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Wed Mar 28 2001 21:30:53  Fort Myers, Florida Cape Coral man pleads guilty to $3.5 million Brinks heist -- (Sun Sentinel) A former Brinks Inc. employee, charged with stealing $3.5 million on Labor Day weekend and captured months later hiding in Mexico, has pleaded guilty in the heist. Henry von Schwarc entered his guilty plea Tuesday during a brief hearing. Wed Mar 28 2001 21:26:22  New York Man convicted of $100,000 credit card theft in US -- (abcNEWS) Matthew MacCallister was convicted on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court of using credit card accounts of others to rack up more than $100,000 worth of bills for items as mundane as Christmas ornaments and groceries to expensive luxuries like Armani suits, limousine rides and first class airline tickets. Wed Mar 28 2001 21:21:30  Miami, Florida Rapper Juvenile arrested outside Miami club -- (Toronto Star) Rapper Juvenile was arrested on battery and other charges for allegedly smashing a champagne bottle over a man's head and grabbing a police officer during a disturbance outside a comedy club. Wed Mar 28 2001 21:11:27  Blue Earth County, Minnesota Mother charged with first-degree murder in daughter's death -- (Star Tribune) A Minnesota woman accused of killing and dismembering her daughter, hiding the body in the trunk of her car and driving to Iowa, was indicted Tuesday afternoon on a charge of first-degree murder. Julie Terrell, 36, of Madison Lake, had been charged with second-degree murder on March 16 in the death of Lauralee Terrell, 16. Wed Mar 28 2001 21:08:07  Green Cove Springs, Florida Cops offer reward in disappearance -- (Florida Times-Union) After conducting dozens of interviews and checking out numerous tips that led nowhere, police now hope to buy reliable information to solve the puzzling case of a petite young Green Cove Springs woman who went missing three days before Christmas. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the location of Yvonne K. Belcher, 25, who disappeared from her neighborhood on Highland Avenue on Dec. 22. Wed Mar 28 2001 21:05:27  Dudley, Massachusetts Man held in wife's poisoning 4 years ago -- (Boston Globe) To neighbors in the small town of Dudley, Dale R. Abbott was a private man burdened by tragedy: His wife died too young and left him with two daughters to raise on his own. Yesterday, however, Worcester County authorities alleged that Abbott poisoned his wife, Jennifer, serving her cocktails laced with toxic methanol when they were at a social event in Hubbardston four years ago. Wed Mar 28 2001 21:01:23  Chicago, Illinois No Bond for Man Held in Fatal Mall Carjacking -- (Chicago Tribune) The man accused of shooting a woman in front of her two sons during a weekend carjacking at Ford City mall will be held without bond. His alleged accomplice is being held on $750,000 bond. Dion Banks, 29, who appeared Tuesday in Bond Court, has already served time for murder and attempted murder. Wed Mar 28 2001 20:55:52  Keith A. Bramblett, 34 - charged with the murder of Lawanda Sue Raines Owen County, Kentucky Boyfriend charged in 1989 slaying -- (KY Post) Just four days after finding the body of an Owen County woman who had been missing and presumed dead for 12 years, state police arrested her ex-boyfriend and charged him with killing her. Wed Mar 28 2001 20:52:54  Pompton Lakes, New Jersey Three charged with theft of credit cards, $3,500 -- (Bergen Record) A man and woman who allegedly stole purses from the Wayne YM-YWHA had no fear of getting caught when they handed the credit card and driver's licenses to a bank teller in Pompton Lakes, police said. That's because the teller was the man's girlfriend, and authorities say she was in on the scam that netted $3,500 in cash advances. Wed Mar 28 2001 19:56:40  Goffstown, New Hampshire Man arrested after all-night standoff -- (Boston.com) A self-employed antiques dealer accused of holding a gun to the head of a police officer who responded to a family fight was arrested Wednesday after an all-night standoff. Wed Mar 28 2001 17:24:28  Kiev, Ukraine Headless Body, Clueless Investigators -- (abcNEWS) The mystery surrounding a headless body found in the woods outside Kiev has created a dark cloud over the Ukrainian head of state. President Leonid Kuchma has been caught up in the storm around the body, believed to be that of opposition journalist Heorhiy Gongadze. Wed Mar 28 2001 17:20:58  Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax police looking for help in solving 15-year-old murder case -- (Cnews) Police in Halifax have revisited an old, unsolved murder case. In March 1986, the body of Ann Marie Masson was found in a rooming house by one of the residents. She had been stabbed numerous times. Wed Mar 28 2001 17:17:58  Chicago, Illinois Suspect's girlfriend testifies in Girl X trial -- (Chicago Sun Times) The former girlfriend of the man charged with attacking Girl X recalled seeing him walking back into their Cabrini-Green building about an hour before the 9-year-old was raped and left for dead. Tina Stokes' testimony was important to the prosecution because it puts Patrick Sykes, the man charged in the crime, at the building close to the time of the attack. Mother testifies Girl X identified attacker in '97 -- (Chicago Sun Times) Wed Mar 28 2001 17:11:42  Cook County, Illinois Woman's body found on West Side -- (Chicago Sun Times) A woman's body was found today in a West Side vacant lot, only three blocks away from where another woman's body was found less than 24 hours earlier. The Cook County medical examiner's office is scheduled to do autopsies on both bodies later today. Young said police do not know if the two deaths are connected, but she said it was unusual to find two bodies so close together. Wed Mar 28 2001 17:08:07  Portsmouth, United Kingdom Sailor was "serial killer in name if not number" -- (Telegraph UK) Allan Grimson, 42, whose career in the Navy spanned 20 years, was described as a "serial killer in name if not number" after the court was told how he gratified himself by torturing and battering his victims after luring them back to a flat in Portsmouth. Wed Mar 28 2001 16:53:06  Bend, Oregon 5 Teens Suspected In Bend Murder -- (Channel6000) Police have arrested five central Oregon teenagers near the Canadian border in Washington in connection with the murder of a Bend, Ore., woman. The victim, Barbara Thomas, 56, was found shot in the head Monday. Wed Mar 28 2001 16:33:20  Austin, Minnesota Mower County escapees likely to stand trial for murder on schedule -- (Star Tribune) Two murder suspects who were recaptured two days after breaking out of the Mower County Jail and a third who was caught on the spot will likely stand trial as scheduled next month, a prosecutor said. Wed Mar 28 2001 16:27:58  Casper, Wyoming Police: robbery was staged -- (Trib.com) A Mini-Mart clerk and a man who lives across the street from the convenience store have been arrested for allegedly staging a robbery. Gary Bushnell, 22, and clerk Kristi Flury, 39, are charged with grand larceny and conspiracy to commit grand larceny. Wed Mar 28 2001 14:55:54  Miami, Oklahoma Mother facing murder charges -- (Shawnee News-star) A judge has ordered a Wyandotte woman to stand trial for first-degree murder in the death of her 18-month-old daughter. Crystal D. Martin, 25, had previously been charged with a felony count of permitting child abuse. Her daughter, Destiny, died Oct. 7. Wed Mar 28 2001 14:53:21  Las Vegas, Nevada Judge denies new trial for Williams -- (Las Vegas Sun) District Judge Mark Gibbons ruled Tuesday that Jessica Williams should not be granted a new trial. Williams is scheduled to be sentenced Friday on six counts of driving under the influence of a prohibited substance in connection with the March 19, 2000, deaths of six teenagers on Interstate 15. Wed Mar 28 2001 14:50:42  Margaret Rudin, - on trial for the murder of her husband, Ronald Rudin Las Vegas, Nevada Rudin's remains play a role in trial -- (Las Vegas Sun) Margaret Rudin forgot something when she went to her husband's memorial service in Chicago -- his remains. Prosecutors would like the jurors in her murder trial to think the incident is yet another indication that she cared little for her husband. Detective believes Rudin had help with husband's body -- (Las Vegas, R-J) Detective Phil Ramos said Rudin never could have hauled her husband's 220-pound body to the rugged location where it was burned. Ron Rudin Slaying archive and timeline -- (Las Vegas, R-J) Wed Mar 28 2001 14:44:06  Kingston, Jamaica Crime Fears Shadow Caribbean Tourist Playground -- (Reuters) Members of an anti-Roman Catholic cult hack and torch worshipers in a St. Lucia church with machetes, killing a nun. A 17-year-old girl who breaks into a neighbor's home in Trinidad and Tobago has her hand chopped off. In Tortola, four Americans are accused of murdering a visiting American artist. Wed Mar 28 2001 14:41:14  Washington Decoding the ‘Ethic of Violence’ -- (abcNews) Are the nation's teenagers subscribing to what Attorney General John Ashcroft called the "ethic of violence"? Even with federal anti-violence programs, Ashcroft said the problems continue. "We've got to be more comprehensive in our approach and to think of what we can do to curtail this ethic of violence that young people seem to embrace, that if they're disenchanted or angry they resolve their problem by violence." Wed Mar 28 2001 14:37:34  New York Americans Want Child Criminals Sentenced As Kids -- (abcNews) Most Americans believe children accused of murder should be tried as juveniles despite a national wave of state laws that make it easier to punish minors as if they were adults, a survey shows. The study, conducted by DecisionQuest, a jury and trial consulting firm, and released to Reuters on Wednesday, shows that 48.9 percent of adults say children 14 and younger who are charged with murder should remain in juvenile court. Wed Mar 28 2001 14:36:02  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Judge rejects Nichols defense motions -- (Oklahoman) A judge has rejected arguments from attorneys for Terry Nichols that state murder charges against him should be dropped because of the extensive publicity about the Oklahoma City bombing and his conviction on federal bombing charges. Wed Mar 28 2001 13:59:22  Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fla. Businessman Died Violently -- (Newsday) Gus Boulis had so many enemies, investigators hardly knew where to start when he was shot to death last month. Wed Mar 28 2001 12:28:34  Robert Tulloch, 17, and James Parker, 16 - charged with the killings of Half and Susanne Zantop Quincy, Massachusetts and Concord, New Hampshire Knives in Dartmouth professor killings linked to Massachusetts online dealer -- (Boston.com) Knives of the type believed to have been used to kill two Dartmouth College professors were sold to one of the teen-age suspects by a Massachusetts dealer, The Patriot Ledger of Quincy reported. Criminologists: Professor deaths were botched burglary or thrill kill -- (Citizen Online) New evidence released in the murders of two Dartmouth College professors has convinced some criminologists who have reviewed the case that the crime was a burglary gone awry or a thrill killing. Lawyer: Don't judge suspects until evidence independently reviewed -- (Oweb) A lawyer for one of the teen-agers charged with killing two Dartmouth College professors says the public should hold off making judgments until incriminating evidence is independently reviewed. With each new detail, a town struggles more -- (Concord Monitor) 3rd set of footprints was found at Zantop murders -- (Union Leader) Zantop Case Achive -- (Union Leader) Wed Mar 28 2001 12:08:19  Sister Michelle Lewis, 39 - beaten and mortally stabbed Kendall, Florida Slain nun, monks kept distance -- (Sun Sentinel) Mykhaylo Kofel, a monk-in-training accused of killing a nun at Holy Cross Academy, was pursuing a religious vocation that is highly regarded within the Byzantine Catholic Church. Wed Mar 28 2001 12:05:39  Broward County, Florida Former Dolphin gets 15 years in prison -- (Sun Sentinel) Cecil Collins, the former Miami Dolphins running back, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday after a jury found him guilty of burglary. Wed Mar 28 2001 12:01:39  Mobile, Albama Escaped Fugitive Caught — After 44 Years -- (Fox) Police found Robert Clarence Cobb with a bloodied face in the home he shared with Loren Dale, 71, and her two children. Dale's son told police Cobb was wanted in Alabama, said Detroit Police spokesman Claude Fox. Wed Mar 28 2001 10:52:38  Montreal, Quebec Police launch 'biggest ever' raid against bike gangs -- (CBC) In an operation dubbed "Spring Cleanup" about two thousand police officers in Quebec swooped down on suspected Hells Angels targets early Wednesday morning. Biker war Part One: Quebec's motorcycle gangs -- (CBC) Beneath the image of long-haired rebels with tattoos lies a criminal underworld. Canada's anti-gang law -- (CBC) There's a bloody war in Quebec. Wed Mar 28 2001 10:48:12  Paris, France French man accused of serial murders confesses -- (AP) A French man confessed Tuesday to killing seven young women in Paris, asked for forgiveness and then burst into tears. Guy Georges, 38, is accused of raping and murdering seven women in the 1990s. He was arrested in March 1998. Wed Mar 28 2001 10:38:34  Camden, New Jersey Couple charged in girl's death want to be represented by public defender -- (Boston.com) Dorina Pizio, 51, and her boyfriend, Martin Hunsinger, 54, have asked to be represented by the Camden County Public Defender's office. They are charged with child endangerment in the death of Samantha Wann. Wed Mar 28 2001 10:31:23  Kingston, Ontario Police charge best-selling author in kidnapping -- (National Post) Police in Kingston say they are gradually unravelling an enigmatic kidnapping case, in which the victim is the former owner of a toupee business and one of the accused wrote a best-seller on tax havens. Both men, along with suspects from Calgary and the Caribbean, are at the centre of a widening investigation, which has gone beyond the kidnapping itself to possible connections with the disappearance of more than $2-million invested in offshore accounts, funds and money markets. Wed Mar 28 2001 10:21:49  San Quentin State Prison, California Killer's execution 'too easy,' victim's daughter says -- (Sacbee) After years of waiting - years and years - death came too comfortably for the two-time killer, Diane Salem thought Tuesday as she watched her father's murderer succumb to a lethal injection. Wed Mar 28 2001 10:18:08  Venture County, Calfornia Jury to Begin Deliberations in Brockovich Extortion Case -- (LA Times) Jurors heard the "ka-ching" of a cash register and saw a $280,000 check flash on the wall as a Ventura County prosecutor summed up the case against a lawyer accused of trying to extort money from the real-life Erin Brockovich and her boss, Ed Masry. Wed Mar 28 2001 10:14:44  Diane Whipple, 33 - January 26 mauling death Corning, California Lawyers in mauling case held -- (Sacbee) Two lawyers whose dogs fatally mauled a San Francisco woman in the hallway of her apartment building were arrested here on murder and manslaughter charges Tuesday night. Wed Mar 28 2001 10:07:38  Grundy, Virginia New DNA Testing Urged In Case of Executed Man -- (Washington Post) As Roger Keith Coleman was strapped into Virginia's electric chair in 1992, he proclaimed his innocence and said Americans would rethink their support for the death penalty if they knew the truth. Today, four newspapers and a New Jersey charity asked a Buchanan County judge to allow them to test whether Coleman was right. Wed Mar 28 2001 10:03:27  Toronto, Ontario Bernardo going 'stir crazy' -- (Cnews) Sex killer Paul Bernardo is going "stir crazy" in prison, sources say. After more than five years of isolation in Kingston Penitentiary, Bernardo is whining about his situation to guards and other convicts within earshot of his tiny segregation cell. Bernardo, 36, has been held in an administrative segregation cell at Kingston Penitentiary since he was sent to prison for life in September 1995 after being convicted in the sex slayings of Leslie Mahaffy, 14, and Kristen French, 15. Paul Bernardo Archive -- (Cnews) Wed Mar 28 2001 09:58:35  Richmond, Virginia Gilmore Sets Limit On DNA Evidence -- (Washington Post) Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) said today he will ask the General Assembly to impose a three-year limit on appeals that Virginia death row inmates and other convicted felons may file based on DNA evidence. |
