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Women accused of biting people at bar

Posted on May 10, 2010
One person almost lost a finger, the bite wound was so deep.

Corpse linked to Lee's Summit missing-person case?

Posted on May 10, 2010
From Bob Cronkleton: Miami County deputies found a body Sunday, one day after they began searching an area where someone abandoned a vehicle that was connected to a Lee?s Summit missing-person case. Deputies found the body in a wooded area...

Fewer police recruits pass fitness test

Posted on May 10, 2010
There's no scientific study available, but police departments across the country say they're seeing more recruits who are overweight and can't pass the qualifying fitness test, USA Today reports. (The same is true for fire and EMT recruits, the paper...

Wii-induced rage leads to crime spree, police say

Posted on May 10, 2010
A Colorado Springs man allegedly got so mad while playing Nintendo Wii that he went on a rampage, the Denver Channel reports. Snip: Witnesses told police a man went after several people in the Meadows Mobile Home Park with a...

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Golf fan Tasered at Players Championship

Posted on May 10, 2010
From AP: St. Johns Sheriff's Deputies cuff and pick up Travis Parmelee, of Jacksonville who was tasered by the deputies after repeated requests for him to calm down while in the area behind the 11th hole at The Players Championship...

Cleaning lady accused of toilet assault

Posted on May 10, 2010
A cleaning woman allegedly used a toilet-tank lid to clock a man who tried to use the restroom that she was cleaning, the New York Post reports. It allegedly happened at a furniture store. The victim says he has gastritis...

Attackers burned swastika into N.M. man, police say

Posted on May 10, 2010
In Farmington, N.M., three men are accused of burning a swastika onto a mentally challenged man's arm and shaving the symbol into hair, as well as writing "hate speech" elsewhere on his body, police there say. The man is a...

Man convicted of shooting himself in groin

Posted on May 10, 2010
In Breckenridge, Colo., a man was convicted of illegal discharge of a firearm after he reportedly shot himself in the groin. The man said he was defending himself during a robbery, but a jury didn't believe him, the AP reports....

Results from KC sobriety checkpoints

Posted on May 10, 2010
KCPD operated two DUI checkpoints in the past few days. The first was Friday at 39th and Southwest Trafficway, resulting in 23 DUI arrests. The second was Saturday at 7712 Wornall and led to 20 DUI arrests. There were several...

Open Thread ... Monday

Posted on May 10, 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. PROGRAMMING NOTE: James is off today. Sara Shepherd will be minding...

Human bones found in 55-gallon barrel?

Posted on May 08, 2010
From KCKPD: On Friday, May 07, 2010 at about 1250 hours, the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department responded to the 1700 Block of North 51st Terrace on a report that human bones had been discovered. Upon arrival, officers determined that...

Open Thread ... Weekend Edition

Posted on May 08, 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,...

Effort to ban bestiality in Florida fails, again

Posted on May 07, 2010
Florida lawmakers have again failed to enact a law that would criminalize bestiality there. It's not so much that they're OK with the act. The Miami Herald reports that lawmakers didn't want to be accused of wasting time addressing a...

Seriously, who steals cats?

Posted on May 07, 2010
Someone broke into a California animal shelter and stole several cats, apparently maiming some in the process. One of the cat-victims was described as a "shorthaired gray tortoise shell cat with extra toes." | Sara Shepherd

The Pirates of the Caribbean star to testify in teen burglary case

Posted on May 07, 2010
Orlando Bloom, 33, will testify next week in a Los Angeles courtroom about the July 2009 burglary at his Hollywood Hills home.A ring of teenage burglars allegedly stole more than $500,000 in artwork, watches and other items from his home....

Burglar breaks into school, sniffs clothes

Posted on May 07, 2010
The suspect rummaged through lockers, sniffing clothing he found. He didn't take anything, but put some items back in wrong lockers.This happened at Westmoore High School in Oklahoma City. | Bob Cronkleton

Authorities arrest 37 in Johnson County prostitution sting

Posted on May 07, 2010
According to a release: Shawnee police officers participated with other Johnson County law enforcement agencies in a prostitution sting that ran Monday through Wednesday. During those three days, officers arrested 37 people, including 10 in Shawnee, for prostitution, soliciting a...

Sleepwalking teen accused of murder thought he was shooting at ghosts

Posted on May 07, 2010
A Colorado Springs, Colo., teenager claims he was sleepwalking at the time he allegedly fatally shot his brother and wounded his mother. A psychiatrist, testifying at a hearing on whether the teen should be charged as an adult said that...

Oklahoma mother found not guilty in the murder of 6-month-old daughter

Posted on May 07, 2010
A jury found Heather Trask, 25, not guilty of first-degree murder for the death of her daughter Mackenzie. Prosecutors had accused Trask of allowing her husband, Jonathan Trask, to abuse their infant daughter. He was found guilty in December 2008...

Kansas man pleads guilty to farm equipment thefts

Posted on May 07, 2010
From the U.S. Attorney's office in Kansas: Matthew T. Jones, 31, Colby, Kan., has pleaded guilty to three counts of interstate transportation of stolen farm equipment, U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch said today. Jones also agreed to pay more than $1.1...

Disabled girl found chained to bed

Posted on May 07, 2010
Renee L. Dennis, 35, and Paul Coleman, 38, were charged for leaving their 6-year-old son and the woman?s disabled 12-year-old niece alone at the woman?s Park Forest house. An officer found the girl wearing a nylon dog harness, with a...

Judicial marshal guilty of trading sweets for sex acts from prisoner

Posted on May 07, 2010
A jury in Milford, Conn., has found a former judicial marshal guilty of disorderly conduct for trading sweets for sex acts from a prisoner.The jury found Manfred Vives, 41, guilty of giving baked goods to a 19-year-old woman in a...

Anti-molestation operation on Tokyo trains nets 77 arrests

Posted on May 07, 2010
Japanese police arrested 77 people in a week-long campaign cracking down on molestations on trains and in stations in the Tokyo metropolitan area.The people are accused of a various crimes including groping or molestations, taking illicit pictures, indecent assault and...

Former NY Giant linebacker Lawrence Taylor loses spokesman job

Posted on May 07, 2010
Weight loss company Nutrisystem has severed its relationship with Lawrence Taylor after he was charged with rape. In a statement, the company said:"We are shocked and saddened by these very serious allegations against Lawrence Taylor. Based on the severity of...

Shooting outside KC gas station turns fatal

Posted on May 07, 2010
From Meredith Rodriguez and Sara Shepherd: A man who was shot in a service station parking lot Thursday night has died of his injuries, Kansas City police said this morning. | Bob Cronkleton

DNA can help solve crimes ... if we pay for it

Posted on May 07, 2010
Bernard Jackson was charged yesterday -- over a series of rapes that occurred back in the 1980s, not the recent Waldo-area sexual assaults. Police alleged that he's tied to those cases because of DNA tests that were run over the...

Woman jailed for offensive T-shirt

Posted on May 07, 2010
I can't really repeat what the T-shirt said -- and please don't do so in the comments -- but the 19-year-old woman reportedly wore it into a courtroom in suburban Chicago, the Daily Herald reports. The woman, who'd given a...

Charges filed in bonfire stabbing

Posted on May 07, 2010
From Glenn Rice: Jackson County authorities today charged a 19-year-old man in the stabbing death of another youth during a bonfire party last weekend in rural Grain Valley. Ryan Tyler Cox of Kansas City faces separate counts of second-degree murder....

3 years for tattooing baby's behind

Posted on May 07, 2010
The victim, then 19 months old, was being babysat by the defendant, the Canton Repository reports. The tattoo was about a half-inch big, but getting a tattoo can be very painful.

No DUI arrests during OP saturation patrol

Posted on May 07, 2010
From OPPD: The Overland Park, Kansas Police Department conducted a DUI Saturation Patrol on Cinco de Mayo, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. The DUI Saturation Patrol was conducted with the intent to reduce alcohol related auto accidents and discourage impaired driving...

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