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5 blacks indicted on assault, ethnic intimidation charges in attack on Whites
   Five people have been indicted in connection with a downtown attack that followed the Taste of Cincinnati. Jon Deters, 24, was assaulted on West Ninth Street as he was walking his sister to her car on Memorial Day weekend. His father is Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters. On Tuesday, Matthew Johnson Jr., 23, Joshua McCoy, 21, Onea Lapsley, 22, Yahdea Brown, 19, and a 17-year-old were each indicted on one count of felonious assault, two counts of assault, one count of aggravated riot and one count of ethnic intimidation. A witness previously said the attack was racially motivated, noting "that was quite obvious in the slurs that were being thrown out.” The suspects are black, while Deters is white. "If that lady hadn't stepped in, Jon would be dead because he was a white kid and it's disgusting either way," Joe Deters said. Joe Deters said his son's girlfriend was also assaulted in the attack. Investigators said another man, Elliott James, 24, was also attacked by the same group of people that night, before Jon Deters and his girlfriend were attacked. - (Black-on-white) - (Hatecrimes) |
SAN ANTONIO - Cibolo resident Michael Joseph Fobbs, 21, remains in jail after allegedly beating another man to death at the Amtrak station in downtown San Antonio. The medical examiner released the name of victim on Tuesday morning. He’s identified as Joseph Keith Richard of Marble Falls. Richard was three days shy of his 57th birthday when he was killed late last Thursday night. Fobbs suddenly launched an unprovoked attack on Richard, who was sitting on a bench outside the station’s waiting room, the report stated. Witnesses said Fobbs repeatedly hit Richard with his fists, leaving him bloodied. - (Black-on-white)
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HENRICO -- Blake H. Bryant, a former Marine recruiter and John Marshall High School graduate, was sentenced this afternoon to 30 years in prison in connection with the brutal stabbing death of his fiancé last year. Bryant, 32, the father of an infant daughter with his fiancé 
Michael A. Reams -- who was shot by a Fresno police officer Monday after he stabbed a woman to death -- faced domestic violence charges with different victims in different times in his life, court documents reveal. Besides the domestic violence charges, Reams, 47, skipped court dates, violated probation and displayed bad behavior in court, the documents showed. Reams was first charged with assault with a deadly weapon in 1990. For that offense, he said in a letter in his court file that he completed a domestic violence class, but not one for anger management. Misdemeanor domestic violence charges were filed against Reams again in 2001 involving another victim. Then in 2002, Reams was sentenced to 12 years in prison after hospitalizing yet another woman listed as his spouse or the parent of his child. Reams pleaded guilty to spousal abuse, assault and terrorist threats in that case. Reams stabbed 45-year-old 
Raleigh police arrested two people Monday in connection with sex crimes against a child under the age of 13. Jacqueline Michelle Cannady, 22, was jailed under a $20,000 secured bond on two counts of indecent liberties with a minor. Corey Andrew Shearin was charged with one count of indecent liberties with a minor and three counts of first-degree sex offense with a child. He was jailed under a $750,000 bond. Authorities say the alleged crimes happened in April and that they knew the child. A police spokeswoman said the two were not in a position of authority over the child. 
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 32-year-old man currently in a Pennsylvania jail has been linked to a Portland sex crime through a DNA match. Jason Isaac Demby was arrested in Erie County, Pennsylvania earlier in July for possession of marijuana after being stopped in a vehicle with 
MINNEAPOLIS – A 24-year-old St. Paul man will spend more than 34 years in prison for choking a woman to death last September. Sammy Devel Henderson pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder back in May in connection with the death of 
SCOTTSDALE, AZ - A Scottsdale police report released Tuesday shows officers made contact with an accused rapist and his family more than a week before the suspect was taken into custody. According to the police report, Scottsdale Officer Keith English visited Danny Jackson's home on October 24. The 16-year-old was later accused of committing a sexual assault earlier that evening , near Shea Boulevard and Scottsdale Road. He was also later accused of committing a nearby sex assault on October 18. Throughout the hundreds of pages of police records, there are several mentions of Jackson's body odor. "I noticed a very pungent body odor coming from Jackson," one officer wrote. "This body odor was also something that both sexual assault victims had said that the perpetrator had."
Robert H. Scott Jr. , 27, of Virginia Beach, is charged with producing child pornography by having women he met on the Internet send him sexually explicit photos of children. Scott is accused of hosting "sex parties" with the women in exchange for money. But a prosecutor said he never paid, and demanded that the women send him the child porn or else he would post the sex party tapes on the Internet. 
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas -- Investigators on Wednesday asked the public for help in identifying the man who sexually assaulted 
A Dallas man serving time in prison for a Kaufman County murder has been charged in the 1989 Plano homicide based on new DNA evidence, police reported Tuesday. Temmie Cooley, 48, is accused in the death of 
NORMAN, Okla. – There are stunning new developments in a 32 year old Norman rape case. After one wrongful conviction and almost two decades of silence, prosecutors have filed charges against a Mississippi man. The crime happened back in 1982 when 
A recent rash of break-ins has runners, walkers and bikers at a popular Philadelphia park on edge. According to investigators, thieves are hiding out in the woods of Wissahickon Valley Park, waiting to break into cars and steal valuables. Despite three recent arrests, investigators say the number of thefts is increasing. One victim, 
A memorial for a man who was killed after he ambushed and shot to death a 23-year-old rookie police officer 
A 911 dispatcher was lauded for convincing a Pasadena gunman to surrender peacefully after he had allegedly fatally 
A man is facing numerous charges after a boy was allegedly sexually assaulted while at a Toronto day camp. Last Friday,
A Cincinnati man has been indicted on charges that he raped 
LAKE CITY, Fla. - A 27-year-old Lake City man was arrested early Monday morning in connection with the sexual battery of a child. Bruce Henderson was booked into the Columbia County Detention Facility on one count of sexual battery on a victim younger than 12. His bond was set at $200,000. The investigated began just after 3 a.m. when Lake City Medical Center notified deputies it was treating a child suspected of being a victim of a sexual battery. Deputies said the parent had left the child in the care of an adult while at work, and when the parent returned the child complained of an injury. The parent took the child to the hospital to be checked and it was revealed the injury was consistent with sexual abuse, deputies said.
MILWAUKEE — A woman suspected of helping to kidnap and assault a Milwaukee teenager pleaded guilty on Monday, July 14th. 24-year-old Ashley Ford pleaded guilty to an amended felony charge of third degree sexual assault. Police say Ford and her boyfriend, Lamar Cone picked up a 
Two Elmwood Park men were arrested late last week on charges of sexually assaulting a highly intoxicated 
Police arrested a 37-year-old Gainesville man Monday night after they accused him of having sex with 
Massive counterclaims, in excess of $10 million, have just been filed against climate scientist Michael Mann after lawyers affirmed that the former golden boy of global warming alarmism had sensationally failed in his exasperating three-year bid to sue skeptic 
NEWARK, Del. — A couple was arrested after police say they had sex on the roof of a restaurant in Delaware. The bizarre incident happened at about 9:40 p.m. Saturday at the Chipotle restaurant on East Main Street in Newark. The restaurant closes at 10 p.m. and was still open for business. According to investigators, officers with the Newark Police Department were called to scene after receiving multiple reports of a male and female having sex on the roof of the restaurant. When an officer arrived, he was on the opposite side of the street and clearly observed the couple engaging in sexual intercourse on the roof at the very front of the Chipotle building. The male suspect has been identified as 39-year-old 
PARKER COUNTY – Authorities in Parker County have arrested a man suspected of molesting a 
Billionaires Warren Buffett, Sheldon Adelson and Bill Gates have teamed up to call for amnesty for America’s illegal immigrants as a solution to the ongoing crisis at the border as President Barack Obama mulls granting amnesty to millions via executive power. “The President cannot be trusted to enforce any immigration law,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said in a statement. “We are in the midst of a border disaster—created by the President’s lawlessness—and Mr. Adelson, Mr. Gates, and Mr. Buffet want to implement a massive amnesty bill. Such a plan would wreak havoc on our nation’s laws and borders, which mean a great deal to the good and decent citizens of this country. It is clear that three of the richest billionaires in the world have no clue what Congress ‘owe[s] to the 318 million who employ them’. We owe them our loyalty, our compassion, our devotion. It is precisely because of our duty to the working people of this country that we must stop legislation that would import tens of millions of lower-wage workers to replace them.” 
METAIRIE, La. - A suburban New Orleans man wanted in the death of a woman found bludgeoned to death in her bathtub Sunday morning has been arrested in Texas and the three children he disappeared with have been found. Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say in a news release 43-year-old 
A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to 23 years behind bars for fatally shooting a retired police dog during a burglary. Ivins Rosier was convicted in May for breaking into the Florida home of a trooper and shooting the officer's five-year-old German Shepherd two years ago. 
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Police in Connecticut say a gunman opened fire in downtown Stamford early Sunday, leaving five people wounded. According to investigators, 22-year old Dayron Wills was involved in an altercation at about 1:30 a.m. at Tino's Nightclub on West Park Place. Police say he pulled out a handgun and began shooting at the person he was having an altercation with. Video evidence showed Wills indiscriminately firing his weapon into a crowd and towards the crowded downtown area, hitting five innocent people, police said. Four males and one female were treated for gunshot wounds to their upper and lower extremities and were rushed to an area hospital. Their injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.
An Englewood man accused of hitting his girlfriend with a tire iron after the couple ran out of gas was ordered held this afternoon on $500,000 bail. Elliot Allen, 35, of the 7000 block of South Sangamon Street, was driving with his girlfriend about 5 a.m. when they ran out of gas in the 4800 block of South Princeton Avenue, Assistant State’s Attorney Bob Groebner said in court.
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP, Ohio —One man is in jail after police said he shot his brother after their mother died. Colerain Township police said Curtis Shearer, 50, shot his brother in the head after an argument over their late mother’s estate. The shooting happened at a home in the 2400 block of Fulbourne Drive Friday. The victim also told police his brother threatened to kill him several times before the shooting. 
that pinpointed exactly where victim's body was dumped on remote track. An 18-year-old has been charged with murdering his girlfriend's mother after Indiana police found a GPS system pinpointing where the body was dumped. Damarius Rashard Wren was charged on Friday with killing 
ORLANDO, Fla. —An Orlando man is accused of beating his girlfriend and trying to throw her over the railing of a second-floor apartment balcony. According to the arrest affidavit, 49-year-old Brian Copening and his girlfriend were drinking wine Monday night when he became drunk and she asked him to leave. The girlfriend said Copening grew violent, and when she ran outside to call for help, he picked her up and threw her over the balcony railing. She was able to hang on to the railing and was helped back to safety by a witness. 
An Indiana man who escaped police custody at a hospital after threatening to blow up his ex-girlfriend and her 10-month-old boy early this month was recaptured this week, prosecutors said today. John Hudson, 41, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery of a child in the June 9 attack at the woman's home. The woman and Hudson had lived together at the home and have a child together, according to court records, which do not indicate if the 10-month-old is their child together. While the 23-year-old victim was sleeping in her room about 5:30 a.m., Hudson entered and threatened to cut her if she did not have sex with him. 
An eastern New Orleans man is accused of inflicting a fatal stab wound to his brother's leg last weekend by bashing him with a plastic water jug, a detective wrote in an arrest warrant. Lawrence Jackson, 50, was booked with second-degree murder in the death of 
ROCK HILL, SC - Bond was denied for a Rock Hill man accused of beating his wife in the head with a hammer and then holding her captive in their bedroom. Rock Hill police say 43-year-old Stanley Gordon beat his wife with a hammer while she was sleeping in the couple's bed. Gordon told police that he believed his wife was cheating on him. Officers were called to an apartment where they found the 40-year-old victim. According to the report, the woman had a large amount of blood coming from a wound on her head. She was taken to Piedmont Medical Center.
A Fort Wayne woman was jailed after she told police she stabbed her longtime boyfriend in the back because she was angry with him for wanting to rush through her supply of crack cocaine. Police were called to Chestnut Hills Apartments where they found a man with a stab wound to his shoulder. The man said Regina R. Clancy-Coleman, 48, had stabbed him. Clancy-Coleman told police she'd been smoking crack all day and had had sex with someone to get the drug; she said that when her boyfriend picked her up that night, he wanted to rush through her remaining supply of the drug, which made her angry. When the two got back to his apartment and he got in the shower, Clancy-Coleman decided to get revenge by stabbing him in the shoulder with a butcher knife when the man turned his back.
A Riviera Beach man is charged with first-degree murder after police said he stabbed his girlfriend to death and tried to destroy evidence that implicated him in the crime, according to an arrest report. West Palm Beach police said on Sunday, Tony Love, 25, stabbed his girlfriend,
It could be pack-up time for two allegedly crooked pols — indicted state Sens. John Sampson, of Brooklyn, and Malcolm Smith, of Queens, who both face stiff Democratic primary challenges, new Board of Election filings show. Sampson and Smith were once powerful leaders in the state Senate until scandals rocked their futures.
A young Long Island mom met a violent end at the hands of a rejected suitor who couldn’t stomach being spurned, authorities and friends of the victim said. Dante Taylor, 19, was charged Saturday with second-degree murder in the grisly death of 
CAMDEN – A city man has received a lengthy state prison term for a string of rapes, including one victim who was 13 years old. Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo says Kevin Cleveland received a 28-year sentence on Friday. He also will be under lifetime parole supervision as a registered sex offender and may be subject to civil commitment after his prison term ends, if he's found to be a sexually violent predator. The 21-year-old Cleveland pleaded guilty in March to three counts each of kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault, along with robbery and weapons offenses. Those charges involved three 
A former D.C. police officer who sexually abused a young girl was sentenced in D.C. federal court. Wendel Palmer, 46, was sentenced to 18 years in prison this week for sexually abusing a girl on numerous occasions between 2004 and 2006, beginning when
U.S. Park Police are asking for your help finding a "person of interest" in a sex assault from last April. They released a picture of the man. 
A school meeting escalated to violence Thursday when a member of the board of education was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer. Board Member Walter Hudson, 33, was at Penns Grove Middle School as several youth basketball teams were being dismissed. A large group of teens had gathered on school grounds, prompting officials to call police to break up the crowd. But Penns Grove Borough Councilman Carl Washington said Hudson interfered with the officers as they tried to manage the throng of people. Police say they warned Hudson to back off, but he didn't listen. Instead he 
REDDING – A Sacramento man by the name of Freddie Alexander Smoke III has been arrested for starting the Bully Fire in Shasta County. Cal Fire officials believe that Smoke was driving a rental truck in the area where the Bully Fire started Friday afternoon when part of the truck’s exhaust hit dry grass and sparked a flame. Further, officials say, Smoke was trying to deliver soil conditioner to an illegal marijuana grow site near Roaring Creek and Sargent Roads. More than 180 marijuana plants were later found in the area. Smoke – who was arrested at the scene of the fire – has been charged with recklessly causing a fire and marijuana cultivation, Cal Fire says. As of Saturday evening, according to Cal Fire, the Bully Fire has burned 2,930 acres and is only 10 percent contained. 
Three people are dead and two wounded in a shooting in Pasadena, authorities said. Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez identified the shooter as 35-year-old John Izeal Smith who is in custody. Smith called 911 and reportedly admitted to being the shooter. Police said the shooting was the result of a long-standing tenant-landlord dispute, with Smith fatally shooting his landlord, who the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has identified as 59-year-old 
SACRAMENTO – A 19-year-old man is under arrest by Sacramento Police after investigators say a baby suffered fatal injuries while in his care. According to the Sacramento Police Department, officers were called to investigate after an injured 
ELMHURST — A young mom who reached her "breaking point" suffocated her 
A Queens dad was charged on Monday with murdering his
DECATUR, Ga. - A DeKalb County jury has found a woman guilty of involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children and making false statements in the deaths of two of her kids. The DeKalb County district attorney's office says a judge sentenced Angel Johnson to 35 years with 20 to serve in prison for the December 2010 deaths. Authorities say Johnson and her boyfriend, Keith Pinkney, left Johnson's
Fla. - Kissimmee police have arrested a man they say killed his 16-month-old daughter. Anthony Martin, 24, has been charged with first-degree felony murder and aggravated child abuse in the baby's May 23 death. Police said Martin took his 
CLEVELAND, OH - The father of a 2-year-old Cleveland boy has been charged with one count of aggravated murder. Cleveland homicide detectives announced the charges Wednesday morning. 
TOLEDO, OH - A Toledo father accused of murdering his 2-year-old child faced a judge for the first time Thursday morning. On Monday, Toledo Fire & Rescue responded to a 911 call that 
DALLAS - The mother of a 14-month-old boy who died Tuesday after regularly being punched in the stomach is now facing charges alongside her boyfriend, records show.
Dallas County jail records show Claudia L. Johnson was being held Friday on a charge of injury to a child by omission.
Police on Wednesday arrested Clezel Montague Mughni on a charge of injury to a child in the boy's death.
Authorities said that the 27-year-old suspect was living at the complex with the child and the boy’s mother. 
According to reports, the two wed at The Grand Del Mar in San Diego, Calif., after dating for three years and having a daughter together—14 month old Briseis. 
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A high-level female executive at Yahoo Inc. has been sued in California by a woman who worked under her and is accusing the former boss of sexual harassment and wrongful termination. 
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NEW CITY - A New Square rabbi accused of sexually abusing a child multiple times pleaded not guilty in Rockland County Court today. Rabbi 
The father of a 15-year-old girl allegedly molested by an unnamed rabbi believed to be Breslov leader Rabbi Eliezer Berland told Army Radio that when his 
Police are searching for the man accused of fatally shooting a 44-year-old East Hartford resident the night of July 2 and have obtained an arrest warrant charging him with murder. Lawrence Williams, 18, of 1780 Main Street in East Hartford, will be charged with criminal attempt to commit first-degree assault, criminal use of a firearm, first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree threatening in connection with the shooting death of 
SAN DIEGO - A 23-year-old man already jailed on an unrelated charge was re-arrested Thursday on suspicion of taking part in an assault that killed a Chula Vista resident last month during a weekend dispute in the Gaslamp District.
HALL COUNTY, Ga. — A Hall County Sheriff's investigator says a heated crock pot was discovered in a room where a toddler was severely burned at a day care last month. "The temperature inside the crockpot was 161 degrees and temperature outside was 126," said investigator Angela Miller. Miller was testifying at a probable cause hearing for the owner of the day care center and two workers. All three face criminal charges stemming from the June 13 incident. The investigator said Eddye Pittmon, the worker caring directly for 
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OKLAHOMA CITY - Police arrested a man Friday morning after witnesses say he undressed and defecated inside an Oklahoma City bus station. It happened after midnight Friday at the Greyhound Bus Station, located at 1948 E. Reno Avenue. According to the crime report, 32-year-old Anthony Roseman undressed and defecated on a bench inside the bus station. Two security guards witnessed the crime and attempted to stop Roseman, but he did not listen to their commands.
A man accused of killing Brooklyn landlord 
Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday for a funeral for a 12-year-old girl killed when she was hit by a stray bullet while riding a scooter, and three young men faced charges in her death. A 19-year-old who turned himself in earlier in the week pleaded not guilty Friday in the death of 
LAKE FOREST PARK, Wash. -- Two of the three men involved in a home-invasion robbery and beating earlier this month turned themselves in Monday night, according to the Lake Forest Park Police Department. Able Gebregergish, 24, and Aron Gebregergish, 22, showed up at the King County Jail around 8:30 p.m. and were booked for investigation of robbery and felony harassment in connection with the July 1 incident. According to police, Able and Aron, along with a third man, went to a house in the 2600 block of Northeast 195th Street around 7:30 a.m. and attacked the three people sleeping inside. The men, two of whom were armed with pistols, threatened to kill the victims and stole several items, according to police. One of the victims was an ex-girlfriend of one of the men, and he still had a key to the house. According to police, the attack was apparently meant to get revenge on the ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.
CAMDEN, N.J. - The U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force has arrested a man wanted in 2012 New Jersey slaying in Florida. Authorities took 32-year-old 
INDIANAPOLIS - Two teens charged in a deadly crime spree last year both pleaded guilty in a hearing Wednesday morning. Gabriel Edwards and Sirquain Burr both accepted plea deals from prosecutors. The pair could have been exposed to 175 years in prison, but they will get less under the plea bargains. 
CLARKSDALE, Miss. — The teen accused of beating an elderly Clarksdale woman will not go to trial due to her death. 
WHITEWATER — This week, an Illinois man was accused of throwing one punch near the UW-Whitewater campus. The legal aftermath means he’ll face a felony charge in court. Now, the victim is sharing the results of the punch — and the pictures show the brutality of that one swing. 20-year-old 