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Charges dropped against man accused of killing 3 East St. Louis prostitutes

Posted on February 13, 2009
More here from the Post-Dispatch ...

Something awful happened at the IHOP

Posted on February 13, 2009
Story is from Brownsville. Snip: Officers arrived at the scene to find Teague intoxicated and spoke to witnesses who claimed "the male subject had pulled his pants down to his ankles and defecated on a bench located directly in front...

Junior takes the wheel after Daddy takes "liquid medicine"

Posted on February 12, 2009
"Liquid medicine" = an empty bottle of whiskey. Story is from Florida, where Daddy thought it would be a "bonding moment" if he let Junior drive him home. (You know, like an Alan Jackson song -- actually, this story introduces...

MO bill would raise penalties for raping kids under 12

Posted on February 12, 2009
It'd let prosecutors seek life without parole if the case was "outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman, in that it involved torture or depravity of mind." There had been some talk of making this a capital crime, but the...

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"He got killed because he called the police"

Posted on February 12, 2009
The sad, strange death of Myron Edwards -- a San Francisco man who called police after his apartment was burglarized and his puppy was stolen. The local gang didn't like that, so they beat him and, eventually, killed him. The...

Does the stimulus bill REALLY need money for law enforcement?

Posted on February 12, 2009
Stateline has a good piece here about law-enforcement efforts to get a few billion into the stimulus package, noting that local budgets are being hit just as -- they say -- crime will start rising because of the bad economy....

Unbelievable

Posted on February 12, 2009
Two Pennsylvania judges are accused of getting kickbacks for sentencing kids to privately-run reform schools. There are stories of first-time offenders with minor crimes getting months in juvie after hearings that lasted minutes, with no attorney representing them...

Deliberations start in the Justin Thurber trial

Posted on February 12, 2009
They should continue today, the Wichita Eagle reports. The paper says the defense didn't present any witnesses -- basically, because they're saving their powder for the penalty phase, when it'll be decided whether Thurber will be executed or get life...

Mom, Dad arrested after pet python nearly kills kiddo, 3, police say

Posted on February 12, 2009
What kind of parent keeps a python in the same county as a 3-year-old?

VA man kills son, 5, so he won't "lose his salvation," he tells reporters

Posted on February 12, 2009
Sad story. Sounds like Dad wasn't playing with a full deck:A page on the social networking site MySpace that apparently belongs to Hagerman shows his photo and is private. But it does show his ?status? - ?Jesus Freak in the...

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on February 12, 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,...

OP's Broken-Window Bandit

Posted on February 12, 2009
From Joe Lambe:Someone in Overland Park shot out windows in about a dozen parked cars Wednesday evening, police said this morning. The vandal or vandals apparently used some kind of air gun in the attacks between about 8 and 10...

LS burglary, assault blamed on broken heart

Posted on February 12, 2009
From Brian Burnes: Lee?s Summit police responded just before 3 a.m. Wednesday to a possible assault and burglary in the 200 block of SE Brentwood Drive. Officers were able to stop a subject when he was attempting to leave the...

Dad holds family hostage after son takes too long on Wii, police say

Posted on February 12, 2009
Story is from Connecticut. Dad allegedly did some very violent things to the Wii, and he threatened to burn down the house at one point, police say. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Should they execute Justin Thurber? Or just lock him up?

Posted on February 12, 2009
Yeah, sorry to give away the news, but a jury has convicted Thurber of kidnapping, raping and murdering college student Jodi Sanderholm near Ark City, Kan., the Eagle reports. But that was sort of a foregone. The defense didn't really...

Midtown Miscreant v. Sexy Cavewomen

Posted on February 12, 2009
Double-M struggled from his sickbed to go meet the PETA activists dressed as sexy cavewomen on the Plaza. Snip:I only spoke with one of the women, the other girl must be a method actor, she never gave me more than...

"I'm an ordinary guy / burning down the house"

Posted on February 12, 2009
From Sara Shepherd:A Kansas City man has been charged with second-degree arson following a domestic dispute in which he allegedly tried to set his house on fire. The incident happened about 7 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 11400...

What fresh hell is this?

Posted on February 12, 2009
You might, possibly, have noticed that I've been screwing around with the blog's design today. There is an excellent reason for this: We're moving to a different ad platform and, thus, I have to make sure these new ads will...

Four-car pileup breaks Guinness record

Posted on February 12, 2009
The lady with the record for longest fingernails was in the crash, and her nails, more than 33 inches long, were broken.Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Word of the Day: "Twincest"

Posted on February 12, 2009
It's courtesy of our friends at the New York Post, who write about burlesque performers Heather and Amber Langley, aka the Porcelain Twinz, known for SIMULATING sex acts with each other during their performances. They've filed suit against their boss,...

Maybe they were rehearsing a play?

Posted on February 12, 2009
A New York officer says he's NOT guilty of using his night stick to beat a handcuffed veteran, who was lying in the fetal position, 20 times. Sadly, the entire incident was caught on film. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith...

Cover-up? What cover-up?

Posted on February 12, 2009
Lovely story from the Washington Post ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!

Does this sound right to you?

Posted on February 12, 2009
An Illinois woman -- and her insurance company -- are going to pay $2.5 million to a young man who came over and drank beer with her teenage daughters, without the woman's knowledge. The young man rode home with a...

Maintenance man could peek into every shower at IA hotel, police say

Posted on February 12, 2009
Oh, this is creepy. Story is from Sioux City, where a Quality Inn maintenance man is accused of peeking on female guests while they showered. You see, he had reportedly cut a hole in a vent in every single bathroom....

To save money, IA jail considers charging inmates for toilet paper

Posted on February 12, 2009
Story is from Des Moines County, near Burlington. They could save about $2,300 per year, which is something I guess. But what if the check bounces? How do you repo something like that? Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Something awful happened at the Sedalia Taco Bell

Posted on February 12, 2009
Police there are trying to find whoever broke into the Taco Bell drive-through's radio frequency. Someone was able to hijack the signal and pretend to be Taco Bell employees -- only they said ugly, vulgar things to customers instead of...

MO family offers $20K reward in parents' homicide case

Posted on February 12, 2009
Story is from the Carthage area. It's been about four months since Robert and Ellen Sheldon, a couple in their 70s, were found murdered inside their home. Investigators have largely run out of leads, so the victims' children hope the...

KS' second-oldest inmate wants to be paroled

Posted on February 12, 2009
Joseph Johnson, 88, is serving time in a murder-for-hire plot that accidentally killed the wrong person. When he was 71, Johnson reportedly hired a teenager to kill the wife of another man -- only she had moved out of her...

Life sentence for arson that killed Pittsburg State students

Posted on February 12, 2009
One of the victims, Stephen Hayes, was from Peculiar. The other, Waylon Boots, was from Colony. The defendant, Andrew Morris, won't be eligible for parole until 40 years from now. You won't believe why the fire was set:Police said Morris...

Amber Carter

Posted on February 12, 2009
From The AP: This photo, supplied by the Logan County Sheriff's Office, shows Amber Carter, 35. Police say the Ohio fourth grade teacher, who is being charged with misdemeanor prostitution, skipped class after using a school computer to arrange an...

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