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Tues Jan 2 2001 21:48:11  COLVILLE, Washington William Lembcke, 16 U.S. teen faces murder charges in family shootings--(ABC-News Wire) A 16-year-old boy who allegedly killed his parents and two siblings just before Christmas was ordered held without bail Tuesday as prosecutors prepared murder charges against him. Tues Jan 2 2001 21:35:13  Bobby Lee Harris - awaiting execution Raleigh, North Carolina Time running out for prison love --(Las Vegas Sun) Dagmar Polzin first saw the man of her dreams in a Benetton fashion ad. Her last vision of him could come this month, through the window of an execution chamber. Tues Jan 2 2001 21:05:18  Bridgeport, Conn. Suspect walks out of court on another man's bond -- (Boston.com) A man being arraigned in a home invasion case walked out of Bridgeport Superior Court Tuesday after impersonating another prisoner, state police said. Tues Jan 2 2001 20:42:29  Chicago, Illinois Lawrence S. Cravens, 38 FBI arrests suspect in Chicago bank robberies -- (Postnet) A suspect in the robbery of several area banks was arrested Tuesday, the FBI said. Tues Jan 2 2001 20:32:14  London, England 'Race attack' victim dies -- (Sky News) An Algerian man stabbed in a suspected racist attack on New Year's Day has died from his injuries. Djamale Daikha, 38, was stabbed repeatedly in the head, neck and chest after leaving a restaurant in Soho, central London, with his wife. Tues Jan 2 2001 20:22:28  Concord, New Hampshire N.H. lawmaker advocates killing cops -- (Las Vegas Sun) A newly elected Republican state lawmaker has enraged his constituents, party leaders and police by saying he favors killing police officers when they cross the line. One police chief calls him "a hate-mongering lunatic." Tues Jan 2 2001 20:06:43 Angola, Louisiana 2nd man released from La. death row -- (Las Vegas Sun) A man convicted of killing an elderly couple 14 years ago was released Tuesday, joining his alleged accomplice in freedom after DNA tests pointed to their innocence. Tues Jan 2 2001 17:50:16  CHERICA ADAMS - shot November 1999 Rae Carruth - on trial for murder Charlotte, North Carolina Big question looms as Carruth trial resumes after holiday break -- (WRAL) The Rae Carruth murder trial resumed Tuesday after a long holiday break with the former NFL player's high school football coach telling jurors he admired Carruth and loved him like a son. Witnesses paint Carruth as a good guy -- (Court TV) Jurors who have heard Rae Carruth described as a callous ladies' man and stonefaced murderer got a different view Tuesday morning as a string of witnesses portrayed him as a stand-up guy with a soft spot for children. Tues Jan 2 2001 17:20:47  DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. DeKalb police keeping quiet on Derwin Brown murder case -- (Atlanta J-C) Brown, 46, was gunned down in his driveway Dec. 15 in what authorities said was an assassination. It was the first day he had been back in DeKalb after weeks of sheriff's training in Forsyth. Tues Jan 2 2001 17:00:49  Las Vegas, Nevada Jury to consider death for skinhead -- (Las Vegas Sun) Jurors who must decide if a Nazi skinhead should receive the death penalty for the murders of two anti-racist skinheads will learn today he has not been a model prisoner. John Edward Butler, 29, was convicted last week of murdering Daniel Shersty, 20, and Lin Newborn, 25, on July 4, 1998. Tues Jan 2 2001 16:57:14  Wellington, Australia Police watch for big spenders after $1m heist -- (New Zealand Online) Police investigating the December 22 hijacking of a Chubb van containing $1 million by four balaclava-clad robbers have warned retailers to be wary of big cash spenders or suspicious transactions. Tues Jan 2 2001 15:55:15  Trenton, New jersey Court approves punishment for death row inmate -- (Boston.com) A death-row inmate whose contract murder of his wife became the subject of a television miniseries was caught hiding what authorities claimed were weapons in his cell. Prison authorities originally charged Robert Marshall, who also witnessed a murder while in prison, with possession of a weapon after finding straight pins. That charge was later changed to a lesser offense. Tues Jan 2 2001 15:51:37  Hillsborough County, Florida 3 arrested after teen shot at New Year's Eve party, dragged into woods -- (Tampa Bay Online) An Armwood High School sophomore clung to life Monday night after being shot in the head at a New Year's Eve party and then dragged out of a window and dumped into the woods, authorities said. Eric Wright, 15, was in critical condition at Tampa General Hospital. James Lewis Hargrove, 16, was charged with attempted murder with a firearm. Two others, Andrew Jordan Hiers, 15, and Billy Ray Walker, 16, were charged as accessories. Tues Jan 2 2001 15:00:29  Boston, Mass. Accused child killer had list of possible Massachusetts victims -- (Boston.com) A man accused of killing and cannibalizing a 10-year-old boy in Montana may have left behind a trail of young victims in Massachusetts. The Boston Herald reports investigators found a list of names in Nathaniel Bar-Jonah's home in Great Falls, Mont. The list is labeled "Lake Webster" and contains 27 names in chronological order from 1963 to 1977. Tues Jan 2 2001 14:56:59  Toronto, Ontario Ambiguous endings mark latest chapter in saga of Bernardo and Homolka -- (Ottawa Citizen) In the year 2000, a series of dramatic, made-for-TV endings brought to an ambiguous close the latest instalment in one of the darkest true-crime sagas in modern Canadian history. Tues Jan 2 2001 14:52:32  Rochester, New Hampshire Accused Rochester baby killer pleads innocent -- (Foster's) A local man pleaded innocent this morning to numerous charges in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s 21-month-old daughter. Chad E. Evans, 29, of 191 Milton Road, Rochester, was arraigned on one count of second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault and six counts of second-degree assault for allegedly killing Kassidy Bortner. Tues Jan 2 2001 13:31:11  LAURIA JAYLENE BIBLE and ASHLEY RENAE FREEMAN, both 16 - missing KATHY FREEMAN, 39 and DANNY FREEMAN, 40 - bodies found in rubble Welch, Oklahoma Teen's fate unresolved a year later -- (The Oklahoman) After chasing hundreds of tips and possible sightings - one as recent as this past month - investigators remain perplexed about 1999's disappearance of two Craig County girls. Parents' hopes endure for daughter -- (The Oklahoman) On Dec. 30, 1999, Lauria Bible, along with her friend, Ashley Freeman, disappeared from this northeastern Oklahoma community in what authorities said could be a murder and kidnapping. Tues Jan 2 2001 13:13:55  HOUSTON, Tex. Two Face Jail Time for Prostitute Smuggling Ring -- (Fox) Young Asian women smuggled into the U.S. were imprisoned and forced into sexual servitude in rundown houses just blocks from Houston's pristine downtown commercial district, federal officials say. Tues Jan 2 2001 12:22:31  UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio Police shoot home invasion suspect -- (Cincinnati Enquirer) Just minutes after celebrating the new year with friends at his home, James Stephens lay tied up in his basement, wondering whether a masked gunman would murder his wife and four children. Tues Jan 2 2001 12:01:41  DALLAS, Tex. Texas Fugitives Continue to Evade Police -- (ABCnews.com) Tips have been coming in from all over Texas, authorities said, but law enforcement officials admitted they have no idea where to find the seven criminals. 'We just don’t know where they are,' said Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Larry Todd. Tues Jan 2 2001 11:50:32  OSSIPEE, N.H. Teen hacker pleads guilty -- (Boston.com) Teen-age hacker ''Coolio,'' who attracted national attention last spring, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three misdemeanors. Tues Jan 2 2001 11:00:06  Michael McDermott, 42 - being held without bail WAKEFIELD, Mass. Workers Return After Mass. Rampage -- (Newsday) Employees returned to work Tuesday at Edgewater Technology Inc., the company where a disgruntled worker last week allegedly killed seven of his co-workers in a shooting rampage. Tues Jan 2 2001 10:57:41  ADDY, Wash. Teen Confesses to Killing Family -- (Newsday) William L. Lembcke was being held in the Stevens County Jail in the shooting deaths of his father, Robert H. Lembcke, 49; his mother, Diana, 43; his 18-year-old sister, Jolene, and his 11-year-old brother, Wesley Tues Jan 2 2001 08:24:49  JOSEPHINE LETIZIA, 25 - shot to death in car Vince Italiano, 31 - committed suicide Perth, Australia Man dies like his violent father -- (The Age) A man who shot dead his girlfriend and then shot himself on New Year's Eve in Perth may have followed in the footsteps of his father, who committed suicide after a double murder a decade ago. Tues Jan 2 2001 08:19:02  Houston, Texas Two to be sentenced in sex ring -- (Newsday) In rundown houses only blocks from Houston's gleaming downtown office buildings, federal officials say a modern form of slavery endured. Tues Jan 2 2001 08:14:43  New York Prison puppies learn and teach -- (NY Daily News) 'Puppies Behind Bars' is a program that teaches inmates to prepare dogs for training as guides for the blind. Tues Jan 2 2001 07:56:26  Luigi Alexander - nine counts of fraud New York Cops don't even know scammer's real I.D. -- (New York Post) The Westchester County man claimed to be a medical doctor, a billionaire and an international bon vivant, and talked of buying properties later snapped up by Donald Trump. Tues Jan 2 2001 07:49:02  ERIC WRIGHT, 15 - in critical condition Tampa, Florida Teens charged for shooting boy, trying to dump body -- (TBO-Florida) Three teens were arrested after one of them shot another boy in the head and the other two helped the shooter drag the body out of a bedroom window and dump it in a wooded area, police said. Tues Jan 2 2001 00:10:35 RON RUDIN, 64 - shot to death Margaret Rudin, 57 - arrested November 1999 in Mass. Las Vegas, Nevada Rudin lawyer denies parallels to Binion case -- (LV Review-Journal) Ron Rudin disappeared in December 1994, and his body was found the following month in a remote ravine at Nelson's Landing near Lake Mohave in the south end of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Mon Jan 1 2001 23:59:12  ISSURA FERRER, 30 - condition unknown Justo Ignacio Ferrer - had spoke of depression Miami, Florida Miami father stabs daughter, commits suicide -- (TBO-Florida) A father stabbed his adult daughter several times with a knife in their apartment Monday, then jumped off a 15-story building to his death. Mon Jan 1 2001 22:13:43  RENO, Nev. Firebombed temple hit by New Year's arson -- (Fox) A synagogue that was the target of a firebomb 13 months ago was attacked again Monday. Police said an unspecified fuel was sprayed at the front door of Temple Emanu El and set on fire. Mon Jan 1 2001 21:00:17  DUBLIN, Ireland Irish police recover two bodies from icy lake -- (Reuters) Police in county Monaghan, in the north of the country, confirmed on Monday the bodies were those of two young girls, believed to be a 12-year-old girl and her 10-year-old cousin who went missing on Sunday. Mon Jan 1 2001 20:56:54  THOMASTON, Maine Inmate who faced charges in Montana commits suicide -- (Boston.com) Dennis Larson, 50, was in a workroom where inmates make crafts when he put duct tape over his mouth, climbed on a bench and jumped out the window at about 8 p.m. Sunday, said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. A suicide note was found in his cell, McCausland said. Mon Jan 1 2001 20:49:46  NASHVILLE, Tenn. Trooper hit by car while wrestling suspect on highway -- (Postnet) A state trooper wrestling with a suspected car thief on an interstate highway died Monday when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver, authorities said. Mon Jan 1 2001 19:48:03 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane murder and rape case remains unsolved -- (ninemsn) A massive four-day manhunt in Brisbane's south-west has failed to find any trace of a man wanted for the murder of a woman and the rape of her daughter. Mon Jan 1 2001 18:21:32 SAUGUS, Mass. Man dies in New Year's Eve nightclub stabbing -- (Boston.com) Authorities are looking for clues in the stabbing death of a 24-year-old Boston man during a New Year's celebration. Police were alerted to the stabbing of Leroy Foster Jr. at The Palace nightclub complex in Saugus at about 1 a.m. Monday. Mon Jan 1 2001 18:20:05  CLINTON, Conn. Man wanted on Providence murder charge arrested in Connecticut -- (Boston.com) A man wanted in connection with a murder in Providence, R.I. was arrested Monday during a routine motor vehicle stop in this shoreline town, police said. Todd Fisher, 20, of Cranston, R.I., was stopped at about 3 p.m. because he was not wearing a seat belt, police said. Mon Jan 1 2001 18:18:38  QUEBEC, Canada Sixteen prisoners with links to Hells Angels riot in Quebec prison -- (Cnews) Several prison inmates linked to the Hells Angels may face charges after smashing jail windows and starting fires in a two-hour standoff with prison guards, a correctional official said Saturday. Mon Jan 1 2001 18:01:28  RINETTE RIELLA-BERGNA, 49 - died June 1, 1998 Peter Bergna, 48 - under suspicion for murder Reno, Nevada Wife's death accident or murder? -- (LV Review-Journal) Husband faces trial after police question how pickup plunged off mountainside. |
