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Honk led to fatal car wreck

Posted on May 18, 2010
From Bob Cronkleton: A 50-year-old Kingsville, Mo., man was killed after he was startled by a honk from another vehicle and lost control, rolling his vehicle several times along Interstate 70. The deceased man was identified as Danny Sechrest. A...

What is John Doe's real name?

Posted on May 18, 2010
An Oregon man is accused of using the identity of a Cincinnati boy who was kidnapped and killed back in 1982, and he's refusing to give his real name to authorities, officials allege. "Jason Robert Evers" has used that name...

Woman sued for smoking in her yard

Posted on May 18, 2010
In Albuquerque, a couple sued their neighbor for smoking in her own yard, which they claimed created a health hazard in their home. Their attorney said the cigarette smoke would drift into their house. Yesterday, a judge ruled against them....

Fair swap? One baby for two beers?

Posted on May 18, 2010
A man in Chicopee, Mass., allegedly tried to trade his 3-month-old daughter for two bottles of beer, police allege. Keep in mind, these were the beers were 40 ouncers. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

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Give me the mustard, or I'll Taser you

Posted on May 18, 2010
In Daytona Beach, Fla., a woman armed with a pink stun gun allegedly chased a Wendy's employee after she didn't get the mustard and mayonnaise that she requested at the drive-through. A friend reportedly cheered her on. Hat Tip: Many...

KC plans driver's license checkpoint

Posted on May 18, 2010
It'll be sometime on May 20, this Thursday. This is the second such checkpoint that I've seen KCPD operate recently.

7 DUI arrests from Independence sobriety checkpoint, patrol

Posted on May 18, 2010
From IPD: The Independence Police Traffic Safety Unit conducted a sobriety checkpoint along US 40 Highway at Denton while simultaneously conducting a DWI saturation patrol in that area. The saturation patrol began on Friday 5/14/10 at 10:00 PM and ended...

Court upholds Ted White's $16 mil award

Posted on May 18, 2010
Ted White gets to keep his $16 million, a federal appeals court has ruled. White is a local man who was accused of child molestation by his ex-wife when they were getting divorced. He went through three trials and served...

Bus driver left bags of feces in neighborhood, man claims

Posted on May 18, 2010
In Milwaukee, a school bus driver is accused of dropping bags of feces in a particular neighborhood, and one resident allegedly caught her on tape, WITI-TV reports. The bus company says it happened one time because of "new medication," but...

Following up ...

Posted on May 18, 2010
This one's for the long-term readers of the blog, who might have read a post that we had a few years ago about Donald Chapin, a local accountant accused of tax fraud by federal prosecutors. Chapin was acquitted of all...

Shon Pernice accused of wife's murder

Posted on May 18, 2010
Clay County has accused Shon Pernice of killing his wife, Renee, who went missing in early January 2009. At a press conference this afternoon, prosecutor Dan White said that Pernice was indicted after a three-month grand jury process. Bond was...

Sex offenders can be held indefinitely, Supreme Court rules

Posted on May 17, 2010
It's one of the thorniest questions in U.S. law: Should authorities be able to detain dangerous sex offenders indefinitely, even after they have served their sentences? Several states already do this, and now the U.S. Supreme Court says it's a...

Bank robber blamed gambling debts, prosecutors say

Posted on May 17, 2010
Joseph G. Markham, 39, of Olathe, has been sentenced to 70 months for robbing First National Bank in Overland Park last September, the U.S. Attorney for Kansas reports. He reportedly told authorities that he'd lost money while gambling and committed....

Mission Impossible: Getting a gun permit in D.C.

Posted on May 17, 2010
Several months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the handgun ban in Washington, D.C., a ruling that gun-rights advocates considered a landmark. But the city has since passed laws that -- while technically allowing gun ownership -- make it...

MISSING: Doris Jane Reese

Posted on May 17, 2010
From Dawn Bormann: Lenexa police are asking for help locating an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer?s who was last seen around midnight Sunday. Doris Jane Reese left her home in Lenexa about midnight. She was driving to visit a relative at...

Detroit girl, 7, killed during raid

Posted on May 17, 2010
In Detroit, a 7-year-old named Aiyana Jones was struck and killed by a bullet during a police raid early Sunday, the AP reports. Officers had entered her home looking for a homicide suspect and, somehow, one officer's gun discharged. There's...

OMG ur sooo bustd!

Posted on May 17, 2010
In Portage County, Ohio, a teenage boy sent a text message saying the weed that he'd smoked was "the bomb," but he accidentally sent it to a police officer -- in fact, the police officer who heads up the local...

Dead body found near I-670 and State Line

Posted on May 17, 2010
KCK police are investigating after a dead body was found about 8 this morning near I-670 and State Line Road. (It sounds like KCPD might have spotted the body first.) The cause of death isn't known yet. Anyone with information...

Financially pressed couple turns to prostitution, police allege

Posted on May 17, 2010
A Minnesota couple is accused of starting their own prostitution business to help get them through rocky financial times, the Star-Tribune reports. The report says they could have made more than $180,000 off the enterprise.

Report: Staged car wrecks on the rise

Posted on May 17, 2010
The National Crime Insurance Bureau says it has seen a 40 percent jump since 2007 in the number of stage automobile accidents, wrecks that were committed simply to rip off the insurance companies. (Oklahoma City has seen a couple of...

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on May 17, 2010
Welcome 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,...

Vatican responds to U.S. lawsuits

Posted on May 17, 2010
The Vatican's U.S.-based attorney plans to file a motion in Kentucky challenging accusations that Vatican officials are responsbile for child-abuse cases: The Vatican today will make its most detailed defense yet against claims that it is liable for U...

Fla. man found nude, drunk in cemetery

Posted on May 17, 2010
Everybody grieves differently, I guess. For some people, that involves having the police find you naked and lying face down in some bushes.

Balloon Boy's folks reclaim their balloon

Posted on May 17, 2010
I'm curious what they'll do with it. Sell it on eBay, maybe? That would help pay off their $36,000 restitution order. I bet they could make a huge number of tin-foil hats out of that baby, too. Hat Tip: Many...

A child's in danger? Not our problem

Posted on May 17, 2010
From the Wichita Eagle's Tim Potter: A state agency responsible for protecting children is arguing in a court document that one of its social workers had no duty to protect a Coffeyville toddler who died from abuse in 2008. An...

Sketch released in Shawnee homicide

Posted on May 17, 2010
Last week, the Metro Squad released this sketch in connection with the Gerry G. Grovenburg homicide in Shawnee. Grovenburg was found dead in his liquor store last Wednesday night near 76th and Quivira. Police say they want to question a...

Thong-clad beggar arrested

Posted on May 17, 2010
Sadly, he was wearing the thong on his head, and that was his only piece of clothing. Story is from Boulder. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Blood trail leads to secret fight club

Posted on May 17, 2010
Like so many troubled people, the victims headed to McDonald's. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Patient's 'smoke break' leads to arrest

Posted on May 17, 2010
A woman in Waterloo, Iowa, is accused of theft after she allegedly left the hospital with a wireless heart monitor still attached to her. (She reportedly told staff that she was going out for a smoke, the Courier reports.) She...

Ex-NYPD boss Kerik heads to prison

Posted on May 17, 2010
Bernard Kerik, the former New York police commissioner, is starting a 48-month sentence in federal prison after he allegedly lied to federal officials who were considering him for Homeland Security secretary. He also pleaded guilty to tax fraud. The sentence...

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