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1 woman dead in KCK from apparent shooting
Posted on February 08, 2009From Alan Bavley:Police in Kansas City, Kan., are conducting a homicide investigation into the apparent shooting death Sunday morning of a Hispanic woman in the 1100 block of County Line Road. Police responded about 9:39 a.m. to a report of...
Cities consider restricting shrines to murder victims
Posted on February 07, 2009Because they're becoming a popular place for MORE people to get shot. Case in point, in South Los Angeles, two men were shot and killed while paying their respects at a friend's crime scene/shrine. This especially happens if gangs involved,...
Study: Megan's Law doesn't really stop sex offenders
Posted on February 07, 2009Megan's Law is a set of rules that requires sex offenders to register with the local sheriff and lets neighbors know when an RSO moves into their area. New Jersey is the first state to have its own Megan's Law...
How the drug cartels get into Mexican cops' heads
Posted on February 07, 2009This is creepy ... Apparently, the drug soldiers in Tijuana like to break into police frequencies and taunt the officers before they kill them, Reuters reports. ?You're next, bastard ... We're going to get you,? an unidentified drug gang member...
The new breed of junkies -- nerds
Posted on February 07, 2009NPR reports that more and more college students are illegally using prescription drugs like Ritalin to help them focus and study for hours longer than normal.
A new low
Posted on February 07, 2009Lovely story from Washington state, where guy hits 9-year-old girl with his car. Guy picks up girl, tells bystander that he's taking Kiddo to the nearest hospital.He then drops Kiddo at the nearest STRIP MALL.
The boy in the fireplace
Posted on February 07, 2009The San Francisco Chronicle has an update about a 16-year-old boy who spent an entire year being tortured inside a California home. Most of that time, he was chained to a fireplace, until he was able to steal the key...
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on February 07, 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,...
Should this mother have gone to prison?
Posted on February 06, 2009A Minnesota mother will not go to prison after her baby drowned in a bathtub while she talked on the phone for 40 minutes. From the Star-Tribune:Judge Mark Wernick said at sentencing that because the tub drain was not closed...
How accurate are our crime labs?
Posted on February 06, 2009The National Academy of Sciences is weeks away from releasing a damning report on U.S. crime labs, the New York Times reports. Snip:People who have seen it say it is a sweeping critique of many forensic methods that the police...
Florida abortion doctor under investigation for murder
Posted on February 06, 2009According to the woman, she'd gone to the doctor and paid to have her pregnancy aborted at 23 weeks. Only the doctor didn't show, she went into labor and, according to the autopsy, the baby was born alive. (Though the...
A mother's love
Posted on February 06, 2009A Canadian mom /dominatrix is trying to regain custody of her kids, who've been placed with relatives. Mom "admits to dressing her teenage daughter in bondage gear and posing for photos with her in a sex dungeon." The daughter, then...
The sex burglars
Posted on February 06, 2009A South Carolina woman called police after someone broke into her house, apparently for the sole purpose of having sex because they didn't take anything:When the woman returned home she found someone had kicked open the door to her home...
Quote of the day
Posted on February 06, 2009"It's pornography at its best. It's picture, movement, music. It's basically like watching a TV clip." -- Victor Delgado Jr., 10, on receiving an unsolicited porn clip on his new cellphone, which he received for his birthday. Story is from...
MODOT chief wants a tougher seatbelt law
Posted on February 06, 2009So that police can pull someone over for solely failing to wear a seatbelt, the Joplin Globe reports. It's always failed in the past, but Missouri could tap into some of that sweet, sweet federal road funding if we pass...
Wichita bicyclist arrested for suspicion of DUI
Posted on February 06, 2009He DID wreck, it should be noted. My advice? If you're drunk, just stay away from anything wheel-shaped that rolls.
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on February 06, 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,...
Is the Barry Bonds prosecution on shaky ground?
Posted on February 06, 2009From The AP:The prosecution's perjury case against Barry Bonds ran into trouble today when a federal judge questioned the admissibility of much of the evidence that the former Giants star had tested positive for steroids. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston...
AZ suspect eludes police ... breaks down outside police HQ
Posted on February 06, 2009More details here ... Hat Tip: Many thanks to our Southwestern correspondent, eephus! (The extra "e" is for excellence.)
It's like looking in a mirror
Posted on February 06, 2009Casey Anthony's attorney says her client is just like "The Fugitive." Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
More on the Aguirre Center shooting
Posted on February 06, 2009It's been a week, but Meredith Rodriguez has a good followup on the shooting, which left a handful of people with injuries. One of the teams was from DeLaSalle School, and Meredith tells how one student, Jullaion Jones, shielded the...
Another reason to oppose mass transit
Posted on February 06, 2009Chicago police are looking for a man who grabbed a woman on a train platform and demanded a sex act ... and when she refused, pushed her into the path of a train. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in...
Spiritual leader used pitchfork to beat woman, remove evil spirits
Posted on February 06, 2009Story is from California, and the suspect here is getting three years of probation. Sounds like the two of them had a very odd relationship:Passalacqua said the female victim was previously romantically involved with Horn, 39, who was living in...
Dio's revenge
Posted on February 06, 2009From Mark Morris: The death of a police dog in 2007 contributed to a seven-year burglary sentence given Thursday to a Kansas City man. Prosecutors did not charge Derrick L. Toombs, 45, with killing Dio, a Belgian Malinois trained to...
2 dead in shooting near Independence and Van Brunt
Posted on February 06, 2009From KCPD: Friday morning at approximately 3:30am, KCMO police were called to the intersection of Independence Ave and Van Brunt Boulevard in regard to a shooting. Upon arrival officers observed a black male (approx. 30yrs old) drop a gun and...
OK, this one SHOULD be a crime
Posted on February 06, 2009A Minnesota principal might be disciplined because he allegedly made a 6-year-old unclog a toilet with his bare hands. Kid had accidentally clogged the facilities because he wiped himself with paper towels instead of TP. Principal has been on leave...
Last words
Posted on February 06, 2009When Sara Kuszak called her fiance that final time, she already knew that she was going to die. The Georgia woman, five months pregnant, was jogging during a trip to Puerto Rico when a man grabbed her and put her...
Independence decides to "be cool" over DUI charge
Posted on February 06, 2009Indy will NOT be firing their city manager over his recent DUI charge, though he will be docked 10 days of pay and will be taking some time off.
Where are Erin Williamson and Aaron Benton?
Posted on February 06, 2009From Glenn Rice:The North Kansas City Police Department is asking for the public?s help in locating two people who have been reported missing. Erin R. Williamson, 19, and Aaron L. Benton, 17, have not been in contact with family members...
James Lewis
Posted on February 06, 2009I didn't know this, but James Lewis -- a figure in the 1982 Tylenol scare -- used to live in Kansas City. That's when seven people died from taking pills that had been laced with cyanide. Lewis sent a $1...
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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...
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