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Pot-seeking teen accidentally texts sheriff
Posted on September 03, 2010The Independent Record has the story, which says the sheriff initially thought someone was playing a joke on him. The text message said: ?Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?? Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE...
The slings and arrows of outrageous criminals
Posted on September 03, 2010A Brazilian teen found an ingenious way to smuggle cellphones into a prison there: He tied them to arrows and fired them over the wall. Unfortunately, one of those arrows hit a guard in the back.
Alcohol might have been a factor
Posted on September 03, 2010Near Erie, Pa., a woman reportedly Tasered her brother and then accidentally zapped herself during a drunken argument, police say.
The most amazing thing you'll read today
Posted on September 03, 2010CNN has an amazing story about Chris Keith, who was 5 years old when his father killed Chris' mother and brother and tried to kill Chris, too. He was shot in the head and was in such bad shape that...
Ohio spares Death Row convict's life
Posted on September 03, 2010The governor of Ohio has spared the life of Kevin Keith, who was convicted of killing three people in 1994, even though he thinks Keith "likely" killed the victims. The defense was able to find evidence that helped Keith's case,...
Was this man really guilty?
Posted on September 03, 2010Daniel Millis -- who left jugs of water in the desert so illegal immigrants wouldn't die -- has gotten his conviction for littering overturned, the AP reports. A federal appeals court said the term "'garbage' is "sufficiently ambiguous.'"
KC homicide count stands at 73
Posted on September 03, 2010Compared to 81 at the same point last year. The closure rate is 49 percent. Police have closed 25 of this year's cases, plus another 11 from previous years that were resolved in 2010.
Cape Girardeau police think girl abducted in 1965 is still alive
Posted on September 03, 2010There's new energy in a decades-old mystery from Cape Girardeau, where 2-year-old Elizabeth Ann Gill went missing in 1965, the Southeast Missourian reports. The FBI recently reclassified the case as a kidnapping, and the bureau is going to take another...
Stranger throws acid in woman's face
Posted on September 03, 2010Bethany Storro suffered severe burns to her face after someone threw acid at the Vancouver, Wash., woman on Monday. Police haven't been able to find the attacker; it was apparently a random assault. Though Storro's injuries are serious, she is...
VIDEO: KCPD chases alleged shoplifters
Posted on September 03, 2010Kansas City police release video of a recent pursuit in the Northland in which you can hear officers talking to each other during the chase. Three alleged shoplifters from a Wal-mart at 8301 North Church Road started this police chase...
Federal judge strikes down Nebraska's flag-desecration law
Posted on September 03, 2010Nebraska tried to use this law to prosecute a Wesboro Baptist Church member, even though pretty much everybody -- including babies who were literally born yesterday -- could have predicted it wouldn't pass legal muster.
Friday Morning Roundup
Posted on September 03, 2010Gardner Public Safety is still investigating a crash that killed Kade M. Meyer, a second-grader who was trying to cross the street on Thursday afternoon. Platte County prosecutors have charged a man in a brutal beating at the Shops at...
Was missing woman a killer's prisoner? Or his accomplice?
Posted on September 03, 2010Bobbi Parker will stand trial in Oklahoma later this month, and it's one of the weirder cases from that state. Parker, a warden's wife, disappeared in 1994 at the same time Ralph Dial, a convicted murderer, escaped from the state...
Giving body armor to cops saves money
Posted on September 03, 2010A new study from the RAND Corporation makes what might seem like a glaringly obvious point: It's a good idea to give body armor to police. The study, however, comes at the issue from a cost-benefit perspective. Researchers found that...
Girl's birthday party spiked with punch
Posted on September 03, 2010An Oklahoma mom and her daughter, age 9, are accused of crashing another girl's birthday party, and at her mother's behest, the 9-year-old allegedly punched the birthday girl in the face, police tell the Daily Oklahoman. Both the girl and...
The secret life of carnies
Posted on September 03, 2010Not a crime piece, exactly, but I think you'll enjoy this column by T.J. Greaney of the Columbia Tribune. He got a retired carny to explain exactly how sideshow games are slanted against us poor rubes.
John Walker Lindh says prison won't let him pray with other Muslims
Posted on September 03, 2010John Walker Lindh -- the so-called "American Taliban" -- is asking a judge to let him and other Muslim inmates in his cell block pray together, the AP reports. The ACLU is supporting his motion, saying that current law clearly...
Sweet Merciful Friday
Posted on September 03, 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,...
More details about the Discovery Channel hostage situation
Posted on September 02, 2010Authorities have found more explosives in a Maryland home where James Lee -- the man who took hostages at the Discovery Channel's headquarters and was killed for it -- may have lived, MSNBC reports. Lee, who was angry at Discovery...
MISSING: James Mitchell
Posted on September 02, 2010KCPD is trying to locate James P. Mitchell, who's been reported missing. From Chief Corwin's blog: Mr. Mitchell was last seen the morning of August 26 at 10545 Washington St. He suffers from several medical issues, and his family is...
Human skull found in KC yard
Posted on August 30, 2010From Christine Vendel: Kansas City police are working with a forensic anthropologist to find out more about a human skull that was found in a back yard Saturday night in the 3700 block of Myrtle Avenue. A man checking on...
Roger Clemens pleads not guilty
Posted on August 30, 2010To charges that he lied to Congress about using steroids or human growth hormone. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Marvin!
N.C. man, 66, tried to kill guys who drank all of his beer, police say
Posted on August 30, 2010This is a surprisingly common reason for murder, it seems. I've lost count of the cases where someone has either been killed, beaten or just threatened over finishing off the last of the brew.
World's Most Optimistic Man tries to outrun police on a moped
Posted on August 30, 2010From the Eagle: The chase lasted a few minutes "until the moped driver realized he was not going to be able to outrun the police," Lt. Darras Delamaide said. Hat Tip: Many thanks, Mike!
Man tells KC police he was attacked on Broadway Bridge
Posted on August 30, 2010From Christine Vendel: A 28-year-old man told police that someone shot out the back window of his Dodge Viper on the Broadway Bridge early today. The victim said he was northbound on U.S. 169 near the Wheeler Downtown Airport about...
Frankenstein Jr. arrested at Toby Keith concert
Posted on August 30, 2010From the Cincinnati Enquirer: According to Hamilton County Sheriff?s deputies, Frankenstein, of Hamilton, was intoxicated when he approached them and threatened multiple times to kill them, stating, ?If I had a knife I would stab you.?
Drunk office worker shoots $100K computer server, police say
Posted on August 30, 2010In Utah, a mortgage-company employee allegedly got drunk at work and shot the company's computer server with a .45 handgun.
Utah police: Drug dealer claimed to be aspiring cop
Posted on August 30, 2010A Utah man, busted for selling marijuana, told officers that he was doing it only so he could save enough money to attend the police academy.
Charges expected in fatal goat attack
Posted on August 30, 2010Georgia authorities plan to charge a man whose escaped goat killed an 88-year-old neighbor, repeatedly butting the elderly man when he tried to get back to his feet.
You meet the weirdest people at garage sales
Posted on August 30, 2010I think my favorite part is how he allegedly tried to get a guy to run in the path of a motorcycle.
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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...
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