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Teddy Bear Paradise -- not a toy store, but an actual person
Posted on January 28, 2009A person who's accused of threatening to kill her probation officer, it should be noted. Snip: In a criminal complaint filed with the United States District Court, federal investigators say Teddy Bear Paradise told witnesses that "they would have to....
Did the FBI know about the mortgage crisis?
Posted on January 28, 2009The Seattle Post-Intelligencer talks with FBI agents who say they realized there was something rotten in the mortgage industry, but because of terrorism-related reassignments, didn't have enough manpower to investigate. The feds, however, say that assessment isn't fair to them:...
JoCo sheriff busts store for selling booze, smokes to teens
Posted on January 28, 2009From JoCo Sheriff: Deputies with the Johnson County Sheriff?s Office Community Policing Unit cited six stores for selling tobacco to minors and two for selling alcohol to minors. In an ongoing effort to curb underage drinking and tobacco use, the...
Where should Kansas City send its prisoners?
Posted on January 28, 2009That's a question the city council is trying to answer. Previously, the city had announced a plan to close the municipal jail and send all of its prisoners to Jackson County's detention center. Not so fast, say opponents, who want...
Independence city manager accused of DUI
Posted on January 28, 2009From The Star: Independence City Manager Robert Heacock said Tuesday that he had been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Heacock said that according to tests administered by Lee?s Summit police early Tuesday, he registered a blood alcohol...
CT judge gets in hot water over DUI, remarks
Posted on January 28, 2009Hat Tip: Many thanks, Herbert Spencer -- sorry about the delay in posting!
Man complains about his calzone, gets pistolwhipped, police say
Posted on January 28, 2009Probably don't need to tell you this happened in Florida ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, goshel!
Where is Teresa Butler?
Posted on January 28, 2009The paper in Dexter, Mo., has a piece about the three-year anniversary of Butler's disappearance from New Madrid County. Snip: Butler was 35 years old when she disappeared. She worked in the photo lab at Wal-Mart in Dexter. She was...
Man broke into gas station, called 911, so he could spend time in jail with his bro, police say
Posted on January 28, 2009A brilliant scheme ... might need a little polish, though .... Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
True Tales of Survival!
Posted on January 28, 2009From the Beeb: A man who became trapped beneath his sofa for two days said he survived by sipping from a bottle of whisky. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Danial Rinehart's other daughters speak
Posted on January 28, 2009Don Bradley has a big interview this morning with two daughters of Danial Rinehart, who's accused of fathering four babies with their sister. Rinehart and his wife, the girls' mother, face criminal charges in Cass County. The girls say they...
Another man arrested in 1993 cold-case homicide
Posted on January 28, 2009From Bob Cronkleton: Kansas City police arrested a man early this morning wanted in a murder from the early 1990s. The arrest is the second one this month relating to a 1993 murder of a teenager on a Kansas City...
Don't let the bedbugs bite ... or slash open your belly
Posted on January 28, 2009A Wichita woman made a distressing discovery when she woke up this morning with a mysterious cut from her left hip across her privates. She has no idea how it got there, but it took 27 stitches to close.
We tied up and robbed that hooker because we were trying to help her
Posted on January 28, 2009Riiiight.
Gulfport mayor accused of lying to get disaster assistance
Posted on January 28, 2009His beachfront house was damaged during Hurricane Katrina, and authorities allege that he and his wife lied about living there. (They just own it.) They're also accused of lying to their insurance company. They've pleaded not guilty and dispute the...
Merriam mom raised her kids in same house as meth lab, authorities allege
Posted on January 28, 2009From Joe Lambe: A Merriam mother who allegedly operated a methamphetamine lab with her three children in the house had her first Johnson County court appearance today. Rebecca Grube, 36, is charged with manufacturing and possessing the drug and with....
The burglar who came to stay
Posted on January 28, 2009Sick of paying your rent or mortgage? Why not make a habit of breaking into empty vacation houses and living there, Goldilocks? Everything's just right ... until John Law catches up with you. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Patty PV!
UPDATED: CA man killed wife, kids, himself over lost jobs
Posted on January 28, 2009The New York Times has a longer piece here about the case of Ervin A. Lupoe, who apparently killed his wife and five young kids before committing suicide. He and his wife had recently lost their jobs as medical technicians....
On second thought ...
Posted on January 28, 2009Gov. Rod Badhairjevich, who has boycotted his impeachment trial, would now like to speak during the proceedings tomorrow. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Janitor tried to sell nuclear technology
Posted on January 27, 2009Not sure if you remember this case. It's from Tennessee, where a janitor at a closed uranium-enrichment plant tried to sell parts from the plant to the French government. He's going to get six years under a plea deal, much...
"The way we used to do it in Chi-town"
Posted on January 27, 2009Whoops. A former Chicago cop -- now a campus cop at Colorado State -- is catching some heat after he reportedly told a class that it was SOP for cops to beat up suspects and use drugs to pay informants....
Can woman with brain illness plead guilty to murder?
Posted on January 27, 2009Story is from Iowa, where Debi Joy Olson reportedly tracked down her husband, who was working for a circus, and killed him. She's admitted to the crime, and she wants to go to prison for life. (Actually, she'd REALLY like...
Are gun buybacks getting better?
Posted on January 27, 2009There have been a handful of studies arguing that gun buybacks don't really do that much to keep gun out of criminals' hands. But police have started enforcing a few common-sense rules -- no broken guns, dealers aren't allowed to...
FL man threatened bro with knife in fight over chicken wings, police say
Posted on January 27, 2009To be fair, it was a whole tray of chicken wings, which sort of ups the ante.
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on January 27, 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,...
False alarm at the federal courthouse
Posted on January 27, 2009From the FBI: On 1/27/2009, at approximately 12:20pm, a letter mailed from the Jefferson City Correctional Institution, Jefferson City, Missouri was received at the United States Courthouse Kansas City, Missouri. The envelope was addressed to the Chief Clerk of the...
Fact: If you leave your car door unlocked, somebody might steal your purse
Posted on January 27, 2009From Joe Lambe: Olathe police today issued a warning that thieves are taking purses from cars left unlocked while women leave briefly to drop off or pick up children at day care centers. There were three such thefts from Jan....
Man, age 27, ran off with teen girl so they could live in an abandoned school bus in MO, police say
Posted on January 27, 2009It just sounds so romantic ... Story is from Purdy, Mo.
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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...
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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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