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Three isn't always a magic number
Posted on February 16, 2010From nwfdailynews.com: A man sleeping on the couch at a married friend?s house went into the couple?s bedroom and got into bed with the man and woman. He asked the man if he would go and get him more beer,...
KCK names weekend homicide victim
Posted on February 16, 2010From KCKPD: The victim from the homicide which occurred on Sunday, February 14, 2010 in the 1700 Block of Richmond Avenue has been identified. John Valdivia, Hispanic male, DOB 10/25/1983 was a Kansas City, Kansas resident. The victim?s family has...
Alyssa Bustamante will get out-of-town jury
Posted on February 16, 2010Bustamante, the Cole County teen accused of murdering a 9-year-old neighbor, will not be tried by a jury from Cole County, the judge has ruled. It's not clear which counties will be considered. (I know Clay and Platte have sent...
Son's murder leads KC dad to start anti-crime group
Posted on February 16, 2010Tony Rizzo has a story in this morning's paper, sort of a followup to his Murder Factory series last year. He went back to the 64130 zip code to see how community leaders and residents are trying to prevent crime...
Blue Springs looking for two suspects
Posted on February 16, 2010Blue Springs police are asking the public if they've seen the following suspects and, if so, to call the authorities. Kyle Kessler, 23, of Kansas City is accused of breaking into a series of vehicles at America's Best Value Inn...
Kan. Senate voting on primary seatbelt law
Posted on February 16, 2010The bill would let police stop a motorist if their only offense is failing to wear a seatbelt. (Right now, you can only get ticketed if the officer sees you doing something else, too.) There's a big carrot here for...
Romance ends after man stuffs fiancee's cat in her couch, police say
Posted on February 16, 2010The woman's other cat was found dead under a snowmobile trailer, Wis. authorities say. The engagement is off. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Counterfeit money was "art project," Wis. man tells police
Posted on February 16, 2010A Sheboygan man was arrested after he allegedly passed a counterfeit bill at a store, but he has a logical explanation: He does graphic design and wanted to see if he could make a dollar using Photoshop. He must have...
Does Waldo need private security?
Posted on February 16, 2010KSHB reports that some homes associations in the Waldo area are considering whether they should hire private security patrols, as a response to a series of rapes in the area.
Gun-rights advocates riled over cop's Facebook page
Posted on February 16, 2010A police detective from California is in hot water over comments he left on Facebook about people who carry their guns openly, Fox News reports: "Haha we had one guy last week try to do it!" Tuason replied. "He got...
The saddest thing you will read today
Posted on February 16, 2010From the Orlando Sentinel: A Flagler Beach woman had too much to drink Friday afternoon and drove to the local jail where she requested a conjugal visit with a specific inmate, authorities said.
Principals don't own the Internet, federal judge rules
Posted on February 16, 2010In Florida, a young woman named Katie Evans has been given a green light to sue her former principal, who suspended Evans for creating a Facebook page to complain about a teacher. The suspension came two months after Evans took...
Independent bookstore finds unique way to ride out recession
Posted on February 15, 2010This story from the Chicago Sun-Times cracks me up: The local police would really like to shut down a pornographic bookstore that has a $30 orgy room in the back, but they've found absolutely no cause for doing so, even...
Former inmate is now a legal expert
Posted on February 15, 2010Nice story here from KETV about an Omaha man who did 10 years for robbery and, while he was incarcerated, helped an appeal that was accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court. His expertise, gained during hours of reading in the...
VIDEO: Scott Roeder interview from 1996
Posted on February 15, 2010Roeder talks here about his anti-government beliefs. (Hat Tip: Many thanks to Judy Thomas, who pointed this out.)
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on February 15, 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,...
The very definition of senseless
Posted on February 15, 2010Two robbery suspects died in Los Angeles after they allegedly stole gift baskets and money from a Valentine's Day gift stand and led police on a chase, which ended with both of them getting thrown from the vehicle and dying.
French arrest warrant issued for cyclist Floyd Landis
Posted on February 15, 2010Though Landis, who won the Tour de France in 2006 and was later stripped of the title, is only being sought for questioning by a judge. Authorities are investigating charges of computer hacking at a lab that tested Landis' samples....
Kan. legislator wants to undo law that she helped pass
Posted on February 15, 2010Last year, Kansas passed a law that said -- on most roadways -- drivers could only use the left-hand lane if they were passing another vehicle. Now, a state legislator from Hutchinson would like to reverse the law. Pauls said...
Heroin dealers try delivery service, customer-satisfaction surveys
Posted on February 15, 2010Heroin use is booming in cities where it used to be rare because a new breed of Mexican drug-dealers are acting more like entrepreneurs, the Los Angeles Times reports. These dealers will drive to a customer's house with the drugs,...
Nope, nothing suspicious here
Posted on February 15, 2010In separate incidents this weekend, police in Akron, Ohio, arrested teenagers pushing a stolen TV in a wheelbarrow and suspected thieves pushing a stolen safe in a laundry cart.
What's next in the Ryan Ferguson case?
Posted on February 15, 2010The Columbia Missourian has a little more about Ryan Ferguson, who was convicted of murdering a Columbia Tribune sports editor, Kent Heitholt, back in 2001. Ferguson and his family have been working to get him a new trial for years,...
Vegas cop's badge stops bullet
Posted on February 15, 2010It happened Saturday, when the officer was responding to an area where shots had been fired. He exchanged gunfire with a suspicious person, who got away. The officer suffered only minor injuries. It's not clear what kind of gun was...
Eddie Salazar, 8 months old, buried in Carthage
Posted on February 15, 2010From AP: Juanita Chirinos, paternal grandmother, cries on the casket of 8-month-old Eddie Salazar Jr. during graveside services Saturday afternoon, Feb. 13, 2010, at Park Cemetery in Carthage, Mo. (AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, T. Rob Brown)
No jail for Playboy model who slammed woman's face into toilet
Posted on February 15, 2010A former Playboy Model of the Year was found guilty of slamming another woman's head into a toilet 10 times, leaving the woman with serious injuries, but the model's sentence was suspended even though she showed up late for court...
Family, friends speak about young Mo. murder victim, suspect
Posted on February 15, 2010Keith King of KSHB has a piece here about the Elizabeth Olten homicide in Cole County, Mo. Another girl, 16-year-old Alyssa Bustamante, is accused of murdering Olten, 9, just to see what it felt like. King went back and interviewed...
Robberies on the rise in Lawrence?
Posted on February 15, 2010That's according to the Journal-World, which says there was a 20 percent increase in the number of robberies from 2007 and 2008 to 2009. The typical victim was a young man, under 25, between the hours of 11 p.m. and...
Ala. shooting suspect was questioned in bomb plot, police say
Posted on February 15, 2010Amy Bishop, who's accused of killing three colleagues Friday at the University of Alabama, was questioned back in 1993 when someone mailed two pipe bombs to a Harvard University professor, the Boston Globe reports. Her husband says they were cleared....
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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?
Probably depends on the law of the state in which you live. Many states allow fo...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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