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Family, friends hold vigil for slain (White) Valley man, Richard ‘Danny' Wren - black suspect is still on the run
  PHOENIX - A Valley family is pleading for answers after a North Phoenix man was gunned down in front of his pregnant girlfriend. Richard ‘Danny’ Wren, 31, was murdered by his neighbor outside of his apartment in early September. The suspect, 30-year-old Anthony Marks, is still on the run, investigators said. “I was seven months pregnant when he was killed,” said Kalina Lowe, Wren’s girlfriend. She was there when he was shot to death. “They just got into a little mini argument and then five minutes later, he came downstairs with a gun,” Lowe said. She said after Marks fired at Wren, he ran away. “I know that he killed over nothing, (and) that I’m sure he’ll do it again,” said Sharon Wren, the victim’s mother. At a vigil Sunday evening, friends and family lit candles, released balloons and told stories about Wren, who was an MMA fighter. The family is begging anyone with information to come forward to help them gain some closure. “Please, will you call Silent Witness?" Sharon asked. “He killed my son.” The victim was never able to meet his daughter, who was named Dani Rose-- after her father. “My daughter has to live without her father,” Lowe said. “Just please, help us heal.” - (Black-on-white) |
For the first time, Bill Cosby will face criminal charges in connection with an accusation of sexual assault, Montgomery County prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced on Wednesday. The felony charge came at the conclusion of a second investigation into allegations that the comedian drugged and assaulted former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004. Constand first accused Cosby of assaulting her a year after the alleged assault. At the time, prosecutors declined to press charges. On the evening in question, Mr. Cosby urged her to take pills that he provided her and to drink wine, the effect of which rendered her unable to move,” Steele said to reporters, later saying the pills rendered the victim “frozen,” and “paralyzed.” That was when Cosby allegedly committed aggravated indecent assault. - (Black-on-white)
AUGUSTA — A New York man has been arrested on two counts of murder in connection with the shooting deaths of an Augusta couple on Christmas Day, Maine State Police announced Tuesday. David W. Marble Jr., 29, of Rochester, New York, was arrested after Augusta police stopped a car in which he was a passenger near Memorial Circle in Augusta, according to police. He has been charged with two counts of murder related to the shooting deaths of 
LOS ANGELES — A 51-year-old man will be arraigned Tuesday on charges related to the murder of the mother of his children that took place on Christmas Day. Clarence Durell Dear, of Pomona, has been charged with one count of murder with the special circumstance of torture and one count of cruelty to a child, their 12-year-old son, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The special circumstance makes Dear eligible for the death penalty. His fate will later be decided by prosecutors. Dear was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in the Pomona branch of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, but the arraignment was postponed until Jan. 28. He was ordered held without bail. Dear is accused of dousing 
HOUSTON – A man who has been charged with arson in a Christmas Day fire at a Houston mosque told an investigator he worshipped there. 37-year-old Gary Nathaniel Moore of Houston was arrested. Officials don't know a motive but added there's no evidence that it was a hate crime. The blaze at the Islamic Society of Greater Houston had "multiple points of origin." The fire caused major damage to the building, but no injuries. Moore was being held in jail on no bond. 
Blood, brain matter and bone fragments were found at the man's home and business. Blood pooled on the stoop of Kevin Watkins' Eastside home. It was splashed on the grass and leaves, trailing into the backyard, court documents say. There was blood on the seats of the 49-year-old man's SUV. A plastic rake caked with blood was left behind trash cans. A bloody wad of duct tape was crumpled inside the trash cans, the documents say, along with bleach, and a rope. In the front yard, investigators found brain matter spattered near the sidewalk, a probable cause affidavit says. And then, police found the fingertip. Watkins, an Indianapolis bounty hunter who owns Watkins Bail Bonds in the 6000 block of Massachusetts Avenue, is held on two counts of murder in connection with the disappearances of 
ALIQUIPPA – A Beaver County man was arrested in connection with the armed robbery of two teens over the weekend. The incident happened just before midnight on Saturday, the day after Christmas. Two teens, ages 14 and 17, were riding a hoverboard when they were approached by 19-year-old Raequan Wannamaker. Police say Wannamaker was dressed all in black and had a ski mask covering his face. The victims told police that the suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it at the 14-year-old’s head, then stomach, and then demanded the hoverboard. Police say Wannamaker grabbed the hoverboard and ran off.
TOLEDO, OH - A Toledo Police officer is recovering after being assaulted during an arrest. The incident happened on Saturday in south Toledo near the 4400 block of Hill Ave. According to court documents, 
PHOENIX - A 39-year-old woman in Phoenix is accused of shooting another woman and then keeping her body on a sofa as a "shrine." Emergency dispatchers received two 911 calls from people who reported a dead female inside an apartment. Officers responded and found
APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. — An Appomattox County man is in jail without bond after he was arrested on multiple charges related to the abduction and rape of 
Cops are looking for a subway sicko sporting a “Team USA” tattoo on his forehead who allegedly masturbated for more than a half-hour while gawking at a woman. The alleged patriotic perv reached down his pants and fondled himself as he stared at the 29-year-old woman on the northbound No. 2 train from the President Street station at about 4 p.m. Sunday, cops said. The woman snapped a photo of the man, whose right hand is seen partly down his pants, and sent the image to police.
A 45-year-old Delaware man remains on the lam after police say he stabbed his own brother on Christmas Day. Police are asking the public's help to track down Tyrone Prince, of the unit block of Birkshire Road in Oakmont. New Castle County Police said Prince got into an argument with his older brother, stabbed him in the upper and lower torso, and then fled from the house before officers arrived. The 47-year-old brother remained hospitalized on Monday at Christiana Hospital, police said. 
A Brooklyn man was charged Monday with the stabbing death of a 28-year-old woman whose mutilated remains were found in a Queens park. Cops arrested Christopher Sobers, 25, charging him with murder in the gruesome October crime. Sobers and his victim, 
Four of six people arrested Sunday night in connection with a brawl at an East Garden City bowling alley are being held after their arraignment Monday. The incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. at Garden City Bowl on Stewart Avenue, authorities say. 
A Queens postman was so stressed by the number of people sending holiday gifts by mail that he tossed hundreds letters and packages in the trash, according to court papers. Ozone Park mailman Daniel Darby was “overwhelmed” by the uptick in early December mail — so he stuffed 1,000 would-be presents and letters in garbage bags, according to Brooklyn federal-court documents. Darby joined the Ozone Park office Dec. 2 — the same day he threw three white trash bags full of mail in garbage can in front of a home, according to the court papers. Some of the mail had been “rifled through,” the court papers state. The Grinch-like postman admitted to raiding some of the mail “to see what it contained,” according to the criminal complaint. 
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's aide assaulted 
HICKORY, N.C. — 
CARY -- A Cary man was polite and matter of fact as he told a 911 operator that he killed his mother and girlfriend. A former co-worker described Brandon Lee, 34, as a "very nice young man" and said that he "seemed to love (his mother) very much." But in a quietly chilling 911 call released by Cary police Monday, Lee told the operator that he was calling from the room his dead girlfriend's body was in, and that he killed her and his mother. Lee said that he choked his mother, 58-year-old 
MACON, Ga. — A woman has been robbed and shot outside of the Old Times Buffet in Macon. A news release by the Bibb County Sheriff's Office says two men approached 
SCHENECTADY – Schenectady police have arrested a man on Christmas day, charged with rape. Police say 21 year old Onte Pittman was arraigned Monday on rape charges, accused of having sex with 
A Woodstock man has been charged with failing to register as a sex offender in the northwestern suburb. Corion V. Simpson, 20, has been charged with one count of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender, a Class 3 felony, according to a statement from Woodstock police. Simpson, of the 300 block of Leah Lane in Woodstock, registered with the Woodstock Police Department as a sexual predator on Dec. 1, but failed to tell authorities that he maintained and used a social media account, which he is required to do, police said.
COLLEGE STATION - College Station police say a man was acting in self-defense Sunday night when he fatally shot a man who tried to force entry into his apartment. Just before 8:00 p.m. is when police were notified of the shooting at the Lexington Apartments in the 1500 block of Holleman Drive. Police officers found Zebulun Jarell Ransom unconscious with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. The 28-year-old from Bryan was taken to a hospital where he later passed away. The resident of the apartment told police he heard a knock on his door and when he opened it, Ransom attempted to force his way in. The resident, who was armed with a gun, told police Ransom was also armed with a gun. Police say the resident fired a shot at Ransom and then shut his door and called 9-1-1. According to a report from College Station police the shooting appears to have been an act of self-defense and no arrest has been made at this time. 
MIRAMAR, Fla. - A person intent on robbing a Miramar restaurant Wednesday night was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with a restaurant employee, police said. The attempted armed robbery happened at Captain Max Seafood Restaurant in Miramar. Police said a masked man armed with a gun entered the restaurant shortly before 6 p.m. After a verbal exchange with an employee, the employee pulled a gun, fired and killed the man attempting to rob the store. It's unclear if both men fired weapons. Police identified the robbery suspect Thursday as 26-year-old Roosevelt Jones. They said a second person may have been involved in the attempted robbery.
HIALEAH, Fla. - Four people were arrested Tuesday in connection with a robbery spree spanning two days in Hialeah. Tasha Armstrong, 35, Amanda Ashley, 27, Loquacious Taylor, 32, and Innocent Harrison, 31, are accused of targeting 
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A homeless man who brazenly admitted to stealing bicycles in Portland as part of a chop shop operation has been sentence to two-and-a-half years in prison. When released, Leroy Parsons must get permission to have a bike, and show a receipt he bought it from a legitimate seller, according to the Multnomah County district attorney's office. He will also undergo drug counseling in prison. Prosecutors said he had an meth addiction that led to his criminal behavior. Parsons made national headlines when an 'Inside Edition' episode on a Portland bike sting featured him.
An alleged jihadist arrested in June on charges that he plotted to blow up Times Square may also be the fiend who stabbed a 
A federal judge has let stand the case against a Philadelphia woman accused of plotting to join the Islamic State group in Syria. Keonna Thomas, 30, was arrested in April at a public housing development in Philadelphia and charged with attempting to provide material support for a foreign terrorist organization. Authorities allege that she was preparing to fly to Spain with hopes of reaching Syria and told an Islamic State group fighter that taking part in a martyrdom operation "would be amazing." Authorities said she called herself Fatayat Al Khilafah and "YoungLioness" as she sought to raise money online, tweeting posts such as "When you're a mujahid, your death becomes a wedding." A mujahid is one who engages in jihad. 
A 30-year-old Hackensack man was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $400,000 bail for allegedly sexually assaulting and robbing a city woman a month ago. Wille Banks was arrested on Dec. 24 after his alleged victim, a 22-year-old Hackensack woman, spotted him at a 7-Eleven on Main Street in the city. She called the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, which contacted Hackensack police, who then identified Banks from a surveillance video.
Syracuse, NY -- A 24-year-old man from Oregon arrived in Syracuse last winter ready to start his career. But within two days in Syracuse, he was randomly attacked by two 17-year-olds who took advantage of him walking around with his phone and a map. He was pummeled with a pipe and the teens took his cell phone. The victim had just left the downtown YMCA, where he was considering a gym membership, prosecutor Cindi Newtown said. The victim was so terrified he left Syracuse without even emptying his fridge, County Court Judge Thomas J. Miller said today. Both teens - Kuamel Perry and Deandre Brady - have been punished, but their records will be sealed as part of a youthful offender plea deal. That means that while their arrests and court cases were public, their names will now be shielded and their convictions will be hidden.
the teen who was shot and killed during a home invasion Wednesday was the cousin of a woman killed in a parking lot shooting earlier this month. Family members say the teen was in town for his cousin’s funeral. Family members identify the teen killed Wednesday as 17-year-old Manquise Adams. Police say he and another teen broke into a home in the west valley. A resident inside shot and killed him. The Adams family says they may bury Manquise on the same day they bury his cousin 
A 20-year-old woman was killed late Sunday night in the north valley and a man accused in the shooting was arrested, North Las Vegas police said. Emergency crews were called about 9:50 p.m. to a convenience store parking lot at the intersection of Craig Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard, where they found a 20-year-old woman with a gunshot wound, Patty said. 
CINCINNATI – Police arrested Wednesday one of the men they said were responsible for beating and stealing from
A selfie-obsessed Brooklyn man who splashed images of himself holding a firearm online and posted Facebook messages about the weapon pleaded guilty to a gun possession charge in Brooklyn federal court. Handing the feds a helpful social media assist, Nickolaus Daley even went online to announce robbery plans and taunted a woman who “snitched” on him, according to court papers.
A woman who had just been robbed at gunpoint by two masked men called police to report the crime but ended up getting her and her boyfriend arrested when cops found a high powered rifle stashed in a violin case. LaTroya Lovell, 22, was entering her apartment when the two armed men ambushed her and forced her into the apartment. The two thieves ransacked the apartment and stole around $1,500 in cash, several ounces of marijuana and an iPhone before fleeing. Lovell immediately called police to report the home invasion, but when they walked into the apartment, the officers spied a suspicious looking violin case that appeared to have a gun barrel sticking out of the top. When the cops opened the instrument case, they found a loaded Hi-Point Carbine 995 Series rifle that belonged to the woman’s boyfriend, Karon Bailey, 29. 
A man at the center of a 2013 police brutality case has died from gunshot wounds he suffered earlier this month. 
Police have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a 25-year-old at a Pleasant Grove tire shop Thursday afternoon. Officers were dispatched around 3:45 p.m. to Omar’s Wheels and Tires in the 3700 block of South Buckner Boulevard, near Military Parkway, for a shooting call. Police said 
Two Bronx children were awakened Christmas morning by a gunshot that left their mom bleeding by the tree in their living room — where cops said their dad opened fire in a rage because she was planning to leave him. The kids were asleep in their beds upstairs when the holiday horror unfolded shortly before 10 a.m. Friday, as 
A bottle-blond teen from New Jersey has made a killing in the Big Apple by preying on wealthy men — getting picked up at bars and then ripping off her marks at their homes or hotels, sources told The Post. 
A Manhattan dentist sprayed water on a patient and then reached under her blouse and grabbed her breast, police sources said. Dr. 
HARRISBURG, Pa. – 
PHILADELPHIA — A Montgomery county man, who is still facing charges of child molestation in Montgomery and Bucks counties, has pleaded guilty to federal charges that he hid a camera in a bathroom to film teenagers. 56-year-old Kevin Rebbie admitted to hiding a camera in the bathroom to record children using the shower, changing or even using the toilet.
The armed robber who caused a panic at the Roosevelt Field Mall by shooting a bystander while trying to swipe a $19,000 Rolex is a jobless pill popper who posted a Facebook photo of the handgun believed used in the crime, authorities said Wednesday. 
James Earl Eackles pleaded guilty Wednesday for beating his longtime girlfriend to death earlier this year. Eackles, 46 pleaded guilty in Buchanan County Court to felony second degree murder. As we previously reported, in February officers with the St. Joseph Police Department responded to the 2200 block of S. 15th St. to find 
A Utica mother was mourning on Christmas Day — just 24 hours after her 18-year-old son was run over and killed by a motorist chasing him on Walker Street. “He was such a good kid,” said Janelle Williams, the mother of Ammar Adrian Williams. The teen was found underneath a vehicle in a rear yard on Walker Street. Police said Williams was trying to climb a fence to escape a vehicle driven by Sarah Buswell, 23, of Main Street in Holland Patent. She has been charged with second-degree murder and is being held at Oneida County jail. As for Thursday’s incident, Janelle Williams said the police haven’t told her much, but said it involved marijuana. She said her son and Buswell were friends on Facebook and had “been texting each other.” “They were hanging out near Oneida Square". “He was with one of his friends, and someone snatched (marijuana) from (Buswell.) And she chased the boys. They separated, and she went after Ammar.” One of Sarah Buswell's friends, Jake Allen, said this is completely out of character for her, but he knew that she’d been hanging out with “really bad and sketchy people” lately. 
A woman faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of a Utica man, city police said. At 2:15 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to Walker Street for a motor vehicle accident with reported serious injuries. Officers found a man -- later identified as 
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – A man and woman are facing drug charges three years after a 28-year-old was found unconscious and not breathing in a Fairview Heights apartment. On December 23, 2012,
In the latest update for the 
Two people were killed on Chicago's West Side after a police-involved shooting early Saturday morning. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the dead woman as 55-year-old 
DEARBORN, Mich. The Wayne County Medical Examiner has declared the death of 35-year-old 
The Brooklyn man who fatally shot a 16-year-old intruder wasn’t defending his home — he was defending his “large” quantity of marijuana, prosecutors said Tuesday. “
An NYPD sergeant has been charged with shooting
A man hired by a Philadelphia doctor for sex strangled and robbed him inside a Center City hotel room, say homicide detectives. 
While he's dating a young woman, a man allegedly meets an older man online. They start their own romantic relationship, one that involves trips to Mexico and a Christmas gift of a motorcycle. Then, that second man -- a wealthy, 52-year-old Texas retiree named 
Former South African President FW De Klerk has criticised a campaign to remove a statue of 
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