Crime Scene KC
This Kansas City Star blog is a place to receive comprehensive crime news information, crime prevention tips and crime analysis about the Kansas City area. It will present both local and national crime data to report crime trends affecting us all.
Author: James Hart is a writer at the Kansas City Star.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • States • Kansas • Missouri • Legal News Publication • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from Crime Scene KC
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"Dude, I do this every night . . ."
That is what Zachary R. Duis, of northwest Indiana, told an officer after he was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving. Duis maintained that he was "straight up and not drunk." A breath test disputed…
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Drug addict gets 4 months in jail for stealing charity box in community mourning soldier's death
William Fisher was caught emptying the loose coins from the Poppy Appeal collection box in a store in Irlam, Salford, U.K. This was just weeks after the community mourned the loss of a soldier in…
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Intoxicated driver gets 4 years in KCK teen's death
Eric Snitz was sentenced Friday for involuntary manslaughter while under the influence. It was tied to a wreck on January 2008 that killed 17-year-old Christopher Brown, who attended Washington High. Dawn Bormann has the details…
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Girl turns down would-be suitor -- he vandalizes her mother's grave, cops say
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How NOT to run a prostitution sting
In Pennsylvania, an appeals court has ruled against the state police saying they severely botched a prostitution sting. How? Well, they were contacted by a man who said he'd been repeatedly approached for sex while…
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Can you hear me now?
From AP: Oregon police have charged a man with drunken driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on the road.
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Who was Otis Beckford?
The Orlando Sentinel has a short profile on Beckford, the only person killed during yesterday's office shooting in Orlando. A native of Jamaica, Beckford was an AutoCAD technician, 26 years old, engaged with a young…
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Open Thread ... Weekend Edition
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…
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Jail's design wasn't all that secure
A design flaw at the Vigo County, Indiana, jail allowed inmates to crawl through the ceiling and visit inmates in other cells.Repairs are underway and should be complete by early December. Hat tip to cripjak…
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Inmate formerly at Leavenworth accused of killing fellow prisoner
A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kan., has indicted Michael White, 30, now in custody at the Florence Federal Correctional Complex in Florence, Colo., with murdering a fellow inmate while they both were in…