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Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on January 22, 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,...

Woman, infant dead in apparent murder-suicide

Posted on January 22, 2009
From Don Bradley: The bodies of a woman and her 17-month-old daughter were found today in a south Kansas City river near the woman?s car. Police said the deaths were an apparent murder-suicide. Family members were at the scene near...

Death sentence for the Gitmo prison?

Posted on January 22, 2009
The president has signed order to close the Gitmo prison within a year, The AP reports.

"He is 92. He is probably not in the best of thought processes."

Posted on January 22, 2009
An Ohio man, 92, calls police to deal with rowdy neighbors, then fires through the door when officers knock at his apartment. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

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Former French president bitten by clinically depressed poodle

Posted on January 22, 2009
It's like an editorial cartoon come to life. The good news -- Jacques Chirac is out of the hospital, and the dog is being given pills to handle the depression. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Excelsior Springs gives the green light to red-light cams

Posted on January 22, 2009
That's according to KSHB. Hat Tip: Saw this via Tony's Kansas City!

Short guy accused of stealing clothes from Big & Tall shop

Posted on January 22, 2009
Hundreds of dollars worth, KMBC reports. The suspect is 5 feet 5 with a medium build. Maybe he was building a tent?

It's hard to imagine how this story could get any worse

Posted on January 22, 2009
A Rockaway Beach man has been convicted because he let a bunch of 14-year-old boys drive his fiancee's car. Not only that -- he let one boy ride on the hood and two others ride in the window while a...

Man sues stripper for impairing his breathing

Posted on January 22, 2009
By accidentally kicking him in the face with a 1970s-style boot that flew off her foot during a "demonstrative kick." Ever since, he's had trouble breathing. Best Part:Evans said he doesn't normally frequent strip clubs, but he made an exception...

KFC worker lied about being robbed, St. Joe police say

Posted on January 22, 2009
The worker was supposed to be making a bank deposit, but she told police that she was robbed on the way, the St. Joe Channel reports. Only surveillance footage of the spot shows it didn't happen, say police, who reportedly...

Surveillance footage from Northland robberies

Posted on January 22, 2009
This is the case of the one woman who held up a Blockbuster and a c-store in the Northland the other day.

UPDATE: Bay Area subway cop accused of shooting suspect in back

Posted on January 22, 2009
Johannes Mehserle has already been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Oscar Grant back on years. Not only has he received a series of death threats, police have worked two bomb scares now at his house. His family...

Crime fell 6.4 percent last year in Topeka

Posted on January 22, 2009
Though they did see a jump during the fourth quarter, the Cap-Journal reports.

Local woman pleads guilty to robbing Union Bank

Posted on January 22, 2009
From U.S. Attorney John Wood's Office: Linda Jo Spooner, 42, of Greenwood, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ortrie D. Smith on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, to using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. Spooner admitted that...

St. Louis police clear 50 percent of homicide cases

Posted on January 22, 2009
The national clearance rate is about 59 percent.

Ne'er-do-well sets clothing rack ablaze at Wichita Wal-Mart

Posted on January 22, 2009
The estimated damage to the clothes is $10,000. I tend to agree with reader M@, who pointed this story out: That sounds REALLY HIGH for any clothing you can buy at Wal-Mart. Were there a bunch of $50s stuffed in...

A modest proposal: You should only have to pay child support for your own kids

Posted on January 22, 2009
That's not exactly how things work in Kansas right now. Witness the case of Master Sgt. Christopher Sprowson, who's on Tour No. 3 in Iraq.In 1995, Sprowson?s first wife had an affair and got pregnant. The couple divorced when the...

Hide and go ARRGH, LORD, THE PAIN!

Posted on January 22, 2009
Fleeing suspect decides to hide under a moving truck -- which worked out well until the truck ran over him. Story is from Arizona. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!

Vandals hit Redemptorist Church in Midtown

Posted on January 22, 2009
Mary Sanchez has a column about vandalism to some statues in the church's outdoor grotto, located at Linwood and Broadway. They also painted an A in a circle, the old "anarchy" symbol. It's hard to think of a less deserving...

Aussie arrested for spree of blowup-doll burglaries

Posted on January 22, 2009
The guy had a habit of breaking into adult novelty stores and grabbing blowup dolls, which he would usually enjoy in a back alley, police say. (He tended to favor the "Jungle Jane" model.) Hat Tip: Many thanks, Rosie!

I turn my camera on

Posted on January 22, 2009
From Bob Cronkleton:Red-light runners be forewarned ? Kansas City?s first red-light camera becomes active today. The cameras were deployed first at 39th Street and Southwest Trafficway. There will be a 30-day warning period and drivers caught running a red light...

Brianna and Ashton

Posted on January 22, 2009
Brianna Marie Broitzman and Ashton Larson, both 19, are accused of spanking, groping, breast-poking, wig-stealing and spitting on dementia patients at a Minnesota nursing home where they worked. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

VA Tech student decapitated during stabbing, police say

Posted on January 22, 2009
Both the victim and the suspect are exchange students from China, the Washington Post reports. Hat Tip: Many thanks, goshel!

Do you know this woman?

Posted on January 22, 2009
From Prairie Village PD: On January 21, 2009 at approximately 3:50 p.m., Prairie Village Police responded to the Hen House at 4050 W. 83rd Street on a reported theft. The victim reported that while she was shopping, a white female...

Charges filed in homeless woman's rape

Posted on January 22, 2009
From Christine Vendel: Two years ago, DNA linked Mitchell Moore Jr. to an unsolved 2002 rape. Police tried without success to find him. On Thursday, sex crimes detective got a break: Moore had been arrested in a domestic violence case....

Do you recognize these men?

Posted on January 22, 2009
From OP Police: Overland Park Police Detective Curtis Vance is asking for the public?s assistance in identifying two shoplifting suspects. On two separate occasions 1-3-09 and 1-4-09 these two men have stolen a combination of Moet Champagne, Hennessy Cognac and...

KC man accused of armed street robbery

Posted on January 22, 2009
James L. Black, 24, is facing charges first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon, the Jackson County prosecutor reports. Black allegedly robbed a workman who'd just gotten $540 for replacing a vehicle's windshield -- would have...

Boy brings explosive device to Tongi Middle

Posted on January 22, 2009
From Mark Wiebe: A explosive device was confiscated from a sixth-grade student at Tonganoxie Middle School this morning. Kyle Hayden, assistant superintendent for the Tonganoxie School District, said the homemade device was about the size of a box of cards...

Man accuses Detroit police of squeezing his genitals during a search

Posted on January 22, 2009
Barehanded, no less! He got help from the ACLU and has received a settlement from the department -- an undisclosed amount of cash, plus a police promise to remind their officers of the rules.

RI man leaves 300 rats alongside the road

Posted on January 22, 2009
They were in aquariums and cages when police found them several days later. About 70 of the rats had died, and the others had given into cannibalism. Their old owner? Says he got rid of them because he couldn't have...

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