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Reward offered for whereabouts of black suspect in 2012 murder of White grandmother
     A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted on homicide charges stemming from the 2012 robbery of a Wilson woman. Quadir Shahidd Taylor, 28, is charged with homicide, robbery and other offenses in a warrant filed this month after a grand jury investigation. Two gunmen awoke Carrie Smith, 76, in the middle of the night Jan. 15, 2012, and threatened to shoot her as she struggled to open a safe for them inside her Hillside Avenue home. Smith suffered from a number of health ailments, but doctors ruled her death was due to complications as a result of the robbery. Rebecca L. Johnson, Smith's granddaughter, and Johnson's ex-boyfriend, Rogel I. Suero, 33, were convicted of murder and other charges by a jury in October 2013. They were sentenced to life in prison without parole. Johnson's cousin, David Bechtold, 21, of Wilson pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit robbery. He was the group's getaway driver. He received a sentence of one to two years in jail and five years of probation and has been released from prison. Bechtold testified against Johnson and Suero at her trial, but couldn't identify Taylor other than by the street name, "Avon." However, Johnson testified before a grand jury in June and identified Taylor as "Avon," and admitted meeting Suero and Taylor at a barbershop where, she said, they split up more than $42,000 in loot. Anyone with information on Taylor's whereabouts is asked to call the Lehigh Valley Crime Stoppers at 1-800-426-TIPS, Northampton County detectives at 610-559-3042, or Wilson detectives at 610-258-8542. |
The man who shot and killed a reporter and cameraman on live television this morning is believed to be a former employee of WDBJ in Virginia. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe stated in a press conference that police have the man's name and license plate number, but had chosen not to release the information. Shortly thereafter, the man was identified by police as Vester Lee Flanagan. A source who was at the press conference at which Flanagan was identified as the suspect says, “He was described as a light skinned black male, with brown eyes and black hair, 6 foot 3 inches tall and approximately 250 pounds. They believe he is armed with a handgun.” McAuliffe says that police are in "active pursuit" of the suspected shooter and will likely have him in custody within the hour. Flanagan is said to be traveling on I-64, which runs east to west across Virginia. Little is known about Flanagan at this time, and it is unclear if he intended to target victims Allison Parker, 24, and James Ward, 27, or if he simply had a grudge against WDBJ in general. Flanagan also shot Vicki Gardner, a local chamber of commerce representative who was being interviewed on the air. She is currently undergoing surgery, and is expected to survive. - (Black-on-white) - (White lives matter! - web) - (White lives matter - images)
Amherst Co., VA - The Commonwealth's Attorney says while 
GOLDEN, Co. — Jurors convicted Warren Watson on all counts in connection with the murder of prominent Lakewood lawyer 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A man is behind bars, accused of stabbing two sisters in Louisville for a bachelorette party. One of the victims is the bride-to-be. The sisters are recovering at U of L Hospital. Their father says they are in pain, but overall in good spirits. This man police believe is responsible for the stabbings is 45-year-old Kalief Cummings. Cummings was arrested around 2 a.m. today and is charged with two counts of first degree assault. Police believe he stabbed the women near S. 3rd Street and W. Liberty Street.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. -- A man who once jumped the fence at the White House was shot and killed at the Chester County Justice Center by a sheriff's deputy on Tuesday after 
Twenty-two-year-old Todd West and two co-defendants were supposed to have a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on homicide and robbery counts. 
THIBODAUX, La. —A Thibodaux man was arrested last week on suspicion of first-degree rape, according to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office. Jeffery Noel, 49, was arrested Friday on a warrant for first-degree rape, officials said. According to the LPSO, an investigation into Noel began after allegations surfaced that he had sexual contact with 
An Independence man has admitted raping a Kenner woman whose home he burglarized daily before assaulting her. Brandon Watkins, 25, pleaded guilty to forcible rape and burglary in the December 2013 attack. Police said Watkins was on parole when he broke into the 28-year-old woman's Clemson Place home in the middle of the night. Watkins told authorities he had gone into the woman's bedroom in search of money. When she awoke, the pair tussled before he raped her and fled, police said. Watkins also told authorities he had been entering her apartment through a window daily for a month.
Newport News, Va. – A man and woman were arrested Monday evening for a public sex act on 29th street. Police responded to the 200 block of 29th Street at 6:03pm for reports of the sex act. When officers arrived they found a 44-year-old Kia Lavonne Dabney and 44-year-old Thomas A. Robinson engaging in the act in public view. Dabney was arrested and charged with one count each of indecent exposure and public intoxication. Robinson was charged with one count each of indecent exposure, public intoxication and possession of marijuana.
A Bronx school-bus driver was charged with child pornography — and then told FBI agents that he fantasized about the teen girls he drove, according to court papers. Stephen Bryan was busted after FBI agents armed with a search warrant came to his Bronx home last month. He confessed to downloading sexual photos of 
Sources and city records show the funeral home and garage are owned by Janet Powell Dailey, who arrived on scene and had no comment. A source says the owner told investigators she moved the bodies from the funeral home because of the smell. One neighbor says she saw a pickup truck drop off the bodies at the garage on Saturday. Janet Powell Dailey has not been charged with a crime. State Board of Funeral Directors spokesperson says while Dailey has a license to be a funeral director, the funeral home's license expired last year. Both are required.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An arrest has been made in the murders of a father and grandmother in Memphis.
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. – Maplewood police are asking for the public’s help in locating the husband of a woman shot dead in the family’s townhouse early Sunday. The couple was heard in a heated argument around 5:30 a.m., just before 41-year-old 
PUEBLO, Colo. - New court documents show 
FERGUSON, Mo. — Ferguson’s new municipal judge ordered massive changes Monday in the city’s much-criticized municipal court, a move he said is aimed at restoring confidence in the system and easing the burden on needy defendants. Changes announced by Judge Donald McCullin include withdrawing many old arrest warrants and giving defendants new court dates and payment options. The new plan allows for community service or fines to be commuted for the indigent. McCullin will also reinstate driver’s license for all defendants who lost their license for failing to appear in court or failing to pay a fine, pending final disposition of the case. Blacks make up about two-thirds of Ferguson’s 21,000 residents.
A family of five was injured in a vehicular collision with an illegal immigrant in San Tan Valley on Sunday evening. At approximately 6:20 p.m., a car wreck occurred on Hunt Highway. The wreck
Audra Anderson is a surrogate mom. She is the mother of one biological child: bubbly, 
Marie Bowman, who weighs 910 pounds, had to be removed from her apartment through a window. Because she was unable to make it out of her own front door. 
Just minutes after being set free from jail, an illegal immigrant who had already been deported once stole a woman’s car and threatened to kill her. 
Senior Trooper 
TROY - Two Troy Police officers are recovering after they were shot by a would-be carjacker in the area of 112th St. and 5th Ave. Saturday night around 10:30. Police say they received a call for an attempted carjacking with a denoscription of the would-be carjacker. An officer who was in the area went to that intersection and saw a person who fit the denoscription and followed him while he waited for backup. When another officer joined him, they approached the man and he fired on them with a handgun. The officers fired back, hitting the man. 
OLATHE, KS - Michael Martin Sanchez has a history of sexual crimes targeting men and women. He is in jail again, charged with 
An Omaha man is behind bars, charged with sexually assaulting a minor six years ago. Police say 33-year-old Jermaine Longraped 
Police say DNA evidence has linked a 35-year-old convict to a rape and kidnapping in Fort Lauderdale. Christopher Mackey, of Fort Lauderdale, faces one count of sexual battery with a weapon and one count of kidnapping to commit or facilitate a felony. . The charges stem from an Aug. 3 incident in the 600 block of Northwest Third Avenue. A woman was walking along the street about 8:30 p.m. when she was approached by a man who had a knife. The man threatened the woman with the knife and forced her into an abandoned building, where he sexually battered her. He has been arrested 24 times in Florida and is currently on probation for a March 2014 grand theft auto.
TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Police arrested a 16-year-old male Thursday night for the sexual assault of 
HOUSTON -- Accused child rapist Calderon Texada is now in custody. Houston Crime Stoppers says the local rapper was arrested in Los Angeles, but while he was being driven back to Texas by a a bondman back to Texas, they were stopped for speeding in Junction, TX, in Kimble County. During the traffic stop, the bondsman told officers he was transporting a fugitive, and officers took Texada into custody. Texada is now in the Kimble County Jail. He will eventually be sent back to Houston to face charges. A few days ago Texada was accused of raping 
A 30-year-old man is accused of sexually abusing 
QUEENS, N.Y. -- Police have a better idea of the man they are trying to find in an acid attack on a woman in Queens. The NYPD has released a sketch of the suspect. The attack happened Wednesday night in Sunnyside, as 59-year old 
MILWAUKEE — A baby boy is killed, authorities say at the hands of his babysitter. Saturday, August 22nd we are hearing from the mother for the first time. The family has been told the accused killer has reached a plea deal — and they are not happy. 
YORK, Pa. - A Presbyterian church in central Pennsylvania says its pastor has been placed on administrative leave after he was charged with prostitution-related offenses in Maryland. 
BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man will be arraigned Aug. 28 on attempted first-degree and aggravated assault charges, stemming from what authorities say were 
Jerry Hartfield, 59, has been in prison since 1977 even though his original murder conviction was overturned in 1980. A Texas jury found him guilty of the crime for a second time. In 1977, a jury convicted Hartfield, who is black, of the 1976 rape and murder of
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Police believe a man fatally shot outside a northeast Florida condominium complex was targeted because he had autism and the shooters wanted his car. Authorities in St. Augustine says three suspected shooters arrested Wednesday saw 36-year-old 
RICHMOND, Va. – A family is mourning the death of their father, who they said died as a result of injuries sustained when he was tackled by (George Brown, Jr), a security guard at an ambulatory care pharmacy. On Friday afternoon, 
The daughter of a 49-year-old woman stabbed to death last week in downtown Hilo said her mother was “an educated woman,” and media denoscriptions of her as a homeless person do her life and memory a disservice. Chloe Caron said her mother, 
COLUMBUS — Police say a third man was arrested in connection with the July 30 murder of a pizza delivery driver in southeast Columbus. According to Columbus police, 20-year-old Latrell Deshawn Richey was arrested by the Criminal Intelligence Unit shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday. Richey is charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of
A woman whose Queens home was allegedly stolen by a scheming squatter says her nightmare never would have happened if bone-headed city bureaucrats hadn’t given him a fraudulent deed — and now she wants the city to pay up, court papers show. 
The missing suspect in a robbery and assault at St. Cecilia Cathedral has been identified as Larry Leggett, 20, and he is now in police custody, along with Wayman Clark. Police say that shortly before 3:30 Friday afternoon officers with the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force located Leggett in the 4700 block of North 36th Avenue. They say he tried to run from the rear of a residence when officers announced themselves but the home was surrounded. He ran back inside. Police say Task Force members were then able to talk Leggett into surrendering. He was arrested without further incident and booked for robbery. Police say they were able to identify Leggett as their missing suspect through a combination of Crime Stoppers tips and the work of the Task Force, the OPD Gang Unit and Robbery Unit Detectives. Police say 22-year-old Clark was one of two men seen on surveillance video who ran up behind 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Hours after police announced that 
A local pastor is charged with attempted rape for an assault that prosecutors say happened at his church. Samuel McCullough, age 84, of Gates is charged with two counts of attempted rape and endangering the welfare of a child. What’s most troubling to prosecutors is the age difference. Pastor McCullough is 84 and
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Two brothers were found guilty in connection to a sexual battery and attempted murder incident in 2013. Donald Dickerson, 34, and James Dickerson, 32, were both found guilty of two counts of attempted first-degree felony murder, one count of attempted manslaughter, three counts of kidnapping with a weapon, two counts of sexual battery with great force, one count of armed robbery and one count of first-degree arson. Officers arrived at the Motel 6 on Dix Ellis Trail in July 2013 in reference to a fire. When police arrived, they found the
WASHINGTON -- The two women who stabbed a D.C. attorney to death at a Thomas Circle hotel were sentenced Friday. Jamyra Gallmon and Dominique Johnson were charged in 
KNOXVILLE - A man accused of killing his estranged girlfriend and her unborn child was released on bond Thursday night, just a few hours after a judge declared a mistrial in his case. Norman Clark was charged with the murder of 
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- On the fourth day in court for Norman Clark, the jury heard from 
CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. - Officials in Chester County have arrested four men they say killed a 17-year-old over "marijuana and a few dollars." Gerald Myers, Onray Winfield, Darrell Woodward and Bryon Stevens have been charged with conspiracy, murder, robbery, and related offenses. Police say they set up a sham drug deal with the victim, 
WASHINGTON -- The 19-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 
