Tommy Lynn Sells - linked to 13 slayings
AUSTIN, TX
Drifter's alleged killings may have been interrupted by jail stay in West Virginia (Charleston (WV) Gazette )
Jailed in Texas in the December murder of a 13-year-old girl, Tommy Lynn Sells confessed Thursday to the 1987 murders of a pregnant Illinois woman, her husband and their two children, Texas authorities reported.
'Killing machine' confesses to 7-state slaying spree (Corpus Christi (TX) Caller-Times )
From a jail cell in Texas, Tommy Lynn Sells has now confessed to killing 13 people in seven states with guns, knives, a bat, a shovel, an ice pick and his bare hands
Drifter Says He Killed Illinois Family In 1987 (Houston (TX) Chronicle )




Sat Mar 4 2000 06:08:49

Dennis Moran aka "Coolio"(17) - focus of a cross-country probe into Web disruptions
WOLFEBORO, NH
N.H. hacker says he's not behind Web attacks (Boston Herald )
A 17-year-old New Hampshire computer hacker who dropped out of high school because he was bored isn't afraid of being arrested, but he's angry agents seized his three homemade computers, his sister said yesterday
Target Of FBI Probe Denies Major 'Net Attacks (Chicago (IL) Tribune )

MABEL GREINEDER - Stabbed to death near her home
Dr. Dirk Greineder - On trial for murder
WELLESLY, MA
Prosecutor: Insurance not motive in Wellesley murder (Boston Herald )
Prosecutors suggested Mabel Greineder's death was somehow linked to the doctor's alleged double life involving on-line porn and prostitutes.

JAMES PATRICKRILEY - Shot in the face
Dr. Larry Ford - suspect in the shooting of business partner
ALTADENA, CA
Doctor suspected in shooting plot found dead (Orange County Register )
The gynecologist apparently shot himself, police say. His lawyer says he feared arrest

AMY BLUMBERG - Shot while working at her father's store
O'FALLON, IL
Killer's profile widens (Belleville (IL) News-Democrat )
Police on the trail of 20-year-old Amy Blumberg's killer want to forget about their composite drawing of a man who frightened another woman in O'Fallon the same day Blumberg was shot




Sat Mar 4 2000 06:05:27

Kevin Murcko(19) - May face up to five years in jail for larceny
MILFORD, CT
Alleged computer scammer arraigned; police say Milford teen ripped off eBAY users (New Haven (CT) Register )
An Orange Avenue man who allegedly defrauded Internet auction bidders of up to $6,000 was arraigned Friday in Superior Court in what police say is their first cracked case of computer larceny

Rev. Carl Anthony Schipper - Repeatedly sent harmful material, pornographic material, to several juveniles over the Internet
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
SR Priest Charged With Internet Child Seduction (Santa Rosa (CA) Press Democrat )
A priest at St. Patrick's Seminary, the Bay Area training ground for many Northern California Catholic priests, has been arrested and charged with using the Internet to attempt to seduce children after police seized evidence at his home in Santa Rosa.

CHAMICA L. HARDAWAY - Shot to death
REGINALD JOHNSON - Shot to death
DE'KEESYIAH HARDAWAY (3yr) - Shot to death
MACON,GA
Man, woman & child found shot to death in Decatur (Macon Telegraph )
Three people, including a woman and her 3-year-old daughter, were found dead in the woman's DeKalb County apartment Friday morning, police said.

SANTA CLARA, CA
Dog killer reward money pours in (San Jose Mercury News )
Swept up in a rush of sympathy for a woman whose dog was hurled into traffic in an act of road rage, Silicon Valley residents responded Thursday with more than $40,000 in reward money and provided so many tips that San Jose police assigned two officers to the case



Sat Mar 4 2000 06:00:51

LAPD CORRUPTION PROBE

KAYLA ROLLAND(6) - Shot to death in classroom
MT MORRIS, MI
With Pink Ribbons and Tokens of Love, Community Gathers to Mourn Kayla (Fox News )
Three days after Kayla Rollens was shot to death in her elementary school by a 6-year-old classmate, hundreds of tearful mourners bearing flowers, cards and stuffed animals paid their respects during a visitation and memorial service Friday.
Tears for Slain First-Grader (ABC News )




Fri Mar 3 2000 21:44:41

SARA CAMACHO, 15m - unharmed
Librado Fortanel - WANTED
RICHMOND, CA
Carjack suspect faces dozen felony charges when caught -- (Hot Coco)
Prosecutors filed a dozen felony charges Thursday that could lead to a life prison sentence for the 30-year-old parolee suspected in Sunday's carjacking in Pinole of a truck with a 15-month-old baby on board. But first they have to catch him.

William Meserve, 44 - found guilty of 22 counts
Rita Meserve, 44 - found guilty of six counts
SAN BERNARDINO, CA
Couple convicted of torturing four children with staple gun -- (Hot CoCo)
A couple was convicted of torturing and abusing their four nephews and nieces by shooting the children with a staple gun and beating them with metal kitchen utensils.



Fri Mar 3 2000 21:36:55

SAN JOSE, CA
Fund to find dog's killer reaches $40,000 -- (Hot Coco)
Swept up in a rush of sympathy for a woman whose dog was hurled into traffic in an act of road rage, Silicon Valley residents responded Thursday with more than $40,000 in reward money and provided so many tips that San Jose police assigned two officers to the case.


Fri Mar 3 2000 21:31:34

WOLFEBORO, N.H.
Teen hacker denies involvement in crippling Internet assault -- (Alabama Live)
A 17-year-old boy questioned by FBI agents about last month's crippling Internet assault acknowledged Friday he has done some "small hacking" but said he was only joking when he claimed responsibility for the attacks.

WASHINGTON
Hacker says zipped lips can be best defense -- (Philly.com)
The government that imprisoned the world's most infamous computer hacker for nearly five years sought his advice yesterday about how to keep its own networks safe from intruders.

INTERNET
Hacker exploits Microsoft flaw to steal credit card numbers -- (Fox)
A hacker has stolen credit card numbers from at least eight small e-commerce sites since January by exploiting a known security hole in Microsoft Corp. software, a security investigator and targeted companies say. The stolen credit card numbers were listed on a Web site posted by a hacker named "Curador'' who claimed responsibility for the attacks. He claims to have seized more than 23,000 credit card numbers.



Fri Mar 3 2000 21:23:32

SEATTLE, WA
Armored car spills pennies across I-5 -- (Seattle Times)
Two armored-truck guards may have a tough time living down a misstep on Interstate 5 today: About $4,000 worth of pennies spilled from their truck all over the freeway.

HENDERSON, Nev
Two guards killed in armored car heist -- (Fox)
Masked gunmen with assault rifles ambushed and killed two armored car guards in a strip mall before escaping with three bags of money Friday. At least three men were involved in the heist. Police Capt. Richard Perkins said the robbers had arrived at the mall to wait for the armored car guards about 2 1/2 hours earlier.



Fri Mar 3 2000 21:22:40

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla.
Columbine Diary Filled With Hate -- (Las Vegas Sun)
A diary kept by a 17-year-old boy who tried to recruit classmates to carry out a Columbine-style attack on his high school is filled with swastika drawings and ramblings of hate. Derik Lehman, a junior at Royal Palm Beach High School, wrote eight pages of a composition notebook with yearnings to kill fellow students.

GOLDEN, Colo.
Judge Won't Release Columbine Tapes -- (Las Vegas Sun)
Videotapes, diaries and lists made by two teen-age gunmen before they stormed Columbine High School cannot be released to the public so long as they contain the identity of a student, a judge ruled Friday.



Fri Mar 3 2000 21:21:38

JAKE ROBEL, 6 - victim
Kim Davis, 34, - in custody
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
Death Penalty Wanted In Boy Dragged -- (Las Vegas Sun)
Prosecutors said Friday they will seek the death penalty for a man accused in the death a 6-year-old boy who was dragged along a highway as his mother's vehicle was stolen.



Fri Mar 3 2000 20:58:21

MAYLON JOHNSON, - refused to listen to the girl's claims that she had been sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend.
Susan Marie Watson, 42 - confessed to killing mother in 1971
NEWARK, N.J.
Adult Who Confessed Murder to Be Tried As Juvenile -- (Reuters)
In an unusual move, a state appeals court has ruled that a 42-year-old woman who confessed to killing her mother nearly 30 years ago will be prosecuted as a juvenile.



Fri Mar 3 2000 18:21:55

Dennis Rabbitt, aka ``South Side Rapist'' - pleaded guilty to 14 rapes
ST. CHARLES, Mo.
Serial rapist gets two more life sentences -- (Digital Missourian)
The man convicted of a long string of St. Louis area rapes received two more life sentences Friday to go with more than a dozen previous life sentences in other jurisdictions.

TAYLOR COUNTY, Ga.
13-year-old, 17-year-old sentenced as adults to life -- (Ledger-Enquirer)
A 13-year-old, 17-year-old and 22-year-old were all sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after being convicted of beating a 78-year-old Taylor County, Ga., woman with a pistol and her walker, leaving her for dead and stealing her car.

SAN JOSE, CA
Irate Driver Kills Woman's Dog by Throwing It Into Traffic -- (LA Times)
--In what police call a bizarre incident of road rage, an infuriated driver grabbed a lap dog from another car and hurled it into oncoming traffic, killing the beloved family pet.

WASHINGTON, DC
Democratic Fund-Raiser Convicted of 5 Felonies -- (LA Times)
A Los Angeles immigration consultant was convicted Thursday on five felony counts stemming from her role in a Buddhist temple fund-raising event attended by Vice President Al Gore, handing Justice Department attorneys a major victory in their prosecution of 1996 Democratic Party fund-raising abuses.

MIAMI, FL
Mia. Juror Who Took Bribe Sentenced -- (Las Vegas Sun)
-- A juror who pocketed nearly $500,000 in bribes for a vote to acquit two reputed drug kingpins in a 1996 federal trial was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison Friday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Man Charged In Shooting Incident -- (Las Vegas Sun)
A man has been charged with firing several shots at the federal command post for the Eric Rudolph manhunt in 1998. At an initial appearance before a federal magistrate Friday in Asheville, Eddie DeWayne "Red" Carringer, 31, was ordered held without bail until a hearing next week.

Tommy Lynn Sells - confessed
AUSTIN, Texas
Texas Cites Drifter Confession -- (Las Vegas Sun)
A drifter jailed for allegedly attacking two girls is now linked to nine slayings in five states after confessing to killing a family of four in Illinois in 1987, the Texas Department of Public Safety said today.



Fri Mar 3 2000 16:22:07

ASHER MICHEAL GABRIEL, 8 - weighed 75 pounds at death
Christine Leonore Roman - Grandmother suspected in child abuse
WHEAT RIDGE, CO
Boy starved to death, Jeffco coroner rules -- (Denver Post)
An 8-year-old boy who was found dead in his grandmother's home starved to death. Asher Michael Gabriel's "cause of death is consistent with the complications of malnutrition," according to an autopsy report released Thursday by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.



Fri Mar 3 2000 16:07:42

DR. LARRY FORD, 49 - committed suicide
JAMES PATRICK RILEY, 58 - shot in face
Dino D'Saachs - arrested
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
Doctor suspected in shooting plot found dead -- (Orange County Register)
A doctor considered a suspect in the shooting of a business partner apparently killed himself Thursday inside his Irvine home, police said. Dr. Larry Ford, 49, whose Biofem Pharmaceutical stood to gain millions of dollars by producing a new vaginal suppository, came under suspicion after his chief executive, James Patrick Riley, 58, was shot in the face Monday.



Fri Mar 3 2000 13:34:55

NEW YORK
5 killed in apparent Bronx murder spree -- (Boston.com)
) Five people were killed overnight at three separate locations in a Bronx neighborhood, and police said today that the slayings appeared to be related.

MOBILE, AL
Crack addict guilty of hammer murder -- (Mobile Register)
Richard Hays, a 37-year-old west Mobile man and admitted crack cocaine addict, bludgeoned his supplier to death with a hammer last summer, a jury decided Thursday when it found Hays guilty of murder.



Fri Mar 3 2000 13:15:33

Commentary
LOS ANGELES, CA
2 Girls' Deaths, 2 Vastly Different Aftermaths -- (LA Times)
Kayla Rolland is in no way less important than JonBenet Ramsey, or any other child who has met with such a savage fate. She is entitled to be remembered. If we are lucky, though--or more importantly, if her family is--her soul will not be exploited by buzzards hovering above, as JonBenet's has.



Fri Mar 3 2000 11:29:40

McDOWELL COUNTY, NC
Ex-trooper indicted on six counts in beating -- (Charleston Daily News)
A McDowell County grand jury returned a six-count indictment Wednesday charging Gary L. Messenger II, 30, with malicious assault, burglary, breaking and entering, battery, assault and false swearing.

Steven Sanford Collins, 45 - posted a $75,000 bond
HAMILTON COUNTY, TN
Triple Rape Suspect Set Free; Victim in Protective Custody -- (Chattanooga Publishing)
A man accused of raping the same East Ridge woman on three separate occasions last year was released Wednesday from the Bledsoe County Jail, prompting authorities here to place the victim in protective custody. An apparent misunderstanding between authorities from two counties allowed the man to go free.

GARY JEARDOE - victim: "I still love her"
Jackie Jeardoe - two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of criminal use of explosives
BELLEVILLE, KS
Attempted murder charges -- (Dispatch Online)
Officers told the court here Wednesday that Jackie Jeardoe confessed to trying to kill her husband Jan. 17 so she could sell their property to obtain bail money for her nephew, accused of murdering a Clay County deputy.

CHEHALIS, Wash.
Five-Year-Old Loads, Fires Gun -- (Las Vegas Sun)
A 5-year-old boy, apparently angry at some playmates, got his mother's gun, loaded it, pointed it at the two playmates and then fired into the ground, police said.



Fri Mar 3 2000 07:34:17

DETECTIVE ROB HEIDUK - Officer shot during robbery
Eric Alexander - Paroled bank robber shot by police
BAKERSFIELD, CA
Bakersfield bank heist spurs gunfight; 2 shot (Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek (CA) )
A group of pistol-waving men robbed a bank Thursday, then fought a gunbattle with police, leaving one suspect and an officer wounded and scores of people holed up in nearby buildings.



Fri Mar 3 2000 07:32:34

ABNER LOUIMA - Tortured and sodomized by police
Charles Schwarz - On trial
Louima jury focuses on key cop witness (The Record Hackensack )
A jury deliberating in the trial of three police officers charged with conspiring to conceal one's role in the bathroom torture of Abner Louima focused Thursday on the testimony of an officer who helped break the case

LOS ANGELES, CA
N.H. teen-ager questioned about attacks on Web sites (Baltimore (MD) Sun )
Police said yesterday they questioned a self-proclaimed teen-age hacker known on the Internet as "coolio," one of the nicknames the FBI suspects may have been involved in last month's attacks against major Web sites.
N.H. Teen May Be Internet Hacker (CBS News )

MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR and her two children, JON GARTH MURRAY and ROBIN MURRAY O'HAIR - Missing since 1995
SAN ANTONIO, TX
Evidence hints at O'Hairs' deaths (The Dallas Morning News )
Blood found at Austin storage unit has DNA similar to missing atheists'

MABEL GREINEDER - Stabbed to death near her home
Dr. Dirk K. Greineder - On trial for murder
WELLESLEY, MA
Couple got policy days before killing (Boston Globe )
''I'm thinking of all of these crazy things, like this morning, she gave me a back rub, so you'll find my skin under her nails,'' Greineder reportedly told detectives, adding, ''You say you want my clothes. It suddenly scares me.''
Children proclaim doctor's innocence (Boston Herald )




Fri Mar 3 2000 07:28:46

TIMOTHY SCOTT JOHNSON(3) Murdered
Barry Strickland - Led authorities to body
PICAYUNE, MS
Police find body of missing toddler (Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger )
A 3-year-old Nicholson community boy missing since Wednesday was found face down in a swampy area of Pearl River County Thursday morning near the buffer zone of NASA's Stennis Space Center

Cynthia Topper - Convicted of felony child abuse
Discovery of girl shocked, saddened (Riverside (CA) - Inland Empire Online )
A little girl was found chained to a bedpost, malnourished, with trash strewn about in her room and feces covering almost everything



Fri Mar 3 2000 07:26:46

KAYLA ROLLAND(6) - Shot to death in classroom
MT MORRIS, MI
How Young Is Too Young? School Shooting Raises Questions of Children's Responsibility (Salt Lake (UT) Tribune )
A 6-year-old boy comes to school with a gun and allegedly kills a first-grade classmate. Within hours, he is calmly drawing pictures, and the debate begins: At what age can a child be held responsible for committing a crime?
Community Mourns Slain 1st-Grader (Community Mourns Slain 1st-Grader )
Girl's father hires Fieger to investigate (Detroit (MI) News )



Fri Mar 3 2000 07:25:46

GREENSBORO, NC
Greensboro police investigate kidnapping case (Greensboro (NC) News & Record )
A 35-year-old woman was kidnapped from her northwest Greensboro home Thursday and was able to escape before she was injured or ransom was paid, police said.

Sgt. Sean Torres - faces 12 counts each of possessing and promoting a sexual performance by a child
NEW DORP, NY
Island cop indicted in child porn (Staten Island (NY) Advance )
Prosecutors say hundreds of lewd photos and videos of children were found on New Dorp police sergeant's home computer

LAFAYETTE, LA
Woman sues, says officer made her strip (Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate )
A woman has filed a federal civil rights suit claiming an Arnaudville police officer made her take off her clothes after he searched her home in November

SHALINE SEQUINOT(13) - sexually assaulted and murdered in 1995
Miguel Figueroa - Charged with murder, felony murder and sexual assault
Ruiz brothers never gave up search for suspect in girl's murder (South New Jersey News )
In the closed, cramped quarters of an interrogation room at the Camden Police Department, the tables have been turned on detectives Frankie and Miguel Ruiz. The questioning is relentless.

Pamela Fackler - Charged with attempted murder
ALAMEDA, CA
Mom charged with attempted murder (Oakland (CA) Tribune )
A woman police say tried to kill herself and her 10-year-old son with carbon monoxide was charged with attempted murder Tuesday as she lay in a Highland Hospital bed, still recovering from the fumes.

Elsa Vega(12) Murdered
James William Llamas and Leon Adophus - Found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree burglary, aggravated assault and seven counts of kidnapping
Jury convicts 2 in home-invasion death of girl, 12 (The Arizona Daily Star )
Elsa was shot in the head in the early hours of April 29 after gunmen burst into her family's westside home demanding jewelry, drugs and money

BOLIVAR,
Boy, 13, shot after argument (The Springfield News-Leader )
The 14-year-old suspect, a friend and neighbor, is in custody in Bolivar.