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Cape-wearing, sword-wielding man robs CA "adult novelties" shop
Posted on February 10, 2009What did I tell you about people with capes? ("Walk the other direction because that person is up to no good," if I recall correctly.) Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Olathe PD investigates early-morning mugging
Posted on February 10, 2009From Olathe PD: (Today) at approximately 7:00 am officers from the Olathe Police Department were dispatched to the 400 block of N. Rogers Rd. in reference to a reported aggravated robbery. Upon arrival officers contacted the victim/reporting party who advised...
Tiny MO town OKs medicinal marijuana
Posted on February 10, 2009Cliff Village is near Joplin. The measure passed on a 3-2 vote and is mostly symbolic as the sheriff still plans to crack down on anybody he catches with pot.
A standing ovation for killing some dogs
Posted on February 10, 2009Yet another dispatch from McCune ...
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you
Posted on February 10, 2009The AP reports that more U.S. cities are starting to see killings related to the Mexican drug cartels, and it's not just along the border.
Alabama considers mandatory surgical castration for sex offenders
Posted on February 10, 2009It'd only affect male sex offenders 21 or older, if they were convicted of hurting a kid younger than 12. No state currently makes it mandatory, though 10 do allow judges to order it. They all use chemical castration, though...
Vandals strike ACLU's Kansas City office
Posted on February 10, 2009That's according to the Pitch's Plog -- somebody just heaved a large rock through the group's glass door. (This is the second vandalism strike they've had in the last few weeks.)
Teen tries to bill $37K in candy to his former high school, police say
Posted on February 10, 2009But he bought them at those inflated "band candy" prices, so it was only like 20 candy bars ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards!
Rancher accused of holding illegal immigrants at gunpoint
Posted on February 10, 2009Roger Barnett owns a piece of land along the Mexican border, and it's a very popular spot for illegal immigrants to cross into the U.S. So Barnett will sometimes hold bordercrossers at gunpoint until the Border Patrol shows up to...
No parole for Daniel Crocker
Posted on February 10, 2009Crocker is one of Johnson County's more unusual killers. He tried to rape 19-year-old Tracy Fresquez in 1979 in Shawnee and ended up smothering her with a pillow. And he essentially got away with it for nearly 20 years. Crocker...
Stolen guns found in KCK house during raid, police say
Posted on February 10, 2009More here from KMBC ...
Man goes out for smokes, later found naked from the waist down with a woman from the homeless shelter, police say
Posted on February 10, 2009With empty containers of Budweiser and Wild Irish Rose littering the car. You know how it is -- you go to the grocery store for milk, but come home with a sack of black tar heroin. Story is from Ohio....
School counselor forced girl, 12, to take pregnancy test, lawsuit alleges
Posted on February 10, 2009Story is from California. The counselor allegedly told the girl that he was trying to clear up a nasty rumor that was circulating about her, the suit alleges. (And it was only that -- a rumor, not true.)
Best Hideout Ever
Posted on February 10, 2009Remember how the UMB at 18th and Grand got robbed last week? Well, the police say they've caught their man after he surrendered to authorities in Los Angeles. The best part of the story? After the robbery, he hid out...
UPDATE: 2 teens shot across street from KCK elementary
Posted on February 10, 2009From Mark Wiebe:Two teenage boys were wounded Monday, one critically, in a shooting across the street from an elementary school in Kansas City, Kan. One of the victims was shot in the head and had life-threatening injuries, according to Sgt....
Local man deemed sexually violent, committed to treatment center
Posted on February 10, 2009From The Star: A Jackson County jury recently found Walter W. Ritchey, 61, of Jackson County, to be a sexually violent predator and committed him to a sex-offender treatment center, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced Monday. Ritchey had completed...
Who was Lana Sandweiss?
Posted on February 10, 2009Lord, what a sad story. Police have identified a body that was found in the Missouri River over the weekend, near Glasgow. It was Lana Sandweiss, a Liberty woman who reportedly jumped into the river back in November near Lexington....
10 years for robbing Independence c-store
Posted on February 10, 2009From U.S. Attorney John Wood's Office: Mandingo Sanders, 29, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Scott O. Wright this afternoon to 10 years in federal prison without parole. On Sept. 24, 2008, Sanders pleaded guilty to using...
Who was Ricardo Zamora?
Posted on February 10, 2009From KCK PD: One of the victims from the double shooting which occurred on Monday, February 09, 2009 in the 1100 Block of Splitlog Avenue has died at an area hospital. Ricardo Zamora, Hispanic male, DOB 02/10/1995, was a Kansas...
OP teens charged in Donte Robinson's fatal shooting
Posted on February 10, 2009From Joe Lambe: Johnson County prosecutors today charged two juveniles with a Friday shooting in Overland Park that killed one man and wounded another. Avrin Chapman, 17, of Overland Park, is charged with voluntary manslaughter, two counts of attempted first-degree...
Report: KS DUI laws are completely screwed up
Posted on February 09, 2009That's according to a state board that studied how the Sunflower State prosecuted and punished drunk drivers, the Wichita Eagle reports. Snip:The report, which was distributed to state legislators last month, criticized the state for: ? Having laws that carry...
Program to help crime victims, illegal immigrants DOESN'T
Posted on February 09, 2009A while back, the U.S. started a new program to help illegal immigrants who were also crime victims. If the victims came forward, they could qualify for a special visa so they wouldn't automatically get kicked out of the country....
Who killed Aaron Benton and Erin Williamson?
Posted on February 09, 2009Missed this from last week. The two teens missing from NKC are the two bodies found near 18th and Paseo, as a few of our readers guessed. Police, however, are treating this as a homicide, not a suicide as suspected...
"Sweetie, come take a naked picture of Mommy"
Posted on February 09, 2009In what be the first-ever case of reverse-child-pornography, an Ohio mom is accused of asking her kids -- ages 12, 11 and 8 -- to take photos of Mommy while she naked and half-naked. (Presumably because Mommy has Special Internet...
KC mom accused of suffocating son, 7, to death
Posted on February 09, 2009From Bill Graham: A 28-year-old Kansas City woman was charged today with second-degree murder and abuse in the death of her 7-year-old son. Esmond Ross died Saturday at his home in the 3700 block of Prospect Avenue. Police found no...
TX officially clears dead man of rape he didn't commit
Posted on February 09, 2009It's all because Timothy Cole's mother pushed to have him exonerated. Cole died in prison after he was convicted of raping a Texas Tech coed in 1985. It's only been a year since DNA tests pointed to a different suspect....
Quote of the day
Posted on February 09, 2009Loved this bit from local blogger RDM's Random Remarks:However, if you end up running into a bullet, Truman Medical Center is the place to go. To put it mildly, they might not get your ingrown toenail worked out correctly, but...
Russian boy, 7, dies saving sister from a rapist
Posted on February 09, 2009From Russia Today:The little girl says the man held a knife to her throat, and demanded that her brother bring him all the money he could find. Zhenya did as he was told. But when the man started undressing his...
Worst Hiding Place EVER
Posted on February 09, 2009A 16-year-old inmate was clever enough to escape from a Michigan courthouse, but wasn't smart enough to find a decent hiding place. They found him hiding in the trunk of a judge's car. (Though how would you like to have...
The latest victim of the economy? Victims compensation
Posted on February 09, 2009Several states say their victim compensation funds are running out of money, or are in danger of same, The AP reports. Every state has a fund set up where, if you've been robbed, raped or otherwise been the victim of...
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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?
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