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Crime Scene KC 
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By James Hart
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Do the math
Posted on January 27, 2009Having sex with dogs: No prison. Working the camera: Five years. I know the guy has priors, but still ... you'd think witnessing that would be punishment enough.
Sorry, you can't sue the prosecutor, even if he did use a jailhouse snitch to wrongly convict you
Posted on January 27, 2009The Supremes have given broad immunity to prosecutors who get sued by the wrongly convicted. It applies in cases where a jailhouse snitch lied to send an innocent person to prison. From the L.A. Times: Thomas L. Goldstein, a former...
LAPD union doesn't want the department to collect officers' DNA
Posted on January 27, 2009Interesting story from the Los Angeles Times, which writes about the LAPD and its union tussling over DNA collection. Occasionally, the department wants to collect DNA samples from its own officers, usually in use-of-force cases. The union is telling its...
I would be remiss if I failed to mention ...
Posted on January 27, 2009Chris Packham, late of the Pitch's Plog, has migrated to his own site, Pounds of Thrust. His latest post, The 2008 Chris Packham Awards for Chris Packham Excellence in Chris Packhaming, is a roundup of his best hits so far....
KCK bartender was murdered over change
Posted on January 27, 2009From Dawn Bormann: As day two of his trial was set to begin this morning, Brandon Hulett pleaded guilty to shooting bartender Lori Reynolds to death at the Gossip Inn in Kansas City, Kan. Hulett?s plea came before several witnesses...
Report: KCPD could lose "up to 225 police officers" because of budget
Posted on January 27, 2009The other day, Tony's KC had mentioned 200 KCPD positions might be cut -- and honestly, I was skeptical of his source. Whoops. Who knows if KCPD is playing brinksmanship -- maybe painting a more-drastic picture than what's real so...
Does inmate have the right to starve himself to death?
Posted on January 27, 2009Story is from Connecticut, where a convicted rapist is half the man he used to be. Since he went on a hunger strike, William Coleman has dropped from 250 pounds to 125. He says he's not trying to kill himself,...
KS is No. 4 for black homicide victimization rates
Posted on January 27, 2009Kansas' rate is 32.47 black homicides per 100,000 people -- the nation's overall average is 5.38 per 100,000, the Violence Policy Center reports. Pennsylvania actually leads the nation.
Meanwhile, in Sioux Falls
Posted on January 27, 2009A man is accused of stealing 10 pounds of chicken from a hotel, then trying to hawk it outside the library across the street.
Say, what's doing with our friend Teen Cop?
Posted on January 27, 2009Apparently, he's done something like this a few times before. Oh, and despite looking "mature for his age," he's 5-3. One of our editors is 5-6, and I regularly suspect him of being a junior-high student.
UPDATED: Who thought THIS was a good idea?
Posted on January 27, 2009I know, I know -- it just seems like a natural idea to sell dolls named after a murdered child. UPDATED: Apparently, someone there DOES have a sense of shame ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
OP investigates robbery of Mexican restaurant
Posted on January 27, 2009From OP Police: On Saturday, January 17, 2009 a few minutes after 6:00 PM, two masked men robbed the Mexico Lindo restaurant located in the 9600 block of W. 87th Street. The two men entered the business and confronted a...
Prison worker took bribe to smuggle weed, jewelry inside
Posted on January 27, 2009Happened at the U.S. pen in Leavenworth. The worker -- a former prison recreation specialist -- has pleaded guilty. The bribe was $1,400. He could end up getting 15 years.
Lenexa PD offers its own crime map
Posted on January 27, 2009Here's the link! Hat Tip: Saw this via Tony's Kansas City!
Tongi boy faces felony rap for allegedly bringing an explosive to school
Posted on January 27, 2009And there's a good chance he's going to be expelled. (Right now, he's doing 10 days of suspension.) The Journal-World says the device was apparently a BB container packed with BBs and M-80 powder, topped with a fuse. They say...
Lawyer says woman is NOT a suspect
Posted on January 27, 2009KCPD released a photo of this woman over the weekend, saying they wanted to question her in the Renee Pernice disappearance. Her lawyer says she's not a suspect, doesn't have any information about the case and is happy to speak...
UPDATE: 2 killed, 7 hurt during wake in Wichita
Posted on January 27, 2009Police think the shootings might have been retaliation for an unsolved homicide case that goes back a couple of years, The Eagle reports. And it appears to involve rival Asian gangs.
Under the bridge
Posted on January 27, 2009Midtown Miscreant writes about the apparent murder-suicide of Lecletia J. Hardy and her baby girl, Lailah.
How do we shut down The Murder Factory?
Posted on January 27, 2009The third and final piece of Tony Rizzo's series on Kansas City's 64130 zip code is up this morning, and it asks -- how do we break the cycle of violence? Be sure to check out the series' home page...
Report: More people joining Neighborhood Watches
Posted on January 27, 2009That's according to the National Sheriffs Association, which says things are almost as busy as they were after 9-11. Experts say it's being driven by the economy -- with so many people out of work and so many houses unoccupied,...
Suspect attacks his lawyer, jury with fecal matter
Posted on January 27, 2009So obviously, there was a mistrial. Yeah, after you've rubbed dookie in your attorney's face and hair, you really can't be sure that he's going to go all out to defend you. Hat Tip: Many thanks to the Hulk!
Meanwhile, at the Blago impeachment trial
Posted on January 27, 2009They're listening to the tapes. Or excerpts of such.
A toddler's last words: "I love you"
Posted on January 27, 2009From The AP: A slain toddler tried to stop her mother and stepfather from beating her to death by reaching out to her mother and saying, "I love you," a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday. The pleas from 2-year-old Riley Ann...
Benjamin Appleby wants a new trial
Posted on January 27, 2009Appleby, you remember, was convicted of murdering Ali Kemp at a JoCo swimming pool a few years ago. Snip: Appleby's attorney, Debra Wilson, told the Kansas Supreme Court on Tuesday that her client's conviction should be overturned. Wilson says Appleby's...
The Murder Factory
Posted on January 26, 2009Tony Rizzo has spent the last few months working on a series that debuted this weekend, "Murder Factory." It's about Kansas City's 64130 zip code, one of the deadliest areas in the entire state: Its eight square miles, straddling Brush...
2 killed, 7 injured in shooting at Wichita wake
Posted on January 26, 2009I don't know where people get the idea that Wichita is sleepy. The shooting happened Saturday in the southeast part of the city, the Eagle reports.
Suspect says he was sleepwalking while he molested a child
Posted on January 26, 2009Story is from Tennessee. The suspect actually had to fight to get this viewpoint into the trial -- prosecutors had argued his expert wasn't trustworthy. Hat Tip: Saw this via the Sex Crimes Blog!
Jonesboro school-shooter gets another 6 years
Posted on January 26, 2009For stealing a debit card and buying breakfast at Burger King. Hmm, it's almost like they're doing their absolute best to keep him behind bars for as long as legally possible. Keep in mind, Mitchell Johnson, now 24, was only...
Teen killed coworkers because they teased her about being a lesbian
Posted on January 26, 2009What a case. It actually goes back about 40 years, when a teenager named Sharron Diane Crawford Smith killed two of her coworkers at an ice-cream parlor because they made fun of her for being a lesbian. The law never...
A modest proposal: Bring the Gitmo inmates to KC
Posted on January 26, 2009Dan from "Gone Mild" have a pretty sly post over the weekend: He suggests that President Obama house the remaining Gitmo prisoners in Kansas City -- at the zoo. Snip: We have a facility already build that is designed to...
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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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