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White Manhattan Beach Couple Tied Up, Husband Beaten in Home-Invasion Robbery by Hispanics and Blacks
   Manhattan Beach police were searching for four young men who terrorized a married couple and beat the husband during a two-hour home-invasion robbery. Police were called to a home just after midnight Tuesday after the four men had fled the home with cash and guns. The men broke into the empty home by breaking a lower-level window. They were inside when the homeowners returned around 10 p.m. Tuesday. At first, the robbers just pushed the couple around and tied them up, according to the husband, Fred. But then, Fred said the intruders began to get violent with him. They pushed him to the floor, covered his face so he couldn’t breathe and hit him with a gun. “I thought they were going to shoot me,” he said. “When he pulled that gun out … I thought they were going to put it in my face.” Fred was dragged all over the house by the robbers and forced to open the couple’s three safes. The intruders stole cash, guns and ammunition as well as jewelry. They then ransacked the home and fled. One of the men stayed behind and a put a gun to Fred’s head. “All of a sudden he lowers the gun, takes four steps, turns around and says ‘if you move, you’re dead,'” Fred said. Fred and his wife were able to free themselves and call 911. The male thieves were described by police as follows: Hispanic/black, 20 to 25 years old, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, 140 to 150 pounds, with dark clothing/jacket; Hispanic, 20 to 35 years old, 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches tall, 220 to 240 pounds, with black clothing and a stocking cap; Hispanic, 20 to 25 years old, 5 feet 1 inch to 6 feet tall, 180 to 190 pounds, with a goatee and baseball cap; and black, 19 to 25 years old, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 11 inches tall, 160 to 170 pounds, with black clothing, hoodie and gloves. |
All four of the people accused in the shooting of a Domino’s Pizza employee during a robbery in September were indicted last week by a Boyle County grand jury, including a juvenile who will now be treated as an adult by the court system. Nathaniel Sinclair Davis, 16, of Harrodsburg, was picked out of a police photo lineup as the “possible shooter” by Zoe Reed, the Domino’s worker who was shot in the stomach and suffered life-threatening injuries during the Sept. 15 hold-up at the Fourth Street restaurant. Davis was indicted on charges of first-degree robbery and first-degree assault, along with alleged co-conspirators Robin Adams, 26, and Patrick Brand, 21, both of Danville, and Rico Penix, 19, of Harrodsburg. All four will be arraigned before Boyle Circuit Judge Darren Peckler on Tuesday. Reed’s father, Paul Reed, said Friday that his daughter continues to make strides her recovery, though the process has been difficult. Adams told police that she and Brand waited outside in the car while Penix and Davis went inside Domino’s to rob the store of cash. Prior to the robbery, Brand’s cell phone was used to place a fake pizza order to lure the delivery driver from the store. - (Black-on-white)
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“Without knowing all the facts, of course I wanted to see an indictment,” 
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The Williamson County sheriff’s office has charged two people with capital murder in the death of 
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SAVANNAH, Ga. - A police report states that 
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ANN ARBOR -- The three suspects in the 
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Thirteen men, all of Somali origin, have been found guilty of the systematic sexual abuse of 
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MEDIA, Pa. – Arthur Bomar, convicted in the 1996 murder of college soccer star 
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OMAHA, Neb. —A man charged with a shooting death in a drive by will stand trial. On Tuesday, a judge found enough probable cause for the murder case against Kenneth Armour, Jr. to continue. In court, a Douglas County Sheriff's Office detective said the victim, 
Police believe Major Washington killed 
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BRIDGEPORT -- St
FOREST PARK, Ga. - Forest Park Police have made an arrest in the robbery and aggravated assault of an elderly florist. The incident happened on November 8. 
NORWOOD, Ohio -- More than a year after 20-year-old 
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The suspect in the 1979 kidnapping of six-year-old 