Dog owner relates terrifying incident

Her beloved Yorkie was chewed up by a pit bull mix named "Chocolate."

Charge filed in dog shooting death

The weapon in this Tulsa, Okla., case was a pellet gun. The alleged shooter was a fire captain who later resigned.

Dog pack kills goats

I realized that all of my previous posts today have something to do with animals, so I decided to just go with that theme.

 

A new kind of dog tag

It's a new low in the world of spray-paint vandalism known as tagging.

Monday's open thread

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Horsing around with other people's money

A lot of money as it turns out.

A city employee is accused of embezzling $30 million from the hometown of President Ronald Reagan. And she spent it on the horses, winning national acclaim showing and breeding the animals.

Wild animal escape update

Officials in Ohio aren't eager to turn over the survivng exotic animals let loose last year by a suicidal man.

Police were forced to kill most of the lions and tigers and such, but his widow wants the return of the survivors including two leopards and a bear.

A must see police blotter

In my never-ending quest to amuse folks I scoure the globe for the interesting, quirky or bizarre.

This police blotter from Alaska fits that bill.

An example: Animal – Neighborly dissatisfaction with a debris-dispersing, digging, defecating dog.

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/04/25/2439425/unalaska-police-blotter-firing.html#storylink=cpy

The case of the "crazy misfits"

While that label applies to far too many people running loose today, in this case it applies to the Montana mountain man who kidnapped Kari Swenson in the 1980s because his son wanted a bride.

She, it would seem, is opposed to his parole.

68,000 U.S. guns to Mexico

The ATF says that's how many weapons have been brought into the country from the USA since 2006.

Thinking big; really big

Two people have been accused by the feds in New Jersey with plotting to smuggle an entire U.S. Navy aricraft to China.

Friday's open thread

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Tracking gunshots with technology

I'm a day late on posting the story about Kansas City trying out ShotSpotter. Police in a lot of other cities seem to be pretty high on it.

 

Big verdict against Girls Gone Wild

A judge in St. Louis awarded more than $5 million to a woman depicted in one of them there videos.

She said she was filmed without her consent.

Alleged disrespect leads to KC killing

It's a sadly common occurrence here.

Airport screeners accused of accepting bribes

Four TSA screeners were arrested for allegedly accepting bribes from drug smugglers in Los Angeles.

Trouble in trial for mayor's alleged killer

The case is being tried in Illinois near St. Louis and witnesses are proving problematic for prosecutors.

Thursday's open thread

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Teens expelled for Facebook posts

The Indiana 8th graders said they were only joking about who they would like to kill.

School oficials were not amused. The ACLU is on the job on behalf of the girls.

Wichita doctor gets probation in traffic death

Apparently he suffered a stroke and was unaware that he had hit somebody and drove for miles with the victim on top of his van.

Sketches of KU attack suspects

University police have released sketches of both suspects in those recent KU incidents.

Burglar caught on tape

It's pretty high quality too. Lenexa police hope somebody who knows him will give them a call.

 

Say hello to sergeant dope

This former St. Louis police sergeant dealt himself right off the force and soon into federal prison.

Wednesday's open thread

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Some stories just tell themselves

It's a bit dated, but this story forced me to present it here.

Two sisters who work at a strip club and a fight with a baseball bat.