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Defendant appeals $12 mil verdict because juror Twittered during trial
Posted on March 13, 2009And the tweets are priceless: One read in part: "oh and nobody buy Stoam. Its bad mojo and they'll probably cease to Exist, now that their wallet is 12m lighter." Another describing what "Juror Jonathan" did today, read: "I just...
Police stop man for using dummy to get into commuter lane
Posted on March 13, 2009Yeah, I can't imagine why they weren't fooled by this high-quality dummy ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mad Matt!
Suspect wins acquittal partly because of cop's comments on MySpace, Internet
Posted on March 13, 2009Oops. Besides the ?devious? mood setting, the jurors learned that a few weeks before the trial, the officer posted this status on his Facebook page: ?Vaughan is watching ?Training Day? to brush up on proper police procedure.? Hat Tip: Many...
Man arrested after buying pickled pig's foot, refusing to leave store
Posted on March 13, 2009Story is from Florida ...
Report: Alabama shooter was depressed about being a giant loser
Posted on March 13, 2009He got kicked from the Marines for falsifying information, and couldn't meet the physical requirements for being a cop. Boo-hoo. Being "unfulfilled" isn't a license to murder nearly a dozen people, including your own family or an innocent 18-month-old...
VA police shoot and kill soldier dressed like The Joker
Posted on March 13, 2009Let's say you've never seen a Batman comic book or movie in your life, and then you see somebody dressed like this. I'm AT LEAST running away and calling 911. Hat Tip: Saw this via Hip Suburban White Guy!
Do we need more gun control along the U.S.-Mexico border?
Posted on March 13, 2009A LOT of Mexico's drug-cartel murders are committed with weapons bought in the United States, so they're asking us to do more to stop the flow of guns down south. Snip: Gun control expert Tom Diaz said the U.S. needs...
New Jersey might outlaw genital hair waxing
Posted on March 13, 2009Commercially, at least. Loved this quote: One Camden County salon owner who asked not to be identified said that she offers the service but didn't know it was illegal. "If it's illegal, then why do they teach it in schools?"...
Golfer accused of attacking boy, 12, who took his ball
Posted on March 13, 2009Specifically, the Arizona Republic reports, the golfer "picked up the boy by the neck and crotch and threw him into a bush. He then hit the child in the calf with a golf club and went back to playing, police...
Hacker steals $200K from MO school's bank account
Posted on March 13, 2009Story is from Carl Junction. The school, working with its bank, has recovered about $80K so far, and insurance will cover anything that isn't. Apparently, someone installed a keylogger on the school's computer, giving them access to account passwords.
Hit-and-run driver suffered PTSD from frat hazing, suit claims
Posted on March 13, 2009Curtis Mertensmeyer, who's serving time for the hit-and-run death of Daniel Riemann, has filed a lawsuit against Sigma Alpha Mu at Tulane University, Tony Rizzo reports. Although it does not mention the accident, the lawsuit maintains that post-traumatic stress syndrome...
Unbelievable
Posted on March 13, 2009A Missouri man is accused of molesting a woman in her own bed ... as her husband lay there asleep, just inches away.
MO Senate votes to repeal motorcycle-helmet law
Posted on March 13, 2009Whoa, this thing is picking up speed. When we last checked, this thing had gotten committee approval. But the full Senate? I'm curious to see what the state House does.
"Helper" monkey kills master who ordered him to get a coconut
Posted on March 13, 2009Ironically, the coconut WAS the murder weapon. The monkey hated climbing over a certain height, but was beaten if he refused. Once he got the coconut, he threw it and hit his master in the head. Story is from Thailand....
Church shooter just wanted to kill liberals
Posted on March 13, 2009AP has snippets of the police interrogating Jim Adkisson, the man who shot and killed two people at a Unitarian church in Knoxville. (I can't help shaking my head over that -- the Unitarians? Who have the Unitarians EVER hurt?)...
Human remains found after KCK fire
Posted on March 13, 2009From Mark Wiebe: Cadaver-detecting dogs led investigators to human remains Thursday in the debris of a Kansas City, Kan., home destroyed by fire a day earlier. But those investigators aren?t ready to say whether the remains were those of homeowner...
Miss Scarlett, in the study, with an electric guitar
Posted on March 12, 2009Near Chicago, a former Republican party chairman filed a report against his wife, saying she beat him with an electric guitar. Police say that's because she allegedly caught him with two prostitutes in their kids' playroom. He denies the part...
Should former felons have the right to vote?
Posted on March 12, 2009The New York Times has a piece this morning about Florida, one of the few states where felons must apply to have their voting rights restored. The state tried to iron out the process, but it's still almost impossible for...
Meanspirited crone succumbs to human kindness, legal reality
Posted on March 12, 2009Remember that old lady who sued her neighbors for "emotional distress" because their kids' toys kept landing in her yard? (She also went to jail for refusing to return some of the toys.) Well, she's dropped her lawsuit.
Girl wants to wear tux to prom -- sues school when they say no
Posted on March 12, 2009Story is from Indiana. The girl, who is a lesbian, says that wearing a dress isn't part of her sexual identity.
No fish sticks? I'LL KILL YOU!
Posted on March 12, 2009Lovely story from North Carolina, where a 15-year-old is accused of stabbing a man after being told that he couldn't have fish sticks for dinner.
Man is OK after being chased around mobile-home park, struck with pitchfork
Posted on March 12, 2009Story is from South Carolina ... just wanted you to enjoy that mental image.
Who was Jeffery Johnson?
Posted on March 12, 2009KMBC has more about the young man killed in a fight this weekend at an Independence park.
KCPD part of statewide DUI crackdown Mar 13-15
Posted on March 12, 2009From KCPD: Law enforcement officers across Missouri will be cracking down on drunk driving with increased enforcement March 13-15, 2009. The Kansas City Missouri Police Department will be participating in this effort. It's never worth the risk to drive while...
Drunk TN man steals school bus to pull his car from ditch, police say
Posted on March 12, 2009To be fair, it worked.
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on March 12, 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,...
The upside of Michael Phelps allegedly smoking pot
Posted on March 12, 2009A food bank says Kellogg has, for some unknown reason, sent them several thousand boxes of cereal with Phelps' face on the side. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards!
Speedway shooter found guilty -- only has his lawyer to blame
Posted on March 12, 2009As you might recall, Nolden Garner -- accused of shooting KCK Detective Susan Brown at the KS Speedway -- served as his own attorney during the trial. From Dawn Bormann: A jury found a man guilty this afternoon for his...
KY man asks "hitman" for victim's testicles, eyes, thumbs, police say
Posted on March 12, 2009As always, the hitman was actually an undercover lawman. Snip from the Bluegrass Beat blog: Hooker posed as a hit man from Reno, Nev., when he met Barnett at a Mount Sterling motel. When Barnett requested the body parts be...
Lee's Summit also plans DUI crackdown Mar 13-15
Posted on March 12, 2009It's part of the statewide enforcement program, timed suspiciously near St. Pat's. I'm not saying Missouri hates the Irish, but I couldn't disagree with someone who assumed that.
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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...
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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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