Homicide #42: Dontaey Simpson, 13 mnths

Death ruled a homicide
The death of a 13-month-old Kansas City boy last month has been ruled a homicide.
On June 2 police responding to a call in the 7900 block of E. 47th Terrace found Dontaey Simpson not breathing. The child later died at a hospital. The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s office has ruled the death a homicide.
Police said they'll question everyone who had contact with the child.
Dontaey’s death represents the 42nd homicide this year in Kansas City.

Nude photos send ex-teacher to jail

Former teacher draws 6 years+

MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former teacher who has already served jail time for having sex with a 13-year-old student was sent to prison for more than six years Friday for violating her probation by sending the boy nude photos of herself.
When Pamela Rogers (photo), 29, was released after serving 198 days in jail, she was under orders not to contact the student or his family or use the Internet. But authorities say that even after appearing in court on a charge of violating her probation in April, she continued talking with the boy and sending him text messages and sexually explicit photos and video of herself.
“You have done everything except show this court that you wanted to rehabilitate yourself,” Warren County Circuit Judge Bart Stanley said.

Earlier picture of Pamela Rogers

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Pushy bridge trolls arrested

Bridge trolls for thee
Two allegedly LSD-loaded "bridge trolls" were arrested in Boulder, CO, after they slapped the bicycle of an off-duty sheriff's deputy who refused to pay their $1 toll to cross the bridge.

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For sale: Yellow suit, some stains

Overland Park Credit Union robbed
A man in his mid to late 30s wearing a yellow suit, sunglasses and armed with a handgun held up the Overland Park Credit Union about 11 a.m. today. No one was injured.
The suspect fled the credit union at 10216 W. 87th St. As he headed west on 87th Street he caused a non-injury accident a block from the bank.
The man was driving a white Acura or Nissan with a license plate with tape over it. A dye pack included with the money exploded and it, along with some of the money, was thrown from the vehicle.
Police are looking for the suspect, who was described as African-American, approximately 6 feet, 2 inches to 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighing 220 pounds.

Freed inmate guilty in torture deaths

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who authorities say killed three people after being mistakenly released from prison pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a pregnant woman and her husband.
Patrick Selepak, 27, was accused of torturing and killing Scott and Melissa Berels, whose bodies were found Feb. 16 in their home. They had been bound in plastic wrap and duct tape and covered with a tarpaulin.
Selepak earlier pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received a mandatory life sentence in the killing of a Genesee County man. Selepak and his girlfriend, Samantha Bachynski, 20, were driving the man's truck, with his body inside, when they were arrested, authorities said.

Hospital washes surgery instruments in used elevator hydraulic fluid

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A man who says his surgery with instruments washed in used hydraulic fluid left him with fevers and fatigue on Thursday sued Duke University Health System over the incident.
The lawsuit came more than 18 months after university medical officials admitted that a mistake in a Raleigh hospital it owns resulted in thousands of patients being exposed to the instruments.
The instruments were washed in used elevator hydraulic fluid that was drained into empty soap containers and later reshipped to the hospital when it ordered more soap for instrument washing machines.
The hospital should have acted more quickly when operating room personnel complained that instruments were slippery, the lawsuit says.

Miss Universe contestants escape crime

Following up on my search for a crime-related angle to the Miss Universe 2006 contest, well, I haven't found one. But I'm persistent.

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Coors chief had one too many for road

Beer exec faces DUI charge

GOLDEN, Colorado (AP) -- Beer company executive, chief commercial pitcher and former Senate candidate Pete Coors confirmed Thursday he was cited in May for driving under the influence of alcohol after leaving a friend's wedding celebration.
"I made a mistake," Coors said in a prepared statement. "I should have planned ahead for a ride. For years, I've advocated the responsible use of our company's products. That's still my message, and our company's message, and it's the right message.
Coors, stopped a block from his home in his 2004 Jaguar after rolling past a stop sign, breath-tested 0.088 percent blood-alcohol, a spokesman said, slightly above the legal limit of 0.80 0.08 percent.

Hat tip to reader Theresa M.!

Police dog in pickup drives over woman

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A police dog named Ranger that was left in a pickup truck with the engine running apparently knocked the vehicle into gear and ran down a woman who was walking to her mailbox.
Mary F. Stone, 41, was hit by a front and rear tire of the truck and had tire marks on her clothes, police said. She suffered a fractured pelvis and tailbone.
Ranger's handler, responding to a domestic disturbance call, had left the dog in the truck with the engine running so he'd have air conditioning.
The truck then went through the Stones' yard and struck a vehicle in the driveway.

(Photo: Kemi, Independence PD, 2000)

Woman calls 911, asks for 'cutest' deputy

Lonely woman arrested for using 911 as love line
ALOHA, Ore. (AP) — A woman who called 911 to get “the cutest cop I've seen” sent back to her home got a date all right — a court date.
The same sheriff's deputy arrested her on charges of misuse of the emergency dispatch system.     Washington County Sheriff's Sgt. David Thompson told KGW-TV of Portland it all started with a noise complaint called in last month by neighbors of Lorna Jeanne Dudash. The deputy sent to check on the complaint knocked on her door, then left.
Thompson said Dudash then called 911, asking that the “cutie pie” deputy return.
“He's the cutest cop I've seen in a long time. I just want to know his name,” Dudash told the dispatcher. “Heck, it doesn't come very often a good man comes to your doorstep.”