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White Kentucky teen killed trying to protect white mother from estranged black boyfriend
   A Kentucky teenager was killed in his home after trying to protect his mother from her estranged boyfriend, and the woman was abducted and later found dead in Ohio during a multistate police search, a sheriff said Friday. The suspect, Terry Froman, 41, of Brookport, Illinois, was taken into custody in the Cincinnati area and faced murder and kidnapping charges back in Kentucky, said Dewayne Redmon, the sheriff in Graves County in western Kentucky. The suspect was taken to a hospital to be examined, Redmon said. Slain: Michael 'Eli' Mahoney was killed in his home after trying to protect his mother from her estranged boyfriend, Sheriff Dewayne Redmon said. Mother: Kim Thomas, Mahoney's mother was reportedly abducted by estranged boyfriend Terry Froman Froman's vehicle was stopped by Ohio authorities, who found 34-year-old Kim Thomas dead inside, the sheriff said. According to WHIO, Froman had shot himself. Thomas 'was found naked and bloody, and likely was shot multiple times,' the affiliate station reported. Earlier Friday, authorities found the body of her 17-year-old son, Michael Mahoney, in the front part of their home in Mayfield, Kentucky, Redmon said. There were signs of a struggle, he said. 'What we believe, apparently the son intervened and tried to protect his mother, and it cost him his life,' the sheriff said. The teenager suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and an autopsy was scheduled, said Graves County Coroner Phillip McClain. - (Black-on-white) |
A Novi man has been found guilty of killing his 84-year-old neighbor. An Oakland County jury deliberated for a little more than an hour Friday before returning its verdict against Peter Gerard Jones. The 47-year-old faces mandatory life in prison after being convicted of first-degree felony murder and first-degree murder in the death of Bernice Schaufele. Schaufele’s body was found Jan. 13 in her home in the 20900 block of West Glen Haven Circle at the Country Place condo complex, about 20 miles northwest of Detroit. Schaufele’s daughter had come to check on her after she failed to show up for a doctor’s appointment. Authorities say Jones, an ex-convict whose criminal history includes two murders, killed Schaufele and then stole money and jewelry to buy crack cocaine. Schaufele died of “near strangling and a stab wound to the neck. Jones, who lived two doors down from Schaufele, was out on parole at the time of the killing for another violent crime. He pleaded no contest to manslaughter after authorities say he fatally stabbed a Detroit man in 1997. - (Black-on-white)
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES -- A woman who says she was attacked for feeding stray cats in South Los Angeles returned to the stand to testify Friday. Prosecutors played surveillance video of the attack frame by frame, as victim 
Two people have been arrested in connection to a missing person in Wright County. Officials say 25-year-old 
SAN ANTONIO — A man accused of sexually assaulting 
MOBILE, Alabama – For two days, attorneys and family members alike listened to jurors practically screaming at each other as they deliberated in the rape and burglary case of Calvin Chambers. He is accused of assaulting an 
Chantae Gilman, a Seattle mother of four, has been charged with raping her neighbor. The suspected rapist is 28-years-old and weighs 240 pounds. She is currently 31 weeks pregnant with her fifth child, and she claims to suffer from mental illness and bipolar disorder. She has reportedly received treatment for mental health issues and drug abuse in the past. In 2006 and 2008, Seattle resident Chantae Gilman pleaded to criminal charges in unrelated cases. 
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- A 60-year-old Tuscaloosa woman was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexually abusing boys in her neighborhood. According to court records, Mary Prince, the suspect, is charged with three counts of second-degree sodomy and one of sexual abuse of a child younger than 12 years old. According to their report, the boys lived in Prince's neighborhood. Starting sometime this summer, she allegedly began inviting them into her home and subjecting them to sexual activity.
The assailant is described as a black male who is approximately 40 to 50 years old and 5-feet-8-inches to 5-feet-10-inches tall. He has a slim build, black and gray facial hair, and was last seen wearing a light blue t-shirt, blue jeans and a blue baseball cap. 
DETROIT, MI -- Jayru Cambell, a widely touted Detroit Cass Technical High School football standout, has been arrested after allegedly 
A North Texas music teacher has been arrested for sexually assaulting 
A woman is fighting to get the Facebook page of her sister's killer taken down after discovering he had uploaded a new profile picture while in jail. 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A man convicted in the 2010 murder of an 83-year-old man lost his appeal before the First District Court of Appeal on Thursday. According to the District Attorney's Office, Raymond Matthew Austin Jr., 21, and three others kidnapped 
Detroit — A 14-year-old charged in connection with the shooting death of a French artist netted $50 for his role and spent the money on pot and junk food, according to his confessions read in court Thursday. He said the money was his portion of the $300 taken during the beating, robbery and murder of 
Dodge County Sheriff’s officials have identified a 30-year-old Milwaukee woman as a suspect in the murder of 43-year-old 
MEMPHIS - To some who watched a grainy cellphone video of Saturday’s brutal mob attack outside an East Memphis grocery store, the math is simple: Black assailants plus white victim equals hate crime. As further proof, these critics point to the inelegant remark made by a black woman who watched and videotaped the crowd of black teens pouring across a Kroger parking lot. As several teens kicked
WILLINGBORO, N.J. — A Willingboro man is in custody, charged with molesting two children in a daycare center his wife had operated out of their home. Dennis Alston, 54, is being held in lieu of $300,000 bail after a probe indicated problems at Home Sweet Home, the daycare center his wife ran out of their Timber Lane home. “We were approached by one of the parents of one of the children at the daycare center who indicated that, after speaking with her child, she learned that her child had been sexually assaulted by Mr. Alston on more than one occasion,” says Burlington County prosecutor Robert Bernardi.
Goldsboro, N.C. — A Smithfield man was arrested Thursday on several charges, including rape. Dantoine Lamont Harris, 35, of 18-A N. Sussex Drive, was charged with one count each of second-degree forcible rape and attempted second-degree forcible rape and three counts of second-degree forcible sex offense. Harris was jailed after police responded to a disturbance at a home in Goldsboro. Goldsboro police described him as an "associate" of the victim and said the charges reflect two occurrences. 
A former daycare worker has been found guilty of abducting a 5-year-old girl from her Philadelphia elementary school and then brutally sexually assaulting her with a sharp object. The jury's verdict marked the culmination of a nearly two-year ordeal that has horrified city leaders and residents. Christina Regusters was convicted of all six charges, including kidnapping and sexual assault of a child. The 21-year-old sat emotionless Friday morning as the jury of seven women and five men threw the book at her inside a packed courtroom at Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center. 
An illegal immigrant was arrested early Wednesday in Chambersburg, after police said he stabbed a woman three times with a large kitchen knife. 
A Canadian judge has found a former Roman Catholic priest guilty of 24 of the 70-plus sex-related charges he faced involving
MEMPHIS, TN - - A multiple DUI offender should not have been on the road, and now a family is suffering because of it. Grieving loved ones hope this case serves as a wake up call to others and helps save someone else's life. A "Sons of Arthritis" type rider, his name is 
A 15-year-old girl who allegedly hit a Temple University student across the face with a brick -- breaking her jaw and dislocating her teeth -- in one of several random assaults near the North Philly college campus will be tried as an adult. Philadelphia Judge Benjamin Lerner denied a request made by Zaria Estes' attorney to send her case to Family Court, even though he agreed to allow the cases of her alleged accomplices, who are also juveniles, to be moved. Initially, all three teenage girls were charged as adults for the random, gang-style attacks when they were arrested in March. They were taken into custody several days after the assaults occurred. 
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Police in Fort Lauderdale have arrested a man accused of assaulting multiple police officers during a late-night disturbance. Vashon Gross, 31, was arrested Wednesday morning inside the lobby of Marriott’s BeachPlace Towers on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Gross is accused of threatening employees and guests. "He was terrorizing employees and guests," said Det. DeAnna Greenlaw. "He was yelling and aggressive." Greenlaw said Gross became combative during the arrest. "When they attempted to take him into custody, he armed himself with a fire extinguisher," she added. "He used that on our officers, spraying them in the face." 
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Police have arrested a Brookline man, charging him with rape, kidnapping, robbery and assault after they say he abducted a 21-year-old woman from a West Liberty Avenue gas station. The suspect has been identified as 29-year-old Samuel Okorie. He lives in the 1600-block of Fallowfield Avenue where he was arrested Sunday morning.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police detectives have arrested a man in connection with a sexual assault and police chase that occurred overnight. Police said they were called to Aspen Peak Apartments on North Wind Place where a 25-year-old woman said she was physically and sexually assaulted by an armed man inside her home around 1 a.m. Police identified that man as 24-year-old Derek Antonio Smith and said he broke into the woman’s apartment while she was at work and was inside waiting for her when she walked in the door. The victim told police the man also stole her laptop, credit cards, phone and cash before taking off in her car.
DETROIT -- A suspected rapist is under arrest after he allegedly raped a pregnant woman in front of her child and recorded the whole thing on the victim's cell phone. Jernale Barnett is accused of raping a 24-year old woman who was 8-months pregnant so violently that it sent her into early labor. When neighbors heard screams from the house next door and they knew the woman was in trouble. A teenager who lives nearby ran across the street and found the man raping his aunt.
SAN DIEGO - A 23-year-old man is behind bars on suspicion of carrying out a sex-assault series that has spread fear through North Park-area neighborhoods over the last three months. David Angelo Drake of San Diego was taken into custody about 7:15 p.m. Monday. According to reliable sources, San Diego police had the suspect under surveillance and took him in for questioning around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday. During an 11:30 a.m. news conference with the San Diego Police Department and City Council President Todd Gloria, the SDPD identified the suspect as being linked to several of the North Park assault cases.
WILMINGTON, Del. – Police have charged a woman with running over a man with her car during a domestic dispute in Newark, Delaware. Twenty-eight-year-old Ashley Addison is facing charges of assault in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child after the bizarre incident, which happened on Tuesday morning in the unit block of Dale court. Addison reportedly struck the male, 25, with her car after an argument while their two-year-old child sat in the backseat of the vehicle.
LAS VEGAS – Two men were indicted today by a Clark County grand jury on 48 counts of sexual assault with the use of a deadly weapon, robbery, burglary, and home invasion, among other charges in connection with crimes between June 26 and Aug. 6. Antwaun Campbell, 22, and Rafael Bonet, 21, were charged with the robbery of a Pizza Hut delivery man that prosecutors say began the crime spree, taking the delivery man’s money and phone, which they used to place orders with other delivery drivers, who were robbed when they arrived.
Greg Hardy's girlfriend Nicole Holder filed a restraining order against the Carolina Panters defensive end Greg Hardy following a domestic violence charge. Hardy was released on $17,000 total bond as well as the order to attend three Alcohoic's Anonymous classes per week and have no contact with Holder. Hardy and Holder met in late 2013 while she was working as a waitress. They have been on and off since, including a brief period of living together earlier this year. After the incident, Holder filed a restraining order against Hardy, which included her side of how things transpired: 
Hearings are expected to continue on Tuesday for an Edmond man accused of 
“Help at address, shotgun.” That furtive telephoned plea for help on Tuesday afternoon summoned Kansas City police to a scene of carnage where they found three people shot dead and two others severely beaten. But on Wednesday, barely 24 hours and an “all-hands-on-deck” police investigation later, authorities announced that they had charged a 34-year-old former convict in the crime. Brandon B. Howell, acquitted five years ago in the killings of two teenagers, now faces apotential death sentence for Tuesday’s spasm of violence against three separate families in a quiet south Kansas City cul-de-sac. Wednesday was not the first time Howell has been accused of murder. 
A Jackson County jury in 2009 acquitted him in the killings of Johnson County teenagers 
A western Pennsylvania man will be sentenced this fall in the rape and physical assault of an elderly retired nun last year. Nineteen-year-old Andrew Bullock will be sentenced in November after pleading guilty in July to rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and aggravated assault and in the December attack in an Aliquippa church parking lot. Authorities said the
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. - After detectives determined that a 
A Los Angeles man was sentenced to five years in state prison Tuesday for sexually battering a woman on a Metro Purple Line train in Koreatown. Danon Drake, 23, was also ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, according to Deputy District Attorney Gloria Marin. Drake pleaded no contest Aug. 25 to two felony counts of sexual battery by restraint. The attack happened May 17, at about 10:45 p.m., on a Metro Purple Line train on its way to Union Station. Drake was alone in the rail car with the woman between the Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/Normandie stops, authorities said. Authorities say Drake approached the woman and held her down as he committed the crimes. She was able to kick him off and get away when the train stopped.
JACKSON — A 21-year-old Roanoke Rapids man was given a $1.4 million bond on Sunday morning in Jackson after being reported for an alleged sex offense involving a juvenile, according to Northampton County Sheriff Jack Smith. The report came from Jackson when the juvenile’s mother came home from work and discovered the suspect in the juvenile’s bedroom, Smith said. He added Sgt. Antwone Johnson, Deputy Kenny Melton and Investigator Courtney Williams helped with the case and discovered the suspect was Tevin McWilliams.
UPPER DARBY, Pa. — Upper Darby police say a Delaware County man is in custody, charged with being a “peeping tom” at a Secane, Pa. apartment complex. Upper Darby police superintendent Michael Chitwood says 25-year-old Darren Brown is in the county prison, being held in lieu of $40,000 bail, charged with loitering and prowling at night, and indecent exposure. Chitwood says a female victim positively identified Brown as the man who was looking into her apartment last week at the Laurel Manor Apartments. Brown lived in the complex. He says police believe Brown may be connected to other “peeping” events reported in the complex.
TAMPA, FL - Tampa Police are asking for help finding a man who sexually battered a woman after forcing his way into her home. The man has a similar denoscription to a suspect who police say committed an armed robbery at another home. The woman was assaulted at 7:52 a.m. on Tuesday, September 9. Police say the man forced his way into the victim's home, which is located in the area of East Columbus Drive and I-275. The man tied the woman's hands, sexually assaulted her, and then left. The victim was able to bang on her wall to get her neighbor's attention. A man is also suspected of entering an apartment at 2707 13th St. North in Tampa at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, September 7.
He is described as a black man in his 40s standing 5-feet-8-inches to 5-feet-10-inches tall with a slim build and black and gray facial hair. He was wearing a light blue t-shirt, blue jeans and a blue baseball cap. 
As Caprice Dennison's family expressed disbelief that the crime had even occurred, a Dauphin County judge sentenced the Harrisburg resident to state prison Tuesday for molesting a 
TACOMA — Seattle police officers watching TV helped capture convicted rapist, Eric Wyatt, on Monday night. Seattle police officers saw him on the newscasts and rememberd that they had seen a guy matching Wyatt’s denoscription earlier in the day in Capitol Hill, police said. Wyatt had failed to return to the Western State psychiatric hospital after being given a one-day pass earlier this week Wyatt has the mental capacity of a 14-year-old, cannot control his sexual urges and is dangerous. A Level 3 sex offender, Wyatt was convicted of
Fayetteville, N.C. — A man wanted in three separate shootings in Fayetteville early Saturday was captured Tuesday after he was found hiding in a clothes dryer in a Cumberland County home, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities found Luther Gatling, 23, while searching a home in the 4400 block of Zabell Drive. "As officers searched the home, they noticed one of Gatling’s dreadlocks sticking out of the closed dryer door," the sheriff's office said in a statement. "Gatling was removed from the clothes dryer, handcuffed and transported to the Fayetteville Police Department." 
A Columbia man was charged Tuesday with several criminal offenses, after police said he stabbed a woman more than 20 times in an alleged home invasion. Elswart R. Bodden, 23, of the 300 block of South Third Street, is charged with attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, robbery and burglary. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail in Lancaster County Prison. Police used the word "brutal" in describing the stabbing, which occurred just after midnight Sunday at a residence in the 400 block of West Orange Street. A 29-year-old woman was stabbed and was still listed in critical condition as of Tuesday, according to police.
Timberlake, N.C. — A homeowner shot and killed a masked man early Sunday who had broken into the Timberlake home, aimed a shotgun and demanded money, authorities said. Person County Sheriff Dewey Jones said the homeowner, whom he did not name, discovered Jonathan Ellias Ziminack, 25, in the bedroom at about 5 a.m. wearing a mask “like a hoodie (but) only his eyes were showing.” The homeowner pulled a pistol from beside his bed and fired one shot at Ziminack, Jones said. The bullet hit the shotgun before striking Ziminack in the stomach, Jones said. Ziminack was transported by medical helicopter to Duke University Medical Center where he died on the way to surgery, Jones said. After the shooting, deputies stopped Ziminack's girlfriend, Cody Alicia Bowling, 20, driving the would-be getaway car in the area, Jones said. She was being held Monday in the Person County jail under a $75,000 bond for conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary. Jones said authorities are considering charging Bowling with first-degree burglary and attempted armed robbery. 
Adults arrested include, left to right: Mario Elvira, Kevin Ramirez, Kevar Preston and Jean Salvatierra 
BELTON, Texas - A Central Texas prosecutor says he'll seek the death penalty against a 49-year-old man charged in the shooting death of a police officer who was serving a warrant. Bell County District Attorney Henry Garza reportedly said Thursday during a court hearing that he'll pursue the penalty against Marvin Louis Guy. A grand jury in June indicted Guy on a capital murder charge in the death of Killeen officer 
LOCKPORT, N.Y. – One juvenile girl is facing charges and a second will be charged over a violent video posted online that shows a vicious beating in Lockport. Police say the video, which has popped up on social media sites, happened on September 5 around 6 p.m., which was the end of the first week of school. Officers say it appears the two girls befriended the victim and tricked her into coming to an alleyway called Works Place in the City of Lockport. Apparently, the victim knew her alleged attackers prior to the fight, but they attend different schools. The video shows the victim being pulled to the ground by her hair and being repeatedly punched and kicked in the face. One of her attackers repeatedly stomps on her head. At the very end, a second girl, who police say is 15-years-old, also repeatedly punches the victim. 
MEMPHIS, TN - - Officers arrested and charged 10 teenagers and one adult as of Monday evening in the attack that happened in a Kroger parking lot. Police arrested and charged Raheem Richardson,19, with aggravated assault and aggravated riot. Additionally, a 16-year-old was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated riot, and acting in concert to wit aggravated assault. Eight teenagers, from 14 to 17 years old, are charged with aggravated riot. A 15-year-old boy arrested Sunday and charged with similar crimes. Three people were injured Saturday night by a large group of teenagers who came from a nearby CiCi's Pizza restaurant. 
MIDDLETOWN — Police here say it was a deadly game of Russian roulette that led to the death of a 20-year-old woman. 
MEMPHIS, TN - - A former Memphis police officer was indicted on aggravated rape charges from an attack that reportedly happened 14 years ago when he was a police officer. Bridges Randle, 40, is accused of raping a woman in her apartment on June 24, 2000. According to the district attorney's office, two police officers arrived at her apartment after a disturbance involving her boyfriend in which her car was vandalized. When the officers left, another man, whom she believed to be a police officer, showed up at her apartment and asked additional questions about her vehicle. He then pulled a gun on her, forced her into a bedroom, and raped her. DNA evidence identified the suspect as Randle, who is being held at Shelby County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
Laurinburg, N.C. — A university in Laurinburg says it is cooperating with local police after reports that a student showed up at a local hospital reporting she had been raped. Police said Monday that they were called on the morning of Aug. 30 to Scotland Memorial Hospital, where the 18-year-old victim, a student at St. Andrews University, said two men raped her in one of their dorm rooms following a social gathering. Jemson Villard, 21, and Janicento Williamson, 20, also students, were arrested Thursday on charges of first-degree rape and first-degree sexual offense. 
RIVERSIDE, MO - A Riverside man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for molesting an 8-year-old girl. Fentress Maurice Wilson, 50, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after being found guilty of statutory sodomy by a Platte County jury in June. Wilson was sentenced to life in prison because prosecutors proved that he had previously molested
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Bridgeport cab driver has been arrested and is accused of inappropriately touching one of his customers, a Sacred Heart University student on Friday night. The 18-year old vitim said she was riding in the front seat of the cab when 45-year old Yves Pierre started to touch her. She said that Pierre locked her in the car when her friends got out at their destination, and continued to assault her. The victim was able to unlock the door and escape, according to police. Employees at Yellow Cab, Co., called Pierre back to the station, where he was arrested and charged with third-degree sexual assault and unlawful restraint.
The man who tried to rape a woman in the entryway of a Brooklyn building last month also sexually assaulted a second woman less than an hour before that attack, police say. The man, identified Monday by the NYPD as 27-year-old Cortez Simmons, is wanted in the two attacks between 7 and 8 a.m. on Aug. 31 
ALDINE, Texas – A middle school teacher has pleaded guilty to giving a student a “full contact” lap dance during class while students looked on. Felicia Smith, a teacher at Stovall Middle School near Houston, was busted after cell phone video of incident surfaced. She “will spend three years on probation after admitting to the felony of having an improper relationship with a student,” according to the Houston Chronicle. She reportedly is still licensed to teach in the state of Texas, though that is “currently under review.” 
OAKLAND, California - A grand jury has indicted a man accused of killing seven people at a small Northern California Christian college that caters to Korean immigrants. The Alameda County district attorney's office announced Monday that the grand jury on Aug. 22 indicted 
As investigators learn more about the criminal and mental health history of murder suspect John L. Wilson Jr., community members who have been shaken by the fatal stabbing of a suburban Chicago teenager are trying to make sure her killer receives the harshest possible sentence. Lyons Township High School freshman 
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Opening statements are set to begin Monday for a capital murder case in Warren. And along with it comes plans for heightened security. David Martin faces the death penalty in the killing of
Three people have been charged in connection with an armed robbery of a KFC in Aurora in which three people were shot Thursday evening, according to Aurora Police. Claude Jackson, 45, Joshua Scott, 26, and Chase West, 19 have each been charged with attempted murder and armed robbery. Police say Jackson was armed with a rifle-type gun when he entered the KFC with West at around 8:25 p.m. and ordered the three employees to the front of the store. 
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The suspect involved in Wednesday’s night hit-and-run that killed 
A Robbins man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a beating that left a father of three in a coma until the victim died nearly eight months later in 2011, authorities said. Harlandez Meals pled guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal beating of 
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez challenged Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper to answer whether he intends to grant clemency to a death-row inmate before Hickenlooper leaves office, prompting one of the liveliest exchanges during their first debate Saturday. “I have no plan to revisit my decision, so my decision stands,” Hickenlooper said. He added: “The government shouldn’t be in the business of taking people’s lives.” Republicans have blasted Hickenlooper in ads for his decision to grant an indefinite reprieve to (black) Nathan Dunlap, who was convicted of
because he now doubts the death penalty. 
