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She likes rainy days, moonlit walks on the beach ... and having her son rob you
Posted on June 05, 2009If a woman says she "can't wait to get you alone" ... she might have something else in mind. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!
KCPD releases results from "Click It Or Ticket" campaign
Posted on June 05, 2009From KCPD: KCPD Traffic Unit officers spent a total of 1,200 man hours saturating area roadways during the two-week project looking for traffic and seat belt law violators. The mobilization was funded by a grant from the Missouri Department of...
State Department official, wife spied on America for Cuba, feds allege
Posted on June 05, 2009From FBI: A former State Department official and his wife have been arrested on charges of serving as illegal agents of the Cuban government for nearly 30 years and conspiring to provide classified U.S. information to the Cuban government. ......
Drunken WI woman strips to her underwear, tries to use Slip N Slide with 5-year-old boy
Posted on June 05, 2009That's what the police ALLEGE anyway. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
NM boy, 5, ordered to traffic-safety class because he won't wear safety belt
Posted on June 05, 2009Ma actually got the ticket, but when she got to court, she squealed on him. So the judge sentenced the little kid to traffic-safety class. I just hope they'll show him some videos, fingers crossed!
Federal investigation into the George Tiller homicide?
Posted on June 05, 2009Look what just landed in my email box. It's a press release from the Justice Department: The Justice Department today announced that the Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney?s Office for the District of Kansas have launched a federal...
Sadly, "Crunchberries" are not actually berries
Posted on June 05, 2009A California woman filed a lawsuit saying that she was misled by "Cap'n Crunch" cereal into believing that "crunchberries" somehow counted as fruit. (They do not.) The judge was NOT on her side. Allowing the lawsuit to go forward ......
NY teen puts ex-roommate's kitten in oven, police say
Posted on June 05, 2009The kitten, whose name was Tiger Lily, died. More here. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
I'm sorry we ruined your life, pal -- here's $200K
Posted on June 05, 2009An Illinois man, 30, has been cleared of a murder after spending something like 17 years in prison. That's right -- he was sentenced to prison at age 13. Now, prosecutors say somebody else did it. As a parting gift,...
Mom leaves toddler, week-old baby in car while she goes to tan, WI police say
Posted on June 05, 2009The newborn was wearing fleece inside a car where the temperature had climbed to 102 degrees. Mom's excuse? Kruse told police she went to the salon because she wanted to look better after giving birth.
Where is Jesse Ross?
Posted on June 05, 2009KSHB has an update on the missing-persons case. His family continues to visit Chicago, where the UMKC student disappeared.
WA town bans G-strings, thongs, see-through clothing in public
Posted on June 05, 2009They're trying to address concerns about "cleavage of the buttocks" -- their term, not mine -- at local coffeehouses where the servers dress scantily in order to drum up business.
Probation for Shawnee man after baby dies from scalding injuries
Posted on June 05, 2009The story is from Miami County. The defendant allegedly spilled hot water on an 8-month-old girl while he was making dinner, KMBC reports. The little girl, Janis Joelle, later died from her injuries.
David Carradine didn't die from the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique
Posted on June 05, 2009Police in Thailand are pretty sure it was the rope tied around his neck and genitals. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)
MO grandma, 78, to stand trial for allegedly making meth
Posted on June 05, 2009This one even made Conan last night. I think the joke was that police caught her because she had a bumper sticker reading "Ask Me About My Meth." Not his best work.
Rape suspect from California captured near Holt, MO
Posted on June 05, 2009The U.S. marshals, KCPD and Clinton County authorities worked on the case, tracking Raymond Wallace Daniels to a relative's house near Holt. Daniels is accused of repeatedly raping a child near Riverside, Calif. Snip from the release: On June 4,...
Terror suspect decides to use closing statement for 45-minute lecture on Islam
Posted on June 05, 2009The AP story mentions something about "stunned courtroom observers."
UPDATE: AL man accused of drowning wife during scuba dive on their honeymoon
Posted on June 05, 2009The couple is from the United States, but this allegedly happened in Australia, where they were honeymooning. The wife drowned while they were scuba-diving, and the husband, a trained diver, was accused of holding her down and turning off her...
Does this sound like a good idea to you?
Posted on June 05, 2009Tennessee legislators vote to allow guns in bars and restaurants serving alcohol, overriding the governor's veto.
Dog drags woman into train's path, killing them both
Posted on June 05, 2009The story is from California. The woman was walking the pit bull terrier, who belonged to a friend riding a bicycle. The three of them came to a railroad crossing, and the bicyclist got across in time. The dog decided...
Van with dead guy inside kept getting parking tickets
Posted on June 05, 2009This continued for several. weeks. Nobody noticed the corpse until the van was finally towed.
Tanya Marie Martin
Posted on June 05, 2009From AP: Tanya Marie Martin, 38, is shown in her booking shot. The woman was deemed insane at the time that she tied up her 6-year-old Yorkshire terrier named Bobo and burned the animal to death on the stove in...
Looking for work?
Posted on June 05, 2009A Nevada brothel is planning to open a "stud farm" with male prostitutes -- something that perplexes the local sheriff, who administers prostitution licenses. The law requires cervical exams, and nobody's sure how that'll work with dudes. Also? There is...
Midtown Miscreant returns!
Posted on June 05, 2009Woo-hoo! This -- and you know, me being able to actually post to my blog again -- has seriously put today into contention for red-letter status. A little snippet of Double-M: The grass was about 18 inches high, there were...
They found Brenda Williams!
Posted on June 05, 2009From KCPD: Police located a woman missing since Sunday a little after 9:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4. Fifty-year-old Brenda L. Williams contacted police from a relative?s home. She told police she left her home about midnight to get something to...
KCK teen gets 16 years for killing his girlfriend
Posted on June 05, 2009From the WyCo DA: Brandon Alvis, White Male, Kansas City, Kansas, age 16, was sentenced to 200 months in prison this morning for the August 29, 2008, shooting death of his 19 year old girl friend, Krystal Dewalt, which occurred...
Dale Helmig seeks a new trial
Posted on June 04, 2009Helmig, a Missouri man convicted of murdering his mother, filed his appeal with the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. He accuses Kenny Hulshof, the former congressman who prosecuted him, of withholding information from the defense and presenting false evidence...
Wilson Family Day Care also sold moonshine, NC police say
Posted on June 04, 2009At $3 an ounce, police allege, and that's the real crime here, friends.
I had a good reason for putting my drunk sister in my car's trunk
Posted on June 04, 2009Best Part: Katelynn Pulley told deputies she was in the trunk for about 15 minutes when she saw the emergency trunk release, opened the trunk and began waving at passing cars, the report states.
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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?
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It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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