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Mon May 14 2001 13:44:48  seeking as much in $600 million in damages Boston, Massachusetts Families say FBI ruined lives in mobster cases -- (CNN) Two former federal prosecutors, who once worked alongside FBI agents while prosecuting Irish gangsters, are alleging that FBI agents who protected James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi during their rise as regional crime bosses are responsible for the murder of millionaire Roger Wheeler in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the extortion of a South Boston family. Mon May 14 2001 13:38:16  Boulder, Colorado JonBenet detective: I was stalked -- (Denver Post) The first detective on the scene at the home of JonBenet Ramsey says in an affidavit that she feared for her life and believed a friend of Patsy Ramsey was stalking her, the Boulder Daily Camera reported Sunday. Mon May 14 2001 10:59:23  Springfield, Massachusetts Prosecutors: Inventors duped in $60 million scam -- (Boston.com) Ronald Boulerice, 62, of Westfield, who prosecutors called the leader of the scam, pleaded guilty to five counts: mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, two money laundering counts and filing a false income tax return. The prosecution and his attorneys recommended 8 years in prison. The maximum he could have received was 53 years. Mon May 14 2001 10:57:18  West Palm Beach, Florida Lawyers wrapping up case of boy accused of shooting teacher -- (CNN) Closing arguments have begun Monday in the case of a 14-year-old middle school student accused of shooting a teacher in the head last May when the teacher refused to let him talk to two other students in the class. Sadness envelopes Lake Worth as Brazill trial nears end -- (Sun Sentinel) There is no cold-hearted stranger to vilify or experienced criminal to blame in the shooting death of teacher Barry Grunow at the hands of student Nathaniel Brazill. Mon May 14 2001 10:53:13  Ventura, California Store Slaying Suspect Dies in Standoff -- (LA Times) After a five-hour standoff, a Ventura special tactics officer shot and killed a 25-year-old man early Sunday who was wanted in connection with the fatal shooting last month of an Avenue grocery store clerk. Alfonso Acosta Delgado Jr., 25, was pronounced dead shortly after the 2 a.m. shooting Mon May 14 2001 09:31:58  BONNY LEE BAKLEY, 45 - shot to death in car Los Angeles, California Police find gun used to kill Blake's wife; collectible pistol not registered to actor -- (ABC News) Los Angeles police found the gun they believe was used to kill actor Robert Blake's wife in a dumpster a block and a half away from where the shooting took place, ABCNEWS has learned. Mon May 14 2001 09:22:38  Dennis Rodman, 40 - former bad boy of pro basketball Newport Beach, California Police break up Rodman's birthday bash -- (CH2000) Ex-bull celebrates 40th to some neigbour's annoyance. Sun May 13 2001 16:37:28  Minneapolis, Minnesota Man fatally shot by unknown suspect during pursuit by police -- (Star Tribune) A 52-year-old man from Gary, Ind., crashed his car into an apartment building early Saturday after he was fatally shot during a high-speed pursuit with Minneapolis police. Sun May 13 2001 15:34:34  Montgomery, New York Mother and son critical after cop shoots four people, including self -- (Boston.com) A New York City policeman killed a man at his estranged wife's home, shot the woman and their 3-year-old son, and shot himself in the head, police said Sunday. The shooter, Daniel Drury, worked in the New York Police Department's narcotics division, a role he was appointed to in 1994. Sun May 13 2001 15:28:15  Los Angeles, California Celebrity Cases Put Pressure on Police -- (LA Times) Over the years, law enforcement officials have learned that when investigations involve celebrities, even peripherally, it often means they must match high-priced defense lawyers in the court of public opinion as well as the court of law. Sun May 13 2001 14:08:59  Barry Grunow, - teacher shot at point blank range Palm Beach, Florida Teen Accused of Killing Teacher Could Face Life Without Parole -- (Fox) Jurors in the case of Nathaniel Brazill could believe the 14-year-old never meant to harm the popular teacher he is on trial for killing. They could conclude that Barry Grunow's death was an accident, that Brazill didn't intend to pull the trigger on the gun that ended his favorite teacher's life. Brazill jurors' four-day break viewed as helping prosecution -- (Sun Sentinel) Sun May 13 2001 13:26:28  Miami, Florida Confusion plagues murder case of nun at Holy Cross Academy -- (Sun Sentinel) the death of Sister Michelle Lewis at Holy Cross Academy has evolved into a deepening intrigue in which the prosecution shares the defense's suspicion that something unseemly had been going on at the private school and Byzantine Catholic monastery long before the March 25 crime. Sun May 13 2001 12:14:52  Sacramento, California County coroner is going retail -- (SacBee) Sorry, body bags, toe tags and cranium saws are not for sale. How about a T-shirt or baseball cap instead? Sun May 13 2001 12:09:03  Lethbridge, Alberta Search turns to her killer -- (Calgary Sun) Police here are determined to find the killer responsible for what's being described as a "senseless and evil" crime. Shoulder to shoulder, an army of officers searched a remote tract of land near Fort Macleod yesterday looking for evidence to find the killer who dumped little Jessica Koopmans' body under a pile of brushwood. Sun May 13 2001 12:04:35 Bladenboro, North Carolina Police officer and suspect killed during chase -- (al.com) A car being chased by state troopers crossed a highway center line and rammed a parked police car, killing both the suspect and a city police officer. Sun May 13 2001 12:02:37  Hamilton, Alabama Deaths stun community -- (al.com) Friday began here like any other day. Then Stuart Taylor went home for lunch, and found his wife and two young children slaughtered. Hamilton Police Chief Jerry Feltman said a motive has not been established. But he said Alisa Taylor, 7-year-old Robin and 4-year-old Trent were stabbed numerous times in their chests, backs, necks, even their faces. "It was like a frenzy killing," Feltman said. Probation violator charged with capital murder in triple slayings -- (al.com) Wilson Earle Robitaillie, 35, of Phenix City, was charged with three counts of capital murder for the Friday slayings of Alisa Taylor and her two children. Sun May 13 2001 11:59:52  Chiang Mai, Thailand Letter reopens riddle of dead -- (Sunday Times UK) THAI police have reopened their inquiry into the rape and murder of the backpacker Kirsty Jones after a British witness came forward with fresh evidence about events at a Chiang Mai guesthouse on the night of her death. Sun May 13 2001 11:56:33  Manchester, New Hampshire Man changes mind about insanity plea -- (Boston.com) A Goffstown man accused of beating his mother and stepfather to death last year no longer is using insanity as a defense. Brian Patten is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Pamela and Donald Lefebvre, who were bludgeoned with a croquet mallet in their home last June. Sun May 13 2001 11:53:26  Boston, Massachusetts Homicides rise, bucking crime trend -- (Boston Herald) The number of homicides increased in the year's first quarter. But the number of violent crimes dropped, according to police. Sat May 12 2001 17:50:33  Miami, Florida US nabs RP sailor who killed family -- (Manila Times) A cruise ship employee who allegedly murdered his wife and three children in the Philippines was arrested by US government agents near the Port of Miami. Danilo Afalla, a 40-year-old Philippine national, surrendered without incident Friday. Sat May 12 2001 17:45:21  Bonnie Bakley - murdered wife of Robert Blake, actor Los Angeles, California Blake Bodyguard Describes a Mysterious Lurking Man -- (LA Times) The first time a mysterious man with a blond crew cut was seen near the home of Robert Blake, his bodyguard didn't give it much thought, but now he says the man may have killed the actor's wife Braun's Defense Is Aggressive Offense -- (LA Times) The body of actor Robert Blake's wife had hardly been whisked from the crime scene last week when defense attorney Harland Braun, an affable lawyer with a mischievous grin, stepped before the cameras and began picking apart the victim's character. Sat May 12 2001 17:38:47  Hartford, Connecticut Suspect, tricked by police into arrest, charged with assault on officer -- (Boston.com) Manchester police say they tricked a Hartford man into showing up at a state police barracks where he was arrested and charged with dragging along Interstate 84 an officer whose hand was caught in the suspect's car. Sat May 12 2001 17:36:07  Prince William County, Virginia Wife Found Guilty of Murder -- (Washington Post) A 53-year-old Prince William County woman who shot her husband five times on their wedding anniversary was convicted of second-degree murder yesterday and could face more than 40 years in prison. Sat May 12 2001 13:39:42  Jessica Koopmans, 5 - identity confirmed, abducted and murdered Fort McCleod, Alberta Missing girl's body found in Alberta field -- (CBC) RCMP May Have Found Body Of Lethbridge Girl -- (tvforbc) Child's body found -- (mybc) Massive hunt for child killer -- (Calgary Sun) Parents' worst nightmare comes true -- (Calgary Sun) Sat May 12 2001 09:49:22  Charles Ng, 39 - convicted of 11 torture-murders San Quentin prison, California Reviled Ng lives quietly on death row -- (SacBee) Very little has happened to Charles Ng since June 30, 1999, the day he was sentenced in an Orange County courtroom to die for 11 Calaveras County murders -- and that's the way corrections officials want it until Ng is executed years from now. Sat May 12 2001 09:20:17  AMY DAVIS, 78 - murdered in her home May 2 Morris T. Mullins, 17 - charged with rape and aggravated murder Richfield, Utah A small town murder -- (The Salt Lake Tribune) The police cars and ambulance had scarcely pulled up to Amy Davis' home when word made its way across town -- the 78-year-old widow was dead. Sat May 12 2001 09:05:46  Eddie Lee Mosely, 53 - suspected of up to 30 murders and 100 rapes Gainseville, Florida Murder suspect moved out of area -- (Gainesville Sun) A man suspected of dozens of murders and rapes in South Florida has reportedly been transferred from a Gainesville treatment home for mentally retarded people to a state hospital for the criminally insane in Chattahoochee. Sat May 12 2001 03:24:56  Nassau County, New York Parolee Set Slay Trap For Girlfriend's Ex -- (NY Post) A paroled killer pretended to be his girlfriend on the Internet so he could lure her ex-boyfriend to a midnight tryst - and his death. Sat May 12 2001 03:21:55 East Sussex, England Sinister mystery in a seaside town -- (Guardian UK) It is two weeks since Ronald Glazebrook, 81, a priest who helped out at the East Sussex church, disappeared in circumstances that have appalled and fascinated the small Hastings suburb in equal measure. The story has ingredients worthy of an Inspector Morse murder mystery - a picturesque location, a baffling disappearance, and a dash of ecclesiastical intrigue. Sat May 12 2001 03:15:10  Kansas City, Missouri Bones found in California those of slain K.C. 5-year-old -- (CJ Online) DNA testing has confirmed that a set of bones found in the California desert belongs to 5-year-old Angel Hart, the victim in a notorious Kansas City murder. In 1993, the boyfriend of Angel's mother, Gary Christian, drowned the girl in a bathtub in a Kansas City motel after she failed his demand to recite the alphabet. Two months later, Christian dumped the concrete block in which he had encased her body in the California desert. A tourist found the bones in February. Sat May 12 2001 03:10:52  Bonnie Bakley - murdered wife of Robert Blake, actor Los Angeles, California Blake's bodyguard says police believe actor killed his wife -- (Boston.com) Robert Blake's bodyguard said Friday that police wrongly believe the actor killed his wife and dismissed his own theories on her slaying as ridiculous.''They're already cooking his goose,'' said Earle Caldwell. ''He had nothing to do with it.'' Robert Blake: TV cop at center of real-life murder mystery -- (Boston.com) On TV's ''Baretta,'' Robert Blake was the tough and cocky cop who always knew right from wrong. Sat May 12 2001 02:56:15  Concord, New Hampshire Dartmouth to shut down fraternity that printed offensive newsletters -- (Boston.com) Dartmouth College said Friday it is shutting down a campus fraternity that printed newsletters that degraded women and indicated it had tips on how to commit date rape. The college said it is permanently stripping the 48-member Zeta Psi fraternity of its campus recognition, meaning the fraternity will ''cease to exist at Dartmouth.'' Sat May 12 2001 02:53:07  New York Triple-slay suspects captured on video -- (Boston.com) Suspects in a triple-slaying above the famed Carnegie Deli were captured on a security videotape as they entered and left the apartment building, police said Friday. The videotape, from a camera in the building's stairwell, shows the two men walking up the stairs empty-handed Thursday night and rushing out a short time later, carrying a knapsack. Fri May 11 2001 23:08:59  Fort McCleod, Alberta Police find body of young person but won't say if it's missing Alberta girl -- (CP) A woman out walking her dog found the body of a young person Friday afternoon but RCMP wouldn't say if it's a five-year-old girl missing from nearby Lethbridge. Jessica Koopmans vanished a week ago after leaving her home to play with a friend on the same block. Fri May 11 2001 20:34:58  James Orville McLain, 36 - "hero syndrome" Miami, Florida Fireman chaged with setting fires -- (Reuters) A volunteer firefighter in northwest Florida has been charged with starting fires in his neighborhood in order to help put them out, a state official said on Wednesday. Fri May 11 2001 20:23:56  BONNY LEE BAKLEY, 45 - shot to death one week ago Los Angeles, California For Hollywood, Blake case evokes echoes of OJ -- (Reuters/ABC) Another phantom murderer has appeared out of the night, another celebrity wife is dead, and a slow-moving police probe seems to be edging toward the actor as the chief suspect. Marcia Clark doubts Blake's innocence -- (Zap2it) "In my humble and constitutionally protected opinion, Robert Blake looks like the guilty party," Clark told L.A.'s "FOX 11 News."  Fri May 11 2001 16:55:30 Vera Stanturf, 85 - charged with felony theft Sperry, Iowa Grandma held in lottery theft -- (Plains-Dealer) An 85-year-old woman is accused of stealing a winning lottery ticket worth $100,000 from her granddaughter and the granddaughter's co-workers. Fri May 11 2001 16:46:51  SHAINA (2) and SHAUSHA (4 months) HENSON - last seen April 5 KIMYALA HENSON, 21 - body found in desert April 29 Frank Oehring and Christine Mayer - bodies found at rest stop April 20 Oregon, Florida and Nevada Satanic mystery: Police in three states seek murdered woman's missing kids -- (ABC News) The discovery of the decomposing corpse of a young Portland, Oregon mother in the Nevada desert - the apparent victim of a couple who ended their lives in Florida in a murder-suicide - has sparked a nationwide search for the woman's two little girls. |
