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Cabbie confused 'tip' with 'ransom,' police say

Posted on June 16, 2010
A cabbie from the New Orleans area is accused of locking his passenger in the car until she gave him a 10 percent tip. (Or about $3.30.) They reportedly argued for 30 minutes before the woman called 911.

A busy day for standoffs

Posted on June 16, 2010
KCPD has surrounded a house in the 7800 block of East 103rd Terrace, where they're trying to arrest some robbery suspects. Grandview had to use tear gas to end a barricade situation last night, and KCPD arrested several people in...

Olympian joins Raymore PD

Posted on June 16, 2010
If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to check out Laura Bauer's profile of Terin Humphrey, an Olympic medalist who's joined the Raymore police.

Matador arrested for fleeing bull

Posted on June 16, 2010
"There are some things you must be aware of about yourself. I didn't have the ability, I didn't have the balls, this is not my thing." -- matador Cristian Hernandez, who jumped over a wall to escape a charging bull....

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OP seeks vending-machine thieves

Posted on June 16, 2010
Overland Park police are looking for two young men who stole about $340 from vending machines at the city's soccer complex on 135th Street. (That's not counting the damage to the machines themselves. The two guys apparently jumped a fence...

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the gas station

Posted on June 16, 2010
In Surprise, Ariz., a man was sleeping in his truck outside a Chevron gas station when an employee knocked on the window to wake him up. The man flew into a rage, the Arizona Republic reports, because he was in...

Seattle cop punches woman during jaywalking incident

Posted on June 16, 2010
In Seattle, police are reviewing an incident where an officer punched a 19-year-old woman in the face during a jaywalking stop where a suspect resisted arrest. The deputy police chief says there are "concerns" about how the officer handled the...

Cop sued because family found suicidal woman's body first

Posted on June 16, 2010
A Wentzville, Mo., policeman has been sued by the sister of a woman who committed suicide in 2009. The sister found the woman's body, which had been shot and hanged in the woman's basement, and as a result, the sister...

Homeless man accused of annoying kids

Posted on June 16, 2010
In Santa Cruz, Calif., a homeless man was arrested after he allegedly grabbed two boys, ages 1 and 2, and kissed them on their foreheads, the Sentinel reports. He was picked up on "suspicion of child annoying."

Wichita mom accused of making bomb threats to kid's school

Posted on June 16, 2010
A Wichita woman is accused of making bomb threats to her child's elementary school because, a detective testified, she didn't like how the principal talks to children, the Eagle reports. The police allege the woman got the idea from a...

Woman who fled police could face charge of feticide

Posted on June 16, 2010
In Georgia, a 21-year-old woman is going to face a charge of feticide after she fled from police and got into a wreck, causing the death of her unborn child, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G...

Quote of the day: 'What would MacGyver do if he were here?'

Posted on June 15, 2010
A direct quote from Jonathan Metz, a Connecticut man rescued by police after he got his arm stuck in a boiler: "I definitely dithered for a few hours after coming up with the initial idea," he said. "I thought there...

1 hurt in shooting near 72nd and Flora

Posted on June 15, 2010
A man was critically injured in a shooting near 72nd and Flora about 1:45 p.m. today, KCPD says. Several people were in the car when someone in a maroon Hyundai fired at them. The victim and his companions fled the...

American arrested while trying to kill Osama bin Laden, police say

Posted on June 15, 2010
Pakistani police have arrested Gary Brooks Faulkner, a construction worker from California who reportedly traveled to that country to "decapitate Bin Laden," the Los Angeles Times reports. This is all via the Pakistani police, as Faulkner hasn't been produced for...

Man gets 9 years for killing alleged molester

Posted on June 15, 2010
In Ukiah, California, a man named Aaron Vargas has been sentenced to nine years in prison for killing a family friend who, Vargas says, had molested him since he was 11 years old. Prosecutors originally wanted to put Vargas away...

10 years for OP woman who killed her newborn baby

Posted on June 15, 2010
Alice Zeorlin, a 26-year-old who delivered her baby in her parents' basement and then killed the child, has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison, Joe Lambe reports. Zeorlin had kept the pregnancy a secret and, once the...

Should Philly evict the Boy Scouts?

Posted on June 15, 2010
Not a crime story, just an interesting case: The City of Philadelphia is going to court to see if it can evict the Boy Scouts of America from a city-owned building. The Scouts won a Supreme Court decision saying they...

Should this congressman be arrested?

Posted on June 15, 2010
U.S. Rep Bob Etheridge, a Democrat who represents North Carolina, was caught on camera grabbing a videographer who approached him on the street. Writer Glenn Greenwald says Etheridge, who apologized during a press conference, should face criminal charges for the...

Alcohol might have been a factor

Posted on June 15, 2010
Men found drunk, naked and covered in mud in the woods after a church festival near Niagara Falls. No charges were filed. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!

127 seat-belt tickets during Shawnee enforcement campaign

Posted on June 15, 2010
Shawnee police have released the results from their recent Click It Or Ticket campaign, which tries to find motorists who aren't wearing their seat belts. (Though other laws are enforced, too.) This year's campaign ran from May 24 through June...

Open Thread ... Tuesday

Posted on June 15, 2010
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,...

Grand opening for new Metro Patrol

Posted on June 15, 2010
KCPD is hosting a grand-opening reception for its new Metro Patrol building at 2 p.m. Wednesday at 7601 Prospect Ave. The building won't be officially open until 9 a.m. Friday, though, so if you have any in-person business, you'll have...

JoCo cops warn of break-ins

Posted on June 15, 2010
From Joe Lambe: The crook method of entry is crude but common ? they kick in the door. There have been two incidents in Merriam and three in Roeland Park in about the last week, said Merriam Police Lt. Mike...

Windows smashed over motorist's mistake

Posted on June 15, 2010
In Stroudsburg, Pa., a man was cited after he allegedly used a concrete block to break into his own vehicle, after the key wouldn't work for some reason. That "some reason" -- he'd mistaken someone else's vehicle for his own,...

Thief caught inside ATM, police say

Posted on June 15, 2010
Story is from the Boston area. It sounds like it was one of those ATMs that you find in a bank lobby, the ones that have a small room behind them. It's still impressive, just not as impressive as squeezing...

Terrible things keep happening to Charlie Sheen's Mercedes

Posted on June 15, 2010
Someone has stolen actor Charlie Sheen's Mercedes and driven it off the side of the road ... again, the Los Angeles Times reports. This is the second time this happened since February.

Probation for man who made strange threat against his wife

Posted on June 15, 2010
In Cape Girardeau, a judge has given probation to a man who allegedly dressed up in garbage bags and threatened to kill his wife. (The bags were reportedly so he wouldn't get any blood on himself.) He also had two...

Life without parole in Sandra Cantu murder

Posted on June 15, 2010
Melissa Huckaby, a California woman who pleaded guilty to killing her 8-year-old neighbor, has been sentenced to life without parole. The kidnapping and murder of Sandra Cantu made national headlines when she disappeared a little more than a year ago...

Mo. man accused of killing fiancee two days before wedding

Posted on June 15, 2010
A Hannibal man is accused of killing his fiancee two days before they were supposed to get married, the Courier-Post reports. Prosecutors say C. Duane Pettey had struck up a sexual relationship with an old high-school friend, whom he'd found...

Man gets shot in mouth, spits out bullet

Posted on June 15, 2010
Story is from Chicago. The victim, who was taken to the hospital, was later heard saying he wanted to "smash puny humans."

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