Bella Villa News

In Hudson v. Michigan , Justice Antonin Scalia argued that the exclusionary rule was unnecessary because of "[a]nother development over the past half-century that deters civil-rights violations," namely, "the increasing professionalism of police forces, including a new emphasis on internal police discipline." The good folks of Bella Villa, Missouri ...

October 02, 2009 Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Police Chief Who Molests Motorist Edward Locke is the Chief of Police, for Bella Villa, Missouri.

Macks Creek is gone. It lives on only in speed-trap lore. In the early 1990s, this mid-Missouri town was legendary for ticketing drivers for any infraction along Highway 54 near the Lake of the Ozarks.

The dashboard radar machine barked out speed readings in a computerized voice. Twenty feet below, unsuspecting drivers flew by on Interstate 70 in St.