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Aussie with genitals in pasta-sauce jar flees police

Posted on March 17, 2009
Anything I add would just be superfluous. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!

Like spilling a glass of milk

Posted on March 17, 2009
The AP interviews Scott J. Johnson, the man who murdered three teenagers last summer while they were swimming on the Wisconsin-Michigan border. The bit about spilling milk -- that's how easy it was murder those kids, he says. If you...

Metro Squad activated in Raytown quadruple homicide

Posted on March 17, 2009
From Sara: Twenty detectives are providing extra manpower to help track down whoever killed four people ? including two children ? whose bodies were found Monday in Raytown. Metro Squad investigators officially took over the case at 9 a.m. today...

Charges filed in KC child abuse

Posted on March 17, 2009
Jackson County prosecutors have filed a charge of first-degree felony assault against Vernessa Peppars, who's accused of badly beating her boyfriend's toddler-age son.

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Robbers attack home near 39th and Forest

Posted on March 16, 2009
From Bob Cronkleton: One person was injured after being struck with a hammer during a residential robbery early this morning. Two men, one armed with a gun and the other with a hammer, forced their way into a house near...

Austrian dungeon incest trial starts today

Posted on March 16, 2009

Prediction: Madoff will be out in 5 or 6 years

Posted on March 16, 2009
That's according to a former prosecutor, who says that authorities will almost certainly have to cut a deal with Madoff so they can track down assets and get restitution for the victims.

Maybe we won't get an assault-weapon ban after all ...

Posted on March 16, 2009
Interesting piece from the New York Times, which says that Democrats are terrified of touching gun-control issues right now -- which could put the kibosh on a new assault-weapon ban. The old one expired under President Bush. (More than a...

Couple was having sex when train hit their car

Posted on March 16, 2009
And were STILL having sex when the paramedics showed up. Story is from North Dakota ... Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!

Eva Fink

Posted on March 16, 2009
From The AP: In this undated booking photo provided by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, Eva Fink, 78, is shown. Fink, a 78-year-old grandmother, is among three suspects accused of making meth in Lincoln County, Mo. The Joint Narcotics Enforcement...

It takes a special kind of creepy ...

Posted on March 16, 2009
to sneak into a hospital just so you can touch a pregnant woman's belly.

Sara Jane Olson could be free within days

Posted on March 16, 2009
I keep getting her confused with Sarah Jane Smith, Doctor Who's old sidekick from 1970s. Sarah with H used to travel in the TARDIS and had a giant robot dog as a partner. Other Sara was part of the Symbionese...

I am trying to break your heart

Posted on March 16, 2009
The story of a sweet, simple mule named Molly and the rifle-toting moron who killed her.

For some reason, Montana won't let its old streetlight bulbs be used to grow pot

Posted on March 16, 2009
Didn't know this, but apparently, high-pressure sodium lightbulbs are very handy for growing marijuana indoors. The founder of a medical marijuana co-op had asked Montana officials for any old streetlight bulbs they weren't using. They have declined. Hat Tip: Many...

Slippery when covered with oil

Posted on March 16, 2009
In Maryland, a driver who's been ticketed several times is accused of pouring oil on a road near a highway patrol office as revenge. He's allegedly done this several times and caused more than a few wrecks, including two involving...

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on March 16, 2009
Welcome 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,...

JoCo Sheriff also plans extra St. Pat's patrols

Posted on March 16, 2009
Dear Reader: Just don't drink and drive, all right? The cops are going to be everywhere. They've had significant amounts of advance warning.

Driver shot while driving on I-35 near 75th Street

Posted on March 16, 2009
From Merriam PD: On 03/16/09 at about 12:39 a.m. the Merriam Police Department received information about a shooting on I-35 northbound near West 75th Street. The victims were traveling north on I-35 after leaving Orlando?s Night Club in Olathe. They...

Dear Criminals

Posted on March 16, 2009
When you rob a convenience store -- or frankly, any retail establishment -- do NOT walk across the street, order a pizza and wait for your food. In professional circles, this is known as "botching the getaway." Come on, you've...

Suspect in child's murder is attacked in courtroom

Posted on March 16, 2009
From Brian Burnes: At least one member of the audience in a Cass County Circuit Court courtroom attacked Javier Barker, who is charged in the December death of Dillon Bahorski, a 3-year old Pleasant Hill boy. Charges in the courtroom...

Dan Rinehart pleads NOT GUILTY

Posted on March 16, 2009
From Don Bradley: Danial Rinehart pleaded not guilty to multiple counts this morning in Harrisonville in a case where he?s accused of fathering four babies with one of his daughters. Judge Jacqueline Cook entered not guilty pleas for Rinehart in...

Iraqi soccer player shot in the head while trying to make winning goal

Posted on March 16, 2009
Ironically, this happened because security is getting BETTER and more people are going to soccer games ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards!

Florida man accused of stealing a train

Posted on March 16, 2009
I like his alleged excuse: When detectives asked Dowdy why he entered the engine, according to the police report, he told them he ``saw the train and wanted to look at it.'' Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!

Looking to make a charitable contribution?

Posted on March 16, 2009
Then you should definitely consider sending all of your surplus cash to the Society Against Legal Injustice, which is fighting to free political prisoner Orenthal James Simpson. More here.

And your little dog, too

Posted on March 16, 2009
Prosecutors say they're going after Bernard Madoff's $7 million penthouse, as well as $62 million that's in his wife's name. I really DO wish they had a little dog, so the government could seize that, too. Get it a job...

UPDATE: Girl sues so she can wear tux to prom

Posted on March 16, 2009
She's won -- the school district changed its policy.

Worst. Wedding Night. Ever.

Posted on March 16, 2009
Most grooms hope to spend the night with their new brides ... not the other dudes in the local drunk tank.

Drew Peterson's stepbro accuses him of murder

Posted on March 16, 2009
Snip from the Sun-Times: Morphey described the hours before, during and after he helped Peterson move a blue barrel from Peterson's home into his SUV, a barrel Morphey now believes contained the body of Stacy Peterson. Morphey's first television interview...

Where is Rosie?

Posted on March 16, 2009
This one is off-topic, but one of our regular readers, Rosie, is looking for her pet Boston Terrier, also named Rosie. The dog is about 9 years old and was last seen wearing a pink camo collar. She has epilepsy...

A truly excellent mugshot

Posted on March 16, 2009
You know it was a bad wreck if that's what happened to his eyes. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

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