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Woman ties firecrackers to boyfriend's penis after he breaks up with her
Posted on May 27, 2009And they exploded, putting him in critical condition. The story comes from Russia, so I pass this along with my usual warning: This might not have actually happened. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
Every parent's nightmare
Posted on May 27, 2009In Lemay, Mo., near St. Louis, a 8-year-old girl was grabbed from her bedroom in the middle of the night and raped in her back yard -- by a man that mowed the family's yard, police allege. (The witness was...
JoCo case exposes big problem with KS law on animal abuse
Posted on May 27, 2009A while back, Kansas passed a law that treated egregious animal abuse as a felony, not just a misdemeanor. So the case of Christopher Tann, a JoCo man accused of stomping his girlfriend's dog because he was angry at her,...
"Service dog" naps while his master gets Tasered, scuffles with WI cops
Posted on May 27, 2009Listen, pal, if you need help across the street or if the house is on fire, I'm your dog. But I'm not getting into a mess with the po-po. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Girl was mostly raised by cats, dogs, Russian authorities say
Posted on May 27, 2009She's 5, and though her human family is somewhat in the picture, they're being considered for child neglect charges. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Patty PV!
Report: Big jump in threats against U.S. judges, prosecutors
Posted on May 26, 2009Threats and harassing letters to federal judges and prosecutors have doubled in the last six years, the U.S. Marshals Service reports. (Numbers aren't available for state courts, though there's anecdotal evidence there, too.) Snip: Worried federal officials blame disgruntled defendants...
Good dog
Posted on May 26, 2009OK, not remotely crime-related, but I don't want to hear any whining. It's a story about a guy who decides NOT to euthanize his dying bulldog. That same bulldog saves the guy's life from a fire two weeks later.
17-year-old accused of fatally stabbing two girls in rural MO
Posted on May 26, 2009The story is from the Nevada area. Kylie M. Leyva, 14, and Anne E. Reed, 18, were found stabbed in a home there and later pronounced dead at a hospital in Joplin. The accused teen lives in the neighborhood. There...
How to predict a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Posted on May 26, 2009A new study confirms what, informally, a lot of lawyers and judges suspected: If the Supremes tend to ask one lawyer more questions, that lawyer's side usually ends up losing. The New York Times has more here.
Florida neighbors go to war
Posted on May 26, 2009And by war, one of them gets so sick of being mocked that he drives his car into the other's house and attacks with a hatchet. But the other guy put up a fight, too, police say.
Memphis woman uses baby in carseat to smack Wal-Mart employee, police say
Posted on May 26, 2009The baby was knocked out, but it sounds like the 2-month-old will be OK over the long term. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Greek court acquits drunk British guys dressed up like nuns in lingerie
Posted on May 26, 2009No pics. Depending on your perspective, this was probably a good thing.
Open Thread ... Tuesday
Posted on May 26, 2009Welcome 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, and...
IL murder victim's family sues her husband for wrongful death
Posted on May 26, 2009Just a quick follow-up on the Coleman family homicides from Columbia, Ill., not far from St. Louis. The family of Sheri Coleman -- who was strangled to death with her two young sons -- have sued Sheri's husband, who already...
MO legislators OK ban on beer bongs, Mardi Gras beads on state waterways
Posted on May 26, 2009It still needs the governor's approval. Also banned? Styrofoam coolers, unless they're kept at a park or camp ground. Officials say they're trying to keep boaters from getting wildly drunk. An early version of the bill included a ban on...
MO Supremes won't delay Clemons execution
Posted on May 26, 2009Reginald Clemons was convicted, with three other men, of forcing three people to jump off a bridge into the Mississippi River back in 1991. Two young women, Julie and Robin Kerry, died. His execution was set for June 17. His...
Jeff City man beats boy who wants to take his daughter to prom, cops say
Posted on May 26, 2009Good night. According to the Jeff City paper, Dad first put a .22 to the young suitor's head, but he threw the gun away when it didn't work. Snip: Mengwasser claimed the weapon malfunctioned, so he discarded it, smoked a...
Prisons and Islam
Posted on May 26, 2009The AP had an article this weekend about inmates who convert to Islam during their prison stays. In some cases, they start practicing not just Islam, but a very radical form of the religion. In fact, a few would-be terrorists,...
Robber wore beer carton as mask during Nebraska c-store holdup
Posted on May 26, 2009Amazingly, he got away. (Sorry, but if you wear a Bug Light box as a mask, people are going to question your ability to ... well, do anything.) The haul was nine packs of cigarettes, valued at $50. Hat Tip:...
Sugar Creek plans DUI checkpoint for this weekend
Posted on May 26, 2009No word on a single date or a location.
No smiling, please
Posted on May 26, 2009Four states -- Indiana, Nevada, Virginia and Arkansas -- now ask their citizens to NOT smile when getting photographed for their drivers licenses. That's because the photos are run through image-recognition software to see if someone's trying to pull a...
Jonathan Lee Riches, still kicking
Posted on May 26, 2009The Guinness Book of World Records wants to list him as the human being who's filed the most lawsuits ever. He's suing them. Hat Tip: Saw this via QuizLaw!
How deadbeats are amusing themselves nowadays
Posted on May 26, 2009Well, in Washington state, they're playing a new game: dropping rocks off railroad passes and taking off an item of clothing for every headlight they knock out. (Not clear what happens when they actually kill someone. Do they go full...
Police investigate attempted rape near the Plaza
Posted on May 26, 2009From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police are investigating a possible attempted rape at an apartment near the Country Club Plaza Monday night. Police reports filed by the victim gave this account: A 43-year-old woman had just returned from a weekend...
Obama plans to name "cybersecurity czar"
Posted on May 26, 2009To coordinate the federal government's response to cyberattacks and to protect private networks, too, the Washington Post reports. The czar will be a member of the National Security Council.
Not quite "man bites dog"
Posted on May 26, 2009More like "man throws hot coffee in barking dog's face" ...
Cass County Sheriff plans warrant sweep
Posted on May 26, 2009From the sheriff's office: Cass County Missouri Sheriff Dwight Diehl in cooperation with Cass County Associate Circuit Court Judge William Collins and Cass County Prosecuting Attorney Teresa Hensley, in an attempt to reduce the number of outstanding criminal arrest warrants...
Woman's car burglarized while she visited parents' graves
Posted on May 26, 2009What kind of animal stakes out cemeteries as a good place to rob people? I really hope he enjoys the Strawberry Shortcake backpack that he stole. Hat Tip: Many thanks, CB!
There but for the grace of God ...
Posted on May 26, 2009It's not always easy to control what kind of ad appears next to your blog. Tony's Kansas City links to a tragic example here ...
Georgia man accused of tattooing his 3-year-old son
Posted on May 26, 2009He faces charges of child cruelty and tattooing a person younger than 18. The tattoo reads "DB" -- for "Daddy's Boy." Mom was not present, police say.
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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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