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By James Hart
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The offense? Selling goth kitties over the Internet
Posted on December 19, 2008If you guessed that gothic kittens is another way to say kittens with ear, tail and neck piercings, then a gold star for you. Thanks to the Internet, there really is a market for everything. Story is from Pennsylvania --...
Another guilty plea in JoCo massage parlor case
Posted on December 19, 2008From U.S. Attorney John Wood's office: Wei Li Pang, also known as Linda, 37, a Chinese national with permanent resident alien status residing in Overland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan this afternoon. Pang...
Jeannie C. Riley, where are you?
Posted on December 19, 2008OK, upfront, please note the Not Remotely Crime-Related tag ... A Florida woman says her church -- her former church, now -- is threatening to tell the entire congregation about her continuing sexual relationship with her boyfriend. (The congregation, for...
TX cops allegedly mistake 12-year-old for hooker
Posted on December 19, 2008And they charged her with assaulting a police officer -- because she reportedly fought back when a bunch of plainclothes officers jumped out of a van and grabbed her, the Houston Press reports. (They thought her shorts were too short,...
It's our loss, but God's gain
Posted on December 19, 2008The Columbia Tribune interviews the father of John Paul Forget, a Benedictine College student who apparently jumped into the Missouri River to avoid being struck by a semi. (Apparently happened just after a wreck.) It's been a few days now...
KMBC: 2 robbers hold up steak house in Shawnee
Posted on December 19, 2008It was Ryan's on 75th Street. Cases like this are pretty rare. (Sort of like my puns, which are generally undercooked or, if you will, halfbaked.)
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on December 19, 2008Welcome to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments. Feel free to post links to interesting stories you see on other sites. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as...
Good Samaritans can be sued for trying to help, CA court says
Posted on December 19, 2008The California Supremes have made an interesting ruling: Bystanders who try to help after wrecks can be sued if they end up injuring the people they tried to assist. The case was inspired by a woman who reportedly injured a...
Middle-school students accused of selling mixed drinks on school bus
Posted on December 19, 2008Story is from Connecticut.
14 years in botched robbery-homicide from Lawrence
Posted on December 19, 2008From the Douglas County DA: Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson announces Kellam D. Jones, 17, was sentenced today in District Court for the second degree murder of Roland Klundt, attempted aggravated robbery, and attempted aggravated burglary...
UK doctor was drugged, held prisoner by family
Posted on December 19, 2008Because they wanted her to take part in an arranged marriage. The lady is a doctor in the UK, but she flew home to Bangladesh, thinking her mom was sick. Instead, it was all a ploy to take over her...
Charges dropped in JoCo sign-stealing case -- insufficient evidence
Posted on December 19, 2008From The Star: One Johnson County sign-stealing controversy is over. A misdemeanor theft charge against Richard Downing, the campaign manager for Kansas Sen. Julia Lynn, was dismissed Wednesday ? a day before he was scheduled to appear in Olathe Municipal...
It's her
Posted on December 19, 2008Authorities confirm that remains found in Florida belong to missing girl Caylee Anthony. No word on cause of death, but police are treating the case as a homicide. More here, including a slew of archived materials, from the Orlando Sentinel....
No, Virginia, there is no Holiday Cab
Posted on December 19, 2008Just heard back from Yellow Cab -- there will not be a Holiday Cab this year because of limited sponsorship, spokeswoman Nancy Cipolla says. For the uninitiated and homebound, Holiday Cab was a (mostly) free service that toted local partygoers...
MO prisoner uses Xmas lights to escape
Posted on December 19, 2008From The AP: Authorities say they arrested 17-year-old Shane Sartin this morning along a highway after he broke out of the Webster County jail Thursday night using a string of Christmas lights to climb down from a third-story exercise area...
The good news keeps coming for Sarah Palin
Posted on December 19, 2008The woman just cannot catch a break, not even when it comes to her probable future in-laws. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards and Keith G in PV!
Prior planning doesn't ALWAYS prevent poor performance
Posted on December 19, 2008You know your robbery attempt has really failed when you end up getting flyswatted by an old lady ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
A comparison case
Posted on December 19, 2008Good thing the weather was so nice on Tuesday ... From The Star: A school bus driver was fired this week after failing to notice a kindergarten student asleep in the back of the bus. The driver had finished dropping...
5 years for pretending to be a fed
Posted on December 19, 2008From The AP: A man who posed as a federal agent for two months in the eastern Missouri town of Gerald was sentenced today to five years in prison. Bill Jakob did not speak during the hearing in U.S. District...
Even your iPod could tell you were over the limit
Posted on December 19, 2008This is hilarious -- some company has come up with a device that you plug into your iPod and, if you breathe into it, it'll tell you whether your BAC is over the limit. They call it the iBreath.
Unbelievable
Posted on December 19, 2008An Illinois man shot and killed his cousin because she threw a pen at him -- six months before he killed her.
Evil Knievel?
Posted on December 19, 2008Nice post from The Plog -- The Pitch has gotten Evel Knievel's FBI files, related to his alleged beatdown of a KC-area resident, though parts have been redacted. Snip: Agents inform Knievel that he's under investigation for violations of anti-racketeering...
Man with tree branch tries to rob TX restaurant
Posted on December 19, 2008FAIL. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Kidnapping plot fails after getaway car is parked on frozen pond
Posted on December 19, 2008A partially frozen pond, it should be noted. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Report: Music industry will stop suing teens, single mothers, the dead
Posted on December 19, 2008The Recording Industry Association of America says it will stop directly suing users who illegally download music and will work with their Internet-service providers to warn these users instead and have their Internet turned off it they refuse to comply.
MO city alderman accused of snowplowing while drunk
Posted on December 19, 2008Story is from Union Star, and it should probably be noted that it was he was reported by a critic of city government ...
Meanwhile, in New York
Posted on December 19, 2008The widow of a NYPD cop says she shot and killed him because his secret life of cross-dressing and consorting with transvestite hookers caused him to be violent to her. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
More about the Caylee Anthony case ...
Posted on December 19, 2008You might remember that Florida authorities recently found some remains which they believe are the little girl's. As it turns out, a meter reader called police three times and urged them to search that area in AUGUST.
ATF ran pawn shop in KCK to catch drug, gun violators
Posted on December 19, 2008And brought charges against 16 people in the process. One of them objects to how the ATF ran its sting. To wit: ?These people set up a sting operation in a school zone adjacent to a day care,? he said....
Is the Adam Walsh case really closed?
Posted on December 19, 2008The AP raises questions. Florida authorities officially named a dead killer, Ottis Toole, as their suspect, though there were no new details or developments pointing to him. They have no physical evidence (Toole's car, which contained a blood stain was...
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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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