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What is this guy smoking?
Posted on February 24, 2009A first-term California legislator has introduced a bill that would legalize marijuana for recreational use, though it would be regulated like alcohol. (You'd have to be 21, for example, to partake.) The odds against it passing, though, are pretty high,...
KCPD angry over city manager's jail funding plan
Posted on February 24, 2009Cauthen wants to take $1.5 million from the city's public-safety tax and spend it on a new county-owned jail. Police officials are less than thrilled -- they say the project wasn't on the list of projects sold to voters when...
More charges in Cass County incest case
Posted on February 24, 2009From Don Bradley:A grand jury handed up three more charges Monday in an incest case. Danial Rinehart, 47, who authorities say had an incestuous relationship with his teenage daughter that lasted five years and produced four babies, already faced charges...
Why did he ever let her go?
Posted on February 24, 2009A Colorado college student is accused of "attacking her ex-boyfriend's groin" after she found another woman in his bed. (Never mind they were already broken up.) From the Boulder Camera:Cmdr. Tim McGraw said Simon, a sophomore who lives off campus,...
Man stabs son in left buttock for wearing hat in church, police say
Posted on February 24, 2009Story is from Baltimore ...
Prison guard made sex offenders bark like dogs, kneel, sing nursery rhymes
Posted on February 24, 2009You'd think that would be right up your typical RSO's alley, but you would be wrong. This particular prison guard, from Pennsylvania, is getting probation after he pleaded guilty to "official oppression."
Man accused of stealing 91 lobsters from Atlantic City casino
Posted on February 24, 2009He allegedly smuggled them out under his clothes and in a backpack. Read the story -- I lost count of the puns at some point, there were so many.
NJ lawsuit: Should high-school coaches be able to pray with their students?
Posted on February 24, 2009The U.S. Supremes will be taking a crack at the case over the coming weeks. Many schools let coaches participate in team prayers, but only it's student-led and -initiated. Others say a school worker can't kneel or bow his head...
Lawrence mugger steals from 90-year-old victim
Posted on February 24, 2009But gives back part of her personal belongings a short time later, police report.
Florida woman arrested for trying to hug a guy
Posted on February 24, 2009Check out the booking photo before you make a judgment ... Hat Tip: You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Company knew about asbestos pollution for decades, prosecutors say
Posted on February 24, 2009Story is from Montana, where the W.R. Grace operated a vermiculite mine for several years in the town of Libby. Prosecutors say the company knew its operations were also releasing asbestos into the community, causing about 1,200 people to die...
Government employee stole almost $600K
Posted on February 24, 2009From the U.S. Attorney's office: John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a former federal government employee pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling nearly $600,000 from the government. Michael T...
Olathe PD to break ground for building expansion
Posted on February 24, 2009From Olathe PD: The Olathe Police Department and the City of Olathe in cooperation with Turner Construction and Hoefer Wysocki Architects will break ground on the new police expansion building this Friday, February 27th at 10:00 am. The ceremony will...
Disabled MO veteran loses free house because he smoked weed
Posted on February 23, 2009The Post-Dispatch had a story this weekend about Scott West, an Iraq veteran who lost both his legs. A charity that builds houses for disabled vets had agreed to construct one for him in Branson -- until it was discovered...
There is no amount of protection that would have stopped this
Posted on February 23, 2009Alabama man wakes up with knitting needle embedded in his urethra after sleeping with ex-GF. Sheriff's deputies are investigating.
The Washington Post explains it all
Posted on February 23, 2009Snip:The alleged pimp, Yul Na, 37, might have had access to as many as 400 women across the country, Loudoun Sheriff Stephen O. Simpson said yesterday. Na is said to have advertised the women online under the name CSH Entertainment....
If it's good for Oregon ...
Posted on February 23, 2009As you might, Missouri is considering a bill that would require a doctor's prescription for many cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine -- Sudafed, for example, is medicine that would be affected. A lot of people really hate the idea of...
Charges coming in the Adam Herrman case?
Posted on February 23, 2009That's what the Eagle is reporting. It might be a few weeks, but the Butler County sheriff says he's pretty close to presenting a case to the prosecutor.
UPDATE: Anti-kidnapping expert kidnapped in Mexico
Posted on February 23, 2009They think they might have found him. Specifically, his charred remains.
Boy, 11, killed Dad's pregnant GF, then went to school, police say
Posted on February 23, 2009Story is from Pennsylvania. The kid's attorney denies that he did it. The woman's family says the two of them hadn't always gotten along. I don't know which is more chilling: That a kid could kill somebody, or that he...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on February 23, 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,...
What should they do with Thomas White?
Posted on February 23, 2009Not sure if you remember this case. Back in 2006, a 13-year-old boy named Thomas White reportedly brought a gun to his middle school. He fired one round into the ceiling, and he tried shooting a principal, only the gun...
Talk about your revolving doors ...
Posted on February 23, 2009Missed this from last week. From The AP:A woman from Mexico who was deported from the U.S. after being convicted of drug trafficking in Missouri has been found again, this time in Kansas. Norma Arias-Garcia is due in federal court...
AL man arrested after cousin, 11, drinks acid
Posted on February 23, 2009Sad story from Alabama, where an 11-year-old girl found a bottle of pop and took a drink from it -- not realizing the container actually held hydrochloric acid. Her older cousin, 42-year-old Thurman Wayne Tubbs, later surrendered. He's facing several...
A shallow grave in New Mexico leads back to Missouri
Posted on February 23, 2009Eerie case from Gallup, New Mexico, where authorities found a woman's remains in a shallow grave almost 10 years ago. (Though she might have been dead for two years prior.) They've got a drawing of her face, and now they're...
Wisconsin man burned ex-GF's dog in microwave, police allege
Posted on February 23, 2009They're testing his DNA to see if they can tie him to the scene. BTW, how would you like to come home and find this waiting for you?The 20-year-old victim arrived home about 3 a.m. Nov. 23 to find her...
Why you should never take personal calls at work
Posted on February 23, 2009If you're a burglar, it could have an incarcerating effect on your lifestyle ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Topeka's first homicide of the year
Posted on February 23, 2009Happened early Sunday outside a bar during a robbery attempt, police say. Three suspects are already in custody.
1,000 convictions now in doubt
Posted on February 23, 2009after two St. Louis police officers were accused of corruption. (One officer has already pleaded guilty to stealing money from a drug dealer and planting evidence.) Prosecutors, state and federal, are reviewing cases where the officers were part of the...
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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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