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Fri Feb 2 2001 08:09:38  THE TEXAS SEVEN Karnes City, Texas Father of Texas escapee arrested -- (Newsday) The father of one of the seven Texas prisoners involved in December's breakout was arrested Friday on charges of supplying the getaway car the inmates used, state law officers said. Fri Feb 2 2001 08:02:12  Cozad, Nebraska Two dead in Nebraska following robbery, chase -- (CNN) A man and woman armed with a shotgun held up a downtown Cozad, Nebraska, bar then led police on a high speed chase before apparently committing suicide, authorities said. Thur Feb 1 2001 21:17:07  MIKELL BIGGS, 11 - vanished January 2, 1999 Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, 43- alleged murderer and cannibal Mesa, Arizona Police rule out link between Montanan and missing Arizona girl -- (Boston Globe) Police have determined there is no link between the mysterious disappearance of a Mesa girl and a former Massachusetts man accused of butchering a boy and feeding his flesh to neighbors. Thur Feb 1 2001 21:10:49  Euless, Texas Police search for abducted mother, toddler -- (Nando) A young mother and her toddler daughter were abducted by masked intruders in her parents' home Thursday, police said. The 17-year-old girl's former boyfriend, Delfino Romero, 21, is wanted for the aggravated kidnapping, which involved three abductors, police said. Thur Feb 1 2001 21:05:44 Portland, Oregon Oregon man with truckload of weapons wounded by police -- (Nando) Police shot and wounded a man as he loaded his truck with what authorities said was an "unbelievable arsenal" to make carry out threats he'd made to former co-workers at an Army chemical weapons depot. David Miller, 44, was in fair condition Thursday at Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital in Portland, where he was being treated for a gunshot wound to his left arm. Thur Feb 1 2001 20:58:46  Meriden, Connecticut Two arrested despite the lack of a body -- (Boston.com) Lawrence Smith, 42, was charged with murder in the disappearance of 36-year-old Juan Disla, who was reported missing from his Meriden home by his family last July. Jonathan Rivers, 18, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping and assault. Thur Feb 1 2001 20:46:40  San Francisco, California Prosecutors mull criminal charges in case of San Francisco dog attack -- (Sac Bee) While prosecutors investigate whether a dog owner should be held criminally responsible for a 33-year-old woman's death, family and friends were expected to attend a memorial service at St. Mary's College in Moraga where Diane Whipple coached the women's lacrosse team. Thur Feb 1 2001 17:38:51  MEGAN KANKA, 7 - murdered in 1974 Jesse Timmendequas, 39 - death sentence Trenton, New Jersey Court for second time upholds death for Megan Kanka's killer -- (NJO News) The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed for the second time that the man who raped and strangled Megan Kanka in 1994 deserves to die by lethal injection. Thur Feb 1 2001 17:26:14  Waukesha, Wisconsin Key defense witness testifies accuser flirted with Chmura -- (JS Online) The teenager who accused Mark Chmura of sexual assault had been flirting with the former Green Bay Packer at a post-prom party before the two of them wound up in a bathroom behind a closed door, another partygoer testified today. Thur Feb 1 2001 16:19:03  Mary Hall, 13 - badly beaten Cincinnati, Ohio Mother turned in accused teen -- (Cincinnati Post) The mother of the teen charged in the murder of a 13-year-old Northside girl says she called police on her son.''I am so sorry. I am sick,'' said the woman Wednesday, after her 16-year-old son appeared in court. ''I just ask God to send me some sign so I know if my child did this.'' The teen's mother said Mary was in her apartment on Chase Avenue with her son the night she disappeared. Thur Feb 1 2001 16:08:49  Chesapeake, Virginia Dad who put daughter in doghouse gets 30 days in jailhouse -- (Sun Sentinel) Christian Williams, 33, testified at his sentencing that the doghouse was a last resort to keep his child from misbehaving and pushing other children in day care. Thur Feb 1 2001 15:28:40  Stamford, Connecticut Kennedy nephew to be tried as adult in 1975 slaying -- (Postnet) John Moxley was 17 when his little sister Martha was found bludgeoned to death outside their exclusive Greenwich home. Twenty-five years later, Moxley learned that Michael Skakel, a Kennedy nephew accused of the crime, will be tried in an adult court -- meaning Skakel could get 10 years to life in prison if convicted. Connecticut Prosecutors Prepare Case Against Michael Skakel 25 Years After Murder of Martha Moxley -- (CNN) Burden of Proof transcript Martha Moxley site by Tom Alessi -- (marthamoxley.com) frequent reliable case updates Thur Feb 1 2001 15:22:47  Bucksnort, Tennessee Last of 6 Alabama convicts captured after search in Tennessee -- (CNN) Gary Scott, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence without parole, was caught about 50 miles west of Nashville just before 1 p.m. (2 p.m. EST) Thursday. Investigators found Scott crouched under a bridge, unarmed, in the same area where the others were captured early Thursday. Thur Feb 1 2001 14:43:26  Al DeGuzman - 122 criminal counts of possessing weapons and explosives San Jose, California Student Accused in Plot Faces Prison -- (Newsday) The community college student accused of assembling an arsenal of guns and explosives in his room and plotting a mass campus killing faces 108 years in prison if convicted. Thur Feb 1 2001 12:20:28  Niami, Nigeria Killer who ate blood-soaked bread is jailed -- (Reuters) A court in Niger handed a man who dismembered his cousin and ate bread soaked in his blood the minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, saying the gruesome killing had spared other people's lives. Thur Feb 1 2001 10:46:34  Thessaloniki, Greece Police find missing Florida girl; search expands for companion -- (TBO) Police found a missing teen-age Florida girl Thursday after staking out the apartment of a man who allegedly lured her to Greece using the Internet. Lindsay Erin Shamrock, 15, was picked up during a nationwide search for her and 35-year-old Konstantin Baehring, a German resident of Greece. Thur Feb 1 2001 10:42:46 Los Angeles, California Former judge sentenced to federal prison in sex case -- (Sac Bee) A veteran Superior Court judge who had a secret sexual relationship with a woman whose case he heard was sentenced Wednesday to 27 months in prison by a federal judge who castigated him for betraying the public trust. Thur Feb 1 2001 10:38:42  Sacramento, California DA's on trail of fake lawyer -- (Sac Bee) The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office on Wednesday began a review of its criminal cases involving a Sacramento man who witnesses say masqueraded as a lawyer, fooling clients, prosecutors and even judges. Thur Feb 1 2001 10:34:56  Charlotte, N.Carolina Charlotte woman indicted in massive fraud scheme -- (Boston.com) A Charlotte woman charged by a federal grand jury in the case against financier Martin Frankel was ordered held without bond Wednesday in connection with what authorities call the largest insurance fraud scheme in U.S. history. Sonia Howe, 40, was arrested by FBI agents as she returned to her home Tuesday evening. Thur Feb 1 2001 10:32:21  Utica, New York State police offer to help stagnated investigation into teen's murder -- (Boston.com) Utica Mayor Tim Julian this week delivered an ultimatum to city police, who have yet to find the killer of Desiree Case, who was found stabbed to death in an abandoned building last Feb. 26. Julian said if they could not crack the case in three months, he would invite state police to take over the investigation. He also changed lead investigators in the case. Thur Feb 1 2001 08:13:54  RACHEL MELLON, 13 - unsolved disappearance Bolingbrook, Illinois New prosecutor may reopen case of missing teen -- (Boston Globe) Five years ago this week, 13-year-old Rachel Mellon disappeared from her Bolingbrook home without a trace. Thur Feb 1 2001 08:06:11  Marc Dutroux - notorious European criminal Arlon, Belgium Belgian paedophile alleges rights abuse -- (BBC World News) The alleged child killer has appeared in court in southern Belgium to complain of degrading treatment in prison. Dutroux, charged with the rape, murder and torture of four young girls, alleges the Belgian state is violating his human rights. Thur Feb 1 2001 07:56:59  Dickson, Alabama Five of 6 Alabama escapees captured in Tennessee -- (Nando Times) Five convicts who escaped from an Alabama maximum security prison Tuesday were arrested early Thursday near an Interstate gas station where they stopped to buy sandwiches, officials said. Wed Jan 31 2001 21:04:59  New York Fugitive returned on warrant for a murder committed nearly 30 years ago -- (Boston.com) After nearly 30 years on the run, a reputed mobster who had faked his own death was returned to court Wednesday to face a murder charge in the death of a retired police officer's son. Joseph Scudiero, 65, said he was innocent of the murder of George Kelly, 28, an insurance salesman who was shot to death Jan. 19, 1971, during a dispute in Club Z, a Greenwich Village bar. Kelly's body was never found. Wed Jan 31 2001 21:02:35  Sean "Puffy" Combs - rapper facing weapons and bribery charges New York Detective says he recovered bullet fragment fired by Barrow in club -- (Boston.com) A detective who investigated a shooting involving rap impresario Sean ''Puffy'' Combs says he found a bullet fragment fired from the gun that police took from Combs' protege Jamal ''Shyne'' Barrow. Witness says he never saw Puffy with a gun -- (CNN) Prosecution witness Leonard Curtis Howard said he would never have associated himself with Combs if the defendant had carried a firearm. Wed Jan 31 2001 20:42:06  Gainesville, Missouri Alleged white-supremacist pastor convicted of abducting grandchildren -- (Postnet) A pastor was convicted Wednesday of abducting six of his grandchildren and holding them for years while he indoctrinated them in his anti-Semitic beliefs. The jury recommended he get the maximum sentence of 30 years. They had deliberated about an hour to find 73-year-old Rev. Gordon Winrod guilty. Wed Jan 31 2001 19:08:58  London, England Whiskers the cat may be a serial killer -- (Reuters) Britain's 7.5 million domestic cats kill up to 300 million animals and birds a year, according to the Mammal Society's survey: "Look what the cat's brought in." Wed Jan 31 2001 18:37:47  Sedgwick County, Kansas Man acquitted of murder in death of daughter -- (Wichita Eagle) A Park City man accused of beating his 2-year-old daughter to death was found not guilty this morning. A Sedgwick County jury acquitted Jack Hudson, 26, in the death of his daughter, Kylie Chappelle, on Jan. 16, 1998. Wed Jan 31 2001 18:29:13  Greenwood, Mississippi GSU student arrested for murder -- (NOLA) Bildrick Jackson, 21, of Greenwood was arrested in Grambling, La., and returned to Leflore County to face a murder charge in the death of Natalia Little, 19, Sheriff Ricky Banks said. Wed Jan 31 2001 17:56:37  Reading, Pennsylvania Man sentenced for pushing car into train's path, killing 4 -- (Nando) A man was sentenced to up to 160 years in prison Wednesday for killing his girlfriend and three others by pushing her car into the path of a freight train. Carlos Angel Diaz, 23, got the maximum penalty of 20 to 40 years on each of four counts of third-degree murder. Wed Jan 31 2001 17:49:40  West Palm Beach, Florida Police use DNA from cigarette butt in arrest -- (Palm Beach Post) Some "Kool" detectives found evidence that may prove crucial in the case of a chiropractor charged with dressing up as a masked burglar and beating his wife with a baseball bat. Wed Jan 31 2001 17:42:27  New York Two sentenced to prison terms in livery cab slaying -- (NJ.com) Queens Supreme Court Justice Robert Hanoply meted out a sentence of 15 years to life to Samuel Chung, 18, and 19 years to life for Tae Yoon, 19. The two had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the June 1998 slaying of livery driver Hyong Kyu Kim, 42. Wed Jan 31 2001 16:21:29  New York Justice: No Civil Rights Charges Against Police Who Killed Diallo -- (Fox) Four police officers cleared of state criminal charges in the shooting death of an African immigrant will not be tried for federal civil rights violations, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The officers were cleared of murder and other state charges last year. Amadou Diallo, 22, died two years ago in a hail of 41 bullets outside his Bronx apartment in what the officers testified was a tragic error. Wed Jan 31 2001 15:22:19  Stamford, Connecticut Skakel To Be Tried As an Adult -- (Newsday) Kennedy nephew Michael Skakel will be tried as an adult in the 1975 murder of Greenwich teen-ager Martha Moxley, a judge ruled Wednesday. Wed Jan 31 2001 12:53:51  Montgomery County, Maryland Montgomery Drunk Driver Gets Prison for 12th Offense -- (Washington Post) "You've been given break after break, and you've served very little time in jail," Circuit Court Judge Martha G. Kavanaugh told Michael Coleman Dowdy Sr., of Ashton, in giving him the maximum sentence for driving while intoxicated and driving after his license was revoked. Wed Jan 31 2001 11:22:28  Former Dyer County, Tennessee Ex-sheriff gets 37-month sentence for shooting mistletoe -- (Postnet) Former Dyer County, Tenn., Sheriff Tommy Cribbs has been sentenced to 37 months in prison and fined $28,000 for shooting mistletoe that never even won him a kiss. Wed Jan 31 2001 11:16:51  Birmingham, Alabama 6 Inmates Escape From Ala. Prison -- (Newsday) Six inmates, including three convicted murderers, escaped from a maximum-security prison by sliding under a 5,000-volt electric fence with the help of a broomstick. Wed Jan 31 2001 11:14:19  Ottawa, Ontario Government offices evacuated after suspicious packages found -- (CBC) - Government buildings in Ottawa and Toronto have been evacuated after a suspected biological scare. Victoria, British Columbia Anthrax Threat Against Greater Victoria Company -- (BCTV) Saanich police are investigating a frightening threat of biological terrorism in the capital region. Authorities say a Saanich business received a letter claiming to be coated with the deadly anthrax bacteria. Wed Jan 31 2001 10:00:25  Camp Zeist, Netherlands Conviction in Lockerbie trial -- (Cnews) A Scottish court convicted a Libyan intelligence officer of murder Wednesday and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people. A second Libyan was acquitted. Lockerbie disappointed over verdict -- (Cnews) Wed Jan 31 2001 09:52:59  Burlington, Vermont Dead Vermont girl allegedly linked to New York sex ring -- (Boston.com) Christal Jean Jones, 16, of Burlington, was found dead in a Bronx apartment Jan. 3, and the cause of her death remains undetermined, the Burlington Free Press reported. Wed Jan 31 2001 08:42:28  Robert L. Yates - Spokane Serial Killer Spokane, Washington Pierce judge to decide on access to Yates files -- (Tacoma News-Tribune) A Pierce County judge will decide next week whether the public will get to know the arguments attorneys for Robert L. Yates Jr. used to try to persuade prosecutors not to seek the death penalty against him. Wed Jan 31 2001 08:26:29 Waukesha, Wisconsin Chmura's lawyers raise issue of mistrial -- (Green Bay Press Gazette) Mark Chmura's sexual-assault trial teetered on the brink of mistrial Tuesday after the state's key witness admitted to reading newspapers and watching Court TV, despite a court's exclusion order. Chmura's lawyer grills accuser in 4 1/2-hour showdown -- (JS Online) Prosecution rests its case; defense begins Wednesday. First came tears, then came anger -- (Court TV) Tuesday afternoon, Boyle seemed to trip Allison up when questioning her about her statement to Officer Stephanie Bennett the day after the alleged rape. With each question Boyle posed, Allison's response was the same: "I don't recall what I told Officer Bennett." Wed Jan 31 2001 08:22:33  Sean "Puffy" Combs - weapons and bribery charges New York Is LA team making 'Puffy' an OJ rerun? -- (NY Post) This city's legal community is experiencing deja vu - L.A. style. Ballistics sought in shooting case -- (Newsday) Surprised by a prosecutor's assertion that Combs fired a gun in a Times Square nightclub in 1999, a lawyer for his co-defendant yesterday demanded ballistics reports from bulllet fragments found in the club's ceiling. |
