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Swatting

Posted on January 30, 2009
A Massachusetts teenager -- Little Hacker, to friends -- has pleaded guilty to using telecommunications equipment to send SWAT teams to the homes of innocent people. They'd usually feed the authorities a particularly juicy story first, saying that a madman...

The charge? "Throwing deadly missiles"

Posted on January 30, 2009
That's what two Florida boys are facing after they were arrested for throwing oranges at a police cruiser.

A winning business plan ...

Posted on January 30, 2009
A New Jersey man is accused of stealing newspapers from boxes, then delivering them to people on his old route, a scheme that he allegedly carried out for YEARS. The customers just paid him directly, police allege. REVENUE + NO...

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on January 30, 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,...

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UPDATE: Former cop pleads guilty to killing toddler

Posted on January 30, 2009
Here's WDAF's take on the case.

Overland Park, where even the crime is boring

Posted on January 30, 2009
KSHB has a story about an attempted kidnapping in Overland Park where the teenage victim, well, just sort of refused to go with the gunman. Gunman gives up, flees the scene and is swiftly arrested. The almost-victim thinks the dude...

Was Blago the victim of a rush to judgment?

Posted on January 30, 2009
Another local blogger, Nick Sloan, says the ex-governor deserved it, but has problems with how Illinois legislators booted him. Snip: But in all seriousness, I will defend on one item ? doesn't it set a bad precedent to boot someone...

Man cited for riding a horse while drunk in a snowstorm

Posted on January 30, 2009
Story is from Florid ... sorry, Wyoming.

IL man accused of killing his brother over $2

Posted on January 30, 2009
From the Sun-Times: According to the arrest report, the altercation began over a $4 crack cocaine debt. ?It?s a drug thing. You wouldn?t understand. My brother took $4 off of me, and he came at me so I had to...

Traffic accidents can happen to anybody ...

Posted on January 30, 2009
... even the Google Maps car. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tim P!

Homeless man beaten up for his beer

Posted on January 30, 2009

Elderly woman, age 94, arrested for assault

Posted on January 30, 2009
She weighs about 80 pounds. The police accused her of throwing a phone at another patient, something that her attorney denies. Story is from Atlanta. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!

More about the allegedly fake Waldo rape

Posted on January 30, 2009
From Mark Morris: Julie R. Bernet of Bucyrus must deposit $10,000 with the court, while her family must pledge an additional $90,000. Prosecutors had asked that Bernet be jailed pending trial. Co-defendant Gordon F. Reabe Jr. made his first court...

IN woman didn't get invited to sister's weddding -- shows up at reception, calamity ensues

Posted on January 30, 2009
Story is from Indiana. The article mentions that "clumps of hair" were missing from the bride by the time everything was said and done. I loved this part: Bricker told police she arrived at the home to confront her sister...

Shawnee Mission nurse assaulted female patients

Posted on January 30, 2009
From Joe Lambe: A former nurse pleaded guilty today to one count of aggravated sexual battery for two separate attacks on female patients at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center. A Johnson County judge will sentence Shawn A. Garbin later within...

Lawsuit claims baby choked on used condom

Posted on January 30, 2009
Lovely story from Pennsylvania, where a vacationing family's 22-month-old started choking on a used condom that had been left in their hotel room, before they checked in. Rock our world, Philly Daily News: When Amy Wolfe heard her youngest child...

7 charged with killing trumpeter swans near Columbia

Posted on January 30, 2009
The state had even put out a special warning to hunters so they'd avoid killing the birds. In this case, the arrested hunters say they thought the birds were actually snow geese, though those are much smaller than swans.

The toughest man alive ...

Posted on January 30, 2009
... picks up garbage in Florida. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Elderly woman, 77, leads Florida cops on four-hour chase, police say

Posted on January 30, 2009
She sounds like Satan's Beastly Aunt -- it took five people to get her on the stretcher when she finally hit a tree. Along the way, she also rammed two police cars, hit a church lobby and drove so close...

Mom kills her daughter so she can keep her BF

Posted on January 30, 2009
The girl was 12 years old. Mom's boyfriend had told Mom to choose between him or her kid. (Though police don't know that he meant KILLING her.) Story is from Canada. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

25 indicted in local drug distribution ring

Posted on January 30, 2009
From Dawn Bormann: Twenty-five people were indicted in a drug sting that spanned several states and 1� years, said, Acting U.S. Attorney for Kansas Marietta Parker said this morning. Federal prosecutors said the persons were involved in a methamphetamine distribution...

Man gets life after having sex with teen girl in Alamo bathroom

Posted on January 30, 2009
She's 14. He told her that he was 19 -- he's actually in his 40s. This is actually the SECOND time that he's been caught fooling around with a 14-year-old girl at the Alamo. And now, witness the saddest quote...

Frying pan used to rob man in Austin

Posted on January 30, 2009
He let two strange women into his apartment to use the phone, which gave them an opportunity to smash him over the head.

Sheriff Joe believes in mass transit

Posted on January 30, 2009
That would be Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., righter of wrongs. He's decided to start using light rail to transport some of his inmates -- which is not really thrilling the local transit authority. Hat Tip: Many thanks,...

Report: U.S. has 1 million gangstas

Posted on January 30, 2009
And they're responsible for approximately 80 percent of the nation's crime, USA Today reports. The number of gang members has increased by 200K since 2005. More here.

You know you're having a bad day if ...

Posted on January 30, 2009
... your girlfriend beats you with a CB radio antenna. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!

One Year Later: Who killed Jesse Garcia?

Posted on January 30, 2009
From Crime Stoppers: February 2, 2009 marks the one year anniversary of the Jesse Garcia homicide which occurred at 1622 Topping at approximately 7:30PM on February 2, 2008. Mr. Garcia and witnesses were walking in the 1600 block of Topping...

"Nice doing business with you ladies"

Posted on January 30, 2009
From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police were looking for a robber, described as 13 or 14 years old, who held up the Blockbuster Video store last night. The boy walked into the store at 414 E. 63rd Street about 8...

I wonder why they broke up

Posted on January 30, 2009
A Wisconsin man is accused of painting his face like the Joker and breaking into his ex-GF's place while she and her new man were asleep. The story does have a happy ending, though: He got shot in the leg...

Not remotely crime-related

Posted on January 30, 2009
Midtown Miscreant makes a compelling point about women who demand to breast-feed in public. (I'm trying to steal some of that sweet, sweet Mom2Mom demographic.) Snip: Yes, it's perfectly natural to breast feed, it's a good thing, nothing to be...

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