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2005 Crime Stories

• 12/14/2005: Newspaper Story - Bill Holds Employers Civilly Liable for Sex Offenders' Repeated Crimes
• 11/29/2005: Radio Story - Cattle theft in southwest Missouri has become so bad cattlemen are banding together and patrolling at night, looking for rustlers. Thieves are stealing more as cattle prices rise.
• 11/14/2005: Radio Story - Attorney General Jay Nixon signed a deal with Western Union to help prevent wire fraud. As part of the deal consumers will gain more recourse in the event they suspect they are victimes of fraud
• 11/ 8/2005: Radio Story - Dale Finke, director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, says he's revoking the license to issue bail bonds from all felons.
• 11/ 7/2005: Radio Story - Jefferson CIty radio host James Keown was arrested for murder Monday in the death of his wife Julie.
• 10/25/2005: Radio Story - Marlin Gray, from St. Louis will be executed tomorrow for murdering two women in 1991.
• 10/17/2005: Radio Story - A Missouri inmate has been given the go ahead for her abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the state's appeal to stop the abortion.
• 9/27/2005: Radio Story - The Missouri Attorney General's office says the state sued the man responsible for the state's only reported scam in the wake of the Gulf Coast hurricanes.
• 9/20/2005: Radio Story - Senate Judiciary Committee vice chairman Robert Mayer says that since the state does not own the Boonville Katy bridge, the suit should be thrown out.
• 9/20/2005: Radio Story - State Senate Judiciary Committee vice chairman Robert Mayer says since the state does not own the Boonville bridge on the Katy trail, the Attorney General should not sue.
• 9/14/2005: Newspaper Story - House passes an abortion restriction bill with an overwhelming 115-35 vote in favor.
• 9/12/2005: Newspaper Story - After a house committee hearing, a bill adding abortion restrictions was approved.
• 9/ 8/2005: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate approves the governor's abortion-restriction bill after nearly 12 straight hours of debate.
• 9/ 7/2005: Radio Story - They feel like their mission's don't help Katrina's victims enough.
• 9/ 2/2005: Radio Story - Guardsmen left this morning on State Emergency Duty -- to help provide security near New Orleans.
• 9/ 2/2005: Radio Story - On the way to New Orleans the Guard must stop several times for fuel . . . and stomach high prices.
• 8/30/2005: Radio Story - The Highway Patrol says people are buying locks for their gas tanks amid worries of gas theft.
• 5/ 5/2005: Newspaper Story - Completing its work one day early, the legislature approved a $19.2 billion budget that cuts more than 90,000 people from Medicaid while increasing funding to the foundation formula by $113 million
• 5/ 3/2005: Radio Story - Jackson County Senator Matt Bartle says the Missouri Supreme Court has placed the safety of the state's school children in extreme jeopardy.
• 5/ 3/2005: Radio Story - Police officers could arrest suspected criminals for failing to provide identification.
• 4/28/2005: Radio Story - The legislature passed a bill eliminating the penalties for having vehicle registration tabs stolen.
• 4/26/2005: Radio Story - The Missouri Supreme Court reverses a St. Louis school counselor's misconduct charges.
• 4/26/2005: Radio Story - Republican Governor Blunt ruled the execution should take place, despite the findings of a parole board.
• 4/25/2005: Radio Story - The Senate has until Friday, May 6th to pass the budget, which is a constitutional requirement.
• 4/21/2005: Radio Story - The Senate heard a bill increasing prison time for drunk drivers causing fatal accidents.
• 4/20/2005: Radio Story - Legislators move closer to adopting a bill that places harsher penalties for underage drinking.
• 4/19/2005: Radio Story - The Senate discussed toughening penalties for underage drinkers and those who give them the alcohol.
• 4/ 6/2005: Newspaper Story - After extensive debate in senate, the lack of Republican votes put the bill to rest.
• 4/ 5/2005: Radio Story - The bill owuld allow the replacement of up to two sets of two license plate tabs when stolen.
• 3/29/2005: Radio Story - The bill would allow harsher penalties for trespassers in animal facilities.
• 3/ 9/2005: Radio Story - The bill is modeled after a similar bill pioneered by Virginia state legislators.
• 3/ 9/2005: Newspaper Story - By creating felony penalties for spam offenders, Missouri would join Virginia, Ohio, and Maryland that have similar legislation
• 3/ 8/2005: Radio Story - A new bill would install cameras at dangerous intersections.
• 3/ 8/2005: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House ruled Tuesday that it is illegal to transport a minor out of state with the intention of receiving an abortion. Other changes to current abortion laws in Missouri were made.
• 3/ 8/2005: Radio Story - A bill aimed at stopping minors from getting abortions in Illinois has passed its first vote.
• 3/ 3/2005: Radio Story - Attorney General Jay Nixon said the wall shows the true impact of crime on our society.
• 3/ 2/2005: Newspaper Story - The Zionist women's organiztion came to the capitol Wednesday hoping to halt a bill that would ban human cloning.
• 3/ 1/2005: Newspaper Story - Senate Democrats introduced a block of legislation today to protect consumers in the wake of recent identity theft with ChoicePoint Inc. Other bills include informing consumers about radio frequency identification tags and the creation of an Office of the Inspector General.
• 3/ 1/2005: Radio Story - Sponsor touts bill in respons to ChoicePoint scandal
• 2/23/2005: Radio Story - It's been three years since St. Louis local law enforcement have been granted a raise. Now in a proposed bill, they are asking for $1350 more.
• 2/17/2005: Newspaper Story - A report from State Auditor Claire McCaskill says that a backlog of information at the Missouri State Highway Patrol puts officers in danger. Vital criminal information is not being received by patrol officers in a timely manner.
• 2/16/2005: Radio Story - Blunt nominated a Public Safety Director and a Deputy to oversee Homeland Security.
• 2/14/2005: Radio Story - The bill would make Missouri the 18th state to ban the practices of video recording movies inside movie theaters and pirating cable television feeds.
• 2/14/2005: Newspaper Story - By a vote of 7-2 in favor of the legislation, the cloning issue now moves to the senate floor for further debate.
• 2/10/2005: Radio Story - Missourians would have to show a photo ID to buy Sudafed under a measure cleared by the Senate.
• 2/ 2/2005: Newspaper Story - Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, presented his bill to the senate Judiciary committe that would ban human cloning.
• 1/26/2005: Newspaper Story - In hopes to control methamphetamine production in Missouri, a set of bills aim to allow only licensed pharmacists the ability to sell cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine
• 1/24/2005: Radio Story - Members of the senate committee listened to law enforcement officers talk about the need to reduce the availability of pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in the illegal drug methamphetamine.
• 1/24/2005: Newspaper Story - At a press conference Monday, Gov. Matt Blunt banned all video games from Missouri prisons.
• 1/24/2005: Newspaper Story - At a press conference Monday, Gov. Matt Blunt banned all video games from Missouri prisons.
• 1/24/2005: Radio Story - Governor Matt Blunt's executive order is effective immediately. Blunt's order bans all video games, both violent and non-violent from Missouri state prisons.