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Is Paul Morrison COMPLETELY out of the woods?
Posted on December 18, 2008Not necessarily. From The AP: The Supreme Court can punish an attorney ? and take away his law license ? even if he never faces criminal charges. It has been a year since Morrison asked the Kansas Disciplinary Administrator's Office...
Wichita man accused of abusing 106 pit bulls on OK farm
Posted on December 18, 2008Most of the animals were tied up and starving, the authorities report, and some of the dogs will probably have to be put down.
TX daycare accused of spanking kids who wet themselves
Posted on December 18, 2008And then leaving the kids in their wet clothes for hours. I've never had to potty-train anybody, but that doesn't sound like standard procedure, right? Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Canadian woman makes 10K prank calls
Posted on December 18, 2008And gets 15 months of therapy as punishment! Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!
Teens tied up Eagle Scout, told his future with tarot cards, then killed him, NC police say
Posted on December 18, 2008What a horrible, bizarre case ...
Mysterious and spooky
Posted on December 18, 2008The St. Pete Times have tracked down Cousin Itt's booking photo ...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on December 17, 2008That's right. I am trying to melt your brains.
KCK police name suspect killed during arrest attempt
Posted on December 17, 2008His name was Terry G. Gordon Jr., 31, and he lived in KCK. The attempt was this morning in the 400 block of Shawnee Road.
If DC can't ban handguns ...
Posted on December 17, 2008... they surely intend to regulate them. The city has passed a new set of rules for handgun owners, such as requiring gun owners to register their weapons every three years and get trained by certified instructors. The city was...
Muslim woman jailed for refusing to remove headscarf in courtroom
Posted on December 17, 2008Story is from the Atlanta area. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Midtown Miscreant refuses to play reindeer games
Posted on December 17, 2008Double-M comes to the defense of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Snip: This heart warming story comes by way of Murrayville, North Carolina. I don't even know where to start. The objecting mother, who is Jewish, had this to say: I...
Family searches for man missing for 1 year
Posted on December 17, 2008From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department Missing Person?s Unit has advised that Michael L. Henderson, black male, 01/23/1982 is missing and has not been seen or heard from by his family for one year. Mr. Henderson is described...
No criminal charges for Paul Morrison
Posted on December 17, 2008From Joe Lambe: Two special prosecutors announced this afternoon that no criminal charges are warranted against former Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison in connection with an extramarital affair that forced Morrison from office. The special prosecutors, Tim Keck and Robert...
Ghost of Rodney Dangerfield haunts robbery attempt
Posted on December 17, 2008Stickup man gets laughed at when he demands money from a McDonald's clerk. Steals a customer's wallet -- which contains no cash. And is promptly arrested when he steps outside the restaurant. Hat Tip: Many thanks, winkb2me!
Behind every embarrassed teen is a ticked-off, responsible dad
Posted on December 17, 2008From The AP: Dennis Baltimore Jr. walks along a street in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008. Baltimore, who was suspended from Wilson High School for writing on school property, spent Tuesday afternoon downtown and the morning walking the...
Leavenworth sheriff says his men won't do stray-animal calls anymore
Posted on December 17, 2008Because it's too time-consuming and too costly, and it's not really a law-enforcement problem, he tells the Times.
Maybe he went to the grocery store and decided to stock up on crazy
Posted on December 17, 2008Florida man uses handicapped cart to almost run over grocery-store employee, then speeds down the aisles, throwing eggs and Cheetos, police say. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
JoCo murder victim was pregnant, DA reports
Posted on December 17, 2008From Joe Lambe: Johnson County prosecutors today announced murder charges that could allow the death sentence against a Shawnee man in the death of his girlfriend. Brandon N. Reed, 23, faces one count of capital murder based on two counts...
Burglar sneaks into home, rearranges furniture, leaves
Posted on December 17, 2008And doesn't take anything! Story is from Michigan. Many thanks, M@!
Deputy gets 4th DUI arrest in a year
Posted on December 17, 2008Story is from suburban D.C. The first arrest went away in a plea deal, the second was dropped because the arresting officer failed to appear for court. The police haven't fired him -- they say he's been drinking heavily because...
Thank heavens the police were called
Posted on December 17, 2008Lovely story here from the Saginaw paper about a teen reporting two female roommates for fighting over who would clean cat waste off a pair of shoes. That's right -- a catfight about cat#$(*. Hat Tip: Many thanks, M@!
Some headlines just write themselves
Posted on December 17, 2008Man Arrested for Listerine Bender in Wal-Mart Bathroom Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Do you recognize this man and woman?
Posted on December 17, 2008From Olathe PD: The Olathe Police Department is asking for the public's help with identifying two individuals captured on security cameras in July of 2008. The two suspects used identification taken during an auto burglary earlier that same day at...
15 years for high-speed, wrong-way chase on Fairfax Bridge
Posted on December 17, 2008From the Platte County prosecutor: A Kansas City, KS man who led police on a high-speed chase that included driving the wrong way on the Fairfax Bridge has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Michael W. Schlax, 28, received...
How did everybody behave at Arrowhead on Sunday?
Posted on December 17, 2008This is hilarious -- apparently, it was so cold Sunday that police only had two ejections and no reports of any other untoward behavior, which almost never happens. (Thanks, Sgt. Sticken!)
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on December 17, 2008Welcome to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic discussion. Feel free to share links if you see an interesting story somewhere else. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as...
Sex-crime suspect shot, killed in KCK
Posted on December 17, 2008An armed suspect was shot and killed when an FBI Violent Crimes Task Force served a warrant about 7:20 this morning in the 400 block of Shawnee Road, KCK police say. (The suspect, unnamed for now, was wanted for rape...
Should death sentences have to be unanimous?
Posted on December 17, 2008That's the question in Georgia, where people are still angry about the Brian Nichols trial. Nichols shot and killed four people, all of them LEOs or court personnel, while escaping a courthouse in Georgia. He was found guilty, but three...
More about the MO trooper shot during drug raid
Posted on December 17, 2008The News-Leader has a followup story about the Missouri trooper who was hit by a shotgun pellet, but was not injured, during a drug raid in Polk County. The shooter was a 19-year-old girl who could be facing serious prison...
Prosecutors are starting to use MO's cyberbullying law
Posted on December 17, 2008The Post-Dispatch has found a handful of cases filed using the state's (relatively) new law against cyberbullying, though it quotes a few experts who aren't sure if the law will hold up under a court challenge.
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