LOS ANGELES - Police searching a Long Beach park have found a severed head believed to be remains of a man killed and dismembered in a double murder-for-profit plot in Orange County.
Costa Mesa police Sgt. Patrick Wessel said Sunday that a coroner will officially determine whether the head recovered in the Saturday search is that of 26-year-old Samuel Herr.
Herr's neighbor Daniel Wozniak was charged with two counts of murder Friday for the death of Herr and his friend Juri Kibuishi.
Authorities allege Wozniak, a 26-year-old stage actor, shot Herr at a Los Alamitos military base and dismembered his body, leaving the torso at the base and the head and limbs in the Long Beach park.
Wozniak also is accused of shooting Kibuishi. Her body was found May 22.
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Man Attacked From Behind Dies...
On Chicago's South Side a man was beaten and stabbed to death.A man is dead following a brutal stabbing and beating with a baseball bat, early Sunday on the South Side.The nineteen year old victim and a friend were walking together in the 3200 block of South Asland, when three male suspects approached the victim from behind and hit him in the head with a baseball bat and knocking him to the ground,according to police reports.
Police were notified and found the victim unconcious but were unable to interview the victim.The male companion that was walking with the victim, fled the scene and was not present,when police arrived,it is reported.However police were able to track him down thanks to eyewitnesses.
The victim was rushed to a local hospital, where a doctor also found two stab wounds to the back of his neck.Doctor's were unable to save the victim.The victim died at 5:42 a.m. during surgery.No arrests have been made.The case is still being investigated by police.
Police were notified and found the victim unconcious but were unable to interview the victim.The male companion that was walking with the victim, fled the scene and was not present,when police arrived,it is reported.However police were able to track him down thanks to eyewitnesses.
The victim was rushed to a local hospital, where a doctor also found two stab wounds to the back of his neck.Doctor's were unable to save the victim.The victim died at 5:42 a.m. during surgery.No arrests have been made.The case is still being investigated by police.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Suspected Chicago Serial Killer Arrested
A suspected Chicago Serial Killer has been arrested.He is suspected to have murdered at least three women in south Chicago by strangulation.Police say DNA lead to his arrest.Each victim was found (1 naked)and strangled to death in abandoned buildings.
The suspect is also accused of trying to strangle a fourth woman to death,but the victim got away and was able to indentify the suspect.
The very first victim was murdered in November 2008.The suspect was also spotted by police in one of the vacant building's where a victim was found.According to reports,there was also a fourth victim was found early in May of this year,and police believe the suspect may have murdered her too
All of the victims were African American.
The suspect is also accused of trying to strangle a fourth woman to death,but the victim got away and was able to indentify the suspect.
The very first victim was murdered in November 2008.The suspect was also spotted by police in one of the vacant building's where a victim was found.According to reports,there was also a fourth victim was found early in May of this year,and police believe the suspect may have murdered her too
All of the victims were African American.
Monday, May 24, 2010
GANG MEMBER FACES LIFE FOR PLAYGROUND MURDERS..
The first of six defendants on trial for the horrific 2007 execution-style slaying of three students at a Newark playground was convicted of murder Monday.
After just four hours of deliberations, the jury found Rodolfo Godinez, a Nicaraguan national who was one of six men and boys charged with the brutal slayings, guilty on all 17 charges.
Godinez, a reputed M-13 gang member, faces life in prison when he is sentenced on July 8.
The murders of Dashon Harvey, Iofemi Hightower, both 20, and Terrance Aeriel, 18, shocked Newark - and the nation - and led city officials to tighten gun tracing laws and install more security cameras.
"When I first found out my son was attacked and killed in a schoolyard playground, I blamed it on the parents" who don't teach children right from wrong, said Harvey's father, James Harvey.
"When you let them run astray, these are the types of things that can happen to any child," he said.
The three victims - all enrolled or about to be enrolled at Delaware State University - were found slumped against a wall of the playground, each having suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Hightower and the survivor also were slashed with a machete.
A 19-year-old Delaware State University student survived the massacre. Her face partially paralyzed, she testified last month about being attacked with the knife, sexually assaulted and shot in the head.
"Somebody had their knee on my back, pulled my hair up and was trying to chop my neck off with a machete," she told the jury.
The six defendants in the case are being tried separately.
Attorney General Paula Dow called the Godinez' verdict "just one of six pieces of a cold-blooded puzzle, that shocked this city, this state, this nation three years ago."
Godinez's lawyer, Roy Greenman, had argued his client was at the scene but didn't take part in the attacks.
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After just four hours of deliberations, the jury found Rodolfo Godinez, a Nicaraguan national who was one of six men and boys charged with the brutal slayings, guilty on all 17 charges.
Godinez, a reputed M-13 gang member, faces life in prison when he is sentenced on July 8.
The murders of Dashon Harvey, Iofemi Hightower, both 20, and Terrance Aeriel, 18, shocked Newark - and the nation - and led city officials to tighten gun tracing laws and install more security cameras.
"When I first found out my son was attacked and killed in a schoolyard playground, I blamed it on the parents" who don't teach children right from wrong, said Harvey's father, James Harvey.
"When you let them run astray, these are the types of things that can happen to any child," he said.
The three victims - all enrolled or about to be enrolled at Delaware State University - were found slumped against a wall of the playground, each having suffered a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Hightower and the survivor also were slashed with a machete.
A 19-year-old Delaware State University student survived the massacre. Her face partially paralyzed, she testified last month about being attacked with the knife, sexually assaulted and shot in the head.
"Somebody had their knee on my back, pulled my hair up and was trying to chop my neck off with a machete," she told the jury.
The six defendants in the case are being tried separately.
Attorney General Paula Dow called the Godinez' verdict "just one of six pieces of a cold-blooded puzzle, that shocked this city, this state, this nation three years ago."
Godinez's lawyer, Roy Greenman, had argued his client was at the scene but didn't take part in the attacks.
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DISPUTE OVER BEER LEADS TO STABBING...
Cambridge — Three people were stabbed Saturday night in two separate incidents in Cambridge, with one that started over a dispute about beer, according to an e-mail from City Manager Bob Healy sent to city officials obtained by the Chronicle.
"Two young adult males were stabbed at Magazine and Granite in an incident that grew out of a dispute over beer that was being consumed at Magazine Beach," said Healy in the e-mail.
The second incident was a domestic at 246 Hurley St.
Healy described the injuries of the three as "non life threatening."
Additional details were not immediately available on the incidents.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
"Two young adult males were stabbed at Magazine and Granite in an incident that grew out of a dispute over beer that was being consumed at Magazine Beach," said Healy in the e-mail.
The second incident was a domestic at 246 Hurley St.
Healy described the injuries of the three as "non life threatening."
Additional details were not immediately available on the incidents.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
INDIANA MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULTS...
Police arrested a 27-year-old man who is suspected in at least four sexual assaults of minors, including that of an 11-year-old girl.
Luis Gonzales, Indianapolis, was preliminarily charged Sunday with two counts of child molestation and two counts of criminal confinement.
Police said Gonzales was the suspect in the assault of an 11-year-old on May 13. He was found sleeping in a pick-up truck in the 5700 block of Hillsboro Drive, near the home of another girl who alleges he fondled her.
A BB gun matching the description of a gun used in the 11-year-old's molestation was found in the truck, along with charms and earrings.
Indianapolis Police Sgt. Paul Thomson said in news release that Gonzales could face charges in the molestations of four girls. It was not immediately clear whether the preliminary charges that were filed were for one of more incidents--http://www.indystar.com/
Luis Gonzales, Indianapolis, was preliminarily charged Sunday with two counts of child molestation and two counts of criminal confinement.
Police said Gonzales was the suspect in the assault of an 11-year-old on May 13. He was found sleeping in a pick-up truck in the 5700 block of Hillsboro Drive, near the home of another girl who alleges he fondled her.
A BB gun matching the description of a gun used in the 11-year-old's molestation was found in the truck, along with charms and earrings.
Indianapolis Police Sgt. Paul Thomson said in news release that Gonzales could face charges in the molestations of four girls. It was not immediately clear whether the preliminary charges that were filed were for one of more incidents--http://www.indystar.com/
WOMAN STABS BOYFRIEND DURING MONEY DISPUTE...
A Florida woman has been charged with the murder of her boyfriend, following an arguement over money.On Sunday Morning 39 year old Vonceillia Solomon and her 34 year old boyfriend Carlton King were in a heated arguement over finances, when the victim(King) pushed the suspect (Solomon) down in front of her 15 year old daughter.She reportedly then ran into the kitchen and grabbed a knife and ran back past her daughter and stabbed the victim(King) in the chest.Police were called to the home around 9:00 a.m. and found the victim(King) wounded just inside the front entrance.He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.The suspect was then charged and taken into custody.None of the suspects four children were injured.
TOPLESS DRUNK WOMAN STEALS WINE
MINDEN, Nev. - A Nevada woman is accused of stealing a bottle of wine from a store while she was topless and intoxicated.
Brandi Smith, of Gardnerville, acknowledged her behavior was "mind-boggling" during an appearance Wednesday before a judge to face charges of indecent exposure, felony drunken driving and burglary.
Authorities say the 41-year-old was arrested May 10 after stealing a $20 bottle of wine, then driving to a nearby fast-food restaurant, where an off-duty sheriff's deputy kept her in the vehicle until other deputies arrived.
A preliminary test revealed a blood-alcohol level of 0.14 percent, nearly twice the legal limit.
A records search found Smith has two prior convictions of driving under the influence in California.
She was in jail on $5,000 bail. ---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Brandi Smith, of Gardnerville, acknowledged her behavior was "mind-boggling" during an appearance Wednesday before a judge to face charges of indecent exposure, felony drunken driving and burglary.
Authorities say the 41-year-old was arrested May 10 after stealing a $20 bottle of wine, then driving to a nearby fast-food restaurant, where an off-duty sheriff's deputy kept her in the vehicle until other deputies arrived.
A preliminary test revealed a blood-alcohol level of 0.14 percent, nearly twice the legal limit.
A records search found Smith has two prior convictions of driving under the influence in California.
She was in jail on $5,000 bail. ---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Saturday, May 22, 2010
MAN MURDER'S GIRLFRIEND AND KEEPS HER CORPSE AND CHILD FOR DAYS..
A Florida man reportedly murdered his girlfriend in his home and kept her 3 year old child and her decaying body in his home for days.Calvin Simpson,52 of Jacksonville faces 25 years to life in prison after being convicted on Thursday of second degree murder by a jury.
In 2008,police responding to a missing persons report smelled a foul odor coming from the suspect's home and found his murdered girlfriend's decaying body inside.He reportedly murdered the victim right in front of her 3 year old child.The suspect has a history of violence and petty crimes,according to police reports.He will be sentenced by a judge on June 21.
In 2008,police responding to a missing persons report smelled a foul odor coming from the suspect's home and found his murdered girlfriend's decaying body inside.He reportedly murdered the victim right in front of her 3 year old child.The suspect has a history of violence and petty crimes,according to police reports.He will be sentenced by a judge on June 21.
MAN KILLED GIRLFRIEND AND KEPT HER BODY AND HER 3 YEAR OLD CHILD IN HOUSE FOR DAYS...
A Jacksonville man faces 25 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him Thursday of murdering his girlfriend, then keeping her child in his house with the decaying body for days.
Calvin R. Simpson, 52, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2008 killing of Tyronnie Lynne Dennis, 31, in Simpson’s Blackshire Road home.
Circuit Judge Elizabeth Senterfitt scheduled sentencing the week of June 21.
Assistant State Attorney London Kite said Simpson killed Dennis in front of her 3-year-old child then stayed with the child in the house as the body decayed.
Police were responding to a missing persons report when they smelled the body and found Dennis inside the house near Highlands Middle School on the Northside.
Simpson has a history of worthless check convictions and served prison time in the 1980s for aggravated assault.---jacksonville.com
Calvin R. Simpson, 52, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2008 killing of Tyronnie Lynne Dennis, 31, in Simpson’s Blackshire Road home.
Circuit Judge Elizabeth Senterfitt scheduled sentencing the week of June 21.
Assistant State Attorney London Kite said Simpson killed Dennis in front of her 3-year-old child then stayed with the child in the house as the body decayed.
Police were responding to a missing persons report when they smelled the body and found Dennis inside the house near Highlands Middle School on the Northside.
Simpson has a history of worthless check convictions and served prison time in the 1980s for aggravated assault.---jacksonville.com
SUSPECTED CHILD MOLESTER SHOT IN FRONT OF SCHOOL BY POLICE...
A suspected child molester shot by police in front of a Laguna Niguel elementary school was hospitalized today.
The 44-year-old man was wanted on a $1 million warrant, but his name was not made public by Orange County sheriff's deputies, who are investigating the officer-involved shooting.
The shooting near Rancho Niguel Road and Via Lido occurred about 9:50 a.m. Thursday, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Brea and Anaheim police were searching an apartment building for the suspect, who ran from the building to a jogging path where he was shot, Amormino said.
The shooting happened in front of Marian Bergeson Elementary School, which was locked down for several hours.
It was unclear if the suspect was armed, Amormino said.
The wounded man was hospitalized today, sheriff's Lt. Jim England said.
Brea police were investigating a child-molestation case in Yorba Linda, and their investigation led them to Laguna Niguel, Brea police Sgt. Bill Smyser said. The suspect is believed to have known his alleged victim, he said.
"This is not a predator on the loose," Smyser told the Orange County Register---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
The 44-year-old man was wanted on a $1 million warrant, but his name was not made public by Orange County sheriff's deputies, who are investigating the officer-involved shooting.
The shooting near Rancho Niguel Road and Via Lido occurred about 9:50 a.m. Thursday, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Brea and Anaheim police were searching an apartment building for the suspect, who ran from the building to a jogging path where he was shot, Amormino said.
The shooting happened in front of Marian Bergeson Elementary School, which was locked down for several hours.
It was unclear if the suspect was armed, Amormino said.
The wounded man was hospitalized today, sheriff's Lt. Jim England said.
Brea police were investigating a child-molestation case in Yorba Linda, and their investigation led them to Laguna Niguel, Brea police Sgt. Bill Smyser said. The suspect is believed to have known his alleged victim, he said.
"This is not a predator on the loose," Smyser told the Orange County Register---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
MAN STABS GIRLFRIEND'S 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO DEATH....(very tragic and sad)
A 14-year-old girl was stabbed to death in the Bronx and her little sister helped cops nab the suspect - the younger girl's father.
The night of violence Thursday followed two days of arguments between Keisha Austin, 36, and her ex-boyfriend Christopher Ezell, 35.
Austin invited the ex-con to stay with her and then changed her mind, telling him she wanted him out of her life. They jawed over his presence and over her daughter, Emonee Williams.
"I heard them upstairs arguing around 11 that the mother doesn't control her," neighbor Malika Stephenson, 31, said. "He was yelling at the mother about Emonee, that she doesn't control her."
The mom stormed out of the Melrose apartment leaving behind Ezell, her adult sister and her four children - a pair of 2-year-old twin boys, a 9-year-old girl and Emonee.
At some point, Ezell booted the sister from the apartment. About 11:45 p.m., the hot-headed homeless man set in on Emonee, because she kept reminding him that her mother wanted him to leave.
As her twin brothers slept, Emonee was stabbed more than 20 times. The victim's 9-year-old sister, Jazmine, woke up and came out of her bedroom, a police source said.
She may have seen part of the attack in the living room.
Ezell assured his daughter that "everything's going to be okay" and motioned her back into her bedroom, the police source said.
The suspect ran from the apartment and Jazmine called 911. Police said Jazmine gave police a description of her father. He was arrested on the street less than a mile away. Ezell was charged with second degree-murder.
Police took a pair of kitchen knives from the bloody scene. Cops led Ezell from the 40th Precinct stationhouse just before 2 p.m. Friday. The suspect was wearing a bullet-proof vest after cops heard rumors that the victim's father wanted to kill him, police said. Ezell and Emonee, a student at South Bronx Prep, are not related.
A student there told the Daily News a teacher broke the news to her class, bringing everyone to tears. Emonee loved to draw and to dance, friends said. She mentored other students in math and was a great writer, according to teachers at Intermediate School 162 in the Bronx.
She graduated from the school last year and earned a service award for helping teachers and students. "She was a beautiful person," said Jacqueline Araujo, her 8th grade English teacher. "She was always smiling. She had goals. She wanted to become a teacher."
Police had been to the apartment at least twice before the Thursday night attack. They came in December after Austin complained that Ezell had been calling and harassing her. In March 2005, police were called to squash an argument between the the two. Neither case involved Emonee and no one was arrested. The convictions on his record were for attempted robbery and grand larceny.
"It's still hard to believe," neighbor Virginia Vigo, 19, said. "He could have sent her to her room or something. He didn't have to do what he did to her."
The feeling was much the same at a makeshift memorial outside the teen's building, where classmates and friends gathered in grief to place teddy bears, flowers and candles.
"She's like the sister I never had," Janay Wilkerson, 15, wrote in a letter after learning about her best friend's death. "She's earned her pair of wings and I know she has my pair in her hands just waiting for me."
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The night of violence Thursday followed two days of arguments between Keisha Austin, 36, and her ex-boyfriend Christopher Ezell, 35.
Austin invited the ex-con to stay with her and then changed her mind, telling him she wanted him out of her life. They jawed over his presence and over her daughter, Emonee Williams.
"I heard them upstairs arguing around 11 that the mother doesn't control her," neighbor Malika Stephenson, 31, said. "He was yelling at the mother about Emonee, that she doesn't control her."
The mom stormed out of the Melrose apartment leaving behind Ezell, her adult sister and her four children - a pair of 2-year-old twin boys, a 9-year-old girl and Emonee.
At some point, Ezell booted the sister from the apartment. About 11:45 p.m., the hot-headed homeless man set in on Emonee, because she kept reminding him that her mother wanted him to leave.
As her twin brothers slept, Emonee was stabbed more than 20 times. The victim's 9-year-old sister, Jazmine, woke up and came out of her bedroom, a police source said.
She may have seen part of the attack in the living room.
Ezell assured his daughter that "everything's going to be okay" and motioned her back into her bedroom, the police source said.
The suspect ran from the apartment and Jazmine called 911. Police said Jazmine gave police a description of her father. He was arrested on the street less than a mile away. Ezell was charged with second degree-murder.
Police took a pair of kitchen knives from the bloody scene. Cops led Ezell from the 40th Precinct stationhouse just before 2 p.m. Friday. The suspect was wearing a bullet-proof vest after cops heard rumors that the victim's father wanted to kill him, police said. Ezell and Emonee, a student at South Bronx Prep, are not related.
A student there told the Daily News a teacher broke the news to her class, bringing everyone to tears. Emonee loved to draw and to dance, friends said. She mentored other students in math and was a great writer, according to teachers at Intermediate School 162 in the Bronx.
She graduated from the school last year and earned a service award for helping teachers and students. "She was a beautiful person," said Jacqueline Araujo, her 8th grade English teacher. "She was always smiling. She had goals. She wanted to become a teacher."
Police had been to the apartment at least twice before the Thursday night attack. They came in December after Austin complained that Ezell had been calling and harassing her. In March 2005, police were called to squash an argument between the the two. Neither case involved Emonee and no one was arrested. The convictions on his record were for attempted robbery and grand larceny.
"It's still hard to believe," neighbor Virginia Vigo, 19, said. "He could have sent her to her room or something. He didn't have to do what he did to her."
The feeling was much the same at a makeshift memorial outside the teen's building, where classmates and friends gathered in grief to place teddy bears, flowers and candles.
"She's like the sister I never had," Janay Wilkerson, 15, wrote in a letter after learning about her best friend's death. "She's earned her pair of wings and I know she has my pair in her hands just waiting for me."
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ONE LESS ABUSIVE MAN ON THE STREETS....
ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP -- An Aurora man with a lengthy history of violence has been sentenced to prison for physically abusing a domestic partner.
Kevin M. Cooper, 35, of the 1700 block of Molitor Road, was sentenced this week to four years and six months in prison, the Kane County state's attorney's office said.
He was convicted in April of one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm, a Class 4 felony.
Prosecutors said that on Dec. 22, 2008, Cooper struck the victim in the face several times until she fell to the floor. Cooper then kicked the woman in the back.
During sentencing, Judge Robert J. Morrow cited Cooper's lengthy history of violence, which includes two prior felony domestic battery convictions, as well as felony burglary, weapons and drug convictions.
Kevin M. Cooper, 35, of the 1700 block of Molitor Road, was sentenced this week to four years and six months in prison, the Kane County state's attorney's office said.
He was convicted in April of one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm, a Class 4 felony.
Prosecutors said that on Dec. 22, 2008, Cooper struck the victim in the face several times until she fell to the floor. Cooper then kicked the woman in the back.
During sentencing, Judge Robert J. Morrow cited Cooper's lengthy history of violence, which includes two prior felony domestic battery convictions, as well as felony burglary, weapons and drug convictions.
WOMAN ATTACKED BY MAN FROM BEHIND...
Cambridge — A 30-year-old woman reported she was walking on Pleasant Street towards Central Square in the area of River Street Thursday shortly before midnight when she was approached from behind by a male who put a hand over the victim’s mouth.
Police said the victim was able to break free and run up Pleasant Street to River Street where she was able to find people to assist her in notifying the police.
The victim was transported to an area hospital for minor injuries sustained in the assault.
The suspect description is of a white or Hispanic male 6-foot-2 tall, very thin build with something on his head, possibly a hat or headphones and wearing gray hoodie or a gray track jacket.
The Cambridge Police advises women to be cautious when out walking alone at night and when possible walk with someone else. The Police Department also advises people walking at night not to wear head phones and to be constantly aware of their surroundings.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cambridge Police Detective Bureau at 617-349-3370.--http://www.wickedlocal.com/
Police said the victim was able to break free and run up Pleasant Street to River Street where she was able to find people to assist her in notifying the police.
The victim was transported to an area hospital for minor injuries sustained in the assault.
The suspect description is of a white or Hispanic male 6-foot-2 tall, very thin build with something on his head, possibly a hat or headphones and wearing gray hoodie or a gray track jacket.
The Cambridge Police advises women to be cautious when out walking alone at night and when possible walk with someone else. The Police Department also advises people walking at night not to wear head phones and to be constantly aware of their surroundings.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cambridge Police Detective Bureau at 617-349-3370.--http://www.wickedlocal.com/
Thursday, May 20, 2010
MURDERED WOMAN'S LETTERS PROVE SHE KNEW HER BOYFRIEND WOULD KILL HER....
She knew he was going to kill her.
Letters found on the computer of the live-in girlfriend of Robert Camarano, accused of stabbing her to death in their Chelsea apartment, show he was boiling over with rage, prosecutors said.
"I want to knock your face off, see your teeth break," Michele Hyams wrote that Camarano hissed at her shortly before her brutal June 2008 death. "I want to slam my fist into your f---ing face and knock half your f---in' head off."
"Bobby I have to find some way to protect myself from you. You are going to kill me," Hyams, 60, wrote on one of the letters prosecutors read in Manhattan court yesterday.
Camarano, a 62-year-old ex-con acting as his own lawyer, said someone planted the letter to frame him.
A police witness disputed that claim. "All I can tell you is the documents were created in that computer," said Detective Christopher Wachholtz, an NYPD computer forensics expert, adding the person logged in as Hyams.
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Letters found on the computer of the live-in girlfriend of Robert Camarano, accused of stabbing her to death in their Chelsea apartment, show he was boiling over with rage, prosecutors said.
"I want to knock your face off, see your teeth break," Michele Hyams wrote that Camarano hissed at her shortly before her brutal June 2008 death. "I want to slam my fist into your f---ing face and knock half your f---in' head off."
"Bobby I have to find some way to protect myself from you. You are going to kill me," Hyams, 60, wrote on one of the letters prosecutors read in Manhattan court yesterday.
Camarano, a 62-year-old ex-con acting as his own lawyer, said someone planted the letter to frame him.
A police witness disputed that claim. "All I can tell you is the documents were created in that computer," said Detective Christopher Wachholtz, an NYPD computer forensics expert, adding the person logged in as Hyams.
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HOMELESS MAN MAKES RACIAL ATTACK ON TWO WOMEN...
Cambridge — After police determined he approached two black women and allegedly called racial slurs out against them, as well as striking one on the arm, they arrested Ronald Sparks, 53, 240 Albany St., on May 10 and charged him with assault and battery after reportedly hitting multiple victims on Sidney Street.
According to police reports, Sparks was at the Shaw’s supermarket on Sidney Street at approximately 3:31 p.m. When they arrived at the store, they found Sparks sitting on the sidewalk, yelling at two black females standing approximately 10 feet away from him. One had been struck by Sparks and the other spat upon. The females said Sparks attacked them for no reason. Witnesses who stopped to assist the women said Sparks was belligerent toward them, which caused them to walk away. They said he was “out of control” and “crazy.”
Police reported Sparks appeared to be intoxicated. When officers approached him, he continued to swear at the women, and then reached up with his left arm to grab one of the officer’s shirt. Police turned him over on his stomach and arrested him on disorderly conduct charges. They stated he was uncooperative and combative. He also spat on another officer’s right arm and shirt. After speaking with the two women and witnesses, he was charged with assault and battery.--http://www.wickedlocal.com/
According to police reports, Sparks was at the Shaw’s supermarket on Sidney Street at approximately 3:31 p.m. When they arrived at the store, they found Sparks sitting on the sidewalk, yelling at two black females standing approximately 10 feet away from him. One had been struck by Sparks and the other spat upon. The females said Sparks attacked them for no reason. Witnesses who stopped to assist the women said Sparks was belligerent toward them, which caused them to walk away. They said he was “out of control” and “crazy.”
Police reported Sparks appeared to be intoxicated. When officers approached him, he continued to swear at the women, and then reached up with his left arm to grab one of the officer’s shirt. Police turned him over on his stomach and arrested him on disorderly conduct charges. They stated he was uncooperative and combative. He also spat on another officer’s right arm and shirt. After speaking with the two women and witnesses, he was charged with assault and battery.--http://www.wickedlocal.com/
QUESTIONS REMAIN IN MURDERED WISCONSIN MAN'S DEATH...
Police have questioned a Big Rock woman in connection with a fatal shooting in Wisconsin last month.
According to a search warrant filed in Kane County, on April 30, two Wisconsin investigators went to the Big Rock woman's home after several clues led them to believe she had information about the death of Vance Evans, a bar owner in Tomah, Wis., about two hours northwest of Madison.
Evans' girlfriend found the body of the 53-year-old in his apartment at 1:30 a.m. April 27, the search warrant says. Local police said Evans was shot, but have not classified the death as a murder.
Tomah Police Chief Wesley Revels said Wednesday his department continues to gather information while awaiting crime lab test results. Serving the search warrant was part of the investigation, though it does not necessarily mean the Big Rock woman is a suspect, Revels said.
According to the warrant, not long before Evans died, his girlfriend had received a call from Evans' cell phone. Evans told his girlfriend the "psycho from Illinois" was at his house and he could not get rid of her.
Later, the girlfriend called Evans back and the phone was answered by a woman, the warrant says. Investigators combing the apartment for evidence found contact information for the Big Rock woman.
The Big Rock woman is named in the warrant, but she has not been charged with a crime. Mike Rabbit, the woman's attorney, declined comment.
According to the warrant, Evans received calls from the Big Rock woman the night he died. The Big Rock woman also checked into a hotel in Tomah the night before Evans died, but a housekeeper later said it appeared the room had not been used.
Court records show that two Wisconsin officers went to the Big Rock woman's house on April 30 to talk about an "unfortunate incident in Tomah." The woman replied her lawyer advised her not to answer any questions.
Police seized a brake pedal, floor mat, cell phone and documents from her house, according to court records.
Evans was born and raised in Tomah, but lived in Illinois for 30 years while he worked at Chrysler. He bought The Sportsman's Bar in Tomah in 1995.
"He was life of the party," said the bar's co-owner, Dorothy Walker. "He had lots and lots of friends. We miss him terribly."(Aurora-Beacon News)
According to a search warrant filed in Kane County, on April 30, two Wisconsin investigators went to the Big Rock woman's home after several clues led them to believe she had information about the death of Vance Evans, a bar owner in Tomah, Wis., about two hours northwest of Madison.
Evans' girlfriend found the body of the 53-year-old in his apartment at 1:30 a.m. April 27, the search warrant says. Local police said Evans was shot, but have not classified the death as a murder.
Tomah Police Chief Wesley Revels said Wednesday his department continues to gather information while awaiting crime lab test results. Serving the search warrant was part of the investigation, though it does not necessarily mean the Big Rock woman is a suspect, Revels said.
According to the warrant, not long before Evans died, his girlfriend had received a call from Evans' cell phone. Evans told his girlfriend the "psycho from Illinois" was at his house and he could not get rid of her.
Later, the girlfriend called Evans back and the phone was answered by a woman, the warrant says. Investigators combing the apartment for evidence found contact information for the Big Rock woman.
The Big Rock woman is named in the warrant, but she has not been charged with a crime. Mike Rabbit, the woman's attorney, declined comment.
According to the warrant, Evans received calls from the Big Rock woman the night he died. The Big Rock woman also checked into a hotel in Tomah the night before Evans died, but a housekeeper later said it appeared the room had not been used.
Court records show that two Wisconsin officers went to the Big Rock woman's house on April 30 to talk about an "unfortunate incident in Tomah." The woman replied her lawyer advised her not to answer any questions.
Police seized a brake pedal, floor mat, cell phone and documents from her house, according to court records.
Evans was born and raised in Tomah, but lived in Illinois for 30 years while he worked at Chrysler. He bought The Sportsman's Bar in Tomah in 1995.
"He was life of the party," said the bar's co-owner, Dorothy Walker. "He had lots and lots of friends. We miss him terribly."(Aurora-Beacon News)
Monday, May 17, 2010
10 YEAR OLD GIRL WITNESSED HER FATHER'S MURDER....
A 10-year-old girl watched in horror as her father was shot to death outside their Brooklyn home while on his way to the corner store.
Ashley Lopez was watching her father, Jose Lopez, 27, from the fourth-floor window of their Cypress Hills home around 9:25 p.m. Sunday when the shooting occurred, her mother said.
"She was just watching him go to the store," said Melissa Delgado, 26, the mother of Ashley and Lopez's two other children, Jose Jr., 5, and Alana, 6 months.
"All of a sudden, I heard a gunshot. It sounded like a firecracker. Then Ashley started screaming, 'Daddy! Daddy! Leave my daddy alone!'" she said. "She said the shooter looked up, right at her. That's what really scared her. She saw him."
Lopez was transported to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Delgado's uncle, Ismael Ortiz, 38, was visiting the family and tried desperately to save Lopez.
"I heard Ashley screaming, ran downstairs so fast. I came out and saw Jose lying on the ground. He wasn't moving."
"I tried to give him CPR," Ortiz said, "but he took his last breath and just died in my arms.
"I don't understand why this happened."
Police said Lopez had a criminal record dating to 1994, including robbery, criminal possession of marijuana and criminal possession of stolen property.
In 2007, he was busted for reckless endangerment, driving without a license, driving with a suspended license, and disorderly conduct.
But Delgado insisted that "his kids always came first."
"He was crazy about them, always with them, for their appointments, everything," she said. "He never missed out on anything. I don't know what we're going to do now without him."
Friends and family lit candles at the crime scene on Eastern Parkway and left a cigar and a bottle of Hennessey cognac.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
Ashley Lopez was watching her father, Jose Lopez, 27, from the fourth-floor window of their Cypress Hills home around 9:25 p.m. Sunday when the shooting occurred, her mother said.
"She was just watching him go to the store," said Melissa Delgado, 26, the mother of Ashley and Lopez's two other children, Jose Jr., 5, and Alana, 6 months.
"All of a sudden, I heard a gunshot. It sounded like a firecracker. Then Ashley started screaming, 'Daddy! Daddy! Leave my daddy alone!'" she said. "She said the shooter looked up, right at her. That's what really scared her. She saw him."
Lopez was transported to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Delgado's uncle, Ismael Ortiz, 38, was visiting the family and tried desperately to save Lopez.
"I heard Ashley screaming, ran downstairs so fast. I came out and saw Jose lying on the ground. He wasn't moving."
"I tried to give him CPR," Ortiz said, "but he took his last breath and just died in my arms.
"I don't understand why this happened."
Police said Lopez had a criminal record dating to 1994, including robbery, criminal possession of marijuana and criminal possession of stolen property.
In 2007, he was busted for reckless endangerment, driving without a license, driving with a suspended license, and disorderly conduct.
But Delgado insisted that "his kids always came first."
"He was crazy about them, always with them, for their appointments, everything," she said. "He never missed out on anything. I don't know what we're going to do now without him."
Friends and family lit candles at the crime scene on Eastern Parkway and left a cigar and a bottle of Hennessey cognac.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
KILLER USED SOCIAL NETWORK TO LURE HIS VICTIM....
A young woman's dream to work with animals turned into a nightmare this weekend after a killer allegedly used this knowledge - gained through Facebook - to lure her to her death.
Police in Australia say 18-year-old Nona Belomesoff was "tricked" into meeting a man she'd befriended on the popular social media Web site to go to an isolated bush land west of Sydney.
Her body was later found in a creek and her exact cause of death has not yet been released.
Police have charged Christopher Dannevig, 20, for Belomesoff's murder. They believe he created a fake Facebook page and used details she'd posted on her own page to con her.
"He said he could get her a job," Belomesoff's brother, Gary, said, the Daily Telegraph reported. "She loved animals and saw this as an opportunity to follow her dream."
"Nona said if she didn't go she would lose her job and this job was her dream," he said. "So she just went and that was the last time we saw her."
"It was a bogus ruse to get her out there," said Detective Russell Oxford, according to the Telegraph.
Now, police in Australia are encouraging teenagers to show more discretion when it comes to their information online, and remove their photos.
"Don't have a photo of yourself on Facebook. Have photos only open to friends," Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec said. "Treat each person you talk to as a complete stranger."
"For parents, you wouldn't invite a complete stranger into your homes and have them sit down with your child for hours on end, so don't let them sit on the Internet talking to strangers for hours on end," he said.
Dannewig also had accounts on MySpace and Bebo, the Daily Mail reported.
"Be careful," Gary said on Channel Seven News in Sydney. "You can't just trust anybody over the Internet."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
Police in Australia say 18-year-old Nona Belomesoff was "tricked" into meeting a man she'd befriended on the popular social media Web site to go to an isolated bush land west of Sydney.
Her body was later found in a creek and her exact cause of death has not yet been released.
Police have charged Christopher Dannevig, 20, for Belomesoff's murder. They believe he created a fake Facebook page and used details she'd posted on her own page to con her.
"He said he could get her a job," Belomesoff's brother, Gary, said, the Daily Telegraph reported. "She loved animals and saw this as an opportunity to follow her dream."
"Nona said if she didn't go she would lose her job and this job was her dream," he said. "So she just went and that was the last time we saw her."
"It was a bogus ruse to get her out there," said Detective Russell Oxford, according to the Telegraph.
Now, police in Australia are encouraging teenagers to show more discretion when it comes to their information online, and remove their photos.
"Don't have a photo of yourself on Facebook. Have photos only open to friends," Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec said. "Treat each person you talk to as a complete stranger."
"For parents, you wouldn't invite a complete stranger into your homes and have them sit down with your child for hours on end, so don't let them sit on the Internet talking to strangers for hours on end," he said.
Dannewig also had accounts on MySpace and Bebo, the Daily Mail reported.
"Be careful," Gary said on Channel Seven News in Sydney. "You can't just trust anybody over the Internet."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
WOMAN'S NUDE BODY DUMPED ON A CALIFORNIA FREEWAY....
An autopsy was pending today on the body of a 20- year-old woman whose nude body was dumped on the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway in Paramount.
Edwinta Hereford used to live with her grandmother in Fontana, but she moved away several years ago, ABC7 reported.
A motorist reported the body in eastbound lanes between Garfield Avenue and Paramount Boulevard about 6 a.m. Sunday, according to deputies with the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.
Authorities have not officially given cause of death, pending an autopsy, which could be done as early as today---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Edwinta Hereford used to live with her grandmother in Fontana, but she moved away several years ago, ABC7 reported.
A motorist reported the body in eastbound lanes between Garfield Avenue and Paramount Boulevard about 6 a.m. Sunday, according to deputies with the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.
Authorities have not officially given cause of death, pending an autopsy, which could be done as early as today---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
RAPE VICTIM ESCAPES FROM RAPIST VIA TIED TOGETHER BED SHEETS....
A West Side man is accused of raping a woman who tied bed sheets together and climbed out of a second story window to flee and call police Saturday.
Johnny Ames, 45, of the 2900 block of West 5th Avenue, was charged Sunday with aggravated criminal sexual assault, kidnapping and unlawful use of a weapon, which are all felonies, according to police.
Ames was arrested Saturday at 10:20 a.m. at his home after the 46-year-old woman called 9-1-1 when he fell asleep and fled, police said.
Johnny Ames was arrested at his home after the 46-year-old alleged rape victim called 9-1-1 when he fell asleep, police said.
Ames allegedly was identified as the person who placed a gun to the back of her head and threatened to shoot her if she screamed before sexually assaulting her, according to police.
In fear for her life, she tied some bed sheets together while the offender was asleep and climbed out of second floor window and called police, police said.
Responding Harrison District police units arrested Ames and the weapon was recovered.
Ames is scheduled to appear in bond court Monday, according to police.
Harrison Area detectives are investigating. ---http://www.suntimes.com/
Johnny Ames, 45, of the 2900 block of West 5th Avenue, was charged Sunday with aggravated criminal sexual assault, kidnapping and unlawful use of a weapon, which are all felonies, according to police.
Ames was arrested Saturday at 10:20 a.m. at his home after the 46-year-old woman called 9-1-1 when he fell asleep and fled, police said.
Johnny Ames was arrested at his home after the 46-year-old alleged rape victim called 9-1-1 when he fell asleep, police said.
Ames allegedly was identified as the person who placed a gun to the back of her head and threatened to shoot her if she screamed before sexually assaulting her, according to police.
In fear for her life, she tied some bed sheets together while the offender was asleep and climbed out of second floor window and called police, police said.
Responding Harrison District police units arrested Ames and the weapon was recovered.
Ames is scheduled to appear in bond court Monday, according to police.
Harrison Area detectives are investigating. ---http://www.suntimes.com/
14 YEAR OLD SHOT & KILLED AT GRADUATION PARTY....
SMYRNA, Tenn.- Police in Smyrna are requesting help from the public to locate the men who shot and killed a 14-year-old early Sunday morning. Police say 2-to-4 people pulled-up to a graduation party at a home on Lakewood Circle and began firing on the crowd.
The 14-year-old was taken to Vanderbilt where the teen died Sunday afternoon. Police want the public's help finding two persons of interest in the case. They are looking for Johnny Chomsavanh, 21. Chomsavanh is 5'11'', and weighs 135 pounds.
The second person they are looking for is Chris, or Gong, Nachampasak, 19. Nachampasak is 5'9'' and 170 pounds.
Anyone with information is asked to call Smyrna Police at 459-6644.---http://www.newschanel5.com/
The 14-year-old was taken to Vanderbilt where the teen died Sunday afternoon. Police want the public's help finding two persons of interest in the case. They are looking for Johnny Chomsavanh, 21. Chomsavanh is 5'11'', and weighs 135 pounds.
The second person they are looking for is Chris, or Gong, Nachampasak, 19. Nachampasak is 5'9'' and 170 pounds.
Anyone with information is asked to call Smyrna Police at 459-6644.---http://www.newschanel5.com/
Sunday, May 16, 2010
NEIGHBORS FROM HELL BEAT,DRUGGED AND RAPED A 14 YR. OLD GIRL FOR 2 WEEKS...
The Brooklyn home where a teen was allegedly beaten, raped and drugged for two weeks was a hell house full of violence and wild parties, neighbors said.
The squalor at 1499 President St. in Crown Heights was so extreme that neighbors can believe a 14-year-old girl's alarming accusations that two men cuffed her to a chair in the basement and brutalized her for weeks.
"We all knew there were bad things happening at that house," said Mark Morrison, 61, who lives across the street.
Kevin Evans and Anthony King, both 24, were arrested Wednesday and charged with kidnapping and rape in the attack on the teen.
Evans' mother owned the home for more than 10 years. When she died six years ago, Evans and his pals took over.
Since then, it's been all-night parties, illicit activity and even brawls that spilled into the street, neighbors said.
Several windows are blown out from a fire two years ago, and four pit bulls roam the house, neighbors said.
The dark basement where the girl was allegedly held has a dirty mattress on the floor, a table covered with cigarette butts and an empty bottle of brandy.
"In the summer, neighbors would call the cops every other night," said Ivan Moore, 48, who has lived across the street for 17 years.
"They were the neighbors from hell," said Moore. "[Evans is] going to be a guest at Hotel Rikers Island, and I think everyone is relieved."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
The squalor at 1499 President St. in Crown Heights was so extreme that neighbors can believe a 14-year-old girl's alarming accusations that two men cuffed her to a chair in the basement and brutalized her for weeks.
"We all knew there were bad things happening at that house," said Mark Morrison, 61, who lives across the street.
Kevin Evans and Anthony King, both 24, were arrested Wednesday and charged with kidnapping and rape in the attack on the teen.
Evans' mother owned the home for more than 10 years. When she died six years ago, Evans and his pals took over.
Since then, it's been all-night parties, illicit activity and even brawls that spilled into the street, neighbors said.
Several windows are blown out from a fire two years ago, and four pit bulls roam the house, neighbors said.
The dark basement where the girl was allegedly held has a dirty mattress on the floor, a table covered with cigarette butts and an empty bottle of brandy.
"In the summer, neighbors would call the cops every other night," said Ivan Moore, 48, who has lived across the street for 17 years.
"They were the neighbors from hell," said Moore. "[Evans is] going to be a guest at Hotel Rikers Island, and I think everyone is relieved."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
WOMAN AWAKES TO STRANGE MAN IN HER HOUSE....
Cambridge — A woman saw an unknown suspect in her house and alerted police on May 8.
At about 3:30 a.m., police responded to Roberts Road for a report of a break in. The caller and resident told police she woke up to see a man in the hallway. When she screamed, the suspect reportedly fled down the hallway and out a window. He allegedly used a side alley window to gain entry into the residence and exited through the same window, she said.
The woman checked the apartment with the help of a friend and as she looked out of the window, she saw the suspect walking back down the road from Kirkland Street. She began yelling at him and he allegedly froze then headed back up Roberts Road towards Kirkland Street.
Cambridge Police responded and searched the area unsuccessfully. A Vizio laptop that belonged to the resident was reportedly found on Roberts Road in the middle of the street. A 10-gallon salt bucket that was kept in the front hallway was allegdly moved to the side of the house near the window the suspect used to enter the house. A red hooded sweatshirt was located on the stairs.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
At about 3:30 a.m., police responded to Roberts Road for a report of a break in. The caller and resident told police she woke up to see a man in the hallway. When she screamed, the suspect reportedly fled down the hallway and out a window. He allegedly used a side alley window to gain entry into the residence and exited through the same window, she said.
The woman checked the apartment with the help of a friend and as she looked out of the window, she saw the suspect walking back down the road from Kirkland Street. She began yelling at him and he allegedly froze then headed back up Roberts Road towards Kirkland Street.
Cambridge Police responded and searched the area unsuccessfully. A Vizio laptop that belonged to the resident was reportedly found on Roberts Road in the middle of the street. A 10-gallon salt bucket that was kept in the front hallway was allegdly moved to the side of the house near the window the suspect used to enter the house. A red hooded sweatshirt was located on the stairs.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
POLICE UNABLE TO LOCATE NEWBORN BABY...
Marion County Juvenile Court Judge Marilyn Moores today ordered a 19-year-old woman to disclose the location of a newborn she gave birth to on Monday, and police have been searching to find the baby in case she is still alive.
Tasha B. Miller gave birth to a girl without medical assistance at her Near Northside apartment, according to juvenile court documents obtained by The Star. Miller arrived at Methodist Hospital on Wednesday in need of treatment for complications from the birth, the documents said.
Miller initially told authorities she had take the baby to a safe location. However, she later gave multiple conflicting accounts of the child's location, including that she placed the baby in a dumpster and that she left the baby at a safe haven.
Police have searched an area around Miller's apartment, including dumpsters -- as well as a dump site for Indianapolis refuse in Clinton County -- but have found no trace of the baby, according to Lt. Jeff Duhamell of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Detectives are treating it as a missing persons case.
Duhamell said anyone with information about what happened to Miller this week or the baby's location should call IMPD's missing persons unit at (317) 327-6160.---http://www.indystar.com/
Tasha B. Miller gave birth to a girl without medical assistance at her Near Northside apartment, according to juvenile court documents obtained by The Star. Miller arrived at Methodist Hospital on Wednesday in need of treatment for complications from the birth, the documents said.
Miller initially told authorities she had take the baby to a safe location. However, she later gave multiple conflicting accounts of the child's location, including that she placed the baby in a dumpster and that she left the baby at a safe haven.
Police have searched an area around Miller's apartment, including dumpsters -- as well as a dump site for Indianapolis refuse in Clinton County -- but have found no trace of the baby, according to Lt. Jeff Duhamell of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Detectives are treating it as a missing persons case.
Duhamell said anyone with information about what happened to Miller this week or the baby's location should call IMPD's missing persons unit at (317) 327-6160.---http://www.indystar.com/
Saturday, May 15, 2010
PEORIA — A man was stabbed with a steak knife in his hip and hand by his girlfriend in South Peoria early Friday.
Police responded to a domestic disturbance at 3:37 a.m. Friday at 501 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The man was transported to a hospital with minor injuries, and his girlfriend was arrested.--http://www.pjstar.com/
Police responded to a domestic disturbance at 3:37 a.m. Friday at 501 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The man was transported to a hospital with minor injuries, and his girlfriend was arrested.--http://www.pjstar.com/
Friday, May 14, 2010
JAIL ESCAPEE CAPTURED AT WALMART...
LAS CRUCES -- An escaped inmate was apprehended Thursday afternoon after a Wednesday morning flight from Truth or Consequences.
Michael Todd, 22, escaped from the Sierra County Detention Facility in Truth or Consequences Wednesday afternoon after slamming a door on a detention officer while being transported between buildings, said Do-a Ana Sheriff's investigator spokesman Bo Nevarez.
Todd's orange jumpsuit was found a short time later on the ground behind a clothing store. That night, he made a call from Las Cruces, attempting to get money from a Sierra County bank, and was reported to be seen at a Vado truck stop wearing a black T-shirt and black pants.
Law enforcement found him Thursday at 5:05 p.m. at the Walton Boulevard Walmart and apprehended him without incident.
Todd had been in the detention facility since last June on charges of drunken driving and that he stole a car and firearms from a family that had taken him in.
Michael Todd, 22, escaped from the Sierra County Detention Facility in Truth or Consequences Wednesday afternoon after slamming a door on a detention officer while being transported between buildings, said Do-a Ana Sheriff's investigator spokesman Bo Nevarez.
Todd's orange jumpsuit was found a short time later on the ground behind a clothing store. That night, he made a call from Las Cruces, attempting to get money from a Sierra County bank, and was reported to be seen at a Vado truck stop wearing a black T-shirt and black pants.
Law enforcement found him Thursday at 5:05 p.m. at the Walton Boulevard Walmart and apprehended him without incident.
Todd had been in the detention facility since last June on charges of drunken driving and that he stole a car and firearms from a family that had taken him in.
18 YR. OLD TENNESSEE MAN ARRESTED IN DEADLY HOME INVASION...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A teenage suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a deadly home invasion in South Nashville earlier in the week.
Officers with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department arrested 18-year-old Montavious Woodard early Friday morning.
The body of 34-year-old Ron Christopher Poullard was found in a South Nashville apartment late Monday night.
Poullard's girlfriend told Metro police that they made a quick trip to the grocery store around 11 p.m. When they entered the apartment, she said one or more burglary suspects were in the back of the apartment.
Poullard apparently exchanged fire with the suspects, and was struck in the abdomen. Police said he died at the scene.
Officials said the contents of the apartment had been torn apart. The home invaders had even searched through the ice bin in the freezer.
Investigators were not sure what the suspects were looking for.
Woodard was charged with criminal homicide and booked into the Metro Criminal Justice Center. He was held on a $1 million bond.---http://www.newschanel5.com/
Officers with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department arrested 18-year-old Montavious Woodard early Friday morning.
The body of 34-year-old Ron Christopher Poullard was found in a South Nashville apartment late Monday night.
Poullard's girlfriend told Metro police that they made a quick trip to the grocery store around 11 p.m. When they entered the apartment, she said one or more burglary suspects were in the back of the apartment.
Poullard apparently exchanged fire with the suspects, and was struck in the abdomen. Police said he died at the scene.
Officials said the contents of the apartment had been torn apart. The home invaders had even searched through the ice bin in the freezer.
Investigators were not sure what the suspects were looking for.
Woodard was charged with criminal homicide and booked into the Metro Criminal Justice Center. He was held on a $1 million bond.---http://www.newschanel5.com/
POLICE LOOKING FOR MAN WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AN 11 YR. OLD GIRL...
Police are searching for a suspect who sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl at a Far-Westside apartment building Thursday.
The man pointed a black handgun at the girl and assaulted her in a common area at the Heather Ridge Apartments, located off of 34th Street just west of I-465, at about 6:30 p.m., Sgt. Paul Thompson said.
The girl was treated at Riley Hospital for Children, Thompson said.
A witness saw the suspect leave in a dark red or maroon extended cap pickup truck, possibly a Nissan, Thompson said.
The suspect is described as a 20 to 30 year old man, about 5 feet, 8 inches and about 160 pounds. He was wearing a red shirt with a white horizontal stripe, blue jeans, a red hat and muddy work boots, Thompson said.--http://www.indystar.com/
The man pointed a black handgun at the girl and assaulted her in a common area at the Heather Ridge Apartments, located off of 34th Street just west of I-465, at about 6:30 p.m., Sgt. Paul Thompson said.
The girl was treated at Riley Hospital for Children, Thompson said.
A witness saw the suspect leave in a dark red or maroon extended cap pickup truck, possibly a Nissan, Thompson said.
The suspect is described as a 20 to 30 year old man, about 5 feet, 8 inches and about 160 pounds. He was wearing a red shirt with a white horizontal stripe, blue jeans, a red hat and muddy work boots, Thompson said.--http://www.indystar.com/
POLICE ARREST 18 YEAR OLD WITH SWORD (He chased a man down the street)
Police arrested a sword-wielding 18-year-old man last night they said chased a protective stepfather down the street and into his home, swinging the 4-foot long cutlass wildly the entire route.
No one was hurt during the pursuit but the frantic strokes shattered a car window, shredded a screen door and broke two front porch windows.
Police preliminarily charged Jessie D. Goodman, Indianapolis, with criminal recklessness, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan police report.
Police said Goodman got upset when Charles Taylor, 38, of the 2600 block of South Collier Street, told him to stop talking to his stepdaughter and get off his property at 9:10 p.m.
Police said Goodman went to his car and got the sword, then swung it at Taylor several times, missing him but breaking the back window of his own car.
Taylor ran into the house with Goodman "in hot pursuit," according to the police report.
Taylor told police Goodman was "yelling and screaming at him and also swinging the sword," the report said.--http://www.indystar.com/
No one was hurt during the pursuit but the frantic strokes shattered a car window, shredded a screen door and broke two front porch windows.
Police preliminarily charged Jessie D. Goodman, Indianapolis, with criminal recklessness, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan police report.
Police said Goodman got upset when Charles Taylor, 38, of the 2600 block of South Collier Street, told him to stop talking to his stepdaughter and get off his property at 9:10 p.m.
Police said Goodman went to his car and got the sword, then swung it at Taylor several times, missing him but breaking the back window of his own car.
Taylor ran into the house with Goodman "in hot pursuit," according to the police report.
Taylor told police Goodman was "yelling and screaming at him and also swinging the sword," the report said.--http://www.indystar.com/
GROOM AND WEDDING PARTY BODIES FOUND IN TRUCK..
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — The bodies of a groom and two members of his wedding party were found in the back of a truck four days after being snatched at gunpoint as they left the church in this violent border city, officials said Tuesday.
Family members of the victims said the men were related and U.S. citizens from La Mesa, New Mexico, according to the El Paso (Texas) Times.
Chihuahua state prosecutors' spokesman Arturo Sandoval said all three victims were born in Mexico, according to birth certificates presented to investigators by their relatives. It wasn't clear if they also held U.S. citizenship.
Sandoval said investigators were searching for gunmen who opened fire on the just-married couple and their guests in Ciudad Juarez, killing one person. The assailants then kidnapped the groom, his uncle and his brother.
The gunmen left the bride at the church during Friday's attack in this city across the border from El Paso, Texas.
The bodies of the three men were found in the back of a pickup truck late Monday, along with a fourth body of someone who had not been identified and might not have been at the wedding.
Police identified the three victims as Rafael Morales Valencia, 29, his brother Jaime Morales Valencia, 25, and their uncle Guadalupe Morales Arriola, 47.
Family members told the El Paso Times they did not know why the men were targeted.
Authorities didn't provide a motive from the killings, but Ciudad Juarez has been shaken by violence as gangs fight bloody battles for drug routes north and control of territory. There have been more than 4,300 killings linked to organized crime in Ciudad Juarez since President Felipe Calderon launched his war on drugs in December 2006.
Also Tuesday, federal police in Tabasco state arrested a prison director and seven guards after cocaine was found inside prison grounds.
Police in the western state of Michoacan found the bodies of two men along with a note threatening those who give authorities information on drug traffickers, state prosecutors said in a statement.
Also in Michoacan, a former state official was released from prison a year after being detained by federal prosecutors in an unprecedented roundup of 30 local and state officials, including 12 mayors, accused of protecting drug traffickers.
Ricardo Rubi, a former official with the state's economic development department, was released from prison Tuesday for lack of evidence.---http://www.dallasnews.com/
Family members of the victims said the men were related and U.S. citizens from La Mesa, New Mexico, according to the El Paso (Texas) Times.
Chihuahua state prosecutors' spokesman Arturo Sandoval said all three victims were born in Mexico, according to birth certificates presented to investigators by their relatives. It wasn't clear if they also held U.S. citizenship.
Sandoval said investigators were searching for gunmen who opened fire on the just-married couple and their guests in Ciudad Juarez, killing one person. The assailants then kidnapped the groom, his uncle and his brother.
The gunmen left the bride at the church during Friday's attack in this city across the border from El Paso, Texas.
The bodies of the three men were found in the back of a pickup truck late Monday, along with a fourth body of someone who had not been identified and might not have been at the wedding.
Police identified the three victims as Rafael Morales Valencia, 29, his brother Jaime Morales Valencia, 25, and their uncle Guadalupe Morales Arriola, 47.
Family members told the El Paso Times they did not know why the men were targeted.
Authorities didn't provide a motive from the killings, but Ciudad Juarez has been shaken by violence as gangs fight bloody battles for drug routes north and control of territory. There have been more than 4,300 killings linked to organized crime in Ciudad Juarez since President Felipe Calderon launched his war on drugs in December 2006.
Also Tuesday, federal police in Tabasco state arrested a prison director and seven guards after cocaine was found inside prison grounds.
Police in the western state of Michoacan found the bodies of two men along with a note threatening those who give authorities information on drug traffickers, state prosecutors said in a statement.
Also in Michoacan, a former state official was released from prison a year after being detained by federal prosecutors in an unprecedented roundup of 30 local and state officials, including 12 mayors, accused of protecting drug traffickers.
Ricardo Rubi, a former official with the state's economic development department, was released from prison Tuesday for lack of evidence.---http://www.dallasnews.com/
MAN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE OF TEENAGED SON..
Cambridge — A father who struck his teenage son was arrested on May 5.
At 9:30a.m., the victim reported a domestic assault at the police station. Police noted a visible cut and welts on his face.
He said he went home to get some of his belongings as he was moving out when the suspect allegedly yelled, called him names and hit him on the side of the face with his hands.
The victim said he ran out of the house when the suspect picked up a pocketknife. As he went down the stairs, he heard the suspect coming after him, dropped his belongings and ran to the police station.
Clinton Evans, 44, of Cambridge was charged with domestic assault, according to the report.--http://www.wickedlocal.com/
At 9:30a.m., the victim reported a domestic assault at the police station. Police noted a visible cut and welts on his face.
He said he went home to get some of his belongings as he was moving out when the suspect allegedly yelled, called him names and hit him on the side of the face with his hands.
The victim said he ran out of the house when the suspect picked up a pocketknife. As he went down the stairs, he heard the suspect coming after him, dropped his belongings and ran to the police station.
Clinton Evans, 44, of Cambridge was charged with domestic assault, according to the report.--http://www.wickedlocal.com/
MOM WHO TOSSED HER BABY INTO HUDSON RIVER HEADED TO PSCHIC WARD...
The deranged Manhattan mom who tossed her 20-month-old daughter into the Hudson River was ordered Friday to stay away from the child and undergo a psychiatric exam.
Devi Silvia Dominic showed little reaction as she appeared at the Manhattan hearing via video from the psychiatric ward at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens.
The 33-year-old defendant and her toddler were pulled from the frigid Hudson after she tossed the little girl into the choppy waters and jumped in herself. Dominic was arrested after Tuesday's failed murder-suicide.
"She told us that she was sad and lonely and angry at her husband, and that she did this horrific act on purpose," said Assistant District Attorney Robert Hettleman.
"She threw her baby into the freezing Hudson River to get back at her husband," the prosecutor charged.
Manhattan Criminal Court Justice Melissa Jackson ordered Dominic to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and to stay away from her daughter pending a June 15 hearing.
"You are to have absolutely no contact ... no telephone calls, nothing," Jackson said.
Little Jessica was blue and motionless when pulled from the frigid river, although she was now listed in stable condition, Hettleman said.
Dominic also has a 6-year-old daughter. The disheveled defendant, in a white T-shirt and baggy grey sweatpants, sat in a wheelchair for the hearing. A translator helped the native of India follow the proceeding.
Dominic was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.
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Devi Silvia Dominic showed little reaction as she appeared at the Manhattan hearing via video from the psychiatric ward at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens.
The 33-year-old defendant and her toddler were pulled from the frigid Hudson after she tossed the little girl into the choppy waters and jumped in herself. Dominic was arrested after Tuesday's failed murder-suicide.
"She told us that she was sad and lonely and angry at her husband, and that she did this horrific act on purpose," said Assistant District Attorney Robert Hettleman.
"She threw her baby into the freezing Hudson River to get back at her husband," the prosecutor charged.
Manhattan Criminal Court Justice Melissa Jackson ordered Dominic to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and to stay away from her daughter pending a June 15 hearing.
"You are to have absolutely no contact ... no telephone calls, nothing," Jackson said.
Little Jessica was blue and motionless when pulled from the frigid river, although she was now listed in stable condition, Hettleman said.
Dominic also has a 6-year-old daughter. The disheveled defendant, in a white T-shirt and baggy grey sweatpants, sat in a wheelchair for the hearing. A translator helped the native of India follow the proceeding.
Dominic was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
REJECTED BOYFRIEND POURS GAS ALL OVER GIRLFRIEND (While she is smoking a cigarette)
Cambridge — A jilted Dorchester man was arrested after he allegedly poured gasoline over his Cambridge girlfriend as she was smoking a cigarette.
Police responded to Blakeslee Street for reports of a domestic assault at 11:40 a.m. May 3. The caller, police reports note, said the victim was outside and had been doused in gasoline. The boyfriend was allegedly in the house, naked in her bed.
On arrival, officers found the Cambridge victim on the porch, shaken and crying. She reportedly told police the suspect was upstairs in the first bedroom of the apartment.
Police entered the apartment immediately smelled a strong odor of gasoline.
The victim told officers she had tried to break up with her boyfriend but it had not gone well. She said the suspect allegedly kept calling and texting her all night after she came home. At 9:30 a.m., she woke up to him allegedly banging on her door and ringing the doorbell. When she finally let him in, she said he was “creepily calm.”
He then went down to the basement and came up with a can of gasoline. The victim was smoking a cigarette and walked away from him when he allegedly threatened to set her on fire saying, “You think I won't do it?” and dumped the fuel from the gas can over her head.
She managed to get away from him to change and said she had to clean up the mess. The suspect allegedly told her she was only allowed five minutes. She began mopping as the suspect went to bed in her room. When she saw he was falling asleep, the victim said she snuck into the bedroom, took her cell phone and went outside to call because she was “terrified.”
The suspect was found lying in bed with a white comforter covering most of his body. He was found naked but was allowed to put on some clothes before being handcuffed.
Cambridge Fire and EMS units arrived on scene to treat the victim who was taken to Mt. Auburn Hospital to be evaluated for irritation caused by the gasoline.
Fire personnel removed her clothing as well as other gasoline-drenched items from the house and then physically took the windows off the house because of the dangerous level of fumes, the report stated. A gasoline-doused T-shirt, shorts and underwear, bathroom rug, bath towel and a red plastic gasoline container were taken as evidence.
Jamaar D. Johnson, 23, of Dorchester was placed under arrest and charged with two counts of assault to murder, domestic assault and battery and attempt to commit arson, according to the report.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
Police responded to Blakeslee Street for reports of a domestic assault at 11:40 a.m. May 3. The caller, police reports note, said the victim was outside and had been doused in gasoline. The boyfriend was allegedly in the house, naked in her bed.
On arrival, officers found the Cambridge victim on the porch, shaken and crying. She reportedly told police the suspect was upstairs in the first bedroom of the apartment.
Police entered the apartment immediately smelled a strong odor of gasoline.
The victim told officers she had tried to break up with her boyfriend but it had not gone well. She said the suspect allegedly kept calling and texting her all night after she came home. At 9:30 a.m., she woke up to him allegedly banging on her door and ringing the doorbell. When she finally let him in, she said he was “creepily calm.”
He then went down to the basement and came up with a can of gasoline. The victim was smoking a cigarette and walked away from him when he allegedly threatened to set her on fire saying, “You think I won't do it?” and dumped the fuel from the gas can over her head.
She managed to get away from him to change and said she had to clean up the mess. The suspect allegedly told her she was only allowed five minutes. She began mopping as the suspect went to bed in her room. When she saw he was falling asleep, the victim said she snuck into the bedroom, took her cell phone and went outside to call because she was “terrified.”
The suspect was found lying in bed with a white comforter covering most of his body. He was found naked but was allowed to put on some clothes before being handcuffed.
Cambridge Fire and EMS units arrived on scene to treat the victim who was taken to Mt. Auburn Hospital to be evaluated for irritation caused by the gasoline.
Fire personnel removed her clothing as well as other gasoline-drenched items from the house and then physically took the windows off the house because of the dangerous level of fumes, the report stated. A gasoline-doused T-shirt, shorts and underwear, bathroom rug, bath towel and a red plastic gasoline container were taken as evidence.
Jamaar D. Johnson, 23, of Dorchester was placed under arrest and charged with two counts of assault to murder, domestic assault and battery and attempt to commit arson, according to the report.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
6 MONTH BABY GIRL'S DEATH UNDER POLICE INVESTIGATION
Police are investigating what happened to a 6-month-old girl who was pronounced dead at a hospital where rescue workers took her from a Southside Jacksonville apartment.
Three adults who were in the apartment when police and medics were called about 12:15 p.m. are being interviewed by detectives this afternoon, said Lt. Larry Schmitt of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Schmitt said foul play was not suspected but the baby's cause of death was not clear. He said the child's father, another man and a woman were in the Chase Oaks Apartment Homes unit at 7816 Southside Boulevard when they called for help.
The child's mother, who lived at the apartment with her daughter, was not home but had arrived this afternoon. Schmitt said he was not sure if the father lived there.---http://www.lvrj.com/
Three adults who were in the apartment when police and medics were called about 12:15 p.m. are being interviewed by detectives this afternoon, said Lt. Larry Schmitt of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
Schmitt said foul play was not suspected but the baby's cause of death was not clear. He said the child's father, another man and a woman were in the Chase Oaks Apartment Homes unit at 7816 Southside Boulevard when they called for help.
The child's mother, who lived at the apartment with her daughter, was not home but had arrived this afternoon. Schmitt said he was not sure if the father lived there.---http://www.lvrj.com/
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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TEENAGED GIRL TALKS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH EX-NFL FOOTBALL PLAYER
The baby-faced hooker Lawrence Taylor is accused of raping said Monday night she hadn't recognized the Giants great and now doesn't want to "ruin his reputation."
The 16-year-old said Taylor was no brute - but not very charming, either.
"He paid me $300 cash to have sex with him," said the petite, curly-haired teen whose pimp brought her to LT's hotel room. "I got it over with as quickly as I could. Afterward, all he said was turn off the TV before you leave."
She said she was brought to a Holiday Inn in Rockland County by Rasheed Davis, 36, who she says brutally beat her and forced her to have sex with Taylor.
Davis has been charged with sex trafficking.
Speaking outside her uncle's apartment building on Westchester Ave. in the Bronx, the girl said she thinks Davis should go to jail "for a long time," but she is not so sure about Taylor.
"I was a huge Giant fan," she said, "and I used to look up to him." She added, "I don't want to ruin his reputation," despite what happened in the hotel room.
"After all," she said, "He's in the Hall of Fame and he won two Super Bowls."
The teen said the door to Taylor's room was open when she arrived that night.
"I walked in and it was dark," she said. "The only light was coming from the TVs in the living room and the bedroom. Lawrence Taylor was naked. We made some small conversation at the start.
"I didn't know who he was and he didn't tell me his name, either. He just said he was from Miami.
"He asked my age, and I told him I was 19," said the girl, who looks considerably younger. "I knew what I was there for, and if I didn't give him what he wanted, there would be consequences from Rasheed. I was afraid."
The teenager said she had another concern. "The condom got stuck in me," she said. "I told him, 'I'd better not get pregnant,' and he said, 'It's all right - I'm fixed.'"
The youngster, who said she now lives with her father, wants to turn her life around before it's too late and "move forward."
Gently touching a shiner around her right eye - which she said she received from Davis - she smiled and said, "I want to go back to school to get my GED, and maybe - someday - become a pediatrician."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
The 16-year-old said Taylor was no brute - but not very charming, either.
"He paid me $300 cash to have sex with him," said the petite, curly-haired teen whose pimp brought her to LT's hotel room. "I got it over with as quickly as I could. Afterward, all he said was turn off the TV before you leave."
She said she was brought to a Holiday Inn in Rockland County by Rasheed Davis, 36, who she says brutally beat her and forced her to have sex with Taylor.
Davis has been charged with sex trafficking.
Speaking outside her uncle's apartment building on Westchester Ave. in the Bronx, the girl said she thinks Davis should go to jail "for a long time," but she is not so sure about Taylor.
"I was a huge Giant fan," she said, "and I used to look up to him." She added, "I don't want to ruin his reputation," despite what happened in the hotel room.
"After all," she said, "He's in the Hall of Fame and he won two Super Bowls."
The teen said the door to Taylor's room was open when she arrived that night.
"I walked in and it was dark," she said. "The only light was coming from the TVs in the living room and the bedroom. Lawrence Taylor was naked. We made some small conversation at the start.
"I didn't know who he was and he didn't tell me his name, either. He just said he was from Miami.
"He asked my age, and I told him I was 19," said the girl, who looks considerably younger. "I knew what I was there for, and if I didn't give him what he wanted, there would be consequences from Rasheed. I was afraid."
The teenager said she had another concern. "The condom got stuck in me," she said. "I told him, 'I'd better not get pregnant,' and he said, 'It's all right - I'm fixed.'"
The youngster, who said she now lives with her father, wants to turn her life around before it's too late and "move forward."
Gently touching a shiner around her right eye - which she said she received from Davis - she smiled and said, "I want to go back to school to get my GED, and maybe - someday - become a pediatrician."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
Monday, May 10, 2010
WOMAN KILLS HERSELF BEFORE SHE COULD BE ARRESTED FOR BOYFRIEND'S MURDER
A woman suspected in the fatal shooting of her 63-year-old boyfriend killed herself with what appeared to be the murder weapon just as police caught up with her, authorities reported today.
Beth Jia, 53, of Alhambra, had been dating the victim, whose body was found about 10:30 a.m. Friday in his Brea home, Sgt. Bill Smyser said.
The man's name has not been released because authorities have not been able to notify his next-of-kin. His mother lives in Northern California, but so far investigators have not yet been able to contact her, Smyser said.
Brea detectives got a search warrant on Saturday for Jia's home, where they found ammunition and other evidence consistent with evidence from the crime scene, Smyser said.
Jia was not at home, and detectives learned the following day that she was at an apartment complex in El Monte, Smyser said.
As investigators worked on securing a search warrant for that address, Jia emerged from the apartment about 8 p.m. Sunday, got into her 2010 Toyota Corolla and began driving away, Smyser said.
Brea detectives intercepted her and asked her to get out of the car, but she shot herself in the head, Smyser said. Jia was rushed to County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, where she was pronounced dead at 9:03 p.m., Smyser said.
The .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver Jia used to shoot herself was registered to her, he said. Her boyfriend was shot with the same sort of weapon,
Smyser said.
Investigators still need to do ballistics tests to confirm whether the gun was the murder weapon, but with so much circumstantial evidence, detectives are "fairly confident," Jia killed her boyfriend, Smyser said.--http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Beth Jia, 53, of Alhambra, had been dating the victim, whose body was found about 10:30 a.m. Friday in his Brea home, Sgt. Bill Smyser said.
The man's name has not been released because authorities have not been able to notify his next-of-kin. His mother lives in Northern California, but so far investigators have not yet been able to contact her, Smyser said.
Brea detectives got a search warrant on Saturday for Jia's home, where they found ammunition and other evidence consistent with evidence from the crime scene, Smyser said.
Jia was not at home, and detectives learned the following day that she was at an apartment complex in El Monte, Smyser said.
As investigators worked on securing a search warrant for that address, Jia emerged from the apartment about 8 p.m. Sunday, got into her 2010 Toyota Corolla and began driving away, Smyser said.
Brea detectives intercepted her and asked her to get out of the car, but she shot herself in the head, Smyser said. Jia was rushed to County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, where she was pronounced dead at 9:03 p.m., Smyser said.
The .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver Jia used to shoot herself was registered to her, he said. Her boyfriend was shot with the same sort of weapon,
Smyser said.
Investigators still need to do ballistics tests to confirm whether the gun was the murder weapon, but with so much circumstantial evidence, detectives are "fairly confident," Jia killed her boyfriend, Smyser said.--http://www.dailybreeze.com/
STRANGE WOMAN TRIES TO LURE YOUNG GIRLS ON MOM'S DAY...
Police in west suburban Wheaton are searching for a woman accused of trying to lure two young girls into her car by offering them ice cream on Mother's Day.
The attempted child abduction happened about 6:30 p.m. Sunday as the girls, both under 13, were playing outside in the 1900 block of Lancaster, according to a Wheaton police release.
A woman stopped a vehicle near the children and attempted to lure them into her car by offering to take them out for ice cream, the release said.
The girls instead ran home and told their parents, who called police. The area was searched and officers were not able to locate the woman or her vehicle.
She is desribed as a white, possibly Hispanic woman between 55 and 65 with black and gray hair, and a medium brown complexion, the release said. She was wearing a gray blouse with a white and blue silk scarf.
The vehicle was described as a large white four-door with rust near the door handles and tail lamps. A decal on the driver's side rear door shows a blue square with black lettering that included the letter "L."
Anyone with information should call Det. Cmdr. James Volpe at (630) 260-2055.---http://www.suntimes.com/
The attempted child abduction happened about 6:30 p.m. Sunday as the girls, both under 13, were playing outside in the 1900 block of Lancaster, according to a Wheaton police release.
A woman stopped a vehicle near the children and attempted to lure them into her car by offering to take them out for ice cream, the release said.
The girls instead ran home and told their parents, who called police. The area was searched and officers were not able to locate the woman or her vehicle.
She is desribed as a white, possibly Hispanic woman between 55 and 65 with black and gray hair, and a medium brown complexion, the release said. She was wearing a gray blouse with a white and blue silk scarf.
The vehicle was described as a large white four-door with rust near the door handles and tail lamps. A decal on the driver's side rear door shows a blue square with black lettering that included the letter "L."
Anyone with information should call Det. Cmdr. James Volpe at (630) 260-2055.---http://www.suntimes.com/
Sunday, May 9, 2010
MOM'S WHO HAVE LOST CHILDREN GATHER TOGETHER FOR SUPPORT..
May 9, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Chicago mothers who have lost children to violence gathered for a somber event on Mother's Day, supporting each other and calling for an end to the bloodshed.
Those assembled at St. Sabina church on the city's South Side said they also wanted to see an end to the silence that is protecting murderers.
The emotional gathering has become an annual event at St. Sabina.
One mother attending the event was Yolan Henry; her daughter, Nova Henry, and granddaughter became victims of gun violence .
"It's hard to say Happy Mother's Day and really feel happy about it," Yolan Henry said.
It's the same for mother Elizabeth Lopez and her husband. Their son was gunned down last year on April 15.
"As a mother, this is very painful," she said.
"You remember all the good things: his first step, the first time he looks at you and you know he loves you," said Andrew Lopez.
On what is a day of celebration for most, the women at St. Sabina were among a growing sisterhood of grief, sharing the sorrow and hurt of losing a child.
"You don't know what it's like to wake up and not have your child on Mother's Day or any other day," said Maria Ramirez.
The mothers, their families and supporters gathered Sunday at a newly unveiled sculpture dedicated to the memory of their murdered children.
It depicts the taking of a young life. (ABC-WLS)
Those assembled at St. Sabina church on the city's South Side said they also wanted to see an end to the silence that is protecting murderers.
The emotional gathering has become an annual event at St. Sabina.
One mother attending the event was Yolan Henry; her daughter, Nova Henry, and granddaughter became victims of gun violence .
"It's hard to say Happy Mother's Day and really feel happy about it," Yolan Henry said.
It's the same for mother Elizabeth Lopez and her husband. Their son was gunned down last year on April 15.
"As a mother, this is very painful," she said.
"You remember all the good things: his first step, the first time he looks at you and you know he loves you," said Andrew Lopez.
On what is a day of celebration for most, the women at St. Sabina were among a growing sisterhood of grief, sharing the sorrow and hurt of losing a child.
"You don't know what it's like to wake up and not have your child on Mother's Day or any other day," said Maria Ramirez.
The mothers, their families and supporters gathered Sunday at a newly unveiled sculpture dedicated to the memory of their murdered children.
It depicts the taking of a young life. (ABC-WLS)
PRINCIPAL ARRESTED FOR CHILD LEAVING CHILDREN ALONE
A middle aged Dallas principal was arrested by police this morning after they say she left her 3- and 4-year-old children in a room at the Adolphus hotel while she tried to get into a downtown nightclub.
Carla Westbrook-Spaniel, 44, of Arlington was arrested on two counts of abandoning a child with the intent to return and one count of public intoxication. Westbrook-Spaniel was in the Dallas County Jail on Saturday after her arrest at 1:30 a.m. Bail was set at $30,000.
According to police, Westbrook-Spaniel tried to get into a nightclub in the 1500 block of Main Street early Saturday but was turned away by the bouncer because she didn't meet the dress code. She then tried to push her way past the bouncer to get inside and punched him in the stomach, police Sgt. Warren Mitchell said.
When officers arrived, Westbrook-Spaniel became agitated and wrestled with them, according to a police report. Mitchell said the officers reported that she scratched her cheeks while flailing on the ground.
Officers arrested Westbrook-Spaniel on the public intoxication count after smelling alcohol on her breath, the report said.
In the course of the arrest, the officers learned that Westbrook-Spaniel's children were alone in a room at the Adolphus downtown. Officers who checked on the children found them sleeping naked in bed. After the officers woke them up, the children complained of hunger and the officers got them something to eat.
It was unclear how long the children had been left unattended. Police took custody of them and notified Child Protective Services.
Abandoning a child with the intent to return is a state jail felony. Conviction can draw 180 days to two years in jail and a fine up to $10,000.
According to a short biography on the Fort Worth ISD website, Westbrook-Spaniel has been a principal at J.P. Elder Middle School since 2006. She previously was a special education teacher and principal in the Dallas Independent School District, according to the biography. DISD appointed her principal at Oran M. Roberts Elementary near Fair Park in 1999.
Carla Westbrook-Spaniel, 44, of Arlington was arrested on two counts of abandoning a child with the intent to return and one count of public intoxication. Westbrook-Spaniel was in the Dallas County Jail on Saturday after her arrest at 1:30 a.m. Bail was set at $30,000.
According to police, Westbrook-Spaniel tried to get into a nightclub in the 1500 block of Main Street early Saturday but was turned away by the bouncer because she didn't meet the dress code. She then tried to push her way past the bouncer to get inside and punched him in the stomach, police Sgt. Warren Mitchell said.
When officers arrived, Westbrook-Spaniel became agitated and wrestled with them, according to a police report. Mitchell said the officers reported that she scratched her cheeks while flailing on the ground.
Officers arrested Westbrook-Spaniel on the public intoxication count after smelling alcohol on her breath, the report said.
In the course of the arrest, the officers learned that Westbrook-Spaniel's children were alone in a room at the Adolphus downtown. Officers who checked on the children found them sleeping naked in bed. After the officers woke them up, the children complained of hunger and the officers got them something to eat.
It was unclear how long the children had been left unattended. Police took custody of them and notified Child Protective Services.
Abandoning a child with the intent to return is a state jail felony. Conviction can draw 180 days to two years in jail and a fine up to $10,000.
According to a short biography on the Fort Worth ISD website, Westbrook-Spaniel has been a principal at J.P. Elder Middle School since 2006. She previously was a special education teacher and principal in the Dallas Independent School District, according to the biography. DISD appointed her principal at Oran M. Roberts Elementary near Fair Park in 1999.
TEEN DRAGGED BY SHIRT AND BEATEN...
Cambridge — On April 26, police responded to Willow Street to investigate a teenage boy who was assaulted. When they arrived at 5:08 p.m., an ambulance was treating the 15-year-old for cuts and bruises to his face.
The victim described the suspect as a black male, but could not say more. Witnesses said the victim was “dragged by his shirt” across the street to the park and beaten “wildly,” but could not identify the suspect. Police searched the area briefly to no avail.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
The victim described the suspect as a black male, but could not say more. Witnesses said the victim was “dragged by his shirt” across the street to the park and beaten “wildly,” but could not identify the suspect. Police searched the area briefly to no avail.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
TWO TEENAGER'S KILLED AT PARTY DEFENDING FRIEND'S MOM
Two innocent teenagers were killed at a party, both defending a friend's mom.
Quanisha Wright, 16, tried to defend her friend's mother from a gunman's taunts and Marvin Wiggins jumped in front of a bullet to protect another woman from the gunplay, witnesses said.
Marvin Wiggins, 15, died cradled in his father's arms.
"He said 'I'm sorry Pop, I'm holding on.' I said, 'Why you sorry? Just don't go Marvin, breathe," said Marvin Wiggins Sr., 69.
"Then he started gasping," Marvin Wiggins Sr. said. "His eyes went back. I said, 'Please Marvin hold on.' But I didn't hear him say anything then."
Marvin Wiggins Jr. and Quanisha Wright, who had just celebrated her Sweet 16th birthday on Friday, were shot at a party for a one-year-old in an apartment at 1776 Weeks Ave. at about 2 a.m.
A teen who lives upstairs in the five-story building, his father, and a friend were taken into custody and questioned. They had not been charged last night.
A third victim, Tisha Eleazer, 20, aunt of the birthday baby, was hit in the arm.
Witnesses told the Daily News the shooter had been beaten up by party-goers earlier in the evening for touching a young girl. They said he came back to the party mad and armed.
"They can't take a beating - that's why they came back with the gun," one witness said.
When the men returned, they taunted Eleazer's mother, prompting Wright to step up and tell one of the men not to disrespect the older woman, witnesses said.
At that point, another man opened fire. Wright was hit in the torso.
"How could they take my little girl away over nothing?" asked her heartbroken dad, John Barnwell. "She was the sweetest girl. She never hurt a soul."
Wright, a student at the Bronx Leadership Academy, was raised by her grandmother.
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Quanisha Wright, 16, tried to defend her friend's mother from a gunman's taunts and Marvin Wiggins jumped in front of a bullet to protect another woman from the gunplay, witnesses said.
Marvin Wiggins, 15, died cradled in his father's arms.
"He said 'I'm sorry Pop, I'm holding on.' I said, 'Why you sorry? Just don't go Marvin, breathe," said Marvin Wiggins Sr., 69.
"Then he started gasping," Marvin Wiggins Sr. said. "His eyes went back. I said, 'Please Marvin hold on.' But I didn't hear him say anything then."
Marvin Wiggins Jr. and Quanisha Wright, who had just celebrated her Sweet 16th birthday on Friday, were shot at a party for a one-year-old in an apartment at 1776 Weeks Ave. at about 2 a.m.
A teen who lives upstairs in the five-story building, his father, and a friend were taken into custody and questioned. They had not been charged last night.
A third victim, Tisha Eleazer, 20, aunt of the birthday baby, was hit in the arm.
Witnesses told the Daily News the shooter had been beaten up by party-goers earlier in the evening for touching a young girl. They said he came back to the party mad and armed.
"They can't take a beating - that's why they came back with the gun," one witness said.
When the men returned, they taunted Eleazer's mother, prompting Wright to step up and tell one of the men not to disrespect the older woman, witnesses said.
At that point, another man opened fire. Wright was hit in the torso.
"How could they take my little girl away over nothing?" asked her heartbroken dad, John Barnwell. "She was the sweetest girl. She never hurt a soul."
Wright, a student at the Bronx Leadership Academy, was raised by her grandmother.
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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER SHOT WHILE SLEEPING
A shooting early Mother's Day left a mother and daughter injured while they were sleeping in an apartment in Kenosha, Wisc.
About 2:30 a.m., a shot was fired into an apartment unit in the 4800 block of 38th Avenue, striking a 10-year-old girl and what is believed to be her 45-year-old mother, according to Kenosha Police Sgt. David Molinaro.
Mother and daughter were asleep together in a bed in the ground-level apartment when a shot from outside pierced the wood siding of the apartment and entered the bedroom, Molinaro said. The bullet hit the girl in her upper leg, went "through-and-through," and exited, striking the mother in her hip, he said.
Neither injuries were life-threatening and the pair were taken to a local hospital for treatment. They are expected to be released later Sunday, Molinaro said.
There were other people in the apartment at the time, but no one else was injured, he said.
Information was not immediately available on whether anyone was in custody or if police were speaking to persons of interest, he said.---http://www.suntimes.com/
About 2:30 a.m., a shot was fired into an apartment unit in the 4800 block of 38th Avenue, striking a 10-year-old girl and what is believed to be her 45-year-old mother, according to Kenosha Police Sgt. David Molinaro.
Mother and daughter were asleep together in a bed in the ground-level apartment when a shot from outside pierced the wood siding of the apartment and entered the bedroom, Molinaro said. The bullet hit the girl in her upper leg, went "through-and-through," and exited, striking the mother in her hip, he said.
Neither injuries were life-threatening and the pair were taken to a local hospital for treatment. They are expected to be released later Sunday, Molinaro said.
There were other people in the apartment at the time, but no one else was injured, he said.
Information was not immediately available on whether anyone was in custody or if police were speaking to persons of interest, he said.---http://www.suntimes.com/
Friday, May 7, 2010
POLICE BELIEVE PERVERT MAY HAVE MOLESTED MORE THAN THREE BOYS
CREST HILL — Police are concerned a man accused of molesting three boys may have had other victims.
Christian L. Shepherd, 31, of Ottawa, was taken into custody April 30 on sex charges after he allegedly admitted he had molested a boy who is now 16.
"After (the 16-year-old) told his girlfriend that a family friend had abused him when he was between 10 and 14 years old, she convinced him to tell his mother, who notified us," Chief Dwayne Wilkerson said.
The mother notified police April 19, and the teen was interviewed at the Will County Child Advocacy Center. Shepherd had baby sat for the boy while his mother was at work.
"After she noticed bruises on (the boy's) back from 'rough wrestling' two years ago, she thought something was off and discouraged Shepherd from associating with them any more," Wilkerson said.
Police records show Shepherd was living in Lois Place in Joliet at the time of the alleged abuse and was employed as a school bus driver until recently. He has since moved to an apartment at 1324 Dakota Drive in Ottawa.
Shepherd was contacted and voluntarily came in for questioning April 30.
"He was interviewed and gave a statement admitting his involvement with the victim," Wilkerson said.
Further investigation allegedly discovered Shepherd sexually abused the younger brother of a Bolingbrook woman he was involved with in 2003 and the 5-year-old son of a Lockport woman he had a relationship with in 2004.
Shepherd has been charged with one count of criminal sexual assault of a minor and three counts of criminal sexual abuse of a minor. He remains at the county jail where he is being held on $50,000 bond. "Detectives Renee Maly and Jason Opiola did an outstanding job with a thorough investigation," Wilkerson said.
"There are no definite indications there are other victims, but based on the suspect's history it is a possibility," Wilkerson said. "If anyone has information regarding other inappropriate activity involving Shepherd they should call investigators."
Crest Hill police can be reached at 815-741-5115.---http://www.heraldnews.com/
Christian L. Shepherd, 31, of Ottawa, was taken into custody April 30 on sex charges after he allegedly admitted he had molested a boy who is now 16.
"After (the 16-year-old) told his girlfriend that a family friend had abused him when he was between 10 and 14 years old, she convinced him to tell his mother, who notified us," Chief Dwayne Wilkerson said.
The mother notified police April 19, and the teen was interviewed at the Will County Child Advocacy Center. Shepherd had baby sat for the boy while his mother was at work.
"After she noticed bruises on (the boy's) back from 'rough wrestling' two years ago, she thought something was off and discouraged Shepherd from associating with them any more," Wilkerson said.
Police records show Shepherd was living in Lois Place in Joliet at the time of the alleged abuse and was employed as a school bus driver until recently. He has since moved to an apartment at 1324 Dakota Drive in Ottawa.
Shepherd was contacted and voluntarily came in for questioning April 30.
"He was interviewed and gave a statement admitting his involvement with the victim," Wilkerson said.
Further investigation allegedly discovered Shepherd sexually abused the younger brother of a Bolingbrook woman he was involved with in 2003 and the 5-year-old son of a Lockport woman he had a relationship with in 2004.
Shepherd has been charged with one count of criminal sexual assault of a minor and three counts of criminal sexual abuse of a minor. He remains at the county jail where he is being held on $50,000 bond. "Detectives Renee Maly and Jason Opiola did an outstanding job with a thorough investigation," Wilkerson said.
"There are no definite indications there are other victims, but based on the suspect's history it is a possibility," Wilkerson said. "If anyone has information regarding other inappropriate activity involving Shepherd they should call investigators."
Crest Hill police can be reached at 815-741-5115.---http://www.heraldnews.com/
MAN CONFESSES TO STABBING WOMAN TO DEATH
A man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a residential hotel room and stealing her car told police he committed the crime and felt terrible for her family, according to a Las Vegas police report.
Jason Garcia, 40, was charged with murder and grand larceny in the Monday slaying of 30-year-old Melissa Brink.
According to Garcia's statements to police, he and Brink, his girlfriend, were in his room at Budget Suites, 2219 N. Rancho Drive, at Lake Mead Boulevard, when he attempted to have sex with her.
She refused and told him to stop. He "felt she was seeing someone else and was leaving him," the report states Garcia told detectives. Brink had recently forced Garcia to move out of her home, he told police.
Garcia told police he took a box cutter from a table and put it to his own throat, but then suddenly stabbed Brink several times in the neck. He considered calling paramedics, but chose not to, he told police.
He told police he covered Brink's body with a blanket, took her Pontiac Grand Am and drove to Pahrump, where a friend took the car to be sold for parts.
On Tuesday, Garcia was found on the side of the road by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper, who booked him at the Nye County Detention Center that afternoon.
When the trooper asked Garcia why he was on the side of the road, Garcia said, "You know who I am, I'm the guy on TV that you are looking for," the report said.
He was then interviewed by Las Vegas police detectives, arrested, and booked at the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday, the report said.
The report said Garcia told police he felt sorry for Madison, Brink's 6-year-old daughter, as well as Brink's parents.
Garcia told police he had ended Brink's life and his own in a fit of rage.---http://www.lvrj.com/
Jason Garcia, 40, was charged with murder and grand larceny in the Monday slaying of 30-year-old Melissa Brink.
According to Garcia's statements to police, he and Brink, his girlfriend, were in his room at Budget Suites, 2219 N. Rancho Drive, at Lake Mead Boulevard, when he attempted to have sex with her.
She refused and told him to stop. He "felt she was seeing someone else and was leaving him," the report states Garcia told detectives. Brink had recently forced Garcia to move out of her home, he told police.
Garcia told police he took a box cutter from a table and put it to his own throat, but then suddenly stabbed Brink several times in the neck. He considered calling paramedics, but chose not to, he told police.
He told police he covered Brink's body with a blanket, took her Pontiac Grand Am and drove to Pahrump, where a friend took the car to be sold for parts.
On Tuesday, Garcia was found on the side of the road by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper, who booked him at the Nye County Detention Center that afternoon.
When the trooper asked Garcia why he was on the side of the road, Garcia said, "You know who I am, I'm the guy on TV that you are looking for," the report said.
He was then interviewed by Las Vegas police detectives, arrested, and booked at the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday, the report said.
The report said Garcia told police he felt sorry for Madison, Brink's 6-year-old daughter, as well as Brink's parents.
Garcia told police he had ended Brink's life and his own in a fit of rage.---http://www.lvrj.com/
Thursday, May 6, 2010
WOMAN WAS DRUNK WHEN SHOT AND KILLED BY BROTHER
LAS CRUCES - The Montana woman allegedly killed by her brother in Las Cruces in March had a blood-alcohol content of .254 when she was shot, according to autopsy results issued Thursday.
Under New Mexico law, a blood-alcohol level of .08 is considered the threshold for drunken driving.
Denise "Deni" Zikmanis, 43, of Fort Benton, Mont., was allegedly shot in the head March 27 with a .40 caliber Beretta at her brother's home during an argument over the morality of smoking marijuana, according to court records.
Two days after the shooting, family elected to proceed with organ donation and she was removed from life support at University Medical Center of El Paso, according to Thursday's autopsy results from the Office of the Medical Investigator.
Her brother, Richard Scott Zikmanis, 40, an analyst with the Department of Defense's National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder. He remains at the Doña Ana County Detention Center, awaiting a court date.
Deni Zikmanis and three other family members had arrived in Las Cruces the afternoon of the shooting.
Richard Zikmanis told a detective he had armed himself just before everyone else went to bed, after which he and his sister stayed up drinking beer - and then hard liquor when they ran out.
He "later recalled putting the gun on the counter and knowing that he shot his sister," according to court documents. In addition, he allegedly admitted to police that four
or five years before, he consumed a lot of alcohol, pointed a shotgun at his wife and threatened her.---http://www.lcsun-news.com/
Under New Mexico law, a blood-alcohol level of .08 is considered the threshold for drunken driving.
Denise "Deni" Zikmanis, 43, of Fort Benton, Mont., was allegedly shot in the head March 27 with a .40 caliber Beretta at her brother's home during an argument over the morality of smoking marijuana, according to court records.
Two days after the shooting, family elected to proceed with organ donation and she was removed from life support at University Medical Center of El Paso, according to Thursday's autopsy results from the Office of the Medical Investigator.
Her brother, Richard Scott Zikmanis, 40, an analyst with the Department of Defense's National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder. He remains at the Doña Ana County Detention Center, awaiting a court date.
Deni Zikmanis and three other family members had arrived in Las Cruces the afternoon of the shooting.
Richard Zikmanis told a detective he had armed himself just before everyone else went to bed, after which he and his sister stayed up drinking beer - and then hard liquor when they ran out.
He "later recalled putting the gun on the counter and knowing that he shot his sister," according to court documents. In addition, he allegedly admitted to police that four
or five years before, he consumed a lot of alcohol, pointed a shotgun at his wife and threatened her.---http://www.lcsun-news.com/
HALF NAKED MAN SCARES WOMAN....
Cambridge — A woman reported a white male had exposed himself to her when she walked by him on April 27.
The Cambridge resident told police a white male was standing in the bushes as she walked up the sidewalk on Dover Street at about 10:22 p.m. on her way home. She said saw his pants allegedly down around his ankles and his hand at his crotch. She said he allegedly “had nothing on from the waist down” except for his pants around his ankles. He was facing her and she was afraid he was going to grab her so she ran into her house and called police.
She did not know if he said anything to her because she was wearing headphones, according to the report---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
The Cambridge resident told police a white male was standing in the bushes as she walked up the sidewalk on Dover Street at about 10:22 p.m. on her way home. She said saw his pants allegedly down around his ankles and his hand at his crotch. She said he allegedly “had nothing on from the waist down” except for his pants around his ankles. He was facing her and she was afraid he was going to grab her so she ran into her house and called police.
She did not know if he said anything to her because she was wearing headphones, according to the report---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
MAN CHARGED WITH ATTACKING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND
A 28-year-old Aurora man was arrested and charged today in an early-morning attack on his former girlfriend in Montgomery, police said.
Kevin A. Gunnell of the 1700 block of Molitor Road in Aurora was accused of breaking into a window of his former girlfriend's house on the 800 block of Victoria Drive in Montgomery early today, just after midnight, Montgomery Police said in a release.
He choked the victim to near unconsciousness and struck her numerous times in the face, causing fractures, bruises and cuts, police said. She was treated and released from the Rush Copley emercency room.
Gunnell stole the victim's car and fled but was later taken into custody by detectives without incident, police said.---http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
According to the release, Gunnell is charged with home invasion and domestic battery. Court information was not available.
Kevin A. Gunnell of the 1700 block of Molitor Road in Aurora was accused of breaking into a window of his former girlfriend's house on the 800 block of Victoria Drive in Montgomery early today, just after midnight, Montgomery Police said in a release.
He choked the victim to near unconsciousness and struck her numerous times in the face, causing fractures, bruises and cuts, police said. She was treated and released from the Rush Copley emercency room.
Gunnell stole the victim's car and fled but was later taken into custody by detectives without incident, police said.---http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
According to the release, Gunnell is charged with home invasion and domestic battery. Court information was not available.
TEACHER ARRESTED ON SIX COUNTS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT...
Parents waiting to pick up their children at Las Vegas High School Thursday afternoon expressed concern and disgust with a teacher recently arrested for sexual misconduct with a student.
Spanish and theater teacher Jennifer Gardel, 30, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center Wednesday evening on six felony counts of sexual misconduct with a student.
A source close to the investigation said the arrest stemmed from Gardel's relationship with a 17-year-old male student.
As kids poured out the school near Sahara Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard Thursday, some parents said any allegation of sexual misconduct between a teacher and student needs to be taken seriously.
"She should have known the boundaries between a teacher and student," said William Ufret, a father of a freshman.
Cree Stanley, whose daughter is a Las Vegas High School freshman, wondered why Gardel couldn't find "men her own age."
"She's a grown woman," Stanley said. "She should understand that's somebody else's child."
Gardel was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on $18,000 bail, but jail records on Thursday indicated she was no longer at the facility.
Gardel did not return phone calls Thursday.
Clark County School District spokesman Michael Rodriguez said Gardel has been placed on paid administrative leave. She was hired by the district in August 2007, he said.
Rodriguez said "appropriate actions" will be taken in Gardel's case based on the criminal investigation.
State law explicitly states that teachers can't engage in sexual acts with students who are minors.---http://www.lvrj.com/
Spanish and theater teacher Jennifer Gardel, 30, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center Wednesday evening on six felony counts of sexual misconduct with a student.
A source close to the investigation said the arrest stemmed from Gardel's relationship with a 17-year-old male student.
As kids poured out the school near Sahara Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard Thursday, some parents said any allegation of sexual misconduct between a teacher and student needs to be taken seriously.
"She should have known the boundaries between a teacher and student," said William Ufret, a father of a freshman.
Cree Stanley, whose daughter is a Las Vegas High School freshman, wondered why Gardel couldn't find "men her own age."
"She's a grown woman," Stanley said. "She should understand that's somebody else's child."
Gardel was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on $18,000 bail, but jail records on Thursday indicated she was no longer at the facility.
Gardel did not return phone calls Thursday.
Clark County School District spokesman Michael Rodriguez said Gardel has been placed on paid administrative leave. She was hired by the district in August 2007, he said.
Rodriguez said "appropriate actions" will be taken in Gardel's case based on the criminal investigation.
State law explicitly states that teachers can't engage in sexual acts with students who are minors.---http://www.lvrj.com/
DAD SHOOTS FAMILY DOG TO SAVE HIS TWO-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER...
An Eastside man shot his family's dog to stop it from attacking his 2-year-old daughter on the Eastside last night.
Christopher Schafer, 26, 1400 block of North Tuxedo St., fired one shot into the dog's shoulder after it had clenched Krista Schaefer by the neck, knocked her to the ground and bit her on the shoulder, underarm and nose, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan police report.
The child was not seriously injured and didn't need to be hospitalized.
Schafer told police he and Krista's older sister succeeded momentarily in getting the dog away from Krista but when it started after her again he shot it with a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun.
The 7-year-old shepherd-chow mix ran to its doghouse in the backyard after being shot.
Indianapolis Animal Care and Control officers found it hiding behind the doghouse and took it to a veterinarian to be checked out.---http://www.indystar.com/
Christopher Schafer, 26, 1400 block of North Tuxedo St., fired one shot into the dog's shoulder after it had clenched Krista Schaefer by the neck, knocked her to the ground and bit her on the shoulder, underarm and nose, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan police report.
The child was not seriously injured and didn't need to be hospitalized.
Schafer told police he and Krista's older sister succeeded momentarily in getting the dog away from Krista but when it started after her again he shot it with a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun.
The 7-year-old shepherd-chow mix ran to its doghouse in the backyard after being shot.
Indianapolis Animal Care and Control officers found it hiding behind the doghouse and took it to a veterinarian to be checked out.---http://www.indystar.com/
MAN WANTED SINCE DECEMBER,FINALLY CAPTURED
A Yulee man sought since December in the sexual abuse of a child younger than 10 in Green Cove Springs was tracked down late Wednesday at U.S. 78 and Florida 441 in Okeechobee.
Harry Eugene Truesdell was extradited to the Clay County jail about 3:20 p.m. Thursday following his arrest on a capital sexual battery warrant, according to the Sheriff's Office. In December 2009 the child's mother told deputies that the young girl said she had been molested and sexually abused by the man.
Truesdell was stopped outside an Okeechobee gas station and tried to run away, but was caught by authorities, the Sheriff's Office said.
His criminal record in Clay County includes a 2008 battery arrest. In other jurisdictions it included assault and battery, burglary, narcotics and a weapon offense, according to the Sheriff's Office and U.S. Marshals Service.
Clay County officials said Truesdell had lived in Green Cove Springs, but his last known address was in the 85000 block of Alger Road in Yulee.
Truesdell is being held without bail.---jacksonville.com
Harry Eugene Truesdell was extradited to the Clay County jail about 3:20 p.m. Thursday following his arrest on a capital sexual battery warrant, according to the Sheriff's Office. In December 2009 the child's mother told deputies that the young girl said she had been molested and sexually abused by the man.
Truesdell was stopped outside an Okeechobee gas station and tried to run away, but was caught by authorities, the Sheriff's Office said.
His criminal record in Clay County includes a 2008 battery arrest. In other jurisdictions it included assault and battery, burglary, narcotics and a weapon offense, according to the Sheriff's Office and U.S. Marshals Service.
Clay County officials said Truesdell had lived in Green Cove Springs, but his last known address was in the 85000 block of Alger Road in Yulee.
Truesdell is being held without bail.---jacksonville.com
Basketball Coach Arrested On Suspicion Of Having Sex with female student...
A basketball and volleyball coach at 32nd Street USC Math, Science and Technology High School was behind bars today on suspicion of having sex with a female student, police announced Wednesday night.
Cesar Ysidro Fernandez, 39, was arrested at his home, locked up in lieu of $100,000 bail after being charged Friday with four counts of unlawful sex with a minor, police said.
On Jan. 15, detectives learned that the sex may have started during the 2009 summer break, when the student was 17, police said. The age of consent in California is 18.
Fernandez, who will not be put back in a Los Angeles Unified School District classroom if he bails out before the case is resolved, has been a teacher since 1993, police said. He had been at the 32nd Street school since 1996.
Fernandez was the athletic director and a full-time teacher at the time of the allegation, police said. He taught various courses and coached basketball and volleyball. Fernandez also taught summer school at Carson High School.
Anyone
with more information about the alleged crime was asked call detectives at the Southwest Station at (213) 485-2585 or the department's 24- hour tipline, (877) LAPD-24-7.--http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Cesar Ysidro Fernandez, 39, was arrested at his home, locked up in lieu of $100,000 bail after being charged Friday with four counts of unlawful sex with a minor, police said.
On Jan. 15, detectives learned that the sex may have started during the 2009 summer break, when the student was 17, police said. The age of consent in California is 18.
Fernandez, who will not be put back in a Los Angeles Unified School District classroom if he bails out before the case is resolved, has been a teacher since 1993, police said. He had been at the 32nd Street school since 1996.
Fernandez was the athletic director and a full-time teacher at the time of the allegation, police said. He taught various courses and coached basketball and volleyball. Fernandez also taught summer school at Carson High School.
Anyone
with more information about the alleged crime was asked call detectives at the Southwest Station at (213) 485-2585 or the department's 24- hour tipline, (877) LAPD-24-7.--http://www.dailybreeze.com/
MAN ARRESTED FOR MASTERBATING IN FRONT OF FIANCEE'S 13 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER...
Tiverton — A Tiverton man was arrested last week after allegedly masturbating in front of his fiancee’s 13-year-old daughter.
Jay J. Navaretta, 34, of 10 Kenyon Road, was charged with disorderly conduct, which in Rhode Island law includes a subsection for indecent exposure.
According to police spokesperson Lt. Patrick Jones, a 39-year-old Tiverton woman filed a complaint on April 26, saying her daughter told her and a domestic violence advocate for the police department that Navaretta had masturbated in front of her multiple times over a 2- to 3-month period. There is no indication of sexual contact between Navaretta and the alleged victim, Jones said.
Navaretta was arrested on April 30 and later released on bail. He was ordered to have no contact with the child.
Detective Brendan McKinnon is in charge of the investigation.---http://www.heraldnews.com/
Jay J. Navaretta, 34, of 10 Kenyon Road, was charged with disorderly conduct, which in Rhode Island law includes a subsection for indecent exposure.
According to police spokesperson Lt. Patrick Jones, a 39-year-old Tiverton woman filed a complaint on April 26, saying her daughter told her and a domestic violence advocate for the police department that Navaretta had masturbated in front of her multiple times over a 2- to 3-month period. There is no indication of sexual contact between Navaretta and the alleged victim, Jones said.
Navaretta was arrested on April 30 and later released on bail. He was ordered to have no contact with the child.
Detective Brendan McKinnon is in charge of the investigation.---http://www.heraldnews.com/
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
TEEN SENTENCED FOR STABBING ADOPTIVE MOM WITH BUTCHER KNIFE...
Torn between love and fear, a Jacksonville mother tearfully asked a judge Tuesday to send her adopted 15-year-old son to prison for stabbing her with a butcher knife.
“I love Andrew. It is so hard,” Barbara Gail O’Brien testified. “He needs help, but I don’t want him out in a year. I’m terrified of him. I don’t want him to know where I am.”
But Andrew Paul O’Brien and his adopted sister said he took as much of their mother’s verbal and physical abuse as he could before he snapped.
“I think he handled the situation the best he could. He didn’t know how to handle it any other way,” Kayla O’Brien, 18, testified.
Circuit Judge Jeff Morrow called the case a “social quagmire” before sentencing the slight Forrest High School freshman to 25 years in prison, followed by 15 years of probation with psychiatric counseling. Morrow found no evidence of abuse.
“This is a heartbreaking case,” Morrow told the 5-foot-1, 120-pound teen. “I don’t want to be the judge to sentence you, but it’s my duty.”
Andrew O’Brien pleaded guilty in March to attempted first-degree murder. In January he chased his mother down and stabbed her nine times in the back, shoulder and head after she told him to get off the family’s new couch in his wet clothes.
The teen told Morrow on Tuesday he had repaired the family’s roof in the rain and sat down on the couch. When his mother started yelling, he said he thought about times she had called him names and slapped him.
“I went and got a knife and stabbed her. I guess I was mad,” he said before hanging his head and crying. “I just want to say I’m sorry. Nobody deserves to be stabbed.”---jacksonville.com
“I love Andrew. It is so hard,” Barbara Gail O’Brien testified. “He needs help, but I don’t want him out in a year. I’m terrified of him. I don’t want him to know where I am.”
But Andrew Paul O’Brien and his adopted sister said he took as much of their mother’s verbal and physical abuse as he could before he snapped.
“I think he handled the situation the best he could. He didn’t know how to handle it any other way,” Kayla O’Brien, 18, testified.
Circuit Judge Jeff Morrow called the case a “social quagmire” before sentencing the slight Forrest High School freshman to 25 years in prison, followed by 15 years of probation with psychiatric counseling. Morrow found no evidence of abuse.
“This is a heartbreaking case,” Morrow told the 5-foot-1, 120-pound teen. “I don’t want to be the judge to sentence you, but it’s my duty.”
Andrew O’Brien pleaded guilty in March to attempted first-degree murder. In January he chased his mother down and stabbed her nine times in the back, shoulder and head after she told him to get off the family’s new couch in his wet clothes.
The teen told Morrow on Tuesday he had repaired the family’s roof in the rain and sat down on the couch. When his mother started yelling, he said he thought about times she had called him names and slapped him.
“I went and got a knife and stabbed her. I guess I was mad,” he said before hanging his head and crying. “I just want to say I’m sorry. Nobody deserves to be stabbed.”---jacksonville.com
FOUR YEAR OLD GIRL RAPED IN INDIANA
LOGANSPORT, Ind. -- Authorities in this northern Indiana community today were knocking on doors in a neighborhood where they believe a 4-year-old girl was raped Sunday.
Police Lt. Cathi Collins said police have not identified a suspect, the Logansport Pharos-Tribune reported.
Police joined members of the Logansport Police Department's Community Resource Team in the canvassing. They were asking people if they would open their garages to a search and if they heard or saw anything suspicious before dawn Sunday.
Police have interviewed the girl, her family and a witness who spoke to the girl on a street corner about 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
Logansport is about 75 miles north of Indianapolis.---http://www.indystar.com/
Police Lt. Cathi Collins said police have not identified a suspect, the Logansport Pharos-Tribune reported.
Police joined members of the Logansport Police Department's Community Resource Team in the canvassing. They were asking people if they would open their garages to a search and if they heard or saw anything suspicious before dawn Sunday.
Police have interviewed the girl, her family and a witness who spoke to the girl on a street corner about 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
Logansport is about 75 miles north of Indianapolis.---http://www.indystar.com/
MAN ON TRIAL FOR RAPING WOMAN IN HIS JIFFY LUBE OFFICE....
A former Torrance Jiffy Lube employee told a jury on Monday that the customer accusing him of rape was "flirtatious" and didn't tell him to stop until after they began having sex.
Johnny Jeffrey Maciel, 23, implied that the encounter he had with the alleged victim inside the auto shop's office on Feb. 26, 2009, was consensual.
But when she told him to stop, he did, Maciel said.
He said the woman, who had only moments before the incident mentioned that her child's father was murdered about six months before, told him she felt "bad that my husband died and I'm doing this."
Earlier in the Torrance Superior Court trial, which began about a week ago, the victim told the jury she went to the office with Maciel to get a business card, and he repeatedly asked her for a hug.
She said she told him "no," and he closed the office door before raping her. The woman, whose two young daughters and an adult friend were waiting for her, said she ran out, crying.
Maciel is charged with one count
of rape for the incident at the Jiffy Lube at 190th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard, where he was an assistant manager.
In a soft, mumbled voice, the Lynwood man said he recognized the woman because she was there two days before, but had returned after smelling gasoline in her car.
He said she laughed with him and his co-workers and was "flirtatious."
When they got to the office, she told him about her boyfriend, and they hugged and kissed for about five minutes before having sex. READ MORE AT:http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Johnny Jeffrey Maciel, 23, implied that the encounter he had with the alleged victim inside the auto shop's office on Feb. 26, 2009, was consensual.
But when she told him to stop, he did, Maciel said.
He said the woman, who had only moments before the incident mentioned that her child's father was murdered about six months before, told him she felt "bad that my husband died and I'm doing this."
Earlier in the Torrance Superior Court trial, which began about a week ago, the victim told the jury she went to the office with Maciel to get a business card, and he repeatedly asked her for a hug.
She said she told him "no," and he closed the office door before raping her. The woman, whose two young daughters and an adult friend were waiting for her, said she ran out, crying.
Maciel is charged with one count
of rape for the incident at the Jiffy Lube at 190th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard, where he was an assistant manager.
In a soft, mumbled voice, the Lynwood man said he recognized the woman because she was there two days before, but had returned after smelling gasoline in her car.
He said she laughed with him and his co-workers and was "flirtatious."
When they got to the office, she told him about her boyfriend, and they hugged and kissed for about five minutes before having sex. READ MORE AT:http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Monday, May 3, 2010
FIGHT OVER MAN TURNS FATAL
Two 19-year-old women in southeastern Dallas got into a fight because they were dating the same man, police said, resulting in the stabbing death of one and the arrest of the other.
Police were called to the Rosemont at Ash Creek Apartments at 2605 John West Road around 10 p.m. Sunday.
They found Lilianna Lopez of Garland stabbed in the chest, said Dallas police spokesman Kevin Janse. She was taken to Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, where she later died.
Lena Acosta was arrested and charged with Lopez's murder. ---http://www.dallasnews.com/
Police were called to the Rosemont at Ash Creek Apartments at 2605 John West Road around 10 p.m. Sunday.
They found Lilianna Lopez of Garland stabbed in the chest, said Dallas police spokesman Kevin Janse. She was taken to Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, where she later died.
Lena Acosta was arrested and charged with Lopez's murder. ---http://www.dallasnews.com/
MAN SHOOTS AND KILLS NEIGHBOR OVER NOISE
LAS CRUCES — A Las Cruces man has been arrested and charged with murder after a fatal shooting Friday evening.
Tony Garza, 31, of the 1000 block of Luna, has been charged with an open count of murder. He was being held at the Doña Ana County Detention Center with no bond, according to Las Cruces Police Sgt. Kiri Daines.
The victim was airlifted to University Medical Center in El Paso and later died as a result of his injuries, Daines said. She declined to identify the victim Sunday, but indicated that the victim's identity and additional information about the case were expected to be made available today.
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Friday police were called to the 200 block of White Rose Court, near the intersection of South Main Street and South Valley Drive, regarding a gunshot victim, Daines said. Detectives were told there had been a dispute between neighbors that ended in gunfire.
"It was a neighbor dispute, apparently over noise," Daines said Sunday. "It just kind of got out of hand."http://www.lcsun-news.com/
Tony Garza, 31, of the 1000 block of Luna, has been charged with an open count of murder. He was being held at the Doña Ana County Detention Center with no bond, according to Las Cruces Police Sgt. Kiri Daines.
The victim was airlifted to University Medical Center in El Paso and later died as a result of his injuries, Daines said. She declined to identify the victim Sunday, but indicated that the victim's identity and additional information about the case were expected to be made available today.
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Friday police were called to the 200 block of White Rose Court, near the intersection of South Main Street and South Valley Drive, regarding a gunshot victim, Daines said. Detectives were told there had been a dispute between neighbors that ended in gunfire.
"It was a neighbor dispute, apparently over noise," Daines said Sunday. "It just kind of got out of hand."http://www.lcsun-news.com/
MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS 16 MONTH OLD SON...
Jacksonville police this morning announced the arrest of a man in the slaying of his 16-month-old son last week.
Donte Lorenzo Dawson Sr., 28, is charged with murder in Tuesday's death of Donte Dawson Jr.
Jacksonville homicide investigators, led by Detective Kevin Haines, were called to Baptist Medical Center to investigate the child's death, police said. Police learned through interviews that Donte was in normal health prior to being left in his father's care for less than an hour, an arrest report said.
Police said the child was found unresponsive, then convulsing and vomiting, in his parents Bentley Green apartment in the 9500 block of Princeton Square Boulevard off Baymeadows Road. The child was taken to the hospital by rescue.
Lt. Larry Schmitt of the Sheriff's Office homicide unit did not describe how the child was harmed. An autopsy found he sustained multiple traumatic injuries.
Donte's father was arrested Friday after being interviewed by detectives. He is being held in jail without bail.
Records show Donte's father has been previously arrested for a variety of crimes and was released from prison in late February after serving about 18 months for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.---jacksonville.com
Donte Lorenzo Dawson Sr., 28, is charged with murder in Tuesday's death of Donte Dawson Jr.
Jacksonville homicide investigators, led by Detective Kevin Haines, were called to Baptist Medical Center to investigate the child's death, police said. Police learned through interviews that Donte was in normal health prior to being left in his father's care for less than an hour, an arrest report said.
Police said the child was found unresponsive, then convulsing and vomiting, in his parents Bentley Green apartment in the 9500 block of Princeton Square Boulevard off Baymeadows Road. The child was taken to the hospital by rescue.
Lt. Larry Schmitt of the Sheriff's Office homicide unit did not describe how the child was harmed. An autopsy found he sustained multiple traumatic injuries.
Donte's father was arrested Friday after being interviewed by detectives. He is being held in jail without bail.
Records show Donte's father has been previously arrested for a variety of crimes and was released from prison in late February after serving about 18 months for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.---jacksonville.com
DISTURBED MAN WITH BUTCHER KNIFE & WRITTEN THREAT ARRESTED
A man carrying a butcher knife and a note indicating he was going to kill himself and his 10-month-old son was arrested Thursday when he tried to kidnap the boy from a Gardena day-care center, police said.
Latron McDowell, 20, of Los Angeles was taken into custody when police confronted him at an in-home child-care business in the 13400 block of Wilton Place, Gardena police Lt. Steve Prendergast said.
When police arrived, he was in a physical fight with a female day-care provider, Prendergast said.
Officers ordered McDowell to stop, but he ran. Officers chased him down.
Police determined McDowell had arrived at the facility in a stolen vehicle that was taken earlier from a used-auto dealership.
"McDowell was in possession of a butcher knife and a suicide note indicating he was going to take his life, along with his 10-month-old son's life," Prendergast said.
McDowell admitted to detectives that he stole the car to drive to the day-care provider's home to kidnap his son.
"He also admitted he was going to kill his son, then kill himself," Prendergast said.
Prendergast said an earlier fight with the boy's mother prompted McDowell to attempt the murder-suicide.
He did not have custody rights to take the child from the day-care provider.
McDowell was arrested on suspicion of attempted kidnapping, attempted murder, assault and auto theft.
He was held at the Gardena jail on $1 million bail.---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Latron McDowell, 20, of Los Angeles was taken into custody when police confronted him at an in-home child-care business in the 13400 block of Wilton Place, Gardena police Lt. Steve Prendergast said.
When police arrived, he was in a physical fight with a female day-care provider, Prendergast said.
Officers ordered McDowell to stop, but he ran. Officers chased him down.
Police determined McDowell had arrived at the facility in a stolen vehicle that was taken earlier from a used-auto dealership.
"McDowell was in possession of a butcher knife and a suicide note indicating he was going to take his life, along with his 10-month-old son's life," Prendergast said.
McDowell admitted to detectives that he stole the car to drive to the day-care provider's home to kidnap his son.
"He also admitted he was going to kill his son, then kill himself," Prendergast said.
Prendergast said an earlier fight with the boy's mother prompted McDowell to attempt the murder-suicide.
He did not have custody rights to take the child from the day-care provider.
McDowell was arrested on suspicion of attempted kidnapping, attempted murder, assault and auto theft.
He was held at the Gardena jail on $1 million bail.---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
MAN CALLS WOMAN UP AND THREATENS TO BLOW HER HEAD OFF...
Cambridge — A man who grabbed and threatened a woman was arrested in Cambridge on April 22.
At about 11:15a.m., officers responded to a domestic dispute on Huron Avenue. The victim, a Wareham resident, told them the suspect called her and threatened to “blow her head off” before he came by. When he arrived at Huron Avenue, the victim alleged he pushed and grabbed her, trying to get her to go with him back to his mother’s apartment in the building.
When she tried to call 911, he allegedly grabbed the phone out of her hand, saying, “You better not be calling the police.” Then he took her pocketbook and cell phone, which he gave back to a security guard prior to leaving.
The suspect was described as a black man in a black shirt with orange stripes and was spotted walking up Huron Avenue toward Cushing Street. When asked to stop, he allegedly fled. After a short foot chase, the suspect was stopped and handcuffed. The victim positively identified him. Jeffrey Williams, 34, of Cambridge, was arrested on charges of domestic assault and battery, threats to commit a crime, resisting arrest and intimidation of a witness, according to the report.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
At about 11:15a.m., officers responded to a domestic dispute on Huron Avenue. The victim, a Wareham resident, told them the suspect called her and threatened to “blow her head off” before he came by. When he arrived at Huron Avenue, the victim alleged he pushed and grabbed her, trying to get her to go with him back to his mother’s apartment in the building.
When she tried to call 911, he allegedly grabbed the phone out of her hand, saying, “You better not be calling the police.” Then he took her pocketbook and cell phone, which he gave back to a security guard prior to leaving.
The suspect was described as a black man in a black shirt with orange stripes and was spotted walking up Huron Avenue toward Cushing Street. When asked to stop, he allegedly fled. After a short foot chase, the suspect was stopped and handcuffed. The victim positively identified him. Jeffrey Williams, 34, of Cambridge, was arrested on charges of domestic assault and battery, threats to commit a crime, resisting arrest and intimidation of a witness, according to the report.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
ELDERLY MAN GOES ON KILLING RAMPAGE
An elderly gunman shot dead two younger men in West Town on Sunday morning, then turned his gun on himself in what police say was likely a domestic double murder-suicide.
As stunned relatives wept and police removed two bloody bodies from the yard of the home in the 1700 block of West Erie, neighbors said the 76-year-old shooter had killed two of his sons.
Police said the 76-year-old and a 44-year-old were found dead at the scene shortly before noon. A 42-year-old victim died soon afterward at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Eyewitness Brendan Ringhouse said he was studying in his apartment opposite the murder scene when he heard "two pops" of gunfire.
"I walked to my window and saw an older man standing with a gun in his hand," he said. "One guy was on the ground leaning against the house, and another was on the ground in the yard.
"He was still alive and he was saying, 'No, no, no,' but the old man walked over to him, stood over him and shot two or three more times."
The gunman walked away from the scene, "then he paused, walked back to the yard and shot himself in the head," Ringhouse said.
Ringhouse -- a medical student -- dialed 911 and ran down to help, but police and paramedics arrived almost immediately, he said.---http://www.suntimes.com/
As stunned relatives wept and police removed two bloody bodies from the yard of the home in the 1700 block of West Erie, neighbors said the 76-year-old shooter had killed two of his sons.
Police said the 76-year-old and a 44-year-old were found dead at the scene shortly before noon. A 42-year-old victim died soon afterward at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Eyewitness Brendan Ringhouse said he was studying in his apartment opposite the murder scene when he heard "two pops" of gunfire.
"I walked to my window and saw an older man standing with a gun in his hand," he said. "One guy was on the ground leaning against the house, and another was on the ground in the yard.
"He was still alive and he was saying, 'No, no, no,' but the old man walked over to him, stood over him and shot two or three more times."
The gunman walked away from the scene, "then he paused, walked back to the yard and shot himself in the head," Ringhouse said.
Ringhouse -- a medical student -- dialed 911 and ran down to help, but police and paramedics arrived almost immediately, he said.---http://www.suntimes.com/
Sunday, May 2, 2010
MAN IN ARGUEMENT KILLED BY PASSER-BY
A man who was arguing in Normandy Boulevard with three women he knew ended up dead Saturday evening, shot by a stranger who stopped to break up the disturbance.
Joseph Scott, 23, was shot about 6:30 p.m., just east of Interstate 295 on the Westside.
Scott was arguing with the women and the other man stopped because he apparently thought the women were in trouble, said Sgt. Scott Dingee of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The two men then got into an altercation, and Scott was shot. Scott was taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital and pronounced dead shortly after the shooting, Dingee said.
Dingee did not identify the shooter, but said he was in custody and detectives were planning to speak with him Saturday night. He said police would present the case to the State Attorney’s Office to determine if criminal charges would be filed.
Dingee would not comment on how many times the shooter fired, nor on how many times Scott was hit.
He said he could not say why Scott and the women were arguing, nor did he discuss the relationship between Scott and the women.
A white pickup truck with damage to the front end was stopped next to a pool of blood at the foot of a driveway leading into a strip mall parking lot on the 7800 block of Normandy Boulevard.
Lawrence Parker said he was on his way to the Food Lion across Normandy from the shooting when police diverted all traffic to another parking lot. He said he saw the victim on the ground and paramedics trying to revive him.
“It didn’t look like he was going to make it,” Parker said.---jacksonville.com
Joseph Scott, 23, was shot about 6:30 p.m., just east of Interstate 295 on the Westside.
Scott was arguing with the women and the other man stopped because he apparently thought the women were in trouble, said Sgt. Scott Dingee of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
The two men then got into an altercation, and Scott was shot. Scott was taken to Shands Jacksonville hospital and pronounced dead shortly after the shooting, Dingee said.
Dingee did not identify the shooter, but said he was in custody and detectives were planning to speak with him Saturday night. He said police would present the case to the State Attorney’s Office to determine if criminal charges would be filed.
Dingee would not comment on how many times the shooter fired, nor on how many times Scott was hit.
He said he could not say why Scott and the women were arguing, nor did he discuss the relationship between Scott and the women.
A white pickup truck with damage to the front end was stopped next to a pool of blood at the foot of a driveway leading into a strip mall parking lot on the 7800 block of Normandy Boulevard.
Lawrence Parker said he was on his way to the Food Lion across Normandy from the shooting when police diverted all traffic to another parking lot. He said he saw the victim on the ground and paramedics trying to revive him.
“It didn’t look like he was going to make it,” Parker said.---jacksonville.com
JILTED BOYFRIEND SHOOTS GIRLFRIEND'S HUSBAND,THEN BLOWS HIS BRAINS OUT...
A jilted lover shot and seriously wounded his ex-girlfriend's husband in a Bronx apartment building Friday night, then blew his own brains out, police and witnesses said.
Investigators said the crime of passion unfolded at 1023 Avenue St. John's shortly before 11 p.m.
The husband, Raymond Velez, who was hit three times in the upper body, ran out of the building and hailed a cab that took him to Lutheran Medical Center where doctors said he was expected to recover.
"He just took it on his own to go to the hospital," said a family friend. "He's a tough guy."
One of Velez's friends said the violence stemmed from "a love triangle thing."
She said the shooter, identified only as Omar, got involved with Velez's wife when the couple were "having some problems."
Then Velez and his spouse patched things up.
"They were back together and the guy couldn't take it," the friend said.
"He came to their apartment and shot Raymond in the hallway. Then he turned the gun on himself - on the third floor."
The couple's three kids - two boys and a girl all under 10 - were in the flat when the shooting started.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
Investigators said the crime of passion unfolded at 1023 Avenue St. John's shortly before 11 p.m.
The husband, Raymond Velez, who was hit three times in the upper body, ran out of the building and hailed a cab that took him to Lutheran Medical Center where doctors said he was expected to recover.
"He just took it on his own to go to the hospital," said a family friend. "He's a tough guy."
One of Velez's friends said the violence stemmed from "a love triangle thing."
She said the shooter, identified only as Omar, got involved with Velez's wife when the couple were "having some problems."
Then Velez and his spouse patched things up.
"They were back together and the guy couldn't take it," the friend said.
"He came to their apartment and shot Raymond in the hallway. Then he turned the gun on himself - on the third floor."
The couple's three kids - two boys and a girl all under 10 - were in the flat when the shooting started.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
MAN WHO MURDERED FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY REGRETS RUNNING OUT OF BULLETS....
As he ranted about his religious beliefs, a 32-year-old Wisconsin man went room to room with a 9mm pistol early Wednesday -- killing his pregnant teenage wife, his baby son and two nieces in a brick home on the Southwest Side, according to his family and Chicago Police.
Wounded in the rampage were the suspect's mother and a teenage nephew, police and family said.
Shooting suspect has history of minor crimes
A 12-year-old girl in the house managed to escape and ran to a gas station, where she called 911. The gunman shot at her as she fled but missed, police said.
About an hour and a half after the horrific 4:25 a.m. shooting in the 7200 block of South Mozart, officers were taking witnesses to a police station when they spotted the bearded, 6-foot-5-inch suspect walking near 59th and Racine, police said.
They arrested the man without a fight, and he led them to a vacant lot where he had tossed the suspected murder weapon, police said.
He told them "Allah" told him to kill his family, sources said. And he added: "Too bad I ran out of bullets."
"It's really horrendous," said Chicago Lawn District Cmdr. John Kupczyk. "Something like this is pretty incomprehensible."
The man had not been charged and was cooperating with detectives Wednesday, police said.
Killed in the massacre were the suspect's wife, Twanda Thompson, 19; their 7-month-old son, Jihad Larry, and the man's nieces, Robeson High School student Keyshai Fields, 16, and Keleasha Larry, 3, according to relatives. Keyshai Fields and Twanda Thompson both were pregnant, family members said.
Two others in the home, where the suspect's sister and her family lived, also were shot and were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. They are the suspect's mother, Leona Larry, 57, and his nephew, Demond Larry, 13, according to the suspect's relatives.
The man's family members and court records paint a troubled portrait of the suspect.
He was born in Chicago but lived in Madison, Wis., where he has amassed a long rap sheet. He was in prison in Wisconsin from 1996 to 2001 on a theft conviction and was in federal prison more recently on a gun conviction. In 2008, after serving his federal term, he was treated for marijuana addiction and worked at a bakery and in other temporary jobs, court records show.
Last year, he was arrested for battery after pushing Twanda Thompson against a van in a Wal-Mart parking lot on Sept. 25 in Madison. READ MORE AT:http://www.suntimes.com/
Wounded in the rampage were the suspect's mother and a teenage nephew, police and family said.
Shooting suspect has history of minor crimes
A 12-year-old girl in the house managed to escape and ran to a gas station, where she called 911. The gunman shot at her as she fled but missed, police said.
About an hour and a half after the horrific 4:25 a.m. shooting in the 7200 block of South Mozart, officers were taking witnesses to a police station when they spotted the bearded, 6-foot-5-inch suspect walking near 59th and Racine, police said.
They arrested the man without a fight, and he led them to a vacant lot where he had tossed the suspected murder weapon, police said.
He told them "Allah" told him to kill his family, sources said. And he added: "Too bad I ran out of bullets."
"It's really horrendous," said Chicago Lawn District Cmdr. John Kupczyk. "Something like this is pretty incomprehensible."
The man had not been charged and was cooperating with detectives Wednesday, police said.
Killed in the massacre were the suspect's wife, Twanda Thompson, 19; their 7-month-old son, Jihad Larry, and the man's nieces, Robeson High School student Keyshai Fields, 16, and Keleasha Larry, 3, according to relatives. Keyshai Fields and Twanda Thompson both were pregnant, family members said.
Two others in the home, where the suspect's sister and her family lived, also were shot and were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. They are the suspect's mother, Leona Larry, 57, and his nephew, Demond Larry, 13, according to the suspect's relatives.
The man's family members and court records paint a troubled portrait of the suspect.
He was born in Chicago but lived in Madison, Wis., where he has amassed a long rap sheet. He was in prison in Wisconsin from 1996 to 2001 on a theft conviction and was in federal prison more recently on a gun conviction. In 2008, after serving his federal term, he was treated for marijuana addiction and worked at a bakery and in other temporary jobs, court records show.
Last year, he was arrested for battery after pushing Twanda Thompson against a van in a Wal-Mart parking lot on Sept. 25 in Madison. READ MORE AT:http://www.suntimes.com/
Saturday, May 1, 2010
BODY FOUND IN CAR TRUNK IDENTIFIED...
A body found early Wednesday in the trunk of an abandoned 2008 Toyota Corolla on St. Ambrose Church Road in Elkton has been identified as James Vincent Brookins, 45, of the 7500 block of Powers Avenue in Jacksonville.
Now the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office is looking for help in its investigation into the death, ruled as a homicide in the medical examiner's preliminary autopsy findings.
The actual cause of death is being withheld until a suspect is identified, but Brookins was reported missing to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on Tuesday.
Brookins' mother called police about 9 p.m. and told officers her son had been missing since Monday, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office report. She said it was very unusual because he lives alone with his 14-year-old son.
He was last seen at 7 p.m. Monday. The police report said that's when he met with his son's mother to swap cars. She told officers that wasn't unusual, but she said she thought it was strange when a black Ford Taurus pulled up behind them.
There were two men and a woman named Sky in the car, according to the report. They followed Brookins when he departed in the Corolla.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the robbery/homicide unit at the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office at (904) 824-8304. You can also remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward by calling CrimeStoppers of Northeast Florida at (888) 277-8477.---jacksonville.com
Now the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office is looking for help in its investigation into the death, ruled as a homicide in the medical examiner's preliminary autopsy findings.
The actual cause of death is being withheld until a suspect is identified, but Brookins was reported missing to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office on Tuesday.
Brookins' mother called police about 9 p.m. and told officers her son had been missing since Monday, according to a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office report. She said it was very unusual because he lives alone with his 14-year-old son.
He was last seen at 7 p.m. Monday. The police report said that's when he met with his son's mother to swap cars. She told officers that wasn't unusual, but she said she thought it was strange when a black Ford Taurus pulled up behind them.
There were two men and a woman named Sky in the car, according to the report. They followed Brookins when he departed in the Corolla.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the robbery/homicide unit at the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office at (904) 824-8304. You can also remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward by calling CrimeStoppers of Northeast Florida at (888) 277-8477.---jacksonville.com
MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATENING WOMAN WITH A 14 inch KNIFE
Cambridge — A man who reportedly threatened a woman with a knife was arrested on April 23, according to a police report.
At 10:54 p.m., police responded to a Fernald Drive apartment for reports of an assault and met the woman who called 911 crying in the living room. She told officers that the suspect, George Soroka, 37, had hit her and threatened her with a knife. Police noted there were abrasions on her arm where he had grabbed her when they got into an argument earlier that night.
She said she was tired and went to lie down about 10:30 p.m. when he came in and wrenched her out of bed. When she began dialing 911, he allegedly grabbed a 14-inch kitchen knife to threaten her, but put it away when he saw how terrified she got.
Soroka admitted they were arguing and he struck her when they allegedly got into a “shoving match.” He was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, according to the report.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
At 10:54 p.m., police responded to a Fernald Drive apartment for reports of an assault and met the woman who called 911 crying in the living room. She told officers that the suspect, George Soroka, 37, had hit her and threatened her with a knife. Police noted there were abrasions on her arm where he had grabbed her when they got into an argument earlier that night.
She said she was tired and went to lie down about 10:30 p.m. when he came in and wrenched her out of bed. When she began dialing 911, he allegedly grabbed a 14-inch kitchen knife to threaten her, but put it away when he saw how terrified she got.
Soroka admitted they were arguing and he struck her when they allegedly got into a “shoving match.” He was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, according to the report.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
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