| GAINESVILLE, Fla., College football recruit arrested -- () Georgia's 1999 high school football player of the year was arrested here Saturday on charges of attempted sexual battery, WCJB-TV20 of Gainesville reports. Jason Respert of Northside High School in Warner Robins, Ga., is being held in the Alachua County jail after his arrest on the University of Florida campus about 3 p.m. |
| IRA POMERANTZ,60 - murdered Valerie Pape , 47 - Held without bail SCOTTSDALE, Az Wife admits dumping torso in bin; Denies killing spouse, is held without bail -- (Arizona Republic) She admitted cleaning up the blood. She hid the weapon under the rear seat of her car, she said. And she admitted tossing her husband's legless, armless naked torso behind the Bashas' at McDowell and Power roads. "But she did not tell us how the body was dismembered," Mesa Detective Butch Gates wrote in court documents. |
| FT WAYNE, Indiana Thomas M. Bates, sentenced Molester who taped acts gets 30 years--(The Journal Gazette)--A man who videotaped himself performing sex acts with a child received a 30-year prison sentence Friday in Allen Superior Court. |
| SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin Johnny Jackson, fugitive apprehended City street gang kingpin seized after years on lam--(Chicago Tribune)--Gangster Disciple caught on way to his job in Wisconsin |
| SACRAMENTO, Calif. Folsom Mayor Arrested in Police Sweep -- (Fox) The mayor of neighboring Folsom was among eight people arrested in a police sweep targeting drugs and prostitution. Police said Mayor Everett Reginald Drew, known as Reggie Drew, offered an undercover female officer cash and cocaine for sex. |
| BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Nurse injured in abortion clinic bombing suing Rudolph -- (Nando) A nurse who was seriously injured in the 1998 bombing of a Birmingham abortion clinic is suing fugitive suspect Eric Robert Rudolph. |
SEATTLE, Washington Tracey Barnes, accused pimp Police say he is America's pimp -- and should pay --(Seattle Post-intelligencer)--Barnes is on trial in a federal courtroom in Miami, charged with forcing or enticing women to cross state lines to engage in prostitution EL CAJON, California Edmond Roger Rivera, entered a not guilty plea Suspect linked to Ramona child porn case arraigned--(North County Times)--Rivera's arrest came two weeks after deputies, working with the FBI, arrested Jimmy Ward, 37, at his Ramona home on 12 counts of sexual assault with a minor SEATTLE, Washington Robert Charles Henson, charged Louisiana man charged with child rape--(Seattle Post-intelligencer)--Prosecutors charged a Louisiana man with child rape Friday in a case that has called into question a high-ranking police officer's actions. |
| MINDY TRAN, 8 - sexually assaulted and murdered Shannon Murrin - acquitted of murder VANCOUVER B.C. Jurors should have convicted me if they thought I was guilty, Murrin says -- (National Post) Shannon Murrin says the jurors who thought him guilty of killing an eight-year-old child but voted to acquit due to shaky evidence must be "unbalanced." EDMONTON, Alta Edmonton man gets life term for strangling prostitute -- (National Post) An Edmonton man who was discovered with a strangled prostitute after his car rolled off a rural road will serve a life sentence without chance of parole for 10 years. Richard Spencer, 27, stood stone-faced in the prisoner's box yesterday as an Alberta Court of Queen's Bench judge announced the jail term for second-degree murder. AYLMER, Ont Aylmer police officer charged with assault -- (Ottawa Citizen) The arrest of Const. Pierre Daviault, 49, comes weeks after his latest alleged victim, a common-law wife, called 911. He was arrested on charges that he drugged and then assaulted three women over the past 15 years. |
| FARAH KAHN(5) - Murdered and dismembered Muhammad Khan - Charged with 1st degree murder Kaneez Fatima - Charged with 1st degree murder TORONTO, Ont Tears for tiny Farah -- (Toronto Sun) Children are "treasures" to be treated with love and kindness, not to be put through the suffering that little Farah Khan faced in her life, a Muslim religious leader said yesterday at a memorial service for the murdered Etobicoke child. Hundreds continue to mourn death of five-year-old girl found dismembered in park -- (Vancouver Sun) More than a week after five-year-old Farah Khan's father and stepmother were charged with killing her, scores of people who never knew the little girl are still haunted by her macabre end. `Our child' -- (Toronto Star) Homicide detectives and staff from the coroner's office were among the hundreds at a Rexdale mosque for a sombre memorial service for Farah, whose unidentified limbs were found Dec. 7, stuffed into garbage bags wedged into the rocky breakwall of a lakefront Etobicoke park. |
| BOULDER, Colorado JONBENET RAMSEY, slain 6 year-old New test results reviewed--(Denver Post)--For the first time since the grand jury investigation into JonBeneÚt Ramsey's death ended three months ago, police, prosecutors and forensic experts sat down Thursday to review results of new tests conducted on evidence. Ramsey murder a 'warm case'--(Inside Denver)--"We know more now than we did last week," Beckner said. Ramsey evidence re-examined--(Boulder News)--Three months after a grand jury investigation, the unsolved 1996 JonBenét Ramsey homicide "continues to be a difficult case," Boulder County District Attorney Alex Hunter said Thursday. |
| MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin 6 arrested in jewel sales slaying--(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)--An investigation into the robbery and slaying of a jewelry salesman who may have been stalked as he traveled from the Milwaukee area to northern Illinois has resulted in six arrests, authorities said Friday |
NEW YORK, New York SHANEIKA PRICE, murder victim Deric Frank, sentenced Frank gets 25 years in burning death --(The Stamford Advocate)--Deric Frank of Norwalk faced up to five life sentences for burning to death his estranged girlfriend, Shaneika Price, nearly three years ago. LEXINGTON, North Carolina DEPUTY TODD COOK, murder victim Christopher Lee Cooper, murderer & suicide victim Deputy shot 5 times, killed in ambush --(The Sun News)--The killing was especially senseless because the warrant was ``a step above a traffic violation |
| GLENVILLE, Connecticut MATTHEW MARGOLIES 13 year-old murder victim A mother seeks justice in town's ‘other murder’--(Greenwich Time)--With the recent arrest in a long-unsolved murder of a Greenwich teenager, a similar case remains unsolved. This case, however, is far removed from an exclusive waterfront community, Kennedy relatives and a popular young girl from California. Matthew Margolies "Greenwich's other Unsolved Murder"--Case history, current and archive news, commentary, photos, etc. |
| PAMELA BUTLER - Murdered Keith Nelson - On trial for murder KANSAS CITY, MO Murder suspect seeks to suppress statements about location of body (Wichita (KS) Eagle ) Man accused of abduction and killing of 10-year-old girl claims police badgered him while he was in a stupor |
| LAPD CORRUPTION PROBE LOS ANGELES, CA More Shots At L.A. Cops (CBS News ) George Evashko spent three months in jail for carrying a concealed weapon. While incarcerated, he remembers, "I kept saying, I'm innocent, I'm innocent." |
| EVERETT, WA Girl's kidnapper remains at large while tips flood in (Everett (WA) Herald ) Snohomish County sheriff's investigators have received more than 200 tips regarding the abduction and sexual assault of a 9-year-old girl last week, but still have been unable to identify the kidnapper |
| RACHEL MELLON(13) - Missing since 1996 BOLINGBROOK, IL Police follow new leads in case of missing girl (Arlington Heights (IL) Daily Herald ) She vanished from her Bolingbrook home without a trace. Nearly four years to the date she disappeared, police say new leads may reveal what happened to 13-year-old Rachel Mellon. |
| CHICAGO,IL City street gang kingpin seized after years on lam (Chicago Tribune ) Gangster Disciple caught on way to his job in Wisconsin FORT WAYNE, IN Police catch man after he drives by victim (Fort Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel ) An 18-year-old Fort Wayne man is free on bond after he stole a car that he then drove past the house he took it from, reports the Allen County Sheriff's Department. JESSE DAVIS - Shot by police officers NEW YORK, NY Murder Or Mistake? (Fox News-US ) On the morning of July 8, 1984, Albany police were called to deal with a man gone crazy in the largely African-American community of Arbor Hill SUSAN FASSETT - Shot to death Dawn Silvernail - Indicted on 2nd degree murder charges Fred Andros - Indicted on 2nd degree murder charges POUGHKEEPSIE, NY Lover tells of sex, tapes and murder, police contend (Middletown (NY) Record ) Court papers for a murder case against a former town water superintendent and his lover describe lesbian sex for hire, videotaped sex in a town facility, kickbacks, and murder LAZERUS ALBERS(9mo) - Abused and neglected Joshua Bartleson - Guilty in baby's death DENVER, CO Stepfather gets 8 years in death (Denver Rocky Mountain News ) A Denver man was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison in the death of his 9-month-old stepson who suffocated in a bean bag chair.The baby also had two broken bones in his leg, a broken ankle, burns on his toes and numerous cuts on his head HARTFORD, CT Minister Charged With Sexual Assault Of Young Girl (The Hartford Courant ) An associate minister and Sunday school teacher at a prominent city church was charged Friday with sexually assaulting a toddler he was babysitting in December, police said. ASHLAND, N.H. Ashland seventh-grader suspended after school death list found (Dover (NH) - Foster's ) Officials said a student found the note on the floor of a locker room. Ashland School principal William Tirone said it named him and a dozen students and teachers |
| YVONNE LAYNE - Victim of murder for hire DAVID G.THORNE - Convicted murderer CANTON, OH Facing death, killer seeks mercy (Akron Beacon Journal. ) ``I know in my heart and soul and mind I didn't have anything to do with this,'' Thorne said, facing Yvonne Layne's relatives in the audience. ``I'm sorry she died. She was the mother of my son.'' BARBARA JEAN CURRY - Murdered DATORY CURRY(16) - Murdered JOSEPH CURRY(17) - Murdered JACOREY MATTHEWS(16mo) - Murdered Perry Pooler - Charged with murder Simon Hutchenson - Charged with murder HAMMOND, LA Two arrested in deaths of Independence family (Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate ) Tangipahoa Parish sheriff’s detectives arrested two men in the slayings of Barbara Jean Curry and her three children, a spokesman said Friday DIANE TILLERY - Shot to death CHRISTOPHER "LITTLE CLAY" TILLERYJR.(6) - Shot to death CHRISTY TILLERY(8) - Shot to death Christopher Clay Tillery - In critical condition with self inflicted gunshot wound KNOXVILLE, TN 2 children, mom shot dead (Knoxville (TN) News-Sentinel ) Christopher Clay Tillery left his construction job in Michigan on Tuesday after being told his wife of six years was being unfaithful. ANNE P.FORMOSA - Murdered JENNIFER WALTERS(8) -Survived shooting LEVI WALTERS(5) - Murdered EMMA WALTERS(1) - Murdered Ricky J. Walters - Killed himself DENVER, CO Girl played dead after being shot (Denver Rocky Mountain News ) Child hid as drunk dad killed her 2 siblings, mom, himself, investigators say |
| These victims are the jurors, forced to confront the unimaginable crimes of Charles Ng 20/20 TRANSCRIPT, FRIDAY JAN. 21, 2000 Jury Duty From Hell --(ABC News)--Now you are about to meet the last victims of one of the country’s worst serial killers, but they are the lucky ones, because they encountered the killer only in the courtroom |
| COLUMBUS, Ohio Ex-social worker says teen, dad set her up --(ClevelandLive)--A former state social worker who pleaded guilty last year to engaging in sexual relations with one of her teenage charges at a downtown Cleveland hotel testified yesterday that the boy raped her |
| NORTHWOOD, Ohio Toledo police sued for taking boy’s shirt --(ClevelandLive)--The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of Tammie Feaster, mother of Daniel Shellhammer, the 14-year-old whose shirt was taken. |
| BERKELEY, California Lakireddy Bali Reddy, Vijay Kumar Lakireddy - father and son Lurid charge in Berkeley sex case --(The San Francisco Examiner)--After helping his multimillionaire father in an alleged scheme to sm uggle three teenage girls from India, a 30-year-old Berkeley man sought his dad's permission to have sex with one of them, court records state. ST. LOUIS, Missouri Former Lt. Dennis McCloud, plead guilty Former police officer pleads guilty to fraud --(Hannibal Courier-Post )--He admitted diverting money donated to the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program and using it for his personal expenses WILL COUNTY, Illinois Leslie Tucker, sentenced Former mail carrier gets 14 years for fondling girls --(Daily Southtown)--"I don't have much life left on this earth," Tucker said. "I'm an old man, and I've done as much as I could." LOUISEVILLE, Kentucky LATISHA HORTON, murder victim Deon L. Andrews, charged with murder Man charged in slaying of woman on porch--(The Courier-Journal)--Nearly six months after Latisha Horton was shot in the head as she sat on her mother's porch on a warm summer night, police have arrested a 22-year-old Louisville man in her slaying. |
| Shift in probe brings mixed feelings from Thomas Skakel --(Greenwich Time)--The attorney for Thomas Skakel, the prime suspect in the murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley long before his brother, Michael, emerged as a suspect and was arrested Jan. 19 for the 1975 bludgeoning, said yesterday his client felt "bittersweet" about the arrest. The following links are provided by Martha Moxley, The Unsolved Murder--Additional resources include historical information, other current news, indictment papers, etc. Former Elan residents cite pattern of abuse--By Peter Moore - Greenwich Post Skakel's rehab director doubts confession storyBy Doug Miller - Greenwich Post Arrest brings some relief to family, officials--By Peter Moore - Greenwich Post Skakel lawyers deny rift story--By Peter Moore - Greenwich Post Two journalists arrested on Skakel property--By Linda Barr - Greenwich Post ON TELEVISION February 5, - 5PM Eastern - A&E's City Confidential GREENWICH - Who killed Martha Moxley? |
| SHEBOYGAN, Wis. U.S. marshals arrest gang fugitive hiding in Wisconsin -- (Nando) Federal agents have arrested a man they believe ran the drug trade for Chicago's largest street gang after finding him living under an assumed name and working at a Wisconsin cheese factory. Johnny Jackson, 27, was ordered detained Friday by a U.S. magistrate, pending a transfer to Chicago. SALT LAKE CITY Man who pumped Freon into child's bath charged with homicide -- (Nando) Freon into his 4-year-old son's bath water to make bubbles has been charged in the boy's death. Michael Jeffrey Bunting, 31, was charged Thursday with child abuse homicide, which carries up to 15 years in prison. AMADOU DIALLO 22, victim NEW YORK Diallo Trial Will Bring Protesters, Specter of Police Brutality -- (Fox) On the morning of July 8, 1984, Albany police were called to deal with a man gone crazy in the largely African-American community of Arbor Hill. When the man, Jessie Davis, refused to open his apartment door, five police officers burst in and opened fire. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J His Way: Mobster Tricks Newspapers With Bogus Obit Info -- (Fox) A mobster who died while serving time for drug trafficking got the last laugh with his obituary. Saul Kane, 65, a former associate of Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, died Jan. 20 of respiratory problems linked to a heart condition. DECATUR, Ill. Woman's ex-husband, former in-laws arrested in slaying -- (Fox) A man and his parents have been arrested in the 1996 slaying of his ex-wife, whose dismembered body was found floating in a lake by fishermen. Macon County State's Attorney Lawrence Fichter would not talk about a possible motive or who he thinks fired the shots that killed the 23-year-old Karyn Hearn Slover. Slain Woman's Ex-Husband Arrested -- (AP) NEW YORK Merrill Lynch clerk accused in 1991 Baltimore murder -- (Boston Globe) A Merrill Lynch clerk alleged to have played a major role in a Cali drug cartel cocaine conspiracy and the arrangement of a murder-for-hire in Baltimore in 1991 has been arrested in New Jersey. The man is identified as Ernesto Forero-Orjuela, 47. BAKERSFIELD, CA Convicted Village Liquor murderer sentenced to life without parole -- (Daily Independent Online) Kern County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Twisselman closed the book on the 1996 murder of Village Liquor clerk Issa Toumeh last week. The judge delivered a sentence of life without parole to the lead gunman, Christopher Hearn of Barstow. |
| DAMON ROUTIER - 5 year-old murder victim Darlie Routier - convicted and sentenced to death DALLAS Texas Legal twist distinguishes Routier case--(Dallas Morning News)--Legal experts use words such as unprecedented and unusual to describe the scenario in which Darlie Routier could win a new trial based on a faulty transcript. |
| Kathy Bush, 42, had Munchausen syndrome by proxy FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Ailing Child's Mom Gets 5 Years -- (Washington Post) A woman who prosecutors said deliberately made her daughter so sick that the girl had her gall bladder, appendix and part of her intestines removed was sentenced Friday to five years in prison. |
| DENISE O'NEILL - Kidnapped, raped and murdered QUINCY BROWN - Convicted of 2nd dgree murder WEST PALM BEACH,FL Second-degree murder verdict upsets family of West Palm woman who was kidnapped, killed (Sun-Sentinel ) For the second time since Denise O'Neill was abducted, raped and killed, her family on Wednesday was disappointed by a jury verdict on a man accused of murdering her NEWARK, NJ State Police study dorm room computer to trace e-mail threat (Newark (NJ) Ledger-Star ) The State Police are analyzing files contained in a personal computer seized from a Seton Hall University student's room in fire-damaged Boland Hall to trace the source of a threatening e-mail sent to university officials, law enforcement sources said. CHEYENNE, WY Cheyenne, Laramie police follow case of doctor impersonator (Casper (WY) Star-Tribune ) He allegedly asked intimate gynecological questions and sometimes asked the women to perform tests on themselves, ostensibly to see if they were ill. Some of the alleged tests involved acts of self-mutilation TIMOTHY HAYWORTH - Battered and murdered JOHN DUVAL - Being retried for murder ROCHESTER, NY Witness said police threats drove testimony in old murder trial (Fox News ) Nearly 30 years after he helped send a convicted murderer to prison, Wayne Wright says fear, not truth, drove his testimony. INDIANAPOLIS, IN Police still seek the identity of dead baby and his parents (The Indianapolis Star ) Hospital and law enforcement authorities got plenty of calls Thursday from people concerned about the death of an infant boy found frozen on a Far-Northeastside parking lot. CHRISTINA HEDGES(17) - Charged JEFFERSON CITY, MO Police arrest one for new high school bomb threat (Jefferson City (MO) News Tribune ) A Jefferson City teen-ager was charged Thursday afternoon with making a false bomb report Thursday morning, and was being held in the Cole County Jail Thursday night. |
| HOUSTON , TX Panel weighs prison, or probation for two (Houston Chronical ) Two teen-age classmates who dubbed themselves the "Queens of Armed Robbery" were sentenced Friday to seven years in prison for a string of convenience store holdups. Malissa "Lisa" Warzeka and Katie Marie Dunn, both 17, pleaded guilty earlier this month to two counts each of aggravated robbery, opting to let a jury decide their penalties. |
| SHIRLEY LIU - Body found stuffed inside a suitcase CHARLEY CAI - Fugitive - First degree murder TORONTO, CANADA Wealthy hubby hunted in suitcase killing (Toronto Sun ) The millionaire common-law husband of a Chinese woman found stuffed inside a suitcase is being sought on a first-degree murder warrant |
