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Sat June 9 2001 16:38:32  New York Morris County man, two others charged with stealing $27.7 million -- (Boston.com) A Morris County man and two partners have been charged with stealing $27.7 million in 1999 and 2000 in a scam prosecutors say took advantage of retirees and financed his lavish lifestyle. Sat June 9 2001 16:35:29  Shirley, New York Naked driver arrested, cops say -- (Boston.com) Ronald Paulus, 47, of Shirley, was drunk when he was spotted about 10 p.m. Friday driving west in an eastbound lane of County Road 75, a divided highway in Smithpoint County Park, the Suffolk County Park Police said. The naked driver fought briefly with the officer who pulled him over, the park police said. Sat June 9 2001 16:33:16  Washington Son, 3, Wounded by Gun Of Secret Service Officer -- (Washington Post) A 3-year-old boy was in critical condition yesterday after he was shot with a .357-caliber semiautomatic handgun that belongs to his father, a U.S. Secret Service officer, Howard County police said. A neighbor said the father works the night shift guarding the White House. Sat June 9 2001 16:31:46  Eric F. Plunkett and Benjamin Varner - victims Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C. Maximum Term Sought in Gallaudet Case -- (Washington Post) Joseph M. Mesa Jr., the 21-year-old Gallaudet University student accused of killing two classmates, faces the possibility of life in prison without parole if convicted, prosecutors said yesterday in a D.C. Superior Court hearing. Sat June 9 2001 16:28:29  Dutchess County, New York Man indicted on 2 murder counts -- (Poughkeepsie Journal) Peradze, 34, an immigrant from the former Soviet state of Georgia, is charged with intentionally causing the death of Cathleen Poltrack-Peradze, a 52-year-old riding instructor who ran a horse farm on the upscale Dalton Farms property in the Town of Beekman. A second murder count accuses him of engaging in conduct ''under circumstances evincing a depraved indifference to human life.'' Sat June 9 2001 16:25:28  Flint, Michigan Mother: Murder of son by a friend difficult to accept -- (mlive.com) Somehow, a random act might have been easier to accept, she said. But when her only son was gunned down by a friend in an apparent robbery in his home, Angela Bethel said, it was all that much harder. Sat June 9 2001 16:22:30  Sacramento County, California Authorities struggling to identify body -- (sacbee) The body of a woman found in a rural south Sacramento County pond is so badly decomposed that a forensic anthropologist will have to determine her race and age. Sat June 9 2001 16:20:28  Tennie Teairell Trotter, 26 - shot Mattie Garner 12 times Tuscumbia, Alabama Tuscumbia man convicted in drug-related slaying -- (al.com) A jury convicted a Tuscumbia man of capital murder in the drug-related slaying of a woman and the attempted murder of her son. Fri June 8 2001 21:15:25  Las Vegas, Nevada Couple accused of killing Las Vegas teen appear in court -- (Las Vegas Sun) A couple accused of torturing and killing a 16-year-old Las Vegas runaway appeared in court Friday for a pretrial hearing. Fri June 8 2001 21:13:38  Lubbock, Texas Man Kills Baby, Hurts 2, Kills Self -- (Las Vegas Sun) A man who shot and killed a 3-month-old boy, then seriously wounded his daughter and stepdaughter before killing himself, had sought a paternity test to determine who fathered the baby, court records show. Fri June 8 2001 19:50:27  Oklahoma City bomber - will die by lethal injection at the federal pentitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, at 7 a.m. (8 a.m. ET) Monday. Terre Haute, Indiana Final hours ticking away for McVeigh -- (CNN) Timothy McVeigh Friday prepared himself "psychologically and emotionally" for his execution Monday after abandoning any further appeal to postpone it, his lawyers said. Court blocks McVeigh execution taping -- (CNN) Federal appellate judges Friday blocked a lower court's order allowing Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's execution to be videotaped for possible use in another murder case. In Oklahoma City, it's 'almost over' -- (CNN) Fri June 8 2001 17:14:34  Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands Man sentenced to 20 years for killing New Jersey woman -- (Boston.com) A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing his live-in girlfriend and burying her body in the couple's backyard. Judge Maria Cabret on Thursday sentenced Marvin Dominguez, 26, in a U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Court for the 1999 murder of 31-year-old Ann Patricia Haumacher of Spring Lake Heights, N.J. Fri June 8 2001 17:11:42  Boston, Massachusetts Boston police seeking killer of Lowell man -- (Boston.com) Boston police are seeking the killer of a Lowell man who was stabbed to death outside a Boston gas station Thursday. Fri June 8 2001 17:05:18  Broward County, Florida Dania sixth-grader in Pokémon dispute gets caught with gun in school -- (Sun Sentinel) Olsen Middle School students got a scare Thursday after a sixth-grader was arrested for bringing a loaded gun to school to protect himself from another student he said was harassing him over Pokémon cards, according to detectives. Fri June 8 2001 17:03:35  Columbus, Ohio Armed intruder fatally shot inside South Side home -- (Columbus Dispatch) The alleged intruder died in an upstairs bedroom within 10 minutes of being shot by Charles Daniels Sr., 46, who had been visiting his 7-year-old son and was with him in another bedroom. Fri June 8 2001 17:01:59  Boca Raton, Florida Boca rabbi accused of soliciting child for sex seeks psychiatric treatment -- (Sun Sentinel) As an alternative to jail, Rabbi Jerrold Levy has asked a federal judge to allow him to undergo psychiatric and psychological treatment in an out-of-state, secure prison while he awaits trial on charges of using the Internet to entice a child to have sex. Fri June 8 2001 10:34:50  Dallas, Texas 7-year-old found in pool was abused and strangled, police say -- (Dallas Morning News) A 7-year-old girl was strangled before her body was dumped into a shallow swimming pool behind her family's east Oak Cliff home, police said Tuesday. Maira Avitia and her 12-year-old brother, German "Alex" Tovar, were found in the above-ground pool last Wednesday night, but investigators don't think that's where the children were injured. Fri June 8 2001 10:32:21  Morristown, New Jersey Arrest made in sex assault, slaying of 10-year-old boy in New Jersey -- (Oweb) After DNA tests tied him to the crime, a man was charged with the sexual assault and slaying of a 10-year-old boy last seen at a church carnival. Porfirio Saravia Jimenez, 36, of Morristown, was charged Wednesday with murder, aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping in the killing of Walter Contreras Valenzuela, the Morris County prosecutor's office said. Fri June 8 2001 10:27:14  William Lembcke, 16 - accused of fatally shooting 4 family members Colville, Washington Court papers: Teen's punishment for videotaping sister in shower led him to kill family -- (Charlotte Observer) A boy accused of killing four family members last December opened fire after he got caught videotaping his teen-age sister in the shower, court documents allege. Authorities believe 16-year-old William Lembcke shot his parents, brother and 18-year-old sister after the girl found the videos and Lembcke got punished. Lembcke murder motive becomes more shocking -- (MSNBC) Fri June 8 2001 10:00:52  Calgary, Alberta Police to resume search for missing baby -- (CBC) Police in Calgary plan to resume searching the Bow River Friday morning for the body of a three-month-old baby girl. The baby is the younger sister of a 15-month-old boy found dead Tuesday in a Calgary apartment. Fri June 8 2001 09:57:57  Ikeda, Japan Knife-wielding man kills eight, injures 15 at Japanese school -- (Star Tribune) A man brandishing a knife burst into an elementary school on Friday and slashed nearly two dozen people, killing at least eight children, in Japan's worst mass-killing since a deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways six years ago. Fri June 8 2001 09:54:34  Arlington, Texas Texas Police Officer Killed -- (Access Waco) Officer Joey Cushman was shot in the head about 6:10 p.m. Thursday and was pronounced dead at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth about three hours later. Fri June 8 2001 09:52:44  New York Man Gets 25 Years for $8 Murder -- (Las Vegas Sun) A man convicted of killing a young woman during a robbery that netted $8 was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison. Thur June 7 2001 19:46:55  Oklahoma City Bomber Denver, Colorado McVeigh Gives Up -- (abcNEWS.com) Timothy McVeigh has abandoned a last-ditch attempt to stay his execution and is ready to die. Thur June 7 2001 18:50:40  Providence, Rhode Island Courts to post criminal records online -- (Boston.com) Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Williams ushered the judiciary system into the Information Age Thursday by introducing a computer system that will allow criminal records to be viewed online. Thur June 7 2001 18:49:23  Augusta, Maine Schofield indicted for murder in child death -- (Boston.com) A former state caseworker originally charged with manslaughter in the death of her 5-year-old foster daughter was indicted Thursday on a murder charge. Thur June 7 2001 18:47:48  New York FBI: Crooks tried to cut through bank's roof -- (Boston.com) Five men were arrested Thursday as they tried to burglarize a Brooklyn bank by cutting a hole through its roof, federal investigators said. Thur June 7 2001 14:44:32  Rei Fujii, 23 - arrested Calgary, Alberta Police search for body of second baby -- (CBC) Calgary police have charged the mother of a baby boy found dead in a rundown apartment on Monday and are now dredging a river for the body of her second child. Thur June 7 2001 13:27:34  Providence, Rhode Island Mother of slain officer sues city, police department -- (Boston.com) The mother of slain police Sgt. Cornel Young Jr. fought through tears as she explained why she filed a $20 million lawsuit Thursday against the city, claiming her son was shot by two white officers because he was black. Thur June 7 2001 12:07:31  JILL DANDO murder case London, England Kosovan link to Dando murder ruled out -- (BBC) Detectives investigating the murder of Jill Dando quickly ruled out a link between the shooting and a television appeal she made on behalf of Kosovan refugees, a court has heard. Jill Dando trial case over-view -- (BBC) Thur June 7 2001 10:32:37  El Paso, Texas Man charged in connection with murder of Anthony girl offers reason for killing, papers show -- (Dallasnews.com) The man charged with the murder of a 15-year-old Anthony girl told police he strangled her because she refused to have intercourse with him, according to an arrest affidavit. Thur June 7 2001 10:29:39 Ravalli County, Montana Arrest in local death leads to trial in Montana killing -- (Modbee) Ronald Ward, 34, will be eligible for parole in 32 years and six months. The sentencing took place in Ravalli County District Court, where in April he pleaded guilty to murdering his trailer park neighbor, Craig Petrich, 43. Thur June 7 2001 10:27:02  Nocona, Texas Exhumation planned for 10 patients who may've been lethally drugged -- (Star Tribune) The bodies of 10 patients who may have been lethally drugged while hospitalized will be exhumed, authorities said. In all, about two dozen patients at Nocona General Hospital may have been given lethal doses of Mivacron, or mivacurium chloride, which is used to temporarily stop the breathing process in order to insert a breathing tube. Thur June 7 2001 10:23:26  Tampa, Florida Two former Tampa church members sentenced to prison -- (nj.com) Two former church members who admitted helping bilk investors out of tens of millions of dollars were sentenced to prison. U.S. District Judge James Whittemore sentenced Andrew J. Krishak on Wednesday to 2˝ years in prison, and sentenced James R. Chambers to five years. Thur June 7 2001 10:21:39  Greenburgh, New York 4th murder arrest as cold case warms up -- (nj.com) The investigation into the 1979 killing of a Harlem bookie and his girlfriend's son has led to murder charges against a fourth suspect. Thur June 7 2001 10:18:52  Toronto, Ontario Father guilty of attempted murder -- (National Post) A father who tried to stab his daughter to death when she backed out of an arranged marriage to her cousin and secretly wed her true love was found guilty of attempted murder yesterday. Thur June 7 2001 10:16:13  Calgary, Alberta Baby's crying suddenly stopped, neighbours say -- (National Post) Residents of an apartment building where a 15-month-old infant was found dead said they heard crying for days, then silence. Police are not saying if the child, who had been dead for several days, had been abandoned. "We don't know what we've got," said Staff-Sergeant George Rocks of the Calgary police homicide unit. "We're calling it a suspicious death." Wed June 6 2001 21:23:09  Los Angeles, California Chief: Crime Scene Evidence Will Be Key to Solving Bakley Murder -- (KFWB) There are no big breakthroughs in the Bonny Lee Bakley murder case however, Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks says they are making progress. Parks says since there were no eye witnesses to the murder of actor Robert Blake's wife, the key to solving the murder will be the analysis of crime scene evidence. Wed June 6 2001 21:21:31  Killingworth, Connecticut Man charged with killing neighbor's dogs -- (Boston.com) Kryzytof Zielinski, of Killingworth, was charged Wednesday with two counts of cruelty to animals and two counts of unlawful discharge of a firearm. Wed June 6 2001 21:19:40  Houston, Texas Ex-convict indicted in murder of his wife -- (Houston Chronicle) Clyde Graham, 39, could face up to life in prison if he is convicted in the March 3 death of Cynthia Rolet Williams, 36. Prosecutor Mark Vinson said the minimum sentence Graham could receive is 15 years because of the prior federal conviction. Wed June 6 2001 21:17:42  Mississauga, Ontario 10-year-old murder solved by DNA database -- (National Post) The murder of a grandmother in Mississauga 10 years ago has been solved using a year-old national DNA database, police say. A man in custody for another crime has been charged with the strangulation and rape of 63-year-old Muriel Holland, a former model and actress. |
