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Well, ma'am, you drive a tough bargain

Posted on August 11, 2010
A California woman is accused of giving money and video games to teenage boys so they would have sex with her. That is an intriguing negotiation strategy ...

How dare you laugh at the ridiculous name I gave my baby!

Posted on August 11, 2010
A Washington man is accused of harassing a nurse who laughed because he wanted to name his baby after John Gotti, the AP reports. He allegedly threatened to choke the woman and tried to get her name for several months.

Thief allowed to pay back victims by playing poker

Posted on August 11, 2010
A stockbroker who stole more than $400,000 from his clients is being allowed to play in poker tournaments so he can win enough cash to pay back his victims. Hat Tip: Saw this via Fark!

OP releases photos of recovered goods

Posted on August 11, 2010
At their website, the Overland Park police have a photo gallery of tools and other items that were recovered during a burglary investigation. You can view it here, and if you see your missing stuff, just call 913-344-8702 during business...

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But I thought everybody loves robots

Posted on August 11, 2010
From AP: An unidentified man who has barricaded himself in his home throws items from his window after being surrounded by the sheriff's SWAT team in Tustin, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. The man, infuriated that his car was...

Another guilty plea in KC gambling case

Posted on August 11, 2010
From Tony Rizzo: A Kansas City man pleaded guilty today to taking part in an illegal on-line gambling enterprise. Michael J. Lombardo was the third of four men indicted by a federal grand jury in March to plead guilty in...

Missing French chef's corpse found in his freezer

Posted on August 11, 2010
Police are talking to the man's girlfriend, who lived in the apartment with him. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Natasha PV!

MISSING: Sean Lewis

Posted on August 11, 2010
KCPD is looking for Sean D. Lewis, 37, who was last seen about 5:45 p.m. Monday. He's 6 foot 1, 185 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was driving a green 2008 Volvo, S40, four-door, with Kansas plates...

Is Kansas' seat-belt fine too low?

Posted on August 10, 2010
Kansas' transportation secretary is making noises about raising the seat-belt fine. Kansas has had a primary seat-belt law only since May, which qualifies it for an extra $11.2 million in federal money. But the fine is a joke -- only...

Cops investigate Wisconsin stripper fight

Posted on August 10, 2010
Two older dancers, in their early 30s, were allegedly upset with a 21-year-old who, they say, was letting men touch her so she could make more money, the Fon du Lac Reporter says. A 21-year-old dancer from Fond du Lac...

Police: Stripper drags man for 1 mile under her SUV

Posted on August 10, 2010
Story is from Monroe, Ohio. The suspect had apparently been performing at a home there, when "something happened" and she left. The victim is a 31-year-old man who worked at a local restaurant. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in...

Man accused of marinating cat

Posted on August 10, 2010
In Buffalo, police have arrested a man who was allegedly marinating his cat in "crushed red peppers, chili pepper, salt and oil" so that he could eat the animal, the Buffalo News reports. ?Do not under any circumstances adopt to...

Tuesday's Open Thread

Posted on August 10, 2010
Welcome 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,...

Settlement in wrongly convicted Mo. man's lawsuit against authorities

Posted on August 10, 2010
The Southeast Missourian reports there's been a settlement in Josh Kezer's lawsuit against authorities. Kezer, you might recall, spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongly convicted of murder. His suit sought compensation and punitive damages. No word yet...

Clean up after yourself ... or else

Posted on August 10, 2010
In Washington state, a 58-year-old man is accused of cutting his roommate with a machete after seeing the sink was dirty, police tell the Post-Intelligencer. "I observed the machete next to a couch," the detective told the court. "I also...

Marine facing trial in colleague's death

Posted on August 10, 2010
In North Carolina, the trial of Cesar Laurean, a Marine accused of killing a fellow officer near Camp Lejeune, is getting under way. The dead woman, Maria Lauterbach, had claimed that Laurean had raped her and fathered her unborn child...

MISSING: Joshua Saluto

Posted on August 10, 2010
Kansas City police say they're looking for Joshua J. Saluto, 30, who hasn't been seen since Aug. 2. Saluto is 5 feet 7, 170 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing khaki pants and a...

Lawsuit over Geronimo's remains dismissed

Posted on August 10, 2010
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the descendants of Geronimo, who were suing the federal government and the Skull and Bones society at Yale. The plaintiffs claimed that Skull and Bones stole some of Geronimo's remains in 1918....

Local lawyer suspended over inappropriate conduct

Posted on August 10, 2010
In Kansas. a local lawyer, Chauncey Depew, has been suspended for one year over allegations that he "engaged in inappropriate conduct" with administrative assistants working for Johnson County judges. There's quite a list, but this one stuck out: When she...

Missouri strip clubs, adult businesses strike back against new law

Posted on August 10, 2010
Not a crime story, just an interesting case. From Jason Noble: Representatives of Missouri?s adult entertainment industry filed a lawsuit today challenging restrictive new state laws on strip clubs and adult retailers. The coalition, which includes several businesses, business owners,...

Fingerprint program leads to almost 47K deportations

Posted on August 10, 2010
Almost 47,000 people were deported thanks to Secure Communities, a program where local jails check the fingerprints of prisoners to see if they're in the country illegally. The AP has a full report on the matter here. A coalition of...

Two great tastes that taste great together

Posted on August 10, 2010
At her Crime Scene blog, Kathee Baird writes about a man who pleaded guilty to possessing Oxycontin inside a jar of peanut butter. "You got peanut butter in my Oxycontin!" "You got Oxycontin in my peanut butter!"

FBI still behind on some DNA analysis

Posted on August 10, 2010
The FBI has almost cleared up a huge backlog of DNA samples from convicted offenders, the AP reports, but it's behind on analyzing DNA from crime scenes. The convicts' samples -- whose DNA is added to official databases -- can...

Suspect: I might be a necrophiliac, but I'm no killer

Posted on August 10, 2010
In Tenino, Wash., a man is accused of murdering a woman after authorities say they found him driving around with her body. According to court records, the suspect admits to finding the woman's body and having sex with it and...

Rapist's lawyer says 51-year sentence is cruel and unusual

Posted on August 10, 2010
In Salina, a defense attorney says the likely sentence for a man who raped a woman in her 90s is cruel and unusual. Paul Henry Parker Jr. is probably going to get more than 51 years in prison, and that's...

Should JetBlue flight attendant face criminal charges?

Posted on August 10, 2010
Steven Slater -- the JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly cursed out passengers over a plane's P.A. and then slid down the emergency chute -- is the subject of a followup here and is well on his way to Internet celebrity....

Why nobody likes to drink with Brazilians

Posted on August 10, 2010
In Orlando, a Brazilian man is accused of urinating into two cups and putting them on the bar at the House of Blues. I'm having a hard time deciding between "still tastes better than Bud Light" or "they were later...

Suspect runs, but leaves his ID behind

Posted on August 10, 2010
From The Star: A man who had 19 prior convictions for illegal driving made it a little easier for police to catch him on what could be his 20th. Eric Hayden, 28, was charged Monday with felony driving while revoked,...

VIDEO: McNugget rage

Posted on August 10, 2010
This particular incident happened back in January, though it appears the video has only surfaced recently. It's of an Ohio woman who's accused of vandalizing a McDonald's drive-through window when she couldn't get McNuggets. (You might deserve a break today,...

Yeah, I'd call that a conflict of interest

Posted on August 10, 2010
The trial of an Independence chemist has been canceled for now, Tony Rizzo reports. The reason: One witness was probably going to testify that defendant Hessam S. Ghane had planned to put cyanide in the federal courthouse's A/C system. Instead,...

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