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Child-porn cases cause huge backlog for FBI computer lab
Posted on January 24, 2009The number of cases was 20 times larger in 2007 than in 1996. The feds plan to open a new lab and hire more workers, but they're also going to talk with prosecutors about cutting more plea deals earlier in...
Mendocino County runs on marijuana
Posted on January 24, 2009Interesting profile here about Mendocino County in northern California, where so many people grow pot that police literally can't keep up. (Doesn't help that state and federal law conflict, which muddies up the waters.) A study showed that two-thirds of...
KC man committed homicide soon after leaving prison
Posted on January 24, 2009From Mark Morris: A Jackson County judge sentenced a Kansas City man to 25 years in prison for killing a man and wounding a woman in October 2007. Circuit Judge John Torrence convicted Derrick D. Peace, 27, in December of...
A dubious honor
Posted on January 24, 2009A group of drug dealers have named their new brand of heroin after President Obama.
Canadian used peanut oil to attack his ex-fiancee, police say
Posted on January 24, 2009He allegedly smeared some of the oil on her car's door handle, which caused her allergies to react. Good news is that she lived.
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on January 24, 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,...
You might be a bad neighbor if ...
Posted on January 24, 2009... you hide in the neighbor children's treehouse and buzz their property with your helicopter.
Wichita mom prostituted girl, 5, for money for smokes, booze, police say
Posted on January 24, 2009About $6 to $7 per assignment, the story says. From The AP: A 48-year-old Wichita woman is accused of prostituting her 5-year-old daughter, and prosecutors say it wasn't the first time. Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston on Friday sought...
Where is Adam Herrman?
Posted on January 24, 2009They had another search today in Towanda, the town in Butler County, Kan., where Herrman used to live. No luck. They've got another search of the whole river planned in a couple of weeks.
KCPD names victim from 77th and Grand
Posted on January 24, 2009This is the story where a body was found inside a burned house early Friday. Police are treating the case as a homicide. From KCPD: The man who was found murdered in the house fire in the 7700 block of...
Do you recognize this man?
Posted on January 24, 2009From Lee's Summit PD: At 11:41 this morning police were dispatched to 300 SW Blue Parkway, United Missouri Bank (inside Price Chopper Grocery Store), on the report of a bank robbery. Bank employees reported a single black male approached the...
Wrong answer
Posted on January 23, 2009If someone asks why you spent the $175K that was mistakenly placed in your bank account, do NOT say you thought it was God's will.
Papa don't preach
Posted on January 23, 2009Remember the Las Vegas dad accused of chaining his daughter to her bed because he thought she was too fat? Well, we've finally got a look at Dad, who looks like he's spent some time guarding the Twinkies himself.
Goodbye, Lawrence Neal
Posted on January 23, 2009Besides being a convicted murderer, Neal was also a suspect in a couple of sexual assaults -- cases that never went to trial because prosecutors didn't think they had strong enough evidence. He's going away now, though, for 30 on...
Kindergartener goes to court to keep long hair
Posted on January 23, 2009Story is from Texas, where the school wouldn't let the boy have long hair. (He had to stuff it down his shirt.) Only the kiddo is an American Indian, and his family says not cutting their hair is a religious...
Blackmail attempt against John Travolta and his family?
Posted on January 23, 2009Not many details available, according to this NY Post report, but it apparently involved their son Jett's recent death. The extortionist reportedly wants $20 million.
What do sneakers hanging from power lines mean?
Posted on January 23, 2009A good question -- with more than one answer. The Chicago Tribune explains.
Football coach charged with reckless homicide after teen dies during practice
Posted on January 23, 2009The death happened back in August in Louisville, when the heat index was in the 90s. The player, whose temperature climbed to 107, died three days after he got to the hospital. The coach, who says he's not guilty, was...
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on January 23, 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,...
"The monkey got out of the cage"
Posted on January 23, 2009At the University of Florida, everybody freaked out a little Tuesday when everybody got an emergency text message that read, "The monkey got out of the cage." Was it a precursor to an attack? Was it a racial slur against...
Murder suspect arrested after police catch him spitting on the ground
Posted on January 23, 2009Story is from Canada, where the good people of Calgary do NOT care for public spitting. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
It takes a big man to steal male-enhancement pills
Posted on January 23, 2009Or maybe not. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
The tooth fairy, she's been very good to me
Posted on January 23, 2009Lovely story about a Massachusetts man who broke his tooth while eating salad at a restaurant. The eatery gave him some money as a settlement. He's now accused of going to 21 other restaurants and saying that he broke his...
3 dead in attack on Belgian daycare
Posted on January 23, 2009Two of the victims are kids, neither older than 3. The other was a woman who worked there. The attacker is an apparently mentally ill man armed with a knife, which he used to injure 12 other people, police say....
Florida man celebrates 190th arrest
Posted on January 23, 2009This time, for an attempted carjacking. Momma says he's bipolar and advises the legal enforcement to remember such when they send him to court. Best Part: One of Farrell's more notable arrests, his 163rd, came in 2004 when he opened...
Local man accused of fathering 4 kids with younger relative -- 3 are now dead
Posted on January 23, 2009Now we know why Cass County was looking for Rinehart the other day. From The Star: An Independence man who authorities said fathered four children with a 19-year-old relative and did not report the deaths of three of them was...
Only prostitution can save us now
Posted on January 23, 2009In Nevada, the individual counties have to decide whether they legalize prostitution. But state leaders -- ready to sup from the juicy teat of a prostitution tax -- think it would be better if THEY legalized prostitution statewide, even in...
Museum guard slashed $1.2 painting because he "didn't like it"
Posted on January 23, 2009Doing about $240K worth of damage to the artwork. The guard's attorney says he was suffering from mental stress. Story is from Pittsburgh. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
UK man kills wife after she changes her Facebook status to "single"
Posted on January 23, 2009They were estranged at the time, and she was staying at her parents' house -- he broke down their front door to get her. He's been found guilty.
The damage done
Posted on January 23, 2009Midtown Miscreant has a series of photos of the vandalism damage at Redemptorist Church.
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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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