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Mon Apr 30 2001 17:43:54  Danville, Virginia Roanoke Rapids man charged with murder of co-worker -- (Daily Herald) Christopher Emmett, 29, of Roanoke Rapids, was charged on April 27 by a grand jury for the murder and robbery of John Vinton Langley, 43, of Gasburg, Va., said Captain C.I. Slayton of the Danville, Va., Police Department. Mon Apr 30 2001 17:41:07  Hartford, Connecticut Woman accused of killing roommate -- (Boston.com) A 22-year-old city woman was arrested Monday, accused of stabbing her male roommate to death following a domestic dispute. Luzanne Shirley was charged with murder in the death of Henry Whyte. Mon Apr 30 2001 11:19:42  Boulder, Colorado JonBenet Intruder Theory Presented -- (Newsday) A retired investigator who was involved in the JonBenet Ramsey case presented photos on national television Monday that he says support a theory that an intruder killed the 6-year-old. Mon Apr 30 2001 10:37:57  Road Town, British Virgin Islands U.S. men face island justice and fear -- (Yahoo) A banner strung over the main road in the tourist district in Road Town, the government and commercial center of the British Virgin Islands, invites passersby to a stage comedy called All My Murders. Mon Apr 30 2001 10:34:19  Verkhovina Bystra, Ukraine Parents of murder suspect take blame in `terrible thing' -- (Yahoo) Murder suspect Mykhaylo Kofel grew up in a home in the Ukraine where he frequently witnessed his father get drunk, hit his mother and curse during the couple's numerous arguments, his parents admit. Mon Apr 30 2001 10:27:04  Leonia, New Jersey Police: Road rage incident led to attack -- (Newsday) A Leonia couple, armed with a crowbar and a box cutter, allegedly assaulted a man who followed them to their home after a traffic accident. Mon Apr 30 2001 10:25:06  New York Man fatally shot at a Bronx barber shop -- (Boston.com) A 29-year-old man was fatally shot as he sat in a Bronx barber chair, police said. Mon Apr 30 2001 10:22:38  St. Louis, Missouri 1 Killed, 3 Hurt in Mo. Shootings -- (Newsday) Gunmen firing from a station wagon shot four people in three separate incidents Sunday, killing one person and injuring three others, police said. Mon Apr 30 2001 10:20:41  Fort Myers, Florida Convenience store owner exchanges gunfire with robbers -- (News-Press) When Adnan Asad and his wife, Wafa, left Miami six months ago for a quieter life in Fort Myers, little did they know they’d end up in a shoot-out with armed robbers. Mon Apr 30 2001 09:46:07  KATRINA MONTGOMERY, 20 - vanished in 1992 Los Angeles, California Obsessed by an old murder -- (LA Times) There was no body or weapon, and the trail had gone cold. But the new guy in the Ventura County district attorney's office was determined to solve the case. Sun Apr 29 2001 21:39:33  St. Louis, Missouri 2 dead, 2 wounded in St. Louis drive-by shootings -- (CNN) In the first attack, a man walking down the street was shot in the head and killed by two men in a brown station wagon, Jones said. The same car was seen minutes later in the shooting of another man around the corner. Sun Apr 29 2001 18:59:57  Alec Baldwin, 43 - actor New York Alec Baldwin in brawl in NYC -- (Hollywood Online) According to Entertainment Tonight, Baldwin and his brother Billy were peacefully watching last Thursday's New York Knicks playoff game courtside at Madison Square Garden when a belligerent spectator began spouting insults at the actors and eventually tossed a beer at them. Sun Apr 29 2001 17:35:42  LISA BRUNO, 11 - found! New Orleans, Louisiana Young girl found in New Orleans after going missing for two weeks -- (Fox News) Lisa Bruno, the 11-year-old girl missing for nearly two weeks since she was apparently abducted from near her Slidell home, was found alive Sunday at a bus station in New Orleans. Sun Apr 29 2001 12:49:21  Broward County, Florida Woman accused of stalking television anchor -- (Sun Sentinel) Georgia Roberts, 34, was charged with aggravated stalking and was being held at the jail in lieu of $5,000 bail late Saturday. Sun Apr 29 2001 12:41:45  Bary Grunow, - shot in the face at point blank range Palm Beach County, Florida Jury must decide Brazill's intent in teacher's slaying -- (Sun-Sentinel) The seventh-grader leveled the .25-caliber Saturday night special with both hands and, he admitted, felled Lake Worth Middle School teacher Barry Grunow with a single fatal shot. Now the most important issue for a dozen Palm Beach County jurors will be whether Nathaniel Brazill, then 13, meant to fire the shot. Sun Apr 29 2001 12:24:59  Palmer, Massachusetts Man questioned in Bish case arrested for alleged abduction -- (Boston.com) A Ludlow man arrested for trying to abduct a 19-year-old woman in Palmer last week had been questioned twice by state police in connection with the disappearance of Molly Anne Bish. Timothy P. Gallant, 46, has been charged with attempted kidnapping and assault to commit a felony. Sun Apr 29 2001 11:37:27  SUZY LAMPLUGH, 25 - vanished in 1986 Somerset, England Lamplugh search fails to find body -- (BBC) The week-long search of Quantock Hills, in Somerset, ended on Saturday evening without the police finding any clues. Sun Apr 29 2001 11:23:21  Hanoi, Vietnam Step-mother jailed in mouth-stitching case -- (Reuters) A Vietnamese court sentenced a couple to jail for mistreating a 10-year-old boy in a notorious case in which the woman forced the boy, her stepson, to stitch up his mouth as punishment for stealing less than two cents. Sun Apr 29 2001 10:46:32  Washington D.C. Case Has Court Struggling For a Jury -- (Washington Post) Lawyers have spent five weeks in jury selection for the murder trial of Tommy Edelin and five other alleged members of a District drug gang, struggling to find people who can both withstand a lengthy trial and possibly condemn a man to die. Sun Apr 29 2001 09:48:49  Lincoln, Nebraska Justice Story: Couples Murder Spree -- (NY Daily News) Charles Starkweather, using a bandanna and hunting cap to conceal his red hair, robbed the station of $100, then ordered Robert Colvert to drive the getaway car. He shot him dead a few miles from the station. When the couple's 2-year-old daughter wailed in horror, Starkweather silenced her with a crisp blow to the head with the rifle butt. He then cut her throat. Sun Apr 29 2001 09:43:55  Parchman, Mississippi ‘60 Minutes’ interested in Rubenstein murder case -- (Enterprise Journal) The CBS News television program ‘60 Minutes’ sent two producers to Magnolia last week to interview law enforcement officials regarding the capital murder trial of Allan Michael Rubenstein, said assistant district attorney Bill Goodwin. Pike County Circuit Court jurors sentenced the Marrero, La., man to death in February 2000 for the 1993 capital murder of his 4-year-old step-granddaughter. Sun Apr 29 2001 09:39:01  Greenville, South Carolina Police seek suspect in double murder in Greenville -- (Charleston.Net) Police searched Saturday for a man charged with the deaths of a Greenville couple and the kidnapping and shooting of the couple's daughter. Brad Sigmon, 43, of Taylors was charged Friday with murder in the deaths of David Larke, 62, and his wife, Gladys Larke, 59. Sigmon also has been charged with kidnapping and assault and battery with intent to kill in connection with the shooting of Becky Barbare. Sun Apr 29 2001 09:34:06  Orange County, California More Razor Blades, Still No Suspect -- (LA Times) For a month now, someone has been lurking in the shadows of several Newport Beach and Costa Mesa parks, slipping single-edged razor blades around swings, sandboxes and slides. Seven razor blades in five parks have been reported so far--most by parents playing with their children. Sat Apr 28 2001 22:10:03  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Witnesses Describe Grocery Killings -- (Newsday) A gunman who shot two men outside an Indian grocery store during a shooting rampage in which five people were killed made an effort to get a shot at one of the victims, a witness testified Saturday. Sat Apr 28 2001 21:26:30  Karachi, Pakistan 'Persia mummy' is body of recent murder victim -- (Telegraph UK) A mummified "2,600-year-old princess" that became the subject of a frenzied tussle for ownership between Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan last year is believed to be the body of a murdered 21-year-old woman, according to archaeologists. Sat Apr 28 2001 20:34:39  Hallsville, Texas Gunman kills deputy, himself -- (Houston Chronicle) Lt. Clay Medrano of the Harrison County Sheriff's Department was shot and killed by a man at a mobile home in a rural area east of Hallsville, police said. He had been with the department more than 15 years, said Harrison County Deputy T.K. Wadlington. Sat Apr 28 2001 20:26:43  Asheboro, North Carolina Judge defends actions in convicted murderer's vanishing act -- (News & Record) A Randolph County judge said Tuesday it was his decision not to place convicted murderer Robert Antuain Stanback in custody during a trial recess. Stanback walked out during the 11:15 a.m. break Monday and police have not seen him since. Stanback faces either execution or life in prison if he resurfaces. Sat Apr 28 2001 17:44:29  Woodbury, New Jersey Mom accused in son's heroin overdose gets 15 years in prison -- (Boston.com) Mary Tobin's 13-year-old son, Daniel, was found dead in his bedroom in 1998 with marks from hypodermic needles on his arms. Investigators said they found a syringe and empty narcotics bags in the room. Sat Apr 28 2001 17:42:53  Auburn, New York Teen in custody for leading group in beating of boy -- (Boston.com) A 15-year-old has been placed in the custody of the Office of Children and Family Services for leading a group in the beating of a 12-year-old boy. ''What bothers me most is the gang mentality,'' said Cayuga County Family Court Judge Peter Corning. Sat Apr 28 2001 16:28:30  Sacramento, California Fake Tiger Woods Gets 200-Years-To-Life in Prison -- (LA Times) A parolee convicted of stealing the identity of golf superstar Tiger Woods to run up $17,000 in credit card expenses has been sentenced to 200 years-to-life in prison under California's tough "three strikes" law. Sat Apr 28 2001 14:18:14  Vancouver, British Columbia Police Fear Serial Killer Operating In Vancouver -- (tvforbc) Police have added three new names to list of women who have gone missing from the city's skid row area, bringing the total of women who have disappeared over the past five years to 31. Missing Women -- (Vancouver PD) Poster in PDF format Sat Apr 28 2001 12:45:50  Ridgeville, North Carolina Police say mother is liar, killer -- (Atlanta J-C) The mother of a 6-month-old boy who said her child was abducted, shot and thrown into a canal was charged Friday with murdering him, authorities said. Norma Patrick-Hall, 38, was ordered held without bond in the death of her son, Harley Benjamin Hall. Sat Apr 28 2001 12:42:02  Road Town, British Virgin Islands Prosecutor wants jury to consider lesser charges against suspects -- (Boston.com) Prosecutors in the trial of four American men charged in the killing of a Connecticut woman on Friday argued the trial should continue, despite defense lawyers' claims there is not enough evidence. Prosecutors: Evidence enough to convict four American men of murder -- (B-V-I) Sat Apr 28 2001 10:44:43  Los Angeles, California Jurors Make Magician's Trial Disappear -- (LA Times) A jury deadlocked Friday in the trial of a 32-year-old magician who said the chemicals he uses in his fire-eating act caused police to think he was driving drunk. Most of the jurors believed him. They voted 10-2 to acquit Randall Richman, who said he was stopped by police just after teaching a fire-eating class at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. Sat Apr 28 2001 10:37:46  New York Kerik: No departmental punishment for Diallo officers -- (Boston.com) The four police officers who killed Amadou Diallo in a hail of 41 bullets will not receive departmental punishment for the shooting but will not be allowed to carry their service weapons or badges, Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said Friday. Diallo mural's Klan hoods painted over, then repainted -- (Boston.com) Sat Apr 28 2001 10:35:35  Concord, New Hampshire Concord doctor accused of sexually assaulting patient -- (Boston.com) Dr. John Welch was charged this month with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, illegally prescribing a controlled drug and witness tampering. In addition to the criminal charges, he also faces a civil suit brought by the woman he is accused of assaulting last fall. Sat Apr 28 2001 10:09:14  Victoria, British Columbia Man scammed society's elite, police say -- (National Post) Christopher Rocancourt, a smooth-talking jewel thief sought by the FBI for allegedly conning the rich and famous out of millions of dollars, is in custody today after being arrested by a police emergency response team in nearby Oak Bay. RCMP nab suspected international con man -- (Cnews) RCMP have arrested a Frenchman known as the counterfeit Rockefeller, a con man wanted around the world for posing as a Hollywood high-roller and an heir to the Rockefeller fortune to swindle his victims. Fri Apr 27 2001 20:10:52  Orlando, Florida Brevard police go to court to release photo of dead woman -- (Tampa Bay Online) Detectives want to identify a woman whose body was found floating in the ocean, but the law says it is a felony for autopsy photos to be made public without a judge's permission. Fri Apr 27 2001 19:57:50  John Thoburn, 46 - violated zoning laws Fairfax, Virginia 'Shrubman' does time -- (ABC News) Improper landscaping lands man in jail. Fri Apr 27 2001 19:49:48  Jenna Bush, 19 - cited Austin, Texas President's daughter cited for alcohol -- (MSNBC) President Bush’s 19-year-old daughter was cited early Friday for alcohol possession by a minor, police said. |
