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UK: Illegal Mexican immigrant murdered Bristol girlfriend before raping her
  AN illegal immigrant, high on drugs, throttled his girlfriend - and then raped her as she lay dying in her Bristol home. Sergio Novarette had repeatedly attacked Sarah O’Neill over a period of months after she let him move in to her house in Speedwell, Bristol Crown Court heard. The 22-year-old mother-of-one also miscarried as she died in a pool of blood. Novarette, 27, admitting violently killing her in the middle of the night after she told him to leave her home on January 8. He was living in the UK illegally after coming to the country from Mexico in December 2012 and had a long history of alcoholism. Sarah had taken him in last year, as he was unable to earn money legally. But he had slowly turned on her, lashing out several times before eventually killing her. Sarah died from her injuries, and the court heard how Novarette had sex with her either at the time of death or shortly afterwards, before leaving her body in the bedroom. But by December last year, Sarah had decided to terminate both the pregnancy and her relationship with Novarette. He reacted angrily, and on the night of her murder, he texted her, calling her a “baby killer”. - (UK) |
KANSAS CITY, MO Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Friday that 27-year-old Mohammed P. Whitaker has been charged as a criminal defendant with 18 felonies. Whitaker faces 18 felony charges stemming from nine separate incidents that occurred throughout the metro area. Of the 18 felony charges, two are A felonies for shooting into a vehicle and striking someone and seven are B felonies for shooting into a motor vehicle. He also faces nine separate counts of armed criminal action. (Is this another black 'muslim' terrorist'? - What were the races of his targets?)
A tactical team reportedly made the arrest of a lone black male suspect within the last hour at a home in Grandview. The investigation in the last three weeks focused on a single suspect and police believe they have that suspect in custody now. The arrest comes about a week after police had connected 12 of approximately 20 highway shootings in an investigation that stretched as far back as 2013
He, along with his seventeen-year-old partner, Lee Boyd Malvo, carried out the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002, killing at least 10 people. Born as John Allen Williams, Muhammad joined the Nation of Islam in 1987 and later changed his surname to Muhammad.
SOUTH BEND - BREAKING: Eight people are facing criminal charges for their involvement in the murder of 2-year-old
OMAHA, Neb. —Omaha police said one person has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting Monday night. Dennis Brewer, Jr. , 21, faces a count of criminal homicide, according to police. Officers said the investigation continues into the shooting at Gallagher Park, just across the street from Benson High School. As officers arrived at the scene to investigate a report of shots fired, authorities said, two shooting victims showed up at Methodist Hospital. One died a short time later. The deceased victim was identified as 
A Palos Heights man shot during a home invasion Tuesday morning is in serious but stable condition after surgery. 
SAN DIEGO - A man was convicted Thursday of robbery and premeditated attempted murder for a crime spree with a fellow gang member that included the near-fatal beating of an 18-year-old UC Berkeley student in the College area of San Diego. Terrence Lavar Jarvis, 28, faces 155 years to life in prison when he is sentenced May 30. Jurors deliberated about a day before finding Jarvis guilty of robbery, attempted robbery, shooting at an inhabited dwelling and the attempted murder of 
David Daniel White, 22, will be sentenced to 17 years to life in prison, plus five years and eight months behind bars, for the Dec. 28, 2011, attack on 
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals denied a stay on Friday for two death row inmates set to be executed this month, saying it didn't have jurisdiction — even though the state Supreme Court says it's the only court that does. In a 3-2 decision, the Criminal Appeals court rejected the request from lawyers for Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner, saying it disagrees with a state Supreme Court ruling that the appellate court is the correct authority to issue a stay.
Brandon Spencer, 21, could be seen banging his head on a table and crying loudly as the judge sentenced him to 40 years to life in prison. Spencer was convicted of four counts of attempted murder in February after shooting at people outside of a party sponsored by the Black Student Assembly in October 2012, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Spencer, of Inglewood, had an ongoing feud with Rollin’ 40 Crips member and Crenshaw High School football star Geno Hall over social media prior to the shooting incident, the release stated. Neither Spencer or the victims attended USC at the time of the shooting. 
An Ashley County man who was scheduled to go to trial this week for raping two young female relatives, impregnating one, has pleaded no contest to rape and sexual indecency. Kenneth Earl Moore, 40, of Portland, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping one of the young girls and another six years for sexual indecency with the other girl. Moore reportedly had sexual intercourse in late 2012 with a 
PHOENIX — A Phoenix judge ruled Thursday that former NFL star Darren Sharper is not entitled to bail in Arizona, finding "proof evident and presumption great" that he raped a woman in Tempe on Nov. 21. In making his ruling, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Warren Granville cited DNA evidence from inside the woman's vagina that partially matched Sharper's. Sharper did not previously know the woman, identified in court as 
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. —A homeless man who goes by the nickname "City Pimp" was arrested after allegedly eating fast food from Wendy's while lying in front of another business with his pants down and his genitals exposed. Anthony Johnson, 54, was arrested in front of a Walgreen's store in the 1200 block of Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard on Wednesday afternoon. According to the arrest report, Johnson "was laying in the front of the business with his pants around his knees, exposing his genitals." 
PORTLAND, Ore. – Police arrested a registered sex offender who they said sexually assaulted a woman on Portland’s Steel Bridge last month. Detectives arrested Clarence Ray Williams, 47, on Wednesday. He faces charges of rape in the first degree, robbery in the first degree, robbery in the third degree and aggravated identity theft. Police said a 20-year-old woman called 911 to report that a stranger sexually assaulted her on the east end of the Steel Bridge on March 11. The woman told police she was able to fight the man off. The suspect, later identified as Williams, stole the woman’s bank cards.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Police in Gainesville are looking for a convicted felon who they said went into a girl's home and forced her to perform a sex act on him. Kenneth Smith, 24, is wanted on charges of burglary to an occupied dwelling and lewd and lascivious molestation. Police said that at about 1:10 a.m. Thursday, a 14-year-old girl ran up to an officer at the Gainesville Police Department's east annex and was crying hysterically. Police said she had run from her house in a neighborhood near Northeast Waldo Road, where a man entered through a rear window, kicked in her bedroom door and forced her to perform a sex act on him. Investigators said that when Smith was distracted by a cellphone ringing, it gave the girl a chance to escape the house.
A Chicago man is facing charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted his co-worker in north suburban Evanston last month. 
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis police say an officer has been charged with sexual battery after an encounter with a woman at a traffic stop. The Memphis Police Department said Friday that 30-year-old Meekos Evans inappropriately touched the woman's breasts before releasing her from the Feb. 11 traffic stop. After receiving a complaint, the internal affairs unit conducted an investigation and charged Evans, who has been with the department since January 2011. 
LOS ANGELES — Police are investigating possible links between the attempted abduction of a teenage girl doused with flammable liquid and two deadly attacks in L.A. County. LAPD Commander Andrew Smith identified 30-year-old Robert Ransom as a suspect in the latest case, and says facts surrounding the girl’s attempted abduction last month are startlingly similar to those surrounding the deaths of two other women. “He approached a 
DENVER - A college student who jumped to his death from a hotel balcony ate more than six times the recommended amount of a marijuana cookie. The police report on 
LAS VEGAS - Police said an argument over a cell phone led to the fatal stabbing of a person in the parking lot of a Las Vegas fast food eatery Thursday morning. The stabbing happened about 8:25 a.m. at a McDonald's restaurant in the 2600 block of West Sahara Avenue. Las Vegas Metro police said officers arrived to find an injured person. They said the victim was taken to University Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead. Police said the person responsible for the stabbing fled the scene and hid in a nearby vacant house, where he was arrested. Police later identified that man as Asa Funderburk, 36. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center and faces a charge of murder with a deadly weapon. 
A Philadelphia mother wanted by police in the accidental shooting death of her 11-year-old daughter by a two-year-old surrendered to police Thursday. Tiffany Goldwire, 31, surrendered to authorities at the police headquarters in Center City Thursday afternoon.
RICHMOND, Calif. — A 30-year-old California woman has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy who was the father of her child, a prosecutor said Thursday. Melinda Leketia Gaffney had apparently been arguing with 
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – A Montgomery County judge has delivered a crucial defeat to a man accused of
CINCINNATI -- An Ohio teacher has been fired following allegations that he told a black student who said he wanted to become president that the nation didn't need another black president. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the Fairfield Board of Education voted 4-0 on Thursday to fire science teacher 
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Police have made an arrest in the March death of a Springfield man. Back on March 22, police responded to 5 Temple Street after neighbors reported a strange odor coming from a sixth floor apartment. When they arrived, they found 61-year-old 
RALEIGH, N.C. - The FBI is offering up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of two men suspected in the kidnapping of a North Carolina prosecutor's father. The FBI said Wednesday they are seeking Jakym Camel Tibbs and Quantavious Thompson, also known by the nickname "Kirkwood Quan." The agency says the two should be considered armed and dangerous. Authorities say six other people are accused in the kidnapping last week following a late-night raid by the FBI on an Atlanta apartment. Rescued was 
West Memphis police have arrested two teenagers in the beating and robbery of an elderly woman Monday night. Terrio Pope, 19, and Ramon Huntley, 17, both of West Memphis, have each been charged with aggravated residential burglary, first-degree battery and robbery. Both defendants are being held at the Crittenden County Detention Center on $350,000 bonds. The 
CEDAR CITY — A 5th District Court Judge on Tuesday rescheduled a five-day jury trial for a 52-year-old Cedar City man accused of killing his girlfriend to give attorneys more time to prepare for trial. Judge John Walton agreed to continue Kerry Lynn Richardson’s court date initially slated for May 19 to after the first of July. Richardson originally faced charges of aggravated assault, a second-degree felony, in connection with the beating of his girlfriend on Sept. 9, 2012. The charges were later amended to first-degree felony murder after the woman died in the hospital. According to court documents, police were called to 1597 N. Cedar Blvd., where they found Richardson’s girlfriend, 47-year-old
WOODSTOCK, Ill. - Four students from Woodstock are facing charges for the sexual assault of a 
About 4 1/2 years after a vicious gang rape unnerved the Five Points community and the case went cold, a DNA match led Jacksonville police to three suspects. Rakeem Saleem Mitchner, 24, Martin Anthony King, 20, and Stanley Theodore Armitage, 20, have all been arrested in the October 2009 assault. According to police reports, a woman was bicycling in the 1500 block of Goodwin Street about 8 p.m. when she was attacked by three young men.
A Gretna man who was convicted last week of raping and brutally beating a heroin-addicted prostitute in the Marrero scrap yard where they went for sex, was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in prison. Terrence Payne, 24, received the maximum sentence allowable by law for his convictions of attempted manslaughter and forcible rape, in connection with the June 22, 2012 crime.
ATLANTA – Porsha Williams of TV’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta” faces a battery charge after fellow cast member
18-year-old 
The NYPD cop stuck in India since he was arrested for having three bullets in his luggage was fleeced by Indian authorities and had to wipe out his bank account in what some lawmakers say is revenge for the Nannygate incident, police sources said. Veteran Harlem Officer 
A horny ex-honcho for a Chinese broadcast company — whose alleged pervy ways spurred Mayor de Blasio to pass a bill protecting interns from harassment — was slapped with a new, sex-tainted lawsuit Wednesday. The three female plaintiffs are accusing
A teenager behind bars for allegedly killing a Fort Carson soldier and his pregnant wife is now facing new charges. Macyo Joelle January, 19, faces new charges of assault and harassment, but the reason why has not been released. The charges stem from crimes January allegedly committed while locked up for the murders of Staff Sergeant 
A grand jury has indicted the suspect in the 2011 homicide of jewelry store manager 
LOUISVILLE, KY – A man is facing murder charges in connection to the assault of a man who walked in on a burglary at his place of employment, resulting in his death. According to Louisville Metro police, Raymon Murrell was booked into Louisville Metro Department of Corrections at 4:23 p.m. Tuesday. Police said on Friday morning 
SEATTLE — Seattle police are investigating a home invasion robbery at the home of a local Seafair icon. Police say an 84-year-old man was held at gunpoint by two men wearing ski masks, who they say kicked the older man when he was thrown to the ground in a scuffle. Neighbors say the home is owned by 
PHILADELPHIA — A West Philadelphia man has been sentenced to prison for a devastating attack on a donut shop worker. The prosecutor says 54-year-old David Timbers has been sentenced to 23 months in prison for throwing hot coffee that injured and scarred the young woman. 
NEW YORK — A man was charged Tuesday with punching a 70-year-old woman in the face in a Brooklyn subway station. James Showell, 54, of Brooklyn, was charged with assault in connection with the attack, which happened around 10:45 a.m. Sunday, March 30, at the 4th Avenue-9th Street R Train platform in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The victim – 
DETROIT -- For more than two years, they waited for justice. On Tuesday, the families were supposed to be able confront the man convicted of 
A northern New Jersey teenager has pleaded not guilty to charges that he fatally stabbed his sister at their family's home. Travis Gallo, who was 17 when the stabbing occurred last December, entered his pleas Monday during a court hearing in Hackensack. The plea came days after a judge ruled Gallo would be tried as an adult on murder and weapons charges. Authorities say Gallo stabbed
WAUKEGAN, Ill. – A resident of unincorporated Gurnee, who could have been sentenced to natural life in prison, will serve between 12 and 30 years for the sexual assault of two minors last year. Under a negotiated agreement approved Tuesday by Lake County Judge James Booras, Nyasha Mbawa, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of predatory criminal sexual assault, a Class X felony that carries a penalty of six to 30 years in prison, or a term of up to life if extended. Under the plea deal, a minimum of 12 years in prison and a maximum of 30 years will be imposed on Mbawa at his sentencing hearing June 18. The count to which Mbawa pleaded guilty related to the sexual assault of a 
A 24-year-old Hackensack man was arrested Friday on aggravated sexual assault charges after engaging in inappropriate sexual activity with a 
DINWIDDIE, Va. — Darryl Hayes’ Facebook page says he left his job at the Dinwiddie Sheriff’s office in October of 2013. Tuesday afternoon a grand jury charged the former deputy in five separate indictments stemming from his time as a patrol lieutenant. Near the former deputy’s home off Boydton Plank Road, a retired colleague — who did not want to appear on camera —said he’s shocked to hear of the charges and disgusted by the details. “They’ve spoken to the victim and the victim is apparently willing to testify.” The indictments reveal the victim in this case is 
Markham’s former Deputy Police Chief Tony DeBois has been sentenced to five years in prison by a federal judge who found that he raped a prisoner. Criticizing DeBois for his “arrogance,” U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow told the disgraced 42-year-old, “You really deserve the five year maximum.” “Although that is an awful long time, that is the sentence I will impose.” Last year, DeBois pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the number of women he’d had sex with inside south suburban Markham’s police station but denied he raped a 21-year-old prisoner there in September, 2010.
CHICAGO – A 20-year-old man was caught on multiple surveillance cameras before and after he allegedly raped and robbed a woman in broad daylight Tuesday afternoon in Lakeview, prosecutors said in court. Marcus Lynch, of the 4700 block of South Loomis Boulevard, has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault and armed robbery. 
CARY, N.C. -- The Cary Police Department on Wednesday released an artist's composite sketch of the man who allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman in her apartment on Saturday. It happened at about 9 a.m., at the Hawthorne at the Parkway complex. The man allegedly followed the victim home, pulled into the parking lot, and told her she had damage to her vehicle. He then pushed her inside her apartment when she unlocked her door. The man is described as a clean-shaven, black male, 6'1", weighing 200 pounds, with short black hair and green eyes, which could be contacts. He was driving a red or burgundy SUV.
Jurors in Gloucester County have convicted a convicted sex offender of his eighth violation of lifetime supervision under Megan's Law. The jury found 48-year-old Ernest Jones failed to maintain contact with a global positioning tracking device. Jones was relocated to a motel in Glassboro, N.J. after Superstorm Sandy. Authorities received an alert in November 2012 that Jones was out of range of his GPS tracker. Parole officers said they found the tracker with his friend. Jones was located in Millvile eight months later.
New Orleans police have arrested a man they say attacked a 
FORT WAYNE – Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of 
BUFFALO, NY-A man convicted of sexually abusing a child is heading to prison for for at least the next 21 years. Virgil Brown, 51, was sentenced Monday morning before Erie County Court judge Kenneth Case. A jury took just 15 minutes to convict him last month of predatory sexual assault against a child. Back in September, 2012, he lured 
A rapper who worked with members of the group Wu-Tang Clan cut off his penis and jumped from a second floor balcony in an apparent suicide attempt, TMZ reports. 
A San Antonio rapper convicted of slitting the throat of a local studio owner during a robbery has lost a bid to have his death sentence overturned. The U.S. Supreme Court without comment Monday denied an appeal by Ray Jasper III, whose Texas death sentence was affirmed in April by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Before that, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals had affirmed his capital murder conviction and sentence. During his trial in 1999 in Bexar County, it was established that Jasper booked a bogus music recording session so he and two friends could rob and kill the studio owner, 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Florida Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and death sentence for Toney Deron Davis. In 1995, Davis was convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and sexual battery. In December 1992, the victim, 
VILLAS - Lower Township police responded to the American Deli in the Villas April 14 at approximately 6:40 p.m. Police received a report of a male subject, who was reportedly wielding a samurai sword at, at least three employees. The employees exited the rear of the establishment, while Patrolman Kevin Boyle, Jr. confronted the subject. After a brief encounter, the subject dropped the sword and was placed under arrest. A coordinated effort between Communications Operator Gamble and Patrolman Boyle, Jr. are credited with the rapid escape of the three employees through the rear of the establishment. No injuries were reported. The subject was identified as Ryan A. Crump, 43. Crump was charged with numerous violations including three counts of aggravated assault, three counts of terroristic threats, and various weapon’s offenses. 
LUBBOCK, TX - Attorneys for a Lubbock man arrested for the murder of a Slaton woman in 2012 went before a grand jury to determine his competency to stand trial on Friday. 22-year-old Sampson Blake Oguntope was found incompetent to stand trial in April 2013 and was sent to a state hospital in Vernon, TX for further observation. Oguntope's doctor found him to be competent in August, but Oguntope's attorneys filed a motion objecting those findings. A judge considered this objection on Friday and decided the issue will be decided in a jury trial. A jury will consider Oguntope's competence later this month. Oguntope was arrested in February 2012 for the murder of
RICHARDSON — 
olice in Montgomery County arrested a man accused of stalking an elderly couple before beating the husband with a hammer while robbing his wife. Sean Favors, 24, was arrested and charged with robbery, aggravated assault and other related offenses. Whitpain Township Police say that the unidentified couple was unloading their car after arriving home along Wyndrise Drive just before 11 p.m. on October 16, 2013 when Favors and two other men attacked the man while covering their faces with t-shirts. One of the attackers struck the 
DESOTO COUNTY, FL - The story of Hope the dog captured hearts and had dog-lovers feeling frustrated. Monday, the owner of the Arcadia dog, Larry Wallace, was arrested, and charged with arson and animal cruelty. Both charges are felonies. He was booked into the DeSoto County jail with no bond. "It's good that he's going to be in a cage, that's where he needs to be," Lavetra Hampton said. Those who believe in 
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — The founder of a northeastern Pennsylvania boys choir charged with rape is facing 1,100 additional counts. Seventy-four-year-old Kenneth Schade of Wind Gap was taken into custody March 26. The founder of the Singing Boys Choir of Pennsylvania is accused of 
SAN FRANCISCO — Former Chinatown gangster Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning in the Chinatown corruption case that also ensnared suspended state Senator Leland Yee. Chow entered his plea in federal court to eight counts of money laundering, one count of conspiracy to sell stolen liquor and one count of trafficking in illegal cigarettes. Prosecutors say Chow is the leader of a notorious gang based in Chinatown.
The man who stabbed an 84-year-old woman to death in her east Bakersfield bedroom two years ago was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of burglary. David Eugene Webster II stabbed 
A former high school basketball star is one of two men charged with first-degree murder in connection with a Saturday night shooting that killed a 33-year-old mother of four. Alwayne Bigby, 23, a 2009 Toronto Star All-Star from Eastern Commerce, will appear in an Eglinton Ave. E. court on Monday morning, alongside 21-year-old Michael Davani, who is also accused in the slaying of 
The identity of a man spotted at a Walmart with 
MINNEAPOLIS – A 17-year-old boy who was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for his role in the brutal beating of a St. Paul man has now been charged with assaulting a corrections officer.Cindarion De’Angelo Butler was an inmate at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center when he allegedly refused to return to his cell and attacked a correctional officer around 7:25 p.m. on March 25. On the night of the beating, St. Paul Police officers say they found 
The 16-year-old suspect in the murder of a young father-to-be in Indianapolis laughed and smirked as he was led to a hearing this morning. Simeon Adams is facing a murder charge for the shooting death of 24-year-old computer programmer 
For the first time since his arrest, the suspect in last summer's Greenville shooting spree has appeared on camera. Lakim Faust appeared in a courtroom at the Pitt County Detention Center this morning. He is accused in the June 21st shooting spree in front of the Kellum Law Firm and across the street at Walmart. A grand jury indictment said the shooting was racially motivated. 
PHILADELPHIA – Three teenage defendants waived their right to a preliminary hearing — the first test of the evidence against them in a vicious brick attack on a Temple student and her friend last month (
