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White shooting victim's mother to black killer: 'Do you know how I spent my Christmas? I got to bury my son'
  MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Gary Ogreen wanted to be a police officer. The former high school athlete-turned college student -- who stood 6 foot, 5 inches tall, a spitting image of his father – wanted to get married, have a couple of boys of his own, but now none of that will happen, said his grieving parents at the sentencing of their youngest son's killer, Deontay DeMarco Black-Wickliffe. Black-Wickliffe was sentenced to 28 to 63 years in prison for the murder charge; 21 to 50 years for the three counts of assault with intent to murder; and two years for felony firearm. He lost a motion to withdraw his earlier no-contest plea to the charge on Thursday as well. Ogreen, 21, was fatally shot in the chest on Dec. 21, 2013, after a large group of uninvited guests – including Black-Wickliffe -- showed up and an outdoor fight erupted between one of them and one of the partygoers. Authorities said Black-Wickliffe shot Ogreen when he fired off a spray of bullets outside the party after the fight, which did not involve Ogreen, ensued. Wounded by gunshots were Julius Pamer, shot in the buttocks, the man who knocked out a friend of Black-Wickliffe's in a fistfight and allegedly kicked the friend in the head; Nicholas Gifford, whose right thigh was broken by a bullet; and Cody Sharlow, shot in the hip area. Also charged in the case is Alexander Bumstead, 23, of Blue Lake Township. - (Black-on-white)
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WINTER HAVEN, FL - After days on the run from the law, a career criminal is back behind bars. Perry Lee Chance Jr., 53, was apprehended on Saturday in Columbia County by a trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol. He was booked into the Columbia County Jail in Lake City where he is being held without bond. Chance is accused of beating and robbing an elderly Winter Haven store clerk on Tuesday. He will be brought back to Polk County later this week to face charges. A couple days after the incident investigators identified Chance through surveillance footage from Elonka's Fashions. A tip led authorities to the suspect's location. Investigators say the suspect took the woman's key after he forced her into a back room of the fashion store. Chance beat the woman so badly that she now has a fractured back. He made off with her vehicle and an undisclosed amount of cash. - (Black-on-white)
A 20-year-old Fort Bliss soldier was arrested and charged with capital murder for allegedly beating 
SHELBY COUNTY, TN - - A Cordova man was convicted of child rape and aggravated sexual battery involving a 
A Memphis man has been charged with rape, incest, and aggravated sexual battery in a case involving two underage girls. The
MIAMI - An 18-year-old student from South Dade Senior High School was arrested Friday after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman two hours after dismissal. Victor Nash faces charges of attempted felony murder, sexual battery and strong-armed robbery. Miami-Dade schools police said the woman was not a student, but it happened at the school. According to the arrest report, Nash grabbed the woman on campus and body slammed her to the ground. While the victim struggled with Nash, he allegedly choked her until she passed out. Nash pulled the woman's pants and underwear down and had sex with her while she was still unconscious. He then put the used condom in the victim's purse. Police said Nash stole the woman's car keys and was found by police five hours later while driving the victim's car. 
A Chicago man currently serving time in an Illinois prison is facing new charges in a 2004 sexual assault and murder after DNA evidence linked him to the crime, authorities said. Berl McKinnie, 49, was identified through a DNA match as the person who murdered 
WOODBRIDGE, Va. – An employee at a Woodbridge school has been charged with assault after allegedly biting a 13-month old boy. Theresa Elaine Brown, 24, was charged Friday with assault and battery after police learned of the Sept. 11 incident at the Goddard School. Brown allegedly bit the boy after he reportedly bit another teacher. The child, according to police, sustained a bite mark to his shoulder. The incident was anonymously reported to Child Protective Services on Sept. 12. A witness reportedly also told an administrator about the incident, but police said the school's owner, 
WILMINGTON, NC - Wilmington Police arrested three men in connection to an attempted armed robbery in the 200 block of Lullwater Drive around 12:48 p.m. Wednesday. According to the WPD, the victim was attempting to sell a rifle to three potential buyers he had met through Craigslist. As the victim handed over rifle, one suspect took the gun and pointed it back at him. The victim then pulled out a pistol and told the suspect to drop the gun because it was not loaded. The victim then made all three suspects lay on the ground as he ran away from the scene and called 911. Officers responded and were able to apprehend the three suspects: Savon Khalif Hardaway, 18, Edvis Miquem Galloway, 24, and Kalmeaice Kawanna Williams, 38.
The two men being hunted for the fatal shooting of a Harlem basketball star 10 days ago were nabbed today in a South Carolina hideout, The Post has learned. Tyshawn Brockington, 21, and Robert Cartagena, 20 — who had been wanted for allegedly gunning down
The Oklahoma City Police Department is looking for a man they say carjacked a driver and was holding a pacifier in his mouth. Police say the crime happened outside near Northwest 90th and Western on Friday just before 8:00 p.m. According to police, the man was caught on camera outside a convenience store just before the crime happened. Oklahoma City Police describe the man as African-American, 5'09”-5'11”, thin build, and approximately 18-years-old. During the crime and on camera, police say he was holding a pacifier in his mouth.
Prosecutors said Saturday that one of the men charged in the Aug. 20 slaying of a 
A Queens dance teacher was arrested Wednesday for touching her 
A retired NYPD deputy chief who was accused in a lawsuit of sexually harassing a Queens cop now has a top post at the Department of Corrections, sources said. Michael Blake heads the Department of Correction’s Office of Excellence, which sets professional standards for its workers. He was sued in Brooklyn federal court by Officer 
A beloved Connecticut mom, struck by an out-of-control bicyclist in Central Park last week, died from her injuries, loved ones said Monday. 
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa police have arrested one man in connection to a south Tulsa hotel robbery shooting. It happened just after midnight Saturday morning at the Tulsa Select Hotel. Officers were able to identify and arrest 22-year-old Vavan Brown for attempted robbery with a firearm and assault with a deadly weapon. Two suspects came up to a man who was outside smoking and demanded his belongings and cash. The man did not want to give the robbers anything so he tried to fight back by punching one of the men. That's when one of the robbers fired their gun and shot the victim in the shoulder. Police also said he has a serious head injury from being hit with a gun. The victim is currently recovering at Saint Francis Hospital. 
COBB COUNTY, GA - One of two Cobb County deputies has been released from the hospital, and the other underwent surgery for her broken leg after both were run down by a woman outside the Cobb County jail Friday. 
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Fulton County officials say a convicted rapist is on the run. Earl Hopper is a former counselor for the Department of Family and Children Services. Hooper was on trial this week for the rape of 
Beleaguered by felony child abuse charges over the spanking of his toddler son, NFL star 
Police Chief Timothy Longo released specific details about the man — describing him as black, 32 years old, 6-foot-2, 270 pounds and having dreadlocks — but would not identify him. Police said surveillance videos show the man noticing Graham, circling around behind her and following her through a downtown pedestrian mall about 1 a.m. He then is seen in surveillance video with his arm around her, and police said the two walked to a bar around the corner. 
but claims he did NOT drive off with her in his car . The ‘person of interest’ in the case of missing UVA student 
CLEVELAND, OH - The man accused of a morning rape earlier this month appeared in court on Saturday morning. The judge set James Daniel III's bond at 750,000 cash/surety. He is due back in court on Sept. 30. Daniel has been charged with rape, after a female jogger was attacked around 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 2 by West 104th Street and Lake Avenue. Authorities say DNA evidence from the attack matched Daniel's. The suspect is also under investigation for a cold case rape. 
One of the two fiends who sexually assaulted the same woman in separate incidents an hour apart in Brooklyn is in custody, authorities said. Nicholas Isaac, 17, allegedly shoved the 31-year-old victim to the ground on Gates Avenue near Irving Place in Clinton Hill at 5 a.m., Aug. 31, according to cops. Isaac told the victim he had a gun, and sexually assaulted her, investigators allege. Just an hour later, the traumatized woman was jumped by another man on Irving Place near Putnam Avenue, police said.
Authorities in Phoenix are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint, according to a police spokesman. The 22-year-old woman was walking near 40th and Flower streets early Saturday morning when she noticed a man following her, Phoenix police Sgt. Trent Crump said. The man assaulted her after she started running and yelling for help. Police said he forced her to the ground at gunpoint.
MOUNT HOLLY, NJ – Police say they’ve arrested two people in connection with an attack at a South Jersey gas station that happened in October 2013. Christopher D. Johnson, 20, and Duane E. Labrew, 21, were taken into custody on Thursday in Willingboro for allegedly attacking two gas station attendants with a baseball bat. During the incident, the two suspects reportedly attacked the attendant at the Citgo Gas Station at 33 Levitt Parkway with a baseball bat. That man was 
PHILADELPHIA — The sentence is life in prison for the final defendant to be convicted at trial of a firebombing that killed six people in North Philadelphia nearly ten years ago. The crime targeted the family of a witness who was cooperating with authorities against a local drug kingpin. Like two other defendants before him, Robert Merritt was sentenced today to life. Federal prosecutor John Gallagher says Merritt was the one who actually set the fire at about 5am, throwing a lit gasoline can, and then a second gas can, into the living room. 
CHARLESTON, WV - A man was arrested Wednesday, September 17, for a drug charge in Charleston, West Virginia. According to a criminal complaint issued by the Kanawha County Magistrate Court, 30-year-old Matthew J. Watts II, of Charleston, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. The complaint says Watts sold a quantity of suspected heroin to a man. A field test of this tested positive for heroin. Watts, who is the son of Pastor Matthew J. Watts, of Grace Bible Church in Charleston, was being held in the South Central Regional Jail on a $25,000 bond, but has since been released.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — A South San Francisco man was arrested Thursday morning after he beat another man to death at a gym where they were both members, according to police. Police were called to the gym on the 100 block of El Camino Real in South San Francisco around 9:30 p.m. yesterday on a report of an assault. Witnesses told officers that a gym member, later identified as South San Francisco resident 
Jason “J. Rock” Austin thought he got away with murder, authorities said. But six years after prosecutors dropped state charges that he’d gunned down an off-duty Chicago cop and his female friend, the 32-year-old drug dealer was finally held to account Thursday in federal court. Saying it was “very likely” Austin had killed Det. 
OMAHA, Neb. —Omaha police arrested Milton Dortch, 18, Thursday for the robbery of the Bank of the West last Saturday, and the robbery of JR's Jewelry and Gifts near 72nd and Jones Wednesday morning, and for the murder of store owner 
BALI, Indonesia — An American man has confessed that he killed his girlfriend’s mother in a luxury hotel on Indonesia’s Bali island, and the girlfriend has acknowledged helping him stuff the body into a suitcase, police said Friday. Heather Mack, 19, and her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, both from Chicago, were arrested in Bali on Aug. 13, a day after the body of Sheila von Wiese-Mack was found in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi at the St. Regis Bali Resort. 
EL PASO, Texas - Three people have been arrested on dozens of charges in El Paso after authorities found five bodies in various stages of decomposition at a funeral home and evidence of misconduct in the handling of bodies. 
DAVIE, Fla. - Police have arrested Dayont'e Omar Resiles in connection with the death of a Davie woman whose body was found in a bathtub. Resiles, 20, of Lauderdale Lakes, was taken into custody Thursday morning in Sunrise. He faces a charge of first-degree murder. 
ANN ARBOR - Prosecutors have withdrawn a man’s guilty plea in the fatal shooting of a University of Michigan medical student. Washtenaw County prosecutors reinstated all charges against 21-year-old Shaquille Jones of North Charleston, South Carolina. Prosecutors say he will face trial in the 2013 death of 
Two Syracuse men have been arrested in connection with the Tuesday evening burglary of Syracuse Mayor 
A woman suffered these horrific injuries after she says she was assaulted for telling a man to stop groping her at the Notting Hill Carnival. 
Minnesota State Fair officials say two people are now arrested in connection with the armed robbery where suspects took more than $10,000 from a fair exhibit. The robbery occurred on Friday, Aug. 29 at the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild exhibit at the Agriculture Horticulture Building. The two suspects, arrested for aggravated robbery, were identified by the state fair as 20-year-old Antonio Terrell Washington and 35-year-old Jarret Maiden. Both are St. Paul residents. 
Two men have been charged with forcing their way into a home in Roscoe Village and threatening the homeowner with his own shotgun before fleeing with several weapons, cell phones, an Xbox and cash, police said. Gary Wallace, 21, and Melvin Wilson, 20, are each charged with home invasion with a firearm. Also charged was Bryna Wolowic, 20, of the 700 block of Sun Lake Road in Lake Village. Police say she helped plan the robbery. The victim told police he was taking a nap around 6 p.m. Tuesday when heard a loud knock at his door in the 1800 block of West Belmont Avenue. He looked through the peephole and saw no one. Minutes later, there was a another knock and this time the homeowner opened the door and allowed the white woman in. Soon afterward, there was a knock again and the victim opened the door and was struck by Wilson. 
Almost a quarter-century after he raped his daughter, a Northampton County man was sent to jail after pleading guilty to the crime. Kevin W. Church Sr., 55, of Eastville, who had been a chaplain in the U.S. Army, including at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington D.C., pleaded guilty in Northampton Circuit Court to rape and incest. "He told her to be quiet about it and said God would handle it." On Aug. 1, 1991, Church, his wife and two sons were living in Georgia, where he was stationed, when he came to Nassawadox to pick up his daughter, where she lived with her mother. That night, he made the 12-year-old girl a bed on the sofa, began fondling his daughter, took off her clothes and raped her.
A Schenectady man accused of repeatedly raping a girl, impregnating her, then killing the newborn baby appeared in Schenectady county court this Wednesday morning Herman Robinson signed away his right to a jury trial. He also continues to plead not guilty even though the prosecution offered a plea deal of 33 years to life in prison. He appeared in court Wednesday morning with an arm brace. He's accused of raping an
University Park police said Wednesday there's been an arrest in connection with the September 7 armed sexual assault of an SMU student near the campus. Torey Jamal Harris was apprehended in Corsicana on Monday by the Navarro College Department of Public Safety in connection with another sexual assault in that community. The Navarro College agency noticed that a composite sketch of the University Park suspect released on Monday was similar to Harris' appearance. After University Park detectives interviewed Harris, he was said to have confessed to the assault on the SMU student.
Information found in a lost wallet has led Tampa police to the suspect in a recent rape and home invasion. Johnny Robert Williams, 30, of Tampa, who previously had drug-related warrants issued for him, was arrested Tuesday. Williams was responsible for a sexual assault Sept. 9 in which a woman was tied up and an armed robbery Sept. 7 in which the robber entered the unlocked door of an apartment and demanded money from the occupants A citizen notified police when she found Williams' wallet in her yard, investigators said.
A Springfield school bus driver who kept his job after striking a teacher with his bus last year was arrested Wednesday on sexual assault charges involving a juvenile. Patrick Dale Pendleton, 27, is charged with rape and aggravated statutory rape involving a
A Georgia man was fatally stabbed by his stepson early Wednesday after he refused to let him keep a new puppy, police said. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that police identified the suspect as Diamond Mason, 23, after the incident in Lawrenceville, northeast of Atlanta. Mason reportedly got into an argument with his stepfather, 
A 23-year-old woman is accused of smothering another woman to death after the two fought over money and shoes, prosecutors said. Andrea Brown, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 
Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer 
Opening statements were held on Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of stabbing a mother and daughter to death. Prosecutors say 
CLIFTON HEIGHTS, OH - Cincinnati Police are requesting the public's help in identifying a robbery and rape suspect from a Sept. 5 incident near University of Cincinnati. The robbery happened at about 3:15 a.m. in the 100 block of Warner Street. Police said a man approached a UC student on the street and ordered him to take the suspect inside their house. Once inside, police said the man ordered the first victim and his two roommates to put their belongs in bags. The suspect then made all three victims leave the house and walk elsewhere before fleeing. Police said the man got away with a 32-inch television, laptop, Xbox, a Wii and money. He is wanted for questioning in charges involving aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, rape and kidnapping. Police have released a sketch of the suspect, who was described as a black male, between 30 to 39 years of age. He is approximately 5 feet, 11 inches tall and skinny with buzz cut hair. Police said he wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans. The suspect was armed with a handgun, police said. 
Police have identified a man and woman who were found dead in a Smyrna home over the weekend. Police received a call early Sunday morning about a person who was armed with a gun at the home. A SWAT standoff lasted for roughly 14 hours. According to police, Antoine Davis, 30, and his girlfriend 
A Metairie man is accused of raping a woman inside an Airline Drive home over the weekend and then putting up a fight when Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies arrived to investigate. Ben Marenco, 21, was arrested Sunday (Sept. 14) on forcible rape and other charges. Around 8 a.m., deputies met with a woman who said she had just been sexually assaulted at a house at 3808 Airline Drive and that her assailant was still at the home, an arrest report says. When deputies arrived at the home, they found the door ajar and, after knocking several times, entered the residence, where they met Marenco and another man, Timothy Pate, who became "combative" and resisted arrest. 
SELMA, Alabama -- A Selma man is charged with having sexual contact with two 13-year-old girls. Christopher Wilson, 39, was arrested Sept. 16 and charged with two counts of first-degree sodomy, first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse, according to Selma police. The mother of one of the victim's and Wilson's girlfriend reported to police that Wilson had sexual contact with the two girls, who are cousins.
Authorities in Minnesota are investigating how a handful of people were recruited to travel to Syria and take up arms with militants. At least one Minnesota man has died, and some families fear their daughters have also gone overseas to take up the cause. Several Somalis have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury - some as recently as last week. Minnesota native 
A Rochester man was indicted Tuesday on charges that he tried to provide material support to the Islamic State by helping three men 
A jury on Monday convicted a parolee in the murder of a southwest suburban teenager in late 2011. Fourteen-year-old 
Two people are in custody for the fatal shooting of a man during what Sandy Springs police said was the attempted theft of a video gaming system the victim was trying to sell on Craigslist. The alleged shooter in the Friday night incident is a 16-year-old girl whose 16-month-old baby was only feet away at the time of the robbery and shooting. 
Toronto police have identified a second suspect wanted in connection with the beating death of a 60-year-old man in the west end on Thursday night. Police say the victim, 
STAMFORD -- Police in Stamford have arrested a man suspected of stealing the birthday money from a man with autism. The suspect, 27-year old Steven St. Jacques of Stamford, is charged with second degree larceny. Police say he has prior arrests for an assault and a robbery. The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. last Tuesday in Veterans' Park and was caught on surveillance video. The victim, who was on his way to the Stamford Town Center to purchase video games, was carrying $100 he received as a birthday gift from his family, police said. On surveillance video, the suspect is seen walking up and speaking to the victim in the breezeway leading from Veterans Park and into the Stamford Town Center. The victim then excitedly shows the suspect his money... 
An Arlington woman who abused and starved the 9-year-old son of her live-in girlfriend is set to be executed Wednesday, the first Tarrant County woman to be put to death since executions resumed in Texas in 1982. Lisa Ann Coleman, 38, was convicted in 2006 in the death of 
Acting on tips from law enforcement and the public, one man has been arrested in connection with the murder of 
A violent, emotionally disturbed person randomly punched straphangers in the subway station under Bloomingdale’s in Manhattan on Sunday, police said. The unidentified man had to be pepper-sprayed by cops after 
LANCASTER, Pa. —Lancaster police have arrested and charged a man in connection with a stabbing on Sunday in the city. Elswart Richard Bodden, 23, of Columbia, is now charged with attempted homicide. According to court documents, fingerprints on a pack of cigarettes found at the scene helped them identify Bodden. Police say Bodden broke into the home on the 400 block of West Orange Street just after midnight, stabbed a 29-year-old 
HAZLETON — Within one day of 
CLEMSON, S.C. —A fight at a Clemson apartment complex led to a stabbing that killed a man early Thursday morning. Clemson Police Chief Jimmy Dixon said they got a medical call about 2 a.m. about a seizure at the Goldenwoods Apartments. When deputies arrived they found a man suffering from stab wounds. The man was rushed to Oconee Memorial hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Pickens County Coroner identified the victim as 20-year-old Cameron Ray Flores. Police arrested Michael Taquarius Rancher, 18, and charged him with murder. Rancher went to the apartments where the victim was visiting. The victim and Rancher exchanged words, which led to a fight. At some point, Rancher got a knife and stabbed the man. 
EL PASO, Texas – Jurors decided the fate of the Fort Bliss soldier who repeatedly stabbed a military wife last fall. Corey Bernard Moss was sentenced to 30 years in prison with a parole possibility after 15 years. He was fined $10,000 and Fort Bliss officials say he may be dishonorably discharged from the military. Moss pleaded guilty Monday to a first-degree felony charge of burglary of habitation. He admitted to breaking into the home of 
SARATOGA SPRINGS — After three days of silence about what prompted officers to shoot and kill Darrien Hunt outside a fast food restaurant Wednesday, investigators issued a brief statement Saturday saying he lunged at officers with a sword. But an attorney for the man's family questioned that scenario. Saratoga Springs police were called about 9:40 a.m. Wednesday to investigate a "suspicious" man walking near businesses along Redwood Road while carrying a "Samurai-type sword." "When the officers made contact with Mr. Hunt, he brandished the sword and lunged toward the officers with the sword, at which time Mr. Hunt was shot," a prepared statement from Utah County Chief Deputy Attorney Tim Taylor said. "There is currently no indication that race played any role in the confrontation between Mr. Hunt and the police officers." Darrien Hunt's (white) mother claimed the police killed him because he was black. 
