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(White female) Utah teen convicted for fatal highway crime spree with (Hispanic) boyfriend 'Jose'
     Meagan Grunwald had tearfully testified that she feared for her life as she drove her boyfriend for a fatal crime spree, but she was still found guilty all but one of a dozen felony charges she faced. The Utah teen accused of aiding her murderous boyfriend by driving him 50 miles while he shot at sheriff’s deputies, killing one and critically injuring another, was convicted early Saturday morning of all but one of the 12 felony charges she faced, including aggravated murder. Meagan Grunwald, 18, is scheduled to be sentenced July 8 and faces life behind bars for her deadly, drug-fueled drive. Grunwald was with her boyfriend Jose Angel Garcia-Juaregui, 27, on a snowy day last January when he learned his parole board had issued a warrant for his arrest. When the two were stopped in their pickup truck by Utah County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Cory Wride, who got suspicious when Garcia-Juaregui gave him a fake name, the boyfriend shot and killed Wride. Grunwald drove them away, and when they were spotted hours later by Deputy Greg Sherwood, she raced off again as her killer lover shot at the deputy, hitting him in the head and send him to a hospital for three weeks. The Bonnie and Clyde crime spree ended only after police destroyed the couple’s tires with spike strips, then did the same thing to a vehicle they jacked from a mother driving with her child. As the couple tried running for police, Garcia-Juaregui was fatally gunned down. |
TACOMA – A Pierce County mother grieves for her only son who was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting last week. The suspected shooter made his first appearance in court on Friday afternoon. Prosecutors said 23-year-old Alexander Kitt is the gunman and he may have been trying to retaliate for an earlier shooting, but investigators say the victim may have been shot by mistake. “I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how I’m going to go on without him,” said Brandon’s mother, Elladell Morris. “He took care of me, he took care of his grandmother.” Brandon Morris, 19, was shot near South 45th Street and South Puget Sound Avenue in Tacoma on May 1. Prosecutors said Brandon and his group of friends were simply "in the wrong place at the wrong time." - (Black-on-white)
Authorities early Sunday morning arrested two brothers and a woman in connection with the fatal shootings of two Hattiesburg police officers, who were killed in the line of duty during a routine traffic stop Saturday night. Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict confirmed the deaths of officers 
A female officer with the Arizona Department of Corrections was sexually assaulted in April, according to a DOC spokesman. Fernandes Masters, 31, is accused of sexually assaulting the officer on April 13 at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Yuma during a meeting with Masters in an office, Department of Corrections spokesman Andrew Wilder said Saturday. The officer called for help and was treated on site before being taken to a local hospital for further evaluation and later released, according to Wilder. Masters is currently serving a life sentence for first degree murder, and a search on the Department of Corrections website shows 24 "disciplinary infractions" against him, including previously assaulting an inmate in 2009.
GARY, Ind. –– A bold attack on an employee at a gas station in Gary Thursday night was captured by the store’s surveillance camera. It started as teenagers playing around then quickly turned violent. The employee remains hospitalized and police are searching for the attackers. The video shows employee 
DETROIT - A Detroit Police Department source tells Local 4 that officials are investigating a shooting at Michigan senator Virgil Smith's home in Detroit. The source says Smith got into an argument with his girlfriend and fired several shots with a shotgun, hitting her 2015 Mercedes Benz. It happened in the 18000 block of Wexford Avenue in Detroit. The Domestic Violence division is handling the investigation, which began Sunday morning, the source says. Smith has not been arrested, and police have been unable to contact his girlfriend.
SLIDELL, La. -- A 22-year-old woman who had hidden her pregnancy from family and friends has been charged in the death of the child, whose body was found in an apartment complex trash compactor Monday. Antwonetta Jones was booked with second-degree murder. Slidell Police Chief Randy Smith said Jones delivered the baby in a bathtub and that a short time later it began choking and died. He said Jones told them she got scared and when the child stopped breathing, she put her in a box and brought it to the trash compactor.
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The 1-year-old baby boy, who police say was thrown into an Allentown river last weekend at the hands of his own mother, has died. Baby Zymeir Perry died Saturday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. The incident happened around 1:40 p.m. Sunday, May 3rd at the Hamilton Street Bridge. Police say this appears to have been an attempted murder-suicide. The child's mother is identified as 19-year-old Johnesha Perry. Witnesses told police that they saw Perry push a stroller with her 1-year-old onto the bridge. That's when witnesses say she kissed her baby boy and then pushed him over the railing. The child then fell more than 50 feet into the Lehigh River.
The evil mom charged with smothering her 1-year-old son to death in a midtown burger chain’s bathroom last month told cops shortly after her arrest “I don’t deserve to live. Am I going to get life in prison?” Latisha Fisher asked a detective hours after the alleged killing inside of 5 Boro Burger March 30. ”I don’t deserve to live. That was a baby.” Fisher, who was arraigned on one count of strangulation, sobbed as prosecutors described the tragic incident. The worker had found Fisher, “sitting on the closed toilet seat, crying and rocking the child.” the baby was foaming at the mouth and his eyes rolled back.” Fisher, 35, allegedly told police, “the devil made me do it,” and demonstrated how she suffocated little Gavriel Ortiz-Fisher by cupping her hands over the boy’s mouth to stop his crying.
A 22-year-old Baton Rouge woman who police say admitted to shoving her 2-year-old daughter against a shower wall was indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the child’s Dec. 29 death. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office ruled the death of 
A 36-year-old man from Gibson is accused of attacking his girlfriend multiple times, causing the death of their unborn child, authorities said today. Tyson Dewayne Cheavis, of 188 Jimmy's Trailer Court, confessed Tuesday to hitting his 27-year-old girlfriend despite being aware of her pregnancy, Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said. The multiple injuries she sustained over several weeks, which included bruises, swelling and unconsciousness, ultimately led to the baby's death, the sheriff said in a news release. A hospital exam revealed the child had no heartbeat.
HOUSTON – Capital murder charges have been filed in the brutal murder of a 5-year-old boy. Sherrick Washington, 26, is charged with killing 
Gwinnett County police have charged a former Southeastern Conference football player with murder in connection with the death of a 
LANHAM, Md. -- A Prince George's County man was arrested for killing his girlfriend's toddler, according to police. Joshua Riley, 29, of Lanham, Md. has been charged with first degree murder, second degree murder, child abuse and other related charges, police said. Police say 23-month-old Anthony Winfrey was in the care on April 9th, when his mother came home from work and found him unresponsive. Winfrey was taken to the hospital for treatment. He he died. on April 15. Riley lived at the home and was in a romantic relationship with the mother.
HUBER HEIGHTS -- A 22-year-old Huber Heights man faces murder, manslaughter, assault and endangering charges following the death of a 21-month-old boy. Dionte R. Evans is accused of killing his girlfriend's child April 8 while he was watching the boy. The Montgomery County Coroner's Office determined the child, 
Lee Turner Jr., 25, should be executed for murdering two people at a CarQuest auto parts store in Baton Rouge in 2011, a jury determined Friday. It took a little less than 2 hours for the jury of 10 women and two men to decide Turner should die for the deaths of 
A 19-year-old Hazel Park man was ordered serve 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting 
A Waffle House employee who was videotaped by a fellow worker masturbating inside the open Georgia restaurant is being sought by police on an arrest warrant charging him with public indecency, cops report. Emanuel Williams, 36, is wanted in connection with the incident Monday afternoon in the dining room of a Waffle House in Macon, according to police. 
Police in Nebraska are searching for a missing 5-year-old boy after they said his brother confessed to throwing him in a river after killing their mother. 
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Broward Sheriff's Office employee accused of extorting a Boca Raton doctor whom she met on a website promoting infidelity was found guilty Thursday. Jurors returned a guilty verdict in the extortion trial of Debbie O'Flaherty-Lewis, 48, after less than two hours of deliberations. During the trial, Dr. Benjamin Harow testified that he met O'Flaherty-Lewis on the dating website AshleyMadison.com. Ashley Madison bills itself as "the world's leading married dating service for discreet encounters." According to a BSO arrest report, O'Flaherty-Lewis "maliciously threatened the victim over the phone and text messages" and threatened to expose his affair "if she was not paid $7,000." Instead, the 43-year-old doctor went to authorities.
A Woodbury man was convicted of murder today after a three-week trial in the 2012 strangling death of a city woman, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office announced. A jury found Harry J. Neher, 35, guilty after about three hours of deliberation today in the murder of 
PALM SPRINGS, Fla. -- Authorities say a Florida principal has been arrested after she was caught partially unclothed in a marijuana-smoke-filled car with a student. Police say 45-year-old Krista Morton of Wellington was arrested Wednesday in Palm Springs. She is the principal at 
Thomas Johnson III has been convicted by a jury on the top charge in the death of 
WASHINGTON - The man charged for allegedly assaulting a 69-year-old man at the Eastern Market Metro station on April 24 will enter an anger management program, wear an electronic device and be placed under a curfew. Elijah Smith, 19, appeared in court Friday and was released by a judge after he waived his right to a preliminary hearing, his attorney said, which opened the door for a future plea deal. Smith was arrested and charged with felony assault for allegedly punching and hitting 
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. - A man who Clay County deputies say stabbed his girlfriend to death in front of her 14-year-old daughter Wednesday night before he died in a car crash while fleeing the scene had spent time in prison. 
LEESBURG, Va. -- A West African man who attempted to rape a woman just nine days after arriving in the United States has been sentenced to ten years in prison. 
MEMPHIS, TN - Memphis police arrested 18-year-old Xavier Taylor on Thursday and charged him with statutory rape. He is accused of having sex with 
Nearly 16 years after a woman was raped in her own home, the perpetrator was sentenced. Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge W. Newton Jackson III sentenced Christopher Gibbs Jr., 52, of Salisbury to 40 years in prison on Friday. The sentence included 20 years on a count of second-degree rape, and 10 years each on counts of robbery and first-degree burglary. A jury found Gibbs guilty on some counts in the case back on March 23; he was also found not guilty of first-degree rape, armed robbery and deadly weapon: wear and carry with intent to injure. The victim spoke in court Friday, saying how her life was forever changed. She said on July 22, 1999, Gibbs made her unlock her door, go into her bedroom and take off her clothes. She said he had a knife. "Fearing for my life, I complied," the victim said.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Police sought the public’s help to identify a man who sexually assaulted two 20-year-old women. Around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday, one of the victim’s was confronted and punched by the suspect as she walked alone along a dark path in her apartment complex. The suspect grabbed her and pulled her towards a dark area, however, she was able to get away safely. The suspect fled on foot from the area. Around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, a second victim noticed a man walking quickly behind her as she walked alone. When the suspect caught up to her, he grabbed her from behind, pulled her out of view to the side of the roadway, and sexually assaulted her. Following the incident, the suspect fled on foot. Detectives explained both victims described the suspect as an African American man who is in his late 30s to 40s. He has a short “scruffy” black beard, stands no taller than 6-feet, weighs 200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a dark hoodie with dark clothing.
TALLADEGA, Ala. - Talladega police arrested a man they found naked and eating chicken in a house next to the county jail. Investigators said 24-year-old George Leverous Bennett is charged with second-degree burglary. He got out of the Talladega County Jail on Tuesday afternoon and took off his clothes as he walked away from the detention center. A patrol officer was on his way to the jail to drop off a prisoner when he noticed the naked man walking away from the building, wearing only tennis shoes. The officer was unable to go after Bennett, since he had another suspect in the car, so he alerted jail staff, deputies, and other officers who came to search for the man. Investigators located him when the owner of a house nearby called 911 to report a naked man broke into her house. She told police the man kicked open her back door and made his way to the kitchen. She and her three children ran out of the house. Officers found Bennett eating fried chicken from Zaxby's, valued at $13.98. Talladega police said the man was spitting chicken out of his mouth when they walked in.
MIAMI - A homeless man from Miami was arrested after setting his friend on fire. A Miami-Dade County judge raised Jonathan Bridges' charge to first-degree murder Thursday. Bridges and the victim, who was also homeless, were staying at a mutual friend's home temporarily when they got into a heated argument over "trivial matters." Police said Bridges, 43, threatened the victim, stating, "I'll kill you. I'll set you on fire." Bridges got a plastic bottle and squirted some type of chemical into the man's eyes, blinding him. The victim tried to push Bridges away, but the suspect ignited the victim's shirt with a cigarette lighter, police said. He was taken to Kendall Regional Medical Center with second- and third-degree burns and later died of his injuries. 
A Dulwich man has been jailed for life for the murder of a children’s television star.
PHILADELPHIA – Teenage fugitive Haseem Singletary has turned himself in to police. Singletary has a long criminal record. He was wanted by authorities for crimes including home invasion and armed robbery.
TORRANCE — A man who killed his girlfriend and her mother in their Redondo Beach apartment three years ago was sentenced Friday to two consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The sentence was handed down to 
PHILADELPHIA — Police say an 18-year-old has been arrested in connection with the hit and run of a Temple University student. Investigators say Rashan “Robert” Roberts is facing several charges. 
CLAYTON, Mo. — A St. Louis man made his first court appearance Thursday on charges he killed a 19-year-old Illinois college student whom he had contacted about buying a sports car advertised on Craigslist. Michael Gordon, 24, remains held at the St. Louis County jail in lieu of $1 million bond. He didn’t enter a plea and a judge set another hearing for May 18. He is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of 
MINNEAPOLIS – The mother of a teenager who says she was sexually assaulted says her daughter’s attack should have been prevented. Ashanti Lymon is charged with criminal sexual conduct in her case, and in another one. Lymon previously pleaded guilty in a similar case, but was allowed to stay in a program for at-risk teens. Lymon was charged with rape of a teenage girl last year. He was 18. He’s also charged with sexually assaulting
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- A cab driver who suffered gunshot wounds in an attempted robbery in February is criticizing a plea deal for his alleged assailants. The shooting occurred during 62-year-old 
Jordan Clemons watched several surveillance videos depicting his actions in the early hours of Jan. 12, 2012, just hours after 
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A Gwinnett County couple is in jail after their infant daughter died. Local media report arrest warrants filed this week say 
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man who was with Michael Brown when Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson police officer last year is charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest over a new confrontation with police. The St. Louis city prosecutor charged 23-year-old Dorian Johnson on Thursday, one day after his arrest with two other people by officers trying to disperse a crowd.
EMANUEL COUNTY, Ga. — A former high-ranking prison official is facing several charges of sexual misconduct involving 
DALLAS — A 34-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after a woman approached Dallas officers and said a man exposed himself and masturbated while
GREENSBORO — Guilford County deputies arrested a 30-year-old man and charged him with raping an 11-year-old girl, according to a news release. Daryl Russell Jackson is charged with three counts each of rape of a child; indecent liberties; and incest, and four counts of statutory sex offense, according to a news release. Jackson, of the 2300 block of Juliet Place in Greensboro, was was being held at the Guilford County jail on $2 million secured bail, according to jail records. 
MITCHELLVILLE, Md. -- Prince George's County police detectives went door to door Wednesday night in the Mitchellville area hoping to solve a sexual assault case. Police say the sexual assault happened exactly one week earlier -- on April 29 -- around 5:40 a.m. They say a 19-year old woman was walking in the 11000 block of Lake Arbor Way when a man came up to her, forced her into a nearby field, and sexually assaulted her. At some point the man indicated he had a gun. Police described the suspect this way: "A black male, 20-30 years old, approximately 5'6" - 5'7", with a thin to average build and freckles. He wore a black-hooded jacket and a nylon skull cap at the time of the assault." 
WILTON MANORS, Fla. - A South Florida man faces charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment after forcing a woman with whom he was doing drugs to have sex with him, police said. Keyon Adams, 21, was arrested Tuesday by Wilton Manors police. According to the arrest report, Adams was smoking crack cocaine and the synthetic drug known as "flakka" with the woman. She said Adams attempted to have sex with her, handing her a condom, and she was in fear of her life because Adams said he would kill her.
HACKENSACK — A New York man sexually assaulted a woman while she slept, prosecutors said. Police arrested George G. Bibb, 36, on Tuesday. Bibb and two women were spending time together on the evening of June 20, 2014. One of the women, a 24-year-old, awoke the following morning to find Bibb engaging in sexual activity with her without her consent, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said.
EDMONTON, Alberta — A former Guantanamo Bay inmate 
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A Philadelphia mom who investigators said was ready to leave her children, join the terrorist group ISIS and ultimately martyr herself, plead not guilty Thursday. Keonna Thomas communicated with ISIS sympathizers using names including "YoungLioness" and "Fatayat Al Khilafah," according to federal prosecutors 
A Somali rapist who held a knife to a pregnant woman’s throat as he raped her has been allowed to stay in Britain to protect his human rights. 
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Police have made an arrest in connection with a Sunday night murder that started as a road rage confrontation on the east side of Indianapolis. The investigation led detectives to the Motor 8 hotel, in the 3600 block of Shadeland Avenue late Tuesday afternoon. A person wanted in the shooting was located at the hotel. Police arrested Ron Stewart, 24. Stewart has been preliminarily charged with murder. Word of the arrest came as welcome news to friends and family of 41-year-old 
Authorities are searching for a man who was caught on camera robbing an elderly woman at knife point in an elevator in Lauderdale Lakes. The robbery happened April 29 at the building at 3099 Northwest 48th Avenue, when a man followed the 
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, OH - Charmayne Dayse was a home health care worker who cared for 
WASHINGTON – Metro Transit Police have arrested a man for allegedly assaulting a 69-year-old man at a Metro station last month. Elijah Smith, 19, was arrested Monday night and charged with felony assault for allegedly punching and hitting
CLEARWATER — A man who pretended to be a police officer during a home invasion and slaying in St. Petersburg in 2012 was found guilty of first-degree murder after jury deliberations Tuesday. Christopher Roberson and three other men claimed to be police when they stormed into 
BOSTON — A man convicted of killing a Boston police detective in 1993 has been granted a new trial. Sean Ellis was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting 
The grieving partner of slain NYPD 
BALTIMORE —ANNAPOLIS, Md. —Anne Arundel County police on Tuesday released booking photos of two suspects who they said were involved a police-involved shooting in April. 
Christopher Felton will be sentenced to life in prison in June after a jury found him guilty of murder Wednesday. The Calhoun County Circuit Court jury of seven women and five men deliberated about four hours over two days before convicting Felton, 25, of Battle Creek of first-degree murder, home invasion and armed robbery in the June 17 shooting death of 
CHICAGO — A jury Wednesday found a 24-year-old man guilty of murder in the killings of a Chicago Police officer and a former Chicago Housing Authority officer. Timothy Herring Jr. was accused of gunning down 
RICHMOND, Va. — A Henrico man has been charged in connection to the fatal March shooting of 
CLEVELAND, OH - A former bailiff convicted of having sex with an inmate was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison. Lee Roy, 45, pled guilty last month to bribery. Prosecutors say the South Euclid man engaged in sexual activity with 
An argument between a neighbor and partygoers at a residence in south College Station early Sunday escalated into a shooting that took the life of a 19-year-old woman and left two men injured. College Station police weren't releasing many details Sunday afternoon, more than 12 hours after 
The mother of a girl who was murdered 40 years ago has spoke of the horror of recently seeing crime scene photos of her daughter's body. 
