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Matches + bag of dog poop = arson charges
Posted on February 09, 2010The Denver Post reports on a true battle of wills ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Cronk!
Charges in Mo. baby's death could be two weeks out
Posted on February 09, 2010In Jasper County, Mo., the prosecutor says he's waiting for the final results of Eddie Salazar's autopsy before filing charges in the 8-month-old's homicide. Salazar, the subject of an Amber Alert last week, was reportedly found in a river east...
Beaten for burping?
Posted on February 09, 2010In Roanoke, Va., a college student has sued sheriff's deputies who allegedly beat him because they were sick of the guy's burping. (Which he blames on acid reflux.) Hat Tip: Saw this via the Obscure Store!
UPDATE: Donation jar stolen from Liberty restaurant
Posted on February 09, 2010From Brian Burnes: Liberty police have identified two suspects in the theft of Haitian earthquake donations stolen last month from an area restaurant. An arrest warrant has been issued for Scott D. Case and Jessica B. McGannon, authorities said. Police...
Vacuum cleaner "fell out of the sky," victims tell police
Posted on February 09, 2010I know we've had some rough weather this winter, but if it starts raining vacuum cleaners, I officially give up. Story is from Lincoln, Neb. Nobody's sure where the vacuum came from.
Holding adults responsible if kids ride without helmets
Posted on February 09, 2010A new bill in Kansas would ticket the owner of a motorcycle or motorized bike if that person let someone under age 18 ride the vehicle without a helmet. There's already a law requiring helmets, but it puts the kid...
Aussie couple refuse to stop having public sex, despite police request
Posted on February 09, 2010Just another day at a gas station in Australia ... The attendant called the police, who arrived and asked the couple to stop. They did not, and Spratt was not arrested until 27 minutes later.
Man beaten unconscious after dancing with strippers, suit claims
Posted on February 09, 2010A man from Muncie, Ind., is suing a local strip club because a bouncer allegedly beat him unconscious after the man "participated in a dancer's performance," the Indianapolis Star reports. The man says he was counting 40 $1 bills, which...
KC man pleads guilty to terror threat
Posted on February 09, 2010In Pettis County, Mo., Michael Frederick has pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat -- specifically, he showed up during a school fund-raiser in November and told officials that escaped convicts were coming to kidnap students. (There weren't.) Frederick, 19,...
30 years later, teacher gets 1 week in jail for molestation
Posted on February 09, 2010In Kentucky, a former teacher has been sentenced to a week in jail, followed by 90 days of house arrest, for molesting two students about 30 years ago. The teacher was offered a reduced sentenced for testifying against another educator,...
New twist in Mo. journalist's murder
Posted on February 09, 2010In 2001, a man named Kent Heitholt, a sports editor for the Columbia Daily Tribune, was robbed and murdered outside the newspaper's offices. Two young men, Chuck Erickson and Ryan Ferguson, were eventually arrested and convicted. (Ferguson is pictured to...
Teen pulls a "Blues Brother" at his high school, police say
Posted on February 09, 2010Near Seattle, a 17-year-old boy is accused of driving a car through the doors of his high school and driving 75 yards down a hallway, where he crashed into a security office. (To be fair, Jake and Elwood were able...
Scott Roeder still talking ... and talking ... and talking
Posted on February 09, 2010An anti-abortion activist has interviewed Scott Roeder and posted audio of their talk on YouTube. It's more of what you expect: No sympathy for the Tiller family, I didn't get a fair trial, etc. Judy Thomas listened to it so...
Did Stacy Peterson try to blackmail Drew?
Posted on February 09, 2010From the Chicago Tribune: Shortly before she vanished in October 2007, Stacy Peterson told a divorce attorney that she thought her husband was mad at her because he believed she told his son he had killed his ex-wife, the attorney...
This sounds like a job for "CSI"
Posted on February 09, 2010In Mesa, Ariz., police didn't have to work too hard to catch the guys who robbed a pizza delivery guy: They just followed the trail of pizza sauce and chicken wings to a nearby apartment. It also helped that one...
Quit shoveling snow on my car, or I'll shoot you
Posted on February 09, 2010I don't know why people are always bad-mouthing guns, because as you can see here, they're wonderful for solving everyday problems.
KCPD opens new garage to process evidence in cars
Posted on February 09, 2010This morning, KCPD is going to hold a dedication ceremony for its "vehicle processing facility" at the city's new impound lot. Basically, it's a building set up especially so police can examine cars that are part of crimes and get...
Dressed for the opposite of success
Posted on February 09, 2010From the Arizona Republic: The incident began about 10:20 p.m. when neighbor called police to report a suspicious man hiding in a ditch behind a vacant home near Broadway Road and Mesa Drive, police said. When an officer approached the...
Open Thread ... Monday
Posted on February 08, 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,...
Michael Jackson's doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter
Posted on February 08, 2010Dr. Conrad Murray's lawyer says his client will plead not guilty. If he's found guilty, he could be sentenced to four years.
Teacher forced teen to touch her chest, Fla. cops say
Posted on February 08, 2010She's also accused of fondling his buttocks.
How "The Dating Game" figures into a murder trial
Posted on February 08, 2010In Santa Ana, Calif., a man named Rodney Alcala, 66, is on trial for the 1979 slaying of a 12-year-old girl. (He's also suspected of a handful of other murders.) Alcala, who has an IQ near 160 or 170 and...
As seen on TV
Posted on February 08, 2010Tony Rizzo has an interesting story about a KCPD officer making a shot that you usually only see on TV: This kind of dangerous confrontation often ends badly. But on Saturday, when Kansas City police confronted a suicidal, knife-wielding woman,...
Dad abused girl because she didn't say her ABCs, cops say
Posted on February 08, 2010A few outlets have said he basically tried to "waterboard" the little girl. From the News Tribune of Tacoma: Tabor spoke to a Yelm police officer and said that he and his girlfriend had ?held her down on the counter...
Man tried to buy crack with credit card, Mich. cops say
Posted on February 08, 2010Things did not go well.
Some "bikini baristas" go the extra mile for tip money
Posted on February 08, 2010In Washington state, several communities have tried to regulate a growing trend there: Drive-through coffee shops where the baristas work in bikinis. In Everett, police say they caught five baristas who would "put on erotic shows" and let customers touch...
Man says he was sodomized outside KC club
Posted on February 08, 2010From Tony Rizzo: A 35-year-old Kansas City man told police Saturday that he was sexually assaulted by another man outside a midtown nightclub. The alleged victim told officers that he was waiting for a cab outside a bar at 39th...
Booze thief tries to hide in police station, Wyo. cops say
Posted on February 08, 2010At some point, he figured out where he was and tried to run, but it was too late, officers state.
Nurse faces criminal charge for reporting doctor
Posted on February 08, 2010In Kermit, Texas, a nurse is charged with misusing official information, a third-degree felony, after she and a colleague wrote an anonymous letter to the state medical board, complaining about a doctor. State investigators found several violations involving the doctor...
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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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