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WyCo searches for escaped inmate
Posted on August 30, 2010From the Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office: At 1015 hours, on August 30, 2010, Inmate George Dudley was in custody with Larned State Hospital personnel for a court hearing at the Wyandotte County Courthouse. Inmate has escaped custody and investigation is...
Man kills ex-girlfriend, four others at Ariz. party
Posted on August 30, 2010An Arizona man killed his ex-girlfriend and four others last night at a birthday party for her new boyfriend, then fled with their children to his sister's house in California, where he killed himself, police say.
Monday's Open Thread
Posted on August 30, 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. PROGRAMMING NOTE: Many thanks to Tony Rizzo, Meredith Rodriguez, Sara Shepherd...
Got your goat? Nope
Posted on August 30, 2010Authorities in Mexico, Mo., are struggling to capture a goat on the loose there. The goat has developed something of a following on Facebook.
Florida thief reaches into woman's bra, steals $70
Posted on August 30, 2010Story is from tcpalm.com.
Neighbor demands $150 to return missing dog, police say
Posted on August 30, 2010Think of it as a processing fee ...
Man tries -- and fails -- to Mace protesters from Westboro Baptist, police say
Posted on August 30, 2010An Omaha man allegedly drove past protesters at a Marine's funeral this weekend and released a "Mace-like spray," police say. They believe it was an attempt to attack picketers from Westboro Baptist Church, who said none of their members were...
Guilty plea in pregnant woman's murder
Posted on August 30, 2010Jason Cott has pleaded guilty to killing his wife, 29-year-old Angela, and the unborn child she was carrying, the Johnson County DA's Office reports. Angela's body was found in January under a tree along U.S. 69 by a passing driver...
Man beaten up after asking drug dealer for change, police say
Posted on August 30, 2010An Iowa City man was beaten up after he asked his drug dealer for change, police there say.
Anti-crime bike ride to visit KC
Posted on August 30, 2010The Surviving Parents Coalition -- an anti-crime group started by parents whose kids were abducted or assaulted -- is on a cross-country bicycle ride to rally support for crime prevention, and Kansas City is one of the stops. The riders...
Lead official in Mexican migrant slaughter goes missing
Posted on August 30, 2010Last week, Mexican authorities started investigating the murder of 72 migrants who were found slaughtered in Tamaulipas state. Complicating matters? One of the officials leading the investigation has now gone missing. Wearing protective mask and suit, a worker walks next...
Awful Ways to Die, No. 770
Posted on August 30, 2010A 29-year-old man -- waiting to see a legendary "ghost train" -- was struck and killed by a real train last Friday, a North Carolina sheriff says.
Boy, 8, was paid $1 to curse on video, police allege
Posted on August 30, 2010A Connecticut man was arrested after he allegedly recorded his 8-year-old neighbor swearing and using racial slurs, which he then posted to YouTube. The charge is "impairing the morals of a child" because the man is accused of paying the...
Now, THAT is a lovely mugshot
Posted on August 30, 2010Say what you will, but Paris Hilton takes a good booking photo.
"Intolerable heat" beam to be used in L.A. jail
Posted on August 27, 2010It's officially called an Assault Intervention Device and works by emitting a focus wave of energy that produces an intolerable heating sensation. It's non-lethal and causes people to flee out of the path of the energy wave. | Bob Cronkleton
Calif. federal appeals court allows police to secretly put GPS tracking devices on cars
Posted on August 27, 2010The ruling means that authorities don't need a warrant to place such devices on cars in the nine western states the court covers.Expect this to go to the U.S. Supreme Court because a federal appeals court in Washington D.C. arrived...
Coffee helps thwart crime spree
Posted on August 27, 2010A morning crime spree in Portland, Maine, that included an attempt to steal an ambulance ended shortly after a McDonald's clerk doused the assailant with hot coffee as he tried to steal a cash register. Although the man fled, he...
Washington DC to use software that predicts bad behavior
Posted on August 27, 2010The software works by predicting which people on probation and parole are the most likely to murder or be killed. The newer version of the software also predicts other crimes.If it works, it could influence sentencing and the setting of...
War of words erupt between church, strip club
Posted on August 27, 2010The Associated Press | Bob Cronkleton
Baby tiger found stuffed in suitcase
Posted on August 27, 2010The tiger cub had been drugged and hidden among stuffed animals. | Bob Cronkleton
Four Kansans sue to change way vacancies on state supreme court are filled
Posted on August 27, 2010The four filed suit in federal court arguing that the selection process shuts out voters.They filed the suit alleging election fraud. | Bob Cronkleton
Study finds that 88,500 inmates nationwide sexually abused while behind bars
Posted on August 27, 2010According to the study by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2008-2009, 4.4 percent of inmates in prison and 3.1 percent of inmates in jail report being victimized sexually by another inmate or staff member. The study's findings:...
Ex-Aryan Nations Leader's Home Raided
Posted on August 27, 2010From KMBC Channel 9: Police arrested Charles Juba Thursday night after raiding his Grain Valley home earlier in the day. Hat tip to JUNGLE JIM | Bob Cronkleton
DUI checkpoints this weekend
Posted on August 27, 2010From Joe Lambe: The Overland Park police will conduct a DUI checkpoint Friday night. From the KCMO police: The Kansas City Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on this weekend at a location in Kansas City that is known...
Rape victim was working as escort, had arranged meeting with attacker
Posted on August 27, 2010A woman who said she was raped and robbed by an unknown person at an Florida elementary school is an escort who had arranged a meeting with the suspect.Police do believe that a crime took place despite the inconsistencies with...
Could a Texas death row inmate be responsible for unsolved Missouri murders?
Posted on August 27, 2010Numerous theories surround the 25-year-old unsolved murders of Ena Cordt and her son Rory of Forsyth, Mo. One those theories includes that Tommy Lynn Sells, a man on death row in Texas, committed the murders as a plot to silence...
Friday's Open Thread
Posted on August 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. PROGRAMMING NOTE: James is off this week, and today, Bob Cronkleton...
Woman kills ex-boyfriend with bat; claims self defense
Posted on August 26, 2010Thelina Kincaid told police that she beat her ex-boyfriend with a baseball bat in self defense. | Bob Cronkleton
Pharmacist to stand trial for shooting death of would-be robber
Posted on August 26, 2010An Oklahoma judge has refused to dismiss a first-degree murder charge against the pharmacist. Prosecutors claim that during the robbery attempt, Jerome Ersland shot the 16-year-old boy in the head. As he was laying unconscious on the floor, Ersland then...
Two Amish men face incest, bestiality charges
Posted on August 26, 2010The two brothers face charges involving six different family members and multiple animals.The Grant County (Wisc.) sheriff said it's one of the strangest and most disturbing cases he has seen. Hat-tip to cripjak | Bob Cronkleton
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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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