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Mom got murder suspect to confess

Posted on March 19, 2010
In Clayton, Mo., the defense is trying to get a confession kicked in the case of Brian Walters, who allegedly murdered a retired newspaper editor in 2008 during a break-in at her Chesterfield home. It wasn't police who got Walters...

'I'm here to talk about 13 years of hell!'

Posted on March 19, 2010
Alcohol-fortified man comes to city council meeting to speak about the ambulance station near his house, a California TV station reports: Mayor Brent Ives asked Evans if he wanted to address the public hearing on transit issues, earning the reply:...

Judge orders polygraphs for sex-assault victims

Posted on March 19, 2010
A judge in a Cleveland juvenile court has ordered four teenage girls, victims of sexual assault, to undergo polygraph testing, the Plain-Dealer reports. It's a little unusual because (A) the attackers in these cases have already been found "delinquent," or...

Saudis say sorcery is capital offense

Posted on March 19, 2010
A Lebanese TV host -- known for predicting the future on his show -- was arrested by Saudi Arabia's religious police when he visited that country and sentenced to death, CNN reports. The crime, of course, was practicing black magic....

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Will medical marijuana lead to crime?

Posted on March 19, 2010
People who oppose legalizing marijuana -- especially police -- are pointing to cases like the one in Seattle earlier this week, where a medical-marijuana grower got into a shootout with burglars trying to steal his weed and money from the...

Police accidentally raid home ... 50 times

Posted on March 19, 2010
NYPD has raided the home of an elderly couple at least 50 times because of a computer glitch tying their address to a series of crimes. (They think the address was used in a computer test several years ago, which...

Guilty plea in Lawrence rapper's slaying

Posted on March 19, 2010
A Lawrence man, Major Edwards Jr., is going to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Anthony Vital, a rapper who was found shot to death in 2006 in rural Douglas County. (Vital performed as Clacc with the...

Boy Scouts hid sex abuse, suit claims

Posted on March 19, 2010
In Oregon, a man molested by a former Scout leader is suing the Boy Scouts of America, claiming the organization hid cases of sexual abuse for decades. The man's attorney is introducing about 1,000 so-called "perversion files" reportedly kept by...

Mo. man arrives drunk, late to DUI hearing, officials say

Posted on March 19, 2010
To be fair, it was the day after St. Pat's, so I think most of us, in that situation, would've been two hours late and reeking of alcohol. The judge went ahead and revoked the St. Joseph man's bond, the...

Mo. fugitive pretended to be dead friend

Posted on March 19, 2010
In Springfield, U.S. Marshals arrested Rex Eugene Peck yesterday while he was ordering breakfast at McDonald's. Peck has been hiding from the authorities for 10 years, ever since he allegedly slipped off an electronic-monitoring device while he was on parole,...

The most disturbing thing you'll read today

Posted on March 19, 2010
I know it's early to make a declaration like that, but you might change your mind after reading this paragraph from the Branson Tri-Lakes News: The warrant application also stated that Flood had placed a squirrel?s skull ?on the head...

More about police shooting in Riverside

Posted on March 19, 2010
From Glenn Rice: Shortly before 3 p.m., officers were called to a reported disturbance at a residence in the 5400 block of Northwest Vivion Road, according to Riverside spokeswoman Meredith Hauck. An armed man emerged from the residence and went...

Leprechaun robber was also Bad Santa

Posted on March 19, 2010
On Wednesday, two suspected robbers were shot and killed in Tennessee -- and one of them happened to be dressed as a leprechaun. Police finally learned the man's real identity, and it appears that he was also responsible for a...

Moron checks MySpace during burglary, cops say

Posted on March 19, 2010
In Washington State, police arrested a teenager who allegedly burglarized a business-furniture store -- and used the store's computer, mid-robbery, to look at porn and sell some of the things he was selling. Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!

Text messages lead to severe beating, Fla. cops say

Posted on March 19, 2010
A 15-year-old girl from Deerfield Beach, Fla., is in a medically induced coma after a 15-year-old boy allegedly kicked her in the head several times while wearing steel-toed boots, authorities say. The two of them had been exchanging "heated" text...

Reward hits $15K in Waldo rapes case

Posted on March 18, 2010
The reward jumped another $3,000. The TIPS Hotline thanked Waldo Area Business Association, Armour Hills Neighborhood Association, and Vetta Studio 213 for contributing. And they note that donations to the Waldo Reward Fund can be made at any UMB Bank...

To be fair, she wasn't totally nude

Posted on March 18, 2010
Gardening topless is NOT illegal in Boulder, Colo., but that didn't stop callers from asking police to stop a woman who was tending her flowers while wearing a yellow thong, pink gloves and nothing else. An officer asked her to...

What's the best way to stop c-store holdups?

Posted on March 18, 2010
The 7-Eleven where Gurpreet Singh worked and was murdered had been robbed seven times in the past 12 months, Christine reported this morning. Singh himself was robbed twice in the month that he worked there. And most people can probably...

Mo. Senate OKs ban on texting while driving

Posted on March 18, 2010
Unlike the current law, the bill would make it illegal for motorists of all ages to text while behind the wheel. (Right now, it's only wrong for those 21 and younger.) The bill, which passed the Senate unanimously, can be...

Independence makes 11 DUI arrests on St. Pat's

Posted on March 18, 2010
From Independence PD: The Independence Police Traffic Safety Unit conducted a St Patrick?s Day sobriety checkpoint along Jackson Drive south of 39th Street while simultaneously conducting a DWI saturation patrol throughout the city. The saturation patrol began on Wednesday 03/17/10...

Kansas K2 ban takes effect today

Posted on March 18, 2010
The Johnson County Sheriff's Department is warning anybody who still has a stash to burn it ... uh, destroy it, I should say.

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on March 18, 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,...

Do you recognize this man?

Posted on March 18, 2010
From Cameron PD: Cameron Police Department is asking for assistance with a theft at Orschelns, which took place on March 5, 2010. An unknown white male came into the store and took a Hobart Plasma Cutter. Orschelns Corporations have reported...

Lawsuit says school handcuffed boy, 6

Posted on March 18, 2010
In McAllen, Texas, a woman is suing her son's school because security allegedly handcuffed the 6-year-old and left him facedown for hours. The school district isn't saying anything beyond the remark that each story has two sides. It's not clear...

Man caught with 21 cats, 16 goldfish, baby raccoon in freezer, police say

Posted on March 18, 2010
The Mansfield, Ohio, man is now facing cruelty charges. He'd called the police because he was afraid he'd been burglarized, and that's how the police learned about his ice menagerie, authorities say. His explanation: He was waiting for spring to...

Man celebrates clean drug test with OD

Posted on March 18, 2010
They think it was the liquid morphine that killed him.

Arson kills 3 Mo. kids, police say

Posted on March 18, 2010
Springfield police say a 26-year-old man, David Williams, set a house fire that killed his fiancee's three children, ages 7, 5 and 4. Their grandfather is in critical condition at the hospital. Investigators say that a trained dog alerted to...

Child forced to kneel on bottlecaps

Posted on March 18, 2010
In Kissimmee, Fla., a man was arrested after he allegedly forced a 6-year-old boy to kneel on bottlecaps -- which was punishment for bringing home a paper with a sad face drawn on it. It doesn't say how long the...

Grandma scam hits Lee's Summit

Posted on March 18, 2010
Lee's Summit says it's been contacted by a few people who were targeted by con artists trying to pull a Grandma scam. How it works: Some jerk calls an elderly person and pretends to be their grandchild. They claim to...

Sedgwick Co. close to settling over jail beating

Posted on March 18, 2010
Sedgwick County is close to settling with the survivors of Edgar Richard Jr., a mentally ill man who was allegedly beaten by a deputy in 2008. Richard was hospitalized for weeks because of his injuries, the Eagle reports. (That deputy...

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