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Ex-wife, ex-girlfriend team up and assault man, Fla. cops say
Posted on February 12, 2010Alcohol might have been a factor. As the new girlfriend told 911: "They're both drunk," the called told the 911 dispatcher. "Now she just grabbed his private areas. ... My boyfriend, ... they're beating him. He's trying to hold them...
Can a 6-year-old be guilty of sexual harassment?
Posted on February 12, 2010The boy, now 10, was accused of putting his fingers down a female classmate's underwear. After his parents filed suit, the school district in Massachusetts had to pay him a $160K settlement and $20K to his folks. That's not counting...
Man kills annoying house guest, gets reduced charge
Posted on February 12, 2010An Australian man has been sentenced to 10 years after he fatally stabbed a friend who moved into his living room and refused to pay rent or move out. The final straw came when the guest told his host that...
Exonerated man to get $7.5 million from Riley County
Posted on February 12, 2010The Journal-World has a great profile of Eddie Lowery, who spent 10 years in prison for a rape that he didn't commit. He's going to receive $7.5 million in a settlement from Riley County -- about $2,000 for every day...
UPDATE: Nurse on trial for reporting doctor
Posted on February 11, 2010This is the case where a Texas nurse filed an anonymous complaint about a doctor that she clashed with. The state board sided with her, but local authorities decided to prosecute for misusing official information, claiming that she was just...
Dad of dead Mo. baby pleads not guilty
Posted on February 11, 2010Eddie Salazar, whose 8-month-old baby turned up dead after a massive search, is pleading not guilty to a charge of filing a false report. The elder Salazar says masked men broke into his house and stole the baby, also named...
If you thought Drew Peterson seemed cartoonish ...
Posted on February 11, 2010then you need to check out "Division and Rush," an online comic strip that's featuring the case of one "Stu Peterman," an acquitted man who now gives classes on "how murderers get caught." Hat Tip: Thanks to Todd for pointing...
Murder victim's mother still hopes for justice
Posted on February 11, 2010Pamela Simpson says her family has been devastated since her 15-year-old son, Chuck, was shot and killed near 58th Terrace and Indiana. It's been five years since the slaying. ?It?s just a heck of a loss," Simpson says. "And I...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on February 11, 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,...
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Posted on February 11, 2010Teen uses ninja sword to save his pit bull from a mountain lion, Calif. authorities say.
Saudi religious cops crack down on Valentine's
Posted on February 11, 2010Not only is Valentine's Day banned in Saudi Arabia, the religious police are going after shopkeepers who sell anything that's red, heart-shaped or might otherwise alludes to the holiday. (I have this horrible mental image of Cupid getting 40 lashes.)...
Haitian judge says U.S. missionaries should be released
Posted on February 11, 2010The prosecution has the opportunity to pipe up, but the AP says that, at the end of the day, the judge still has the final say. So it looks like the 10 missionaries, who allegedly tried to take dozens of...
Quote of the day
Posted on February 11, 2010"We cannot microwave justice. We can't pop into the microwave and expect a result. It takes time. The due process of the law takes time." - Judge Stephen Carroll, who's overseeing the trial of Mark Becker in Shell Rock, Iowa....
Jackson County stops Marijuana-Mobile
Posted on February 11, 2010Yesterday morning, a Jackson County deputy reportedly stopped a man named Nathaniel F. Evans of Maine while he was traveling on Interstate 70 in Blue Springs. Not only did the deputy find marijuana, the sheriff's department alleges, the officer found...
Judge to see if Liberian boys can be tried for girl's rape
Posted on February 11, 2010It was one of the more hideous crimes that we wrote about last year: In Phoenix, a group of boys -- all Liberian refugees -- were accused of luring a 9-year-old girl, also a refugee, into a storage area, where...
Mother of the Year?
Posted on February 11, 2010A Cedar Rapids woman, age 60, is accused of running a prostitution ring that employed one of her daughters as a hooker.
KCPD warns about roofing scam
Posted on February 11, 2010At Chief Jim Corwin's blog, KCPD is warning the public about some roofing contractors trying to trick homeowners into paying for repairs they don't need. More here.
Why reschedule when you could make a bomb threat instead?
Posted on February 11, 2010In Cherokee County, Kan., a woman has pleaded guilty to placing a bomb threat against the local courthouse. She said she was trying to help a friend get out of a meeting with his probation officer.
Duo sold drugs near Lenexa elementary, feds allege
Posted on February 11, 2010The U.S. Attorney for Kansas says a Lenexa man, 37-year-old Lamont Drayton, and a Lawrence woman, 23-year-old Brittany Dorf, allegedly kept a house -- an apartment, actually -- to sell drugs within 1,000 feet of Rosehill Elementary. They allegedly dealt...
$1K reward offered in bald eagle's killing
Posted on February 11, 2010The dead eagle was found by a conservation agent in Shelby County, Mo. While bald eagles aren't on the list of endangered species, it's still illegal to kill them. (I couldn't help noticing -- $1,000 is the standard reward from...
UK man uses samurai sword to cut off robber's ear
Posted on February 11, 2010The robber and his accomplice had broken into the guy's home and threatened to rape his girlfriend and kill his kids. Prosecutors, naturally, thought he went "too far" by cutting off the robber's ear and brought charges against him. A...
Woman suffers disfiguring bikini wax, gets $15K
Posted on February 11, 2010You might be thinking: How could a bikini wax be THAT disfiguring? Read on ...
Did these security guards do the right thing?
Posted on February 11, 2010The AP has more about a case from Seattle, where security guards at a bus depot reportedly watched a teenage girl get beaten by a group of teens. The bus service and the security company are going to rework their...
Man destroys 29 flatscreens at Wal-Mart, Ga. cops says
Posted on February 11, 2010Using a baseball bat that he borrowed from the sporting goods department, the authorities say. They're still trying to puzzle out why he did it. I guess the thrill of smashing TV sets isn't motive enough? Hat Tip: Many thanks,...
Officers to get reprimands over Fort Hood massacre, report says
Posted on February 11, 2010Many of the six to eight officers being disciplined are from Walter Reed in Washington, D.C., where suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan had previously served, the Wall Street Journal says. The reprimands -- which "will effectively end their military careers," the...
Guilty plea in online gambling probe
Posted on February 11, 2010The feds have been looking into illegal online gambling for a while now in Kansas City. (It's been a bigger case in the St. Louis area.) There hasn't been much activity in court, though, aside from a judge throwing several...
KC robbery suspect shot multiple times
Posted on February 11, 2010It happened about 10:20 p.m near 97th Terrace and Locust Street. KCPD says the man -- who's suspected of robbing a Popeye's in south Kansas City -- pointed his gun at officers during a foot chase, which led officers to...
Prosecutor gets the giggles in court
Posted on February 11, 2010While reading a suspect's statement about beating a dog into unconsciousness after the animal went to the bathroom in an elevator. The DA's office says the lawyer wasn't laughing at the beating, but at the suspect's description of the "mess."...
Who killed Chuck Simpson?
Posted on February 11, 2010It's been five years since Charles Simpson, 15, was shot and killed near 59th and Indiana, just as he was bringing home a grade card that he had been showing off at Operation Breakthrough. He made it as far as...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on February 10, 2010We usually don't cover fires, but one of our readers asked to note the case of Brooke Jacobson, the 5-year-old daughter of a Leavenworth firefigher. Brooke died in a fire over the weekend, and there's now a memorial fund in...
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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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