| JESSICA DISMANG, 18 - victim Leslie Dee Rogers, 64 - charged with vehicular homicide DENVER, CO State's first road rage case begins -- (Denver Post) The Denver District Attorney today is expected to begin prosecuting a case of road rage by a motorist charged with killing an 18-year-old pedestrian last year. Frantz Barthelemy, 21 - held on $500,000 bond STAMFORD, Conn. Man charged with attempted murder in road rage incident -- (Boston.com) A Stamford man was charged with attempted murder following what police said was a road rage incident. |
| WASHINGTON, DC Justice Report: Incarcerations More Than Doubled From 1985 -- (Fox) In 1985, 3,400 youths 17 or younger were committed to adult prisons on conviction in either juvenile or adult courts. By 1997, the number of such youths had more than doubled to 7,400, the Justice Department reports. DENVER Colo Girls filling state lockups -- (Denver Post) So many Colorado girls are now being locked up that the state is scurrying to build its first facility designed specifically for adolescent female offenders. WASHINGTON, DC Curfews Said To Help Deter Crime -- (Newsday) A rising number of American cities are imposing curfews to deter youth violence, crime and gang activity, according to a report that says 110 cities have established them in the past five years. |
| WASHINGTON, DC Supreme Court protesters arrested -- (UPI) Police arrested scores of anti-death penalty demonstrators in front of the Supreme Court on Monday, while about a thousand others whistled and jeered from the sidelines. The demonstrators were protesting the death penalty of Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted in 1982 of killing a Philadelphia policeman. Abu-Jamal waits on Pennsylvania's death row for an execution date. |
| NEW YORK Lawyer: Louima Cops Concocted Story -- (Newsday) A federal prosecutor charged today that ex-cop Charles Schwarz and two other officers ``concocted a story'' to conceal Schwarz's role in the police station sodomy attack on Abner Louima. Louima Jury Almost Ready To Begin Work -- (NY Post) The fate of the three cops charged in the Abner Louima conspiracy trial could be settled as early as this week, as closing arguments begin today and the case is set to go to the jury. It hinges on whether former cop Charles Schwarz, and Officers Thomas Bruder and Thomas Wiese, concocted a story to protect Schwarz from investigators probing the attack. |
| RUTLAND, VT Griswold sentenced to 40-plus years for rape. -- (Rutland Herald) Dan M. Griswold, convicted in June of brutally raping a 36-year-old Rutland woman in July 1998, was sentenced Friday to serve 40 years to life in prison for the crime. LANSING, Mich. Lawmaker proposes statute of limitations end -- (Detroit Free Press) Rape is a crime that, for its victim, never goes away, says state Sen. Shirley Johnson. She'd like to see the state's statute of limitations eliminated so rapists could be prosecuted more than six years after the crime. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Testimony stricken in rape retrial -- (Boston.com) A Superior Court judge has ruled that the state must retry a 1989 assault and rape case without the testimony of the victim who has since died. The ruling by Judge Joseph Licari Jr. means the 9-year-old testimony of the woman, who claimed she was beaten and raped for six hours, would be prohibited from use in the trial of Angelo Joyner. The trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday. |
| JONEBENET RAMSEY, 6 - found murdered in her home Dec 1996 BOULDER, Colo Walters: Ramseys 'Very Believable' -- (New York Post) In their first ever no-holds-barred interview, JonBenet Ramsey's parents answered two hours of withering questions from Barbara Walters and came across as "very believable" to the veteran newswoman. JonBenét mini-series "a good stab at reality" -- (Denver Post) It opened like a Valentine to the city of Boulder. A picture-perfect family is Christmas shopping. Holiday lights twinkle in the trees on a decked-out Pearl Street Mall. But the fairy tale ends about the same time the opening credits began to roll, and "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" got down to the ugly killing that will be forever linked with Boulder. By pointing fingers, Ramseys look shady -- (Inside Denver) columnist Kim Folstad shares views. |
| Tijuana's police chief gunned down --(San Diego Union Trib) The death of Tijuana's police chief in a hail of gunfire is the latest in a series of killings to plague the Mexican border city. Assailants blast Alfredo de la Torre's Suburban with more than 100 shots as the veteran officer drove to work. Slaying 'one in a long series of wake-up calls' -- (San Diego Union Trib) Tijuana police chief fatally shot -- (Sac Bee) |
| IRENE BARRON 34, JEREMY and ASHLEY, both 4 - victims ROBERTA BUTLER, 52 - victim SACRAMENTO, CA Barron trial -- truth is elusive: Witness tales differ greatly -- (Sac Bee) Someone in the Jack Barron trial is lying. Barron, accused of suffocating four relatives over a 32-month period in Sacramento and Benicia, took the stand in his own defense last week, electrifying the courtroom with his version of events. |
| PINOLE, Calif. Car jacker steals pickup truck with baby girl inside -- (Sac Bee) Police found a pickup truck and baby girl late Sunday, hours after the truck had been stolen with the owner's daughter inside. |
| ALBANY, NY Outrage in New York (ABC News ) Politicians joined thousands of demonstrators against the acquittal of four New York City police officers who killed unarmed African immigrant Amadou Diallo a year ago in a hail of gunshots Diallo case reverberates through New York streets and pulpits (Nando Times ) Diallo Trial is Over but Serious Questions Remain (Time Daily ) Jurors: State made no case vs. cops (New York Post ) |
LOS ANGELES, CA False name tipped police to crooked cop (Los Angeles (CA) Daily News ) The name on the Rampart Division evidence room's sign-out sheet for the eight pounds of cocaine was Perez, and the badge number belonged to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Joel Perez. The name fit the crime, but it was the wrong Perez |
| MATTHEW SHEPARD - Beaten, robbed and left for dead DENVER, CO Turning a Murder Case Into a Theatrical Event (New York (NY) Times-National ) Matt Galloway talks in sporadic, sometimes emotional bursts. His hands fly around. His body tries to keep up. At least that is how Stephen Belber portrayed him onstage |
| STEVEN MOSS and his children, KRISTIN and BRYAN MOSS - Murdered in their home Brandon Rhode-Sentenced to death GRAY, GA Rhode sentenced to death for Moss family slaying (he Macon Telegraph ) Jurors in the death penalty trial of Brandon Rhode set his sentence at death Sunday, concluding the seven-day trial and five hours of deliberation. RICHARD D. STERN - Stabbed to death HAROLD L.STERN - Stabbed to death Rodney Dwayne Stern - Arrested DAINGERFIELD, TX Man charged after relatives are found dead (Dallas Morning News ) Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man in the shooting death of his grandfather and fatal stabbing of his great-grandfather. Both men were slain in their beds. RALPH PETER GAWOR - Shot to death Paul Hurth -Charged with murder FRESNO, CA Fresno cop held in murder (Fresno Bee ) A Fresno police officer Saturday night became the first officer in the city's history to be arrested on charges of murder. WENDY KRATZERT - Murdered Edward Kratzert - Charged in murder for hire Thomas Henry Harrison - Charged with murder Luana Harrison - Will testify against her husband BREVARD, NC Husband goes on trial for brutal murder of wife (Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times ) - It was a case with as many twists and turns as the steep mountain road leading to the quiet Transylvania County community where it all began. |
| TIME MAGAZINE Amadou Diallo Black and Blue -- (Time Magazine) To the dismay of many, four policeman who shot and killed an unarmed Amado Diallo were acquitted. But their actions have shed harsh light on the nocturnal activities of New York City's Street Crime Unit TIME MAGIZINE Big Al's Finest Hour Sharpton emerges as the voice of black outrage--(Time Magazine) Dividing Line - How the Rev. Al Sharpton could be stronger NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE Cops in the Crossfire -- (Newsweek) A jury acquits four New York officers who gunned down an unarmed man outside his home. Tougher tactics are helping reduce crime rates in America's big cities, but they can also lead to tragic mistakes. |
| DAINGERFIELD, Texas Man's grandfather, great-grandfather found dead Richard D. Stern who would have been 96 next month Harold L. Stern his 72-year-old stepson Relative is charged in double slaying--(The Dallas Morning News) Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man in the shooting death of his grandfather and fatal stabbing of his great-grandfather. Both men were slain in their beds. Rodney Dwayne Stern of Linden was arrested this past weekend at a motel in Hughes Springs, said Morris County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Vernon Cope. He was charged with two counts of capitol murder and was being held Sunday in the Morris County Jail on two $1 million bonds. |
| WACO, TEXAS Congress says it never saw key document Memo reveals FBI's debate on Waco plan--(The Dallas Morning News) A key FBI decision-maker wrote in late March 1993 that he feared burea officials in Waco were lobbying to gas the Branch Davidians because the officials were tired, frustrated and under pressure from the FBI's hostage rescue team commander, documents show. |
| ALAN FRENCH, 38 - stabbed Linda Fay Taylor, 38 - second-degree murder and first-degree abuse of a vulnerable adult PONTIAC, Mich Trial of women accused of stabbing group home patient opens Monday -- (Detroit Free Press) The trial of a woman charged with stabbing a patient at a home for the mentally ill is set to open Monday. |
| CINCINNATI, OH Former sheriff's deputy charged with murder -- (Cleveland Live) A former Hamilton County sheriff's deputy was arrested and charged with murder Saturday after eluding police for a week. Owen Hobbs, 52, is to be arraigned Monday on the murder charge stemming from the Feb. 19 shooting death of Rashawn Berry in suburban Silverton, said Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen. |
| ONTARIO, Ore. Marine accused of faking own death arrested at freeway rest area -- (Oregon Live) A Marine Corps corporal accused of faking his own death on a railroad bridge over the Columbia River at Portland two weeks ago was arrested by Oregon State Police Sunday at a freeway rest stop near here. Steven John Schaut, 23, was sleeping in a car police determined to have been stolen when they checked on it at about 7:15 a.m. RIVER VALE, NJ River Vale man charged with phone harassment -- (Bergen Record) A River Vale man was arrested Friday -- and again Saturday -- for allegedly making scores of harassing phone calls, including numerous dial-ups to the owners of his former home. LAS VEGAS, NV New lead reopens car bomb mystery -- (Las Vegas Sun) Beecher Avants can still visualize the inferno. Cars were burning all over the third floor of the parking garage in downtown Las Vegas. And in the middle of all that smoke and fire and heat were the smoldering remains of a Cadillac blown apart by a powerful car bomb -- a blast so powerful it ripped a gaping hole in the concrete and steel-reinforced floor beneath the car. CHICAGO, Ill Stings netting online deviants -- (Chicago Sun-Times) Somewhere right now, an Internet sex predator is likely trying to lure a 13-year-old boy or girl into a rendezvous. And chances are improving that the prey will turn out to be a police officer. SACRAMENTO, CA Reward Offers Aid Hopes for Justice -- (LA Times) Crime: Governor's program--which can pay up to $100,000--has been popular for more than a century as a way to break tough cases. But the incentives are long shots. LOS ANGELES, CA He Who Chased Monsters -- (LA Times) It was late last September when the Los Angeles cop who sullied the badge and turned stoolie, Rafael A. Perez, explained what made him want to be a police officer in the first place. |
| HILLSBORO, OR Reward grows for trio who caught rapist -- (Oregon Live) Earl Phelps, Robert Stampflee and Daniel Hicks were supposed to split $1,750 in reward money for capturing escaped rapist Richard Dennis Cantu on Feb. 16 in Hillsboro. But because of some generous donations, the reward stands at nearly $20,000 leading up to Monday's ceremony when the trio will be hailed as heroes. CARL JACKSON - murdered DONALD RAY PRICE Sr - murdered JEFFERSON PARISH, LA Avondale man convicted of 1998 murder -- (Times-Picayune) A 26-year-old Avondale man was convicted by a Jefferson Parish jury of second-degree murder Saturday and will be sentenced next month to life in prison for shooting Carl Jackson to death. But that might be the least of Shawn Higgins' troubles. BENTON, MS Pastor Found Guilty In Sex Assault -- (Daily American Republic) A former Baptist pastor in Dunklin County was found guilty Thursday of sexually assaulting a then 17-year-old girl left in his care by her missionary parents. James Niederstadt of Malden was found guilty by Judge David Dolan of forcible sodomy, a non-classed felony in Missouri punishable by five years to life in prison. DURHAM, NC Police comb East Durham for gunman -- (News & Observer) More than a dozen officers hit the streets Saturday persistently searching for a gunman who shot two brothers, one fatally, at a busy East Durham intersection as bystanders watched. And police had a new advantage: The suspect was identified, and they had his picture. Investigators are looking for Efrain Nicolas Zuniga . GRAY, Ga Man could face death sentence in slaying of father, two children -- (Rockdale Citizen) Jurors heard testimony Saturday that will help them decide whether Brandon Rhode should be sentenced to death for his part in the murder of a Macon-area trucking company owner and his two children in 1998. Rhode, 20, was convicted Friday in the deaths of Steven Moss, 37, his son, Bryan, 11, and daughter, Kristin, 15, who interrupted a burglary at their Jones County home. |
| woman 52, and victims unidentified ANAHEIM, CA Woman in stolen ambulance kills 2 -- (OC Register) A woman stole an ambulance from the parking lot of Anaheim Memorial Hospital on Saturday evening, raced for a mile along La Palma Avenue, ran through a red light and slammed into a car driving through an intersection, killing two men, police said. |
| DENVER, Colo Teacher under investigation for '75 events -- (Denver Post) Denver Public Schools officials on Monday will look into reports about North High School teacher Michael Smith allowing his students to have parties at his apartment in 1975, according to spokeswoman Amy Hudson. Smith was arrested last week for allegedly bringing Mexican boys illegally into the United States for sex. Teen's testimony outlines case against teacher Smith -- (Inside Denver) He is called El Quemado, The Burned One. The scars are under his left arm and on the left side of his chest. If there are scars on his soul, they can only be imagined from the pieces of his life tersely outlined in official documents on file in federal court. He was 14 or 15 and a street kid in Acapulco, Mexico, when, he has told authorities, he met Denver math teacher Michael Charles Smith for the first time. OCALA, Fla Parents jailed for kids' chronic truancy -- (Star-Banner) A Belleview couple left a Marion County courtroom in handcuffs Friday, sentenced to jail because they did not make their children go to school. ORANGE COUNTY, Cal. Ex-teacher is guilty in sex case -- (OC Register) A former Trabuco Hills High School teacher pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge for having sex with one of her 17-year-old students. Jill Venetta Nue, 34, a math and arts teacher who resigned in June, is expected to be sentenced in April to 90 days in jail and three years' formal probation. MORRIS COUNTY, NJ Teacher faces new charges of sex assault on other teens -- (Bergen Record) A teacher at Passaic County Technical Institute, charged this week with molesting two teenagers he mentored at a private Morris County agency, was charged Friday with sexually assaulting two more boys. Sources said the two teens came forward after learning through news reports that John Tate had surrendered to Randolph Township police . |
GREENWICH, Connecticut MARTHA MOXLEY, murdered 15 year-old Michael Skakel, charged in 1975 murder Residents feel Skakel trial should be open--(The Boston Globe)--The majority of Connecticut voters feel the trial of a Kennedy nephew accused of killing a neighbor girl almost 25 years ago should be open to the public, a new poll shows Skakel judge's record shows empathy for children--(Greenwich Time)--But if Juvenile Matters Judge Maureen Dennis remains true to form, she will rely solely on the law when deciding whether to open up her courtroom for the Martha Moxley murder defendant's highly anticipated arraignment |
| BIRMINGHAM, England LORRAINE HOWELL, murder victim Anthony Phillips, convicted Father kills young son's lover with axe--(National Post)--The jury rejected his defence that he had been suffering from "abnormality of mind" when he carried out the attack |
| FALL RIVER, Massachusetts Massachusetts Town Hopes Lizzie Borden Infamy Attracts Tourists--(Salt Lake Tribune)--The Fall River Tourism office is printing a full-color brochure describing local sites related to the central character in one of the nation's most sensational trials of the 19th century |
| VANCOUVER, BC Kathy MacDonald, juror facing obstruction-of-justice probe Former juror in Murrin murder trial now faces criminal probe--(Vancouver Sun)--A day after the Crown announced it would not appeal Murrin's not-guilty verdict, police upgraded their review of juror Kathy MacDonald's relationship with Murrin to a criminal investigation. Canada Police Probe Enigma Of The 'Smiling' Juror -- (Reuters) First there was the Canadian case of the ``flirting juror.'' And now there is the mystery of the ''smiling juror.'' |
| Lexington County, S.C. MARY STURDEVANT, murder victim CORY SHCOLNIK, murder victim Brett Hollis, on trial Girl details intensity of relationship--(The State)--After Hollis shot Shcolnik, the girl said, she called out to her mother for help. She said her mother, who got along well with Hollis, rose from her bed in the master bedroom down the hallway |
| Stings netting online deviants --(Chicago Sun-Times)--Somewhere right now, an Internet sex predator is likely trying to lure a 13-year-old boy or girl into a rendezvous. And chances are improving that the prey will turn out to be a police officer |
| SASKATOON, Sask. Aliens in own land - Growing allegations of racism against Natives rock Saskatoon--(Ottawa Sun)--Two veteran Saskatoon police officers have been suspended with pay and the RCMP is investigating Night's complaint as well as any links to the frozen corpses of college student Lawrence Wegner and 25-year-old Rodney Naistus, both discovered within days of each other in the same isolated vicinity southwest of the city. |
| LARAMIE, Wyoming MATTHEW SHEPARD, hate crime victim Curtain goes up on tribute to slain Mathew Shepard-- (Arizona Star)--One town's reaction to the murder of Matthew Shepard was center stage yesterday as the curtain rose on the world premiere of ``The Laramie Project,'' a unique collaboration of a New York-based theater troupe and the people of Laramie, Wyo. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - murdered in her home in 1996 BOULDER, Colorado Ramsey melodrama persuasive, disturbing --(Boulder News) Made-for-television movie blends fact, speculation to weave tale of killing. 'There's no escaping this deal,' ex-cop says of JonBenet case--(Inside Denver) There is no escaping the JonBenet Ramsey case for former Boulder Police Commander John Eller. Eller, the first of four Boulder police officers to see his career run aground on the still unsolved murder investigation, could not ignore tonight's broadcast of the movie Perfect Murder, Perfect Town if he wanted to. Officials question tipster's reliability --(Boulder News) Woman claiming to have information on Ramsey case has history of making false reports. Therapist backs client who claims to have JonBenet murder information--(Inside Denver) A private therapist said Friday that she stands behind her client who claims to have crucial information to help investigators of the death of JonBenet Ramsey. |
| CRIME FILES JUSTICE STORY Midwest U.S. - 1930's Get Shorty --(NY Daily News) Take a runt with lofty aspirations and you may have a problem, as Napoleonic Europe found out. Take several runts with big ideas and you may have a Public Enemy No. l. Anxious to assume that ranking on the feds' list of pernicious thugs were members of the Brady Gang, which for 33 months in the 1930s terrorized the Midwest and rode roughshod over Maryland and Maine.
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