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Naked man challenged neighbors to karate fight
Posted on March 11, 2009He's pleaded guilty. Snip:Police said Jones emerged naked from his home after consuming alcohol Aug. 1 and approached neighbors Dennis Hucks, Gary Kerns and Andrea Orndorff while Huck's three children played nearby. He told the men that he knew karate...
Jawanza Brown, guilty
Posted on March 11, 2009From Mark Morris:Kansas City man acquitted of a double murder in 2007 didn?t fare as well Wednesday when a Jackson County jury convicted him of first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Prosecutors charged Jawanza Brown, 19, last year in the...
Sex toys + power tools = something terrible
Posted on March 10, 2009A Maryland woman was badly hurt when her lovah placed a sex toy over a saber saw's blade and then, uh, used them on her. Which was probably awesome until the sex toy was cut off. It was bad enough...
Chris Brown still in the running for Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
Posted on March 10, 2009He's in the running for best male singer and favorite song, though maybe our commenters can suggest some alternative awards ... Hat Tip: Saw this via JOCO SOB!
Saudi widow, 75, sentenced to severe whipping
Posted on March 10, 2009Because she was "mingling" with two younger men who brought her bread.
Okie takes off his pants for "massage therapists" -- they leave with his pants, casino winnings
Posted on March 10, 2009The good news: Two hot "massage therapists" meet you at a casino and want to get in your pants.The bad news: They want to get in your pants so they can steal the $2K you won at the casino.
Burglar left his library card at break-in, WI police say
Posted on March 10, 2009You really don't expect burglars to have library cards. But this story is from Sheboygan, and I've learned that anything's possible in Sheboygan.
Van carrying 24 illegal immigrants crashes after AZ chase, police say
Posted on March 10, 2009They're believed to be in the country illegally. They could very well be clowns, I suppose. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!
NC real-estate agent caught on tape vandalizing competitor's signs, police say
Posted on March 10, 2009More proof the housing market is getting uglier and uglier ...
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on March 10, 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,...
Hearing set in wreck that killed Greg Hawley
Posted on March 10, 2009From Brian Burnes: An April 9 pretrial hearing has been set for the man charged in the Jan. 10 death of Greg Hawley, an Arabia Steamboat Museum co-founder. Hawley, 50, died after his truck was struck in an apparent racing...
"If I could, I would hit you in the gator"
Posted on March 10, 2009Is our children learning? No. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
2 men, 2 women charged in Wichita teen's rape
Posted on March 10, 2009The women are accused of videotaping the attack, which reportedly occurred this weekend.
If you're going to have a manhunt, check the strip club first
Posted on March 10, 2009When one of his inmates went missing, an Alabama sheriff was able to find him in one of the first places he looked: a strip club just across the state line. It's the third time he's arrested someone there.
MO man accused of shooting, killing 26 cows
Posted on March 10, 2009Story is from Macon County. KTVO-TV says the shooting was inspired because a neighbor had accused the man of poaching.
UPDATE: Robbers hurt clerk at Mexican store in Olathe
Posted on March 10, 2009Here's more from KMBC.
"I was twisting his esophagus"
Posted on March 10, 2009Great story from Florida, where a 145-pound burglar broke into the home of a 68-year-old woman ... and her son, a 299-pound former bouncer who stands 6-5. Snip:"I had him by the throat. I just had him on the floor,...
Highway robbery
Posted on March 10, 2009The Chicago Tribune writes about a small Texas town where police allegedly target black motorists for an asset-seizure scam:That's because the police here allegedly have found a way to strip motorists, many of them black, of their property without ever...
NFL wins exemption from terrorism lawsuits
Posted on March 10, 2009This is a little off-topic, but the NFL has won an exemption so that, if terrorists attack any of its stadiums, the league and its teams cannot be sued if somebody gets hurt.
"Blackhand Strawman"
Posted on March 10, 2009Tony's Kansas City has an interview with Terence O'Malley about his new documentary, "Blackhand Strawman." It's about organized crime in Kansas City, from the very early days of the Black Hand to the FBI's "Strawman" investigation into mob control of...
"He was not a bad kid"
Posted on March 10, 2009Sara has more about Darreon Murray-Brown, the Hogan Prep student who was shot and killed early Saturday on I-70 near Van Brunt. Murray-Brown and some friends were coming home from a party when another vehicle opened fire.Murray-Brown?s father, Ron Brown,...
Who was Fred Winters?
Posted on March 10, 2009Don Bradley has a profile of Fred Winters, a pastor who was shot and killed during Sunday service in Maryville, Ill. As reader Jewwells P mentioned yesterday, Winters was a Raytown South grad and attended First Baptist Church of Raytown.
Bank president, underwear-clad deputy stop drunk driver
Posted on March 10, 2009Story is from Wisconsin. It sounds like a script treatment for the worst "buddy-cop" movie ever made. OK, the second-worst "buddy-cop" movie ever made. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
UPDATE: KCFD truck strikes, kills 7-year-old
Posted on March 10, 2009Sara got the full recording today, which is available after the jump. Snip:Audio files obtained today by The Kansas City Star continue past that point and indicate: Dispatchers send three fire vehicles from Station 10, 1505 E. Ninth St., to...
KCTV: Suspect runs, loses pants, gets bitten by K9
Posted on March 10, 2009I'm betting this isn't the first time someone has lost his pants near a motel on 40 Highway ... Hat Tip: Saw this via Tony's Kansas City!
Driver was speeding because of Ebay auction, WA police say
Posted on March 10, 2009Snip: According to McDonald, Garrett "didn't say what he was bidding on but the trooper said his car was filled with Star Wars stuff." Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Could this man be Father of the Year?
Posted on March 10, 2009He's accused of keeping his marijuana plants in his 10-year-old son's bedroom ...
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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
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?
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