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Injured dog walks into E.R.
Posted on March 17, 2010Story is from Farmington, N.M. Because the E.R. has automatic doors, the dog, who had a puncture wound in his leg, just walked right into the hospital. Animal Control retrieved him and reunited the poor thing with his owner. (Again,...
Mother of the Year?
Posted on March 17, 2010An Indianapolis woman is accused of leaving her kid in the car while she went shopping ... and then forgetting where she parked the car. The kid was alone in the car for at least four hours, police allege.
Open Thread ... Wednesday
Posted on March 17, 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,...
KCPD releases St. Pat's road closures
Posted on March 16, 2010KCPD just sent this over. If you're traveling anywhere near midtown, this information could be a big help! The actual parade will begin at Linwood and Broadway and go south on Broadway to 43rd Street. Police will block Broadway from...
Stoned dad left baby in oven, cops say
Posted on March 16, 2010But the oven was off, and not even warm! Still, the authorities near Paducah felt like they needed to arrest Dad, who allegedly smoked some weed at the restaurant where he works. (He also came home and helped Mom drain...
Moron shot by his own booby trap, police say
Posted on March 16, 2010A Seattle man reportedly shot himself in the leg when he climbed into his Honda Accord and accidentally activated the booby trap he had set up, the Post-Intelligencer reports. (He had a .38 Smith & Wesson, cocked and loaded, hidden...
Should Mo. lower age for concealed weapons?
Posted on March 16, 2010Missouri legislators are considering a bill that would lower the minimum age for getting a concealed-carry permit to 21. Right now, it's 23 -- one of, if not THE, oldest in the country. The measure is still in the House,...
Dentist used paper clips in root canals, officials allege
Posted on March 16, 2010Then billed Medicaid and passed the savings along to himself, the indictment says. (He was supposed to be using stainless steel posts, which sounds only slightly more comfortable than paper clips.) The Massachusetts doctor faces a slew of charges, including...
Quote of the day
Posted on March 16, 2010"I believe that all dinosaurs were born of Satanic angel who has sex with woman and the animal kingdom that created ungodly reptilian creatures none of these were on the Ark." -- a former jail guard from Dallas, fired for...
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on March 16, 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,...
Duo robs Plaza-area bank
Posted on March 16, 2010From Tony Rizzo: Two armed men robbed a Kansas City bank late this morning. The robbery occurred at the Country Club Bank branch at 44th Street and Belleview Avenue and the robbers escaped with an undetermined amount of cash. Both...
Porn burglar says his family "has always been very religious," cops report
Posted on March 16, 2010In Oklahoma, a man named Nathanael Christian is accused of breaking into four churches so he could look at pornography and call sex chatlines, the Daily Oklahoman reports. In one incident, he allegedly made $300 worth of calls. Pauls Valley...
Which is worse?
Posted on March 16, 2010Biting off a chunk of a stranger's ear? Or picking the chunk off a diner floor and hiding it your mouth so the police don't see? Tough call. Tough call.
Severed hand stolen from UK bar
Posted on March 16, 2010It's not a fresh cut. It's an old, old, old hand that was allegedly cut off a guy who cheated at bid whist. Naturally, the bar had it on display, like a family heirloom or a bowling trophy.
The Les Nessman defense fails ... for now
Posted on March 16, 2010Remember Les? He was the newscaster on "WKRP," who put tape on the floor to show where his office walls would be, if he had his own office. In Topeka, Jim Suwalski is trying something similar. He operates a 10-foot-by-10-foot...
FBI shines light on case of missing boy
Posted on March 16, 2010The FBI is talking about the case of Arlin Henderson, a Moscow Mills boy who disappeared in 1991. If he's still alive, Henderson is turning 30. Moscow Mills is near St. Louis, so when the Michael Devlin kidnapping story broke,...
Drugs hidden in man's fat rolls, police say
Posted on March 16, 2010In Brooksville, Fla., deputies say they caught a prisoner trying to snort crushed Xanax pills. The prisoner had allegedly smuggled the pills into jail by hiding them in a place nobody wanted to look -- inside his fat rolls.
TV show brings new leads in Mo. murder
Posted on March 16, 2010"48 Hours Mystery" aired an episode this weekend focusing on the murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless, who was shot and killed in 1992 near Benton, Mo. Josh Kezer, the man originally convicted of the crime, was freed and exonerated last...
Why you shouldn't smoke in your mobile meth lab
Posted on March 16, 2010Stuff like this happens. One minute, you're about to enjoy a Marlboro Red, and the next, you're being chased through the woods by local lawmen as your hoopty burns like a viking funeral pyre along the side of the interstate.
The feds go undercover online
Posted on March 16, 2010The Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the federal government to get a DOJ document showing that law-enforcement agents are using social-networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace to catch criminals. Sometimes, it's pretty straightforward -- the agents will check the times...
Manslaughter suspect in custody ... eventually
Posted on March 16, 2010Over the weekend, Victoria Johnson -- wanted on a manslaughter charge for a fatal wreck last fall -- spoke with KCTV to give her side of the story. And she said that she planned to surrender to police on Monday....
Using bacteria to fight crime?
Posted on March 16, 2010It could take years before the science is refined, but experts believe that police could someday use "bacterial DNA" to see who touched a murder weapon or visited a crime scene. Bacterial DNA is pretty much what it sounds like....
Officer rips out prisoner's gold grill
Posted on March 16, 2010Giving new meaning to "having someone up in your grill." In Davidson County, Tenn., authorities have agreed to pay $95,000 to a former prisoner whose gold jewelry grill was yanked out of his mouth. When Anthony McCoy was booked for...
Severed head found on Beer Can Beach
Posted on March 16, 2010Story is from California. If you think about it, say a special prayer today for the Beer Can Beach marketing director. What was merely a difficult job before has become nigh impossible.
Boy, 2, killed for spilling milk, cops say
Posted on March 16, 2010In Racine, Wis., police have arrested a man who allegedly killed his girlfriend's 2-year-old because the boy had spilled some milk. The girlfriend is facing a child neglect charge because she didn't get help for her son's injuries until it...
School bus veered off road, killing girl
Posted on March 16, 2010From Meredith Rodriguez: A police report released Monday confirmed that the school bus that killed 9-year-old Patience N. Cary in Kansas City, Kan., on March 4 hit her after it veered off the road. The bus was northbound on North...
Suspects charged in Target scam
Posted on March 16, 2010From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors today accused a former Target employee and her friend of embezzling at least $120,000 worth of merchandise from the retail store at Ward Parkway Center. Prosecutors charged Melody A. Breckenridge, 50, of Kansas City,...
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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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