Prisoners face prison

Robbery is still robbery, even if the loot is a bag of corn chips, and the crime takes place behind bars.

$1 million sanction for political robocalls

The Maryland consultant must pay the state for his 2010 effort.

Former pro kicker loses cool with kid

Apparently the little fellow was yelling "wide left" before the part-time middle school coach allegedly grabbed him around the throat.

Thursday's open thread

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Life sentence in Merriam murder

Your blogmeister got out of the office long enough to cover the sentencing.

The judge who handled the murder case had also presided over the previous drug-related cases of the victim, a mother of five children.

Accused killer just turned 13

Wearing an ankle monitor from a previous criminal incident, he allegedly shot a man in New Orleans during a robbery attempt with a 15-year-old accomplice.

Special delivery

I've heard of throwing shoes as a form of political protest, but in Canada they really take the gesture to the extreme.

Moose stomping

Not a crime, but man, they have the strangest stories in Alaska.

 

Ambulance thief doesn't get far

But she does get arrested.

And in Chicago, every ambulance is needed. Check out the weekend carnage story that follows the ambulance story.

Wednesday's open thread

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No new tricks for this old dog

Primo mug shot here.

 

Mugged by monkeys

Criminal monkeys are causing big problems in Delhi, India.

 

A loser keeps losing

A streaker in St. Louis gets arrested and charged after his Busch Stadium escapade.

The knucklehead "appeared to have been drinking."

Note the billboard behind him.

A Chicago kind of weekend

The sheer volume of shootings in Chicago is simply mind-boggling even to an old crime reporter like me.

25 and counting over the Memorial Day weekend.

A Bieber beat down

This would seem to be a serious blow to one's manhood. Perhaps the 911 call went something like this:

Dispatcher: You got beat up by who?

Photog: Justin Bieber.

Dispatcher: inaudible (snickering) Um okay sir we'll get right on that.

A horrifying scene in Miami

Please don't read this if you have a weak stomach.

I've been covering crime for more than 25 years and this is hands down about the worst thing I've ever heard about.

Tuesday's open thread

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The butler did it

And he's creating quite a stir at the Vatican.

A $200,000 pile of junk

I wouldn't know, but I suspect that when you're tooling around in a Lamborghni and see another one, the impulse to race is pretty great.

Beekeeper caught in police sting

Johnson County prosecutors allege he tried to hire a hit man to kill his ex.

A tip of the hat to an old friend for the headline.

Wasteful government spending

Or just a necessary precaution in these crazy, contentious times of ours.

You be the judge.

Friday's open thread

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The cold stare of an accused killer

Quite a picture of this Michigan teen who allegedly killed his father with a baseball bat and plotted with a friend to kill his whole family.

Officer grabby

An Illinois cop is in trouble for putting hands where they shouldn't have been put.

Suspect confesses in 1979 missing child case

The 6-year-old disappeared while walking to school alone for the first time.

The case was the impetus for the missing kid-milk carton program.