Sometimes all you can do is chuckle: John Mark Karr
Fox News reports that John Mark Karr is serious about proving that he has no convictions in Alabama, where he asked for a background check from the Birmingham Police Department. It seems like only yesterday, but it was actually a year ago that John Mark Carr was all over the news. You may recall that he confessed to killing little JonBenet Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado ten years before. Since Karr was in Thailand at the time, the confession got him a flight home at US expense and we got to see pictures of him sipping a cool drink during the [...]
Even the police chief should follow the rules
Poulan, GA is a very small town just to the east of Albany, where the chief of police is in trouble over a background check. The Albany Herald, in a story headlined: "Poulan police chief suspended," reports the following. Poulan’s top police official has been suspended after officials say she may have used her power as police chief to snoop on a City Council member. Angie Schlosser has been suspended with pay pending a full investigation into an alleged incident where she ran a background check on Councilman Van Jones, Poulan City Attorney Tommy Coleman said. I'm sure there are [...]