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Why religion isn't always a great conversation topic

Posted on June 19, 2009
An Iowa City man allegedly used a knife to threaten a man, though the suspect insists he was just trying to save the man's soul, police say. The outburst apparently started after he "asked the victim, who was not identified,...

Do you recognize these guys?

Posted on June 19, 2009
Overland Park has released four suspect sketches from a stun-gun mugging Tuesday near 74th and Beverly. (The one where the teen perp tripped, fell and ran off without his loot.) He was a white kid, about 15 to 17 years...

JoCo man gets 15 years for firing into Platte County apartment

Posted on June 19, 2009
Prosecutors say Dewey Dixon, 32, is a member of the Juggalo Rydas, which police are classifying as a street gang. He reportedly fired into the apartment as retaliation last September -- only it was the wrong apartment. It doesn't sound...

Update on the Phelps-Roper flag desecration case

Posted on June 19, 2009
Shirley Phelps-Roper, a member of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, is on trial in Papillion, Neb., on a charge of flag desecration. Authorities allege that Phelps-Roper let her son stand on the flag during a 2007 funeral protest, and they...

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Veteran faked paralysis to avoid Iraq, get disability, authorities allege

Posted on June 19, 2009
The defendant is from Illinois, but was stationed at Fort Riley. Prosecutors accuse of pretending to be paralyzed after a car wreck.

Lawrence teen accused of stealing Bible, vodka

Posted on June 19, 2009
The 18-year-old allegedly took the items, along with an iPod, DVD player and a total of $3K in other stolen goods, from a series of homes and cars.

Wichita's abortion opponents say they're getting death threats, too

Posted on June 19, 2009
The Eagle says some of the threats are tied to a planned anti-abortion events this weekend in Wichita, including a prayer vigil near the Tiller clinic. Operation Rescue says it's received several threats over the years, but notes there have...

D.C. man ticketed for flashing headlights near traffic stop

Posted on June 19, 2009
Great story here about a D.C. lawyer who was ticketed after he flashed his headlights once near an area where police were stopping speeders. (The lawyer was actually "thanking" another car that had warned him.) The police officer said the...

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Posted on June 19, 2009
Starting tomorrow, it's legal to buy fireworks again in Riverside. That's why Riverside Fire will be giving firework safety lessons between 4 and 8 p.m. at the city barbecue in E.H. Young Park. (The lessons will be offered every 30...

World's Worst Neighbor?

Posted on June 19, 2009
A firefighter from Massachusetts has been arrested on charges that he allegedly harassed his neighbors. He's accused of some rather unusual behavior, such as taking photos of the neighbor's kids and threatening to put the pictures on kiddie-porn Web sites...

"I don't have a profession, I kill people for money"

Posted on June 19, 2009
In Detroit, a man named Vincent Smothers is accused of killing eight people for money over the space of two years. Police say they have a confession from Smothers, but his defense team is trying to get that thrown out,...

MO women fatally beat man who made a pass at them, police say

Posted on June 18, 2009
The victim, 26-year-old Willard Payne, had reportedly invited the women to smoke pot with him at a St. Louis park. When he hit on one woman, then the other, the two girlfriends started beating him, authorities allege. They reportedly chased...

Strip-club electrician secretly taped dancers, customers having sex

Posted on June 18, 2009
For seven years. (The taping went on for seven years, I mean.) He's been called in the prosecution's case against the Naked Harem strip club of El Paso, Texas. The electrician says he installed the motion-activated camera simply because he...

KC shooting victim, 15, declared brain dead

Posted on June 18, 2009
D?Shawn Clayton was fatally injured during an incident Tuesday night at 42nd and Park, where some teenagers were hanging out in a basement. David L. Smith, 17, allegedly fired his gun at Clayton, striking him in the head. Smith --...

NJ dad tries to bring son, 9, home from Brazil

Posted on June 18, 2009
You've probably heard the story of Sean Goldman. His mother took him to her homeland of Brazil when he was 4 for a two-week vacation -- only they never came back. She wrote her husband, back home in New Jersey,...

World's Most Pathetic Thief steals from college's tampon machines

Posted on June 18, 2009
Michigan State authorities believe the responsible party has made off with $7.50 from six machines.

How to make things easy for the police

Posted on June 18, 2009
From The AP: This June 17, 2009 photo provided by the Peekskill Police Department shows Eduardo Lazcano of Ossening, N.Y. Lazcano, 21, who was easily identified by police who arrested and charged him with burglary and grand larceny after a...

Robber holds up c-store by threatening clerk with HIV, PA cops say

Posted on June 18, 2009
It's not clear if the bad guy, who was armed with a syringe, actually had HIV, but it was enough to scare the clerk into handing over the money.

Dodgeball game spirals out of control, NY police say

Posted on June 18, 2009
A substitute teacher is accused of choking a boy, 10, after they argued about a dodgeball game, New York authorities report. The kid allegedly took a swing at the sub after he called the kid a "crybaby" and "big baby."...

What they found at James von Brunn's house

Posted on June 18, 2009
FBI agents have searched the apartment belonging to von Brunn, the suspected in the Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting. Among the items they seized: 100 hollow-point bullets, von Brunn's will and a painting that apparently shows Jesus and Hitler.

Sex sells -- but not as strongly in this economy

Posted on June 18, 2009
In Germany, where prostitution is legal, sex workers report that economic troubles are forcing them to work harder to attract clients. By that, I mean discount cards.

Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)

Posted on June 18, 2009
Welcome 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,...

Could this be The World's Greatest Mugshot?

Posted on June 18, 2009
An Indiana man was arrested for allegedly dealing drugs -- midway through getting his hair braided. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!

Hispanic teen says he was dragged by noose into parking lot as teens shouted ethnic slurs

Posted on June 18, 2009
The case is from Mount Vernon, Ohio, the state's most livable city in 1994. The teen, age 17, says they were going to hang him until a bystander got involved. An 18-year-old has pleaded no-contest to ethnic intimidation and will...

NY mom, grandma set child on fire during voodoo ritual, police say

Posted on June 18, 2009
Then allegedly refused to take her to the hospital, the authorities say. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM

Do you recognize this man?

Posted on June 18, 2009
Lee's Summit police are trying to identify the man in these photos because he's suspected of robbing a Hen House early on June 6, before the store opened at 1015 N.E. Rice road. (He got the drop on the manager...

FL man beat woman, teenager with one hand because he was holding a baby, police say

Posted on June 18, 2009
The baby suffered a small cut to the head. The woman was able to get the baby before escaping. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

A crime story that will make you Grimace

Posted on June 18, 2009
In Denver, an airport cop is accused of brandishing his gun and flashing his badge at a McDonald's drive-through because the help was taking too long with his order. Also, he allegedly drove off without paying. Hat Tip: Many thanks,...

UPDATE on dead body found in KCK home

Posted on June 18, 2009
From KCKPD: The victim from the death investigation that occurred on Tuesday, June 16 2009 in the 2400 Block of North 40th Street has been identified. Myron E. Johnson, black male, DOB 02/05/1957, was a Kansas City, Kansas resident. The...

No Social Security for girl conceived with dead man's sperm

Posted on June 18, 2009
Four years after the man died, no less. The story is from California, which says that kids have to be conceived within a year of Dad's death, if they want to claim his Social Secuirity benefits.

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