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Wed Jan 3 2001 22:14:43 JED - missing police dog  Sydney, Australia Missing police dog found -- (Sydney Morning Herald) Jed the golden labrador, the police dog that has been missing for four days, has been found, police said this morning. The bomb-detection dog was found wandering and distressed at a petrol station in Green Valley in Sydney's west this morning and is being reunited with his handler, Sergeant Paul Jarrett. Wed Jan 3 2001 22:05:59  ANNA CLIMBI, 8 - murdered Marie Kouao, 44 - accused London, England 'Cruel, selfish, evil' - QC's verdict on Anna accused -- (Sky News) A woman accused of murdering an eight-year-old girl was described to a jury as 'cruel, selfish and evil.' Wed Jan 3 2001 21:53:06  New Haven, Conn. Man gets probation for stealing government silver over 25-year period -- (Boston.com) A man convicted of stealing government-owned silver during 25-years of work for a defense contractor was sentenced Wednesday to five years probation and ordered to repay $636,000. Wed Jan 3 2001 21:46:49  Los Angeles, California Academy Awards plan to double up on Oscars -- (postnet) Academy Awards organizers have ordered a spare set of Oscars in case thieves snatch a batch of the statuettes, as they did last year. Wed Jan 3 2001 21:42:29  Dallas, Texas Y2K computer glitch hits 7-Eleven -- (Washington Post) A Y2K-type computer bug hit cash registers in 7-Eleven stores this week, causing them to read the new year as 1901 instead of 2001 and inconveniencing customers who wanted to make credit-card purchases. Wed Jan 3 2001 21:36:07  Reno, Nevada Fugitive arrested on rape charges -- (Las Vegas Sun) Police arrested a fugitive in Mexico City on Wednesday who jumped bail after confessing he raped two women he met on the Internet. Wed Jan 3 2001 21:14:13  Raleigh, North Carolina Time running out for prison love sparked by death row ads -- (Court TV) 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. Wed Jan 3 2001 21:12:03  Greenbelt, Maryland Man given federal death sentence in killing of three -- (Fox) Dustin Higgs, 28, was convicted of murder and kidnapping and sentenced to be executed by lethal injection. He had pleaded innocent to the charges. Wed Jan 3 2001 21:10:40  Tulsa, Oklahoma Death-row inmate wins 30-day reprieve -- (Fox) A day before he was scheduled to die, an Oklahoma inmate won a 30-day reprieve Wednesday so DNA tests can be performed on misplaced evidence from the crime scene. Robert Clayton, 39, was to be executed by injection Thursday for the 1985 murder of Rhonda Kay Timmons, 19, at a Tulsa apartment complex. Wed Jan 3 2001 21:08:36  Roger Owensby, 29 - suffocated Nov. 7 from `a choke hold gone bad' Cincinnati, Ohio Two officers charged in case of man who died in custody -- (Postnet) Two white policemen were indicted Wednesday in the case of a black man who died after a struggle with officers. Robert Jorg, 29, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and misdemeanor assault. Patrick Caton, 34, was charged with misdemeanor assault. Wed Jan 3 2001 21:03:49  Albuquerque, New Mexico Hotel Shooting Leaves Three Dead -- (Newsday) A woman and two children were shot to death in an Albuquerque hotel room Wednesday, and police are questioning the man who checked in with the victims. Wed Jan 3 2001 16:51:28  Mount Sinai, New York N.Y. police search for urban sprawl terrorists -- (Salon.com) Warning "If you build it, we will burn it," a radical environmental group opposed to urban sprawl has claimed responsibility for the burning of three luxury houses under construction on what was one of Long Island's last remaining farms. Wed Jan 3 2001 15:02:40  Paris, France Security guard killed in robbery in suburban Paris--(postnet) Gunmen attacked Brink's guards filling an ATM machine in a crowded hospital lobby Wednesday, killing one guard, wounding another and fleeing with $65,000, the company said. Wed Jan 3 2001 14:53:19  Fargo, North Dakota No. Dakota blind man gets a gun permit--(UPI) Carey McWilliams' eyesight is limited to the point where the only thing he can see is the difference between night and day. But that did not stop law enforcement officials in his home county from giving him a gun permit, including privileges allowing him to carry a pistol concealed on his person. Wed Jan 3 2001 14:41:07  Sørum, Norway Suspects indicted in triple murder -- (Aftenposten-News) Indictments were filed Wednesday against all four of the prime suspects in the 1999 murders of Kristian and Marie Orderud and their daughter Anne. All four were charged with pre-meditated murder. Triple murder trial may be postponed --(Aftenposten-News) Defense attorneys are demanding that as many as 16 new witnesses be questioned in connection with a triple murder that stunned Norway in May 1999. The demand, if met, would postpone the murder trial. Lawyers representing murder defendants Per Orderud and his wife Veronica have sent letters to the state prosecutor, demanding the questioning of 15 or 16 named persons that have not previously been questioned by police. Wed Jan 3 2001 14:09:25  Los Angeles, California Two spammers sentenced for Web fraud -- (Salon.com) Two men received 2-year prison terms for sending a blizzard of 50 million e-mails as part of a scam that overwhelmed the nation's largest Internet providers. Wed Jan 3 2001 13:37:39  Karla Homolka - murderess Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Montreal, Quebec, Canada Corrections Canada says Homolka should serve full term -- (CBC News) Homolka was convicted of manslaughter in 1993 in the deaths of two Ontario teenagers, after striking a bargain to testify against her then-husband Paul Bernardo. Wed Jan 3 2001 13:37:14  Mesa County, Colorado Investigators may be closer to interview in child's death -- (GJ Sentinel) Investigator Steve King of the Mesa County Sheriff's Department complex-crimes unit said he was making some progress in trying to determine how Sidney Marie Povey died. Police: Couple cancel meeting in baby's death -- (GJ Sentinel) The grandfather of the child, Randy Wilcox, has said he expected test results from the autopsy would vindicate his daughter and her fiancee. Wed Jan 3 2001 13:30:46 Suffolk County, New York DUI Suspect: Cop Made Me Go Home Nude -- (Fox) Angelina Torres, 27, said the police officer told her he was making her walk the four blocks to her Mastic home wearing only her panties and high-heel shoes "to teach me a lesson." Wed Jan 3 2001 13:28:20  Brentwood, New Hampshire Nearly eight-year-old New Castle unsolved murder case finds its way to court -- (Foster's) On Feb. 4, 1993, two people walking along New Castle Beach discovered the body of David Pickett, a 59-year-old bank examiner whose throat had been slashed. Although no one has been charged with the murder, Pickett’s sister, Mary A. Hopwood, still believes her other brother, Robert J. Pickett, killed their sibling to gain his share of his brother’s estate, estimated to be valued at approximately $740,000. Wed Jan 3 2001 13:24:57  Austin, Texas 3rd suspect in O'Hair case facing fraud charge -- (Austin A-S) A man who rented the North Austin storage unit where prosecutors suspect atheist leader Madalyn O'Hair was dismembered went on trial Tuesday in federal court. Gerald Lee 'Chico' Osborne, 50, is charged with using a false Social Security number in 1995 to rent the storage unit. Wed Jan 3 2001 13:24:40  Dennis R. Larson, 50 - jumped from window of craft room Thomaston, Maine Inmate leaps to his death -- (Bangor Daily News) A Maine State Prison inmate who pushed his third wife off a cliff at Acadia National Park — and who recently admitted to fatally shoving his first wife into a Montana stream - leaped to his own death Sunday. Wed Jan 3 2001 13:22:21  AUBURN, Ga. Father charged with murder in son's overdose -- (Aatlanta J-C) An Auburn father whose teenage son died of an overdose after they snorted crystal meth together is due in court Friday, charged with felony murder. Michael R. Smock Sr. admitted to police that he, his two teen sons and a teenage girl were using drugs the night 17-year-old Joseph Steven Smock died. Wed Jan 3 2001 13:19:36  San Francisco, California Student shot in Calif. classroom -- (ABC News) A San Francisco high school student was shot in the hip in a third-floor classroom Wednesday and police have detained a juvenile suspect, a police spokesman said. Wed Jan 3 2001 11:42:14  Katelyn Frazier, 3 - died of blunt impact head trauma Alexandria, Virginia Autopsy Finds Va. Girl, 3, Was Victim of Homicide -- (Washington Post) An autopsy has determined that a 3-year-old Alexandria girl died last week from "blunt impact head trauma," and her death has been classified as a homicide, the D.C. chief medical examiner said yesterday. Alexandria Police Call Girl's Death Suspicious -- (Washington Post) Dec. 30 related article Wed Jan 3 2001 11:33:56  Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore Police Office Burglarized -- (Newsday) The Police Department's campaign to weed out corrupt officers has been compromised by a burglary at a secret police internal affairs office outside the city. Computer equipment was destroyed and internal affairs files apparently were stolen. Wed Jan 3 2001 10:48:53  Modesto, California Cable show to revisit 1988 Modesto murder case -- (ModBee) The Lifetime network show will profile the Deborah Ann "Debi" Whitlock case. She was stabbed to death in her northwest Modesto home the night of March 25, 1988. Wed Jan 3 2001 10:43:51  CHERICA ADAMS - shot November 1999 Rae Carruth - on trial for murder Charlotte, North Carolina Witnesses praise former NFL player in his murder trial -- (Postnet) The murder trial of former NFL player Rae Carruth resumed after a weeklong holiday break, with witnesses vouching for his character and questions lingering about whether he would take the stand. Attorney mulling whether to put Carruth on stand -- (Daily Southtown) Testimony ended early because a prosecutor had a doctor's appointment. The last witness of the day was George Laughrun, a former lawyer for Carruth, who testified that the athlete sounded frightened after his girlfriend died. Wed Jan 3 2001 08:23:29  Thomas Green - polygamist Salt Lake City, Utah Admitted polygamist's trial set for May -- (Chicago Tribune) A judge Tuesday ordered a self-professed polygamist who has five wives and 25 children to stand trial in May on four counts of bigamy. Wed Jan 3 2001 08:02:31  The Internet: A new frontier for crime -- (Daily News) Criminals are learning that the information superhighway can become a crime superhighway, a seemingly endless network ripe for credit card scams and solicitation of sex or pornography involving children. Wed Jan 3 2001 07:51:27  Mozelle Brown, 36 and, and Terry Stockley, 38 - under arrest Chicago, Illinois Two accused of severely abusing baby -- (Chicago Sun-Times) A Maywood woman and her female partner are being held on $2 million bonds on charges they severely abused the woman's 11-month-old daughter. Wed Jan 3 2001 04:50:19  Russell Jones - a.k.a. 'Ol' Dirty Bastard' New York Rapper pleads not guilty to drug possession rap -- (NY Daily News) A subdued and handcuffed Ol' Dirty Bastard pleaded not guilty yesterday to a drug possession charge in Kew Gardens Supreme Court. Who speaks for the Wu-Tang Clan? Hip-hop attorney Peter Frankel -- (New York Observer) Not surprisingly, Mr. Frankel thinks his clients get a bad rap. Wed Jan 3 2001 04:32:34  Daniel W. Searfoss, 42 - charged with voyeurism Plant City, Florida Man accused of using camera on shoe to look up women's skirts -- (TBO-Florida) A man was arrested after he installed a tiny video camera in the toe of his sneaker and then followed women around a store to look up their skirts with the gadget, police said Wed Jan 3 2001 04:16:26  Topeka, Kansas Police seek woman, kids last seen in May -- (The Topeka Capital-Journal) Lancaster and Topeka police on Tuesday asked the public for information that could help them locate Lancaster's daughter, 20-year-old Jennifer Lancaster, and Jennifer's children, 21-month-old Sidney Smith and 9-month-old Monique Smith. Wed Jan 3 2001 02:48:45  Concord, New Hampshire N.H. lawmaker advocates killing police who cross the line -- (Boston.com) 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 Tom Alciere, 41, 'a hate-mongering lunatic.' Tues Jan 2 2001 22:44:22  Nathaniel Bar-Jonah - charged with kidnapping and killing Zachary Ramsay, 10 Dudley, Mass. Cannibal's kin say they knew nothing -- (Boston Herald) Relatives of suspected serial killer Nathaniel Bar-Jonah say they knew nothing of his wicked ways, least of all his macabre curiosity about the taste of human flesh. "A lot of people think the family knew about Nathan, but there's a whole bunch we don't know," Bar-Jonah's brother, who asked not to be identified, told the Herald yesterday. "We pray it's not true, but they have a lot of evidence." Tues Jan 2 2001 22:35:07  Sydney, Australia Six arrested over 16-year-old's death -- (Sydney Morning Herald) Six people were arrested today over the death of 16-year-old David Phoung following a brawl in Sydney's CBD in October, police said. Sydney, Australia Officer shoots suspect after driver makes escape attempt -- (Sydney Morning Herald) A detective shot a man in the chest through the front windscreen of a car yesterday when the driver of a stolen vehicle allegedly tried to run him down. Tues Jan 2 2001 22:34:08  New York Judge closes jury selection in terrorism trial -- (Fox) The judge at the trial of four men accused in the deadly bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa barred the public and press from jury selection Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Leonard B. Sand said some of the questions that the prospective jurors will be asked "are so personal and require the divulgence of intimate family facts and circumstances.'' Tues Jan 2 2001 22:01:08 Sydney, Australia Doggone: bomb hound goes off with the crackers -- (Sydney Morning Herald) It took $100,000 to turn Jed the golden labrador into an elite bomb-detecting force, but nothing can prepare a dog for the sheer terror of backyard fireworks. |
