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By James Hart
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Charges filed in homicide outside downtown KC club
Posted on March 30, 2011From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors have accused Kendrick D. Anderson of participating in the shooting death of a man who had talked to Anderson?s girlfriend outside a downtown club March 20. Prosecutors charged Anderson, 21, of Kansas City, with...
Metal thieves target some of KC's best-known fountains
Posted on March 30, 2011Just in time for Fountain Day, no less! Here's what Lynn Horsley wrote: As Kansas City parks officials prepare for a new fountain season, they?re dealing with theft and damage to two of the city?s most prominent fountains. Thieves have...
Olathe police fatally shoot armed man who had attacked older man
Posted on March 30, 2011Last night, Olathe police fatally shot an armed man while responding to a disturbance in the 400 block of North Logan. That man had been assaulting an older man, who suffered life-threatening injuries as a result. The officer is on...
Independence police involved in gunfight along I-70
Posted on March 30, 2011From The Star: An Independence police officer pulled over a vehicle this afternoon (Tuesday) that possibly had been used in a bank robbery and ended up in a gunfight with the person driving the car, police say. The officer was...
The saddest thing you're going to read today
Posted on March 30, 2011Sexual-crime suspect, age 13, says he had sex with a 7-year-old relative because other kids were bullying him about being a virgin.
Dale Helmig: Winning
Posted on March 30, 2011Dale Helmig, who spent 14 years in prison for the murder of his mother, keeps winning legal battles. The latest? The Missouri Courts of Appeals says a judge was right to release Helmig because his trial was horribly flawed. Prosecutors...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on March 30, 2011Doctors remove mummified fetus from woman who complained of stomach pains for years.
Judge insists she was joking about Willie Nelson plea deal
Posted on March 30, 2011The Texas judge says Willie doesn't actually have to appear in court and sing "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" to get a plea deal on his marijuana possession rap.
Open Thread, Weekend Edition
Posted on March 19, 2011Welcome 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,...
Mom tearfully admits abusing boy found in attic
Posted on March 19, 2011The Star's Joe Lambe updates the sad case of the child who authorities say was 24 hours from death when rescued. His mother pleaded guilty today.
The judge isn't smiling
Posted on March 18, 2011The Lawrence Journal-World has this about a man who showed up drunk for sentencing on his third DUI.
Unicyclist makes a $3 million federal case out of petty crime
Posted on March 18, 2011Circus performer Kyle Peterson got two tickets in Brooklyn for violating an ordinance against riding a ?two- or three-wheeled device? on sidewalks. But he was on only one wheel, his unicycle. The tickets were dismissed, but Peterson is suing for...
Friday's Open Thread
Posted on March 18, 2011Welcome 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,...
Not so great escape
Posted on March 17, 2011When gang bangers came looking for a Wichita man, he stole their car to get away, but left his two female friends behind. The Eagle explains what happened next.
Flying under the influence
Posted on March 17, 2011The feds, and rightly so, tend to frown on this sort of thing.
Don't get mad
Posted on March 17, 2011These English ladies got even with the cad who lied his way into their hearts.
Going...Going...
Posted on March 17, 2011To trial on Monday. And just in time to taint the jury pool, Barry Bonds' messages to his mistress get released.
Hobson finally free
Posted on March 17, 2011The woman behind an infamous Johnson County murder case has been paroled. The victim, her 13-year-old stepson, was forced to dig his own grave before he was shot to death.
Thursday's Open Thread
Posted on March 17, 2011Welcome 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,...
Sounds like a bad movie plot
Posted on March 16, 2011But for many, this "Midnight Crew" was all too real.
Hit and run update
Posted on March 16, 2011Kansas City police say a suspect turned himself in this afternoon and police said that the little 3-year-old boy injured yesterday has died.
The ice cream molester
Posted on March 16, 2011More than a dozen children were drugged and abused by this Kansas City man.
Tax trouble
Posted on March 16, 2011Trouble paying them, that is, for one Kansas City, Kan., lawyer.
Perversion knows no borders
Posted on March 16, 2011An international police operation has uncovered what could be the largest case of its kind ever seen. At one time, more than 70,000 people subscribed to a Netherlands-based online network that promoted pedophilia, police say.
Gotcha
Posted on March 16, 2011Police in Los Angeles have finally caught up with the con man and murder suspect who once claimed to be a Rockefeller.
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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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