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Posted on May 19, 2010From the UK Sun: A young mum died after a doctors failed to spot a six-inch long toilet brush handle embedded in her buttock, a judicial investigation into her death was told.
Is there a difference between indoor, outdoor murders?
Posted on May 19, 2010In Chicago, the police superintendent is starting to sort homicides into two categories: indoor crimes and ones that occur outside. Jody Weis is arguing that his officers can't be held accountable for murders that happen in the privacy of someone's...
KC activist could be deported over sit-in
Posted on May 19, 2010A woman named Yahaira Carrillo -- an illegal immigrant living in Kansas City -- was arrested Monday for a sit-in at Sen. John McCain's offices in Tucson, Ariz. There's an excellent chance that she's going to be deported. Tony's Kansas...
Drunk, naked teen found passed out in stranger's shower
Posted on May 19, 2010They really need to turn some of these cases into public service announcements. I think we could reduce DUIs and underage drinking cases to near zero if they publicized what can happen to people who get too drunk. In this...
Prosecuting pirates is a pain
Posted on May 19, 2010A Somali man has pleaded guilty to hijacking a U.S. ship and kidnapping the captain in April 2009. Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse entered the plea yesterday in a federal court in New York. He could receive a maximum of 34 years...
Teen cleared in McDonald's rap case
Posted on May 19, 2010Last fall, a Utah teen was cited after he and some buddies went to a McDonald's drive-through and tried to rap their order. They were aping a YouTube video, like the one above. The restaurant staff called police after the...
That sounds like disorderly conduct ...
Posted on May 19, 2010In Medina, Ohio, a 43-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly drove his riding lawnmower around the square at a high rate speed. He reportedly had a flag reading "Not Guilty" and was screaming for his guns, police told the...
Satan implicated in bank robbery
Posted on May 19, 2010A Minnesota man pleaded guilty to bank robbery yesterday, citing the well-known Geraldine Jones defense. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Murder convictions with no body?
Posted on May 19, 2010Yesterday, Shon Pernice was charged with the murder of his missing wife, Renee, whose body has never been found. Dan White, the Clay County prosecutor, said that it's still possible to prosecute without finding a victim's remains, and he's right....
MISSING: Wilber A. Smith
Posted on May 19, 2010From Meredith Rodriguez: A man who suffers from dementia went missing from his Overland Park home Tuesday morning. Wilber A. Smith, 71, was last seen at 9 a.m. He was last known to be driving a burgundy 2003 Chevrolet S-10...
Va. Tech broke law during massacre, report says
Posted on May 19, 2010From AP: Virginia Tech broke federal campus security laws by waiting too long to notify students during a 2007 shooting rampage that killed 33, including the student gunman, according to a federal report released Tuesday.
Fact: Karate doesn't work on ATMs
Posted on May 19, 2010That doesn't mean some people won't try, though.
Quote of the day
Posted on May 19, 2010"I saw his butt. I saw his hair," said Heather Nausadis, who spotted the man while hiking the Tiger Mountain Trail on Sunday afternoon. "He's naked. He's naked, you know!"
There is a special place in Hell ...
Posted on May 19, 2010... for someone who would wrestle a blind man's cane out of his hand, giggling all the while.
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on May 19, 2010Welcome 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,...
Have you seen these people?
Posted on May 18, 2010From KCPD: Detectives are seeking information on two persons of interest in regard to a homicide. The homicide occured on 5/6/10, at approximately 7:23pm, at the gas/convenience store at 4501 Cleveland. Detectives would like to identify and contact the two...
Report: More immigrants cross into Arizona
Posted on May 18, 2010More illegal immigrants are crossing into the U.S. via Arizona, despite that state's new immigration law, the U.S. Border Patrol reports. Overall, though, crossings into the U.S. are down.
The Man continues his persecution of bikini baristas
Posted on May 18, 2010A group of bikini baristas has run afoul of the law, simply because they might have licked whipped cream off each others' bodies while police took photographs. Isn't this common practice in most U.S. workplaces?
It was Lee Harvey Oswald's best subject
Posted on May 18, 2010The Secret Service questioned an Alabama teacher who talked presidential assassination during a lesson. A geometry lesson. Snip: Senior Joseph Brown told the Birmingham News that the teacher "was talking about angles and said, 'If you're in this building, you...
Owners tried to save condemned dog, police say
Posted on May 18, 2010In Alameda, Calif., police say two people stole their own pit bull from an animal shelter on the day that authorities were going to euthanize the dog. The pit bull had reportedly bitten two people. Authorities eventually found the stolen...
Ex-NASCAR driver tries to outrun cops
Posted on May 18, 2010From AP: This image provided by the Orange County Sheriff's Department shows James Neal, a former NASCAR racer, who was was arrested in San Diego County early Monday, accused of leading deputies in California on a high-speed chase for nearly...
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on May 18, 2010Welcome 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,...
58 years for sex abuse involving teen
Posted on May 18, 2010Yesterday, a Riverside woman was sentenced to 58 years for sexually abusing her teenage daughter on videotape, the Platte County prosecutor reports. Mom's Boyfriend had previously received 25 years in the case. The prosecutor's office says the mother's recommended sentence...
I've never been so happy to hear someone got shot
Posted on May 18, 2010In Fort Pierce, Fla., a woman says that she was forced to perform a sex act on a man who threatened her with a gun. According to tcpalm.com: "During the sex act, she saw the handgun, which the man put...
Mexico goes easy on drug cartel?
Posted on May 18, 2010NPR has been investigating the Mexican government's crackdown on the drug cartels and argues that President Felipe Calderon's administration is letting one of its biggest cartels -- the Sinaloans -- off easy. They interviewed several law-enforcement officials and looked at...
Woman uses cigar to escape abductor
Posted on May 18, 2010The gunman had hopped into her car and drove off with the woman still inside. At some point, she grabbed a cigar from the ashtray and jabbed the still-burning stogie in his face, her boyfriend told a Jacksonville station.
UPDATE: Girl, 7, killed in police raid
Posted on May 18, 2010The family of Aiyana Jones, the 7-year-old killed during a police raid in Detroit, has filed a lawsuit in federal court, saying that her constitutional rights were violated, the Freep reports. The family's attorney also claims that police fired into....
3 Hutaree suspects to be released
Posted on May 18, 2010The federal prosecutors had opposed bond for any of the nine Hutaree militia suspects, who are accused of plotting against the government, but they've decided not to fight the release of Jacob Ward, Tina Stone and David Stone, Jr. The...
1 dead, 1 injured on East 21st Street
Posted on May 18, 2010KCPD says a woman was found dead about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday inside a home in the 2900 block of East 21st Street. They also found a man suffering from critical injuries, apparently from gunshot wounds. The dead woman appeared to...
Who killed Gerry Grovenburg?
Posted on May 18, 2010Gerry Grovenburg -- the owner of Mr. G's Liquor Store in Shawnee -- was planning to retire in the next year, his family tells Dawn Bormann. Instead, Grovenburg was found dead in his store last Wednesday night, and the Metro...
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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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