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Everybody's got something to hide but Mister Oldskool
Posted on February 03, 2009Hate the game, not the player or his 1988 purple Cadillac with the sign that reads "Pimp Plaza."
4 women killed man for disrespecting them, Chicago police say
Posted on February 03, 2009He'd been playing cards with them, got into a fight over a cigarette and threw a beer bottle as he left, police say. The woman, who were upset, later caught up with him a few blocks away and killed him,...
KCPD names suspected shoplifter who died after scuffle
Posted on February 03, 2009From Glenn Rice: Kansas City police have identified a 38-year-old man who died after a scuffle with security at a Northland Wal-Mart as Russell S. Palmer.
Good Samaritan is badly beaten
Posted on February 03, 2009Story is from Lawrence, where our Good Samaritan spots four men beating up a fifth in an alley. He distracts them, and the victim is able to get away. Awesome! Less awesome? The four guys decide to beat up our...
Lee's Summit PD asks people to stop being morons
Posted on February 03, 2009From Lee's Summit: Over a three day period at the end of January 2009, 29th through the 31st, a total of five motor vehicles were stolen from driveways in Lee?s Summit. There are no similarities to the vehicles taken in...
Should we execute Death Row inmates earlier in the day?
Posted on February 03, 2009Fun Fact: Missouri is the only state that executes its Death Row inmates at midnight. Everybody else, though, is split. Some carry out the orders in the middle of the night, because prisoners are less likely to resist and because...
Bill would ban drunken good times from MO rivers
Posted on February 03, 2009In Jeff City, legislators are considering a bill that would ban Jell-O shots, kegs, beer bongs and Styrofoam coolers from Missouri rivers, the News-Leader reports. Oh, and you wouldn't be able to give people Mardi Gras beads for flashing naked...
MO school can suspend kid for wearing Confederate flag, court rules
Posted on February 03, 2009Story is from Farmington, where a freshman was suspended when he wore a baseball cap, then T-shirt and belt buckle with the Confederate flag. His attorney had argued this was a violation of the student's rights to free speech. The...
Prairie Village PD looks for robbery suspect
Posted on February 03, 2009From Prairie Village PD: On February 3, 2009, at approximately 2:04 p.m., the Prairie Village Police Department responded to an armed robbery that occurred at the Plaza Ford Ideal Cleaners at 4165 Somerset in Prairie Village, Kansas. The victim, an...
IA man accused of beating up his ex-GF ...
Posted on February 03, 2009... after she allegedly blocked his view of the TV, causing him to die inside his video game. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
KCPD plans DUI checkpoint for Feb. 13-15
Posted on February 03, 2009From KCPD: The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on the weekend of February 13-15 at a location in Kansas City, Missouri that is known for occurrence of DUI related crashes or DUI arrests. This checkpoint...
KC men accused of stealing ATF informant's money
Posted on February 03, 2009From the U.S. Attorney's Office: John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that two Kansas City, Mo., men were indicted by a federal grand jury today for stealing government property ? ATF funds that...
The worst thing that anyone has ever done in history, period
Posted on February 02, 2009Michael Phelps has admitted that he was photographed rocking the ganja.
Kum & Go manager has death wish, manages to survive armed robbery
Posted on February 02, 2009Story is from Des Moines, where a 60-year-old manager of a convenience store told a robber, ?You ain?t robbin? me.? From the Register: ?You wanna get shot?? the man asked after Ryan refused to open the cash register at Kum...
UPDATE: Bay Area subway cop accused of murdering suspect
Posted on February 02, 2009This is the case from New Years -- the one that's led to huge protests in Oakland and San Francisco, as well as a murder charge for the cop. We've speculated over what exactly his defense would be, and now...
Volunteer coaxes convict into revealing location of missing corpse
Posted on February 02, 2009Story is from South Carolina. Searchers have found human remains, but it'll be a few weeks before they know if it's really Alice Donovan, who disappeared in 2002. Still, authorities are optimistic because they were led to the spot by...
MO man needed explosives for "the end of the world," police say
Posted on February 02, 2009Police say a 22-year-old man, who believes the world will end in 2012, stole a gob of C4 -- about 50 pounds worth -- from a police training area near St. Charles, Mo., back in summer 2007. A friend reportedly...
Does this mean we've won the War on Drugs?
Posted on February 02, 2009A local blogger, Nick Sloan, celebrates a major victory ...
Ohio dad used shock collar to discipline his kids
Posted on February 02, 2009Holding the rugrats under water and forcing them into cold showers were other favorites, the AP reports. Pop is getting 16 years, which I guess means they rejected CSKC's vote for drawing-and-quartering the guy.
KCPD major is a finalist for Columbia's new chief
Posted on February 02, 2009That's according to the Tribune, which reports that Maj. Christine Laughlin is one of the last two candidates. BTW, this means that Wayne McCoy, Blue Springs' chief, is out of the running. Snip: Laughlin, 50, highlighted an 18-month stretch when...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on February 02, 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,...
Trio of senior citizens try to steal shopping cart full of booze from Costco, CA police say
Posted on February 02, 2009They also took some feisty-looking mugshots. Snip: "One of the females became combative with the employees that were trying to stop them," said Pete Smith from the Stockton Police Department. "She began swinging a full liquor bottle at one of...
Will stimulus bill include money to fight white-collar crime?
Posted on February 02, 2009Some senators want the bill to include $75 million to help the government fight fraud in the financial-services industry. (Since it sort of played a role in creating our current crisis.) If it stays in the bill, the money would...
Night of A Thousand Dirtbags!
Posted on February 02, 2009The St. Pete Times has a roundup of the single wildest night of criminal offenses I've ever seen -- from the guy who knocked over an occupied portajohn to the guy who insisted his brass knuckles were a paperweight. And...
Victims won't cooperate in Aguirre Center shooting, police say
Posted on February 02, 2009I'm referring to the shooting Friday night at the Tony Aguirre Community Center, where five people were shot during a basketball game. Tony Rizzo was just talking with KCPD spokesmen, and they say the department's investigation is effectively stonewalled because...
Who killed Cara Jo Roberts? $21K reward offered
Posted on February 02, 2009UPDATED, from CRIME STOPPERS: The Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline receives a reward increase of $10,000 in the Cara Roberts homicide. ... This makes the total possible reward up to $21,000.00. ... Anyone with information is urged to...
One Year Later: The Lane Bryant murders
Posted on February 02, 2009This is the case where five women were murdered in a Lane Bryant store in suburban Chicago during an apparent robbery. (Only one woman survived.) It's been a year, but police haven't been able to find the suspect yet. (AP...
Drew Peterson's ex-GF speaks
Posted on February 02, 2009She says it was more of a stunt than, you know, true love. Still, "I have a good heart. Instead of following with my head, I followed with my heart." Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM and Keith G in...
FROM THE SHAWNEE POLICE BLOTTER
Posted on February 02, 2009"Domestic violence, soon to be ex-boyfriend hit victim with a hammer and took her money. Elbow bruised, medical treatment refused. Suspect still at large."
Drunk driver hits Shawnee cop car, police say
Posted on February 02, 2009From Sara Shepherd: Shawnee police captured an intoxicated driver who crashed into a patrol car early this morning. The man was trying to get away from officers when he bumped into the police car and ended up in a yard...
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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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