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Excuse me, 911, I just need a minute to finish this drug deal
Posted on February 04, 2009Lovely story from Cleveland, about a man who called 911 because he didn't feel safe. He hung up and, when a 911 dispatcher called back, put the authorities on hold because he was halfway through a drug deal, police say.
Quote of the day
Posted on February 04, 2009"You're not going to make it in prison. You're too young, not big enough and you look like a girl."- Judge G. Todd Baugh of Billings, Montana, encouraging a young defendant not to violate his probation.
Women kiss inside Texas mall, all hell breaks loose
Posted on February 04, 2009The whole story is great, but this was my favorite part, where one of the women does her security-guard impression:?He said, ?This is a family mall, y'all can't do this,'? she said. ?We said, ?Do what?' He said, ?Y'all kissed,...
Man gets prison for posting nude pix of his ex
Posted on February 04, 2009Story is from Maryland. He was also POSING her and chatting up lonesome Internet dudes, which almost never ends well for anybody.
MySpace boots 90K sex offenders off its site
Posted on February 04, 2009I would love to know how many of these are repeat customers -- guys who've been revoked, but then found a way online regardless.
Something awful happened to Ronald McDonald
Posted on February 04, 2009After the jump? Crime-scene photos of a beloved fast-food icon ...
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on February 04, 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,...
Who's wrong here?
Posted on February 04, 2009The Star-Tribune has an interesting story about a Minnesota trooper trying to pull over a professor and his three kids. The prof doesn't feel safe because the side of the road is covered with ice and snow, so he pulls...
It's the technicalities that kill you ...
Posted on February 04, 2009A Minnesota man was charged after he used a squirt gun filled with fox urine to stop teenagers from TPing his house. No charges for the fox urine, but he IS getting into trouble for using military-grade nightvision goggles during...
Teen shot, injured near Victor and Walrond
Posted on February 04, 2009From Christine Vendel:Kansas City police are looking for a gunman who shot an 18-year-old motorist in the shoulder and foot Tuesday. The driver said he was stopped at a stop sign at Victor Street and Walrond Avenue about 5:30 p.m....
Will KC get "ShotSpotter"? Can we afford it?
Posted on February 04, 2009Maybe. The city council got the sales pitch, at least. We've written about the technology a few times before. In a nutshell, special listening devices are scattered through the city, and whenever a gun is fired, the devices recognize it...
Do you recognize this man?
Posted on February 04, 2009The UMB at 18th and Grand was robbed about 10:30 today. The authorities are looking for a black male, about 5 feet 8, 175 pounds, clean shaven. He was wearing a burgundy fleece over a black leather coat. He demanded...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on February 04, 2009From the Wichita Eagle: Kansas high school coach told to stop hypnotizing team
Hmm, there's something about that suspect ...
Posted on February 04, 2009Hat Tip: Saw this via bottomlinecom.com!
Xbox brings people together ...
Posted on February 04, 2009In this case, it was a 16-year-old girl from Michigan and a 26-year-old man she met while chatting over Xbox Live, police say. The girl decided to run away to Puerto Rico, in hopes that she could become a championship...
KCK names man killed during officer-involved shooting
Posted on February 04, 2009From KCK PD: The suspect killed during the officer involved shooting at 6100 Leavenworth Road on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 has been identified as Kansas City, Kansas resident Ian M. Doherty, white male, DOB 01-06-1984. The family has been notified.
Man uses frozen chicken to break into business
Posted on February 04, 2009Sounds like a halfbaked idea to me ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Car crashes into Dollar General store, FL police say
Posted on February 04, 2009The full story is here. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Monty!
Chicago PD uses Iraq strategies to fight crime
Posted on February 04, 2009And it's working! The new methods are based on lessons learned from fighting the Iraqi insurgents, such as finding where the bad guys live and where they typically operate, then setting up traffic stops to catch them en route. Snip...
DOJ: Lots of inaccuracies, missing info in sex-offender databases
Posted on February 04, 2009Both federal and state, the report notes. Snip:The national sex registry is missing information on 22 percent of state-level sex offenders, the federal investigators found. Driver's license information, Social Security numbers and basic addresses are regularly absent, potentially leaving neighbors...
KMBC: Woman caught climbing onto her ex-BF's balcony
Posted on February 04, 2009He called the police, they arrested her and she kicked him in the groin as she was being led away in cuffs, KMBC reports. Story is from OP.
Baltimore man says cops stripsearched him in the street while 30 people watched
Posted on February 04, 2009Don't forget the anal-cavity search! For his trouble, the gentleman -- or The Plaintiff, as his friends call him -- would like $210 million, please. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!
WI man accused of mailing frozen skunk
Posted on February 04, 2009Only he mailed it to South Carolina, and it wasn't an overnight delivery. "And when you send something frozen down South, it thaws," one official said. Complicating matters? The suspect was already facing charges in one of the country's largest...
OP asks the public to call 911 only for emergencies
Posted on February 04, 2009More here from Channel 9 ...
Oregon man tries to put dog "out of its misery" by beating it with a hammer and burying it alive
Posted on February 04, 2009You're right, it's better this way ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Robber uses ancient Klingon weapon to hold up 7-Eleven
Posted on February 04, 2009The best part of the story is that both clerks knew it was a bat'leth. Sadly, the robber was dressed in regular street clothes. I'm just saying, how cool would it be to have someone dressed up like Worf come...
You don't cross Mississippi
Posted on February 04, 2009The Arizona Republic has this story about a longtime criminal keeping it old-school: According to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, a man arrived at Maricopa County Medical Center on Nov. 8, 2007, and told authorities he'd been shot in the...
Buckle up ... or else
Posted on February 04, 2009Kansas is one of about a dozen states where police can't just pull someone over simply because they aren't wearing a seat belt. There has to be some other offense before a traffic stop can occur. But that could be...
Russian men killed teenager, then ate parts of her, prosecutors say
Posted on February 04, 2009Because they were hungry, authorities say."The arrestees said they ate the girl's body parts because they were hungry," Kapitonov said. They told investigators they baked some body parts with potatoes, he said.One of the suspects is both a butcher and...
KCK officer shoots and kills a man
Posted on February 04, 2009From Mark Wiebe:A Kansas City, Kan., police officer shot and killed a man at a public housing apartment tower Tuesday afternoon. Capt. James Brown said the officer responded to take a burglary report about 4:30 p.m. at Westgate Towers Apartments...
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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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