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Fri Sept 15 2000 15:38:27  Richard Baumhammers, 35 - opened fire on 5 April 28 PITTSBURGH, Pa. Man Can Stand Trial in Shooting -- (Postnet) A man accused of killing five people in a racially motivated shooting rampage was ruled competent to stand trial Friday after four months in a mental hospital. Fri Sept 15 2000 15:31:59  LAKEVILLE, Ind. Three Ind. Workers Slain in Barn -- (Newsday) Three construction workers were found slain in a barn where they were working. A co-worker who checked on the men Thursday found the bodies of Wayne A. Shumaker, 59; Corby Myers, 30; and Lynn Ganger, 54. Fri Sept 15 2000 15:29:21  LAS VEGAS, Nev. Cyber cops go undercover as kids to net pedophiles -- (Las Vegas Sun) Metro Police officers have gone undercover posing as drug dealers, prostitutes and gunrunners to catch criminals. Now detectives are heading undercover as 13-year-old girls and boys to hunt out pedophiles on the Internet. Fri Sept 15 2000 15:27:22  TED BINION - murdered casino mogul Rick Tabish, 35 and Sandra Murphy, 28 - convicted in May LAS VEGAS, Nev. Legal arguments drag on in Murphy, Tabish sentencing -- (Las Vegas Sun) Prosecutors called for the two to receive punishment exceeding what the jury had recommended -- life in prison with parole possible after 20 years. Prosecutor David Wall suggested that all counts against the two should be considered for consecutive sentences before parole would kick in. Fri Sept 15 2000 15:17:29  Superior Court Judge Maria Lopez - under fire BOSTON, Mass. Routine Sentencing Turns Into a Possible Career-Ending Case for Judge -- (Fox) The defendant pleaded guilty to kidnapping and attempted rape of an 11-year-old. Her sentence: no jail time - only 5 years probation. Fri Sept 15 2000 15:02:44  Lawrence Lombardi, 42 - maintained he was innocent TALLAHASSEE, Fla. White Man Receives Life Sentence For Racially Motivated Bombings -- (Fox) A white man was sentenced Friday to life in prison for setting off two pipe bombs that spread terror last year at the predominantly black Florida A&M University but caused no injuries. Fri Sept 15 2000 13:19:33  LAMONT WILSON, 21, RICHARD WHITE Jr., 26, and MICHEAL DEMPS, 20 - shot Sept. 8 Lloyd Massey II, 21 - entered innocent pleas to three counts of murder MAYS LANDING, N.J. Bulletproof vest, tight security for triple murder suspect -- (Boston.com) Under tight security, a triple murder suspect made his first appearance in a New Jersey courtroom Friday before being returned to jail, where was being held on $3 million bail. Fri Sept 15 2000 13:13:53  CARDIFF, England Murder jury listens to boy's harrowing tape -- (Telegraph UK) The boy of 11 made the five-minute call as he witnessed his father, 47, attacking his mother with a knife in a fit of jealousy. Julie Evans, the control room operator, heard the sobbing schoolboy say: "My Mummy's dead. Dad's stabbed her to death." Fri Sept 15 2000 12:53:37  TALINA BRYANT, 21 - last seen September 5, boarding a bus New York Bronx woman vanishes, blood traces found -- (NY Daily News) Traces of blood found in the Bronx apartment of a missing young woman have raised fears that she fell victim to foul play, investigators said yesterday. Fri Sept 15 2000 12:35:30  VICTIM, 2 - got out while mother working, boyfriend asleep Tiffany Beach, 25 - mother, in custody Heath Souther, 24 - boyfriend, in custody Fort Collins, Colorado Toddler was bound, beaten -- (Inside Denver) A toddler found wandering in a Fort Collins neighborhood had been bound by her feet and hands and had been beaten with a belt, brush and spoon, police said Thursday. Fri Sept 15 2000 11:57:53  Michael Middleton - "I got him 10. He got himself 6." - Lawyer COOK COUNTY, Ill. Informant Gets His Sentence Cut by Implicating 7 Murder Suspects -- () Less than a week after Cook County State's Atty. Richard Devine told a state panel that prosecutors rarely rely on testimony from jailhouse informants, court documents have surfaced indicating that one such informant struck a deal with prosecutors to testify against seven murder suspects. Fri Sept 15 2000 11:48:39  Robert Rosenkrantz - was 18 when he killed 17-year-old Steven Redman in 1985, firing 10 shots from an Uzi semiautomatic weapon LOS ANGELES, Cal. Judge orders killer released: Ruling countermands parole commissioners and governor -- (Capital Alert) A battle between the Davis administration and the California courts over paroling killers came to a head Thursday, when a judge ordered the immediate release of a Calabasas man caught in a tug-of-war. Fri Sept 15 2000 10:33:21  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Mother gets 20 years for killing -- (Alabama Live) Circuit Judge Dan King on Thursday sentenced Sarah Crawford to the maximum 20 years in prison for beating her 22-month-old daughter, Brittany, to death with a bottle of candy. Fri Sept 15 2000 10:27:41 ALBERTO SEPULVEDA, 11 - shooting victim MODESTO, Cal. Search for answers follows boy's death -- (Mod Bee) How did this happen? That question haunted the family of 11-year-old Alberto Sepulveda on Thursday, a day after he was killed in his Modesto home during a federal narcotics sweep. Officer kills boy, police call shooting an accident -- (Mod Bee) An 11-year-old Modesto boy was fatally shot early Wednesday morning when police SWAT team officers on a federal narcotics sweep raided his parents' home. Police said the shooting was an accident. Fri Sept 15 2000 10:22:15  CHARLES BEATTY, 66 - shot in the back Officer Ronald Orosco, 30 - charges of assault with a deadly weapon LOS ANGELES, Cal. Los Angeles police officer charged with shooting elderly motorist -- (SacBee) A Los Angeles police officer was charged Thursday for shooting and wounding an unarmed, elderly motorist in a disagreement over a traffic ticket. LAPD Officer Charged in Shooting of Unarmed Driver -- (LA Times) Christopher Prescott, 34 - fatally wounded 911 Call Ends in Fatal Shooting by Police -- (LA Times) A Los Angeles police sergeant shot and killed a knife-wielding man in a North Hollywood apartment Thursday after the officer and his partner responded to a burglary call, authorities said. Fri Sept 15 2000 09:00:28  ZACHARY BERNHARDT, 8 - reported missing Monday morning Clearwater, Florida Officers search bay for missing boy -- (WFLA) Clearwater police officials and officers from other agencies searched again Thursday for Zachary Bernhardt. And for the fourth day in a row, they came up with no sign of the 8-year-old. Search continues high and low -- (St. Petersberg Times) Zachary Bernhardt still is missing, but officers say other parents have no undue reason to fear for their children's safety. Fri Sept 15 2000 08:31:33  KEYONTE JACKSON, 5 months - died of internal injuries June 23, 1998 Kwayera Jackson, 20 - charged with son's murder Edwardsville, Illinois Former footbal player says son died after "exercise" -- (POSTnet) A former high school football star has testified that he beat on his infant son's abdomen and performed other "exercises" on him to make the baby a better athlete. SHAU FAN LAI, 84 - stabbed to death February 23, 1999 CHE KIEN, 82 - jailed for 10 years Victoria, Australia 82-year-old Victorian woman jailed for murder -- (The Age) The court heard that Kien stabbed her victim 49 times in her head and neck, specifically targeting the eyes. J'NAI GLASKER, 12 - raped and murdered in her home July 31, 2000 Michael Gayles, 18 - charges dropped despite witness and confession Detroit, Michigan Teen still suspect in girl's murder -- (The Detroit News) Mentally impaired man's DNA didn't match; he says he confessed to police out of fear. Knoxville, TN. Counterfeiting now common crime -- (Knoxville News-Sentinel) Counterfeiting, a crime that once gave rise to images of darkened basements equipped with printing presses and illegal plates, has become both easy and cheap in recent years, authorities say. Thur Sept 14 2000 22:06:10  CHICAGO, Ill. Sex offender Welch wanted in St. Paul is caught in Chicago -- (Star Tribune) Gregory A. Welch, a level 3 sex offender on the run after being charged with kidnapping a woman last month in St. Paul, was arrested in Chicago by the Minnesota Fugitive Task Force early today. Thur Sept 14 2000 20:55:49  New York Punk rocker on trial in landlord slay -- (NY Daily News) His spikes and black leather replaced by shag haircut and conservative gray suit, East Village punk rocker Jared (Spike) Errington went on trial yesterday in his landlord Taite Walkonen's 1999 murder. Thur Sept 14 2000 20:42:58  SARAH J. WISNOSKY, 17 - raped, murdered Derek R. Barnabei, 33 - "I am truly innocent of this crime" JARRATT, Va. Va. Executes Man Who Killed Teen -- (Las Vegas Sun) A man who killed a teen-age girl seven years ago was executed by injection Thursday, days after new DNA tests that were ordered by the governor confirmed his guilt. Thur Sept 14 2000 20:14:40  KIRSTY JONES, 23 - Welsh backpacker, raped and strangled August 10 Anndrew Gill, 32 - charged with rape and conspiracy to murder Chaing Mai, Thailand Thai police find new witness -- (The Guardian) Thai police say they have found a witness who claims to have seen the guesthouse owner charged over the murder of British backpacker Kirsty Jones inside her room just after her death. Thur Sept 14 2000 18:53:40  LOS ANGELES, Cal. Woman Arrested on Charge of Abandoning Her Baby -- (LA Times) A 31-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested on suspicion of abandoning her infant at an East Los Angeles gas station early Wednesday. Thur Sept 14 2000 18:02:12  Louis J. Tsavaris - 1981 manslaughter conviction in the death of Cassandra "Sally" Burton TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. Freak accident kills Tampa psychiatrist linked to lurid murder -- (Sun Sentinel) A psychiatrist who for years tried to clear his name in the strangulation of a patient who had also been his lover was killed when his car accidentally rolled over him. Thur Sept 14 2000 17:57:22  KRISTINA LYNN HORNYCH, 2 - died of head injuries Scott Dean Harberts - charges dismissed with prejudice SALEM, Ore. Conviction Thrown Out in Slaying -- (Star Tribune) Oregon' s Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a death row inmate' s conviction in the rape and murder of a toddler because prosecutors took five years to bring him to trial. Thur Sept 14 2000 16:14:43  ELIZABETH STACEY, 24 - killed with seven blows to the head Steven Reid, 34 - obsessed with Stacey after she befriended him Cambridge, England Life for lecturer who killed 'his partner in death' -- (Electronic Telegraph) A University lecturer who beat a Cambridge graduate to death with a rolling pin because he wanted a 'friend in the afterlife' was jailed for life yesterday. Thur Sept 14 2000 15:54:36  Vicente Carrillo Fuentes - charged with 10 counts of murder Carrillo Fuentes - still at large EL PASO, Texas Alleged Mexican Cartel Leader Charged With 10 Counts of Murder -- (Fox) The alleged leader of a powerful Mexican drug cartel has been charged with killing 10 people, seven of whom were found dead last year at ranch sites near a Mexican border city, the Justice Department said Thursday. Thur Sept 14 2000 14:45:13  Denver, Colorado Anti-psychic law faces scrap heap -- (Denver Post) An archaic law against fortunetelling in Denver appears headed for a quick repeal as Police Chief Gerry Whitman on Wednesday agreed it might be unconstitutional. Thur Sept 14 2000 14:44:38  NAPLES, Fla. A killer's chilling plans go awry -- (Knox News) Gang leader Kevin Foster had big plans for his life after prison. First, he was going to make millions from bank and jewelry store heists. Next he was going after the people who betrayed him. Thur Sept 14 2000 14:38:42  Anthony Brisick, 27 - misdemeanor crime of making the weapon GALVESTON, Texas Texas second-grader finds pistol in backpack -- (Sac Bee) A 7-year-old boy leaving school Tuesday found a loaded gun in his backpack. His mother's boyfriend has been charged with putting it there. Thur Sept 14 2000 14:36:34  ALBERTO SEPULVEDA, 11 - victim's parents arrested MODESTO, Cal. 11-year-old killed in California drug raid -- (Sac Bee) An 11-year-old Modesto boy was fatally shot early Wednesday morning when police SWAT team officers on a federal narcotics sweep raided his parents' home. Police said the shooting was an accident. Thur Sept 14 2000 14:32:11  EDMONTON, Alta. Suggestion cops be allowed to break laws met with reservations -- (Cnews) A federal proposal to give cops leeway to break the law - and even commit violent acts - to bolster investigations is getting nervous looks from the legal community. Thur Sept 14 2000 14:28:07  Warden LAWRENCE MYERS - suffered cuts to the face John Barletta - multiple counts of assault SOMERS, Conn. Inmate charged for attack on warden -- (Boston.com) An inmate at the state's highest security prison was charged Thursday with attacking the warden with a homemade knife last month. Todd R. Harris, 40 - charged with murder FLINT, Mich. Suspect in fatal stabbing arrested in Georgia -- (Michigan Live) A Flint man wanted for the stabbing murder of a man trying to break up a fight was caught Wednesday on a Greyhound bus in Georgia near the Florida state line. Calvin Lashawn Campbell, 21 - sentenced to 40 years PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. Man gets 40 years for rape of stabbing victim -- (Arkansas Online) A Pulaski County jury on Wednesday added 40 years to the prison sentence of a man convicted of breaking into a pregnant North Little Rock woman's home and stabbing her Dec. 10, 1998. Thur Sept 14 2000 14:15:25  BOSTON, Mass. Police find human remains in search for possible mob murder victims -- (Boston.com) Law enforcement officials continued to comb through the sand of a city beach Thursday after finding human bones in a suspected mob burial site. State police Major Thomas Foley said that human bones from one person had been found as part of an organized crime investigation. Sandy grave: Feds unearth Mob victim's bones on Dorchester beach -- (Boston Herald) Desperate kin hunger for answers beneath sand -- (Boston Herald) Locals warily eye suspect site -- (Boston Herald) Body of Mob-linked man found in Stoneham condo -- (Boston Herald) |
