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Man called ‘white boy’ before brutal attack in South Memphis
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A 23-year-old, Graham Patton, has both eyes blacked out, his nose swollen and bandages all over his face following an attack in South Memphis. "I mean he doesn't even look like the same person at all," Neysa Anderson, the victim's stepsister, said. Police said the attack happened on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the Pendleton Pines Apartments near Pendleton and Ketchum. According to officers, Patton took a walk outside around 11 p.m. when two men he did not know came out of nowhere. "Something along the lines of 'hey white boy what are you doing around here? You're not supposed to be here' or something and that was it," Anderson explained. Anderson said Patton was knocked to the ground and severely beaten. "It completely crushed his entire sinus cavity. Like his -- all the bones under his eyes, his face were all completely crushed," Anderson said. Police said the bad guys who did the crime are still out there on the streets. "I was just very afraid," Michael Patton, the victim's father, said. Michael Patton lives in East Tennessee but said over the phone he has one question for his son's attackers. "Why? Why would you do something like that to somebody that had no reason to be attacking? Doesn't make sense," Michael Patton asked. The alleged racially motivated attack also did not make sense to people who live in that community. Neighbors said although crime happens there, people do not usually beat up others because of their skin color. "He wasn't robbed. There was nothing taken. It seemed to be just a violent hate crime," Anderson concluded. - (Black-on-white) - (Hatecrimes) |
HOMER, La. - Funeral arrangements have been set for a Webster Parish sheriff’s deputy whose body was found late Monday in a shallow grave near her home in Homer. Visitation for Sulyn Prince, 69, will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Arcadia, with the funeral service at 2 p.m. Sunday also at the church, according to Webster Parish Sheriff Gary Sexton. Meanwhile, the man accused in Prince’s death, Jermaine Johnson, sits in the Claiborne Parish Detention Center on a $1 million bond. A Claiborne Parish district judge set bond Wednesday for the 35-year-old who is charged with second-degree murder. State police arrested Johnson early Tuesday morning. The convicted rapist lived next door to Prince. - (Black-on-white)
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Lexington Police Department has issued arrest warrants for 5 people in connection to a fatal shooting on University Drive that occurred on January 9th. Police say they are looking for 21-year-old Kenyon J. Hipps (above left,) 18-year-old Marcus L. Smith as well as three juveniles, two of which are already in custody. Officers say they were called to University Drive around 3:00 a.m. on a report that shots had been fired. When they arrived, police say they found two men with gunshot wounds inside a car. Both men were taken to University of Kentucky Hospital. Later, one of the men, 
JEFFERSON COUNTY, AL - A suspect is in custody in a homicide at a fast food restaurant in Pleasant Grove and three connected robberies. Roderick King, 19, was detained by officers from the north and west precincts in Birmingham. Pleasant Grove police tell us that they are in the process of filing a capital murder charge against King. Police said King walked inside the restaurant around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, demanded money and told everyone inside to get down. A woman on scene Wednesday night said her son works at the restaurant and said he called her to alert her to what had happened. Pleasant Grove police say 
JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County - An arrest has been made in the double homicide which happened in Jacksonville on January 3. According to a press release from the Jacksonville Police Department, Willie Alexander George Jr., 31, is charged with two counts of second degree murder in the deaths of 
TRENTON, Mich. - 
just hours after investigators returned to her Florence apartment to search for clues identifying her killer. The 35-year-old was found nude on her bed in her rented apartment on Saturday after her boyfriend had the owner open the door, alarmed the woman had failed to respond to phone calls. The body had bruises and scratches on the neck, and an autopsy determined she had been strangled with a cord or a rope. The Italian news agency ANSA reported police detained the suspect on Wednesday based on DNA evidence taken from the scene. Investigators had narrowed in on the suspect using surveillance cameras along the route from the nightclub that showed them together Friday morning, a day before Olsen's body was found. The man was known to authorities for being involved in the local drug scene. Authorities released no other details. 
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tyrone Lamonte Allen walked into a courtroom with his hands and feet shackled. He wore the county’s standard blue innate uniform. Friends and family sat in the galley. Two corrections deputies escorted Allen to his seat at the defendant’s table. He sat next to his criminal defense attorney. To his right was the senior deputy district attorney who would soon be asking a judge to sentence Allen to 10 years in prison. The wedding that took place Friday inside the Multnomah County Courthouse was certainly very unusual. In November, Allen, 24, was convicted by a jury on charges of attempted murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He is a documented Rollin’ 60’s gang member. After the sentencing, Silver directed the 5-minute wedding ceremony between Allen and Trisha Romero. It was a typical wedding ceremony, except for the fact that Romero and Allen were not allowed to touch each other or exchange rings.
A 51-year-old man is charged in the sexual attack of a young boy at a Tuscaloosa hospital. The assault happened Dec. 21 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Tuscaloosa police Lt. Teena Richardson said the assault happened
A man accused of raping his former Sunday school teacher at gunpoint during a November break-in at her home in Texarkana, Ark., made a brief court appearance. Vasquez Dominique Hayes, 21, is facing two counts of rape, single counts of kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated residential burglary and two counts of theft of property for forcing his way into a 33-year-old woman's home in the early morning hours of Nov. 22. The woman told investigators she was led to a bedroom where she was raped. The alleged victim said she was forced to ride in her car as Hayes drove to an ATM and ordered her to withdraw $500. After seeing photos of Hayes after his arrest, the woman contacted investigators and told them she had been Hayes' Sunday school teacher though Hayes had not attended services at her church for several years.
SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Police were able to arrest the man they say is responsible for stabbing a woman at the Goodwill Outlet store Wednesday night, but they are still trying to figure out why. Police say the stabbing happened at around 6:00 p.m. when a man who had been walking around the store, walked up to a woman and stabbed her multiple times, while saying "Sorry." The suspect then left on foot. While en route to the call, Officer Amy Woodyard saw a man fitting the denoscription of the suspect sitting on the front steps of a closed business, smoking a cigarette. The officer noticed that despite the rain at the time, his clothes were relatively dry. Officer Woodyard stopped and made contact with the man, identified as 25-year-old Martin L. Burnell, and took him into custody without incident. Witnesses gave the victim first-aid until officers arrived. She was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover. The victim told officers say did not know Burnell and had never seen him before. At this time, Burnell's motive remains unknown. 
LANSDALE, Pa. -- Lansdale Police say a suspect is now in custody after stabbing
Delaware State Police say a woman convicted three times of drunken driving has been arrested again for driving under the influence. Police say 33-year-old Tyra Martin of Dover was arrested early Sunday after a trooper saw a vehicle being driven erratically as it left the parking lot of a Camden restaurant. Authorities say the trooper smelled alcohol after stopping Martin, who was alone in the vehicle. Police say they subsequently determined that Martin had been convicted of DUI twice in 2006 and again in 2013. 
The Bronx’s violent “public enemy No. 1” has been taken down on federal charges stemming from a broad-daylight murder of a rival gang member and an armed carjacking on New Year’s Eve. Ruben Pizzaro made a brief appearance in Manhattan federal court Wednesday afternoon as Judge James Francis told the 23-year-old gang member he faces up to life in prison on the pair of charges against him. Pizzaro — who sported a soft cast on his left arm — is accused of gunning down 
An on-the-lam Bronx killer is lucky the cops found him first, authorities said Tuesday. “We weren’t the only ones looking for him — other gang members are looking for him, too,” said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce, referring to the capture of accused murderer 
RUSSELLVILLE – Authorities said a Franklin County man who is being held by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service pleaded guilty this morning to assaulting a girl in 2014. Franklin County court officials said 
An Iraqi refugee who is facing charges that he tried to help the Islamic State group wanted to set off bombs at two Houston malls and was learning how to make electronic transmitters that could be used to detonate explosive devices, a federal agent has testified. 
“For the past decade, 
A Brooklyn jury will decide the fate of an NYPD officer charged with accidentally killing an unarmed man in 2014 while on patrol, the cop’s lawyer said. Peter Liang, 27, will stand trial later this month in Brooklyn Supreme Court on manslaughter and other charges for the death of young dad 
A SAVAGE murderer who 'nearly decapitated' a teenager with a two-foot machete in a pub car park was sentenced to 28 years in prison and an additional 16-years for attempted murder. The blasé attacker, Ewen Reynolds, 44, struck 
LAKE WORTH, Fla. —A Lake Worth man is facing first-degree murder charges in the death of his girlfriend on Dec. 31. Deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office were called to investigate after a grandmother reported that she had not heard from her granddaughter,
A federal judge sentenced a 26-year-old Dallas man to more than 27 years behind bars Monday after Kenneth Laray White pleaded guilty to prostituting a developmentally disabled 18-year-old girl. Related Brothers who forced disabled woman into prostitution lose bid to withdraw guilty pleas White pleaded guilty in March to two felony counts, one related to his using Backpage.com to traffic the girl he and his 24-year-old brother Damion had known since she was 15. Damion has also pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced later this month. A third defendant — their 31-year-old cousin Mecose Mendale Shorter — is scheduled to go to trial next month.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A man is facing charges after dragging a woman to a secluded area and attempting to rape, police said. Orlando Henderson, 29, was arrested Sunday on charges of sexual battery and resisting an officer with violence. According to an arrest report, several witnesses called 911 to report a man beating a woman in the 3100 block of Southwest 13th Street, and said they heard the man telling the woman that he was going to kill her. A responding police officer found Henderson with his pants just below his genitals and the victim bent over, completely nude, screaming for help. The officer ordered Henderson to the ground, but he refused and tried to swing at the officer twice, the report said.
RAWLINS — A young woman who was allegedly the victim of human trafficking mouthed the words “help me” to a Wyoming Highway Patrol officer last week at the Shell station in Walcott Junction, resulting in the arrest of a California couple. Lester Tucker, 38, of Oakland, Calif., and Janice Scott, 27, of Modesto, Calif., have both been charged with first degree human trafficking, and conspiracy to commit human trafficking “for the purpose of sexual servitude,” charging information stated. Tucker is being held in the Carbon County Jail on $250,000 cash bond; bond has been set for Scott $100,000 cash. The two face up to 50 years in prison if convicted. A preliminary court hearing is scheduled for the couple for Jan. 20.
Baltimore Police say 44-year-old Todd Graves was arrested on Tuesday and charged with multiple counts after allegedly kidnapping and raping a 
A pervert attacked two grade-school students outside the Shake Shack on the Upper West Side on Monday morning, grabbing one and hugging and kissing the other, cops said. The
Police have arrested a New Haven, Connecticut, man who is accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend with drain cleaner when she turned down a marriage proposal and turning off the water in her apartment so she could not wash it off. Derek Lee Rawls, 50, of New Haven, appeared in court on Wednesday, where the judge approved a full protective order for the victim. Police started looking for him after responding to a Spring Street home at 7:45 p.m. on Friday to investigate the report of an assault and found the victim, whose face, neck, chest and arms were discolored and peeling from the attack
Philadelphia Police hoped a $20,000 reward and a sketch of a bearded man in a hoodie and a photo of a minivan he rode in would help them track down a killer. The man in the sketch got out the passenger side of an older, possibly silver Dodge or Chrysler minivan then into a verbal argument with 
BENSALEM, Pa. – Police have made an arrest in connection with a carjacking at the gas pumps at Wawa on Route 1 in Bensalem. Authorities say a male approached the female victim as she was seated in her vehicle after filling up her gas tank on Sunday night. As she went to close her car door, the suspect allegedly grabbed her door and held it open. Police say the suspect then covered the victim’s mouth with his hand and told her to keep quiet as he tried to force her out of her vehicle. The victim fought back and sounded her car horn. This alerted several witnesses who intervened and chased the suspect. Police say this incident is related to a carjacking that occurred at the same location on December 30, 2015. On that occasion, authorities say the suspect produced a knife and ordered the victim to drive him to several ATMs in Philadelphia, where he allegedly forced the victim to remove an undisclosed amount of money. On Monday, authorities arrested 22-year-old Amir Saunders for both carjackings. 
A former US professional football player whose career was cut short by disciplinary problems has been found dead inside his California prison cell. Officials believe Lawrence Phillips, 40, killed himself early on Wednesday. Since 2008, Phillips, 40, had been serving a 31-year-4-month sentence for offenses including choking his girlfriend and driving a car into three people after losing a pickup football game. Phillips was also suspected of killing his cellmate 
Cops are investigating whether the thugs who shot Knicks player 
Police believe 
A beloved Ohio police dog who was shot four times while attempting to protect his partner from a grocery store shootout has tragically died after fighting for his life through the night. Jethro was on hand when Canton police responded to a burglary alarm activation call at Fisher Foods Grocery Store around 1.13am on Saturday. The K9 approached the burglary suspect, who fired several shots at the dog before exchanging fire with officers several times as he fled the store. 
A
mmar Harris, the man responsible for a shooting that resulted in a fiery crash and three deaths, was formally sentenced to death Monday morning. Harris is accused of killing three people by shooting into a moving car and causing a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip in 2013 that killed aspiring rapper 
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia City Commission re-elected its current chairman, at a meeting this morning, despite a barrage of criticism about his failure to vote or spend time in his office. The vote was a bit of a surprise because the newly elected Lisa Deeley was expected to get the position. Election watchdogs, the Committee of 70, and PAC, Philadelphia three-point-0, have been so concerned about Clark’s attendance, they’ve filed a Right to Know request for his work record. 3.0 executive director Alison Perelman says the concerns remain. “We continue to think that it’s critically important that elected officials satisfy the basic professional obligations of their office and frankly it remains unclear to us that Anthony Clark does that.”
After raising money to provide housing for the homeless parents of a toddler who was found wandering barefoot in LOVE Park last year, a Philadelphia ministry is close to evicting the couple. “This couple doesn’t want change,” said Brian Jenkins of CHOSEN 300. “What they want is a free ride. And we’re all out of free rides. We’re interested in providing avenues to people that want to try to get up.” Last October Mike Jones’ and Angelique Roland’s 
An illegal immigrant, who told police that “demons in his head” ordered him to kill his girlfriend, was arrested for her murder, authorities in Florida report. 
Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against a man charged in the murders of a mother and her teenage daughter during a burglary in Pennsylvania more than 3 decades ago. 
A man working at an outpatient lab for Children’s Medical Center of Plano was arrested Monday after allegations of inappropriate touching while drawing blood from three teenage girls. 
A day that was supposed to have a jury selected in the trial of William Ruben Ebron Jr. took a monumental turn with police believing they have found the remains of toddler 
According to his attorney, Chris Barton found out about his son after watching coverage on local news from the Baker County Jail. “He’s kind of beside himself because he’s just I guess grieving,” Wesley Cassano, attorney for Chris Barton said. Cassno said Chris Barton has now been given access to counselors and therapists in jail to help him grieve.
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Florida's system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional because it gives too much power to judges — and not enough to juries — to decide capital sentences. The 8-1 ruling said the state's sentencing procedure is flawed because juries play only an advisory role in recommending death while the judge can reach a different decision. The court sided with Timothy Lee Hurst, who was convicted of the 
BALTIMORE — New developments surrounding a brutal attack in North Baltimore. Police arrest a third teenager who they say helped murder a young man biking home from work in Harbor East. Rick Ritter was at a vigil for the victim and spoke with his family. 
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. -- The second suspect in the Cabarrus County rest area shooting has been transported back to North Carolina. On Friday, authorities said 29-year-old Terrell David Thomas, who fled from the area to New York, has been transported back to North Carolina and is in the Cabarrus County Jail. At around 8 p.m. Saturday, November 28, officials said 43-year-old 
Two teenager brothers have been charged with beating their 62-year-old neighbor to death Thursday night in southwest suburban Joliet Township. Blaique P. Morgan, 19; and his 17-year-old brother were both charged with three counts of murder, according to the Will County sheriff’s office. Deputies found 
A man has died after being stabbed in an International District market early Sunday evening. A witness called 911 reporting a stabbing had occurred in a market in the 50o block of S. Jackson St. just after 5 PM today. Officers arrived and found 
HOUSTON - Four defendants accused of robbing a Houston restaurant on New Year's Day and killing a man are scheduled to appear in court Monday. 20-year-old Tiala Alexander, 18-year-old Telavell Coleman, 19-year-old Dadriana Holmes and 18-year-old Enzo Ubadimma are charged with capital murder. Ubadimma and Coleman appeared in probable cause court Sunday where they were seen waving and smiling to media covering the case. The victim, 
Two teenagers were shot to death with an assault rifle Friday night at a Tuscaloosa apartment complex, according to the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit. The shooting happened about 10:45 p.m. at the Aspen Village Apartments at 2201 East 48th Street. When officers arrived on scene, they found 
More than five years after 
HARDIN COUNTY - A Hardin County father made a grisly discovery Sunday morning when he walked into his home in the 7500 block of FM 92, just north of Silsbee, and found his adult daughter murdered. The Hardin County Sheriff's Office confirmed to 12News that 
Woodstock, GA -- The FBI has released the identity of the second suspect involved in a five-state jewelry store robbery spree that also touched the city of Woodstock. The FBI Jacksonville Division said Monday that charges have been filed in a federal complaint against 35-year-old Lewis Jones III. Agents with the FBI’s Atlanta Division, who were helping their Jacksonville counterparts with the case, on Friday made contact with Jones, who “was in the company” of Abigail Lee Kemp, the 24-year-old woman agents first identified as the suspect in the armed robberies. 
An ex-Black Panther suspected of killing two NYPD officers in the 1970s was sentenced to more than two decades behind bars on drug charges. Robert Vickers was sentenced to 21 years Thursday for selling heroin. The 65-year-old sold the drug to an undercover cop six times in 2013 and 2014. Vickers is also suspected in the Jan 27. 1972, murders of 
A 14-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to murder in connection to the brutal beating of a homeless man outside a Philadelphia gas station. Fifty-one-year-old
Three men were charged with a Lakeview-neighborhood home invasion that left a 77-year-old woman unconscious from injuries, according to police. The burglary happened just early Saturday morning in the 3600 block of North Magnolia Street. Tracie Towbridge, Lilearl Taylor and Eli Ruff are all charged with felony home invasion with a dangerous weapon, two counts of burglary and misdemeanor criminal tresspass to a vehicle. In a news release Sunday night, Chicago police said the three "entered into the apartment of a 
DETROIT - We’re learning disturbing new details about the murder of a 91-year-old man. Testimony is revealing just how awful his final moments alive may have been. A doctor told the judge today that accelerant was found inside the stomach of 
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