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Children, ages 2 to 11, attack abusive boyfriend

Posted on February 15, 2010
From the Commercial Appeal, second item: The children, ages 2 to 11, armed themselves with a screwdriver, metal crutch and brooms to defend the woman, who stabbed Cedric Threat in the December attack, according to a Memphis police report. The...

Local man pretended to have Purple Heart, feds allege

Posted on February 15, 2010
Lee Kavanaugh has a follow-up on the case of Timothy Watkins, a local man facing federal charges because he allegedly pretended to have received the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for service in Grenada. His neighobr at the time,...

Something awful happened at Chuck E. Cheese

Posted on February 15, 2010
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal: It all started when a woman asked Juaneka Key, 18, how long she planned to be at the vending machine. Key said she "was going to take her time" and they began arguing, according to...

2 injured in Calif. church shooting

Posted on February 15, 2010
Two teenagers, ages 14 and 19, were shot and injured during an afternoon church service in Richmond, Calif., police say. The suspects are three men in hooded sweatshirts. The authorities doubt it's gang-related, but they do think the victims were...

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Couple robbed outside Mission apartment complex

Posted on February 15, 2010
Mission police say that four guys robbed a couple outside an apartment building in the 5100 block of Foxbridge about 9:15 last night. They also allegedly tried to kidnap the woman, but weren't able. The male victim was hit with...

1 shot dead in KCK's 1700 block of Richmond

Posted on February 15, 2010
From KCKPD: On Sunday, February 14, 2010 at about 1930 hours, the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department responded to the 1700 Block of Richmond Avenue on a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers located a Hispanic male, possibly in his 20?s,...

Convicted rapist sues over prison rape

Posted on February 15, 2010
Brian Street, who's serving 30 years for repeatedly raping his stepdaughter, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that prison officials deliberately put an inmate in his cell to rape him. Street claims he was raped 10 times and claims the...

Feds want to track cellphones without warrants, probable cause

Posted on February 13, 2010
The Justice Department is arguing in federal court that it shouldn't have to get a search warrant or show probable cause to get customer records from cellphone companies so they can track suspects. They say they don't want to listen...

College student detained over Arabic flash cards

Posted on February 13, 2010
A college student from California is suing the TSA, the FBI and Philadelphia police because he was detained and questioned for five hours while trying to fly across country. Why was he singled out? Because he was carrying a set...

Mireles guilty in Kan. college student's murder

Posted on February 13, 2010
It took the jury about 75 minutes to find Israel Mireles guilty of murdering Emily Sander in 2007 in Butler County, Kan. Mireles can't be sentenced to death -- that was the price that authorities had to pay to get...

Ala. prof accused of killing 3 colleagues

Posted on February 13, 2010
From AP: A biology professor at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus was charged with murder late Friday in the shooting deaths of three fellow biology professors at the campus. Authorities say Amy Bishop, an instructor and researcher at the...

911 dispatcher helps save child -- his own son

Posted on February 13, 2010
KCPQ-TV in Washington state has an amazing story about a trainee 911 dispatcher who, during the last stages of his training, took a call about a choking baby. The man calmly helped the woman, and emergency personnel were able to...

Baby murdered by man with medieval ax, Vegas cops say

Posted on February 13, 2010
What an awful story. Las Vegas police say they arrested a man who allegedly stabbed his sister-in-law 20 times with the point of an ax, then ran outside where he attacked a woman pushing a 4-month-old in a stroller. The...

Ohio monks try to redeem motel known for hookers

Posted on February 13, 2010
They're going to offer outreach services and inexpensive housing, the AP reports. It sounds like a missionary project.

Worst. Excuse. Ever.

Posted on February 13, 2010
A Pennsylvania woman was charged after she allegedly lied about getting hit by a car. (Fun Fact: If you tell police that a car smacked into your leg, they might actually want to check on your leg.) She says she...

Open Thread ... Weekend Edition

Posted on February 13, 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,...

"Same old song / just a drop of water in an endless sea"

Posted on February 13, 2010

1 shot dead at 13th and Olive

Posted on February 13, 2010
From Meredith Rodriguez: A man was shot to death this evening east of downtown. Around 7 p.m., Kansas City police arrived at 13th and Olive streets on a shooting call. They found the victim lying dead in the intersection, said...

Suspect in Ala. campus shootings involved in brother's death

Posted on February 13, 2010
Amy Bishop -- the Alabama professor accused of killing three colleagues -- shot and killed her brother in 1986 at their home outside Boston. Three shots were fired during the incident, which was ruled an accident. Since Friday's shooting, there's...

Coroner says Amish man's fatal wreck was homicide

Posted on February 13, 2010
In Moberly, Mo., the county coroner has ruled that an Amish man who was killed in a crash last month was the victim of a homicide. From the AP's report: Randolph County Coroner Gerald Luntsford's report noted that the cart...

Victim's family still waiting for killer's execution

Posted on February 12, 2010
The Highland (Ill.) News Leader has a story about Jill Frey, a teacher who worked with handicapped children and was murdered 20 years ago this month in St. Charles, Mo. Her killer has been convicted, but he was able to...

Israel Mireles testifies in Emily Sander murder trial

Posted on February 12, 2010
Mireles is accused of killing college student Emily Sander in Butler County, and Kansas AG Steve Six is serving as the prosecutor, the Wichita Eagle reports. Closing statements should start this afternoon. The defense has argued that a second man...

Frozen woman left outside hospital died from OD

Posted on February 12, 2010
From Joe Lambe: A woman whose frozen body was found in her car outside Shawnee Mission Medical Center died of a heroin overdose, police said. Angela Hook, 40, of Kansas City, Kan., was found decomposed in the back seat of...

Gladstone woman shot, roommate taken into custody

Posted on February 12, 2010
From Don Bradley: A 32-year-old woman was shot twice this morning in Gladstone and another woman, her roommate, is in custody. Police responded shortly after 9 a.m. to a house in the 2200 block of N.E. 77th Street on a...

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

Posted on February 12, 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,...

Muslim groups oppose use of airport scanners

Posted on February 12, 2010
Specifically, several Muslim-American groups say they dislike the scanners that show bodies in such detail that it almost looks like the person being scanned is naked. It's possible that Muslims who refuse these scans could be patted down by security...

KCK names person killed in police shooting

Posted on February 12, 2010
From KCK PD: The suspect who died at the scene of the shooting investigation on Thursday, February 11, 2010 in the 1000 Block of Parallel Parkway has been identified. Anthony D. Clemons, black male, DOB 03-11-1991, was a Kansas City,...

Iowa boy, 12, charged in stepdad's murder

Posted on February 12, 2010
In Chariton, Iowa, a 12-year-old boy is now facing a first-degree murder charge after he shot and killed his stepfather at their home Wednesday. The boy is also accused of shooting his 5-year-old half-sister in the leg. (AP Photo/The Des...

Mentally disabled woman brutally killed in Pa.

Posted on February 12, 2010
Six people have been charged in the death of Jennifer Daugherty, a 30-year-old Pennsylvania woman whose mind operated on the level of a 12- or 14-year-old, police say. The AP's description tells just how awful her death must have been....

There IS such a thing as bad publicity

Posted on February 12, 2010
A young Swedish woman is accused of posting photos of her ex-boyfriend's genitals in his neighborhood, after he refused to take her back. The scorned teen also scrawled her 24-year-old ex-boyfriend's name and phone number on the pictures, along with....

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