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(Black) Connecticut psycho, posing as good Samaritan, rapes and murders college student days before Christmas in 1989
  While Christmas shopping on Dec. 16, 1989, Julia Ashe lugged an armload of bags out of Bradlees in Waterbury, Conn., and discovered she had a flat tire. Miraculously, a man appeared and offered to help. But he was no good Samaritan. He was shopping too, in a sense. For two days, he had been lurking in his own car in that lot, waiting for lone women shoppers to arrive. Twice, he used a valve stem remover to deflate a tire on the car of likely victims, then offered to change the flats when they returned from shopping. The first two potential targets declined his help. His third target, Ashe, a 22-year-old University of Connecticut student, did not. Who could blame her? It was 18 degrees. As he slapped on Ashe’s spare tire, the man said his own car had broken down and asked for a lift to a gas station. She agreed. But once in the car, the man directed Ashe to drive to a wooded pull-off barely a mile from the store, beside a dam on City Mills Pond. Though well-concealed, the spot is a stone’s throw from busy I-84. As traffic whizzed by, he ordered Ashe into the back seat. He rifled her pocketbook, taking $300, and then raped her. But the horror was just beginning....
Meanwhile, detectives in the Waterbury area were closing in on a serial sex fiend. Sedrick Cobb, 27, of nearby Naugatuck, had been arrested that June in an attempted rape in his hometown. While that case was pending and Cobb was free, he became a suspect in two more sex assaults... - (Black-on-white) |
In 2013, Daquantrius Shaquill Johnson and Quanique Dontrell Thomas-Hameen were co-defendants in a Wichita burglary case. Now, police suspect the two 19-year-olds of being partners in crime again. This time, the alleged crime has caused widespread outrage because it was seen as the epitome of cold-heartedness. Police have arrested two men and are seeking a third in a Dec. 29 incident in which someone stole from a woman who suffered a fatal brain aneurysm at a Taco Bell drive-through. As 
STARKE, Fla. -- A man convicted of abducting and killing a Miami couple and later stabbing a prison guard to death is set for execution at Florida State Prison. Askari Abdullah Muhammad, previously known as Thomas Knight, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday. The 62-year-old Muhammad was first condemned to die for the 1974 abduction and killings of 
LAKEWOOD — Ronald Savoy, 42, is accused of taking off his clothes and masturbating in front of an Ocean Avenue deli employee and her 8-year-old son, said Detective Sgt. Greg Staffordsmith, spokesman for Lakewood police. An employee at La Palma Deli and Grocery called police at 5:30 p.m. Saturday and reported an unknown man had entered the store and waited for other customers to leave before taking off his clothes and masturbating, Staffordsmith said. Once he realized she was calling the police, he put his clothes back on and left. Shortly therafter, Officers Michael Young and Junior Vega found their suspect, identified as Savoy, at a nearby bus terminal and arrested him.
MEMPHIS, TN - – A Memphis man faces felony photographing charges after recording a sexual encounter without consent and then posting the video on social media, police say. Marcus Gibson, 29, is charged with photographing persons without consent. Police say the victim came to them after she learned that there was video of her engaged in sexual activity posted on Vine under the user name S3x_Monster. She told investigators the video was from a sexual encounter she'd had with Marcus Gibson on September 21, 2013 at his house and that she was not aware that she was be recorded nor did she agree to it. Police say they found more than 30 clips of this same sexual encounter posted on Vine.
HOUSTON - Harris County sheriff's deputies arrested Syrjuan Benson, a 27-year-old registered sex offender, who is now facing an indecency charge after being caught with a 
BROCKTON, Mass. —Authorities have arrested a 36-year-old Brockton man for kidnapping and raping a woman at gunpoint in December, police said. Jose Ferreira, was arrested. Police charged Ferreira with rape while armed, kidnapping, and robbery while armed and masked. He was scheduled to be arraigned in Brockton District Court on Tuesday. “The suspect commandeered the victim’s vehicle at gunpoint and drove the victim to nearby ATMs in a failed attempt to obtain money.” 
Roswell Police said a complete stranger broke into a woman's home, raped and stabbed her, then left her to die. However, police said the alleged victim made it to a neighbor's house and helped investigators track down the suspect. The woman's injuries were so bad, one neighbor said they didn't even recognize her. Saturday night, neighbors are praying she recovers. "The shock of finding all of the other information just made me realize there are people out there willing to hurt another person for any reason that they want," said Betty Gomez, who lives in the area. Roswell Police said 18-year-old Kenneth Whiteside raped and stabbed the woman multiple times after breaking into her home on Pecan Street. Police said Whiteside left the woman to die, but somehow she made it a neighbor's home. 
HALLSBORO, NC – A third person has been arrested in connection to a homicide that happened in Columbus County Wednesday. Amanda Kay Canady, 25, from Bolton was arrested Thursday afternoon for her role in the death of 
Three men were arrested Thursday night in connection with the shooting death of a 25-year-old Chauvin woman last month, authorities said. Charged with first-degree murder are Du’Quain Vincent, 21, and Jalen Francis, 19, and Zacchaeus Vincent, 19, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office. They tried to sell 
Authorities were searching for a fourth suspect, Desmond Verdin, 17, Thursday night but determined this morning that he was not involved, Foret said. However, Verdin is wanted on several charges unrelated to the shootings. He is considered armed and dangerous. 
A 26-year-old Florida woman may never walk again after her kind gesture to offer a stranger a ride to the hospital turned into a nightmare attack that has ruined her life. Tallahassee-resident 
Tampa, Florida -- Tampa Police officers say thanks to an anonymous tip from a citizen the search for an "extremely violent and dangerous" repeat sexual predator on the run has come to an end. Officers and U.S. Marshals arrested Christopher Jones early Monday morning. As authorities surrounded the duplex, Jones refused to surrender and tunneled through the attic to an adjacent unit. Task force members entered the duplex with the help of the Polk County SWAT team and found Jones hiding under the sink. Jones had been wanted by police since Christmas Eve on charges of sexual battery on
One of the Steubenville rapists has been released from a juvenile detention center less than a year after his conviction for raping a 16-year-old girl following an alcohol-fueled party. Ma'Lik Richmond, a high school football player who was 16 at the time of the sexual assault, was let out of the Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Detention Center in Ohio some time around January 1. His attorney, Walter Madison, says in a statement that the youth is a 'better, stronger person,' and requests privacy. 
PORTLAND, Ore. – Police arrested a man who they said grabbed a girl at a Baskin Robbins on Sunday night. It happened at the 6371 SW Capitol Highway location just after 10 p.m., according to police. The victim told officers the suspect, 44-year-old Themba Hasaan Kelley, grabbed her in a sexual manner. Police searched the area and arrested Kelley on one count of sex abuse in the first degree. Officers are not searching for additional suspects, police said.
RICHMOND, VA - A Richmond man has been arrested for stabbing his 78-year-old mother to death Sunday. Richmond police arrested Ronnie Cook, 44, and charged him with the murder of his mother, 
A Florida woman who had just broken up with her girlfriend called cops to report that her ex had “cut the heads off her three dildo sex toys,” according to a police report. Lakenya Bristol, 32, showed an Indian River County Sheriff’s Office deputy the damaged dildos and pointed the finger at her former girlfriend, 37-year-old Regina Watts. The sex toys apparently were decapitated after Bristol’s mid-November arrest for domestic violence. Bristol told an investigator that her belongings were subsequently packed up by Watts.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Little Rock Police have announced the arrest of a man accused of opening fire on seven women in December. Jamie Olatreece Clayton, 20, of Little Rock, met with police at a prearranged location around 6 p.m. Sunday. He has been charged with 12 counts of Terroristic Acts, one count of Possession of Firearms by Certain Persons, one count of Second-Degree Battery, and two counts of Aggravated Assault. Clayton is said to be the driver who began shooting at seven women in a yard on 25th Street and Lewis St.
SMYRNA, Tenn. – Smyrna Police need help finding a man wanted in connection with a shooting in December. Especially aggravated robbery and aggravated robbery warrants have been issued for 22-year-old Cortez Smith. Police said he was involved in the December 20, 2013 shooting of 
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police have made an arrest in a December 28th murder in the 3500 block of Graceland Avenue. 35 year old Braumel Mickens of Indianapolis has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of 18 year old 
MACON, Georgia – A Bibb County man has been arrested in connection with an early morning shooting in west Bibb County on Wednesday. 35-year-old Savalles Emory is in the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center charged with aggravated assault after the sheriff's office says he shot 24-year-old 
Atlanta - Qutravius Palmer, 22, turned himself into police custody with friends and family by his side. Palmer and a 14-year-old are accused in the attempted robbery and shooting of 21-year-old 
On August 8, 2011, 
SAN ANTONIO — A suspect in the stabbing death of 
SPRING VALLEY — A 43-year-old homeless man was arrested Friday on charges of raping and murdering a 55-year-old woman who cared for a blind man at the Lakeview Village housing complex where she lived. Spring Valley police said 
A 25-year-old Chicago man has been charged in a sexual assault and beating that left a 
BARBERTON, OH - Detectives with the Barberton Police Dept. made two arrests Friday in a New Years Eve triple homicide investigation. Cops picked up Michael Deon Hendon, 22, and his brother Eric Donta Hendon, 30, both of Akron. Police say the brothers went to 
SAN FRANCISCO — A law enforcement task force led by the U.S. Marshals Northern District of California has arrested a suspect in the 2010 murder of a German tourist. A tipster saw the mugshot of 21-year-old Devante Laws, on a new “most wanted” website and called in to law enforcement, leading to yesterday’s arrest. “Investigators received a tip, set up surveillance, and noticed somebody that looked just like Mr. Laws,” said Frank Conroy, Supervisory Deputy of the U.S. Marshals Service, Northern California Division. “They began to follow that individual, approached him at a gas station and placed him into custody.” Laws is in the San Francisco County jail, charged with accessory to murder, and other weapons charges. Seven men are already in custody with various charges associated with the homicide of 
DOUGLASVILLE, GA - A 15-year-old girl accused two men of raping her at a recent party, but police later questioned the credibility of her story. The party occurred at a home on Dec. 29. The owner of the home said the girl willingly participated in sex acts. "She was having fun," Oqueshia Andrews said "She was out of control. The young lady was downstairs in the bathroom locked with four or five young guys and they're all being charged for rape for no reason," said Andrews. Police said cell phone video taken at the party confirmed the teen was not forced to have sex. "Evidence indicated that she was a willing participant, even though she had claimed that she wasn't," said Detective Clint Ratliff of Douglas County's Major Crimes Unit. However, police said the girl is underage so two men are facing charges of child molestation. Authorities arrested Falonzo Smith, 18, and Devontae Barnes, 17. 
LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas man is under arrest on charges of open and gross lewdness and sexually motivated coercion, according to Metro Police. Police say officers arrested Jayson David Lewis, 28 after pulling over his car Dec. 31. The case started Nov. 16 when several girls, who were walking to school, reported being approached by a man in white car who offered the girls a ride to nearby Las Vegas High School, then exposed his genitals. Following the incidents, police released a sketch and denoscription of the man involved. On Dec. 31, officers noticed a car matching the denoscription of the November incidents. Officers pulled the car over and noticed the male passenger matched the denoscription of the suspect. 
(HOUSTON) -- Matthew Sowders is now charged with capital murder in the death of
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office Spokesperson Captain Megan Vizena says Michael Melancon, age 52, of Church Point, LA, has been arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a 
AUSTIN - A man who allegedly recruited and forced a 
SAN ANTONIO -- State investigators have arrested a woman who allegedly prostituted a 16-year-old Austin-area girl for several days from late December 2012 until the beginning of January 2013. The affidavit states Gionna S. Smith and another man who went by the nickname "Daddy" took the girl from the Austin area and brought her to San Antonio the day after Christmas in 2012. 
Lloyd Scott, 56, was arrested and charged with murder after police said he stabbed a man to death on January 1, 2014. 
TAKOMA PARK, Md. -- Police have arrested and charged a female suspect who they say stabbed a man and hit a 7-month-pregnant woman with a broken tiki torch. Katherlan Johnson, 46, has been arrested for first degree burglary, assault second degree, reckless endangerment, and malicious destruction of property. The female suspect tried to enter the home and was unable to. That's when she broke in through the area where the air conditioning unit was attached. She then hit the pregnant victim with a broken tiki torch on her stomach. When the male victim, who was in a different room, became involved in the argument, the suspect stabbed him with a sharp object. She then fled the scene in a taxi cab. 
On December 30, 2013 the Dothan Police Department responded to an edged weapon assault. Upon arrival, officers found
UNION COUNTY, N.C. — Police said a man stabbed a teenager as he was leaving church in an unprovoked and random attack. The 18-year-old was in the hospital recovering Monday night after police said he was stabbed seven times with a screwdriver. 
A Spartanburg man is under arrest after police say he stabbed another man on Christmas day in an argument over money. Spartanburg Police charged Ray Anthony Kelly with attempted murder after the incident around 4:00 p.m. Wednesday. Officers went to that area because of a disturbance call and say they found the victim - age 50 - with stab wounds to his chest and stomach. The victim was taken to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Investigators say they learned the victim had argued with Kelly over money and they were able to track the suspect down and arrest him.
A Houston man was nearly dragged to his death over some Jay Z concert tickets he was trying to sell, according to court documents. The victim posted an ad for eight tickets on Craigslist. He later met two women at a Starbucks who said they wanted to buy them. The man leaned into the women’s car to show them the tickets and the passenger, 20-year-old Cessica Darden, grabbed them, police say. The driver, identified as 20-year-old Denitra Green 
A Manhattan judge says rapper 50 Cent can be sued for posting a sex tape to his web site featuring the former girlfriend of a rival. Judge Paul Wooten said there was compelling evidence that the reckless rapper’s posting of the X-rated video on his website — which receives millions of views — nearly drove 
A doctor already accused of having improper contact with female patients during exams is facing additional charges he inappropriately touched another patient. Dr. 
PORTLAND – A suspect arrested for attacking a TriMet driver in a dispute over a bus fare in December was released from jail Thursday. On Dec. 12, Daemon Bowman allegedly punched driver 
A Metro-East woman was nearly murdered and now her family is stepping up to get her justice as her accused attacker is being hunted by police. 
EAST ST. LOUIS • A former track coach at East St. Louis Senior High School was sentenced Thursday to two years probation for the attempted criminal sexual abuse of
EAST ST. LOUIS, IL – A Major Case Squad officer described as a good detective is charged with possessing five kilos of cocaine, with conspiracy to distribute it. East St. Louis Detective Orlando Ward has handled some important homicide cases putting criminals behind bars, if the feds are successful, Ward may end up in prison. East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks said, “It`s still disgusting it`s disheartening.”
DAYTON -- Three men are locked up in jail, accused of raping an 18-year-old mentally challenged woman. Demetrius Grooms, 21, Timothy Grooms, 29, and Glenn Pope Jr., 23, were arrested Wednesday and are all facing felony rape charges. Police said the victim has the mental capacity of a child. Detectives said the rape happened January 1 in a home on Forsythe Avenue, Dayton, and they collected forensic evidence of the attack. 
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The FBI arrested a man accused of sex trafficking of minors in Kent and Muskegon counties, court records showed. 
LINCOLN COUNTY, N.C. — A 50-year-old man in Lincoln County faced a judge Thursday morning on charges of indecent liberties with a 9-year-old girl. Police said a friend tried to help Terry Kee after he had too much to drink on New Year’s Eve. The woman let Kee sleep at her house while he sobered up, police said. The woman told police she heard her daughter scream. When she walked in she saw Kee taking advantage of her daughter, police said.
Police have charged a 47-year-old man in connection with an alleged rape on New Year’s Eve night on Pittsburgh’s South Side. Pittsburgh police say they have arrested David Baynes after a 33-year-old woman says he raped her inside his apartment on Sarah Street.
(Memphis) Reginald Grandberry, 44, was arrested after a teenage relative told police he touched her inappropriately. Police reports say the victim informed another relative on what was going on and that relative told her to call police. Grandberry denied the allegations and was taken into custody and charged with sexual battery by an authority figure. Grandberry is being held on a $100,000 bond.
CLINTON, Md. A southeast Washington man is facing several charges after he allegedly murdered 
PHOENIX - Police have identified two suspects arrested in connection to the shooting of a Phoenix police officer in the eastern portion of the city. Phoenix Police shut down Thomas Road just before 56th Street and set up a perimeter around the intersection to search for the suspects. The 34-year-old police officer remains in critical condition at Scottsdale Osborn hospital with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and shoulder. Police say the officer has served seven years with Phoenix Police Department. The other victim, a 63-year-old Maricopa County Sheriff's posse member, is also in critical condition. He was injured while trying to help the officer. The shooting stemmed from an armed robbery at an IHOP restaurant. The officer and citizen were shot during the altercation -- with the officer's gun. 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Police arrested a man who they said admitted to burglarizing a home. Arrest records show Charles Hayward threw a brick through the victim's back window and got inside. Police said he went through drawers in the bedroom and stole jewelry. Police arrived and officers said Hayward tried to hide behind the victim's Christmas tree. 
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A man is behind bars after he reportedly stole someone's computer and posted about it on Facebook. Anthony Harrison, 20, was arrested Monday after the victim notified authorities that their $800 laptop computer was stolen. Police said the victim asked the members of the household who took the computer and Harrison stated he did not take it. The victim later found the laptop inside Harrison's bag. He soon admitted to the crime. He also admitted to the victim's boyfriend that he took the computer to sell for money to fix his car, and posted to Facebook that he stole it from the victim, according to an affidavit.
HOUSTON -- A mother is in trouble with the law accused of not watching her young daughter. According to police, 25-year-old Lena Marie Cail let her 4-year daughter play outside at night at their apartment complex in southwest Houston which is in a high-crime area. They live in the Sunset Crossing complex in the 10000 block of Beechnut. Cail decided to call police at 11 p.m. when the little girl didn't come home. She was found playing with another child in a nearby unit. Cail has been charged with endangering a child.
HANOVER, Md. - A Baltimore woman was arrested on New Years Eve after police say she left her four-year-old daughter locked in a car all day at Maryland Live! Casino. Police say Alicia Denice Brown, 24, stashed her young child in an SUV for more than eight hours. A casino security officer heard screams and spotted the child on the 4th floor of a Maryland Live! parking garage sobbing, freezing and terribly confused. "The first thing I did when I got the message was gasp," Anne Arundel County Police spokesman Lt. T.J. Smith said. "We don't do this to animals, we certainly shouldn't do this to children." 
BRIDGEPORT, CT - A Bridgeport woman was arrested after police said she left her three children home alone while she went to a nightclub early Sunday morning. Mycheral Walker, 35, of Bridgeport, was charged with three counts of risk of injury to a minor after police said she went to L&A Social Club while her children were "unattended at home." Officers were called to Walker's home on Boston Avenue where two girls, ages 1 and 4, along with a 13-year-old boy were. 
HOUSTON - A Kentucky man wanted on outstanding warrants for failing to pay his child support, is behind bars, after he was arrested in Houston. Kenneth Lee Bonds was charged with evading arrest and abandoning a child. Investigators say he took off on foot after being pulled over, leaving behind his 5-month-old who was strapped into the car seat.
Gwinnett County police investigators are still searching for a motive in the weekend murder of a Gainesville woman. 
CHICAGO — A South Side man has been charged with raping a woman at gunpoint as she slept in a car in the Pullman neighborhood in 2011. Dwayne Towns, 51, faces felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a firearm and kidnapping in connection with the Sept. 4, 2011 attack, according to police. According to a community alert issued a week after the attack, a 21-year-old woman was sleeping in a relative’s vehicle in a parking lot about 4:15 a.m. A man got into the driver’s seat and drove to the 12000 block of South Morgan, where he sexually assaulted her at gunpoint. The woman was able to escape and notify police, the alert said.
INDIANAPOLIS - A man sentenced to 99 years in prison in January received an additional 75-year sentence on Monday for another set of crimes. Vincent Smith was found guilty of burglary, attempted murder, theft and two counts of arson. Smith stabbed a woman multiple times and set her house on fire. In his previous case, he was sentenced for kidnapping, rape and shooting at police officers. 
MIAMI – Police have released the sketch of a man accused of sexually assaulting and robbing a woman in broad daylight. On December 30th, a woman was sitting inside her parked car when a man entered the passenger-side of her car. The man, armed with a handgun, then forced the victim to the back seat. The suspect got in the driver’s seat of the car and drove a short distance before jumping into the backseat and sexually assaulting the victim. The man stole several items before fleeing in a dark blue or black late model Chevy Impala with dart tinted windows and chrome rims. The suspect is described by police as a black male in his early 20s, clean-shaven, brown eyes. He was wearing a gray hoody with a teddy bear on the the front, knee length black shorts and sneakers.
Baltimore Police are asking for help in locating a man they said sexually assaulted or raped multiple women over the past two weeks. The suspect—depicted in a sketch with this story—is 
Bradenton, Florida -- Manatee County sheriff's detectives have arrested a man in connection with the beating of a 70-year-old grandfather. 
LONGVIEW, TX - Kyron Templeton, 22, is now charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and capital murder for his involvement in a stabbing attack at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. Templeton was previously charged with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and murder. The upgraded capital murder charge makes him eligible for the death penalty. Gail Sandidge, a nurse at the Ambulatory Surgical Center at Good Shepherd Medical Center, died in the attack, which happened just before 7 a.m. on November 26. Police arrested Templeton shortly after the attack.
MEMPHIS, TN -- Newly released autopsy results reveal how a suspect died during a standoff with the Memphis TACT Unit in October. According to the Shelby County Medical Examiner, Aaron Dumas died from smoke inhalation. Dumas, who was wanted for attempted murder, was discovered dead in a bathtub at a home in south Memphis on October 15th. He was found after an hours long standoff with the Memphis Police TACT Unit. That standoff ended with 
Family and friends of 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Police say 44-year-old Sheridan Veney fired five shots at his estranged wife inside the Applebee's restaurant on Lane Avenue on Sunday night, killing her. Sgt. Shawn Coarsey with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said that Veney entered the restaurant about 7:47 p.m. His wife, 42-year-old
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Police are looking for a man they said severely beat a woman during a robbery inside a West Side real estate agency. Jerry Smith, 39, is wanted for malicious wounding and robbery. At about 1:15 p.m., police were called to Home Pro Realty in regard to an alleged assault. 
WESTFIELD, Ind. - The man accused of robbing and killing two women in a Westfield home was angry about being fired by his boss who also lived there, according to court documents released Friday. 20-year-old Christian Rene Haley made his first appearance in court today. The charges include two counts of murder, two counts of murder while committing a robbery, one count of robbery leading to bodily harm, one count of burglary leading to bodily harm, one count of theft, and one count of auto theft. 
The great-granddaughter of General Foods founder and heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post has been found slain at her luxury spa resort on the Caribbean island of Roatan, Honduras police said Friday. Roatan police chief Alex Madrid said 
MUNCIE, Ind. — The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of a man who's serving a 65-year sentence for killing a woman whose body was set on fire. A Delaware Circuit Court jury convicted 26-year-old Terry D. Rutledge last year of murder and obstruction of justice in the slaying of 40-year-old 
