Legal Research

KCK mom charged with leaving kids alone at home
From the WyCo DA: Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome A. Gorman this afternoon charged Nancy E. Martinez, Hispanic Female, Kansas City, Kansas, DOB: 03-11-86, with four counts of Endangering a Child, class ?A? misdemeanors, in connection with leaving four children,...

Oregon requires Hep A vaccine for children
Oregon, it appears, will become the 11th state beginning in the Falls of 2008 to require children in preschool, childcare facilities, kindergarten and Head Start to have two doses of Hepatitis A vaccine...

Neighbors Notified of Forensic Patients
The Oregon World has an article on an Oregon police chief who circulated notices to residents who lived near the Cedar Bay mental health community home in Oregon, informing them that the community home housed “forensic patients,” people found guilty of criminal acts who receive mental health care instead of jail time...

UPDATE: Dad who gave up 9 kids speaks
Nebraska law lets any parents "turn over" their kids (anyone younger than 19) by leaving them at a hospital or other designated site. Which is what one dad did with his nine children, ages 1 to 17...

Veteran Woodburn Oregon Police Officer Arrested, Suspended, Charged After Exposing Himself And Jerking Off For Neighbor’s Children - Caught On Video
WOODBURN, OREGON - Police say a Woodburn police officer is on paid administrative leave after his arrest on charges of exposing himself to his neighbors. Three witnesses say they saw 50-year-old Jose Rodriguez standing in the doorway of his West Salem home and masturbating with his pants down to his ankles...

Craig List Prank Leads to Ransacking of Oregon Home
There is a fascinating case emerging from Oregon. Someone posted a couple of hoax ads on Craigslist that announced that Robert Salisbury had left the area and that all of his possessions were free for the taking, including a horse...