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Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on May 27, 2008Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion! I hope everybody had a great Memorial Day weekend! Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually abusive language. And....
TX agrees to return 12 FLDS kids
Posted on May 27, 2008But the kids and their parents have to live in San Antonio, under state supervision, and they can't go back to their ranch.
Our city auditor sounds like the most patient man in the world
Posted on May 27, 2008From Christine Vendel and Lynn Horsley: Kansas City police briefly handcuffed the city auditor this morning during a check of his car, which matched the description of one used in a robbery. Police pulled over Gary White, 50, about 4:15...
Toby Young is a free woman!
Posted on May 27, 2008Wardens, lock up your inmates! Young -- who famously freed her lovah, John Manard, by sneaking him outside prison via a dog crate -- is a free woman again. (Here's her AMW page, the true mark of a celebrity felon.)...
Former Clay deputy charged with beating suspect, destroying dashcam video
Posted on May 27, 2008From Mark Morris: Donald A. Devens, 59, resigned from the department just after the Aug. 16, 2005, incident near Kearney. He is scheduled to be in court this afternoon for a first appearance. According to allegations in court records, Devens...
FL men accused of mugging 6-year-old
Posted on May 27, 2008Who was buying some groceries for his grandma.
Who was Juan J. Moreno?
Posted on May 27, 2008From KCK PD: The victim from the homicide that occurred on 5-25-2008 at 5648 State Avenue has been identified as Kansas City, MO resident Juan J. Moreno, Hispanic male, DOB 12-26-1977. The family of the victim has been notified. Upon...
No charges for FL teacher videotaped wrestling with student
Posted on May 27, 2008He's already resigned his job, but he won't be facing any criminal charges at least. Neither the kid nor the mom wanted to press charges. Snip from the state attorney's office: "A close analysis of the video demonstrates that while...
UT man accidentally shoots self in head while trying to kill skunk, police say
Posted on May 27, 2008Huh. I would really like to see the reconstruction of that particular scene ...
Upskirting is OK as long as it's in public, Oklahoma appeals court says
Posted on May 27, 2008Oklahoma has a law against taking pictures clandestinely for lewd, lascivious or illegal purposes -- but it only applies in places where the victim has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Apparently, "under one's clothing" doesn't count.
Liberty teacher accused of forging prescription for painkillers
Posted on May 27, 2008From Platte County Prosecuting Attorney: Liberty Public School District teacher has been charged in Platte County with forging a prescription for pain medication. Kerri L. Wisniewski, 34, of Liberty, is accused of fraudulently obtaining a prescription for Ultram, a non-narcotic...
Nude maid accused of cleaning out FL husband, police say
Posted on May 27, 2008When his wife left town, a Florida man hired a nude maid to clean their house. That maid is now accused of taking $40K worth of jewelry. Not many other details are known -- guess we'll have to wait for...
Some headlines just write themselves
Posted on May 27, 2008"Butt squeezing, dancing in bike shop end in arrest." -- from Madison's Capital Times.
To save money, Topeka PD delays hiring officers
Posted on May 27, 2008They're about 16 officers short of what they're authorized to have, but the department is trying to save about $1 million. (Its annual budget is $28.5 million.) The chief would really like to get their helicopter unit, which was grounded...
Report: Corruption is growing among Border Patrol, customs agents
Posted on May 27, 2008Authorities say that some agents are taking bribes to let illegal immigrants and drugs across the border. They think the number is low, but growing. From The New York Times: Increased corruption is linked, in part, to tougher enforcement, driving...
For the love of God, don't get murdered in San Francisco
Posted on May 27, 2008How bad is crime-fighting in San Francisco? Last year, San Francisco police waited EIGHT DAYS before searching a van, even though one of their K9s indicated there was probably a dead body inside. (There was.) The suspects got a week's...
10 people die on MO roads over Memorial Day weekend
Posted on May 27, 2008Which is a drop, compared to the 15 fatalities from last year. Kansas City accounted for two of the deaths, plus a third on I-35 in Clay County.
Best Vacation Ever
Posted on May 27, 2008We had a story last week about an Israeli tourist who stripped off her clothes after some New Zealand construction workers wolf-whistled at her. Turns out, she's back in trouble again -- this time, for allegedly putting out a cigarette...
Where is Bobbie Newton?
Posted on May 27, 2008From KCK PD: On Friday, May 23, 2008, at about 2021 hours, the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department was dispatched on a report of a missing elderly adult. Bobbie Newton, white male, DOB 02-14-1931, 6'0, 240 pounds, was last seen...
Pedestrian hit not once, but twice in Columbia
Posted on May 27, 2008How did he get hit the second time? Boerner was struck a second time ? this time in the lower leg ? when he crawled into the street to alert other drivers so they could help him. Sort of like...
Driver tries to run over mounted St. Louis cop, horse
Posted on May 27, 2008Two things impress me here ... 1. The driver was in a Honda Civic. I know they're sturdy, but come on. If there was an impact, the car wouldn't have a horse-shaped dent. The horse would have a Honda-shaped scratch....
Trouble in Gerald, Mo.
Posted on May 27, 2008The P-D has a longer story about the town of Gerald, Mo., where authorities believe a man claiming to be a federal drug agent was actually an impostor. He apparently had a good run, though, because he went on several...
IL man accused of using nunchucks to try and strangle his girlfriend
Posted on May 27, 2008Luckily, she survived. Story is from a town named Bement.
U.S. tourist wanders onto train tracks after drinking drugged coffee
Posted on May 27, 2008The victim is a retired man from California. He and his wife were visiting Italy when a stranger (mugger) bought them cappuccinos that had been laced with sleeping pills. The disoriented tourist wandered onto the train tracks, looking for his...
East Side!
Posted on May 27, 2008Lovely story from Des Moines, where a teenager grabbed a bunch of cigarettes and tried to run from the store, but slipped, fell and dropped the smokes. There was a bit of set-to between the teen, the clerk, the getaway...
KCK investigates homicide at 57th and State
Posted on May 25, 2008From Bill Graham: One man was shot to death and another wounded about 1 a.m. Sunday near 57th Street and State Avenue. Their names have not been released pending notification of relatives. The wounded man has non-life threatening injuries. Police...
The toughest 5-year-old in Linwood, Kan.
Posted on May 25, 2008Mark Wiebe has a great profile of Katherine Cook, 5, a Linwood girl who was shot in the head while playing in her yard this winter. Leavenworth County authorities haven't found the person who did it yet. Katherine, who almost...
KCPD officer accidentally shot by other cop, department says
Posted on May 24, 2008From KCPD: On May 24 at about 133 am, officers were called to the 5600 block of Brooklyn to investigate a report of a man shooting a rifle in the street. When the officers arrive, they find a 22 year...
23 DUI arrests at KC sobriety checkpoint
Posted on May 24, 2008From KCPD: The Kansas City Missouri Police Department along with the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted a Sobriety Checkpoint on May 23, 2008 from 2100 hours to 0400 hours at I 35 and Chouteau. Northbound traffic was checked with total...
Sunday is National Missing Children's Day
Posted on May 24, 2008According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, here's their list of missing Missouri kids, and here's their list of missing Kansas kids. Look through the photos -- you never can tell who you might run into. And...
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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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