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Mom left 6 kids home alone for almost 2 days, police allege
Posted on March 22, 2010Christine reports that KCPD arrested a woman who allegedly left her six kids -- ages 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 and 11 -- alone for nearly two days at their home in the 3400 block of Montgall Avenue. Police noticed...
Mo. patrol to assist in Harrisonville murder case
Posted on March 22, 2010UPDATE: The patrol is going to expand its involvement -- apparently, they've been involved in the case earlier. By the way, the reward in the case is $35,000 now -- one of the larger amounts offered in a local homicide....
Report: Suicide can be 'contagious'
Posted on March 22, 2010At Cornell University, the student body has seen six suicides so far this school year. Officials have held public memorials for the dead, but experts tell CNN that public memorials can sometimes lead to more suicides, essentially "tipping over" students...
Prolific bank robber was caught in Mo.
Posted on March 22, 2010Missed this from last week: Chad Schaffner, a robber who was captured last September in Kingdom City, Mo., has pleaded guilty to another 11 holdups, leaving him on the hook for 13 overall. America's Most Wanted says he hit at...
Man arrested for karate-chopping taxi
Posted on March 22, 2010He followed up by urinating near a Bank of America ATM, police in Athens, Ga., say.
Kan. boy, 11, wrecks family car, cops say
Posted on March 22, 2010In Brookville, Kan., an 11-year-old attempted to drive his family's 2003 PT Cruiser and managed to drive into a ditch, rolling the vehicle onto its roof, the Salina Journal reports. Police say the vehicle was "extensively damaged" -- which is...
How do we stop ex-cons from reoffending?
Posted on March 22, 2010Here's a fun fact: For every three convicts released from prison, two of them will be back in prison within three years. Which is a big problem for two reasons. Reason One: The U.S. is No.1 at locking up people,...
Man commits suicide at OP gun range
Posted on March 22, 2010It happened Sunday afternoon at the Bullet Hole. Lee Hill Kavanaugh notes that, back in 1997, three people killed themselves there using rented guns, which led the range to institute a 24-hour waiting period for new members. Hat Tip: Many...
Fugitive found "hanging out" at bar
Posted on March 22, 2010In Pittsburgh, a wanted man -- who'd been checked into a hospital, but later escaped -- was found in a nearby bar, still wearing his hospital gown with an IV needle stuck in his arm.
Man accidentally shot at gun show
Posted on March 22, 2010Safety first! As in, make sure the safety's on ...
Chicago cop saves boy's life
Posted on March 22, 2010A Chicago policeman shot and killed a suspect who reportedly had a knife to the throat of a 6-year-old boy and was starting to cut, the Tribune reports. The kiddo suffered minor injuries. At one point, the man had dangled...
Man jumps down laundry chute on dare
Posted on March 22, 2010In Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., police and firefighter were called to rescue a 20-year-old man who got stuck when he jumped down a laundry chute. Some children had reportedly dared him to do so. It sounds like everybody was OK, though...
Who killed Beverly Crowl?
Posted on March 22, 2010Over the weekend, Independence police released the name of the woman killed early Friday morning near 37th and Phelps, and it turns out that Beverly S. Crowl, 69, was a former civilian employee of the department, working in their records...
Less severe punishment for sexting
Posted on March 22, 2010Over the last year, we've seen several cases where teens faced criminal charges for "sexting" -- sending naked photos, often of themselves, to a paramour. (Or their friends. Or the paramour's parents. Or the entire student body.) More states, though,...
Teen accused of racist Wal-Mart prank
Posted on March 21, 2010In Washington Township, N.J., authorities have charged a teenager with a stunt that made national headlines a few days ago: He allegedly went on a Wal-Mart p.a. system and told the black customers to leave the store. The exact charges...
No charges in Cleaver spitting incident, but no arrests either
Posted on March 21, 2010From AP: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, who was spat on by a protestor on Capitol Hill, says he is declining to press charges, but turns out the Capitol Police say they made no arrests. The Kansas City Democrat was making...
Riverside IDs man killed in police shooting
Posted on March 21, 2010Mahir Al-Hakim, 29, was shot and killed Thursday after an incident in Riverside, Glenn Rice reports. Al-Hakim was visiting a friend, who called police when he refused to leave. Officers showed up, and Al-Hakim reportedly came out of the house...
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on March 20, 2010Welcome 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,...
Best excuse for skipping jury duty
Posted on March 19, 2010In South Bend, Ind., the Imperial Wizard of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was called for jury duty. He wrote a letter asking to be dismissed and noted that he planned his full set of robes every...
Kelsey Smith Foundation wins FBI award
Posted on March 19, 2010The Kelsey Smith Foundation -- named after the local girl who was abducted and murdered -- has received the Director's Community Leadership Award from the FBI, representing the area served by the Kansas City field office. The foundation organizes safety...
Ex-con hid pen-pal lover's body in concrete egg
Posted on March 19, 2010In San Diego, a former convict has pleaded guilty to murdering an 80-year-old man, who was his prison pen pal. After the convict was released, he moved into the old man's trailer and slowly drained his accounts before killing him....
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on March 19, 2010Welcome 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,...
Rescuers fail to save imaginary person
Posted on March 19, 2010The caller really did have the best intentions when he reported that someone had fallen into a river near Granite Falls, Wash. He was, unfortunately, hallucinating on drugs, the sheriff's department says.
Making the 'other woman' pay
Posted on March 19, 2010In North Carolina, a woman has won a $9 million alienation-of-affection judgment against the woman who reportedly had an affair with her husband, destroying their marriage. (Again, not a crime story.)
'Real World' star accused of defiling toothbrush
Posted on March 19, 2010New Orleans police took a report after a cast member of "The Real World," the MTV reality show filming there, claimed that his roommate had secretly urinated on his tootbrush and cleaned the inside of a toilet with it. The...
Wichita PD making inroads with Asian community?
Posted on March 19, 2010Wichita police were able to arrest five people in connection with a fatal shooting and a fight, both reportedly connected to Asian gangs, and the Eagle notes that it's an achievement for the cops. The department has had trouble solving...
KC homicide count stands at 18
Posted on March 19, 2010Compared to 23 at the same point last year. So far, three of this year's homicides have been cleared. When you count older cases that were solved in 2010, the clearance rate is 50 percent.
Doughnuts are bad for you
Posted on March 19, 2010Especially if you're riding on the roof of a car when your idiot friend decides to do one.
Scholarship to honor 7-Eleven clerk
Posted on March 19, 2010The family of Gurpreet ?Tony? Singh, the slain 7-Eleven clerk, is establishing a scholarship in his name at Penn Valley Community College, Christine reports. Donations can be sent to MCC Foundation, c/o Tony Singh, 3200 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111.
Booby traps aimed at Calif. cops
Posted on March 19, 2010Near Riverside, Calif., authorities are offering a $200,000 reward after gang members have apparently set booby traps for members of a drug task force, the Los Angeles Times reports. The California AG described it as nothing less than "urban terrorism...
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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?
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