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Boston authorities spent most of the afternoon locking down their city because a series of suspicious devices were spotted around town. Turns out they were "outdoor marketing devices" for "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" -- which sounds like a terrorist group, but is actually a show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The devices were LED signs featuring the Mooninites.
A New York couple allegedly met people over the Internet, videotaped sex with them and then extorted money from their victims to keep the tapes private. Authorities think dozens of people were taken in.
From MSNBC: An Oklahoma woman has pleaded guilty to injecting fecal matter into her baby girl. She's received a 15-year sentence. Her attorney blames Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
It's on northbound between 75th and 87th streets in JoCo. Ten people went to the hospital, though thankfully, nobody's in a life-threatening state. Be safe out there, everybody.
(Hat Tip: Thanks, Doc!)
A Florida sex offender has won $14 million in a state lottery drawing. He's the sole winner, and he's decided to take the $8 million lump-sum. So ... have a great day at the office, everybody.
From KMBC: Detectives might have a new lead in the killing of Sheldon Haynes, 31, who was shot to death in Raymore early Monday. He was found with a dark mark on his hand -- what looks like a paw print -- the kind you might get at a bar or a nightclub. They're asking anyone who recognizes the image to call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS. (Photo of the mark is available through the link.)
The appeals court has ordered a new trial for Lance W. Livingston, who's accused of shooting and killing Joshua Ivers outside a Raytown bowling alley in 2003. The court ruled that prosecutors were wrong to exclude a black potential juror. This will be Livingston's fourth trial; the first two were hung juries. The Star's story is here. KMBC's story is here.
About two weeks ago in Utah, three pregnant teenagers living at a group home reportedly hit their caretaker over the head with a frying pan, tied her and another pregnant teen up, then hit the road with the woman's van and credit cards. One of the girls has turned herself in. The other two are still on the run.
From The Star: A Kansas City man was charged Tuesday with molesting four boys over seven years. Joseph M. Braughton, 35, was charged in Clay County with five counts of statutory sodomy and one count of child molestation of children ranging from 7 to 11 years old.
He is also accused of molesting another child about four years ago after the child helped him to deliver The Kansas City Star. Braughton allegedly molested the child at his mother-in-law’s beauty salon after finishing the delivery route.
Braughton is not an employee of The Star but has been an independent contractor for eight years.
A Tampa woman, age 21, went to police to report that she'd been raped, and officers put her in jail because she hadn't made $4,585 restitution on an old theft arrest from when she was a juvenile, about three or four years ago. Moreover, a jail worker wouldn't give her a second dose of the morning-after pill because of the jailer's religious beliefs.
From the department: “Obviously, any policy that allows a sexual battery victim to spend a night in jail is a flawed policy,” police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. “So our city attorney is writing a new policy right now.”
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