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Sat Mar 24 2001 16:26:39  Fulton, Missouri Sex Offender Has Own Hospital Wing -- (Newsday) It has 20 bedrooms, 11 guards and an annual budget of $215,720. But the state hospital wing that houses Angela Coffel has only one patient. Sat Mar 24 2001 16:20:21  New York Couple charged in '96 slaying of woman's husband -- (CNN) His arms were laden with Christmas presents and his wife was at his side when Wall Street accountant Kevin Foote was gunned down on a Brooklyn street four years ago. Sat Mar 24 2001 16:18:20  Washington FBI plans polygraphs for 500 employees -- (CNN) About 500 FBI employees with access to confidential data, from assistant directors to clerks, will begin taking lie-detector tests Monday, a security response to a veteran agent's arrest on espionage charges. Sat Mar 24 2001 12:38:25  Springfield, Massachusetts Teen-age father charged with abusing his child -- (Boston.com) A 17-year-old Springfield man has pleaded innocent to abusing his 2-month-old child, police say. Hakkam McCoy was arrested Friday after a police investigation, Springfield police Lt. William J. Noonan said. Sat Mar 24 2001 12:30:21  Vernon, Connecticut State medical examiner offers few details about death of defense attorney -- (Boston.com) The state Medical Examiner's office on Saturday said the death of a prominent defense attorney was caused by a gunshot wound to the mouth, but declined to characterize his death as a suicide. Sat Mar 24 2001 12:24:28  James 'Whitey' Bulger; seen here on the right Boston, Massachusetts Bonnie and Clyde on Geritol: Irish mobster, moll still running -- (Fox) After retiring at age 66, the old man abandoned his beloved South Boston for a lengthy vacation. James "Whitey'' Bulger had little alternative. Even if he stayed, the one-time head of Boston's notorious Winter Hill mob was going away for a long time. James J. "Whitey" Bulger -- (Massachusetts State Police) Wanted For : 19 Counts of MURDER, Numerous Weapons Offenses & Violation of the RICO Statue Whitey Bulger's life on the run -- (Boston Globe) Special report / coverage by Boston Globe Sat Mar 24 2001 12:13:19  Las Vegas, Nevada Police struggle to contain rash of shootings in gang area -- (Fox) If the gunshots come, 15-year-old Arthur Tolliver will be ready. He plans to run fast through the park, hoping he can dodge the bullets or that the trees will shield him from the violence that has overtaken his neighborhood. "I got enough room to run somewhere,'' Arthur says. Sat Mar 24 2001 12:10:35  Broward County, Florida Grand jury reduces charges for men accused of attacking Pompano man with acid -- (Sun Sentinel) A grand jury, meeting behind closed doors, indicted Walter Dendy, Emilio Charafardin and Neal David Bross on the lesser charge of second-degree murder in the death of Leonard "Rudi" Houda, 63. Fri Mar 23 2001 20:43:42  King County, Washington One Of 4 Murder Victims In Des Moines Tied To Gang, Drugs -- (KomoTV) Investigators say a man charged with killing four people at a house in Des Moines may have been spotted inside the home three days before the attack. In addition, King County prosecutors have written in documents filed in Superior Court that one of the victims may have had gang ties and been selling marijuana. Fri Mar 23 2001 19:43:03  Alden, New York Six corrections officers injured by inmate -- (Boston.com) Christopher Simpson, 37, was being escorted out of his cell at 9:10 a.m. for an hour of court-mandated exercise at Wende Correctional Facility when he allegedly hit a female officer with his fists and used her baton to fight seven officers who came to her aid. They subdued him with batons and restraints. Fri Mar 23 2001 18:29:29  Patrick Sykes, 29 - charged with predatory criminal sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping and attempted murder in the Jan. 9, 1997 attack. Chicago, Illinois Girl X testifies about attack that left her blind, crippled and mute -- (Fox) Raising her head and making eye movements to communicate, the 13-year-old known as Girl X took testified Friday about the attack in 1997 that left her blind, crippled and mute. Prosecution: Defendant committed 'unspeakable horror' on Girl X -- (Chicago Tribune) "He took her dignity, he took her sight, he took her speech, he took her ability to move, to reach and to walk, and he almost took her life." Girl X's abilities will be on trial too -- (Chicago Tribune) Jurors hear opening arguments in Girl X case -- (Chicago Sun Times) Fri Mar 23 2001 18:20:51  Las Vegas, Nevada Thieves swipe bag with $10,000 from MGM Grand -- (Las Vegas Sun) Las Vegas police said Friday two women and a man swiped a bag of money from a change cage and ran about 1 a.m. Fri Mar 23 2001 18:18:02  Little Rock, Arkansas Sodomy Law Said Unconstitutional -- (Las Vegas Sun) A judge threw out Arkansas' anti-sodomy law Friday, saying it unfairly singles out homosexuals for prosecution. Fri Mar 23 2001 16:44:12  Rochester, New York Fugitive from Canada released from New York prison -- (CBC) Allen Harvie Richardson, who fled to Canada in the early 1970s, returned voluntarily in June 2000 to complete a sentence for selling $20 worth of LSD to an undercover police officer in 1971. Fri Mar 23 2001 16:41:03  New York Jury deadlocks in case of teen girl who killed cabbie -- (Boston.com) The key trial evidence was a videotape in which Marta Cassiano, 17, admits that she shot Senegalese immigrant Elhadji Gaye because he tried to flee when she and a female accomplice tried to rob him inside his car. Fri Mar 23 2001 15:06:34  MAYLON JOHNSON - died of a single gunshot to the chest Susan Marie Watson - 14 when she shot her mother Newark, New Jersey Woman, 43, to be tried in juvenile court for mom's murder -- (NJO News) At the time of the shooting, Watson told police that she found her mother's body in bed, and said she saw the car of her mother's boyfriend speeding away. Fri Mar 23 2001 14:56:43  LISA DAWN HOAG, 14 - raped and strangled in 1992 Michael Blane Brasher, 40 - charged with capital murder Houston, Texas MOLLY PITTMAN, 13 - raped and stabbed in 1980 Franklin Reed - arrested and charged with murder Orlando, Florida DNA evidence ties men to 1980s child murders -- (Nando Times) Authorities in Houston, Texas and Orlando, Fla., have used DNA evidence to link two men to separate child murders from the 1980s. Fri Mar 23 2001 12:16:21  DORIS DAWSON, 80 - grandmother MANDY POWER, 34 - daughter KATIE and EMILY POWER - Power's children David Morris, 38 - charged after 21-month investigation Clydach, Wales Man charged with Clydach murders -- (BBC) A man has been charged with the murders of four members of the same family at Clydach in south Wales. Fri Mar 23 2001 12:06:39  New York Road rage brawl at Tunnel -- (NY Daily News) A road rage induced brawl snarled traffic outside the Lincoln Tunnel yesterday as two drivers shot and stabbed each other and their passengers joined the fray, authorities said. Fri Mar 23 2001 11:19:17  Washington Escaped Teen Rape Suspect Is Captured in Southeast -- (Washington Post) D.C. Housing Authority police arrested the youth without incident about 5 p.m. after spotting him in the lobby of an East Capitol Dwellings building in the 5900 block of East Capitol Street, where a relative of the youth lives, authorities said. The arrest ended a 10-day police hunt in a case that sparked a debate over public safety vs. the privacy rights of juveniles. Fri Mar 23 2001 11:15:38  Alexandria, Virginia Attorneys to Fight Medication of Suspect -- (Washington Post) Attorneys for Gregory D. Murphy said yesterday they will fight attempts by prosecutors to have their client forcibly medicated to make him competent to stand trial in the April 19 slaying of 8-year-old Kevin Shifflett. Fri Mar 23 2001 09:33:29  GABRIEL BRITT, 6 - body found in pond after 9 days St. George, South Carolina Boy's apparent murder rocks S.C. town -- (The Charlotte Observer) Mother rips officials' handling of autistic son's disappearance. Fri Mar 23 2001 09:27:26  London, England Murder email is no laughing matter -- (BBC) Lawyers face disciplinary action after a hoax e-mail claimed a law firm employee had been murdered. Fri Mar 23 2001 09:17:54  ROSIE O'DONNELL - talk show host Arlington, Virginia Animal-rights group drops suit against Rosie O'Donnell -- (Nando Times) An animal-rights group dropped its defamation lawsuit against Rosie O'Donnell after the talk-show host clarified comments she made on her show about the group's opposition to leather. Fri Mar 23 2001 09:13:48  David Wayne Kunze, 50 - not enough evidence to go to trial Vancouver, Washington Murder charge dropped in case that hinged on earprint -- (ABC News) Prosecutors dropped their case against a murder suspect who was linked to the crime by an earprint found on a door at the scene of the crime. Thur Mar 22 2001 19:47:39  IRENE SILVERMAN - missing and presumed murdered Kenneth Kimes - convicted con man and grifter New York Transfer halts body hunt -- (NY Daily News) The extradition of convicted killer Kenneth Kimes to California has frozen the search for the body of Manhattan widow Irene Silverman, police said yesterday. Thur Mar 22 2001 19:38:20  Land O'Lakes, Florida Bank suspects have history of robbery -- (SP Times) The three Tampa men charged with holding up a Land O'Lakes bank Tuesday are no strangers to robbery. Or stealing cars. Or assault. Or drug charges. Or violating probation. Or failing to appear in court. Or grand larceny. Thur Mar 22 2001 19:34:19  Dallas, Texas Baby Dies in Car After Mother Says She Forgot Him -- (Fox) A 5-month-old baby died in his car seat while his mother was at work at a nearby restaurant. The distraught woman told authorities she must have forgotten to drop him off at day care. An autopsy was pending to determine the exact cause of Ethan Fletcher's death Wednesday. Thur Mar 22 2001 18:04:27  New York $9 million settlement reached in torture suit -- (Boston.com) A $9 million tentative settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by Abner Louima, the Haitian immigrant tortured in a police station in 1997, sources close to the case confirmed Thursday. Thur Mar 22 2001 18:01:11  Las Vegas, Nevada Child sex case opens with boys' testimony -- (Las Vegas R-J) One boy said Las Vegas Little League baseball coach Garen Pearson molested him while he read the Bible. Another boy, an 11-year-old who was so small his face could barely be seen over the witness stand, said Pearson ordered him to repeatedly perform oral sex acts on the coach during a game similar to Truth or Dare. Thur Mar 22 2001 17:57:18  update: El Cajon, California Seven hurt in shooting at California school -- (CNN) One adult and three students were among the injured, said Capt. Bill McClure of the El Cajon Police Department. A school resource officer engaged the suspect in a running gun battle, police said. Thur Mar 22 2001 16:31:24  El Cajon, California Two people shot in School near San Diego -- (Contra Costa) Two people were shot at a high school in this southern California community on Thursday less than three weeks after two students were killed and 13 injured in a gun rampage at another area high school, reports from the scene said. Thur Mar 22 2001 16:27:55  New York Food worker arrested on corporate espionage charges -- (CNN) A food services worker at MasterCard International headquarters was arrested for allegedly trying to sell a billion-dollar trade secret to the company's chief competitor. Thur Mar 22 2001 15:45:40 GIRL X - attacked January 09, 1997 Patrick Sykes, 29 - upcoming trial Chicago, Illinois Jury selection in Girl X trial -- (Newsday) Jury selection began Thursday in the trial of the man police say attacked a 9-year-old girl in a public housing project four years ago and left her blind, crippled and brain damaged. Thur Mar 22 2001 14:22:51  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Former Iowa congressman indicted for fraud -- (Nando) A federal grand jury indicted former U.S. Rep. Edward Mezvinsky Thursday on 56 counts of fraud and related charges in what authorities say was a $10.4 million scheme. Mezvinsky, 64, represented Iowa from 1973 to 1977. Thur Mar 22 2001 14:17:57  Pasedena, California Jury selection continues in murder case -- (LA Times) Michael Demirdjian, 15, is charged with robbing and beating to death Blaine Talmo Jr., 14, and Christopher McCulloch, 13, in July at Valley View Elementary School. Thur Mar 22 2001 14:14:46  Port Washington, Wisconsin Elderly Brothers Admit Growing Pot -- (Newsday) An 80-year-old man pleaded guilty to felony charges that he ran one of Wisconsin's largest marijuana farms. His 74-year-old brother pleaded no contest. Thur Mar 22 2001 12:07:55  Bentonville, Arkansas Jury Convicts Man of Rape, Murder of Boy -- (Fox) Joshua Macabe Brown, 23, was found guilty of rape and first-degree murder Thursday in 1999 killing of 13-year-old Jesse Dirkhising, whom prosecutors said Brown and his lover drugged, bound, raped and sodomized. Thur Mar 22 2001 11:56:17  Salina, New York Two found shot dead in home, police probe note left behind -- (Boston.com) A man and a woman who had recently lost their spouses were found shot dead in the home they shared. Although a note was found, investigators were not certain whether the deaths were both suicides or a murder-suicide. Thur Mar 22 2001 11:54:03  Greenwich, Connecticut New Clues Could Snare Boy's Killer -- (NY Post) Burned once, police in Greenwich, Conn., are reopening a second old murder case that has haunted the town - and the department - for years. Cops say they plan to resurrect the yellowing case file of Matthew Margolies, who was tortured, suffocated and buried in a wooded area near the Byram River nearly 17 years ago. Thur Mar 22 2001 11:50:44  Robert Tulloch, 17, and James Parker, 16, - charged with murders of Half and Susanne Zantop Dudley, Massachusetts Motion in Massachusetts says investigators at impasse with teens' friends -- (Boston.com) Friends of two Vermont teen-agers charged with murdering two Dartmouth College professors are not cooperating with investigators, according to court documents filed in Massachusetts. Parents: We have no link to Zantops -- (Concord Monitor) Kevin Griffin, the lawyer for the parents of James Parker, also said his clients don't believe their 16-year-old son had any ties to Half and Susanne Zantop, who were found stabbed to death in their Hanover home on Jan. 27. The Dartmouth murders, Zantop archive -- (Union Leader) |
