One million child porn images

This guy in Wichita must have really had to work at it to collect this much illegal porn. It's hard to imagine that he had time for anything else.

And don't forget, every image of child pornography is a real child somewhere being victimized.

There is stupid

Then there is a special class of stupid exhibited by this guy in Joplin when he challenged his 11-year-old nephew to drink shots of Jim Beam.

The boy died.

 

There's a riot going on

In the middle of Kansas.

And of course, police say it started over a girl.

Abandoned corpse update

Blue Springs police released the identity of the woman found dead in a Cass County creek.

Sodomy in Kansas

Thought the headline might catch you.

But the story is about the effort to repeal the law concerning consenting adults.

Defining creepiness

This guy in Raytown had a lot to say when cops caught up with him.

And none of it was good.

Wichita pair attempt (relatively) safe getaway

Safety first. Even if you're running from the police.

 

Not remotely crime related...yet

I couldn't resist posting this item when I saw this headline:

"Downtown hotel will be chock-full of wrestlers, Chinese dignitaries."

 

A mother and a pimp

I would have to agree with this Texas woman's self-assessment:

"I am a monster."

Tuesday's open thread

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Read more here: http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2012/01/mon.html#storylink=cpy

Show me legal pot

Columnist Bill McClellan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an interesting tale about two unlikely advocates for legal marijuana in Missouri.

 

Corpse abandonment

Two brothers are now charged in the case of a woman found dead in Cass County.

 

 

Occupying a jail cell

The Occupy Oakland folks took it to city hall and the police took a lot of them to jail.

 

Death sentence for killer of three

Connecticut lawmakers were considering the repeal of the state's death penalty - until this case.

I thought this was a great quote by a family member of the victims: "Now, you are a prison number listed in the book of death."

Monday's open thread

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Lottery mystery deepens

Iowa officials have opened a criminal investigation over how this mystery man got his hands on the $16 million winner.

Celebrity alien abductions

The nanny says it happened to her.

I'm guessing that if it did, her voice prompted the aliens to bring her right back.

 

Charge filed in Merriam killing

One of the two men described earlier as a "person of interest" is now charged in Johnson County District Court with killing Toby Rock.

Foreign envoy to be deported

A federal judge in Kansas City made the order Friday in the case of the envoy from Taiwan prosecuted in trafficking case.

Dr_nk as a sk_nk

I'll take a U Pat.

Pat? You seem a little out of it dude.

 

Ex-con now accused in murder

A North Carolina restaurant could be cited for hiring an ex-con now accused of killing a pregnant restaurant manager.

They didn't conduct a background check before hiring the suspect.

 

Friday's open thread

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Woman stalked for nearly two decades

One date was apparently not enough for this guy who followed and harassed this woman across the country and through the years.

Naked man nabbed in KC

this is another example of why police officers don't get paid enough.

Be it ever so humble

There's no place like my cozy little jail cell.

Thanks to mrb1980 for the link.