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Reward in Marco Lugo homicide climbs to $8,500
Posted on May 12, 2008From Crime Stoppers: On August 12th, 2007, just before 3:00 in the morning, Kansas City police were called to 18th and Baltimore on a report of a shooting. When they arrived they found 19 year-old Marco M. Lugo in the...
Jackpot
Posted on May 12, 2008Fantastic story from the Miami Herald about a man who wins a Lotto jackpot (actually one-sixteenth of a jackpot) and does his level best to keep his wife from learning about it. When she eventually, you know, starts watching TV...
Testilying
Posted on May 12, 2008The New York Times has a story about judges, well, not believing officers when they testify about doing stop-and-frisks. The officers have to have some basic reason for searching a person for a weapon. But the Times found several cases...
Is this prom dress too skimpy?
Posted on May 12, 2008A Texas teen showed up for prom wearing a dress that, administrators said, was just too skimpy to be allowed. After a loud confrontation, police showed up and led the girl out of the building in handcuffs. Hat Tip: Many...
UK prisoners can keep magic wands in their cells
Posted on May 12, 2008If they're pagans, because wands are considered necessary parts of their religious observance. Prison officials aren't thrilled with the ruling. Counting down to magic-wand-assisted shanking in 3 ... 2 ...
Grandview PD interrupts ATM theft
Posted on May 12, 2008At least the crooks here were smart enough to bring along a backhoe -- anything short of that simply won't get the job done. Too bad for them, they weren't able to get away before police heard the bank's burglar...
Ride of Silence
Posted on May 12, 2008Ride of Silence, a protest designed to raise awareness of bicycle fatalities, is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, starting at 62nd Terrace and Brookside in Kansas City. Organizers, who say they only want to share the road with motorists, say...
Japanese cops let kerosene-soaked suspect smoke during questioning
Posted on May 12, 2008And the inevitable happens. The really stupid thing? Smoking isn't even allowed in police headquarters in the first place. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
KCPD investigates homicide in 5300 block of Wabash
Posted on May 12, 2008From The Star: A 44-year-old Kansas City man was shot to death on the front steps of a relative?s home early Sunday. Police said Herman Beasley was hit with multiple gunshots about 2 a.m. in the 5300 block of Wabash...
A modest proposal: Sexual offenders shouldn't drive ice-cream trucks
Posted on May 12, 2008A few states, such as Massachusetts, are considering laws that prohibit registered sex offenders from driving ice-cream trucks. South Dakota is considering criminal background checks on anyone who wants to work in the mobile ice-cream retail industry...
FL man ticketed for wearing Speedo at the beach
Posted on May 12, 2008The judge eventually dismissed the ticket, but Speedo Guy says he still plans to sue the sheriff's department for violating his civil rights. (The little known 28th Amendment, passed during the final days of the Clinton administration -- the right...
Dear OJ: If one of your friends writes a tell-all book about you, then he is not really your friend
Posted on May 12, 2008One of the Juice's former associates has written a book claiming that OJ confessed to murdering his ex-wife and her friend.
Eddie George goes on trial
Posted on May 12, 2008George, 18, is accused of murdering his best friend's mother, Pamela Marquez, back in 2006 when he was 16. Jury selection for George's trial starts today. (Marquez's son, Taylor, is also charged, but won't face trial until this summer.) Nobody's...
Police departments have a harder time finding new recruits
Posted on May 11, 2008Dave Knopf has more here from yesterday's police recruiting event at the American Royal.
Suspect dies in KCPD officer-involved shooting
Posted on May 11, 2008From KCPD: On Friday, May 9, 2008 at about 9:55pm KCMO Police Officers were called to the residence of 10318 east 43rd street on a disturbance call-subject intoxicated with a weapon. On arrival officers met a woman who identified herself...
Open Thread ... Caturday
Posted on May 10, 2008Thanks again for spending part of your weekend on the Open Thread, our blog's space for warm greetings, idle chatter and other forms of what-have-you. (Other forms of what-have-you include links to other stories.) Please sign your comments, and please...
Woman left corpse on toilet for 2 months because religious leader said so
Posted on May 10, 2008There was a chance the 90-year-old woman might come back to life, the woman reportedly told police. She and the religious leader are both facing criminal charges -- specifically, causing mental harm to a child, because the woman's two kids...
Who was Everett Suits?
Posted on May 10, 2008KMBC has a piece about Everett Suits, the KCK man who was slain this week in the 3700 block of Booth. Apparently, he was headed to church when he was attacked. He was the father of three.
FL police catch burglar on the toilet
Posted on May 10, 2008Lovely story from Ocala, where a man broke into a woman's house, picked out an outfit from her wardrobe and took a shower. When police arrived, he was on the loo -- he asked if they would kindly let him...
How a murder sentence got reduced to 2 years
Posted on May 10, 2008Joe Lambe has all the gory details here.
Quote of the day
Posted on May 10, 2008?I robbed it because I was hungry and I threw the gun over there." -- a suspect explaining why he held up the Mid K Beauty Supply on Friday.
Worst judge ever?
Posted on May 10, 2008The AP has a lovely profile here of a Nevada judge, Elizabeth Halverson, who's undergoing disciplinary hearings. Halverson is accused of making her bailiff put shoes on her feet and give her back rubs, falling asleep at the bench, causing...
Say, how's DMX doing these days?
Posted on May 10, 2008Not so good. Hat Tip: Many thanks to the Mighty FanDanGo!
IN man gets 6 months because his daughter doesn't have a GED
Posted on May 10, 2008The daughter, in this case, is 18. Dad was supposed to keep track of her education and make sure that she earned a GED, under a judge's court order. When that didn't happen, Dad was ordered to jail.
Facebook promises to block sex offenders
Posted on May 09, 2008The company agreed to several safeguards to stop online predators, including making it harder for adults to search for those under 18.
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on May 09, 2008Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments, discussion and what-have-you. Feel free to post links, if you've seen interesting stories elsewhere. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually...
Computer helps arrest the people who stole it
Posted on May 09, 2008A New York woman's Mac computer was stolen, but she was able to use a Back To My Mac program to find them online and then used the machine's built-in camera to take pictures of thieves, which police used to...
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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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