Police Confused as to Why Stupid Prisoner Hanged Herself
Posted on March 18, 2010
| The Editor
The Globe Democrat reports that a St. Louis Metro Police prisoner decided to end it all while the cops were at lunch or something recently.
The 32-year-old woman was taken into custody around 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the 5400 block of Southwest Avenue for an outstanding bench warrants. She was taken to the south patrol area station where she was being held.
Around 3:00 p.m., the victim was found hanging in the holding cell.
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RFT Writer Gets Sucker Punched in the Loop
Posted on March 17, 2010
| The Editor
We at Punching Kitty love being in the city during the spring. Walking down the streets of the Looop, with that cool nip in the air that makes it so you can’t decide if you should have brought your coat. Looking at the shine of the streetlights coming off the rain puddles on still on the streets from the night below takes your focus to the point where you don’t even see the little bitch about to sucker punch you as you walk past the Subway.
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Dude. WTF?!
Posted on March 11, 2010
| The Editor
I have no idea where Lexington, Missouri is and frankly I don’t want to know because a family was recently arrested there and…well…tell ’em block quote:
Burrell Jr. of Independence, his three brothers, his father and an uncle have all been arrested. Their alleged victims have made allegations of years of rape and incest,
Dude.
[…] including mock weddings
Awww, dude.
[…] and claims that children were forced to kill a 300-pound man who had been kidnapped
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South St. Louis Gets a Taste of North St. Louis
Posted on March 8, 2010
| The Editor
A roving group of thugs went around south St. Louis Friday and eventually kicked the crap out of two men, giving the south side of St. Louis a little taste of what life is like on the north side of town.
St. Louis Metropolitan Police said the group assaulted their first victim in the 7400 block of Virginia. Witnesses told police a 42-year- old man was collecting cans when the teenagers approached him and without provocation began to punch and kick him.
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City Advertises to Lower Crime Instead of Investing in Robocop
Posted on March 3, 2010
| The Editor
The city of St. Louis is launching an advertising campaign to help with the chronic issue of car break-ins within the city limits.
The crime has blossomed in recent years, with the advent of GPS devices and MP3 players. The thrust of the new initiative is to alert motorists to not leave anything in sight inside their cars. The campaign will be managed through window posters and billboards paid for by the police department, a total of about $7,500.
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Police Shocked and Happily Surprised to Find Hispanics Pulled Over Were Actually Criminals
Posted on March 2, 2010
| The Editor
“What do you know!” said one officer, “You know, you pull over hispanic after hispanic and you have to let them go because they weren’t doing anything wrong or that trailer full of lawn mowers and hedge clippers really did belong to them and then something like this happens. It just really makes your day!”
Around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department said a Peterbuilt tractor trailer was stopped for a traffic violation.
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Dude Got Shot in the Ass in North St. Louis
Posted on March 1, 2010
| The Editor
KMOV is reporting a man was shot in the butt Saturday night in north St. Louis. I know. Totally surprising.
According to police, the victim and three friends were walking across the street when a newer model dark blue or black SUV approached.
The front seat passenger got out and fired shots; the victim and friends ran to a nearby residence. The suspects fled the scene.
The victim is in stable, but totally embarrassed condition because there’s no way to make an ass wound sound badass.
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Youth Leader Likes Kids…I Mean Really Likes Kids
Posted on February 25, 2010
| The Editor
You know what’s great about church youth groups? Um…wait I can think of something…there’s um…crap, there has to be something…oh I know! There’s very little chance of being recorded when you wake up on a group camp-out in your tent and decide to rub a quick one out and have it ended up online.
A Collinsville, IL church youth group leader is facing charges for possessing and…yup…creating child pornography.
Joseph Emil Klug was the leader of the Royal Rangers, a youth group that is for boys of grade school and high school age.
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Former St. Louis Cop Sues Facebook
Posted on February 18, 2010
| The Editor
Bryan Pour, who probably had a pretty bitchin’ beer-drinkin nickname in college, was fired from his post as a St. Louis police officer after a brawl/shooting incident outside of a bar. Pour also got a parting gift of a felony charge of aggravated battery with a firearm with the possibility of 30 years in the clink.
What does Facebook have to do with this?
An attorney for Pour now want to force Facebook to disclose profiles and any messages exchanged between people involved in the 2008 incident or witnesses, including investigators.
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Former KFNS Producer Ryan Huff Gets 25 Years for Diddling Tweens
Posted on February 18, 2010
| The Editor
We’ve been following this case here at Punching Kitty since we basically first launched over a year ago and it looks like its finally come to a close.
Former producer for local sports talk outfit KFNS Ryan Huff has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to…deep breath…two felony counts of production of child pornography, one felony count of enticement of a child, one felony count of receipt of child pornography, two felony counts of possession of child pornography and one felony count of transferring obscene material to a minor.
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