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mcgraw — Sat, 22 May 2004 10:47:40 -0800

Box of Snakes 'Linked to Death' Little Rock, Ark. Police are investigating a link between a mysterious box of veno mous sna kes and the death of a business traveler whose body was found in a rental car last week.

Go To Jail

Ron — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:16:29 -0800

Sixth-grader goes to jail for stomping in a mud puddle. Police called it a proper arrest.

Belleville housing inspections

nofundy — Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:15:10 -0800

The Overcrowding Police

Belleville inspectors and armed police officers show up without search warrants to check for occupancy code violations, and ticket people who don't let them in -- a practice experts say is unconstitutional.
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Invite friends over, babysit your grandchildren or allow relatives to spend the night in Belleville and you risk an armed police officer turning up at your door to search your home and give you a ticket. Enforcement teams consisting of a housing inspector and a police officer do not obtain search warrants before showing up to check for occupancy code violations, a Belleville News-Democrat investigation found.

moz — Thu, 28 Mar 2002 09:08:05 -0800

The male, heterosexual victims of spousal abuse. "Blood streamed down my face. Internal injuries dislocated my ribs. Lacerations and multiple abrasions marked my back and groin. My attacker had no injuries. I told the officer that I wanted the crime report to note my injuries and the names of witnesses. He responded, 'We ain't takin' a report from you, buddy.'" The officer refused to take Stanley seriously because he was a man who had been beaten by his wife.

jonmc — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 10:18:34 -0800

Wow, talk about your bad luck. Or perhaps proof that heavy pot use(or hot-tubbing) can addle your thinking processes.

thirteen — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 00:24:20 -0800

Chicago's online crime tracker allows you to see a map showing all reported crime within a 2 week span for any intersection in the city. Type in Grand & Dearborn and set it for 1/2 mile to see the truly astounding amount of crime that happens in River North. No wonder I eat at my desk.