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KS man arrested for beating gull that tried to steal his ice cream
Posted on January 14, 2009Happened while the Wichita man and his wife were visting sunny Laguna Beach, Calif. They were walking along the boardwalk, enjoying some ice cream, when a group of birds attacked. At least two were Heermann's gulls, which are protected. One...
Arizona firefighters started fires to make more money, police allege
Posted on January 14, 2009So far, six people have been arrested, including four volunteer firefighters, though authorities think as many as 10 people could be involved, both past and present. The police think they're responsible for 15 to 35 fires. The men apparently got...
New lead in the Adam Herrman case?
Posted on January 14, 2009Last week, Butler County authorities were talking about scaling back their investigation because they'd had no success learning what happened to Adam Herrman, a Kansas boy who disappeared 10 years ago. Now? They've returned to the trailer park in Towanda...
Report: Maybe the Internet isn't THAT dangerous for kids?
Posted on January 14, 2009Several attorneys general teamed up with the tech industry to study how often kids are solicited for sex online. As it turns, it's a pretty rare occurrence, the study says. Snip from the New York Times: The task force, led...
White inmate freed from Death Row because he had an all-white jury
Posted on January 14, 2009Wait, what? (Story is from Texas.)
Only a fool hires himself as an attorney
Posted on January 14, 2009And only a BIGGER fool will hire their drunk judge cousin to come represent them. Snip from UK's Metro: Esther Cunningham drank brandy before appearing as a solicitor to represent her cousin in a dangerous dog case. She told an...
They found Marcus Schrenker
Posted on January 14, 2009At a campground in north Florida. Authorities are pretty sure that he'd tried to kill himself by cutting a wrist, but he was still alive when they found him. Schrenker is the Indiana financier who allegedly faked his death by...
Wow, she really did have mental problems
Posted on January 14, 2009Another update -- this time, it's about the Wisconsin mom who stole her teenage daughter's identity so she could go back to school and join the cheerleading squad. She's been found not guilty because of mental disease and has been...
Shauntay Henderson sentencing set for today
Posted on January 14, 2009That's according to KMBC. Henderson was convicted last year of manslaughter.
Poor little Adolf
Posted on January 14, 2009We've got an update on Adolf Hitler Campbell, 3, of New Jersey. (His parents tried -- and failed -- to get their local grocery to put "Happy Birthday, Adolf" on a birthday cake, spawning a slew of national news stories.)...
KS college towns investigating serial rapes
Posted on January 14, 2009Laura Bauer has a story here on Lawrence, Manhattan and how both towns believe they're dealing with a serial rapist -- though it's not clear if the same attacker is responsible for crimes in both cities. Clues from the Manhattan...
Financiers demanded oral sex before they would OK loans, police say
Posted on January 14, 2009The good news is we've figured out a way to thaw the credit markets. UPDATED: Sorry about the broken link -- for some reason, the story was removed at the St. Pete Times, and I haven't found any other site...
A victim warns: Always, ALWAYS lock your doors
Posted on January 14, 2009I received this email from Lorri Willems, a woman whose purse was stolen recently ... I just moved to Olathe this past November from a much smaller community. My husband and I have custody of our 2 yr old grandson;...
Blessed are the peacemakers
Posted on January 14, 2009A Willard man is charged with a misdemeanor after he pretended to be an officer and broke up a couple's squabble outside a Pizza Hut, the News-Leader reports. Ward was allegedly wearing a handgun on his hip, and instructed the...
This is child porn?
Posted on January 14, 2009Six teens from Pennsylvania are facing child-porn charges after half of them (the girls) sent nude or almost-nude photos of themselves to three boys. The girls are 14 or 15. The boys are 16 or 17.
OK man accused of killing GF, her four children
Posted on January 13, 2009The oldest was no more than 7. The youngest was 3.
Greg Hawley
Posted on January 13, 2009The writer of "Nobody's Listening" writes about arriving at the scene of the wreck. If this doesn't break your heart, maybe you don't have one. Toellner Tells It, where I first saw the "Nobody's Listening" post, and Midtown Miscreant weigh...
Scenes from a sexual-harassment lawsuit
Posted on January 13, 2009It starts with "Come and touch it, Dave" and then rapidly goes downhill. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JOCO SOB!
THAT MONSTER! School charges student for stealing brownies
Posted on January 13, 2009An Iowa school has charged a 15-year-old with theft for allegedly stealing brownies from the cafeteria. (Fifth-degree theft, but it's still a criminal charge.) Mama Bear is greatly displeased, saying he should've been punished through the school with detention...
Whiner Whiner, Chicken Diner
Posted on January 13, 2009A judge has dismissed a civil suit from a Vermont inmate who allegedly bit into a piece of microwaved chicken "that contained pus and part of the animal's digestive tract," The AP reports. This caused the prisoner to lose (A)...
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on January 13, 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,...
Burglar steals $30K in guns from Harrisonville store
Posted on January 13, 2009From Don Bradley: The owner of Gunslinger, a Harrisonville gun store, thought there was something fishy about a man who came into the place about noon Monday. The man looked around for a few minutes then left without saying much....
Veterans sue U.S. government over LSD, PCP testing
Posted on January 13, 2009The suit is reportedly backed by the Vietnam Veterans of America, and they're trying to force the government into contacting veterans who were used in drug and chemical tests during the 60s, so they can get medical treatment. Snip: Rochelle...
You want me to drink WHAT?
Posted on January 13, 2009Story is from China, where a retired policeman who'd survived a kidney transplant was asked by airport security to drink some of his own urine to prove it wasn't a poison. (He was carrying some in a bottle to test...
Line jumper bites off more than he can chew
Posted on January 13, 2009This made me smile. But I think everybody who cuts in line should go to jail.
Say, how's our old friend, Brad Schlozman?
Posted on January 13, 2009Well, he's been having a bit of a day. The DOJ's Inspector General has accused him of violating federal law because he reportedly hired people (and managed them) according to their political loyalties. The U.S. Attorney in D.C. has declined...
Report: Drew Peterson's new GF is living with him
Posted on January 13, 2009Which would seem to warrant an automatic addition to the prayer list. Her family is not particularly thrilled, and her dad has already asked the police to perform a series of "wellness checks," the Chicago Tribune reports: "It's unbelievable," said...
UPDATE: Man robbed when he tries to sell iPhone
Posted on January 13, 2009KMBC inteviews the man who tried to sell his iPhone via Craigslist, but was robbed when he went to meet the buyers at Oak Park Mall. Here's a text version of the story, too.
A criminal court especially for military veterans?
Posted on January 13, 2009In Edwardsville, Ill., authorities are setting up a court that will deal especially with military veterans accused of nonviolent crimes -- sort of like Jackson County's drug court. Instead of automatically going to jail, they'll be referred to a special...
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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?
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