| KEVIN MITNICK - Computer hacker released from jail CALIFORNIA America's cyber cops must take a byte out of crime (Newark (NJ) Ledger-Star ) Let's hope Kevin Mitnick doesn't succumb to technological temptation again. One of the nation's most notorious computer hackers, he's barred from handling high-tech gadgets, even cell phones |
| SHAWN HOWARD - Stabbed to death SHERRY DUKETTE - Charged with murder NASHUA, NH Murder trial may focus on history of violence (Nashua Telegraph ) The trial of a city woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death may focus on the couple’s history of domestic violence, court records indicate. WILLIAM A. MILLER III -Shot todeath STEVEN MILLER(11) - Shot to death ANTHONY SOUTHERLAND - On trial for murder SHERIDAN, CA Double-murder retrial sets up as 'he said, she said' (Sacramento Bee ) Opening statements were offered Tuesday in the double-murder retrial of Michael Anthony Southerland, and the prosecutor wasted no time attempting to defuse the bomb that last year left jurors deadlocked at 9-3 for conviction CHRISTOPHER CHARLES MORTON - Stabbed to death MISTY MICHELLE MORTON - Charged with murder JASPER, AL Woman charged in husband's death ( Birmingham (AL) News ) Authorities on Wednesday charged a Walker County woman with murder in connection with the stabbing of her husband |
| LAPD CORRUPTION PROBE LOS ANGELES, CA L.A. police chief says corrupt officer tainted 57 cases (Nando Times ) Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks said Wednesday that a corrupt police officer tainted 57 prosecutions involving 99 people, the latest revelation in a case that already has led to 22 overturned convictions. |
| EDDIE DERRELL MCCALL - FUGITIVE MOBILE, AL Police seeking Eddie Derrell McCall, who was charged earlier in carjacking case (Mobile (AL) Register ) A Mobile man out on bond in connection with a November 1999 carjacking case has been identified by Mobile police as a suspect in a robbery and rape that occurred last month. |
| OAK HARBOR, WA School locked down as police seek intruders (Everett (WA) Herald ) Whidbey Island police are searching for two men wearing ski masks who entered a Navy family's home Wednesday and knifed a resident who confronted them INDIANAPOLIS, IN Police follow the pepperoni trail to nab suspect in check forgeries (The Indianapolis Star ) Terry McClendon may have come up with a novel way to feed a suspected drug habit. Pizza. And lots of it. PAUL MAIORANA - Body found in trunk of car WORCESTER, MA Police offer little information on slaying (Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette ) The frozen body of 21-year-old Paul Maiorana lay undetected in the trunk of his father's silver Lexus automobile for at least two weeks, in a space where neighbors say he had recently installed stereo speakers CABOT, AR Teen's death leaves Cabot 'in shock' (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (AR) ) All eyes seemed to be riveted Wednesday afternoon on the red and white football helmet with the No. 57 on the side on top of the mahogany casket in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church HURST, TX Hurst authorities investigating death of girl, 2 (Dallas Morning News ) Authorities are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl, who was taken to a hospital with a skull fracture Tuesday after her day-care center reported she was suffering from seizures. |
| MARTHA MOXLEY (15) - Murdered in 1975 MICHAEL SKAKEL - Charged with murder GREENWICH, CT Beyond the Kennedy curse (Salon News ) While teens get lethal injection for their crimes, Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, 39, could become the oldest murder defendant in juvenile court -- such is justice for the rich. |
| LATANYA HAGGERTY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Final testimony in Haggerty case backs city Contention--(Chicago Tribune)Standards testified today at the Police Board hearing into the shooting of LaTanya Haggerty that a radio was stolen from the car Haggerty was killed in three days after the shooting, and while in police custody. Haggerty case backs city contention. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Testimony winds down in in Haggerty death case. Fate of 4 cops rests with absentee 'jury' --(Chicago Tribune)As the final witness took the stand Wednesday at a Police Board disciplinary hearing, the future of four Chicago police officers involved in the chase and fatal shooting of an unarmed woman was headed for the hands of men and women who never set foot in the room during five days of often dramatic testimony. |
| DAMON ROUTIER 5, Darlie's son Darlie Routier - convicted and sentenced to death for murder DALLAS TX Gap found in Routier trial record -- (Dallas News) An expert reviewing the record of Darlie Routier's capital murder trial cannot reconstruct more than 50 pages of the transcript because there are no corresponding audiotapes, officials familiar with the case said Wednesday. Ms. Routier's attorneys say the apparent gap puts them in a better position to overturn the 1997 conviction that sent her to death row, because the law entitles her to a complete and accurate transcript. |
| LAS VEGAS Police still investigating newborn's death -- (Las Vegas Sun) North Las Vegas Police are still investigating the death of a newborn girl found stuffed into a plastic bag in her mother's closet. Autopsy and test results released Tuesday determined the baby was born alive and died of suffocation. |
| HAWTHORNE, N.Y. Guards Face Inmate Attack Charges -- (Las Vegas Sun) Four veteran jail guards were arrested Wednesday and charged with sexually attacking female inmates. The charges include rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and official misconduct. |
| DENVER, Colo Girl Who Helped Columbine Gunmen Said She Was Naive -- (Reuters) The girl who bought weapons at a gun show for the two teens who carried out a massacre at Columbine High School said on Wednesday she was naive in not realizing what could happen. `I had no idea what they were eventually going to do with the guns. When I look back at it, I think I was kind of naive,' Robyn Anderson said in a statement released by a state lawmaker. It was her first public statement since the April 20 shootings. |
| BOULDER, Colorado JONBENET Ramsey, Slain 6 year-old Henry Lee: JonBenet Ramsey investigation still active --(CourtTV)--Forensic expert Henry Lee told Court TV's CrierToday that the JonBenet Ramsey probe is "still going on." Video of former prosecutor Craig Silverman on Crier Today show, talking about Thursday's Ramsey investigation meeting: "This case seems headed for the cold case file." See video |
| LAUDERHILL, Fla Cab driver found dead -- (MSNBC) A Broward cab driver was found shot to death, near his abandoned cab early Wednesday morning. The cab was found riddled with bullet holes. JACKSONVILLE. Fla Man arrested in Arson case -- (Florida Times-Union) A Jacksonville man has been arrested on murder charges. Police say he set a residence on fire, killing two women, after a dispute over money at an Eastside boarding house. CLARK COUNTY, Nevada Charges stemming from alleged encounter anger Pope's attorneys -- (Las Vegas Sun) If Conan Pope had been anywhere but jail during an alleged sexual encounter with a male prostitute, the 15-year-old would be considered a victim. FORT PAYNE, Ala. updated Lawyer says suspect is paranoid -- (Alabama Live) The court-appointed lawyer for Hayward Bissell, an Ohio man found traveling with the mutilated body of his girlfriend, said Bissell is having delusions and needs a mental evaluation. Bissell was arrested Sunday when authorities pulled him over in connection with a hit-and-run accident. STrapped into the passenger seat was the mutilated body of Patricia Ann Booher, 24, who like Bissell is from Norwalk, Ohio. SPOKANE, Wash. Prosecutor sues county over handling of Hells Angels murder case -- (Oregon Live) A former deputy prosecutor is suing Spokane County for $4.5 million in damages for health problems he blames partly on how he was told to handle a Hells Angels murder case. LAS VEGAS, Nevada Murder victim's mother brings tears to jurors' eyes -- (Las Vegas Sun) Jurors deciding whether to have convicted killer Charles Randolph put to death wept while listening to stirring testimony from his victim's family. Joyce Lokken, mother of Shelly Lokken, a bartender at Doc Holliday's Tavern who was killed execution style during a May 5, 1998, robbery. |
| CONCORD, N.H. Former death row inmate says he's example for banning the death penalty -- (Boston.com) A man who was released after spending 21 years on death row told lawmakers Wednesday his case is a good reason to abolish the death penalty. Paris Carriger, 54, sentenced to death for murder, was released from an Arizona prison last January, 11 years after another man confessed to the killing. At one point, Carriger came within three hours of execution. |
| BAYFIELD, COLO Teens take guns, fire at pursuing police -- (Durango Herald) Three Bayfield boys armed with nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition stole a car, robbed a pawn shop in New Mexico and fired shots at pursuing officers Tuesday in Farmington before one boy briefly took a driver hostage, officers said. |
| MINDY TRAN 8, sexually assaulted & murdered ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. Shannon Murrin returns home to Newfoundland after not guilty verdict ends five-year court ordeal in Vancouver -- (Cnews) When asked what he would have told the jury if given the chance, Murrin was quick to condemn Canada's criminal justice system. "It needs to have a good shakedown about those jailhouse informants," he said. "When are they going to learn their lesson about these guys?" Mindy Tran murder trial ends in acquittal -- (CBC) |
| Larry Alan Schroeder, 44, found guilty OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Ex-official guilty in sex crimes -- (Oklahoma) A former state Corporation Commission official never changed his expression Tuesday as he was convicted of sexually assaulting five girls who were 11 to 14 years old. The jury recommended he serve up to 312 years in prison |
| Patricia Ann Booher 24, - deceased Hayward Bissell 37, - in custody FORT PAYNE, Ala. Man found with body goes crazy -- (MSNBC) An Ohio man went berserk in his jail cell after being found with the mutilated body of his girlfriend in his car, and authorities sought Tuesday to have him committed to a hospital. |
| Mark Rebong 25, - Shot to death DANBURY, Conn. Troopers still seeking leads in highway shooting -- (MSNBC) More than a week after a Newtown man was killed while driving on an Interstate 84 exit ramp, state police do not know enough about the shooting to describe what happened. |
| JACKSON, Michigan WILLIAM "GENO" PERDUE II, shooting victim Fiancee 'in shock' over shooting death -- (Jackson Citizen Patriot) The Jackson woman would think of the lives they had planned together - the house they would buy, the children they would have. |
| PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania Justin T. Eshleman, 20, arrested-charged with sexual abuse of children Student charged with porn on Net --(PittsburghPost-Gazette)A sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg has been charged with possessing child pornography and using it to trade on the Internet for compact discs and other items UPG student arrested for child pornography -- (Standard Observer) The computer science major allegedly had more than 80 child pornography photographs stored on his computer. |
| CLEVELAND Students sentenced for plotting Columbine-style attack -- (Nando) Two teens have been sentenced to a minimum of a year in custody for plotting a Columbine-style attack at their high school. Andy Napier, 15, and Benjamin Balducci, 16, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder at South High School. |
| BOULDER, Colorado JONBENET RAMSEY, Slain 6 year-old DA's Ramsey team reuniting -- (Denver Post) Three months after he announced that a grand jury would not indict anyone in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter is set to host a reunion of his top advisers on the case. According to several sources, the team will be taking a fresh look at is so-called foreign DNA. Hunter, Lee set meeting on Ramsey case evidence--(Daily Times-Call)--A Thursday meeting that may decide the future course of the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation will be closely watched by Gov. Bill Owens. |
| Gary Guthrie 25, - Shot to death Corey Landon Stanford -On trial for murder AUSTIN TX Was it murder or self-defense? -- (American-Statesman) It sounds like an open-and-shut case: One man shoots another, unarmed man four times in the back, fatally wounding him in front of at least five witnesses. |
| PHILADELPHIA, PA Review of murder case is ordered -- (philly.com) Although it called evidence of his guilt "overwhelming," the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered a review of the murder conviction of a Philadelphia man to determine if the prosecutor improperly tried to keep blacks off the jury. |
| AUSTIN, Texas Suspect in toddler's death convicted of assaulting wife -- (American-Statesman) Jurors found that Zuliani, 33, of Austin intentionally pushed Patti Dwinell at their home last Feb. 2, causing her to fall and hit her head on a bookshelf. Testimony from relatives also indicated that he told her not to go to a hospital for fear that he would be arrested. |
| Hackers impersonate AOL users -- (ZDNet) The hackers sometimes act as imposters and pilfer credit card numbers and other personal data from friends and family of the exploited online users. Japanese government Web sites hit by hackers -- (Nando) Hackers broke into two Japanese government agency Web sites, posting insulting messages and in one case a link to a magazine that features nude photos, officials said Tuesday. |
| CHICAGO Another bid to clear an Illinois death row inmate -- (Fox) If their effort on behalf of Edgar A. Hope Jr. succeeds, he could become the 14th death row inmate cleared of a charge since Illinois reinstated capital punishment in 1977. But Hope also faces a death sentence in an unrelated case, so he would remain on death row. |
| SURUJ KUMARI-NARAIN - Murdered SHASHI SHARMA SR. - Convicted of second degree murder SHASHI SHARMA JR. - Convicted of manslaughter and murder conspiracy TORONTO, CANADA Dad and son killers (Toronto News ) A Toronto father and son shared jokes in the prisoners' box yesterday before pleading guilty to killing the father's live-in girlfriend and plotting to wipe out a family of five to eliminate witnesses. |
| LAPD CORRUPTION PROBE LOS ANGELES, CA Judge overturns 10 more convictions tied to L.A. police corruption probe (CNN ) The criminal justice system in Los Angeles had never seen anything like it: a judge overturning 10 drug and weapons convictions in one day because the people were allegedly framed by rogue Los Angeles police officers. |
| CJ WILKERSON(9) - Missing DERRICK GLOVER - Charged with Kidnapping WAKE FOREST, NC Accused man silent on boy, sisters say (Raleigh (NC) News & Observer ) The man charged with kidnapping 9-year-old CJ Wilkerson from his Wake Forest home Jan. 12 refuses to discuss with members of his family what happened to the boy, two of his sisters said Monday |
| SETH TRICKEY(13) - Charged with shooting with intent to kill FORT GIBSON, OK Hearing set for teen in Oklahoma school shootings (The Dallas Morning News ) As a 13-year-old boy returns to court this week, Fort Gibson, Okla., police say they remain baffled as to why the honor student emptied his father's 9 mm pistol into a crowd of classmates, injuring five MATTHEW M. OSBORNE(13) - Shot to death KYLE PROFFIT(14) - Charged with reckless homicide COLUMBUS, OH Prosecutor says boy spoke of hit list, killing teachers (Columbus (OH) Dispatch ) A prosecutor said that a boy charged in the fatal shooting of a classmate told a friend he was considering killing two teachers and that police also got a tip the boy had a list of people he wanted to kill. |
| DR. HUGH SHORT - Shot JAMES CHARLES KOPP - Wanted for attempted murder in Canada, and for murder in the U.S. ONTARIO, CANADA Canada-wide warrant issued in shooting of abortion doctor (Canada National Post ) A fugitive with 28 known aliases who shares the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list with accused international terrorist Osama bin Laden is now a wanted man in Canada for the attempted murder of an Ontario abortion doctor. |
| WANDA HARRINGTOM - Shot to death BRIAN HARRINGTON(3) - Shot to death PAUL HARRINGTON - Ex-cop murdered his family - Twice DETROIT, MI Killing of Family Duplicates Crime of 1975 (NY Times ) A former detective who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the killing of his wife and children 25 years ago has confessed to killing his second wife and their son last fall, the authorities said. One ex-cop, two similar murders, 24 years apart (postnet ) |
| FARAH KAHN(5) - Murdered and dismembered MUHAMMAD ARSAL KAHN - Charged with first degree murder KANEES FATIMA - Charged with first degree murder TORONTO, CANADA Farah's mother found (Toronto Sun ) Toronto Police say they feel a sense of closure in the gruesome killing now that Farah's mom in Pakistan has been told of the horrific slaying of her five-year-old child MARITZA MARTIN - Murdered on camera EMILIO NUNEZ - Sentenced to life in prison FORT LAUDERDALE, FL Man Convicted in Murder on Tape (New York (NY) Times-National ) A man who fatally shot his ex-wife at a cemetery while a TV camera rolled has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Nuñez refuses to take the stand during murder trial (Sun-Sentinel (FL) ) NICHOLE MUHAMMAD - Died from car accident not beating STEVE MUHAMMAD (Indianapolis Colts player) Innocent of murder - Facing two counts of battery on his wife and one count of battery on her 6-year-old son. INDIANAPOLIS, IN Colts' defensive back cleared in wife's death (The Indianapolis Star ) Indianapolis Colts player Steve Muhammad, accused of domestic battery, has been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with his wife's death, officials said Tuesday. |
