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With great stupidity comes a prison sentence
Posted on May 08, 2009An Illinois man is getting seven years for trying to buy a copy of Spider-Man's second issue (from the original series, back in 1963) by using a forged check.
CT murder suspect sees face on newspaper, asks c-store clerk to call cops
Posted on May 08, 2009The suspect, Stephen Morgan, is accused of killing a Wesleyan University student, Johanna Justin-Jinich, while she worked in a bookstore. Police were worried because they reportedly found writings of Morgan's that suggested he wanted to kill other Jewish people.
KCK man admits to hitting teen pushing broken-down car
Posted on May 08, 2009From Dawn Bormann: A Kansas City, Kan., man admitted in court Wednesday that he was driving drunk when he struck and killed a 14-year-old boy pushing a broken-down vehicle on the 18th Street Expressway. Rodolfo Morales-Rodriguez, 40, pleaded guilty in...
MO judge must decide whether to dig up security guard's corpse
Posted on May 08, 2009Story is from Springfield, where a defendant named Jeffrey L. Bolden is accused of killing hospital security guard Monte Ruby in 2008. Bolden had been arrested on another matter, but needed medical attention. Prosecutors say that, during a scuffle, Bolden...
KCPD plans DUI checkpoint for next weekend
Posted on May 08, 2009Sometime next Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
A strong contender for Father Of The Year
Posted on May 08, 2009Today's contender is the gentleman who -- with several children and a pregnant woman in his vehicle -- allegedly led police on a high-speed chase Thursday afternoon through most of Jackson County on I-70. Police say he tried to hit...
Somebody's got some explaining to do ...
Posted on May 08, 2009Near Cincinnati, the Hamilton County Jail has been forced to let some prisoners go early because the jail is overcrowded. There's been some discussion of how that decision gets made. For example, a 92-year-old serving time for DUI is still...
MO House OKs life sentences for child rapists
Posted on May 08, 2009Still needs Senate approval, and it would only apply when the victims are under 12 and the rape was especially gruesome. (As opposed to all of those gentle, humane rapes that I've been reading about.)
To be fair, he WAS following the dress code
Posted on May 08, 2009A UK paramedic couldn't buy wine at a grocery store because the business refuses to sell liquor to people in uniform. The man went outside, stripped down to a thong and returned. No word if he got his wine. Apparently,...
Sorry, but if you kill your family, you don't get to inherit their money
Posted on May 08, 2009In Washington state, a man named Joshua Hoge killed his mom and stepbrother, but was found not guilty because of insanity. He was sane enough, though, to try and claim his share of his mom's estate. The state Supremes have...
The newest innovations in border-jumping
Posted on May 08, 2009The Houston Chronicle has a nice feature about smugglers and the far-fetched methods they use to sneak people across the U.S.-Mexico border, stuff like hiding a baby in a pinata. Snip: ?You don?t expect to find someone in a suitcase....
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on May 08, 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,...
Naked woman knocks on stranger's door, asking for cigarettes
Posted on May 08, 2009For some reason, the stranger decided to call the cops. The woman was later spotted walking around the trailer park -- yeah, it happened in a trailer park, in Florida -- wearing only boxer shorts, police say.
TX woman, mom of 9, kept dead baby in her fridge -- gets 12 years
Posted on May 08, 2009Apparently, if you keep a fetus dead baby in a babywipe box in your fridge, and let "rodents, roaches, dirty diapers, moldy food and trash" cover your floors, the law-enforcement community might consider that grounds for child endangerment charges. Happy...
Alabama legislators ban Death Row inmates from profiting off their art
Posted on May 08, 2009There's actually a thriving market for paintings, sketches, etc. done by notorious killers. (John Waters is a big collector.) The Alabama bill would also stop the people selling these works from profiting, too.
What's tackier than making a sexual-assault victim pay for the rape kit?
Posted on May 08, 2009Siccing bill collectors on the victims when they don't cough up payment.
College student shoots and kills home invader
Posted on May 08, 2009As one of the attackers was preparing to rape his girlfriend, a witness says. Story is from Georgia. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Elrond of Rivendell!
Yet another holdup at a Hispanic market
Posted on May 08, 2009From Joe Lambe: An armed man robbed a Hispanic market in Overland Park on Thursday evening. The case may not be related to about 15 other metropolitan area robberies of Hispanic markets since November, police said, because two men were...
KS teen offers to give away her 4-year-old sister on Craigslist
Posted on May 08, 2009I don't even think she was insisting on the "to a good home" clause. Anyway, the authorities saw this and became greatly concerned ... until they learned it was a joke and not human trafficking. No charges will be filed....
His own private "Footloose"
Posted on May 08, 2009An Ohio teen will be suspended from his Christian high school because he plans to attend prom at his girlfriend's school. (It's his first dance ever.) He'll get his diploma, but won't be allowed to attend graduation. The school's policy...
KC to launch 3 new red-light cams on May 22, all on 71 Highway
Posted on May 08, 2009From Lynn Horsley: Kansas City launched red light cameras at five intersections this week, and now three more locations are on the way. Work is nearly complete at the intersections, where red-light safety cameras are to begin operation May 22....
Henry Lee Summer
Posted on May 08, 2009From AP: In a photo provided by Indianapolis police, musician Henry Lee Summer, whose real name is Henry Lee Swartz, is shown in a photo after his arrest Tuesday, May 5, 2009, in Indianapolis. Summer, who had two top-20 hits...
Why you shouldn't send naked photos of yourself to "Internet friends"
Posted on May 08, 2009They might use the pictures, no matter how tasteful, to blackmail you for $114K ...
Should 13-year-old be forced to undergo chemo, radiation?
Posted on May 08, 2009Daniel Hauser, a 13-year-old from Minnesota, has Hodgkin's lymphoma -- a very treatable kind of cancer -- but he and his family are refusing the standard protocol of radiation and chemotherapy. Instead, they're using herbs, vitamins and other alternative treatments...
Louisiana Wal-Mart sued after woman encounters rodent
Posted on May 08, 2009And when I say "rodent," I'm specifically referring to the nutria, the creepy, growth-disorder-having older brother to your typical rat. They're like small beavers. Anyway, a Louisiana woman says she was shopping at her Wal-Mart when she stopped a nutria...
Colorado girl booted from prom because her date smelled like weed
Posted on May 08, 2009She is, of course, suing the school district for ruining the best night of her life, ever, Westword reports. They both deny rocking the ganja before arriving for the dance. Maybe he just, you know, smells like weed. (Best birth...
Guess how police were able to arrest that bank robber so quickly ...
Posted on May 08, 2009From the U.S. attorney's press release: Matt J. Whitworth, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man has been charged with robbing First Federal Bank in Kansas City after being...
KCPD conducts 4-day sweep of outstanding DUI warrants
Posted on May 08, 2009We've had a 71 percent jump in fatal wrecks so far this year, which helped prompt the sweep. It's not clear how many of those wrecks involved booze or drugs, but those are usually a big factor in those cases....
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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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