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Police find drugs after stopping driver who had toddler dangling from car window
Posted on May 29, 2009The story is from Florida.
Nicholas Schilling's last day on earth
Posted on May 29, 2009From Don Bradley: A Belton man allegedly stabbed the family dog and threatened a woman hours before he drove the wrong way and crashed on U.S. 71, killing himself and another man. Authorities had charged Nicholas L. Schilling, 26, with...
The past isn't past: Former MO man charged with murder of missing wife, daughter
Posted on May 29, 2009Be sure to read Glenn Rice's story this morning about Ronald D. Wrisinger, an Arkansas man who used to live in Ray County. It's been almost 23 years since his wife, Sherry, and their 16-year-old daughter, Johnna, disappeared. Wrisinger always...
1 woman fatally shot near 20th and Walrond
Posted on May 29, 2009From KCPD: On 5/28/09, at 3:18 pm, officers were called to TMC in regard to shooting victim. Shortly after officers arrived the victim, a black female (unknown age), was pronounced dead. It appears the victim was shot in a residence...
TX man gets 45 years for having sex with women, not revealing his HIV
Posted on May 29, 2009Probably did not help himself by taking the stand and calling his victims a "hate group."
Charges filed in Takiya Love homicide from Thursday
Posted on May 29, 2009Pervis Smith Jr. is facing charges of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action. From The Star: Jackson County prosecutors today charged a 24-year-old man with involuntary manslaughter after he allegedly shot his girlfriend in the chest while he was...
Does "Jon & Kate Plus 8" follow child labor laws?
Posted on May 29, 2009The state of Pennsylvania is investigating. The show's channel, TLC says it's in full compliance with the law.
All hail the Pizza Man!
Posted on May 29, 2009Delivering delicious food, saving rape victims -- he's a damn folk hero.
Phil Spector gets 19 years to life in actress' murder
Posted on May 29, 2009More here ... (AP Photo/ Al Seib, Pool)
Was Dale Helmig really guilty?
Posted on May 29, 2009Dale Helmig is serving a life sentence in Cameron for the murder of his mother, Norma, who was pulled from the Osage River back in 1993, a cinder block tied to her body. This weekend, "America's Most Wanted" is going...
Mission PD says it caught the guy who slashed officers' tires
Posted on May 29, 2009And then called police HQ to report the slashings! The suspect is Jesse Sellers, 19, an Overland Park resident. He's been charged with criminal damage to property. He'd apparently gotten pulled over for traffic violations before the vandalism.
Man killed friend while hunting frogs and doing meth, police allege
Posted on May 29, 2009The story is from California. It sounds like the early, darker script for "Without A Paddle," doesn't it?
Investment banker is almost kidnapped by clients who lost money, police say
Posted on May 29, 2009The case is from Florida. I'm sure they were just going to take him out for a coffee and talk things over ...
The dope was literally on a rope
Posted on May 29, 2009Some Georgia drug dealers had an elaborate setup for taking orders. They put a wireless doorbell on a nearby tree, and whenever it was activated, the chime would go off in a nearby, second-story apartment. The dealers would lower a...
FL man, 82, beat up his girlfriend because she loaded the dishwasher incorrectly, police say
Posted on May 29, 2009Just awful ... Hat Tip: Many thanks, Goshel!
Do you recognize these people?
Posted on May 29, 2009From Lee's Summit PD: The police department is requesting assistance identifying four suspects who together passed six counterfeit $100 dollar bills at a store in Lee?s Summit. The suspects are three black males and one black female. (MORE PHOTOS AFTER...
He might consider prison to be a vacation
Posted on May 29, 2009Suspect, age 29, has 14 baby mamas, 21 children. Hat Tip: Many thanks, You're A Mean Drunk R2D2!
Boy, 2, was killed for spitting out his food -- Dad gets plea deal
Posted on May 29, 2009He's admitting his guilt in exchange for a sentence that will last 50 years tops. The case is from Illinois.
Botched high-five leads to police report
Posted on May 29, 2009In El Paso, a school principal has accused her superintendent of assault. The super was giving high-fives to school officials for good student test scores. The principal didn't raise her hand, so he tapped her on the head, which reportedly...
Watch The Lights
Posted on May 29, 2009There's a handy map of red-light cameras across the metro area here. Hat Tip: Saw this via Tony's Kansas City!
Woman loses 4 limbs to misdiagnoses, gets 2nd shot at civil suit
Posted on May 29, 2009Not a crime, just an interesting (and tragic) case. The jury actually ruled against the woman during the first trial, but in a rare move, the judge set aside the verdict because it was "contrary to the law and the...
NYPD officer killed by fellow cop
Posted on May 29, 2009What a tragic story. The officer who was killed had just gotten off his shift and was in plainclothes when he spotted someone breaking into his car. He started chasing the thief on foot. Some other police were patroling the...
KC, Sugar Creek plans DUI checkpoints this weekend
Posted on May 28, 2009Though again, they ain't saying which day.
Mom fakes abduction so she and kiddo can go to Disney World, cops say
Posted on May 28, 2009The story is from Pennsylvania, where Mom allegedly called 911 and said that her car had been rear=ended, allowing two guys to kidnap her and her daughter. (She said she was calling from a car trunk.) They weren't in a...
Tires on 4 Mission police cars slashed in department parking lot
Posted on May 28, 2009It happened sometime early Wednesday, and police are still looking for the culprit(s). The bad guy actually called 911 to tell them what he'd done. Meredith has more details here.
Budding comic Drew Peterson tries out new material on the Mancow show
Posted on May 28, 2009I wish I were exaggerating. Peterson, who's in jail awaiting trial, called the radio show to try out a comedy routine that he's been working on.
The economics of U.S. drug use
Posted on May 28, 2009Why are the cartels so eager to ship drugs to the United States? Well, we've got the cash and a voracious appetite for illegal drugs, the AP reports. About 46 percent of all U.S. citizens age 12 and over have...
If you're in jail, you shouldn't be able to go to Chuck E. Cheese
Posted on May 28, 2009A South Carolina man, doing six years for coke trafficking, had a fantastic set of privileges: He was allowed to sell stuff on eBay, go to his kid's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese, run a small business and go...
Michael Vick's dad says prison was good for him
Posted on May 28, 2009Dad should know. He's had brushes with the law, too.
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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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