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Cell phone burglary ring busted
Posted on May 15, 2009Police arrested four suspects on Thursday believed to be involved in a series of burglaries to area cellular phone stores. The suspects may be responsible for up to 23 commercial burglaries, thefts and property damage crimes on both sides of...
Missing Arizona man has ties to KC
Posted on May 15, 2009Gina Tapley told police the road trip she made to visit her mother in a Missouri hospital was uneventful . . . except for the fact her husband, Michael Tapley, never returned and has not been seen of since. She...
Indecent liberties trial involving repair man ends in mistrial
Posted on May 15, 2009The 59-year-old Baldwin City man, who was on a service call to fix a dryer, had been accused of exposing himself to a 4-year-old girl. The child?s mother was in another part of the house at the time of the...
Three arrested, another hospitalized after separate fights in Lawrence
Posted on May 15, 2009Tempers appear to have been short in Lawrence which made for an interesting morning for police. Police responded to two fights and made three arrests. In one instance, police had to chase a suspect about a block before tackling him....
Wichita police seek two men suspected in city?s latest homicide
Posted on May 15, 2009Masked men burst into a Wichita apartment early Thursday and shot two men and pistol-whipped another. One of the men died from his gunshot wounds. There might have been seven people, all adults, in the apartment at the time of...
Officials uncertain how they will make up for lost inmate labor
Posted on May 15, 2009The announced closing of the minimum-security unit at the El Dorado Correctional Facilty have officials from El Dorado State Park, the city of El Dorado and Butler County wondering how they will make up for the lost of thousand of...
Joco Sheriff looks for other kind of tips
Posted on May 15, 2009From the Johnson County Sheriff's Office: Deputies and military personnel will ask for tips Saturday to raise money for the Special Olympics. The Tip-A-Cop fundraiser will be 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant, 11973 S. Strang...
Con man posing as U.S. Marshal nabbed by real ones
Posted on May 15, 2009Authorities allege that John Baldasaro, 45, targeted victims across New England, using false identities to steal cash. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force got involved after Baldasaro allegedly posed as a U.S. Marshal to rob convenience store owners in Chesterfield,...
Surprise, Ariz., man allegedly impersonates officer, gets own surprise
Posted on May 15, 2009Note to self: If impersonating a police officer, it is best not to stop an off-duty one in an unmarked police car who happens to be on his way to work. David Word, 61, of Surprise, Ariz., is finding that...
The Boy Scouts are not screwing around
Posted on May 14, 2009This photo made me spit out my Cheerios -- I don't think anybody will make fun of these Boy Scouts. "What's that badge for? Oh, it's my badge for giving beatdowns."
Thomas Wasmer IV
Posted on May 14, 2009Wasmer is the homeless man who was fatally injured by a hit-and-run driver last week -- a case that almost slipped through the cracks because the police didn't write a report about the crash. (Christine had a big story about...
Report: Marijuana just keeps getting more and more potent
Posted on May 14, 2009The government says the average potency of marijuana seized by its agents has now passed 10 percent. (Potency is measured by concentrations of THC, the key ingredient.) Back in the 80s, potency hovered around 4 percent. Some of the samples...
Who was Larry Mitchell Jr.?
Posted on May 14, 2009From Christine Vendel: An 18-year-old man died Wednesday after being shot in the head, police said. An officer on patrol heard gunshots Tuesday near 54th Street and Wabash Avenue and found Larry L. Mitchell Jr. mortally wounded in the street....
Would traffic move faster if we didn't have ANY traffic signals?
Posted on May 14, 2009The Post-Dispatch's "Along For The Ride" blog notes that part of London will have its stoplights turned off for the next six months. It's part of a test. Experts theorize that traffic signals actually create more gridlock.
?I wanted to be arrested and I wanted to die?
Posted on May 14, 2009An FDIC analyst is accused of an Independence bank robbery last month, Mark Morris reports. (Which is oddly symmetrical -- the FDIC insures bank deposits.) Everything was going like your typical holdup until a bank staffer tried to hand over...
Why do they always prosecute the "cool" moms?
Posted on May 14, 2009A Colorado mom is accused of hosting a pot-and-beer party on "420 Day." I suppose the prosecutors felt compelled to do something since one of her guests got stabbed, allegedly by some of her other guests.
Richard Boucher
Posted on May 14, 2009From The AP: This undated picture was released Wednesday, May 13, 2009 by the Whitfield County Sheriff's office shows Richard Boucher. Boucher who escaped from a Virginia prison in 1982 was arrested Wednesday in northern Georgia, where he lived with....
NY dad got his 14-year-old pregnant, strangled her, threw body into boiler, police say
Posted on May 14, 2009He's been found capable of standing trial, but he has a history of mental illness. Who knows if this will go forward?
The defense has its work cut out
Posted on May 14, 2009A Tennessee man has been charged with DUI after police found him asleep behind the wheel. His car was parked in the middle of someone's yard, and the radio was blaring.
The search
Posted on May 14, 2009Not exactly crime-related, though it's about a missing person. Brad Andrews is a Washington man whose niece disappeared three years ago while flying a plane over Arizona. Authorities searched for months, but eventually gave up. It was Andrews who, using...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on May 14, 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,...
KC police board reverses -- will continue to provide domestic-partner benefits
Posted on May 14, 2009The Plog has more here. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mikeybackwards!
Yearning For Zion men want evidence from last year's raid thrown out
Posted on May 14, 2009Because the raid was based on what's now recognized as a phony hotline call.
TN woman uses chili, broom to chase away robbers
Posted on May 14, 2009That's right. Three grown men couldn't overcome a middle-aged woman armed with a broom and a bowl of chili. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!
I would hate to be paying that family's therapy bill
Posted on May 14, 2009A California man is accused of hitting his mom, age 78, with a chair and trying to break into her bedroom while armed with a butcher knife. He was upset because she tried to stop him from punching her pit...
Alaska teens, 18, accused of forcing gravel, dirt in 5-year-old's mouth
Posted on May 14, 2009I'm so glad they decided to pick on someone their own size.
Tomorrow is Bike To Work Day
Posted on May 14, 2009The Missouri Bike Federation has a list of safety tips here.
Mom punches her son's teacher, yet is not to blame, Mom asserts
Posted on May 14, 2009It's funny how these things work: "All of this could have been prevented if the principal had done something." Bonus Point: The mom's last name is Ugarte. When they arrested her, I hope she screamed "Reeeeck! Reeeeck!" as she was...
TX women fight with cattleprod, stick, 10-inch knife, police say
Posted on May 14, 2009The women, who are roommates, were allegedly fighting over a dog, who apparently bit the woman who DIDN'T own him. The dog's owner took a cattleprod zap to her gut, police report.
Say, what are the Geto Boys up to these days?
Posted on May 14, 2009At least one of them is accused of iPhone fraud.
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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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