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School officials investigated over sexting

Posted on April 15, 2010
We've seen a lot of cases involving sexting, where teenagers have faced criminal charges for sending naked photos of each other via email and cellphones. In Pennsylvania, school officials are being investigated by police. Parents complained that, while the school...

Bar-code scanner gave me Tourette's, girl claims

Posted on April 15, 2010
In Erie, Mich., a judge has tossed a lawsuit claiming that a 12-year-old girl suffered burns, PTSD and Tourette's syndrome after a convenience-store clerk waved a bar-code scanner over her face. (The clerk thought the girl looked grumpy and was...

Mo. tries to reduce its prison population

Posted on April 15, 2010
Matt Bartle, a state senator from Lee's Summit, is pushing for a bill that would reduce Missouri's prison population by 2,000. People convicted of some offenses -- including bad checks, drug possession and first-conviction DUI -- would either be sent...

Woman forces boy to touch her breasts, gets life

Posted on April 15, 2010
In Elko, Nev., a 34-year-old woman has been given a life sentence after she allegedly kissed a friend's 13-year-old son and forced the boy to touch her breasts. The woman will be eligible for parole in 10 years, but will...

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Quote of the day

Posted on April 15, 2010
"I go through this every day. I think 'Was there anything I could have done?' and no, there's not. I stopped at a red light. There's nothing I could have done that could have saved my child's life." - Sabrina...

KCPD officer accused of taking wallet

Posted on April 15, 2010
Chief Corwin has recommended firing an officer who's accused of taking a woman's lost wallet, while he was working off-duty security at a 7-Eleven, Christine Vendel reports. The officer is fighting the firing. The alleged incident dates back to last....

Guilty verdict in Keighley Alyea slaying

Posted on April 15, 2010
Dustin Hilt, an 18-year-old from Shawnee, has been convicted of murdering his former girlfriend, Keighley Alyea in September 2009, Dawn Bormann and Joe Lambe report. Prosecutors alleged that Alyea was killed after she confronted Hilt about sleeping with her stepsister...

2 shot dead near Lake Lotawana

Posted on April 15, 2010
From Meredith Rodriguez: Two people were found shot to death Wednesday night on Milton Thompson Road near Lake Lotawana, sheriff?s dispatchers said. Jackson County deputies and the Missouri Highway Patrol responded to the 25000 block of Milton Thompson Road just...

Could KC get ShotSpotter technology?

Posted on April 14, 2010
A few years ago, a handful of U.S. cities started using a technology called ShotSpotter. It's a system that alerts police whenever a gun is fired, thanks to a series of special listening devices stationed throughout a city or patrol...

Inmate says he's allergic to being executed

Posted on April 14, 2010
In Ohio, a Death Row inmate named Darryl Durr, who allegedly raped and strangled a teenage girl, is fighting his execution, saying that he might have an allergic reaction to one of the chemicals used.

Not remotely crime-related

Posted on April 14, 2010
In Britain, a clothing company has decided to stop selling bikinis designed for 7-year-olds, complete with padded bras.

Teen kills man accused of molesting her

Posted on April 14, 2010
Nine days before he was supposed to stand trial, a Colorado man named Jon Hazard was shot and killed by the 16-year-old girl who accused him of molesting her, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports. The shooting happened last June; the...

Do you recognize these people?

Posted on April 14, 2010
KCPD are looking for the woman in the first picture and the man from the second. (She's got glasses on her head, he's wearing a blue shirt.) Police allege they were involved in stealing a $2,000 television from the Best...

KC man gets 2 years for bootleg videos

Posted on April 14, 2010
Reginald Collier, 26, was also ordered to pay $41,361 in restitution to the motion-picture and recording industries, the U.S. Attorney for Western Missouri reports. He pleaded guilty in August. A confidential source was able to buy 170 movies from him...

That's some fine police work, Lou

Posted on April 14, 2010
In Tuscaloosa, Ala., the body of a missing woman has been found in the trunk of her own car, which was parked inside her garage. It's been 15 months since she disappeared, and her corpse was only found because her...

Thief tries to escape on Segway, police say

Posted on April 14, 2010
Story is from Albuquerque, and the suspect is an unemployed 21-year-old living with his parents. Cops say he rode a Segway around a Wal-Mart and tried to smuggle stolen DVDs out of the store by hiding them in the Segway's...

Teen used stun gun on elderly woman, police say

Posted on April 14, 2010
The victim was 73, and the suspect is 18, Chicago police say. Obviously, he needed a stun gun to even the odds as he allegedly stole her purse. Five bystanders chased the man down and held him for police. (It's...

A sticky note is not a valid form of ID

Posted on April 14, 2010
In Allentown, Pa., a man reportedly gave police a sticky note with his name and birth date when they asked him for ID. Police went ahead and ran it, though. The guy, who was wanted on drug warrants, had allegedly...

Keeps victims fresher longer!

Posted on April 14, 2010
In Council Bluffs, Iowa, an 18-year-old says someone knocked him unconscious, then wrapped his body in shrink wrap, police report. He was found "unwrapping himself" near a skate park. He says he was attacked from behind and didn't hear his...

New law against illegal immigrants is nation's toughest

Posted on April 14, 2010
Arizona has passed a bill that requires police officers, if they suspect someone is an illegal immigrant, to verify that person's status. If the person doesn't have proper paperwork, they can be arrested for a misdemeanor. No other state has...

Girl with Asperger's found in swamp

Posted on April 14, 2010
It's nice to see a missing-person case that ends happily. Near Tampa, an 11-year-old named Nadia Bloom -- missing for four days near a lake filled with alligators -- was located yesterday. She had some bug bites and suffered a...

Thief beats the system? Maybe not

Posted on April 14, 2010
Yesterday, we reported about a former state employee who pleaded guilty to stealing about $17,000 in state money. Only officials now believe the take was closer to $108,000. Because of her plea, prosecutors say they can't file new charges to...

Man in dog collar told to poop on lawn

Posted on April 14, 2010
In Port St. Lucie, Fla., two boys say they saw a man wearing a dog collar being walked by another man, who held his leash, Will Greenlee reports at his blog. The boys say the guy in the dog collar...

VIDEO: Police beating caught on tape

Posted on April 14, 2010
In Maryland, the FBI is investigating after video surfaced of Prince George's County officers beating a University of Maryland student after a basketball game, the Washington Post reports. If you can't see the video, the student -- Tom McKenna --...

Can California afford Chelsea's Law?

Posted on April 14, 2010
In California, the parents of Chelsea King, a teenager who was killed near San Diego, are pushing for new legislation that would punish sex offenders more harshly. The bill was introduced yesterday. Among the bill's provisions, prosecutors could seek life...

Soldier faces court-martial after refusing deployment

Posted on April 14, 2010
Army Lt. Col. Terry Lakin is facing a court-martial because he refuses to deploy to Afghanistan until he sees the president's birth certificate. (A demand he made in a video placed on the Internet two weeks ago, the Greeley Tribune...

KCPD investigates homicide in 8800 block of Evanston way

Posted on April 14, 2010
A man in his 60s was found lying in a driveway in the 8800 block of Evanston Way a little after 8 p.m. Tuesday and pronounced dead a short time later, KCPD reports. Witnesses told police that he'd been in...

Man says IRS raid led to wife's suicide

Posted on April 14, 2010
An Indiana man has sued the federal government, claiming that an IRS raid upset his wife so much that she committed suicide, the AP reports. Besides the wrongful death claim, he says there were problems with a warrant. He's created...

Airman killed in 'trust game'

Posted on April 14, 2010
An airman at Offutt Air Force Base is facing charges in military court that he fatally shot a fellow airman while playing the "trust game," the Omaha World-Herald reports. There have been a few cases like this one involving the...

Now, THAT is a lovely mugshot

Posted on April 14, 2010
Personally, I think she's too pretty to go to jail.

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