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Suspect pushes pregnant GF from car during chase, police say
Posted on May 07, 2010It happened Wednesday in St. Louis. At last report, the woman was in serious condition.
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on May 07, 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. PROGRAMMING NOTE: James is going to be off today, but the...
Lord Jesus Christ forgives woman who ran over him
Posted on May 07, 2010No, not THAT Lord Jesus Christ. Hat Tip: cripjak | Bob Cronkleton
Distracted driver convicted of killing motorcyclist
Posted on May 07, 2010Lora Hunt, of Morris, Ill. was putting on fingernail polish at the time of the crash. She was convicted of reckless homicide in the death of Anita Zaffke in Lake Zurich, Ill., on May 2, 2009. Hat Tip: cripjak |...
Criminal investigation underway into paramedics who refused to take child to hospital
Posted on May 07, 2010Paramedics refused to take Stephanie Stephens, 2, to the hospital on Feb. 10, telling her parents to place her in the bathroom to inhale steam from a running shower. Hours later, paramedics were called again to her home. That time,...
Homeless man steals from friend after tying him up, hiding his prosthetic legs
Posted on May 06, 2010File this one under the "No good deed goes unpunished" category: A homeless man is accused of stealing from a friend after using an electrical cord to tie him to a Grasmere, NY, hotel bed and hiding his prosthetic legs.Carl...
Columbia SWAT under fire for shooting dogs
Posted on May 06, 2010In Columbia, police are getting death threats over a February drug raid where SWAT team members shot a suspect's dogs, killing one of them. The man's wife and child were in the home, too. The Columbia Tribune broke the story....
How many pills are in 200 pounds of Ecstasy?
Posted on May 06, 2010Oh about 436,000 pills . . . give or take a few. That's the amount Edgar E. Juarez, 21, San Antonio, Texas, said he had when he pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute more than...
KCK names body found in burning car
Posted on May 06, 2010From KCKPD:The victim from the homicide which occurred on Friday, April 30, 2010 in the 2200 Block of State Line Road has been identified. Juan M. Molinar, Hispanic male, DOB 07/03/1968, was a Kansas City, Kansas resident. The victim?s family...
TSA screener beats coworker who mocked his manhood, police say
Posted on May 06, 2010In Miami, a TSA screener is accused of using a police baton to beat a coworker who kept making fun of the man's penis size, or lack thereof. They'd been training with those new "nearly nude" scanners, and the suspect...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on May 06, 2010In Morgan Hill, Calif., five teenagers got into trouble for wearing U.S. flag T-shirts and bandannas to their high school on Cinco de Mayo. The building administrators threatened to suspend them for refusing to change clothes, though it appears the...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on May 06, 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. PROGRAMMING NOTE: James is going to be off today, but the...
Out-of-this-world kidnapping
Posted on May 06, 2010Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Russian republic of Kalmykia, has told a Russian TV anchor that he was abducted by aliens in September 1997. Ilyumzhinov reportedly said:?I believe I talked to them and saw them. I perhaps wouldn?t believe it if it...
Police: Man justified when he shot, killed armed robber
Posted on May 06, 2010Hazelwood police say a man with a conceal carry permit appeared to be justified to fatally shoot an armed robber earlier this week. Christopher Holland, 20, died grasping a .38-caliber revolver. Police are testing Holland's gun to see if he...
Carjacker climbs over boulders, jumps into river in attempt to flee police
Posted on May 06, 2010Eventually police use a stun gun to subdue the man suspected in the "top hat" carjacking in Clackamas, Ore. Why "top hat?" Donald Wade Evanger was said to have been wearing a black top hat, a woman?s black wig, a...
Female bank robber tries to eat holdup note
Posted on May 06, 2010A 40-year-old woman had second thoughts about robbing a Columbus, Ohio bank -- once she noticed a uniformed police officer standing in line behind her.The woman grabbed the holdup note she had just given the teller and fled. Bank employees...
Couple fighting along Indiana interstate suspected of burglaries
Posted on May 06, 2010Deputies responding to a report of couple fighting along the side of an interstate discovered the boyfriend and girlfriend from Fort Wayne, Ind., were suspects in several burglaries.Inside the couple's car were several purses which police believe were stolen...
Robbers don't choose victim wisely
Posted on May 06, 2010Three would-be robbers, at least one of whom was armed, picked the wrong person as an intended victim. They approached what turned out to be an off-duty Chicago police officer who was sitting in his parked car. After they ordered...
When art is too much like real life
Posted on May 06, 2010During the filming of the low-budget movie "Jesse," a woman thought a hold-up scene appeared too real and called 911. The actor, who was holding an unloaded firearm, wisely complied with responding police officers when ordered to drop the gun.Needless...
Ex-NY Giants Lawrence Taylor arrested for alleged rape of 15-year-old girl
Posted on May 06, 2010Former NY Giants Lawrence Taylor has been arrested in connection with a reported rape of a 15-year-old girl at a hotel.The victim reportedly was a runaway brought by a pimp to the hotel where Taylor was staying. She was beaten...
Fatal crash gives police sense of déjà vu
Posted on May 06, 2010In July 2007, Jeffrey Banks, along with an accomplice, robbed a man and his girlfriend at gunpoint at a gas station. The victims gave chased while calling police. As police caught up with the two robbers, they crashed into another...
Never give up; Never surrender
Posted on May 06, 2010Not crime related, but interesting: The 960th time is the charm. A 69-year-old South Korean woman has finally earned her driver's license after many, many, many attempts. | Bob Cronkleton
Murdered teen was stripper, aspiring immigrant smuggler
Posted on May 06, 2010From the Houston Chronicle: The Sugar Land high school senior found beaten to death in Mexico last weekend wanted to be a coyote who smuggled illegal immigrants across the border and also worked as a stripper, according to her mother's...
Police fatally shoot man wanted on felony warrant
Posted on May 06, 2010Commerce City, Colo., police fatally shot a man wanted on a felony warrant after they tried to stop him. He rammed a patrol car injuring an officer. Officers fired on the suspect's vehicle, hitting both him and his female passenger....
Oops, he did it again
Posted on May 06, 2010In the UK, a 60-year-old man dressed like a Catholic schoolgirl -- think Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time" video -- has been cited for deliberately bending over in front of his neighbors, police say. This is not...
Attorney offers to work for free to appeal order in case involving duck's death
Posted on May 06, 2010A Worcester, Mass., attorney says he will work for free to appeal a judge's order overtuning the conviction of a man who ran over a duck in a mall parking lot. The district attorney originally indicated that financial constraints prevented...
PHOTO: Baby sea lion hides under cop car
Posted on May 06, 2010From AP: This Wednesday, May 5, 2010 photo released by Jim Grant shows Kevin Robinson, senior animal care specialist at Sea World, pulling a baby sea lion out from under a San Diego Police patrol car in Ocean Beach, Wednesday...
Meanwhile, in Wisconsin ...
Posted on May 06, 2010A Wisconsin woman is accused of feeding Tylenol-laced treats to her ex-lovah's dog, cutting the crotches out of his pants and hiding his watch in a ceiling light, the Journal-Sentinel reports. "He must not have taken it as a joke,"...
112 pounds of pot hidden in big-screen TV
Posted on May 06, 2010First hi-def, then 3-D, now this. They just keep finding ways to make television better.
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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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