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Soccer coach accused of binding, gagging and hanging boys from the rafters of his garage

Posted on May 14, 2008
Story is from Lincoln.

That was no way to treat a lady

Posted on May 14, 2008
A New York woman has won a $35K settlement after a restaurant's bouncer threw her out of the women's bathroom because she looked too much like a man -- even though the woman showed ID proving that she's a lady.

Click It Or Ticket

Posted on May 14, 2008
Just so you know, Riverside WILL be participating in the annual crackdown on seatbelt scofflaws. The campaign will run May 19 through June 1. UPDATED: KCPD joins the Click It Or Ticket Juggernaut, too.

The postman rings twice ... the boyfriend climbs in a window

Posted on May 14, 2008
An 18-year-old from Ohio allegedly decided to climb through his 15-year-old girlfriend's window -- which was unfortunate because she was gone, but her dad wasn't. There's a lovely mugshot after the jump, wherein you can see that Pop gave him...

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Where is Jesse Fernandez?

Posted on May 14, 2008
From Crime Stoppers: Kansas City, Missouri Police and the FBI Violent Crimes and Fugitive Task Force are asking for the public's help in locating Jesse V. Fernandez, a Hispanic male, 18 years of age. He is wanted on a Jackson...

Teacher arrested after making boy, 7, clear clogged toilet with his bare hands, police say

Posted on May 14, 2008
Story is from Louisiana. The boy says Teacher threatened to make him do the unclogging with his teeth if it happened again. She's now facing a charge of cruelty to a juvenile. Snip: An affidavit we obtained states that Trevor's...

Man gets convicted of murder ... then goes for deputy's gun

Posted on May 14, 2008
The video is pretty wild. Story is from Michigan.

UPDATE: Inmate sues after losing 100+ pounds in jail

Posted on May 14, 2008
The inmate, who now weighs about 300 pounds, might have just doomed his own lawsuit. The authorities say they caught him giving away food. Hat Tip: Many thanks, QuizLaw!

Seriously, this was an old "Reno 911" episode ...

Posted on May 14, 2008
In Gerald, Mo., the town has suspended the police chief and two of his officers after they let a man posing as a federal drug investigator tag along on raids, arrest people, break down doors, etc. (The city even hired...

UPDATE: 2nd FLDS mom gives birth

Posted on May 14, 2008
The other day, we had a story about a second FLDS woman giving birth while in state custody. There was some debate whether the woman was an adult or not -- she said she was, the state demurred. Turns out,...

Man gets arrested after getting booted from graduation over dress code

Posted on May 14, 2008
It happened at Independence's Community Christ Auditorium, where Ruskin Heights held its graduation, KBMC reports. The man was told he couldn't attend the ceremony because he wasn't following the dress code, which led to him getting angry, which somehow led...

Business owners offer $2,250 reward in KC copper thefts

Posted on May 14, 2008
From Crime Stoppers: Between March 1st and May 6th of this year there have been at least twelve burglaries of businesses int he Northeast Industrial District of Kansas City, Missouri in which copper has been stolen, mainly from air conditioning...

Report: KC is 7th deadliest city for teen drivers

Posted on May 14, 2008
From Mike Rice: The Kansas City area has the country?s seventh highest fatal teen driving crash rate, according to a study recently released by Allstate Insurance Co. The study, which kicks off the insurance company?s ?Action Against Distraction? safe teen...

JoCo, Olathe plan DUI checkpoint on Friday

Posted on May 14, 2008
From JoCo Sheriff's Office: A program to identify intoxicated drivers will be conducted this month by the Olathe Police Department and the Johnson County Sheriff?s Office. Officers will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in the city of Olathe in the late....

"Unfortunately, ribs are shaped like venetian blinds and the knife went through"

Posted on May 14, 2008
A Canadian man is getting back together with a girlfriend who accidentally stabbed him in the heart during rough sex. (He asked her to carve "artwork" into his chest, but she was, alas, drunk. Stabby, stabby.) Though the guy lived,...

Barry Bonds faces new 15-count indictment

Posted on May 14, 2008
Like his last indictment, which had five counts, this one accuses him of lying to a grand jury and interfering with the government's investigation into performance-enhancing drugs. Hat Tip: Many thanks to the Golfer!

Randy Ralstin

Posted on May 14, 2008
Ralstin -- the guy accused of hitting and killing Tiffany A. Berry and her daughter Suavae R. Rouser in a wreck Monday -- was on parole for killing somebody else IN AN ALMOST IDENTICAL CASE. He's now facing murder charges....

Some headlines just write themselves

Posted on May 14, 2008
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Rap battle ends in real battle."

So ... he did it

Posted on May 14, 2008
Kevin Hoffmann has a report from the Eddie George trial. George is accused of murdering his best friend's mother, Pamela Marquez -- a fact that defense attorneys didn't dispute. It looks like they're going to argue whether George deliberated before...

Ohio man gets lucky 13th DUI arrest

Posted on May 14, 2008
They permanently took away his license in 1995. (After it had been suspended 45 other times.) Since that's worked so well, maybe they should consider an alternative punishment, such as throwing him into a deep, dark hole. Amazingly, in all...

The Jane Doe Rape Kits

Posted on May 14, 2008
Here's an interesting idea: Some hospitals offer an anonymous kind of rape kit. Victims still go to the hospital for evidence collection, but they don't immediately have to decide whether to file charges. The rape kits are kept, anonymously, until...

Quote of the day

Posted on May 14, 2008
"I don't buy it when the rapist says, ?I couldn't get a date cause I was fat and had acne.' Or the killer says, ?I did it cause I ate too many Twinkies.' There's lots and lots of people in...

Motel Capri

Posted on May 14, 2008
Hip Suburban White Guy writes about a local "landmark," recalling one of the oddest crime stories of the last several years. This is where, in the summer of 2003, police found a decomposing corpse under one of the beds after...

AZ Mama left 5 kids alone so she could visit Papa in prison, police say

Posted on May 14, 2008
The oldest, age 11, was theoretically in charge, police say. Officers found an unattended 1-year-old kicking it poolside, which is usually a prelude to finding a drowned 1-year-old. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!

Her own daughter

Posted on May 13, 2008
From The Star: A Blue Springs man allegedly spent two years training a 12-year-old girl to be a dominatrix before selling videotaped sex encounters with her to others. The girl?s mother, who lived in the same home, allegedly gave her...

AP: Besides Edwin Hall, there was another suspect

Posted on May 13, 2008
At one point, the FBI looked at a Grandview man as a possible suspect in the Kelsey Smith case, but he was quickly ruled out. More here.

Independence PD plans DUI checkpoint for Friday

Posted on May 13, 2008
From Independence PD: The Independence Police Traffic Safety Unit will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Friday May 16, 2008. The purpose of this checkpoint is to identify and arrest drunk drivers before they injure someone or themselves. It is also...

Turn the other cheek? Like Hell ...

Posted on May 13, 2008
A masked man made the unfortunate mistake of trying to rob a Cape Cod church while armed with nothing more than a gun-shaped cigarette lighter. When police arrived, the congregation had tackled the suspect, who says he can't remember anything...

Here's some good news

Posted on May 13, 2008
Recently, we had a story about a thief who walked into a veterans hospital in Wisconsin and walked right out with the vets' 52-inch LCD TV -- a crime generally on par with grave-robbing or aggravated Grandma assault. Authorities now...

2 women accused of letting 2-year-old smoke at Ponderosa

Posted on May 13, 2008
Story is from Wisconsin. I'm more concerned about his other bad habit: The aunt told police that the boy often says "smoke, smoke" and sometimes takes cigarettes out of the pack and puts them in his mouth. The aunt said...

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