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Md. wife, teen daughter, and boyfriend charged in love triangle double-murder
  LOTHIAN, Md. - A Maryland wife, her teen daughter and her daughter's boyfriend plotted to kill her husband and another woman who was involved in a love triangle with the married couple, police said. Ann Marie Anastasi, of Lothian, and Gabriel Ezekiel Struss, 18, of Annapolis, have each been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, among other charges, for plotting and carrying out the murder of Anthony Joseph Anastasi Jr., 40, and "live-in lover" Jacqueline Irene Riggs, 25. Her 13-year-old daughter has been taken into custody and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and accessory after the fact, police said. The teen is in the custody of a juvenile detention facility.
Anne Arundel County Police say they responded to a call in the 600 block of West Bay Front Road in Lothian on Monday, Oct. 5. When they arrived on scene, police say they found Anthony, who lived in the home with his wife Ann Marie and Riggs, in the master bedroom suffering from gunshot wounds. He was later pronounced dead. According to court documents, Ann Marie told police her husband had committed suicide. Police also found Riggs in the basement suffering from stab wounds. She was later pronounced dead as well. Police said Riggs had been "romantically involved" with the couple.
Shortly after Riggs moved in with the couple this past summer, Ann Marie coordinated with her daughter--one of her five children with Anthony, according to court documents--to have her husband and Riggs killed, police said. The two plotting the murders recruited Struss, the 13-year-old's boyfriend, to carry out the crime, police said. - (Black-on-white) |
ILION, N.Y. -- "I'm gonna miss him. I like Gary, I'm gonna miss Gary", said Andrew Trask. Andrew Trask is just one of the many people who say they knew Gary Eckler, and wish he was still around. The 66-year-old was the victim of a fatal stabbing on Clark Street in Ilion, Friday. Police arrested 24 year old Crystal Pullin and charged her with manslaughter in the second degree, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. We're told Eckler was an avid hockey fan and was an off-ice official at the Utica AUD. A moment of silence was held in Eckler's honor at the beginning of the Comets game, Friday night. In a statement, Utica Comets President Robert Esche said, "We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Gary Eckler. He was a longtime member and supporter of Utica's hockey community and our condolences go out to his family and friends". "Gary was always nice. I've never seen him get angry or I've never seen him get mouthy or anything like that. I knew him since I was in school and he always seemed to be a real nice guy," said Trask. And while loved ones continue to mourn Eckler, police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death. - (Black-on-white)
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, IL - Murder charges have been filed in the homicide case of a St. Clair County man. Early Tuesday morning, a violent home invasion took the life of 
A man wanted for the sex trafficking of 
Two men were arrested Friday after police say they were charged with criminal sex act for crimes against two children under the age of sixteen. Andre Lomax, 50 and Keith Wilcox, 59 were arraigned Saturday and officials say Lomax works for Monroe County. According to the county's director of communications, the county is trying to determine what to do with Andre Lomax and say he is still technically employed. They're going through his union contract to see what their options are. Friday night, Rochester police charged both of them with multiple counts of criminal sexual act. Police told us the
GARFIELD — Officials say two northern New Jersey men have been arrested and charged with sexual assault and armed robbery during a home invasion. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said Sunday 22 -year-old Xavier Epps and 21-year-old Tymell White, both of Jersey City, are charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault, armed robbery and armed burglary among other charges. Authorities say Garfield police received an emergency call after 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Police say three or four men forced their way into the residence using handguns and forced two women and a man to the floor. Officials say Epps and White sexually assaulted one female victim at various times. They're charged with taking cash, cell phones and other electronic items.
LAKE CITY, Fla. - The Columbia County Sheriff's Office arrested a man Saturday accused of forcing a woman to drive to a hotel, trying to sexually assault the victim, then shooting her. Deputies responded to Lake City Medical Center after a woman arrived with a gunshot wound. Investigators said the victim was shot by Jeffery Clark Jr., 25, at the Budget Inn in Lake City. The investigation revealed Clark met with the victim early Saturday morning and got into the victim's car uninvited. Clark produced a handgun and insisted the victim drive him to his grandmother's house. Once at the home, Clark insisted the victim drive him to the store and then to the Budget Inn, where the victim was forced to get a room. Once in the room, Clark made sexual advances towards the victim, who rejected him and went to the bathroom. Clark then shot through the bathroom door, striking the victim.
CHICAGO -- A man has been charged in connection with the sexual assault of a 23-year-old woman in the city's Near West Side. Anthony Titus, 23, was arrested after being identified as the suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted the woman in the 2100-block of W. Madison Street around 5:10 a.m. on Oct. 15, police said. The victim was hospitalized in stable condition. Titus faces a charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault.
LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Police have identified one of two suspects in a fatal shooting at the Livermore Arcade Shopping Center on First Street Saturday night. Police say that two adult males in their 20s were shot inside of a vehicle in the parking lot of the busy shopping center. One of the victims has died and the other went into surgery. The suspect has been identified as 18-year-old Oakland resident Jason Alexander Brown. Police have have obtained a no bail warrant for his arrest on one count of murder and another count of attempted murder. Police say he is still at large and considered armed and dangerous. Police say the two were armed with an assault rifle.
Police are looking for a 22-year-old man accused of assaulting in September a 47-year-old man who died two weeks later at a Dallas hospital. Police say Christopher Bateman, known as “Batman,” assaulted 
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department- Major Crimes Division have arrested two suspects for the October 8 homicide of 22-year-old
FORT WORTH A woman was arrested early Friday in connection with the beating and suffocation of a woman whose body was found burning in an secluded area near Lake Arlington. 
The father of slain former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty who was killed in the 2012 Benghazi, Libya terrorist attack has strong words for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her handling of Benghazi. “Well I think that she pulled all the troops out of the embassy, he had no backup. 
DALLAS — There's been a big break in the murder case of 18-year-old 
The search for the suspect involved in an attempted robbery and carjacking in Gates continued on Thursday. Police say the suspect attempted to rob a realty office on Chili Avenue Wednesday afternoon before fleeing to Sprucewood Lane and carjacking a woman. The Gates police chief says he then drove the woman into Rochester and ditched the car on the edge of the Genesee River. Thursday, police said the suspect pushed the 74-year-old woman into the Genesee River after the carjacking -- and that she didn't just fall on her own. That means when this suspect is caught, he'll face an attempted murder charge. "Luckily this lady was in great shape and she survived the fall into the water," says Gates Police Chief James VanBrederode. "And was able to get herself to the side, but clearly this could have been a homicide yesterday. There's no doubt about it." 
GREENWOOD, SC -- A man has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after he stole a laptop from a 68-year-old Greenwood man who died of a heart attack during the struggle. A jury convicted 26-year-old Wayne Michael Smith. He pleaded guilty Monday to strong armed robbery before his trial began. Circuit Judge Frank Addy Jr. sentenced Smith to 20 years, the total maximum on both charges, and took the unusual step of ordering the sentences to run consecutively. Prosecutors say Smith went to 
BLOOMINGTON – One of three men who beat a homeless veteran to death in O’Neil Park in June 2014 has been sentenced to 42 years in prison. Willie Chambers, 19, pleaded guilty earlier this year to the murder of 
PEORIA — Calling the 2006 slaying of 
UMKC is investigating allegations involving McGee and Louisville recruiting. ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” is reporting that McGee, a former assistant coach for Louisville, paid for sex and stripper parties on the Louisville campus for basketball players and recruits, according to a self-described escort named Katina Powell.
DETROIT - A convicted serial rapist was back in court today for reportedly assaulting a sheriff's deputy at a courthouse. Police say 21-year-old Michael Sykes tried to
A 15-year-old Washington boy and his 17-year-old brother operated a prostitution ring that employed underage hookers who kicked back money to the duo’s mother, according to investigators. The accused pimps--Dionte Hunter and his older brother Thaishaun--are locked up on felony charges stemming from the prostitution business, which operated from their Spokane home. 
WINONA, Minn. - Two people have been arrested in Wisconsin in connection with a deadly shooting in Winona. The Winona Police Department said in a statement Friday that Lonnie Lavonte Keymone Hudson, 23, was arrested in Wausau, Wis. Thursday night after leading police on a chase. A warrant had been issued for his arrest for several charges, including 2nd degree murder, 1st degree aggravated robbery, and 2nd degree assault. "The Marathon County Sheriff's Office worked with the other agencies to try and locate the homicide suspect in Wausau, and they successfully apprehended that suspect here," said Capt. Ben Bliven of the Wausau Police Department. According to police, a second person, Kayla Maye Clay, 18, was arrested near Ettrick, Wis. and is being held in Trempeauleau County jail on preliminary charges of aiding an offender - accomplice after the fact. According to police, officers arrived Sunday at an apartment on Gilmore Avenue to find 
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors say a 57-year-old Los Angeles man has been sentenced to 158 years in prison for killing a woman and wounding her boyfriend over a $10 cable bill. Deputy District Attorney Joshua Ritter says Kenneth Theodrick Parks was sentenced Thursday after being convicted last month of one count of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Jurors also found true gun and great bodily injury allegations. Ritter says Parks and 42-year-old 
The suspect, later identified as Jarrette Javette Singletary, 29, of Summerville, was encountered by law enforcement as he was exiting the bank. He was immediately taken into custody.
He was said to be 6’ft, 170 pounds, wearing a gray hoodie, dark colored pants, dark sunglasses and wearing a camouflaged back.
The suspect was captured on a surveillance camera. He is described as a black male in his late 30’s or early 40’s, about 6-feet tall.
The suspect described as a black male in his mid-30 with a loss of pigmentation around his face 
Dwight Halls, 23, of Piscataway, and Khaliah McGruder, 20, of Plainfield, are charged in connection with the robbery at the Investor's Bank in Wick Plaza. 
The suspect is described as a black man, 6' to 6'3" tall, dreadlocks or possibly a wig, thin build, black hoodie and sunglasses. The suspect was also described as having a deep voice.
He is described as a black man between 50 and 60 years old, standing about 6 feet tall with a thin build and bad teeth. 
Police arrested the second suspect in the Dover-area home invasion that left two people dead last weekend. Saleem Shabazz, 21, was arrested at about 5 p.m. Thursday on the unit block of E. Jacoby St. in Norristown, Pennsylvania, according to Delaware State Police on Friday. Sgt. Richard D. Bratz declined to give any further information about the arrest or the relationship between Shabazz and Matthew Harrington, the 23-year-old Pennsylvania man who turned himself in to the Buckingham Township Police – about 20 miles from Norristown – on Sunday. He is being held at a Bucks County prison and is awaiting extradition, Delaware State Police said. Gunfire during the home invasion left its owner, 
WAUKESHA -- A Waukesha fifth-grader is speaking out after she says a man tried luring her into his car. The attempted enticement happened Wednesday afternoon, October 21st just outside Heyer Elementary School and police are taking this incident very seriously. Police have increased patrols and school staff is on alert after this incident -- especially when kids are being dropped off and picked up and during recess. On Thursday, the young girl and her father said they want everyone to know what happened. "I was really scared," said 
PORTLAND, OR - The man charged with killing an aspiring actress in Portland in 1988 will remain in the Multnomah County Jail. Multnomah County Judge Kelly Skye denied bail for Walter Wayne Howard on Thursday morning, concluding the evidence in the case is strong enough to keep him behind bars while awaiting trial. Howard, now 60 years old, is charged with the murder of 
NASHVILLE, TN - Metro police have made an arrest in the murder of a teen at the James Cayce Homes earlier this month. 
Rev. Edwin White has been in the news before. White was arrested by a U.S. Marshal and charged with 
RIVERDALE, Ga. -- Authorities in Clayton County said, Thursday, that a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teen after stealing a car has been caught hundreds of miles away. Authorities said Tyreek Bowers-Rivera was arrested in Kansas by the state's highway patrol after finding him driving a stolen vehicle. After a vehicle pursuit and a manhunt that lasted for several hours, Bowers-Rivera was taken into custody. The arrest comes after Rivera-Bowers allegedly jumped into a car sitting at the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop on Highway 85 in Riverdale, Ga. on Oct. 14. As the car's owner was walking out of the shop, she realized that
DALLAS – An alleged sexual predator was arrested last week after a woman was able to escape after he tackled and attempted to sexually assault her. According to Dallas police, on Oct. 14, a woman was walking home near South Central Expressway and Great Trinity Forest Way when she was tackled down an embankment by a suspect who then attempted to sexually assault her. The victim was able to get away from the man and call police, who canvassed the area and located the suspect, Denzell Bryant. He was arrested and charged with attempted sexual assault, a third-degree felony. Police are looking into the possibility Bryant was involved in other crimes. Bryant is a 21-year-old black male, 5-foot-9, and 190 pounds. He has short blonde hair and several tattoos.
A joint discussion between police and prosecutors led to the decision to withhold information from the public about a reported rape at the Edward J. Costello Courthouse in Burlington, a top detective said Thursday night. An online story on the Burlington Free Press website Thursday afternoon about the reported rape in the second floor ladies bathroom and the arrest warrant for a missing suspect sparked a hastily called news conference. Burlington Police Sgt. Michael Warren, director of the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations, said authorities had planned to keep the rape complaint under wraps while trying to capture Robert Rosario, 32, of Burlington and the Bronx in New York. Investigators searched for one week for Rosario with no luck. It was unclear if Rosario had fled Vermont. He also is known by a few street names, including “Z,” “CC” and “Dior,” court records show. The woman who said she was attacked, who said she knew Rosario, reported she was confronted by him upon leaving a bathroom stall, court records show.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Fayetteville police said a 50-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a sexual assault near Person Street and Eastern Boulevard Tuesday. Boyd Douglas Marsh, II, of the 800 block of Deep Creek Road, was charged with first-degree kidnapping. On Tuesday around 4 a.m., detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department’s Special Victims Unit were notified of a sexual assault that occurred in the area of Person Street and Eastern Blvd. The investigation revealed the victim was walking along Person Street near Eastern Blvd when she was approached by the suspect. “The suspect forced the victim into a nearby wooded area where he sexually assaulted her. The suspect then left the area on foot,” Fayetteville Police said in a press release.
The parents of 
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - 
THE BRONX – Police are looking for a MTA rider who threw urine at a bus operator in the Bronx more than two weeks ago. NYPD said the culprit boarded the MTA bus BX12 about 5:15 p.m. on Oct. 1 when he got into a verbal dispute with the 58-year-old bus driver. When arriving at Pelham Bay Station, the 20-year-old man allegedly threw an object containing urine at the bus driver and fled westbound on Westchester Avenue, police said. The bus driver suffered irritation to his face and eyes and was taken to Jacobi Hospital.
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Police have charged a Florida mother with abuse of a dead body in the case surrounding the presumed death of her missing 
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP – Police are asking the public for help in identifying several suspects in connection with the theft of wallets from purses while women have been shopping. On Monday, October 12, police were called to the Costco on Telegraph in Bloomfield after a woman reported her purse stolen from a shopping cart in the parking lot. The woman was loading groceries into her car and when she turned around her purse was gone from her cart. The victim’s credit cards were used at a gas station in Pontiac.
When 
UPDATE: Suspect in Floral Ave Arson is Dwight D. Burton, 38, of Johnson City. He's charged with 1st Degree Murder and 1st Degree Arson. JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. -- A community is grieving after two children died in a house fire early Monday morning. Johnson City Firefighters were called to 145 Floral Avenue at 1:58 a.m. where a fire had engulfed a multi-family home. Two children were trapped on the third floor and were taken to UHS Wilson Hospital where they later died. "It took them a while cause they had to put the fire out to get to the third floor, so it delayed their time to get up there," Johnson City Fire Chief Rob Jacyna said. The children's parents were able to escape the fire, but not without suffering severe burns. They were transported to a burn unit in Syracuse. Investigators suspect it may be arson. 
Police in Dallas are searching for an unidentified black man who was seen talking to 18-year-old Zoe Hastings at a Walgreens drug store the day she was murdered. Hastings' body was discovered inside her family's white Honda Odyssey minivan October, 12, the day after she went missing on her way to church. Detectives have been tight-lipped about the details of the case, only saying that obvious signs of homicide were found at the scene of the crime near White Rock Lake in Dallas. 
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - A 22-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the October 8 Hot Springs murder of 
The officer who was trying to arrest accused cop shooter Davon Lymon Wednesday night had one of Lymon’s hands in handcuffs and was trying to shackle him to the stolen motorcycle he was on, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court.
KANSAS CITY, MO - Two Kansas City men are facing assault charges after an off-duty Army captain was brutally attacked outside a Plaza restaurant. Raymond P. Robinson and Antonio D. Stuckey each face charges of first and second degree assault after
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two people face kidnapping and robbery charges for their alleged involvement in an armed robbery at a Northeast Portland tavern on Oct. 17. That night, an employee at the West Wynn tavern on NE 102nd was tied up and robbed near closing time. A woman, later identified by police as Christie A. Dillman, came into the tavern as the employee saw a man “pacing out in front of the business” on surveillance video, court document revealed. When the man came in, the employee asked to see his ID. The man, later identified by police as Laboyce Daniel Ross, said he didn’t have any ID and began to argue. When Dillman and Ross began to leave, Ross pulled a gun and told Dillman to zip-tie the employee’s hands to a metal bar in the bathroom, documents showed. More than $2000 was taken from the cash register as they fled. The robber had dread locks. As detectives viewed the surveillance video, they recognized Ross. When his home was searched, court documents said, a dread lock wig and an airsoft gun were found.
A young married couple has been charged in a string of home burglaries in Kent County, state police said Wednesday. David E. Moore, 22, and Sarah R. Moore, 21, of Magnolia, were charged with six counts of second-degree burglary, eight counts of theft, three charges of criminal mischief, as well as selling stolen property, falsifying business records and conspiracy, said Master Cpl. Gary E. Fournier. He was committed to Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna after failing to post $82,300 cash bail. She was sent to Baylor Women's Correctional Institution near New Castle, lacking $34,400 cash bail. 
BASTROP COUNTY, Texas — Former Austin Police officer VonTrey Clark has been indicted on a capital murder charge in the death of his
The North Middleton Township man who has already been accused of raping a
Chisholm, MN -- A Chisholm man has been charged in connection with the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a female who fell asleep in her car earlier this month. The female says the car was parked in the Chisholm Disc Golf Course parking lot around 1 a.m. on Oct. 9. Authorities were called to the scene at 4:30 a.m. on reports that a female had been raped. She claims Owoidighe Ekanem, 34, who was a stranger to her, knocked on the window awakening her. She told authorities she opened the door thinking he was a police officer or her friend. He reportedly questioned her and threatened to call the police. She says she then attempted to call the police, but he allegedly grabbed her phone, pulled her out of the car by her hair, hit her face several times and tied her sweatshirt around her head. The female says he told her not to look at him or he would kill her, according to the criminal complaint. The female claims he then put her into his Ford Escape, drove around a little, then stopped and raped her in a wooded area. She says he then drove to a different location where he parked and allegedly raped her again in the backseat. The victim was taken to a hospital in Hibbing, where she was interviewed by authorities. It was determined that she suffered a fractured nose.
GULFPORT, Mississippi -- Police have arrested a 44-year-old man in connection with the rape of
DETROIT - Two Detroit EMS workers were seriously injured Tuesday when they were attacked by a man with a box cutter near the Neighborhood Service Organization in the 3400 block of 3rd Street. A woman near the NSO building reported a sprained ankle and the two EMS workers worked on her across the street. When the crew determined that the woman wouldn't be transported in the rig, a man she was with became enraged and pulled out a weapon. While the attacker stabbed and slashed EMT 
CHARLOTTE, NC - Five reputed gang members pleaded guilty Tuesday for their role in a racketeering and conspiracy case involving the 2014 shooting deaths of 
SEATTLE -- The teenager who shot and killed a Seattle man during a botched cell phone robbery pled guilty Monday to first degree murder. Byron White was 17-years old in February of 2014 when he tried to rob 
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