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MO chief justice says state needs to spend more on public defenders
Posted on January 30, 2009About $5 million to $10 million more. Otherwise, Missouri Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith says, some defendants will have to be freed before they stand trial. (Because they've been kept waiting too long to get a lawyer.) I'm not sure...
KCK man gets 9 years for stealing booze, punching Price Chopper employee
Posted on January 30, 2009From Platte County Prosecutor: A Kansas City, Kansas man has been sentenced to nearly a decade in prison for robbing a Parkville grocery store after his crime was captured by a camera in the store?s parking lot. Lonnie W. Bice,...
Naked man tries to sacrifice GF at homemade altar, police say
Posted on January 30, 2009Story is from the Seattle area. Apparently, he tried to strangle her and even cut her throat, police allege. There was some running around, she escaped and he -- still bare all over -- dragged her back to the house....
Could this man be the Father of the Year?
Posted on January 30, 2009A Wisconsin man is accused of rounding up his kids' pets and then shooting the six animals while the children watched, police say. They also accused Dad of being drunk at the time. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
I pity his lawyer
Posted on January 30, 2009And yes, that is a Mr. T reference ... but you probably won't understand until you look at the photo after the link. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
MO legislators consider closing some police-complaint records
Posted on January 29, 2009IF the complaint is unfounded or the officer isn't at fault. (Right now, these records are supposed to be open to the public.) Snip: Supporters say that would protect wrongly accused police officers. But critics contend it could shelter bad...
How are useful are suspect sketches?
Posted on January 29, 2009Not very, the Times-Picayune reports. There've been a handful of studies showing they don't help that often, and some experts caution against using them. But then you have a case like that of Wendy Byrne, a bartender murdered in the...
"A Boy Named Sue" was years ahead of its time ...
Posted on January 29, 2009A new study shows that boys with less-popular names are more likely to commit crime. The researchers try to explain themselves here: "Also, adolescents with unpopular names may be more prone to crime because they are treated differently by their...
IL man kills man who was trying to save him from alcoholism
Posted on January 29, 2009Story is from the Collinsville, Ill., area. The defendant pleaded guilty Wednesday. He reportedly buried the victim under some leaves in the victim's back yard.
Local philanthropist/cabbie survives mugging
Posted on January 29, 2009The Pitch's Plog has a post here about Richard Tripp, who organizes the group Care of Poor People. Tripp also drives a cab and, during a shift this weekend, had a brush with a pair of muggers. "This black eye...
Teen Cop returns!
Posted on January 29, 2009Turns out, he probably DID drive the squad car. And it sounds like he used the radio, too. No word if he actually got to ticket anybody.
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on January 29, 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,...
Pirates accused of hijacking German tanker in Gulf of Aden
Posted on January 29, 2009Say it with me: Damn dirty pirates. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
AL cop accused of stealing $5K from evidence, faking his kidnapping, running off to Vegas
Posted on January 29, 2009He says he didn't do it.
Florida woman used part of a tampon to snort cocaine, police say
Posted on January 29, 2009I have nothing further to add.
Woman says Detroit cops beat up her family -- then offered her Wal-Mart and Target gift cards
Posted on January 29, 2009Plus $100. I don't know -- times are pretty hard. A lot of people might take a stomping if the police coughed up some filthy lucre as compensation. The woman, however, has decided to sue instead.
Will the police catch him before he dies from shame?
Posted on January 29, 2009OP police are looking for the lowlife who robbed a 61-year-old man who was using a walker. What I love about this is how our bad guy needed a gun to carry out the crime. Way to go there, Scarface....
Man stabbed while trying to stop friend's mugging
Posted on January 29, 2009From Christine Vendel: A 58-year-old man suffered two cuts to his leg Wednesday night when he fought with robbers who had taken his friend?s purse. The 46-year-old friend told police she and the victim had left a liquor store and...
Drew Peterson talks about his new fiancee
Posted on January 29, 2009This is a beautiful quote: "I will acknowledge that I would have concerns if I was the friends and family of this young girl," Peterson told Bashir.
Nothing solves a problem like putting someone in a headlock
Posted on January 29, 2009Especially if you're a bartender and the "someone" is the dirtbag trying to steal your tip jar. Story is from Emporia.
If only they'd gone to Garden City instead
Posted on January 29, 2009Odd little footnote from the case of Ervin Lupoe, the Calfornia man accused of killing his wife, his five young kids and then himself because he'd lost his job. As it turns out, the family had been planning a trip...
Robbery suspect scared elderly woman to death, police say
Posted on January 29, 2009In North Carolina, Larry Whitfield is facing a murder charge because -- after he allegedly tried and failed to rob a bank -- he tried to hide in the home of a 79-year-old woman. She was so scared, authorities say,...
Quote of the day
Posted on January 29, 2009"Someone has to stop them. A million other kids does wrong things, but they've got to learn not to do that. That was another man's life, and it could have been their lives too." -- the grandmother of Anthony and...
Worst Escape Attempt EVER
Posted on January 29, 2009Story is from New Zealand. Our two heroes, handcuffed, were fleeing from the courthouse when they were foiled by a light pole. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Monty and Eddie B!
UPDATE: MO woman's body found in concrete-filled toolbox
Posted on January 29, 2009Story is from Lebanon, Mo., where deer hunters discovered the toolbox and the body of Sharon Sabla back in November. Her husband is now charged with her slaying.
Colorado woman accused of raping male friend
Posted on January 29, 2009Story is available here. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM
Aussie dad drops girl, 4, off bridge because of custody dispute
Posted on January 29, 2009Hat Tip: Many thanks, Monty
It took three days, two 911 calls before Detroit police would check on frozen body
Posted on January 29, 2009In their defense, the guy wasn't going anywhere. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Army suicides reach 30-year high
Posted on January 29, 2009From The AP: The new figure of more than 128 compares to 115 in 2007 and 102 in 2006 - and is the highest since record keeping began in 1980. It also calculates to a rate of 20.2 per 100,000...
More about the Dan Rinehart case
Posted on January 29, 2009Another local blogger, Life in SOJOCO, writes about Dan Rinehart, who's accused of fathering four kids with his teenage daughter. Snip: I mean this story is about as bad as it gets. How horrible does life get to grow up...
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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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