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Dominatrix offered sex on trampoline, Florida police allege
Posted on June 07, 2010From the Naples News: A dominatrix with a torture chamber in her garage, offering sex on a trampoline, in a shed and threesomes were just some of the things that led to the arrests of 13 people in an undercover...
Facebook helps find missing kids
Posted on June 07, 2010A woman from southern California used Facebook to find her son and daughter, who were abducted 15 years ago by their father, police told the AP. The children, now teenagers, are in state custody in Florida. Their father is facing...
Goodbye, Dan Rinehart
Posted on June 07, 2010Dan Rinehart has been sentenced to life in prison, plus 22 years. I'm not sure how long he will have to serve before parole becomes even a faint, glimmering possibility. (You might be able to walk to Mars and back...
Porn actor accused of murder dies in jump off hillside
Posted on June 06, 2010Stephen Clancy Hill, a porn actor who allegedly killed a coworker and injured two others, has died after jumping off a hillside near Los Angeles, the Associated Press reports. The attacks happened last Tuesday, when Hill was told he was...
Actually, there *was* junk in his trunk
Posted on June 06, 2010In Washington state, jailers say a prisoner was able to smuggle "a cigarette lighter, rolling papers, a golf-ball sized bag of tobacco, a tattoo ink bottle, eight tattoo needles, a one-inch smoking pipe and small bag of pot" into jail...
'Gossip Girl' star arrested on drug charge
Posted on June 06, 2010From AP: This photo provided by the Plano (Texas) Police Department shows actor Chace Crawford. Texas authorities say "Gossip Girl" heartthrob Chace Crawford faces a marijuana possession charge after being arrested in the Dallas suburb of Plano on Friday, June...
54 license arrests during KC checkpoint
Posted on June 06, 2010KCPD held a drivers license checkpoint near Blue Ridge and Bannister on Thursday, Chief Corwin's blog notes. They made 54 arrests for drivers who either had no license or had revoked licenses. This doesn't count arrests for outstanding warrants and...
3 DUI arrests in OP saturation patrol
Posted on June 06, 2010From OPPD: The Overland Park, Kansas Police Department conducted a DUI Saturation Patrol on Friday, June 4, 2010. The DUI Saturation Patrol was conducted with the intent to reduce alcohol related auto accidents and discourage impaired driving. The DUI Saturation...
Sleeping man hurt after rifle round hits house
Posted on June 06, 2010From Tony Rizzo: A Kansas City teen was charged Thursday with firing a military-style rifle into a house, wounding a sleeping man. Jackson County prosecutors charged Jordan M. Grimes, 17, with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting...
Fetch me the world's tiniest violin!
Posted on June 06, 2010A judge has dismissed Scott Roeder's complaint about jail conditions in Sedgwick County as he is now being held in prison in El Dorado.
Patricia Kimmi's murder was a contract killing, prosecutors allege
Posted on June 05, 2010From Joe Lambe: A man is charged with capital murder in the death of a Horton, Kan., woman abducted last year, prosecutors announced today. Roger Hollister, 58, of Sabetha, Kan., could face the death penalty in what prosecutors said was...
The debate over civil forfeiture
Posted on June 05, 2010The Economist has a piece here about civil forfeiture, a process that police use to seize cars, homes and other property that was reportedly used in a crime. The magazine argues that protections against abuse are practically nonexistent: But the...
Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
Posted on June 05, 2010Welcome 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,...
Diversion for man who allegedly lied about medals
Posted on June 05, 2010A Northland man who allegedly lied about earning a Purple Heart and a Silver Star in Grenada has a shot at getting the charges dropped, Mark Morris reports. He's getting diversion. If he doesn't violate pretrial supervision for the next...
KC plans DUI checkpoint for next weekend
Posted on June 04, 2010Could happen anytime between next Friday night, the 11th, through next Sunday.
Boy Scout leader rescues rape victim
Posted on June 04, 2010Awful story from the St. Louis area, where a Boy Scout leader found a rape victim, a woman in her 20s, bound and left for dead in a creek, the Post-Dispatch reports. (The leader and his family were in the...
DNA leads to charges in sex-crimes case
Posted on June 04, 2010From Brian Burnes: A 26-year-old Lexington, Mo., man has been charged with statutory rape and sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl eight years ago in Independence.
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on June 04, 2010Welcome 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,...
Man accused of stealing 300+ pornos
Posted on June 04, 2010From an adult bookstore in Lancaster, Pa., the AP reports. (The DVDs were all in a large binder, if you were wondering how someone could have carried away all that smut.) Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!
Leave the machetes at home next time
Posted on June 04, 2010In Fulton County, Ga., a man tried to bring not one, not two, but FOUR machetes into the courthouse on Thursday, the sheriff says. He was there to ask about any outstanding warrants he might have.
Killers try to use text messages for alibis
Posted on June 04, 2010More killers are starting use text messages as a way to give themselves alibis, the Wall Street Journal reports. They kill the victim, steal their cellphone and, using the stolen phone, send a message to their own device. Usually they...
Senator pushes anti-murderabilia law
Posted on June 04, 2010U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is announcing a new bill that would make it harder for convicts to make money off "murderabilia" -- collectibles that are tied to notorious crimes. If passed, the law would make it illegal for prisoners, or...
Mexican president targets corrupt cops
Posted on June 04, 2010Mexico's president wants to get rid of the country's local police departments because they're so corrupt and replace them with state-controlled police. He's floated the idea before, but some of its opponents are out of office now.
Barefoot Bandit offered $50K to give up
Posted on June 04, 2010Colton Harris-Moore, 19, is accused of a string of burglaries, including the theft of some planes, in the Pacific Northwest. He's been on the run for two years since leaving a halfway house and has successfully evaded massive searches conducted...
UK killer's victims include his twin
Posted on June 04, 2010British police say Derrick Bird, the cabbie who reportedly killed 12 people in a shooting spree this week, killed his twin brother, who was one of the first victims, the AP reports. Investigators still haven't pieced together what motive, if...
'Oh, my God, I shot myself in the groin!'
Posted on June 04, 2010From The Seattle Times: "Shoppers recall silence, fear when man shot himself in testicles" Sorry, but I'm calling shenanigans: I buy the "fear" part, but I have a hard time believing that it was *that* quiet after that particular injury....
No reduced bond for Shon Pernice
Posted on June 04, 2010From Glenn Rice: A Clay County judge has denied a bond reduction for a Northland man accused in the slaying death of his wife, who has been missing for more than a year. Shon Andrew Pernice, 37, was indicted two...
Cunning plan somehow ends in failure
Posted on June 04, 2010In Columbia, 18 teenagers were arrested after they allegedly sneaked into their high school after midnight Thursday and tried to fill the school's office with 2,000 balloons, the Tribune reports. Luckily, they're still going to get graduate. I can't imagine...
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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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