1 man dead in shooting in the 3300 block of Spruce

From KCPD: Tonight (September 15, 2008) at about 7:30pm, KC Police Officers were called to the 3300 block of Spruce on a shooting. On arrival officers were directed to 3307 Spruce where they found a black male suffering from at least one gunshot wound laying in the yard there.

MAST ambulance and KC Fire Department personnel arrived and found that the male had died from his injuries.

Homicide detectives were advised that a red 1990’s Chevy Blazer occupied by two black males were involved in this incident. No suspect(s) are in custody and anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at 474-TIPS (8477).

How does marching help fight crime?

JOCO SOB is unimpressed.

1 critical after shooting Saturday on East 68th

From Mark Morris:

Kansas City police are investigating a Saturday afternoon shooting that left one man critically wounded.

Sgt. Tony Sanders said officers answered a disturbance call about 2 p.m. Saturday in the 3200 block of East 68th Street and found one man who had sustained wounds to his chest and shoulder after an argument.

He was transported to an area hospital for treatment of injuries that police described as “critical.”

Have you seen this car?

From Gladstone PD: This vehicle was stolen from the driveway of a residence located in the 1600 block of NE 67th Street in Gladstone, MO, on September 6, 2008, between 3:00 and 7:00 p.m.

1980 Chevrolet Corvette VT, black with mirrored T-tops and Louver exhaust pipes on down the side. Vermont license plates DKE-118.

Carjacking (sort of) foiled by manual transmission

The victim still got beat up pretty badly, but the bad guys didn't get away with his car -- they didn't know how to drive it.

For the love of God, man, just do the dishes!

A Texas woman is accused of biting her boyfriend and swinging a sword at him because he didn't do the dishes.

Fetch me the world's tiniest violin!

In which a moron sobs over being jail for wearing short shorts and a babydoll T-shirt in court. "I was dressed cute!"

Hat Tip: Saw this via QuizLaw!

Dog calls 911 after owner has seizure

I'm just trying to imagine what a cat would do in that situation.

Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!

Wichita abortion doc wants misdemeanors kicked

From The Eagle:

Lawyers for Wichita abortion provider George Tiller today filed a motion asking a judge to drop misdemeanor charges against him because of alleged misconduct by former Attorney General Phill Kline.

In a 153-page brief filed this morning in Sedgwick County District Court, Tiller's lawyers outlined evidence they say showed Kline and his office "lied" to a Shawnee County judge to open a secret inquiry into Tiller's clinic and another operated by Planned Parenthood in Overland Park.

UPDATE: Wisconsin man steal veterans' big-screen TV

He's a veteran himself, and he says he was stealing it for his disabled wife. The judge didn't care -- sentence is one year in federal prison. Snip:

In court documents filed this week, Polak said he first had the notion of stealing the television when he went to Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center for food stamps in April on his wife’s birthday. When he came to fetch his wife, he found her watching the 52-inch Samsung, “looking as peaceful as I have ever seen her.”

... He dressed up like a repairman and one afternoon he wheeled it out, telling questioning vets he was taking it to be repaired.

“I owed my wife a present, the military owed me a lot, the military possessed something that would make a perfect gift to my wife,” he said in an affidavit. “I saw myself as simply taking something from the military, knowing that the military could replace the television.”