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The road less traveled might kill you
Posted on August 04, 2010More people tend to die on rural highways than ones near cities, USA Today reports. Which conflicts with the attitude held by most drivers, who tend to view rural roads as safer. The article cites a study from the University...
More Mexicans seek bulletproof cars
Posted on August 04, 2010NPR has a story showing how cartel violence is affecting life in Mexico: There's been a big interest in adding bulletproof shielding to cars there, providing a financial boost to companies who do that kind of work.
N.C. man takes stapler gun to his brother's chin, police say
Posted on August 04, 2010Could have been worse: He could have used the hole punch. Luckily, everything turned out OK. Police say their dad got his 12-gauge and fired off a warning shot.
Report: $11 million lost in St. Louis heist
Posted on August 04, 2010The loss in Monday's armored-van robbery in St. Louis could be as high as $11 million, the Post-Dispatch reports. They'd been saying the figure was probably in the millions, but that's still a shocking number. Yesterday, police stopped a car...
Flying donkey rescued by British tabloid
Posted on August 04, 2010Just a quick update on that donkey that was forced to go parasailing as a marketing stunt in Russia recently. I would love to be a fly on the wall when that expense report goes through. Hat Tip: Many thanks,...
Dementia patients coated in ointment, workers charged
Posted on August 04, 2010Four employees at a California nursing home were charged after they allegedly coated four dementia patients with ointment, covering them from head to toe, as a prank on the workers in the next shift. (Coating someone in ointment makes them...
Dog tossed from moving car after eating man's chicken, police say
Posted on August 04, 2010A Georgia man is accused of throwing his dog from a moving car after the animal ate his chicken, the Daily Citizen of Dalton reports. The authorities looked, but could never find the dog. Here's hoping he's still out there,...
Man arrested in Lawrence shooting that injured 8 people
Posted on August 04, 2010From Bob Cronkleton: Police have arrested a 28-year-old man for a shooting that injured eight people at a Lawrence apartment complex. Police arrested the man without incident about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday while serving a search warrant at a residence in...
Meanwhile, in Wisconsin ...
Posted on August 04, 2010Terrible things keep happening in Wisconsin city parks. Yesterday, we had a post about a brandy-consuming gentleman who was accused of scaring children -- he was pretty sure they were robots. Today? The Capital Times has another tale of alcohol-fueled...
And the Oscar goes to ...
Posted on August 04, 2010People do some funny things to get out of traffic stops, but this story, from Tennessee, is the first one I've seen where someone tried to fake an epileptic seizure. The performance was good enough to demand a call to...
Workplace shooter makes one last call to his mother
Posted on August 04, 2010There's a lot of coverage of yesterday's workplace shooting near Manchester, Conn., but this paragraph from the AP's main take jumped out at me: After shooting his co-workers, Thornton called his mother, who tried for 10 minutes to talk him...
If there was ever a good excuse for robbing banks ...
Posted on August 04, 2010In Minneapolis, a judge has sentenced Tim Carson -- a SWAT officer who was accused of robbing banks -- to eight years in federal prison. The story was big news in the Twin Cities because it was shocking to hear...
Westboro Baptist funeral case heads to Supreme Court on Oct. 6
Posted on August 04, 2010The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over Westboro Baptist Church's funeral picketing on Oct. 6, the Cap-Journal reports. The church -- notorious for protesting everything from soldiers' funerals to Lady Gaga -- was sued after it protested outside a...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on August 04, 2010Dog saves owner's life by eating the man's big toe after he passed out from drinking too many margaritas.
Taxi Cab Aggressions
Posted on August 04, 2010In Athens, Ga., a cabbie dropped a girl at her mother's house only to learn that Mom only had $4 to pay off the $15 charge, the Journal-Constitution reports. The cabbie said, that's fine, no big deal. Which is when...
Parrot killed for interrupting NASCAR
Posted on August 04, 2010A New Jersey man is getting probation after he reportedly used a pellet gun to kill his family's parrot, which kept squawking during the NASCAR race on television.
Wednesday's Open Thread
Posted on August 04, 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,...
Driver bumped road worker in OP
Posted on August 04, 2010Overland Park is looking for a driver who bumped a road worker Monday near College and Switzer, KMBC reports. The worker says the car bumped her twice and the driver appeared to be angry about road construction there. The car...
One tough mother gets 3 years for egging daughter into fight
Posted on August 04, 2010A woman from Quincy, Ill., has been sentenced to three years after she was caught on video egging her teenage daughter into a fight with another girl, the Herald-Whig reports. Mom -- who was on probation and had a bit...
MISSING: Virginia Wempe
Posted on August 04, 2010UPDATED: She's been found, and she's OK. PREVIOUSLY: Sorry for the delay, just saw this one in my email inbox. It was issued shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday. From KCPD: Police are seeking help in locating a missing, possibly endangered,...
Now, THAT is a lovely mugshot
Posted on August 03, 2010An Ohio woman is accused of calling 911 to get a date and, once police showed up to arrest her, urinating in the hallway outside her apartment.
Albuquerque mass murders tied to Joplin?
Posted on August 03, 2010Since 2009, Albuquerque police have been investigating the murder of several women, whose bodies were found buried in the desert. And now, the investigation has led them to Joplin, Mo. The Globe reports that FBI agents and Albuquerque police have...
3 months for man who vomited on girl
Posted on August 02, 2010Remember Matthew Clemmens? He's the New Jersey man who deliberately vomited on a 12-year-old girl at a Phillies game earlier this year. He's been sentenced to jail for up to three months.
Calif. teen chained to kitchen table, police allege
Posted on August 02, 2010A Sacramento man and his wife were arrested after his son was allegedly chained to their kitchen table for two days as punishment, the police tells the Sacramento Bee.
Millions of dollars stolen in St. Louis armored-van heist
Posted on August 02, 2010UPDATED: The P-D has a little more information, including a photo of the van. Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team secure an armored van on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 in St. Louis. Four armed bandits clad from head to...
Drunk urinates on tree, scares children at park, Wis. cops say
Posted on August 02, 2010In Madison, Wis., police arrested an allegedly intoxicated man who was approaching children in the park and "yelling about the 'boogie man' and 'scary movies,'" the Capital Times reports. Officers say the man had urinated on a tree and was...
Oversize slingshot, rock kill boy, 12
Posted on August 02, 2010Awful news from Minnesota, where the boy and a friend used a swingset and some pieces of elastic tubing to build an improvised slingshot. Naturally, they used it to fire rocks. One of them, a 6-pounder, came straight down and...
Monday's Open Thread
Posted on August 02, 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,...
Iowan fights 'hippie tunes' with air horn
Posted on August 02, 2010In Waterloo, Iowa, a 62-year-old man was arrested after he set up an air horn -- audible from five blocks away -- to drown out the sounds of his neighbor's "hippie music," the local paper reports. "I just blasted the...
I hear there's going to be a big bust
Posted on August 02, 2010Boston authorities aren't sure if it's a crime for people to take photographs of strangers' cleavage. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Rhonda!
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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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