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Mmm, that evidence was delicious
Posted on August 12, 2010A Colorado man is accused of pretending to be a sheriff's deputy and eating a marijuana cigarette -- what the kids sometimes call a "doobie -- that he seized from an unfortunate bystander.
Judge resigns over butt-flicking
Posted on August 12, 2010OK, yeah, I'm linking to this one mostly so I can finally use "butt-flicking" in a headline ...
Deadbeat Dad jumps out window to avoid arrest
Posted on August 12, 2010I'm sorry, but I laughed all the way through this one: A Chicago man -- Ronald ?Boobie? McIntyre -- jumped out a third-story window when police tried to arrest him for nonsupport. (He owes almost $6,000 to his kids.) He...
Is paying for Catholic school a good reason for robbing banks?
Posted on August 12, 2010Keith Giammanco -- a.k.a. the "Boonie Hat Bandit" -- is on trial in St. Louis for robbing banks there in 2007 and 2008. Giammano is already serving a six-year stretch in the federal system, but this new trial is for...
Utah man accused of felony murder
Posted on August 12, 2010From AP: Thomas James Valdez Jr. sits in Judge Deno Himonas' courtroom in Salt Lake City on Wendesday, Aug. 11, 2010 for a preliminary hearing. Valdez faces one count of first-degree felony murder and one count of third-degree felony possession...
Who killed John P. Garcia?
Posted on August 12, 2010Garcia, 28, was fatally shot last weekend near Cesar Chavez and Mercier, when a driveby shooter fired into a crowd and hit Garcia, a married man with kids and a sideline as a rapper. Christine Vendel has interviewed Garcia's relatives,...
Girl, 12, accused of DUI crash
Posted on August 12, 2010Story is from Minnesota. To be fair, she reportedly had a 19-year-old friend in the car, so she wasn't unsupervised. (Though the 19-year-old was also drunk, police allege.)
Thursday's Open Thread
Posted on August 12, 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,...
Wednesday's Open Thread
Posted on August 11, 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,...
Not remotely crime-related
Posted on August 11, 2010But it's too mind-boggling not to share. By law, the diocese in Madison, Wis., is required to offer birth control under its employee health-care plan. But if anyone actually expects to exercise that right? The diocese's commercial insurance policy now...
Meth fixings hidden in toddler's 'Dora The Explorer' backpack, police say
Posted on August 11, 2010Story is from Broken Arrow, Okla., and the 2-year-old's parents are facing criminal charges.
Actor Rip Torn might have to go to jail
Posted on August 11, 2010You might remember that Rip Torn is in a bit of legal trouble in Connecticut. (After he allegedly got drunk and broke into a bank, thinking it was his house -- but who among us hasn't done the exact same...
Man stopped with gun at courthouse metal-detector
Posted on August 11, 2010A Lee's Summit man allegedly brought a loaded pistol into the Jackson County Court House this morning in Independence, the sheriff's office said. The 44-year-old was there for a dissolution-of-marriage case. (The sheriff's office doesn't say whether he was deliberately...
No more wire hangers, ever!
Posted on August 11, 2010A Mississippi woman used a handful of clothes hangers to beat a burglar, whom she found in her garage, clutching her leaf blower. The suspect was later arrested driving a purple convertible, which, coincidentally, is how the Joker likes to...
Third suspect charged in Tutera murder
Posted on August 11, 2010From Christine Vendel: Jackson County prosecutors today charged another suspect in the shooting death of Kansas City businessman Michael Tutera on May 27. Prosecutors charged Joseph B. Hendrix, 16, with murder, burglary and armed criminal action after a juvenile judge...
Man uses shotgun to chase off children
Posted on August 11, 2010In Wenatchee, Wash., a 63-year-old man has entered an Alford plea to using a shotgun to scare away three boys, ages 8 and 10, who were looking for lizards in his field. He allegedly pointed the gun at two of...
2 accused of assaulting Secret Service agents in Kansas City
Posted on August 11, 2010The FBI is looking for Christine Janna Lane, 22, and Lateef Dwight Morris, 20, in connection with an assault on two Secret Service agents. It reportedly happened Aug. 3 near the El Ranchito Auto Sales on Truman Road. Lane, who...
Man found dead Monday was homicide victim, police say
Posted on August 11, 2010KCPD has ruled that a man found dead early Monday was a homicide victim. Otis W. Pratt, 58, was found dead in the 3200 block of Victor about 1 a.m. His son was the one who called police. Anyone with...
Homeless burglar crawls into bed with couple, police say
Posted on August 11, 2010Story is from Canton, Ohio. Best Part: "He told the officers he?s a ninja and knows mixed martial arts,? the supervisor read from the notes, adding that Phillips, described as roughly 5 feet 8-inches tall and 160 pounds, is also...
Search continues for Arizona escapee
Posted on August 11, 2010In Montana, authorities are keeping a close eye on the state's border to Canada because they think an escaped Arizona prisoner and his alleged accomplice / fiancee / cousin might try to leave the country. John McCluskey and two other...
Now, THAT is a lovely mugshot
Posted on August 11, 2010I ask you, does this man look like he's capable of marinating and eating a cat?
Should police have used Tasers here?
Posted on August 11, 2010A Florida woman and her 25-year-old son, who has Down syndrome, are facing criminal charges for resisting arrest without violence, the Miami Herald reports. The woman had called 911 after her son became "enraged," the paper reports, but told dispatchers...
Progress in St. Louis heist investigation?
Posted on August 11, 2010The Post-Dispatch reports the arrests of three people yesterday in St. Louis might be tied to last week's big armored-van heist. The paper quotes relatives of those arrested, who say that police wanted to question them in connection with the...
They were out for a motorcycle deride
Posted on August 11, 2010In Washington state, a highway patrolman rolled his patrol car while chasing a group of motorcyclists. As he lay in a ditch, some of the riders came back ... to laugh at him, the authorities said. Hat Tip: Many thanks,...
'Either she was going to kill me or I was going to kill her'
Posted on August 11, 2010Tony Rizzo has a good story here about a 68-year-old woman who chased off a purse-snatcher near 63rd and the Paseo.
Police link Michigan serial killer to Ohio, Va. attacks
Posted on August 11, 2010Police think the man wanted in a series of stabbings near Flint, Mich., five of them fatal, is also responsible for similar attacks in Ohio and Virginia.
Ohio man accused of stealing son's video games, selling them
Posted on August 11, 2010A Cincinnati man is accused of stealing $1,070 worth of video games and a Nintendo DS from his 9-year-old son and selling them.
Man gets 25 years for stealing $2
Posted on August 11, 2010Because he used a knife during the robbery. Story is from Waterloo, Iowa.
Food stamps help authorities arrest 51 on felony warrants
Posted on August 11, 2010From Meredith Rodriguez: Seven Jackson County law enforcement agencies swept the metro area today to serve 300 felony warrants. Many people on the list were found with the help of the Department of Agriculture. Their applications for food stamps led....
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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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