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Marshals nab 4th suspect in (White) Wilson grandmother's robbery, homicide
  Authorities have arrested the fourth person accused in a 2012 home-invasion robbery in Wilson Borough that led to the death of a 76-year-old woman. Quadir "Avon" Taylor, 28, (aka Quadir Shahidd Taylor) was picked up early Friday morning in Somerset County by U.S. marshals, Northampton County Assistant District Attorney Patricia Mulqueen said. Taylor is being held in county prison in New Jersey while he awaits extradition to Pennsylvania to face homicide, robbery and related charges in connection with the death of Carrie Smith. Taylor is a New Jersey native who frequented the Easton and Allentown areas, authorities previously said. Smith's granddaughter and two others have already been convicted in the case.
   Authorities said Smith's granddaughter, Rebecca Johnson, plotted to steal $35,000 and jewelry from her grandmother, in order to finance a massive marijuana purchase in Colorado. Rogel "Roger" Suero, Johnson's then-boyfriend, and the previously unidentified accomplice used a key Johnson had stolen to enter the house, roused the sleeping Smith and forced her to open the safe, prosecutors said. They made off with money, jewelry and other valuables totaling more than $35,000. Smith, a great-grandmother, suffered a mild heart attack because of the robbery, authorities said. After her release from Easton Hospital, she was hospitalized twice more before dying March 16, 2012.
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DETROIT - Detroit police are searching for suspects who robbed, kidnapped and carjacked two women at the MotorCity Casino Hotel. Police say it happened Thursday around 5 a.m. The two grandmothers were leaving the casino when they were confronted on the roof of the parking garage by a man with a gun. He physically forced them into the car, robbed them and forced them to drive to a field near Schoolcraft on the west side of the city. "I thought we were going to die," says victim Janet Dupree. The two victims, who are also sisters, were left without money in a neighborhood they didn't know. A good Samaritan helped them get to a police precinct. Surveillance video captured the suspect hours before the robbery. He is seen having a conversation with a security guard. The man is described as African American and about 30 to 35-years-old. He is 6 feet 1 inches with a medium complexion and a muscular build. He has a light mustache and a goatee, with a short high top fade. He also has a tattoo on his left forearm. He was wearing a blue shirt and jeans with white gym shoes. - (Black-on-white)
CLEVELAND - The man arrested in connection to the stabbing death of an elderly Cleveland woman pleaded guilty to murder. Glen Campbell, 47, was found guilty on two charges of aggravated murder, one charge of murder, two charges of felonious assault and two counts of aggravated burglary. Investigation revealed 
A man has been sentenced to life for murdering a 15-year-old cyclist during an attempt to steal his bike. Joshua Williams, 18, was part of a group which attacked 
A man accused in a deadly hit-and-run crash has been sentenced to two years probation for misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide. Mark Fleming was sentenced after earlier No Contest. Police say he hit 
The murder warrant for a second suspect in Friday morning's homicide was signed Saturday afternoon. Police are now seeking a second suspect. Darren Goodnight, 21, is wanted for murder. Police say Goodnight frequents the areas of Mt. Washington, Price Hill and Louisville. Anyone with more information about Goodnight has been asked to call CrimeStoppers at 513-352-3040.
PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh police detectives have made an arrest in the case of a woman shot while walking home from her job. Police say 
PITTSBURGH — Two children continue to recover from serious injuries after the car that their mother was driving was struck by a vehicle in a high-speed police pursuit on Route 51. “It’s a miracle that they are alive,” said Cindy West, of North Versailles. It was late Monday night when the car her daughter was driving was struck by a speeding, stolen vehicle being chased by Stowe Township Police. West’s daughter, 
GLADSTONE, Mo. -- Gladstone parents are on alert after a recent report of a man exposing himself. Police say the incident took place near NE 64th and N flora, which is in the area of two elementary schools and a middle school. Gladstone police say a woman was walking near NE 64th and North Flora Friday, when she came across a man who exposed his genitals to her. Wednesday morning, another mom claims a man fitting the same denoscription tried to snatch her child. . Police say the suspect is a black male in his 20’s or 30’s. He’s about 5’8”, and weighs around 130 pounds. They say he was driving a tan or gold SUV, with a partial Kansas plate of 414. If you spot the man or the vehicle you are asked to call police or the TIPS Hotline at (816) 474-TIPS.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. --The suspect in the deaths of two Virginia college students was arraigned Wednesday on the newest indictment in a Charlottesville courtroom. Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. was charged with first-degree murder in the 2009 death of 20-year-old 
OAKLAND, Calif. -- A jury Monday found a teen guilty of the fatal shooting of an off-duty paramedic during a carjacking in the Oakland hills two years ago but could not reach a decision for the accused shooter in the case, a court official said. While David McNeal, 17, was found guilty of murder during an attempted carjacking for the death of 34-year-old 
ST. LOUIS • A St. Louis woman who beat her elderly and disabled housemate to death in 2012 was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison. Prosecutors said that Darlene Coulibaly, now 52, preyed on a man who had declined, physically and mentally, after his wife's death. At the time of his death, 
The last time Willie Britton saw his stepfather Jerome Lawrence, the year was 1999, and Lawrence was being arrested on 
Authorities are investigating after a New Jersey high school football player was caught on video ripping the helmet off an opponent and hitting him with it, wounding the player so that 
A break-in at an Upper East Side apartment was recorded as it happened, with two clueless burglars caught on camera — and their images sent via phone app right to the victim while he was at work, sources said. 
Three women charged in a Philadelphia gas station attack that left a homeless man in a coma rejected plea deals Tuesday. Attorneys for Aleathea Gillard, 34, Shareena Joachim, 23, and Kaisha Duggins, 24, rejected to pleading guilty to charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy and other offenses in the beating of 51-year-old 
Levonte Wilderness, a 27-year-old man convicted of raping a woman under the threat that he had a gun was sentenced today to 48 1/2 years in prison. According to court documents, one night in August 2014 he approached a woman he had never seen before as she got into her car and acted as if he had a gun as he got in with her and told her to drive to a dead-end, where he pushed her out of the vehicle, sexually assaulted her and tried to strangle her. He beat her and forced himself on her. When she vomited, he ran off on foot, according to court documents. "You damaged my mind, body and soul," the woman told Wilderness in court. 
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Police arrested Antonio Johnson on Tuesday for a rape on April 15. According to police, the rape happened around 1:00 in the morning at an apartment complex in the 5200 block of South 40th. The victim, a neighbor of the suspect, told police she was walking her dog when she saw Johnson. She told police they talked for a bit then went their separate ways. A short time later, the victim felt a man grab her behind. The suspect took her inside the entrance of an apartment building, where she was raped. After DNA was sent to the Nebraska state Patrol Crime Lab, Johnson was arrested for 1st Degree Sexual Assault. 
A Bessemer man is in the county jail with bond set at nearly a half million dollars facing multiple charges involving child sexual assault. Demetrius Deon Williams, 37, was arrested by Bessemer police on Aug. 28, according to Jefferson County court records made public today. He is charged with aggravated child abuse with serious injury, four counts of first-degree sodomy, two counts of first-degree rape and two counts of rape by force.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The man accused of sexually battering a child in the restroom of a McDonald's on Emerson Street pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Duval County court. Keith Sykes is charged with possession of marijuana, loitering and prowling, and child sexual battery. The judge set bond at $5,003 for the marijuana charge and $503 for the loitering charge. Bond was denied on the capital sexual battery charges. The child's father entered the bathroom about 5 p.m. and saw a 25- to 30-year-old black man wearing dark clothing leaving a stall where his youngest son was pulling up his pants.
Police said a Chattanooga man beat up a man he caught with his girl friend, then he later tried to blow up her clothes with a cocktail bomb. Prandell Antonio Haynes, 25, of 413 Friar Road, is charged with aggravated arson, aggravated assault and possession of an explosive device. Shyree Green said she got into a disorder with Haynes over another male friend of hers. She said he "caught the other guy over at her house a couple of days ago and beat him up." She said Haynes later returned - she thought to pick up his belongings. But she said he began to argue and he took her clothes and those of her child and put them in a pile in the backyard. She said he then took a half-filled vodka bottle and stuck a rag in it. He tried to light it while standing in the kitchen.
A Temple University student that investigators initially thought had committed suicide inside a North Philadelphia apartment last month, couldn't have shot herself in the head, the city medical examiner has ruled. Now, homicide detectives have charged her boyfriend with her murder. Brandon Meade, 29, was arrested Tuesday and charged with the murder of his girlfriend 21-year-old 
MINNEAPOLIS — Two men charged with shooting at police officers in downtown Minneapolis are due in Hennepin County court. 26-year-old Detroit Davis-Riley and 25-year-old Maurice Carter are expected to make their first court appearance Wednesday. Each man faces nine counts of first-degree assault against police officers in a weekend shooting in downtown Minneapolis. No police were hit, but
A woman accused of snatching a $25,000 Rolex from an Aussie tourist and hiding it in her vagina last year has robbed and pepper-sprayed another man from Down Under, authorities said Tuesday. Shacarye Tims, 26, was chased down the block by her newest prey — a man from whom she allegedly stole six credit cards and $700 in cash during an encounter at the Four Points Sheraton in Chelsea about 3 a.m. on Sept. 1. The 
DALLAS – Tuesday will mark six months since the day Don Benton buried his son. "We miss him," he said. The pain of not seeing 55-year-old 
HOUSTON, Texas – An illegal immigrant from Mexico was arrested at a gynecological office in Houston, Texas, for allegedly presenting a fake ID. The staff notified law enforcement authorities that she had presented a falsified drivers license with her health insurance card. 
A pastor in East Texas calmed down an armed Islamic man who had entered his church, allegedly with the intent to kill Christians. Police later arrested the armed man without incident. Corinth Missionary Baptist Church pastor, Rev. John D. Johnson III, was confronted Sunday morning by an armed Islamic man who told him God had authorized him to take lives, according to the Tyler Morning Telegraph. Johnson used his training from earlier in his life to defuse the situation and get his parishioners to safety. 
A violent Brooklyn man is being sought by police in connection with the deaths of two women whose bodies were found in separate hotel rooms over the past few months, sources said. Joseph Danclair, 36, is wanted in the deaths of
GWINNETT COUNTY, GA - Gwinnett County police announced late Friday that a 16-year-old has been arrested in the stabbing death of a Dacula grandmother. Police said James Watkins has been charged with the death of 
A Kentucky State Police trooper wanted to do a favor for the driver he pulled over late at night. It turned out the man was driving with a suspended license, so the lawman was arranging for overnight lodging for the man and his fellow travelers, including two children. Those plans soon unraveled, with tragic results. During the stop on a rural stretch of interstate, the driver took off. What ensued was a chain of events that led to the deaths of the lawman and the suspect, authorities said.
An 18-year-old woman in the car, Johnson-Shanks’ niece, Ambrea R.J. Shanks of Florissant, was charged with first-degree hindering prosecution or apprehension and taken to jail Monday, police said. Another woman and two children younger than 6 years old were also in the car, police said. “He was trying to help them out, and for an unknown reason, the driver fled,” Thomas said. 
MEMPHIS, TN - A man pretending to lend a helping hand to a woman who ran out of gas is in jail charged with kidnapping and trying to rape the woman. Investigators say Michael Love saw the victim pushing her car, after she ran out of gas and offered to drive her to the nearest gas station. The police affidavit says Love drove the woman to a dead end street, pulled her out of the car and tried to take her clothes off and rape her. She wouldn't stand for it; she fought back. Police say the woman's decision to fight back might have been the key to saving her life. Investigators say when the victim fought back, Love drove off, leaving her in the middle of the street. 
A man attempted to rob a women of her purse in Bedford Park, slamming her to the ground, police said. The gloved thug followed the 40-year-old victim into the foyer of her apartment building on East 201 Street and Briggs Avenue in the Bronx when he tried to rip the purse from her shoulder around 7:40 p.m. on September 9, according to authorities. The woman was flung to the ground and the suspect then punched her in the face while trying to yank the bag from her grasp once more, police surveillance video shows. Following a game of tug-of-war, the suspect fled empty-handed on a bicycle. The victim was taken to an area hospital for a facial fracture and wounds to the head, cops said.
LIBERTY, MO - A naked man walking down the street caused quite the scare for elementary school administrators, forcing them to evacuate a playground and put the school on a brief lockdown. Liberty police arrested the 24-year-old Liberty man near Gellatin and Schraeder streets just before 1 p.m. Monday. Prosecutors plan on charging him with indecent exposure. Officers said the man was in some type of intoxicated state but don’t know for sure if it was drug-related or alcohol. 
It was exactly a year ago that the bodies were discovered on the beach: nearly naked, their blood mixing with the morning surf. 
FLORENCE - An Arizona inmate who pleaded guilty to raping a prison teacher apologized to the woman in court Monday before being sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Jacob Harvey's apology came after the teacher's attorney read a lengthy statement from her describing how the January 2014 rape had traumatized her and led to what she called "unwanted psychological reactions, unwanted memories and psychological distress." The 35-year-old woman sat with her parents in the courtroom while her attorney read her words. "At one point after the rape I wished inmate Harvey had just killed me because death seemed like a relief compared to the hell I was living," her statement said. "While I may have wanted to die shortly after the rape, I now have a greater purpose and will to live." She asked Pinal County Superior Court Judge Kevin White to give Harvey the harshest possible sentence. 
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GASTONIA, N.C. - Authorities say a 78-year-old man has died in Gastonia more than two months after he was severely beaten with a cinder block. Investigators said 
The Fort Worth Police Department needs help identifying the person or persons responsible for a man’s death. 
INDIANAPOLIS - An 18-year-old was arrested Sunday for a Sept. 5 convenience store robbery, and the 
PLANTATION, Fla. - A final suspect has been arrested in connection with a Hollywood police sergeant who was robbed at a Plantation hotel a day after he retired from the force. Cuinn Sealy Jr, 22, was arrested Sunday in Clay County. Jerry Exume, 20, and Ronald Hubbard, 25, were arrested earlier this year. All men face charges of kidnapping and armed burglary with battery. The robbery was reported about 6:30 a.m. April 16 at a Residence Inn at 130 N. University Drive. Police said 
Felony charges have been filed against a man accused of torturing a victim with silverware heated on a stove and other instruments. Police also claim that Ernest 'Dollar Bill' Moore, 39, may be able to shed some light on the murders and disappearance of six women in Ross County, Ohio. He turned himself in on Thursday night after the Missing Women's Task Force issued a warrant for his arrest nationwide. On Friday he was indicted on charges of felonious assault and kidnapping. Police Chief Keith Washburn called the kidnap incident 'pure torture', after the victim was 'punched, kicked, assaulted with a broom, possibly raped with the broom, and burned with lighter fluid, silverware heated from the stove and boiling hot water.' 
A repeat sex offender who is so dangerous that a state psychologist believes he will likely strike again is about to be set free over the objections of the judge in his case because of a little-noticed state high court ruling. Jerome Arps — who raped a woman on the steps of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 2006 — had been locked up under rules that allowed sex fiends to be jailed after their release date if they are a danger to the public. But a 2014 ruling by the state Court of Appeals has changed those rules. Now, pervs who serve their maximum jail time can be held only if they have a mental problem that is more serious than just a personality disorder. Arps, 58, doesn’t meet this standard — so he technically qualifies for release. Experts, however, fear that he’s still a danger to the public and that it will only be a matter of time before he rapes again if he is freed. Arps — whose offenses date back to when he helped
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A Shelby County man will serve 32 years in prison with no chance of parole for raping a child. A criminal court judge sentenced Cordalle Benton, today. This comes after a jury convicted the 26-year-old man of molesting 
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A city marshal with the St. Louis Police Department is facing charges after allegedly making sexual contact with a teenager. John Whitney, 41, is accused of statutory sodomy and child molestation for making sexual contact with
SALISBURY, NC - A Salisbury man was given a citation for indecent exposure after a woman reported to police that the man was exposing and touching himself inappropriately in front of the mural behind the Well Fargo bank just off W. Fisher Street. Andre Floyd Blakeney, 52, of N. Long Street, was arrested at the scene. The woman said she pulled into the bank parking lot just after 7:00 am and noticed Blakeney sitting on a bench. She said he stood up and exposed himself, then began touching himself inappropriately. The woman called police and Blakeney was still there when officers arrived.
An off-duty MTA employee was arrested for drunk driving Sunday after he took a city bus for a booze cruise on Long Island, police said. Bus operator Alexander Copeland, 52, was pulled over by state police about 2:20 p.m. after several worried commuters phoned authorities about an erratic NYC transit bus swerving along the Northern State Parkway in Westbury, according to state police. Copeland, who reeked of booze, was given a sobriety test that determined his blood-alcohol level was .20 percent, more than double the legal limit.
The FBI believes it has arrested and charged a North Side woman as the so-called “Uptown Beach Bandit” for a robbery last month. The Uptown Beach Bandit is alleged to have worn a floppy straw hat and large sunglasses and the FBI says that bank robber is 45-year-old Cynthia Wonsey. She is accused of taking more than $550 from the TCF Bank branch in the 3500 block of North Broadway last month and is suspected in a couple of other hold-ups.
A 24-year-old mother who was found pushing her dead toddler in a swing in Charles County has been indicted on charges of first-degree child abuse and manslaughter, according to two law enforcement officials. In May, Romechia Simms was found with
Lloyd M. Terry Jr., 20, of Wrightstown, who was a fullback for the Scarlet Knights, was arrested Wednesday in New Brunswick and was charged with armed robbery, armed burglary and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. 
An attorney for dismissed Rutgers University football player Andre Boggs is claiming the alleged victims in three home invasions have good reason to lie to police – they are all drug dealers who should have been arrested. "My client rots in jail based on the allegations of drug dealers," said James Donohue, a former prosecutor who is defending Boggs. 
When Joshua Goldberg wasn’t posing as an Islamic radical, he was pretending to be a white supremacist—and is accused of impersonating a Jewish lawyer. 
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for the man who kidnapped, sexually abused, and murdered a woman in west Tennessee in 2010. Rickey Alvis Bell, Jr. appealed his conviction and sentence after a trial court found him guilty of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual battery, and two alternative counts of first-degree felony murder. The jury sentenced Bell to death for the first-degree murder conviction. The Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the convictions and sentence, despite finding that two of the four aggravating circumstances that warranted the death penalty were not supported by the record. 
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Torry Mashone Johnson on Friday entered a guilty plea to first-degree murder in a 1997 homicide case in Wyandotte County. On Oct. 22, 1997, 
One of the two men charged with capital murder in the 2014 slaying of a retired Birmingham firefighter and two-tour Vietnam veteran during the break-in at a Hueytown home was sentenced to life in prison Thursday in a plea deal with prosecutors. Under the plea deal 24-year-old Kamal Potts also agrees to "testify truthfully" at his co-defendant's up-coming capital murder trial. Potts and Romel Cunningham, 29, were charged in the April 23, 2014 slaying of 
