Police today were talking to a "person of interest" in connection with the fatal shooting of a Lockport resident as he left a corner grocery store on Joliet's east side this morning.
Joliet Police Chief Fred Hayes said Conley T. Ratcliff, 32, of the 2100 block of Luther Avenue, was approaching his car on the 1000 block of Woodruff Road around 10:20 a.m. when a man ran up to him, drew a handgun and began shooting.
Ratcliff attempted to run away after he was hit, but the offender continued shooting after Ratcliff fell to the ground, Hayes said. The assailant then fled on foot behind the store. The victim's girlfriend later told police he had gone to the store, less than a mile from his home, for cleaning supplies.
Ratcliff was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, where he was pronounced dead of multiple gunshot wounds. He is the city's third homicide victim in 2010.
Hayes said police suspect the shooting was gang-related. He stressed the individual being questioned by detectives was "down here voluntarily" and not under arrest.
Shortly after the shooting, police used a search dog to attempt to locate the assailant in the neighborhood. As a precautionary measure, an elementary school less than three blocks away was put on lockdown during the search. Hayes said the students and faculty were never in danger, but assigned a patrol officer there for the remainder of the school day.---http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
Friday, February 26, 2010
FOLLOW-UP-Ohio Serail Killer Anthony Sowell
(CNN) -- An Ohio man already charged with murder in the deaths of 11 women has been indicted on new charges of kidnapping, attempted murder and felonious assault, a prosecutor announced Thursday.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason said that a grand jury indicted Anthony Sowell on those charges in connection with the alleged assault of a 42-year-old woman.
No further details were released.
Sowell was already facing 85 charges -- including murder, rape and kidnapping -- following the discovery of 11 sets of human remains at his Cleveland, Ohio, home in October and November.
He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in December. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Sowell is a registered sex offender who served 15 years in prison before being released in 2005.
Mason told CNN that the new charges are separate from those brought last year. "It's a whole new case," he said, adding that he expects these charges to be tried separately from the 85.
The new charges are related to an incident that allegedly occurred on April 21, 2009, Mason said.
Sowell and a woman, now 43, were "drinking and partying in the afternoon," the prosecutor said. "Later he attacked her, choked her, beat her a little bit.
"She was able to escape through some creative thinking," he said, explaining that the woman, whom he would not identify, pretended she was on the phone with a daughter. Sowell then allowed her to leave, Mason said.
Sowell's defense attorneys did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
The woman came to authorities as the bodies in Sowell's house were being discovered and authorities later corroborated her statement, Mason said
The prosecutor also said that his cold case unit is reviewing unsolved murders that occurred during the time Sowell lived in Cleveland and East Cleveland. Mason said the group is about two-thirds of the way through 75 cases.
He said evidence is not scheduled to be presented until June for the case involving the 85 charges.
In addition to the charges related to the deaths of the 11 women whose remains were found at his home, Sowell is also charged with assaulting three other women and raping two of them, authorities said. Most of the women whose remains were found were strangled by ligature -- which could include a string, cord or wire -- and at least one was strangled by hand, officials said. Seven still had ligatures wrapped around their necks. A skull is all that remains of one victim.---http://www.cnn.com/
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Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason said that a grand jury indicted Anthony Sowell on those charges in connection with the alleged assault of a 42-year-old woman.
No further details were released.
Sowell was already facing 85 charges -- including murder, rape and kidnapping -- following the discovery of 11 sets of human remains at his Cleveland, Ohio, home in October and November.
He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in December. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Sowell is a registered sex offender who served 15 years in prison before being released in 2005.
Mason told CNN that the new charges are separate from those brought last year. "It's a whole new case," he said, adding that he expects these charges to be tried separately from the 85.
The new charges are related to an incident that allegedly occurred on April 21, 2009, Mason said.
Sowell and a woman, now 43, were "drinking and partying in the afternoon," the prosecutor said. "Later he attacked her, choked her, beat her a little bit.
"She was able to escape through some creative thinking," he said, explaining that the woman, whom he would not identify, pretended she was on the phone with a daughter. Sowell then allowed her to leave, Mason said.
Sowell's defense attorneys did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
The woman came to authorities as the bodies in Sowell's house were being discovered and authorities later corroborated her statement, Mason said
The prosecutor also said that his cold case unit is reviewing unsolved murders that occurred during the time Sowell lived in Cleveland and East Cleveland. Mason said the group is about two-thirds of the way through 75 cases.
He said evidence is not scheduled to be presented until June for the case involving the 85 charges.
In addition to the charges related to the deaths of the 11 women whose remains were found at his home, Sowell is also charged with assaulting three other women and raping two of them, authorities said. Most of the women whose remains were found were strangled by ligature -- which could include a string, cord or wire -- and at least one was strangled by hand, officials said. Seven still had ligatures wrapped around their necks. A skull is all that remains of one victim.---http://www.cnn.com/
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NY HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH RAPING A DISABLED MALE PATIENT IN THE SHOWER...(You know this INSANE!)
Cops have arrested an employee at Kings County Hospital's new psychiatric unit on charges of raping a disabled male patient in the shower, the Daily News has learned.
Sources said the victim is developmentally disabled, deaf and mute. He reported the sexual attack two weeks ago to relatives, who notified hospital staff.
Larry Taylor, 30, was charged yesterday with a forcible sex act and sex abuse.
The attack happened a month after the city agreed to court-supervised monitoring of the facility in the wake of overcrowding, filthy conditions and excessive force against patients
Detectives from the NYPD special victims squad have been poring over surveillance video and awaiting forensic results before making an arrest, sources said yesterday.
Last year, the city opened a $153 million psychiatric unit at Kings County to replace the notorious G Building where deplorable conditions were documented in a federal suit filed by the state Mental Hygiene Legal Service and New York Civil Liberties Union
That suit led to the recent consent decree between the city and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn.
"This is the most serious incident in the new facility," a knowledgeable source said of the alleged sex assault.
Brooklyn Federal Judge Kiyo Matsumoto had ordered city lawyers to report back on provisions for screening employees of the psychiatric unit.
The News reported this month that a patient at Bronx Psychiatric Center was molested by an employee who is a registered sex offender in Florida.
jmarzulli@nydailynews.com
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
Sources said the victim is developmentally disabled, deaf and mute. He reported the sexual attack two weeks ago to relatives, who notified hospital staff.
Larry Taylor, 30, was charged yesterday with a forcible sex act and sex abuse.
The attack happened a month after the city agreed to court-supervised monitoring of the facility in the wake of overcrowding, filthy conditions and excessive force against patients
Detectives from the NYPD special victims squad have been poring over surveillance video and awaiting forensic results before making an arrest, sources said yesterday.
Last year, the city opened a $153 million psychiatric unit at Kings County to replace the notorious G Building where deplorable conditions were documented in a federal suit filed by the state Mental Hygiene Legal Service and New York Civil Liberties Union
That suit led to the recent consent decree between the city and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn.
"This is the most serious incident in the new facility," a knowledgeable source said of the alleged sex assault.
Brooklyn Federal Judge Kiyo Matsumoto had ordered city lawyers to report back on provisions for screening employees of the psychiatric unit.
The News reported this month that a patient at Bronx Psychiatric Center was molested by an employee who is a registered sex offender in Florida.
jmarzulli@nydailynews.com
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
In Cambridge,Mass.,there is a smackem from behind Bandit on the lose....
Cambridge —
Two women complained of being assaulted by unknown suspects in two separate incidents in Cambridge last weekend, according to police reports.
A woman walking down Magazine Street from Central Square toward her home reported being assaulted on Feb. 20 at 8:30 p.m. She said she first heard two female voices coming up behind her near 43 Magazine St. Then she allegedly felt a punch or a slap on her back and turned to see two females behind her. She confronted the suspect, saying, “Why did you just hit me?” The suspect reportedly said she didn’t do anything. Both women then walked past her toward Chalk Street. The victim was not injured.
The next evening, another Cambridge resident complained about an assault on Mass. Ave.
While walking in front of 589 Mass. Ave., an unknown person allegedly struck her in the back of the head and on her forehead. She then walked to 240 Albany St. and called an ambulance for medical attention. She was taken to Cambridge Hospital, where she was treated.---http://www.cambridgechronicle.com/
Two women complained of being assaulted by unknown suspects in two separate incidents in Cambridge last weekend, according to police reports.
A woman walking down Magazine Street from Central Square toward her home reported being assaulted on Feb. 20 at 8:30 p.m. She said she first heard two female voices coming up behind her near 43 Magazine St. Then she allegedly felt a punch or a slap on her back and turned to see two females behind her. She confronted the suspect, saying, “Why did you just hit me?” The suspect reportedly said she didn’t do anything. Both women then walked past her toward Chalk Street. The victim was not injured.
The next evening, another Cambridge resident complained about an assault on Mass. Ave.
While walking in front of 589 Mass. Ave., an unknown person allegedly struck her in the back of the head and on her forehead. She then walked to 240 Albany St. and called an ambulance for medical attention. She was taken to Cambridge Hospital, where she was treated.---http://www.cambridgechronicle.com/
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