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KCK investigates burned body
Posted on August 07, 2010The remains belong to a man who was found about 12:30 p.m. Friday in the 5500 block of Kaw Drive. The victim's name hasn't been released yet, and it doesn't sound like they've actually figured out who he is yet....
Friday's Open Thread
Posted on August 06, 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,...
Life without parole for slaying outside KC strip club
Posted on August 06, 2010From Tony Rizzo: A St. Louis-area man was sentenced this morning to life in prison without parole for the killing of two men outside a Kansas City strip club. Deonta R. Taylor, 32, of Florissant, Mo., was sentenced in Jackson...
Man arrested for saying he understood shooter's mindset, cops allege
Posted on August 06, 2010In Connecticut, a man was arrested after he allegedly said that he understood the mindset of the workplace shooter from earlier this week. He's been charged with breach of peace, a misdemeanor. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV...
8 cited in Lee's Summit booze sting
Posted on August 06, 2010Lee's Summit operated a sting Wednesday where they used an "underage decoy" to see if businesses would alcohol to young people. They tested 34 places and cited eight. From the police release: Citations were issued to business clerks at stores...
DUI checkpoint next weekend in Merriam
Posted on August 06, 2010It'll be next Saturday, Aug. 14, a joint operation of Merriam PD and the sheriff's office.
Serial killer targets black men in Michigan, police say
Posted on August 06, 2010In Flint, Mich., police believe a serial killer is targeting black men, according to news reports there. Since May, 15 men have been stabbed, and five of those victims have died. They have all been black, adult and are vulnerable...
Local boy, 11, accused of murder
Posted on August 06, 2010From Don Bradley: An 11-year old Independence boy has been charged in Jackson County Juvenile Court with second-degree murder. Authorities say the youth shot David Paul Champ, who later died. The shooting occurred at the man?s home in the 1000...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on August 06, 2010In Oregon, a county official is apologizing after health inspectors shut down a 7-year-old girl's lemonade stand because she didn't have a license.
Kansas gets new U.S. attorney
Posted on August 06, 2010The U.S. Senate has confirmed Barry Grissom as the new U.S. attorney for Kansas. He'll be sworn in this month.
Olathe homicide victim identified
Posted on August 06, 2010Olathe police have released the name of a woman killed yesterday in the 400 block of East Spruce: Tiffani L. Hayes, 28.
How Toyota's recalls helped free a man
Posted on August 06, 2010A Minnesota man, Koua Fong Lee, went to prison after he was convicted in a triple-fatality crash from 2006, when his Toyota Camry inexplicably sped up and crashed into another vehicle. Nobody believed him at the time, not even his...
'Dead' Mexican baby wakes up in coffin
Posted on August 06, 2010The authorities plan to have a frank discussion with the doctor who pronounced the child dead.
Man charged after claiming OP cop stole $1,000 from him
Posted on August 06, 2010In Overland Park, prosecutors have charged a man who claimed a police officer stole $1,000 from the man when he was arrested, Chief John Douglass' blog reports. The department's internal-affairs unit looked into the matter and determined the accusation was...
Elvis impersonator, street mime embroiled in legal warfare
Posted on August 06, 2010They both wanted to perform on the same street corner in Provincetown, Mass., and things sort of spiraled out of control from there, the Boston Globe reports.
Woman contests wet T-shirt arrest
Posted on August 06, 2010A Florida woman plans to sue police after she was arrested for refusing to provide her name. Officers had been called to a "splash park" for children because the woman, who was playing with her child, had gotten her T-shirt...
Should Ryan Ferguson get a new trial?
Posted on August 06, 2010The Columbia Tribune has a report about the Ryan Ferguson case, which went before the Missouri Court of Appeals yesterday in Kansas City. Ferguson is serving 40 years for the murder of Columbia journalist Kent Heitholt, and Ferguson's attorney is...
Mo. women accused of unsolved murder
Posted on August 06, 2010Two women from Joplin have been charged in a 10-year-old unsolved murder from Sedgwick County, Kan. -- Park City, to be exact, one of Wichita's suburbs. The victim, 37-year-old Todd M. Stover, was found dead along a rural road in...
College student didn't know he was being sexually abused, Iowa cops say
Posted on August 06, 2010A Drake University student is accused of sexually abusing a fraternity brother -- who didn't realize the abuse was taking place until he saw photos on the accused man's computer, the Des Moines Register reports. The story quotes a police...
Md. man used semen-filled bottle to squirt people, police allege
Posted on August 06, 2010In Gaithersburg, Md., a man is accused of using a bottle full of semen to squirt unsuspecting victims at a couple of local stores. There is a mugshot, and he looks strangely pleased with himself. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE...
The good news is we found your stolen pickup ...
Posted on August 06, 2010A train hit a stolen truck in Lee's Summit yesterday, severely injuring the man behind the wheel, Glenn Rice reports. The man is expected to survive. Amazingly enough, the same train hit another truck a short time later near Warrensburg.
Workplace shooter's dying wish? That he had killed more people
Posted on August 06, 2010I didn't think it was possible for Omar Thornton to be a bigger sack of crap. How wrong I was ... (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
$150K reward in St. Louis heist
Posted on August 06, 2010ATM Solutions, the company hit in this week's big robbery, is offering a $150,000 reward for anyone who helps catch the gunmen responsible for the heist. Authorities are saying reports that $11 million was stolen are incorrect. Police arrested a...
Leavenworth mom guilty in boy's death
Posted on August 06, 2010KSHB reports that Monica Rivera -- whose son, Gabriel, was killed last October -- has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. Her boyfriend, Jason Jones, had already pleaded guilty to the murder, but Rivera was in trouble...
Woman fatally shot in Olathe
Posted on August 06, 2010Olathe police have found Terry Hayes, 39, a man being sought for questioning after a woman was found slain Thursday in the 400 block of East Spruce. Joe Lambe has more details about the case here. The woman's name hasn't...
Hair salon loses $37K in embezzlement
Posted on August 06, 2010From The Star: A woman pleaded no contest today to charges that she stole more than $37,000 from a hair salon in Leavenworth. Stacy Taggs, 39, was an employee at Designing Women Hair Salon in charge of the financial logs....
Robber who threatened kids gets life sentence ... and then some
Posted on August 06, 2010A St. Louis man, convicted of several robberies, has been given three life sentences plus 164 years, the Post-Dispatch reports. In two of the robberies, he pointed a gun at the head of a child and threatened to pull the...
'They say that the blood he drank was so he could evade law enforcement'
Posted on August 04, 2010Florida police are investigating a fatal stabbing where, according to a witness, the suspect drank the victim's blood, thinking it would somehow "protect" him from the police.
FAIL to the Bus Driver Man
Posted on August 04, 2010From the Sun-Times: As a school bus traveled down a Kankakee County road last December, its driver allegedly opened the door of the moving bus to vomit and then fell out, while the driver-less bus carrying school children continued on...
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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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