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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Police ID man killed in standoff

Leland_grahamFrom Kansas City police:

Why the Paseo bridge was closed Monday

Email inquiry:

  • any idea on why the Paseo bridge was closed down on Monday afternoon?

Why, yes I do:

"We had a negotiator response to a man threatening to jump off the bridge," KCPD spokesman Capt. Rich Lockhart told me. "It didn't last very long. He changed his mind and we got him back."

Father of 2 dies in police standoff

See ID update

The Kansas City police captain in charge of hostage situations and standoffs used to tell me patience was his best weapon. And he'd tally his success by the number of peaceful resolutions. It didn't work every time:

Man dies during standoff with KC police
A man who exchanged gunfire with police inside a Kansas City home this morning has died, police announced shortly before 10:30 a.m.
They were investigating whether the man was hit during the exchange of gunfire or whether he later killed himself. Police described him as a 21-year-old father of two with a third child on the way.
The incident began about 6:15 a.m. when someone called 911 to report a disturbance involving a man with a gun at a house near 29th Street and Highland Avenue. When officers arrived, all the occupants were outside. One man broke from the group and ran back inside as officers followed.
After the man threatened to kill himself with a knife, the officers called in a police negotiator. At 7:24 a.m., the man fired at police and the officers returned fire. No officers were hit.
After hearing nothing from the man for hours, police found him dead.

KC loan officer: Kansas City, bah!

Of the 170+ comments that landed on 1 stabbed in street brawl at The Point, none were as acerbic as two emails I got from David H., a loan officer at a prominent local mortgage firm:

  • 3:41 p.m.:
  • What do you expect from a place like the point, or any other dump in Missouri,  mid-town is a complete disgrace filled with trash, everyday something happens,
  • These sick fools that are out late at night should just be removed from the list.
  • 3:54 p.m.:
  • I reply thanking him for his email, with regards, etc.
  • 3:56 p.m.:
  • No problem,  I am dead serious, 
  • KCMO is a freaking wreck.,
  • All the way from downtown, past bannister mall.

So there, Kansas City. A mortgage loan officer - whose job it is to spread the joy of home ownership in our town - has spoken!

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Dena D. Riley, junkie/gentle dog groomer

Dena_d_riley_sobbing_in_courtA loyal reader of this blog put me in touch with Karen L., who employed accused sado-sex killer Dena D. Riley (right) as a groomer in her Harrisonville dog kennel a couple years ago.
"Dena was really kind and gentle with the dogs," Karen told me. "She was one of the gentlest people around the animals I've ever had out here."
But Dena also had trackmarks and infected sores all over her body and talked openly about her drug use, said Karen, a former psychiatric nurse.
"She steadily talked about the drugs she got the night before, how she used it and how great it was," Karen said. "She'd use anything. I don't think she was a pot-smoker - she was a needle freak. She also liked pain pills."
Dena and a friend, Sheri, were homeless and living in Dena's car when an elderly Odessa vet took pity on them, Karen said.
"When the doctor's daughter told her mother about these girls being homeless and having to wash up in the gas station bathroom, the doctor's wife offered Dena and Sheri a job," Karen said. "They moved into the basement of the doctor's home in Odessa."
Dena Riley worked for only about two months before all the dogs were groomed and the work ran out, Karen said.
On the news about Dena?
"I'm really shocked," Karen said. "I've heard it said by people I've worked with in the past, that drugs can turn you into some kind of an animal. And that's got to be the case for her, because I just can't imagine her taking things that far."

Feared in danger: Alieghya Clark

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From Olathe police, who are asking this be sent out ASAP:

Name: Alieghya R. Clark
Age: 21 DOB: 07/02/1984
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair: Sandy
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'00"
Weight: 120 lbs
Olathe PD case # 2006-0009459

Missing From: Her home in Olathe, KS
Missing Since: 05-27-06
Details: Alieghya was last seen by friends on 05-28-06; she has had no contact with her family since
05-27-06. The circumstances indicate that she may be endangered. She currently has curly hair that is just below her ears in length. If you see her please call your local police immediately.

Missing adult female

Cool down: 44 laptop fires in 5 years

Under the category public safety:

Forty-four laptop or notebook computers have caught fire in the past five years, the Consumer Product Safety Commission says.

In a report today, CBS News says some of the fires have burned down houses, or worse. And they have a video of an exploding laptop.

From the CPSC:

Hewlett-Packard recalls notebook batteries
HP has received 20 reports of batteries overheating, including two in the United States. One minor burn injury has been reported. Eleven cases of minor property damage were reported, including one in the United States.

Dell recalls notebook batteries
Dell has received three reports of batteries overheating. The incidents involved damage to a tabletop, a desktop, and minor damage to personal effects. No injuries have been reported.

Dead woman moved from car to car?

Woman's body left in vehicle on Blue Ridge Boulevard
Kansas City police are investigating an incident in which the body of a woman left in a vehicle at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 500 block of Blue Ridge Boulevard.
A man reportedly brought the woman to a house in that area earlier in the evening. Police were investigating reports that she was dead when she arrived and was moved from one vehicle to another.
The man left in a blue Ford Ranger pickup truck.

Lenexa DUI stop: 1.4% arrested

Lenexa checkpoint yields variety of charges
A sobriety checkpoint Friday night at 95th and Monrovia streets in Lenexa netted several arrests for law enforcement agencies.
The Lenexa Police Department, Johnson County Sheriff’s Department and other Johnson County agencies conducted the checkpoint from 10 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday. Here’s what they reported:

  • 504 vehicles stopped
  • 25 drivers given field sobriety tests
  • Seven drivers cited for DUI
  • Four persons charged with minor in possession
  • Three persons charged with transporting open containers
  • Two drug-related charges
  • 16 additional traffic charges

(7 / 504) * 100 = 1.4 percent

Dutch pedophiles start political party

Dutch pedophiles are launching a political party to eventually legalize sex at any age, sex with animals and child porn - ideas not universally accepted, even in the Netherlands.

From Reuters:
Pedophiles to launch political party
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch pedophiles ...sparking widespread outrage.

 
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