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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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RICHMOND, Va. — By all appearances, the man arrested Wednesday in connection with the disappearance of a University of Virginia student has led a fairly ordinary life: He worked at a hospital, helped coach youth football for a time and attended a Christian university. Now, however, 32-year-old Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. is a central figure in a case that has roiled the college town of Charlottesville. Police have charged him with abduction with intent to defile Hannah Graham, an 18-year-old sophomore who went missing on Sept. 13. Charlottesville Police Police Chief Timothy Longo told a news conference Wednesday night that Matthew had been captured and was in custody in Galveston, Texas. - (Black-on-white)
A 43-year-old Ypsilanti man admitted in court on Wednesday that he wrapped up the body of 21-year-old 
Relatives of 
HORRY COUNTY, SC - Luzenski Cottrell was found guilty Wednesday of the murder of Myrtle Beach Police Officer
Amber Alicia Counts, 21, of 806 S. Ocean Blvd., North Myrtle Beach, was charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder, grand larceny and failure to stop for a blue light.
On the surface, the cases appear nearly identical: Michael Brown and 
A Brenham man will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend. Anthony Wayne Burns, 44, shot 
A Harvey couple thought to be behind a string of recent West Bank business robberies were arrested Wednesday (Sept. 24), the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said. Arkelle George, of 1015 Grefer Avenue, was booked on several counts of armed robbery. Authorities also booked George's girlfriend, Reanna Mataya, 37, on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Authorities said the 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe used in the robberies is registered to Mataya. George, 37, is suspected of holding up a several West Bank businesses at gunpoint on Sept. 18 before striking again Saturday (Sept. 20) when authorities believe he held up a Circle K in Marrero. In several of the robberies, authorities said, George brandished a semi-automatic handgun and wore a bandana around his face. 
A Los Angeles woman escaped through her second-story window and hid half-naked on the roof after a mentally ill homeless man broke into her home Wednesday morning. Christian Hicks, 29, has been charged with burglary after he broke into the home of 
Inmate Omar Best, 36, of Philadelphia has been charged with the July 25 attack at State Correctional Institution-Rockview in Centre County. The 24-year-old woman had previously complained about his behavior. Best's long rap sheet includes a 2012 forcible rape conviction and a 1996 attempted rape charge that was reduced to indecent assault, according to online court records.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX ) - A Sulphur Springs man authorities say is in the country illegally has been arrested on multiple child pornography charges.
Police arrested the following people as authorities served the search warrants: 
Prosecutors say a “significant mental health issue” was a key factor in why they agreed to let a man plead no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the death of a 79-year-old woman he apparently stomped to death. Moses Trotter, 34, had been accused of murder in the July 15, 2012, killing of 
Lyons, N.Y. - The man accused of murdering two women at a home in Sodus last year has been found guilty. Dante Taylor was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder, as well as arson and burglary charges by a jury Wednesday afternoon. Taylor was charged with eight counts in total. He was found not guilty on one count of burglary for allegedly stealing tools. Several jurors are visibly upset. Taylor began to scream obscenities at the judge and jury and had to be removed from the courtroom by several deputies. 
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a teenager who is accused of killing a Fort Carson soldier and his
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Police have arrested three suspects after the owner of a gun shop was killed during a robbery on Sunday. Authorities in Jennings County, Indiana say 61-year-old 
NEW ORLEANS, LA - The New Orleans Police Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of two 16 year olds - both wearing ankle monitoring devices - in connection with the murder of 35-year-old pizza delivery driver 
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - - A Mid-South Church Of God In Christ minister is accused of some unholy acts. 40-year-old Patrick Woods is accused of raping a close family friend and is expected in court today. The
CINCINNATI -- A man was recently arrested in Cincinnati who police say had sexual contact with a 
William David Cannon will spend 58 years in prison for his part in a 2011 rape. Judge A. Bonwill Shockley imposed the sentence that a jury recommended in April. The jury found Cannon guilty of charges including armed burglary, robbery and rape. Cannon's codefendent, Rolando Goodman, pleaded guilty and is scheduled for sentencing Wednesday. The two men went looking for someone to rob in the Mansard Apartments off Northampton Boulevard on Sept. 25, 2011. They saw a woman walking home alone and followed her into her apartment. There, Goodman tied her up and sexually assaulted her while Cannon stole electronics, jewelry and a cell phone.
KNOXVILLE — His involvement in an alleged domestic assault over the weekend cost Treyvon Paulk his football career at the University of Tennessee. At a party at Quarry Trail Apartments a couple of miles off Tennessee’s campus, Paulk and his ex-girlfriend, 18-year-old
Former Carolina Panthers player Jimmy Hitchcock has been sentenced to almost four years in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme, prosecutors said Wednesday. Hitchcock, 43, pleaded guilty to one count each of mortgage fraud conspiracy, bank bribery conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy in federal court in Charlotte. He was arrested as part of the government’s “Wax House” mortgage fraud probe. 
France has confirmed that an Algerian jihadist group linked to Islamic State (IS) militants has beheaded tourist 
POLICE are on high alert for revenge attacks against more officers following the shooting of teenage terror suspect 
For 56 years, 
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - A Bakersfield man accused of rear-ending and killing two women while driving under the influence of alcohol last month told police he may have been driving at speeds of up to 90 mph, according to a newly released police report. Witnesses also told investigators that 29-year-old Dontrell Collins was driving down Rosedale Highway in excess of the 50 mph speed limit minutes before police say he collided into the back of a car with three women inside in the early morning hours of Aug. 30. 
CLAYTON, Mo. – Two men have been sentenced to 13 years in prison for robbing and fatally shooting an Imo’s pizza delivery driver in 2012. A court found Chester R. Woods, 22, and Davionte M. Williams, 20, guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the death of 22-year-old 
MINNEAPOLIS — A 25-year-old man has been given a life sentence after pleading guilty to killing a second woman in the Twin Cities. Alberto Palmer pleaded guilty in Hennepin County Monday to first-degree murder in the killing of 24-year-old 
Orange City, FL – A Deltona man faces an attempted first degree murder charge for hitting a woman with a chair and then pouring gasoline all over her. 46-year-old Anthony R. Van Buren is held at the Volusia County Jail on that charge as well as a drug offense following his arrest on Saturday. The Orange City Police Department says it all started around 9:45am Friday at the Orange City Motel on South Volusia Avenue. That’s when one of their officers found 34-year-old 
Police have arrested a man they say sexually assaulted a woman in a Nashville grocery store parking lot Monday. Michael Andre Tucker, 41, is being charged with sexual battery, according to a police report, and was being held on $10,000 bail, according to Davidson County Jail records. Tucker is listed on the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry. Tucker allegedly approached the victim as she was loading her groceries at the Aldi on Ransom Place in Antioch and asked her name. Tucker then grabbed the woman from behind and forced her into the trunk area of her vehicle. There were witnesses and one couple asked Tucker to leave the woman alone. Tucker then went back into the store and returned outside with his mother, who apologized, the report states.
HAMILTON, Ohio – Police arrested a man Friday they said attempted to abduct a 30-year-old woman Wednesday in a public Hamilton parking garage. Authorities said Matthew Harrison Thompson, 24, wore a black ski mask when he grabbed a woman in the George McDulin Memorial Garage at 102 N. 2nd Street and tried to drag her down a stairwell. The incident happened at 6:56 a.m. Police said Thompson placed his hand over the woman’s mouth in the confrontation. The woman fought back and was able to scream, causing Thompson to flee the garage, officials said.
A Miami high school student brutally raped at female teacher at his school after choking until she passed out, police say. Victor Marshall Nash, 18, is charged with attempted first degree murder, sexual battery, robbery and grand theft for the alleged attack on his teacher at South Dade Senior High School on Friday. Detectives say two hours after the last class ended, Nash approached the teacher and put his arm around her. When she told him 'No, stop,' he body-slammed her to the ground and smashed her head against the floor. Nash's father, Victor Marshall Nash Sr., is a convicted sex offender who has also been arrested in the past on child abuse charges. 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man was arrested after police said he urinated on another traveler at the Charlotte Douglas Airport. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Brian Valdez became extremely intoxicated and urinated on the back of another person. The incident happened Sunday at 2:02 p.m. in a terminal of the airport. Valdez, who is from Orlando, Florida, was charged with urinating in public.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott transmitted a letter and signed Death Warrant on Monday to Warden John Palmer of the Florida State Prison in regard to Chadwick Banks. According to the Death Warrant, while on felony probation, Banks entered the home he shared with his wife, 
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
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
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 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. 
Beleaguered by felony child abuse charges over the spanking of his toddler son, NFL star 
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. 
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. 
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. 
