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Twitter in the court!
Posted on March 06, 2009A Federal judge is allowing a Wichita Eagle Reporter to Twitter a racketeering trial of 6 Crips. (Say "twitter a trial" three times fast). It's rare for Federal courts to allow such electronic tweets, especially in criminal trials. Hat Tip:...
Cops get creative
Posted on March 06, 2009They dressed up as firefighters and then pulled the fire alarm to catch a criminal. | Meredith Rodriguez
Girl Scout troop scammed
Posted on March 06, 2009There are a lot of crummy people out there. Someone bought about 30 boxes of cookies with fake $20 bills. A link to the Fox News video. | Meredith Rodriguez
More information calls into question "Octomom's" ability to raise 14 children
Posted on March 06, 2009A 911 call reveals Nadya Suleman panicking that she can't find her 5-year-old son (one of six that she already has under age 7) and then saying, "I'm going to kill myself." Police have been called to her house eight...
Horrid injuries inflicted by chimp
Posted on March 06, 2009The Connecticut woman attacked by a domestic chimpanzee two weeks ago lost her hands, nose, lips, eyelids and the bone structure in her face. She may also be blind and suffering brain damage. Authorities are still trying to figure out...
Beware of friends who look like you
Posted on March 06, 2009A woman has been arrested on charges of murdering a lookalike she met on the internet and selling the victim's apartment in a grisly moneymaking scheme, according to a television report. She overlooked two details when she sold it, though....
Robbing a bank, not a good financial backup plan
Posted on March 06, 2009Businessman, soccer coach, church deacon and father of four in financial trouble robs a bank. Friends and family plea with the court, saying he's never stolen before. He is just an average guy who snapped. Police are pushing the court...
She fought the law but the law won
Posted on March 06, 2009A Shawnee mom wrote expletives in a letter when paying for a broken taillight ticket, KCTV5 reports. A judge calls her into court a year later to explain why she shouldn't be charged in contempt of court. |Meredith Rodriguez
Animal rights crusade deemed a crime
Posted on March 06, 2009Two men face federal charges for freeing over 600 minks from a mink farm. Several of the freed animals died from being struck by cars, others by stress caused by the release, the farm owner said. From The Salt Lake...
I wish all standoffs could end like this ...
Posted on March 06, 2009New Hampshire police figured out a pretty clever way to get an armed man to leave his apartment: They dressed up like firefighters and set off his building's fire alarm.
Business motto takes on new meaning
Posted on March 06, 2009Halfway Packing was a company that disposed of dead farm animals in Missouri. It is closed now, due to federal regulations. Farmers say they don't know what they will do with their dead farm animals now. The motto on their...
Wrong Address?
Posted on March 06, 2009Angel Food Ministries, a huge food charity, is raided by the FBI. Charges fly that leaders enriched themselves. "In 2006, the ministry reported revenue of $96 million dollars and $17 million in expenses. Tax records from that year show the...
KCKPD names two homicide victims
Posted on March 06, 2009From The Star: Police have identified victims of two separate homicides in Kansas City, Kan. Victor K. Dominguez-Gardea, 24, of Kansas City, Kan., was found with gunshots wounds early Friday morning in front of La Cascada restaurant at 6550 Kaw...
Civil suit opens today for shooting 14 years ago
Posted on March 06, 2009In NYC, a civil suit is scheduled for opening arguments today in a shooting 14 years ago. "The victims were face-down on the ground when they were killed, one shot eight imes in the back and the second hit with...
Something awful happened at the Waffle House
Posted on March 06, 2009According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a LOT of awful things have happened at the Waffle House. And we're not talking about the food.
Amber alert for missing 4-year-old, Allyson Corrales
Posted on March 06, 2009The little girl's mother was found dead in her apartment near I-70 and Sterling Avenue this morning. Police also are looking for the girl's father, Luis F. Corrales, who is a person of interest. An order of protection was filed...
Police search for Gladstone bank robber
Posted on March 06, 2009From Glenn Rice:A man armed with a handgun robbed a Gladstone bank just after noon today and fled with an unknown amount of cash. The robbery at the Union Bank, at North Englewood and North Broadway, was reported just 12:03...
Do you recognize this man?
Posted on March 06, 2009From The Star: A man holding a gun wrapped in a newspaper robbed a downtown Kansas City bank this afternoon. The man entered the UMB bank at 1010 Grand Ave. about 12:50 p.m. and passed a note to the teller...
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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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