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The single dumbest domestic disturbance ever
Posted on January 20, 2009A Centralia man was thrown in jail after he and his fiancee got into a domestic disturbance over which Wal-Mart she would visit, police say. (She said Mexico, he said Columbia.) At some point, he allegedly slashed the tires to...
It takes a special kind of person
Posted on January 20, 2009... to expose himself during -2 weather. Hat Tip: Saw this via Weird Universe!
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on January 20, 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,...
Boy, 8, lived with Mom's corpse for 10 days
Posted on January 20, 2009Story is from Michigan. The two of them were former Louisiana residents who moved north after Katrina, so he didn't know anybody, authorities say.
KSHB: Vandals deface statue in Penn Valley Park
Posted on January 20, 2009It was the Pioneer Mother piece at 29th and Wyandotte. Apparently, the vandals want us all to "stop genocide."
An unspeakable crime
Posted on January 20, 2009Any case involving a child is awful, but there's something truly heinous about hurting someone with a disability like this one. From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors have accused a 23-year-old man of using a screwdriver to sodomize a 12-year-old...
UPDATE on JoCo ID theft case
Posted on January 20, 2009From JoCo Sheriff: Sheriff?s Deputies made an additional arrest today in the identity theft sting at Engineered Air that netted eight arrests on January 09, 2009 and an additional arrest at a residence in Olathe. The person arrested is Arturo...
MO dad accused of cutting off baby's air, killing him
Posted on January 20, 2009Story is from O'Fallon. The baby, Ayden Harley, was only 5 months old, the P-D reports.
The creepiest thing I've heard in a while
Posted on January 20, 2009Ohio police say they've arrested a guy who find those "free drawing" boxes at different businesses and steal women's numbers. So instead of winning a Mini Cooper, these women would get this guy calling them up via a payphone and...
Wichita man accused of six robberies in seven hours
Posted on January 20, 2009With about a 50 percent success rate, the Eagle reports. In one of his "successes," his total haul was $20, police allege.
I couldn't have bitten that baby, I don't have enough teeth
Posted on January 20, 2009This is my new favorite excuse. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on January 20, 2009Never give a cow the right of way ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Jen!
Office workers with CCW permits stop woman with bow, arrows
Posted on January 20, 2009Story is from Houston. The woman was able to get one office worker in the chest, but he'll be OK. Two other employees opened fire on her, striking her several times and forcing her to withdraw. Police had to shoot...
"Step away from the unicorn"
Posted on January 19, 2009Midtown Miscreant rains on the inauguration parade. (At least, I hope that's rain.)
A little more about that Olathe robbery
Posted on January 19, 2009From Brad Cooper: A 53-year-old man was hurt this morning when he was robbed by two men and a woman at gunpoint in Olathe. Police said the man was hit in the nose and the suspects took his wallet and...
KSHB: Car flees disturbance and catches fire
Posted on January 19, 2009Happened this morning near 47th and North Bennington, where the fleeing vehicle hit another car.
Woman wanted in MO murder was living with TX deputy
Posted on January 19, 2009Story has ties to Columbia, where Tausha Lee Fields has been charged in the 2004 murder of her former husband, the Daily News of Galveston County reports. She was eventually found living with a deputy in Galveston County, who apparently...
Your jail might have a problem if ...
Posted on January 19, 2009the inmates can pick the locks using nothing more than their fingers. (What's great about this story from Omaha is that none of the prisoners left -- they just wanted to clean their cells.) Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
Why hasn't this lawsuit been thrown out?
Posted on January 19, 2009The city of Gary, Ind., is suing a series of gun manufacturers and dealers because they know their products are illegally used by criminals, young people, etc. The suit is moving forward despite state and federal laws that protect gun...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on January 19, 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. THANKS AGAIN to Meredith Rodriguez for subbing for me on Friday....
It's not what you think ...
Posted on January 19, 2009UPS man delivers daughter Hat Tip: Many thanks, Tim!
Southwest MO sees jump in cattle rustling
Posted on January 19, 2009Especially in the Greene County-Springfield area, the AP reports.
Bush frees Border Patrol agents who shot drug smuggler in the buttocks
Posted on January 19, 2009The agents didn't help themselves by trying to cover up the shooting, but the president felt their sentences -- something like 10 years each -- weren't fair either. They ended up serving about two apiece. The agents had argued the...
Secret Service orders 5 tons of bulletproof glass for inauguration
Posted on January 19, 2009The Washington Post has a backgrounder on what the Secret Service has done to prepare for tomorrow's inauguration. As it happens, they got a lot of practice doing extra security by dealing with the huge crowds that Obama drew during...
America's new crimefighter? The garbage man
Posted on January 19, 2009Neat feature from the New York Times about a program where police train sanitation workers on suspicious things to note when they're on their routes. The trash collectors then have access to a hotline where they can report unusual goings-on....
Woman accused of using bagel to assault man
Posted on January 19, 2009No word if she used a lot of cream cheese, which would have been worse for his health.
God bless little tattletales
Posted on January 19, 2009Great story from Florida. Police showed up to arrest a woman on outstanding warrants. All the adults present said that she had already left ... and then a 4-year-old told the police that she was hiding under a bed.
Police chase starts in Olathe, ends in east KCMO
Posted on January 19, 2009From Brad Cooper: An armed robbery that apparently occurred at Einstein Bros Bagels on W. 135th Street in Olathe this morning led to a police chase that crossed the state line into Missouri. The chase, which involved the Kansas Highway...
A miserable way to die
Posted on January 19, 2009You probably shouldn't read this if you're already feeling low ...
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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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