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Woman used love to steal from disabled man, police say

Posted on April 09, 2010
I have a hard time imagining a crueler crime: A Seattle woman is accused of romancing an older man with developmental disabilities -- specifically with the purpose of stealing his money. The victim, age 55, has the mental abilities of...

Texas man accused of mailbox bombs

Posted on April 09, 2010
In Tyler, Texas, federal prosecutors accuse Larry Gene North of leaving 36 explosives in mailboxes and other places because he was allegedly mad at the government. That anger may have involved a court case, but the AP couldn't learn anything...

Not remotely crime-related

Posted on April 09, 2010
Not a crime, unless breaking a small child's spirit is a crime.

Cyclist threatens to kill limo driver who clipped him, cops say

Posted on April 09, 2010
Story is from New York. The bicyclist, who works as a messenger, got clipped, and the limo allegedly failed to stop, the Post says. So the bicyclist HULKS OUT. That's when Forte flipped out, ditching his wheels and sprinting 100...

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Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on April 08, 2010
Welcome 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. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments,...

Homeless man accused of brutal beating

Posted on April 08, 2010
Jackson County prosecutors have charged a homeless man named Cubby Anderson, 53, with first-degree assault. They allege that Anderson attacked Curtis Waters, leaving him with injuries so severe that Waters is still unable to speak months after the attack...

The craziest thing you will read today

Posted on April 08, 2010
In Harrison, Ark., police accuse a woman of having her 28-year-old son cut off a person's pinky finger with a cigar cutter. The 20-year-old victim is also missing his ear lobes, and someone had pulled on his tongue using pliers....

Cops framed dad for his toddler's rape, murder

Posted on April 08, 2010
An appeals court has sided with a man from Will County, Ill., who was reportedly framed by police in the death of his daughter. Riley Fox, 3, was sexually assaulted and drowned in a creek back in 2004. Police arrested...

Thieves steal disabled couple's ramp

Posted on April 08, 2010
KMBC has the story, which is from Independence. The husband uses a scooter, and the wife, who was in a bad wreck, uses a walker. Without the ramp, the station reports, they're basically stranded.

'Dine and dash' leads to standoff

Posted on April 08, 2010
UPDATED: Authorities have filed charges against Matthew K. Davis, Joe Lambe reports. Joe got a lot of good details about the incident here ... Mark Stephenson, the manager at the restaurant, said the couple acted strangely as they and two...

Vigil planned for crash victim

Posted on April 08, 2010
From Ad Hoc: Pastor Dr. Donald D. Ford, Sr. of Second Missionary Baptist Church, Grandview, MO will facilitate a prayer vigil in memory of Denise White a 36 year old woman killed in a car accident April 4, 2010, along...

Dial 'M' for 'Messed Up'

Posted on April 08, 2010
A few weeks ago, we had a story about a woman accused of fatally stabbing her lover in a New Mexico park bathroom and saying he'd tried to rape her. Only police theorized the death was part of some weird...

Yes, I chained up my kids, but out of love

Posted on April 08, 2010
There is a reason why most defense attorneys advise their clients to avoid speaking to reporters. Here's Exhibit A, a man accused of chaining up his niece and nephew. From the nwfdailynews.com: Burns also admitted to chaining up the children...

Math tutor finds new way to 'beat the light'

Posted on April 08, 2010
In Collier County, Fla., a math tutor got his wife's traffic ticket dismissed by measuring how long the yellow light ran and discovering that it was shorter than county rules required. He says he tested 65 other lights and found...

Remembering Teri Zenner

Posted on April 08, 2010
After social worker Teri Zenner was brutally killed by a client in Johnson County, husband Matt helped lobby for a law that will require social workers to get self-defense training. That law is set for a formal signing today in...

Columbia OKs surveillance cameras

Posted on April 08, 2010
Voters in Columbia have passed a measure to put surveillance cameras in the city's downtown area, though it failed in the ward that covers most of the downtown. A grass-roots group pushed for the cameras after a local coach was...

Bounty hunter faces charges in Kan.

Posted on April 08, 2010
In Cherokee County, Kan., authorities have charged Gregory Alex Sawin, a bounty hunter from Oklahoma, after he allegedly entered the wrong house while wearing a vest that said "police." He's charged with impersonating police, assault and criminal restraint, the Joplin...

Mo. woman gave muscle relaxers to kids

Posted on April 08, 2010
Melissa Kitchen, 41, of Centralia was sentenced to 120 days of shock time after she allegedly bartered with middle-school kids and gave them muscle relaxers. It's not clear what she got in return, but the AP says it wasn't sex....

Suspect drugged kids with ice cream, prosecutors allege

Posted on April 08, 2010
A new indictment has been filed against James Phillip "Phil" Edwards, 60, a Kansas City man who allegedly hid Ambien in soda and ice cream that he fed to children, who were then molested and filmed for child pornography. The...

Angry girlfriend burns man's home, police say

Posted on April 08, 2010
Angela D. Phillips is accused of first-degree arson after she allegedly set her boyfriend's house on fire, Jackson County prosecutors say. The fire happened on March 8 in the 3900 block of Bellefontaine. Court records say Phillips set the fire...

Woman lied about rape to get faster E.R. treatment, police say

Posted on April 08, 2010
In Clarksville, Tenn., a 20-year-old told hospital staff that she'd been raped, but police believe she was lying -- so that she could get treated faster in the emergency room. She'd allegedly gone to the E.R. for a "female medical...

How KCPD would spend $246 million

Posted on April 08, 2010
KCPD wants to renew a public-safety tax that helped build a new police academy and stations for their Metro and Shoal Creek patrols, among other things. If the stars align, the question will be on the August ballot, Christine reports...

Police shot unarmed civilians after Katrina, officer testifies

Posted on April 08, 2010
Federal prosecutors have accused New Orleans police of shooting unarmed civilians on the city's Danzinger Bridge days after Hurricane Katrina -- and then trying to cover up the incident. One officer has already entered a guilty plea, and yesterday, he...

Man charged for being nude in home

Posted on April 08, 2010
An update to a story from several weeks: A Virginia man was charged with indecent exposure for being naked in his own home after passersby saw him through a window. One was a woman who saw him at 6:40 in...

Sixth-grader arrested at parents' request

Posted on April 08, 2010
In Callaway, Fla., a deputy reportedly handcuffed a sixth-grader and hauled him to jail after the kid allegedly took his mother's jewelry and gave it away to classmates. About $7,000 worth of stuff was taken. The kiddo apparently had a...

Hell hath no fury ...

Posted on April 08, 2010
A Charlotte woman allegedly rammed her ex-boyfriend's house at 4 in the morning, crashed into his truck as he and his new lovah raced to the courthouse to get a protection order and then stabbed the new woman in the...

Lies, lies, all lies!

Posted on April 08, 2010
In Durango, Colo., police say a hotel clerk was NOT robbed by a clown. Nor did he use his fighting skills as a Special Forces veteran to defeat the clown. He was lying. For some reason, police found his story...

Man with flatulence fetish says he was sexually assaulted

Posted on April 07, 2010
In Oklahoma City, a 27-year-old man who has a "fetish for flatulence" told police that he was sexually assaulted by another man that he met over the Internet, the Oklahoman reports. The accuser, who is reportedly autistic, says that he...

Who killed Toni Payne?

Posted on April 07, 2010
KCPD has released the name of a woman shot and killed yesterday evening in the 3000 block of East 31st Street. Payne, 25, was found inside a residence, where she was pronounced dead. Witnesses say that a man had fled...

Firefighter kills pet chicken with arrow

Posted on April 07, 2010
In Merion, Pa., a pet owner is upset after her chicken was killed and eaten by a local firefighter, The AP reports. It was actually police who got the report that a chicken -- which had gotten loose -- was...

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