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Sat Feb 24 2001 12:17:29  Richard Mingus,34 - arrested in the slayings of his father, Ray Mingus, 69, and mother, Pauline, 74 Mission Viejo, California Son is arrested in couple's slayings -- (OC Register) A man once convicted of robbing and extorting money from his father was arrested Friday on suspicion of bludgeoning his parents to death in their Mission Viejo home. Suspect had several run-ins with the law -- (OC Register) Sat Feb 24 2001 12:13:47  Manila, Phillipines Kidnaped Greek executive killed; 2 women rescued -- (Sunstar) An abducted Greek shipping executive has been killed by his captors while two Filipino kidnap victims were safely rescued by government agents in a separate incident, police said Saturday. The body of Felipo Orfanos, 62, was found ditched in a canal in the village of Maybakal in Morong town, a suburban area east of Manila, Hermogenes Ebdane, chief of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force, said. Geneva, Switzerland Police arrest suspect in World Economic Forum hacking -- (Nando) Swiss police arrested a part-time computer consultant Friday on suspicion of hacking into the systems of the World Economic Forum and stealing private information about participants. Middlesbrough, England Police Dog Bites 54 People -- (Sun UK) Police dog Bosco's appalling record emerged yesterday after dad Laurie Agar - attacked without provacation by the six-stone alsatian - won £16,500 compensation. Sat Feb 24 2001 12:02:47  Seattle, Washington Six officers injured as police break up Mardi Gras celebration -- (Fox) Police in riot gear used pepper spray and rubber bullets to break up Mardi Gras festivities early Saturday. Six officers were injured and two people were arrested, police said. Sat Feb 24 2001 10:33:44  Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and Dallas, Texas Mass murder suspect to be moved to Ciudad Juarez -- (lmtonline.com) A Mexican national, sought by Ciudad Juarez au-thorities as a prime suspect in a string of murders in that city, crossed into Mexico at Laredo Friday morning and into the waiting arms of authorities. Jose Juarez Rosales, 24, has been identified as a member of a gang accused of multiple kidnappings, rapes, homicides and possible dismemberment of female victims in Juarez. Sat Feb 24 2001 10:29:52  Boston, Massachusetts Banker charged with embezzlement of silver coins -- (Boston.com) ) Federal prosecutors have charged a bank executive with stealing nearly $1.5 million from his employers over a 30-year period. Roland G. Johnston, 57, of Wilmington, was charged in a 14-count federal indictment with embezzlement and making false entries in the records of Shawmut and Fleet banks. Sat Feb 24 2001 10:26:51  New Bedford, Massachusetts Six arrested in connection with beating death of New Bedford man -- (Boston.com) A teen-ager has been charged with murder and five others have been arrested in connection with the beating and stomping death of a New Bedford man. Police say George Carpenter, 45, was beaten to death early Feb. 16 when he was fixing a slashed tire. Sat Feb 24 2001 10:24:29  Oswego, New York Couple admits having sex with child -- (Boston.com) A man and a woman have admitted they had sex with a 9-year-old girl and photographed the abuse. Mary F. Turo, 33, of Syracuse, pleaded guilty Friday in Onondaga County Court to possessing the photograph.The sexual abuse occurred in Oswego County before Turo and Donald A. White, 49, moved to Onondaga County, prosecutors said. Fri Feb 23 2001 21:53:50  Farmington, Connecticut Inmate escapes at hospital, takes employee hostage -- (Boston.com) Thomas Nedweden, 20, was taken to the hospital's emergency room at about 4 p.m. after he claimed to have swallowed a poisonous substance inside the Hartford Correctional Center, said Christina Polce, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Correction. Poughkeepsie, New York Former official convicted in Poughkeepsie murder case -- (Boston.com) Fred Andros, 61, was convicted Friday of second-degree murder and first-degree conspiracy in the 1999 shooting death of Susan Fassett, 48, his former lover. Fri Feb 23 2001 21:35:14  Port Angeles, Washington Over 2 Tons of Cocaine Seized on Canadian Fishing Boat -- (Fox) Federal officials seized a Canadian trawler with more than 2 tons of cocaine aboard and arrested five people. Authorities boarded the vessel Wednesday and found 101 packages of cocaine, each weighing 45 pounds, with a total street value of $200 million, making it one of the biggest drug seizures in the Northwest, U.S. customs officials said. Fri Feb 23 2001 20:19:24  Boston, Massachusetts Former R.I. police officer convicted in federal drug ring case -- (Boston.com) A federal jury found former Tiverton police detective Sgt. William Sedoma guilty of 13 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy. He was acquitted on six other counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, extortion and bribery. Fri Feb 23 2001 20:17:31  Carlton Blount, 20 - facing up to two life sentences Washington Man Convicted in DC Couple's Murder -- (Newsday) A man rejected by a girl he wanted to date and embarrassed by her boyfriend was convicted Friday of murdering the popular teen-age sweethearts in a shooting that followed a fight at a high school basketball game. Fri Feb 23 2001 18:04:08  Austin, Texas Man tries to blow up pickup truck at Texas Capitol -- (Postnet) A man crashed his pickup through the front gate of the Texas Capitol grounds Friday and tried to blow up the truck before he was seized by police, authorities said. No one was hurt. Fri Feb 23 2001 16:23:49  LUCIE BLACKMAN, 21 - murdered hostess Joji Obara - suspected of killing and dismembering body Tokyo, Japan DNA tests show body in cave is Blackman's -- (Japan Times) Police said Friday a DNA test has finally confirmed that the decomposed remains discovered earlier this month in a beach cave in Kanagawa Prefecture are those of Briton Lucie Blackman, who went missing last July. Fri Feb 23 2001 15:58:57  Senator Eric Berntson, 59 - former Saskatchewan deputy premier Ottawa, Canada Senator ordered to serve jail term for fraud -- (CBC News) Senator Eric Berntson will give up his seat early next week and report to jail, according to his lawyer, after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal on fraud and breach of trust convictions Friday. Fri Feb 23 2001 15:48:42  Half and Susanne Zantop - slain Dartmouth professors Robert Tulloch and James Parker - first-degree murder charges New Hampshire Neo-Nazi terror? -- (abc NEWS) Sources: Teens accused in Dartmouth killings collected hate literature. Fri Feb 23 2001 15:37:32  Aileen Wuornos, 44 - shot 6 men between 1989-1990 Ocala, Florida At Ocala hearing, horrors of Wuornos' childhood recounted -- (TBO-Florida) Serial killer Aileen Wuornos was a victim of beatings by her grandfather and incest by her brother, former neighbors testified at a hearing to appeal her death sentences. Fri Feb 23 2001 14:21:31  Florida Florida Bar wants DNA tests available to all convicts who want to prove innocence -- (Sun Sentinel) DNA testing exonerated Death Row inmate Frank Lee Smith last year, but it was 11 months too late. The Florida Bar does not want that to happen again. Fri Feb 23 2001 13:01:57  Oklahoma City Doctor's wife died of blunt force trauma, strangulation, police say -- (Shawnee Online) A prominent local woman found dead in her home -- allegedly murdered by her doctor husband -- died of strangulation and blunt head trauma, police said Friday. Susan Hamilton, 54, was found dead Wednesday morning by police officers after her husband, Dr. John Hamilton, called 911 and told a dispatcher she was "bleeding all over the place" and that she was not breathing and had no pulse. Fri Feb 23 2001 12:58:09  Modesto, California Officer cleared in SWAT raid death -- (Modbee) No criminal charges will be filed against the Modesto police officer who shot and killed 11-year-old Alberto Sepulveda during a September drug raid at the boy's home. Report and Evaluation of the Applicability of Criminal Charges to the circumstances surrounding the death of Alberto Sepulveda -- (Modbee) Read the Full Report Fri Feb 23 2001 12:52:13  Kiev, Ukraine Ukraine Calls on FBI in Headless Corpse Case -- (Reuters) President Leonid Kuchma said on Friday that Ukraine would accept FBI help to establish if a headless corpse is that of missing reporter Georgiy Gongadze, but the journalist's friends slammed the move as blatant propaganda. Fri Feb 23 2001 11:11:21  Northampton, Massachusetts Judge sets trial for last of three brothers charged in torture slaying -- (Boston.com) The last of three brothers charged in the 1995 torture slaying of a mildly retarded Greenfield man could face trial this spring. Superior Court Judge Bertha Josephson set an April 3 date for the trial of Roger Perry at a court hearing Thursday. Fri Feb 23 2001 11:11:20  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - bludgeoned to death with golf club Michael Skakel, 40 - charged with murder in January 2000 Stamford, Connecticut Skakel will file for dismissal -- (Greenwich Time) A day after Michael Skakel was arraigned for the 1975 murder of Greenwich teenager Martha Moxley, Skakel's attorney said he planned to file a motion to have his client's case dismissed. Fri Feb 23 2001 11:08:52  Bangor, Maine Women accused of participating in pyramid scheme file lawsuit -- (Boston.com) The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of Deborah Henderson of Lowell, Meg Peterson of Brooks, Susan Hart of Belfast and Beth Connor of Washington. They claim the actions of Attorney General Steven Rowe and other state prosecutors have violated their constitutional rights. Fri Feb 23 2001 09:05:53  Chicago, Illinois Police end 4-day search of landfill after failing to find body of infant -- (Chicago Tribune) Palos Hills police Thursday called off their search of a Pontiac landfill for the body of an infant girl that a 17-year-old Palos Hills girl said she delivered stillborn last week and placed in a garbage receptacle in Chicago. Fri Feb 23 2001 08:01:06  Joseph R. Morales and Samantha Jane Beach - charged with murder Port Richey, Florida Couple held on murder charge -- (SP Times) Deputies say the man beat and strangled the victim while the girlfriend suffocated the dying man. Fri Feb 23 2001 07:53:39  ANTONIO DAVALOS, 11 - strangled and dumped in trash bin Lyle White, 29 - convicted of first-degree murder Denver, Colorado Lyle White guilty in boy's murder -- (Rocky Mountain News) Calling crime 'unspeakable,' judge imposes life sentence. Fri Feb 23 2001 07:43:25 VITO DAVIS, 20 - shot to death Sunday Detroit, Michigan Popular DJ wants brother's murder solved -- (Detroit News) A popular Detroit radio personality announced Thursday that he is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for his brother's death. Fri Feb 23 2001 07:29:27  Brooklyn, New York 3 brothers admit 50M Medicaid con -- (NY Daily News) Three brothers pleaded guilty yesterday to using four Brooklyn ambulance companies to scam the federal government out of more than $50 million in Medicaid payments. Fri Feb 23 2001 07:19:55  Hong Kong, China HK Big Mac torturer jailed -- (CNN) A torturer who forced his victim to eat multiple Big Macs and bags of french fries has been jailed in Hong Kong for five years. Fri Feb 23 2001 04:59:59  BRIAN CASS, 53 - head and arm injuries St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, England Animal lab boss attacked -- (BBC) Police are investigating a baseball bat attack on the managing director of the controversial Huntingdon Life Sciences laboratory. Fri Feb 23 2001 04:40:20  BARBIE - world-famous Mattel doll San Francisco, California Court: Artist can use Barbie in photos -- (Newsday) An artist can continue using Barbie dolls in his photographic renderings, some of which depict dolls posed in sexual positions, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. Fri Feb 23 2001 04:17:21  HALF and SUSANNE ZANTOP - slain Dartmouth professors Lebanon, New Hampshire James Parker (16) and Robert Tulloch (17) - arrested in Indiana Family of Dartmouth suspect speaks out -- (CH2000) Authorities have refused to discuss a motive. They would also not say whether the teens will be tried together or comment on a report that one is cooperating with investigators against the other. Thur Feb 22 2001 21:23:10  El Centro, California Five prison guards stabbed in attacks at Southern California prison -- (Sacbee) Inmates stabbed five prison guards and injured seven others in a spate of attacks at a maximum security unit of Centinela State Prison, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Thur Feb 22 2001 21:21:48  Diane Whipple - mauled to death San Francisco, California Second dog in fatal mauling case ordered destroyed -- (Sacbee) The second dog involved in the fatal attack on a popular college lacrosse coach was declared "vicious and dangerous" Thursday and was ordered to be destroyed. Thur Feb 22 2001 20:32:59  Michael McDermott, 42 Malden, Massachusetts Mass. Shooting Suspect Arraigned -- (Newsday) The 42-year-old man suspected of killing seven co-workers at his software company was arraigned Thursday as newly released documents showed that he had stockpiled weapons and ammunition before December's attack. Thur Feb 22 2001 20:29:01  Jose Juarez Rosales, 24 - arrested Dallas, Texas Mexico Slayings Suspect Arrested -- (Newsday) A man suspected of killing young women for years in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, was arrested in Dallas on Thursday.''He's a suspect in multiple sexual assaults, murders, and possible dismemberments,'' sheriff's investigator Don Peritz Jr. said. Thur Feb 22 2001 18:38:51  Geraldine Kelly, 36 - convicted of first-degree murder Wagram, North Carolina Wife Convicted In NW Killing -- (Washington Post) A D.C. Superior Court jury yesterday convicted a mother of hiring her 16-year-old son to kill her second husband, a verdict that will send her to prison for at least three decades. Thur Feb 22 2001 18:38:06  Odenton, Maryland Trial Delay For Man Accused of Cutting Dog -- (Washington Post) John Zeits knows people think of him as the dog slasher. He's got the hate mail to prove it. Ever since he was accused of cutting the throat of a dog and dumping the animal in the woods to die, the 23-year-old Odenton man has had to grapple with public outrage, and his own fear of being sent to jail after emerging from a past clouded by drug problems and crime. Thur Feb 22 2001 18:36:14  Bethesda, Maryland and Tampa , Florida Case Against Bethesda Couple Over Missing Baby Falls Apart -- (Washington Post) Eighteen months after they used a battering ram to break down a Bethesda couple's front door, federal officials moved yesterday to drop charges that the couple conspired in the disappearance of their infant daughter. Case against parents of missing baby officially over -- (Florida T-U) |
