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Robbers make victim carry his TV to their car
Posted on June 09, 2010It's one thing to steal a guy's TV at gunpoint. It's another to make him carry it out of his own house for you. (Story is from Indianapolis. To the robbers' credit, they decided against tying up the victim because...
Dog the Bounty Hunter can't help you now, son
Posted on June 09, 2010In Iowa City, a suspect finally surrendered after he'd refused to leave a woman's apartment, but he demanded a cigarette because "Dog the Bounty Hunter always lets his detainees smoke," the police report said. He was not given a cigarette,...
OP to do red-light enforcement at I-435 and Metcalf
Posted on June 09, 2010Chief John Douglass' blog says that Overland Park police will do red-light enforcement from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Interstate 435 and Metcalf Avenue. That location has more wrecks than any other intersection in the entire city, the...
Mo. Amish man faces sex-crime charges
Posted on June 09, 2010An Amish man from Curryville, Mo., is accused of molesting five girls between the ages of 5 and 15, police tell the Associated Press. Chester Mast, 26, was arrested in late May. One of the alleged victims is from Wisconsin,...
Oregon boy apparently disappears from school
Posted on June 09, 2010In Oregon, one of the big cases right now is the disappearance of 7-year-old Kyron Horman. His stepmother says she last saw him walking down the hall to his classroom on Friday morning, but he never got there. (He wasn't...
UPDATE: Condoms weren't filled with vomit, suspect says
Posted on June 09, 2010In Naperville, Ill., the college student accused of throwing vomit-filled condoms at a security guard says the condoms actually contained ketchup and water. And he described the incident as a harmless prank, noting the filled condoms were thrown at a...
Westport guard opens fire, says car tried to back over him
Posted on June 09, 2010From Bob Cronkleton: A Westport security officer reportedly fire at least one shot at a car early this morning after he believed the driver was trying to run over him. One person was in custody and police were looking for...
Report: Meth is easily available in U.S.
Posted on June 09, 2010You might have already guessed this, but meth is widely available in the U.S. and only getting more prevalent, the federal government says in a new report. That study hasn't been released yet, though, because the feds are worried about...
Police seek missing OP girl
Posted on June 09, 2010Overland Park police are trying to find 16-year-old Jordan McKenzie Stuart, who is believed to be with her stepfather, Patrick Neal Porter, age 39. The girl is 5 feet 5, 120 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. She might...
Border Patrol agent kills Mexican teen
Posted on June 09, 2010From AP: A U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a 15-year-old Mexican boy after a group trying to illegally enter Texas threw rocks at officers near downtown El Paso, U.S. authorities said Tuesday. The shooting, which happened Monday evening beneath...
Victim signed 'agreement' allowing boyfriend to beat her, police allege
Posted on June 09, 2010In Seattle, a 31-year-old man allegedly got his pregnant 19-year-old girlfriend to sign paperwork giving him "legal" permission to physically abuse her, though not in her "pregnant belly," police tell the Fox affiliate there.
Son sought in father's murder
Posted on June 09, 2010Independence police are trying to find 22-year-old Zachary Bowers of Independence, whose father was fatally shot there on Monday night. David A. Bowers, 54, is from Rogers, Ark. The shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of Quail...
Fast-food clerk expected to survive shot to the head
Posted on June 09, 2010From Meredith Rodriguez: The clerk at a Chinese fast-food restaurant was shot during a robbery this evening. She was shot in the head, but she is expected to survive, according to detectives at the scene. The robbery and subsequent shooting...
Grand jury looks into KU ticket scandal
Posted on June 09, 2010A federal grand jury is looking into the University of Kansas ticket scandal, Mark Morris reports, citing an unnamed source. The Journal-World, meanwhile, writes that Athletic Director Lew Perkins has testified before the grand jury.
Study: Pot use has 'little effect' on driving skills
Posted on June 08, 2010A Connecticut hospital used a driving simulator to test people who had just smoked marijuana and found using the drug had "little effect" on their skills, the Hartford Courant reports. The researchers do NOT say it's a good idea to...
Ding-Dong-Ditch leads to gunfire, $2.5 million lawsuit
Posted on June 08, 2010In Clarksville, Tenn., two teenagers were playing ding-dong-ditch when a homeowner, believing that someone was invading his home, opened fire. One of the boys, age 17, got shot in the leg, and the bullet is still there. His parents have...
MISSING: Genaro I. Garcia-Uranga
Posted on June 08, 2010KCPD is trying to find Genaro I. Garcia-Uranga, whose family hasn't seen him in weeks. He's a Hispanic man, 26 years old. He is 5 feet 7 and about 180 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last...
Elderly woman murdered in Ark. church
Posted on June 08, 2010In Hamlin, Ark., police are investigating a brutal murder: An 80-year-old woman was found beaten to death in a church there on Sunday. Lillian Wilson's pastor found her body under a pew, and it appears her attackers used a cross...
Radio station alerts listeners to raids
Posted on June 08, 2010In Humboldt County, Calif., KMUD-FM broadcasts alerts whenever the police appear to go on drug raids, NPR reports. It's something the community radio station has been doing for several years, but law-enforcement officials say they want it to stop. (Humboldt...
Supreme Court makes it harder to get credit for 'good behavior'
Posted on June 08, 2010A new Supreme Court ruling will raise the bar for inmates trying to get credit for good behavior in federal prison, the National Law Journal reports. In a 6-3 decision, the court sided with the Bureau of Prisons' method of...
Nobody's going to prison over BP oil spill, experts say
Posted on June 08, 2010The Miami Herald interviewed experts on cases where corporations have faced criminal charges, and while giant fines are possible, they almost never result in the company's executives doing time in prison. They do add one caveat: This oil spill is...
Overnight standoff follows Kan. deputy's shooting
Posted on June 08, 2010A man has surrendered after an overnight standoff in Blue Rapids, which is north of Manhattan, the Cap-Journal reports. Steven A. Macomber was being sought in a Topeka homicide, and he's accused of shooting a Marshall County deputy and stealing...
Home invasion in Raytown
Posted on June 08, 2010Fox 4 says that four people broke into a Raytown home about 11:45 p.m. and robbed an occupant. It happened near 70th and Arlington, and nobody was injured.
This one won't be in the wedding album
Posted on June 08, 2010A lot of people like to get married outdoors, and some couples hold their ceremonies in parks, near lakes or even on the beach. Obviously, there are drawbacks, like unexpected rain or some guy pulling down his swim trunks midway...
7 Olathe stores busted for selling alcohol to underage people
Posted on June 08, 2010On Friday, Olathe police, with help from the Johnson County Sheriff's Department, tested local stores to see if they would sell alcohol to underage people. In most cases, the businesses followed the law. Of the 51 businesses that were checked,...
1 dead, 1 injured in KC shooting
Posted on June 08, 2010Kansas City police are investigating a double shooting from last night where one person has died. It happened about 8:45 p.m. on Linwood near Highland, not far from U.S. 71. The victims were both men, and it was the passenger...
The strange voyage of Mr. Moke
Posted on June 08, 2010Years ago, the St. Louis Zoo used to have its chimpanzees dress up in costumes, drive little cars and actually entertain the crowds, as opposed to the current trend in zoo exhibits where the animals just sit there, the dirty...
OP police chief starts blog
Posted on June 08, 2010John Douglass, Overland Park's police chief, has launched his own blog, which you can find here.
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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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