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DUI suspect had an accident, police say
Posted on May 28, 2010In Minnesota, a 61-year-old man is fighting charges that he was driving drunk and, after he was arrested, pooped his pants and tried to rub up against a police officer.
Charges filed in Tutera homicide
Posted on May 28, 2010UPDATED: Jackson County prosecutors have filed charges against 17-year-old Matthew Hendrix in the slaying of Michael Tutera, Matt Campbell reports. According to the probable cause statement, Tutera had called police on Wednesday to report he had just caught Hendrix entering...
Girl turned to crime to raise bail money, prosecutors allege
Posted on May 28, 2010In New Hampshire, a 17-year-old girl is getting one year for allegedly masterminding a burglary ring to raise money for her boyfriend's bail. Most of the money was actually spent on drugs and alcohol, though, prosecutors say.
Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on May 28, 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,...
Tight pants banned in part of Indonesia
Posted on May 28, 2010It's only being enforced on Muslim women, though they ask visitors to comply, too.
A different kind of 'special memory'
Posted on May 28, 2010This one's not a crime, just amusing: A second-grade teacher made a photo CD for all of the kids in her class. Unfortunately, one girl accidentally got a porngraphic DVD from the teacher's husband's collection.
Independence man faces meth charges
Posted on May 28, 2010From Sara Shepherd: A dealer one methamphetamine user described as ?The Man? of Independence-area meth sales has been arrested and was implicated this week in federal court. Homer G. Boling is accused of illegally possessing a firearm, according to a...
The Highlander hits rock bottom
Posted on May 28, 2010From the San Jose Mercury News: A man arguing with a store clerk over lottery tickets was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon Tuesday morning after he showed an officer a sword concealed in his trench coat, Watsonville...
Kansas gets primary seat-belt law
Posted on May 28, 2010Gov. Mark Parkinson signed a bill yesterday that lets Kansas police stop drivers for failing to wear a seat belt. It used to be that you could be ticketed only if the cops had another reason to stop you. The...
Mexico City puts its cops on a diet
Posted on May 28, 2010You've got to feel bad for Mexican police. On one side you've got the drug cartels trying to chop off your head and leave your body in the desert. On the other is the New York Times, calling you a...
Robbers blow up German bank while trying to steal ATM
Posted on May 28, 2010In Germany, robbers apparently planned to use explosives to make off with an ATM. Only they ended up destroying the entire bank. Also, the ATM was unharmed. If only they'd made the whole bank out of that stuff ... Hat...
Injured dog was set out with trash
Posted on May 28, 2010In Orange County, Fla., authorities are investigating after a 1-year-old Lab was set out with the trash, allegedly because it wasn't healing fast enough, WESH-TV reports.
Have you seen this man?
Posted on May 28, 2010KCPD has sent out surveillance photos of a man suspected of burglarizing a home in the 15000 block of Ess Road back on May 21. (Some electronics were taken.) I've lightened up the bottom image, hoping it'll look a little...
Family worries bodies are missing men
Posted on May 28, 2010Last night, police found two bodies in a shopping cart behind a house at 45th and Askew, Meredith Rodriguez reports. She spoke with family members who worry the dead people are two brothers whose burned car, marked with bullet holes,...
'A Ph.D. in murder and Jack the Ripper'
Posted on May 28, 2010Stephen Griffiths is big news in Great Britain right now. The doctoral student, who studies criminology, is accused of killing three women, all believed to be prostitutes. A neighbor told reporters that Griffiths had said he was working toward a...
KC homicide count stands at 43
Posted on May 28, 2010Compared to 48 at the same time last year. Right now, the closure rate is 51 percent, when you consider cases from past years that were resolved in 2010. We're heading into a time of year when it seems like...
Iowa teens charged in raccoon's death
Posted on May 28, 2010Four teenagers from a Pella church's youth group have been charged with beating a raccoon to death during a camping trip, the Des Moines Register reports. The paper says the teens caught the animal with a snare they built, but...
Fugitive stops to chat with TV crew
Posted on May 28, 2010Near Springfield, a TV crew inadvertently helped deputies catch a man who had allegedly fled officers after a traffic stop. The camera crew had gone to the neighborhood to interview people, and they wound up talking to the suspect himself....
JoCo inmate dies after collapsing
Posted on May 28, 2010A prisoner at the New Century jail died about 6 this morning, the Johnson County Sheriff's Office reports. Mark Bradford Roodhouse was being held on two charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer in Shawnee. He was booked...
Who killed John and Joseph Hooker?
Posted on May 28, 2010From Tony Rizzo: Two homicide victims found Thursday in a shopping cart behind an abandoned house were brothers reported missing earlier in the day. Kansas City police identified the men as John L. Hooker, 21, and Joseph L. Hooker, 18....
Blue Springs warns about auto crimes
Posted on May 28, 2010Blue Springs is warning the public about a rise in car thefts and auto burglaries: They've had five stolen vehicles and 38 break-ins in the past three weeks, especially near St. Mary's Hospital. As always, people need to stop leaving...
66 license arrests during checkpoint
Posted on May 28, 2010KCPD operated a driver's license checkpoint on Thursday night in the 2200 block of Northwest Barry Road, Chief Corwin's blog reports. They caught 66 people on license violations -- 10 for driving while revoked, 56 for having no license at...
Parents played video games while baby starved to death
Posted on May 28, 2010A South Korean couple has been convicted of letting their baby starve to death while they played online video games, which involved raising a "virtual child," The AP reports. They've been sentenced to two years in prison, though the woman's...
It was all a big misunderstanding ...
Posted on May 27, 2010From the AP: A state senator says he wasn't intending to bribe a rape victim's sister when he left her a message suggesting it could be "financially beneficial" if she told the truth in a case that sent a friend...
Trucker watched porn before fatal wreck
Posted on May 27, 2010An Ohio trucker has pleaded guilty in a fatal wreck in New York last year. He'd been watching pornography on his laptop shortly before the crash, prosecutors alleged. Hat Tip: Many thanks, cripjak!
Who killed Michael Tutera?
Posted on May 27, 2010KCPD has identified the victim of a homicide from earlier today in the 5300 block of Sunset Place: Michael Tutera, 49. Nobody else was home when police found Tutera's body inside his home after 1 a.m. KC Confidential describes him...
Guilty plea in KU gun scare
Posted on May 27, 2010That was quick. Remember the ruckus at KU a few weeks ago? There was a big police response after a report of a gunman on campus, though it turned out to be wrong. Samuel Moore, the suspect, has just pleaded...
Open Thread ... Thursday (Friday Eve)
Posted on May 27, 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,...
Mo. jury wants probation for murderer
Posted on May 27, 2010In St. Louis, a jury has found 61-year-old Johnnie Pulley Jr. guilty of fatally shooting a teenager last year. The teen had reportedly beaten up Pulley weeks prior, and having spotted the boy again, Pulley was following him so police...
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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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