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I'm kind of amazed they printed this one

Posted on February 20, 2009
The Madison paper has a story about an assault that followed, well, a foursome between two couples that hooked up at a bar one night.

Missouri leads U.S. in meth incidents? Maybe

Posted on February 20, 2009
I'm not too worked up over this. Obviously, Missouri has a problem with meth. But I'm always a little leery of people who want to rank the various states. For one, while Missouri might have more meth BUSTS, that doesn't...

Sheriff Rick Walter

Posted on February 20, 2009
Over the last few days, we've had a few stories about Josh Kezer, a Missouri man who was wrongly convicted of murdering a woman near Cape back in the early 90s. One of the people who helped push for a...

UPDATE on dogs, tiger seized from MO farm

Posted on February 20, 2009
Turns out, it's closer to 208 dogs, not 150. And police say they found puppy carcasses in the tiger's case -- the popular theory being that dead puppies were fed to the Bengal. Snip from the P-D: Copeland said she...

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UPDATE: Cop accused of smacking Critical Mass rider

Posted on February 20, 2009
Remember this? NYPD says the guy's been fired. His lawyer says he's resigned so he can fight the allegations and then eventually reapply to the force. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

$2K reward offered in Cash America robbery

Posted on February 20, 2009
From Crime Stoppers: The police request the public?s assistance in identifying the suspects responsible for the Cash America Pawn Shop robbery which occurred on 2/18/2009 at approximately 6:47PM at the store located at 11148 Blue Ridge Boulevard Kansas City, Missouri...

MO woman accused of buying baby in Wisconsin

Posted on February 20, 2009
For $6K, police allege. Interestingly enough, it's not clear if the parents will face charges. The suspect is from Clinton, Mo.

Does this mean the George Tiller case should be dropped?

Posted on February 20, 2009
The latest: Someone tried to mail a bunch of abortion records from the JoCo DA's office to Kline's new gig in Virginia, the Wichita Eagle reports. (Only they screwed up the address, and it got shipped back.) The story doesn't...

KC woman claims self-defense in husband's shooting, KCPD says

Posted on February 20, 2009
From Christine Vendel:A 26-year-old man remained in critical condition Thursday after his wife allegedly shot him in the neck just after 3 a.m. Thursday at their home in the 200 block of Lydia Avenue. According to a police report, the...

Does anybody know

Posted on February 20, 2009
if this thing is a hoax? I'm leaning toward hoax, but haven't been able to find any verification ...

Man tells police that a stripper bit his nipple

Posted on February 20, 2009
And he didn't appreciate that, apparently. The stripper's side of the story?The woman told police she was dancing for the man and she bit his shirt and pulled it away from his body with her teeth. The woman said she...

Convicted rapist accused of old Westport assaults

Posted on February 20, 2009
From Christine Vendel:Kansas City police have used DNA to link a 69-year-old twice-convicted rapist to five unsolved rapes from the summer of 1982 in the Westport area. Detectives from the cold case sex crimes unit picked up Samuel S. Jackson...

50 years later, police solve a missing-person case

Posted on February 20, 2009
Story is from Tennessee. Just think of what it's been like for that family, waiting so long for some kind of news. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Linda!

White-collar crooks love to run

Posted on February 20, 2009
NPR notices a bit of a trend: A lot of these "gentlemen" accused of financial fraud have a penchant for trying to run from the law, even to the point of faking their deaths or kidnappings.

Plaintiff claims Santa got drunk and fell on her

Posted on February 20, 2009
She needs at least $50K to make everything better.

The coming court crisis?

Posted on February 19, 2009
At least 25 of the state court systems are looking at a budget shortfall this year, Stateline.org reports. And they're worried that legislators will make big cuts in the court system to help balance their budgets for the next fiscal...

Report: U.S. crime labs have big problems

Posted on February 19, 2009
That's according to the National Academy of Sciences, which says the federal government needs to intervene and create a body that can create industry standards. Right now, there's no consistency, which is hurting the quality of investigations. And when you're...

Michigan man tried to help ex-wife make new friends, police say

Posted on February 19, 2009
He did this, however, by writing her name and contact info on a pornographic photo, which he left at a bar. Oh, and he encouraged shy men by saying she was a "good time."

When the economy sours, blacks and Hispanics are victimized more

Posted on February 19, 2009
That's according to U.S. News. Snip:"Minorities experience substantially higher rates of violent victimization than non-Latino whites in the United States," researcher Karen Heimer, a University of Iowa sociology professor, said in a news release issued by her school...

Miss Manners does not approve

Posted on February 19, 2009
Lovely story from Cape Cod, where one gentleman held the door for another gentlemen while leaving a gas station. When the second man didn't say thank you, the doorholder -- a gent in his 50s -- noted it by saying...

What the Good Samaritan saw

Posted on February 19, 2009
Shocking case from the Denver area, where a Good Samaritan pulled over after he saw a car run off the road ahead of him. So he was perfectly positioned to see another man fire point-blank into the driver's window, killing...

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on February 19, 2009
Welcome 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's wrong with Philadelphia?

Posted on February 19, 2009
Interesting interview here with the Philly chief, who's burying yet another one of his officers. Philadelphia has one of the highest fatality rates for officers while on the job, and the chief, Charles Ramsey, wonders if it's part of his...

One of NY's Most Wanted found living in MO shack

Posted on February 19, 2009
In Carter County, a rural area in the southeast part of the state. It sounds like he'd rigged up a survivalist-type shack, but he was also using a cellphone, which was all the law needed to track him down. (Once...

How not to handle a fender-bender

Posted on February 19, 2009
Be sure to trade insurance information. But hitting the other driver, trying to cover his mouth when he calls 911 and then tearing off your clothes as you run from police? Well, that's just going to make the whole situation...

Joshua Kezer's first day out

Posted on February 19, 2009
The Southeast Missourian has a story here about Joshua Kezer, a wrongly convicted man who was set free yesterday. In the video clip, he describes himself as "happily terrified." Snip:"You know what's absolutely insane? We can stop at any point...

Man accused of kidnapping his infant son

Posted on February 19, 2009
From Joe Lambe:Lenexa police arrested a 23-year-old man this morning, hours after he forced his way into his ex-girlfriend?s apartment and took his 7-month-old child, they said. .The man, who was armed with a gun, entered the apartment on the...

MO bill would prohibit red-light cameras

Posted on February 19, 2009
A handful of cities have testified FOR the cameras, saying they've helped catch offenders and reduce the number of accidents. Others, though, say there are privacy and other legal issues to consider. From the Columbia Tribune:Lembke said when red light...

Standoff follows after MO man, 70, shoots his TV, police say

Posted on February 19, 2009
They'd shut off his cable, which was the instigating factor. His wife was concerned enough that she walked to police headquarters and asked for help. Story is from Webb City.

Petition seeks to remove pro-pot MO mayor

Posted on February 19, 2009
Remember the town of Cliff Village, which recently passed a measure supporting medicinal marijuana? Well, there's now a petition to kick the mayor out of office.

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