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DUI suspect wears Coors Light shirt to court, accuses judge of treason
Posted on March 11, 2009Story is from Pennsylvania. He tried explaining that regular DUI laws don't apply to him as he is a "sovereign man." Snip from the Morning Call:"It means I live inside myself," Witmer, 44, told a curious Northampton County Judge Leonard...
Florida legislators still not sure whether they want to ban bestiality
Posted on March 11, 2009It's a toughie, I know. The Miami Herald says Florida is one of 16 states that doesn't criminalize getting busy with animals. My favorite part of the story:Rich's proposal was amended to target only those who derived or helped others...
KCPD plans DUI checkpoint on St. Pat's
Posted on March 11, 2009From KCPD: The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on March 17, 2009 from 2200-0400 hrs. at a location in Kansas City, Missouri that is known for occurrence of DUI related crashes or DUI arrests. This...
Rowdy drunk is good guy, despite breaking into old lady's house, urinating on coffee table
Posted on March 11, 2009A Minnesota man was apparently drunk off his behind when he broke down the door of an 85-year-old woman's house and fell asleep on her couch. When police showed up, though, he'd already arranged to have the door fixed and...
Friends beat each other with fish tank, beer bottle in moving car
Posted on March 11, 2009It's like a damn episode of "My Name is Earl" ...
Thief steals bunnies from CA elementary school
Posted on March 11, 2009They answer to Cinnamon and Sugar. (Story says they were raised by a magician, so who knows? Maybe they magically disappeared?)
Drugs, the other stimulus program
Posted on March 11, 2009After he was reportedly arrested for smuggling drugs, an Ohio man told police that he got into drug-dealing because he was out of work and needed to make money, the Akron Beacon Journal reports.
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on March 11, 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,...
Who was David Finlay?
Posted on March 11, 2009From Christine Vendel:Kansas City police today identified a man in a wheelchair who died overnight from injuries he suffered after being hit by a hit-and-run driver. David M. Finlay, 51, was struck just before 9 p.m. north of 79th Street...
That boy ain't right ...
Posted on March 11, 2009I have hard time believing somebody who looks like this could be guilty of stealing some goats and beheading them outside a school. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Who's the boss?
Posted on March 11, 2009From the Star Press of Indiana:A man arrested for allegedly masturbating at his mailbox Tuesday afternoon told police he was showing his neighbors ?who was boss,? according to police reports.Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Is Aim4Peace turning things around?
Posted on March 11, 2009New reports indicate that Aim4Peace -- a city initiative to prevent homicides through interventions -- is making some headway, the Pitch's Plog reports. (The program had really struggled early on, doing little more than advertising and handing out T-shirts...
Vanessa Chantal Billingsly
Posted on March 11, 2009She's accused of beating up her boyfriend while, at the same time, carrying around her 3-year-old, who was -- sadly -- dropped on his head at one point during the confrontation, police say. Billingsly, who might have been intoxicated, weighs...
Mugger beat up blind man, stole $190 intended for blind kids' pizza party
Posted on March 11, 2009The good news: That dirtbag is now going to do five years in a Florida prison.
KY woman, new lovah planned to kill her ex with a grenade, police say
Posted on March 11, 2009I hear their first choice was making an anvil fall on him, but the logistics were a nightmare.
Woman tried to bring gun into WyCo courthouse, authorities say
Posted on March 11, 2009No word if she tried to sneak the gun inside under a Royal Crown bag. From Mark Wiebe: A woman was charged this morning with misdemeanor possession of a firearm on state property after trying to bring a pistol into...
UPDATE on Alabama massacre
Posted on March 11, 2009This story just keeps getting uglier and uglier. Two of the victims were a deputy's wife and 18-month-old child, who just had the misfortune of visiting friends at the wrong time. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jellybean
Students stabs classmate with scissors during conflict-resolution session
Posted on March 11, 2009I don't think it's working. Story is from Illinois.
Chris Brown withdraws from Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards
Posted on March 11, 2009I'm surprised that Nickelodeon kept him on the ballot in the first place.
Life in the dungeon
Posted on March 11, 2009Joe Fritzl -- the Austrian man who allegedly kept his daughter in a dungeon and fathered several children with her -- is a few days away from trial. The New York Post says the daughter actually kept a record of...
Shirley Riggs pleads guilty
Posted on March 11, 2009From Mark Morris:An Independence woman who prompted a long Amber Alert in September and was arrested the next month in Washington state pleaded guilty today to four felonies and received probation. Shirley Riggs appeared in Jackson County Circuit Court for...
Business exec faked colon cancer to avoid federal lawsuit, authorities say
Posted on March 11, 2009And it worked! Now, what illness can he fake to get out of the obstruction-of-justice charge?
Yale student sues airline for $1 million over missing Xbox
Posted on March 11, 2009U.S. Airways, BTW, caps losses at $3,300 so good luck with that, Junior. If your Xbox is worth $1 million, don't check it. Buy a second ticket, and keep that bad boy in the seat next to you at ALL...
Sex offenders, others added to JoCo Sheriff's crime map
Posted on March 11, 2009From the JoCo Sheriff: Sex offenders, violent offenders and drug offenders will now be listed on a new mapping system created for Johnson County. Offenders will be listed by name and mapped by their offense. Both the offenders? residence and...
OP woman raped by masked man who broke into her house
Posted on March 11, 2009From Joe Lambe:Overland Park police this morning are investigating the Tuesday night rape of a 25-year-old woman by a masked man waiting inside for her return home. The woman drove into her garage about 10 p.m. and entered her house...
West Virginia mom burned "wimp" into girl's neck, police say
Posted on March 11, 2009Because the 6-year-old fell. Mom used a cigarette, authorities allege. Mom was recently indicted. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM
Sorry, an oath written in blood is not an enforceable contract
Posted on March 11, 2009It's really cool, but not enforceable ...
Sleeps with the fishes
Posted on March 11, 2009A Pennsylvania pet shop had a surprise delivery the other day. Instead of getting a shipment of tropical fish, they received the corpse of a man who died from Alzheimer's. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
MO mugger accused of stealing couple's puppy
Posted on March 11, 2009And a wallet, too, but I'm more worried about the puppy, which hasn't been recovered. Story is from Springfield.
Alleged Nazi guard charged with 29K counts of accessory-to-murder
Posted on March 11, 2009John Demjanjuk, 88, is a Ukrainian native who became a U.S. citizen after World War II and was an auto worker in Ohio. During the war, authorities say, he was a guard at the Sobibor death camp -- he says...
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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
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If I was detained by citizens unlawfully, and then the police showed up...is everything they charged me with in-admissable?
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