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Tues Apr 10 2001 09:20:11  Farmington, Maine Strong man indicted on numerous sex charges -- (Boston.com) The Franklin County Grand Jury indicted Lawrence ''Buster'' Curtis, 47, on 12 counts of sexual abuse of a minor, five counts of gross sexual assault, three counts of unlawful sexual contact and one count each of witness tampering and violating bail. Tues Apr 10 2001 09:18:28  Binghamton, New York Dad, sons in kidnap case found in California -- (Boston.com) A 42-year-old man accused of abducting his two young sons last summer will be returned to New York to face criminal charges following his arrest in California. Kristopher Kenderes, formerly of Binghamton, was arrested Sunday. Tues Apr 10 2001 09:16:09  Orderud murders as basis for crime novel -- (Aftenpost) The British crime author Minette Walters intends to write a novel based on Norway's sensational triple murder case involving members of the Orderud family. Four people have been charged in connection with the murder of Anne Orderud Paust and her elderly parents at the family farm in Sørum outside Oslo in 1999. One of the defendants is the victims' brother and son. Tues Apr 10 2001 03:24:18  Miami, Florida Girl's murder suspect held in U.S. -- (CNN) A suspect wanted in connection with the rape and murder of a British schoolgirl in France in 1996 has been arrested in the U.S. Francisco Arce Montez, 50, was arrested in March on suspicion of burglary, trespass and lewd and lascivious behaviour in an unconnected incident, a Miami Police spokesman said. Montez has been sought by police investigating the murder of 13-year-old Caroline Dickinson. Caroline murder suspect held -- (thisislondon) Tues Apr 10 2001 03:16:10  St. Petersburg, Florida It was kill or be killed, clerk says -- (Tampa Tribune) The way the convenience store owner and his nephew describe it, Lorenzo Darlington got $500 to $600 after he walked into the Food Max on March 19 armed with an assault rifle. When Darlington showed up 11 days later, wearing a mask and armed with a handgun, he apparently was frustrated when he got only $40. Tues Apr 10 2001 03:02:28  New York Legal Help Often Fails New York's Poor -- (NY Times) In New York City, there is some basic legal work an indigent defendant cannot expect. Most lawyers appointed to represent the poor do not hire private investigators to look for witnesses or evidence. Most do not get expert witnesses, like psychiatrists or pathologists, to help challenge the prosecution's case. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:59:56  Los Angeles, California Four Killed In Townhouse Shooting Spree -- (Yahoo/AP) Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies walked into a house full of bodies early Monday. According to reports, the body of one person was lying on the lawn in front of the townhouse, another body was in an upstairs bedroom, and two were in the kitchen. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:56:53  Anne Sluti, 17 - kidnapped Kearney, Nebraska Fugitive named as suspect in kidnapping 17-year-old Nebraska girl -- (Boston.com) Police believe a teen-age girl abducted from a mall parking lot in Nebraska was kidnapped by a fugitive wanted in several states on assault and car theft charges. Anthony Zappa emerged Monday as the chief suspect in Friday's abduction. Police search for abducted 17-year-old Nebraska girl -- (Star Tribune) Tues Apr 10 2001 02:53:58  Jacksonville, Florida 10-year-old girl needs stitches after attacked by police dog -- (Boston.com) A 10-year-old girl was bitten by a police dog after officers who believed an alarm had gone off in the home put the dog in through a window. The address given to police by the alarm company was wrong, police said. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:51:40  Santa Monica, California Police shoot employee who opened fire at work -- (abcNEWS) Ronald Brown, 34, of Hawthorne, was arrested for investigation of attempted murder and held in lieu of $500,000 bail, police said. Brown was treated at a hospital and then taken to jail. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:48:45  Zamboanga, Philippines Philippine cannibal surrenders -- (news24) A fugitive convicted of killing an Italian priest and reportedly eating his brain surrendered to the top aide of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on Monday after 18 days on the run. Norberto Manero, convicted for the 1985 murder of Tulio Favali, said he peacefully gave himself up to Jesus Dureza after lengthy negotiations. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:42:25  Kittanning, Pennsylvania Mental defense planned in killings -- (Post Gazette) A defense lawyer said yesterday that he will argue that a Kittanning-area man didn't have the ability to reason that he was doing wrong last month when he killed his ex-wife and former son-in-law in an early-morning ambush. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:39:40  St. Augustine, Florida 2 counts of first-degree murder for twins' mom -- (Times-Union) A 31-year-old Ponte Vedra Beach woman charged with killing her 4-year-old twin sons has been indicted on two counts of first-degree murder, according to the State Attorney's Office in St. Johns County. Leslie Ormandy Demeniuk was arrested March 17 after her sons, James and John, were found shot in the head in her bedroom. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:37:06  Lillington, North Carolina Man sentenced for murdering child who was run over -- (NC Newswire) A man convicted of running over a 7-year-old girl and then turning around and hitting her again has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. A Harnett County jury took less than half-hour to decide the fate of Quincey Marquies Amerson, who was convicted of first-degree murder last week in the death of Sharita Rivera. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:34:16  Lois Livingstone McMillen - murdered Jan. 15, 2000 Road Town, British Virgin Islands Forensic expert in murder case rules out suicide in American's death -- (Boston.com) A forensic expert ruled out suicide in the death of a Connecticut woman whose body was found on a beach in the British Virgin Islands, countering suggestions by the defense that she could have taken her own life. Lois McMillen Murder Archives -- (B-V-I) Tues Apr 10 2001 02:27:43  Alexandria, Louisiana Unremorseful murderer ordered to die -- (NOLA) -- Darrell James Robinson, convicted of murdering four people at a home in the Poland community almost five years ago, was formally sentenced Monday to die by lethal injection. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:25:51  Baton Rouge, Louisiana Shooting victims' kin sue police -- (NOLA) Relatives of four people found shot to death last year in a Baton Rouge home are suing police, claiming officers didn't respond properly to reports of gunfire. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:23:39  Waterloo, Ontario Murder of 19-year-old gang-related, teens say -- (The Star) The murder of a 19-year-old Waterloo man at an all-ages dance early Sunday was gang-related, friends of the slain man said yesterday. But police are not saying whether they are investigating reports that the death of Jimmy Stanley was the result of feuding youth gangs until their probe is complete. Tues Apr 10 2001 02:19:24  Detroit, Michigan Detroit police average 3 arrests for every murder -- (CNN) Police in Detroit averaged three arrests for every murder case in 1998 -- a ratio so high that critics accuse the department of making wholesale arrests of witnesses, not suspects, just to get them to talk. Mon Apr 9 2001 13:44:39  ANNE SLUTI, 17 - kidnapped at 7 P.M. Friday Kearney, Nebraska Police search for abducted Nebraska girl -- (Nando Times) A teenage girl was kidnapped from a mall parking lot in Nebraska and later tried to call for help from Montana, more than 650 miles away, police said. Mon Apr 9 2001 11:48:47  Boston, Massachusetts Former Bulger cohort calls says ''Whitey'' preyed on neighborhood girls -- (Boston.com) South Boston crime boss James ''Whitey'' Bulger and his cohorts preyed on young neighborhood girls, sexually exploiting them while burnishing Bulger's image as a ''gentleman gangster,'' the Boston Herald reported Monday. Bulger has been a fugitive since 1995, when he first was indicted for racketeering. Last year, he was indicted for 18 murders, and the FBI has posted a $1 million reward for information leading to his capture. Gang videotaped sex acts in secret room at gym -- (Boston Herald) For an introduction to the moral code of James J. ``Whitey'' Bulger and his gang, a good place to start is a secret room at MacKenzie's Gym in South Boston in the 1980s. Stolen Innocence: Whitey Bulger exploited teenage schoolgirls -- (Boston Herald) Mon Apr 9 2001 10:26:49  Arlington, Virginia Lockheed Martin Accused of Scam -- (Las Vegas Sun) Sen. Tom Harkin is accusing Lockheed Martin Space Systems of using "an apparent accounting trick" in an effort to scam the Pentagon out as much as $100 million, USA Today reported. Mon Apr 9 2001 10:23:21  Marshall, Minnesota Infant found dead in grocery store restroom -- (Star Tribune) A full-term newborn baby was found dead Sunday in a women's public restroom at a grocery store in Marshall, Minn., authorities said. Authorities sealed off the restroom and a part of the Hy-Vee grocery store after the discovery was reported about 4:30 p.m. The identity of the mother and the cause of the baby's death were unknown, according to a police release. Mon Apr 9 2001 09:47:16  New York Bronx crime in nosedive -- (NY Daily News) Murders are way down so far this year, and the weapon of choice now seems to have become the knife instead of the gun as police intensify a weapons crackdown. Mon Apr 9 2001 09:13:54 Perugia, Italy Italian police bust sex slave ring -- (BBC) Italian police have arrested more than 100 people in an operation to break up an international prostitution ring run by the Italian Mafia and eastern European gangs. Mon Apr 9 2001 08:58:18  CARIYAN, 4, and IYAN STOVALL, 20 months - possibly drowned Bridget Stovall, 23 - to be arraigned Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio mother accused of killing her two children -- (ABC News) A 23-year-old woman was charged with two counts of aggravated murder after she allegedly killed her two young children. Sun Apr 8 2001 21:55:24 Mount Vernon, Illinois Death penalty will be sought in girl’s death -- (Evansville Courier) Jefferson County State’s Attorney Gary Duncan said he again will seek the death penalty against the man charged with the 1987 killing of 10-year-old Amy Schulz. Cecil S. Sutherland is accused of killing and raping the girl, who disappeared July 1, 1987, while she was walking along a road near the south-central Illinois town of Kell, in southern Marion County. Sun Apr 8 2001 21:38:29  Detroit, Michigan Thirteen-Year-Old Found Murdered -- (Detroit Now) Police believe they are closer to finding the killer of a 13-year-old girl who was found murdered in her Detroit home last week. Brandy Guy was found murdered and possibly raped. Sun Apr 8 2001 20:29:17  San Francisco, California Cybersleuths find growing role in fighting crime -- (CNN) Kris Haworth pounded away at her keyboard, navigating a labyrinth of computer data in her search for evidence. The board of directors for a $5 billion company suspected revenues were being inflated. It was up to Haworth to fish out incriminating e-mails thought to have been deleted. Sun Apr 8 2001 19:51:29  Panama City, Florida Florida man accused of attacking prosecutor in attempt to stall trial -- (Star Tribune) A man scheduled to stand trial on home invasion, rape, kidnapping and armed robbery charges attacked a prosecutor in an unsuccessful attempt to delay his trial, authorities said. Mitchell Aguiniga, 30, said at the hearing Friday that he would stop his trial from starting Monday. Sun Apr 8 2001 19:45:45  Littleton, Colorado Documents Show Investigation of Columbine Shooter Was Considered -- (Fox) With the second anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre less than two weeks away, documents released under a judge's order show that deputies had proposed investigating one of the teen killers a year before the assault. Sun Apr 8 2001 19:42:35  New Brunswick, New Jersey Rutgers student found dead in dorm room -- (Boston.com) The body of Michael Zapoticzny, 19, of San Diego was found about 1 a.m. in his room at Voorhees Residence Hall by another student, said university spokeswoman Pam Blake. Zapoticzny, a first-year student, died sometime after 8 p.m. Saturday, she said. A cause of death was not immediately known, and an autopsy was planned. Sun Apr 8 2001 19:40:18  Sacramento, California Midtown man, 30, dies from shooting -- (Sacbee) Sacramento police detectives are investigating an early-morning shooting in midtown Saturday that left a 30-year-old tattoo artist dead. Sun Apr 8 2001 18:19:30  HILDA MURRELL, 79 - died March 1984 Shropshire, England DNA test will unmask Hilda Murrell's killer -- (Electronic Telegraph) Detectives are close to solving the murder 17 years ago of Hilda Murrell, the anti-nuclear campaigner, after employing a new technique for analysing DNA. Sun Apr 8 2001 18:05:53  LUCIE BLACKMAN, 21 - murdered British hostess Joji Obara, 48 - charged with rape and murder Tokyo, Japan Police send Obara to prosecutors over Blackman case -- (Japan Times) Tokyo police on Sunday sent suspected serial rapist Joji Obara to public prosecutors over the case of British woman Lucie Blackman, charging him with raping her and causing her death, police officials said. Obara destroyed Blackman rape tape -- (Japan Today) Police suspect Obara destroyed a videotape depicting her rape as well as a shovel and electric saw used to dismember her body. Sun Apr 8 2001 11:20:09  RICHARD MASHLER, 49, and KENNETH CONKLIN, 39 - shot to death Mario Betancourt, 44 - arrested Friday Cancun, Mexico and Port St. Lucie, Florida Man Wanted for Murder Captured in Mexico -- (TBO-Florida) A man wanted on murder charges in the shooting deaths of his boss and a co-worker and whose case was featured on television's "America's Most Wanted" has been arrested in Mexico, police said. Sun Apr 8 2001 10:57:24  "CSI" - TV show Canada Far from clueless: 'CSI' Puts crime-scene investigation in the spotlight -- (Entertainment News Daily) For the uninitiated, crime-scene investigators are scientists with guns who run over the crime scene with a fine-toothed comb. In this case, however, the "comb" is a lot of high-tech gadgets and chemistry beakers. Sun Apr 8 2001 10:47:58  GEORGE HARRISON, 57 - attacked December 30, 1999 Michael Abram - serving term in hospital London, England Ex-beatle Harrison to sell home after attack -- (ABC News) Former Beatle George Harrison is to sell his 120-room mansion in the British countryside after he was almost killed there by a knife-wielding intruder. Sun Apr 8 2001 01:28:21  New York Man charged with contaminating a Manhattan salad bar with fecal-like matter -- (Boston.com) Marco Arellano, 34, was caught Friday shaking a bottle onto trays of food at the Alpine Gourmet Farm Deli on Seventh Avenue, said Det. Eugene Canapi, a police spokesman. When the police arrived, they found two bottles containing fecal-like matter on Arellano's person, Canapi said. Sat Apr 7 2001 21:38:48  Tamarac, Florida Florida Dead Baby -- (Jacksonville.com) A 17-year-old girl was arrested Saturday and charged with murder for the death of her infant son, who was found in a backpack that was thrown into a canal, investigators said. Aimee Lee Weiss told detectives she gave birth to her baby March 26 . Sat Apr 7 2001 21:33:56 Mississauga, Ontario Ex-boxing champ Eddie Melo gunned down -- (The Star) Former Canadian boxing champion Eddie Melo was shot to death in the parking lot of a suburban shopping plaza Friday, leaving police in search of a lone gunman. The shooting Friday evening also claimed the life of Joao Pavao, 42, Peel Regional Police said Saturday. Sat Apr 7 2001 21:31:42  Samantha Lemmons,6 - fatal hit and run victim Cook County, Illinois Hit-and-run witnesses may be too scared to talk -- (Chicago Sun Times) Authorities spent another frustrating day Friday, unable to charge the man they believe killed a 6-year-old girl, because witnesses may be too scared to come forward. |
