 45 minutes. Here's why.
Town protests after pastor lets child-killer stay with him
Posted on March 18, 2009Story is from New Hampshire. The child-killer has served 35 years and is now on parole. He's planning to stay with the pastor for two months while looking for work and housing, but other residents are protesting. They're asking the...
The Madoff deduction
Posted on March 18, 2009This is different: The IRS is going to offer a special deduction for victims of Ponzi-style schemes, the New York Times reports. It'll apply to everyone in these situations, but it's primarily designed to help victims of Bernard Madoff. The...
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on March 18, 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,...
Florida man shoots bandmate after learning about breakup over MySpace
Posted on March 18, 2009Police say his solo project was No. 1 with a bullet.
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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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