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Family, friends hold vigil for slain (White) Valley man, Richard ‘Danny' Wren - black suspect is still on the run
  PHOENIX - A Valley family is pleading for answers after a North Phoenix man was gunned down in front of his pregnant girlfriend. Richard ‘Danny’ Wren, 31, was murdered by his neighbor outside of his apartment in early September. The suspect, 30-year-old Anthony Marks, is still on the run, investigators said. “I was seven months pregnant when he was killed,” said Kalina Lowe, Wren’s girlfriend. She was there when he was shot to death. “They just got into a little mini argument and then five minutes later, he came downstairs with a gun,” Lowe said. She said after Marks fired at Wren, he ran away. “I know that he killed over nothing, (and) that I’m sure he’ll do it again,” said Sharon Wren, the victim’s mother. At a vigil Sunday evening, friends and family lit candles, released balloons and told stories about Wren, who was an MMA fighter. The family is begging anyone with information to come forward to help them gain some closure. “Please, will you call Silent Witness?" Sharon asked. “He killed my son.” The victim was never able to meet his daughter, who was named Dani Rose-- after her father. “My daughter has to live without her father,” Lowe said. “Just please, help us heal.” - (Black-on-white) |
TUKWILA, Wash. -- Police say a naked man attacked his neighbor, got away, then dangled his 5-week-old baby from his balcony before he was arrested. This all unfolded Sunday morning at the Pacific Court Apartment complex in Tukwila. Both police and the victim described the man as "out of control." "He started choking me," said a woman named Kelly. We won't show Kelly's face or reveal her full name, but her story of survival empowers her, and that part she is willing to share. "I think he would have raped me and then would have killed me," she said. "He smashed this big long mirror," she said. "He had that piece and threatened to cut me with that."
It was her neighbor, a man she's known for four years and has always known as Monty.
Police identified him as 28-year-old Ifeanyi Chiegbu. Kelly barley managed to reach for the the phone to call 911, but said Chiegbu bit the phone's cord in half before she could make the call. "He goes, 'I'm going to (expletive) you and hurt you now.'" Police heard her screams and found Chiegbu naked, and on top of her. As they pulled him off, court filings say the man's wife showed up and started fighting with officers, allowing the suspect time to jump off Kelly's second floor balcony. - (Black-on-white)
NEW YORK – A New York man is accused of plotting to kill New Year’s Eve revelers inside a Rochester bar, according to officials. Emanuel Lutchman, 25, of Rochester, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Lutchman told FBI agents he was working on orders from overseas, and had “planned to commit an armed attack against civilians at a restaurant/bar” in Rochester as part of his plan to join the terror group, according to a release from the Department of Justice.
Fayetteville, N.C. — Fayetteville police were searching Thursday for a 27-year-old man wanted on statutory rape and indecent liberties charges. Terrell Grant, of the 100 block of Meadowsweet Drive, is wanted in connection with an Oct. 1 incident involving
Belle Glade — An 18-year-old male who had a relationship with an underage girl after he raped her has been arrested and charged on three counts of lewd and lascivious battery, according to a Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office report. Eddyson Petithomme, 18, of Belle Glade, met 
Nathaniel Patten Jr., 64, of the 900 block of Ridgewood Drive, was charged with rape and felony rape. Patten allegedly sexually assaulted a woman during the night of May 5 into the morning of May 6. Patten allegedly gave the victim a pint of whiskey and she fell asleep in her bedroom. The next morning she awoke in another bed, where Patten was attempting intercourse with her. Her small son was knocking on the door and asking why it was locked. Patten then left in his company's truck. The victim went to the Sexual Assault Treatment Center, where evidence was collected. The DNA analysis of the rape kit came back Oct. 2, matching the victim and Patten. 
JONESBORO, Ga. -- A quick-thinking 911 operator in Clayton County who was on the phone with a victim as she was being attacked helped put that suspect behind bars, police say. At around 4 a.m. on Monday, police say the suspect, Robert Giles, allegedly kidnapped a woman from Hapeville and brought her to a closed Jonesboro adult store. While in the parking lot, Giles began to sexually assault the woman and, during the attack, ordered the victim to call her boyfriend so he could hear the assault. Instead, the victim called 911. The operator who answered played along and posed as the victim's boyfriend, even convincing Giles to stop assaulting the woman. The operator was eventually able to get enough information to dispatch police to the location, where officers quickly arrested Giles. 
STRUTHERS, Ohio - A Youngstown man remains in the Mahoning County jail, accused of sexually assaulting girl he was babysitting. Struthers Police say they charged 21-year-old Devante Corinaldi with rape. Investigators say Corinaldi assaulted
A cellphone photo that a brave
The subway perv with a “Team USA” tattoo on his forehead who was allegedly seen masturbating turned himself in to police Tuesday night, authorities said. Michael Pope, 19, of Manhattan, who pleasured himself for more than a half-hour on Sunday while gawking at women on a No. 2 train in Brooklyn, surrendered at Transit District 2 in Manhattan, police said.
When Norman Bennett got out of prison, he was supposed to become a productive member of society. This wasn’t what anyone had in mind. Bennett became a reproductive citizen: At age 31, he has at least 13 kids by 11 women. That’s a tentative tally, because various court records seem to indicate that the Omaha man may have 
RADNOR, Pa. — Radnor Police are offering a $7,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspected robber. Detectives say 31-year-old Kenneth Jones is wanted in connection with a December 17 armed robbery on Pine Tree Road. Jones is also wanted for other similar offenses in Montgomery County. He is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information should call Radnor police at 610-688-5603.
Thirty-five-year-old Keith Scott was arrested and charged with arson, strangulation and other offenses. The American Red Cross provided shelter to the woman and her children. 
Delaware State Police say a Dover man wanted in a Magnolia house party shooting more than six months ago has been arrested. Police announced in a news release Tuesday morning that the U.S. Marshals Service's fugitive task force took 20-year-old Denzel Braker into custody on Monday and turned him over to detectives at Troop 3. 
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC - Lamarr McDow, the boyfriend of Brunswick County’s $188 million Powerball winner Marie Holmes, was arrested again Tuesday and is being held under a $12 million bond. According to jail records, 31-year-old McDow was booked in the Brunswick County Detention Center around 4:30 p.m. According to Brunswick County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Emily Flax, McDow was in violation of a pre-trial release agreement for previous heroin-related charges.
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Another day passed Tuesday without a sentence in the fraud case of a former NBA player convicted of running a real estate Ponzi scheme. Former University of Connecticut and New Jersey Nets guard Tate George appeared in federal court in Trenton on Tuesday for the continuation of a hearing that spanned two days earlier this month. The parties are scheduled to return to court Wednesday morning. 
Alvaro Medina
A rookie Connecticut cop claimed he needed time off from work for US Army Reserve training – when he was really off in Hawaii on vacation with his girlfriend, authorities said. When Stamford police officer 
AUGUSTA — A New York man has been arrested on two counts of murder in connection with the shooting deaths of an Augusta couple on Christmas Day, Maine State Police announced Tuesday. David W. Marble Jr., 29, of Rochester, New York, was arrested after Augusta police stopped a car in which he was a passenger near Memorial Circle in Augusta, according to police. He has been charged with two counts of murder related to the shooting deaths of 
LOS ANGELES — A 51-year-old man will be arraigned Tuesday on charges related to the murder of the mother of his children that took place on Christmas Day. Clarence Durell Dear, of Pomona, has been charged with one count of murder with the special circumstance of torture and one count of cruelty to a child, their 12-year-old son, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The special circumstance makes Dear eligible for the death penalty. His fate will later be decided by prosecutors. Dear was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in the Pomona branch of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, but the arraignment was postponed until Jan. 28. He was ordered held without bail. Dear is accused of dousing 
HOUSTON – A man who has been charged with arson in a Christmas Day fire at a Houston mosque told an investigator he worshipped there. 37-year-old Gary Nathaniel Moore of Houston was arrested. Officials don't know a motive but added there's no evidence that it was a hate crime. The blaze at the Islamic Society of Greater Houston had "multiple points of origin." The fire caused major damage to the building, but no injuries. Moore was being held in jail on no bond. 
Blood, brain matter and bone fragments were found at the man's home and business. Blood pooled on the stoop of Kevin Watkins' Eastside home. It was splashed on the grass and leaves, trailing into the backyard, court documents say. There was blood on the seats of the 49-year-old man's SUV. A plastic rake caked with blood was left behind trash cans. A bloody wad of duct tape was crumpled inside the trash cans, the documents say, along with bleach, and a rope. In the front yard, investigators found brain matter spattered near the sidewalk, a probable cause affidavit says. And then, police found the fingertip. Watkins, an Indianapolis bounty hunter who owns Watkins Bail Bonds in the 6000 block of Massachusetts Avenue, is held on two counts of murder in connection with the disappearances of 
ALIQUIPPA – A Beaver County man was arrested in connection with the armed robbery of two teens over the weekend. The incident happened just before midnight on Saturday, the day after Christmas. Two teens, ages 14 and 17, were riding a hoverboard when they were approached by 19-year-old Raequan Wannamaker. Police say Wannamaker was dressed all in black and had a ski mask covering his face. The victims told police that the suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it at the 14-year-old’s head, then stomach, and then demanded the hoverboard. Police say Wannamaker grabbed the hoverboard and ran off.
TOLEDO, OH - A Toledo Police officer is recovering after being assaulted during an arrest. The incident happened on Saturday in south Toledo near the 4400 block of Hill Ave. According to court documents, 
PHOENIX - A 39-year-old woman in Phoenix is accused of shooting another woman and then keeping her body on a sofa as a "shrine." Emergency dispatchers received two 911 calls from people who reported a dead female inside an apartment. Officers responded and found
APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. — An Appomattox County man is in jail without bond after he was arrested on multiple charges related to the abduction and rape of 
A 45-year-old Delaware man remains on the lam after police say he stabbed his own brother on Christmas Day. Police are asking the public's help to track down Tyrone Prince, of the unit block of Birkshire Road in Oakmont. New Castle County Police said Prince got into an argument with his older brother, stabbed him in the upper and lower torso, and then fled from the house before officers arrived. The 47-year-old brother remained hospitalized on Monday at Christiana Hospital, police said. 
A Brooklyn man was charged Monday with the stabbing death of a 28-year-old woman whose mutilated remains were found in a Queens park. Cops arrested Christopher Sobers, 25, charging him with murder in the gruesome October crime. Sobers and his victim, 
Four of six people arrested Sunday night in connection with a brawl at an East Garden City bowling alley are being held after their arraignment Monday. The incident happened shortly after 8 p.m. at Garden City Bowl on Stewart Avenue, authorities say. 
A Queens postman was so stressed by the number of people sending holiday gifts by mail that he tossed hundreds letters and packages in the trash, according to court papers. Ozone Park mailman Daniel Darby was “overwhelmed” by the uptick in early December mail — so he stuffed 1,000 would-be presents and letters in garbage bags, according to Brooklyn federal-court documents. Darby joined the Ozone Park office Dec. 2 — the same day he threw three white trash bags full of mail in garbage can in front of a home, according to the court papers. Some of the mail had been “rifled through,” the court papers state. The Grinch-like postman admitted to raiding some of the mail “to see what it contained,” according to the criminal complaint. 
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's aide assaulted 
HICKORY, N.C. — 
CARY -- A Cary man was polite and matter of fact as he told a 911 operator that he killed his mother and girlfriend. A former co-worker described Brandon Lee, 34, as a "very nice young man" and said that he "seemed to love (his mother) very much." But in a quietly chilling 911 call released by Cary police Monday, Lee told the operator that he was calling from the room his dead girlfriend's body was in, and that he killed her and his mother. Lee said that he choked his mother, 58-year-old 
MACON, Ga. — A woman has been robbed and shot outside of the Old Times Buffet in Macon. A news release by the Bibb County Sheriff's Office says two men approached 
SCHENECTADY – Schenectady police have arrested a man on Christmas day, charged with rape. Police say 21 year old Onte Pittman was arraigned Monday on rape charges, accused of having sex with 
A Woodstock man has been charged with failing to register as a sex offender in the northwestern suburb. Corion V. Simpson, 20, has been charged with one count of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender, a Class 3 felony, according to a statement from Woodstock police. Simpson, of the 300 block of Leah Lane in Woodstock, registered with the Woodstock Police Department as a sexual predator on Dec. 1, but failed to tell authorities that he maintained and used a social media account, which he is required to do, police said.
COLLEGE STATION - College Station police say a man was acting in self-defense Sunday night when he fatally shot a man who tried to force entry into his apartment. Just before 8:00 p.m. is when police were notified of the shooting at the Lexington Apartments in the 1500 block of Holleman Drive. Police officers found Zebulun Jarell Ransom unconscious with a gunshot wound to his abdomen. The 28-year-old from Bryan was taken to a hospital where he later passed away. The resident of the apartment told police he heard a knock on his door and when he opened it, Ransom attempted to force his way in. The resident, who was armed with a gun, told police Ransom was also armed with a gun. Police say the resident fired a shot at Ransom and then shut his door and called 9-1-1. According to a report from College Station police the shooting appears to have been an act of self-defense and no arrest has been made at this time. 
MIRAMAR, Fla. - A person intent on robbing a Miramar restaurant Wednesday night was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire with a restaurant employee, police said. The attempted armed robbery happened at Captain Max Seafood Restaurant in Miramar. Police said a masked man armed with a gun entered the restaurant shortly before 6 p.m. After a verbal exchange with an employee, the employee pulled a gun, fired and killed the man attempting to rob the store. It's unclear if both men fired weapons. Police identified the robbery suspect Thursday as 26-year-old Roosevelt Jones. They said a second person may have been involved in the attempted robbery.
HIALEAH, Fla. - Four people were arrested Tuesday in connection with a robbery spree spanning two days in Hialeah. Tasha Armstrong, 35, Amanda Ashley, 27, Loquacious Taylor, 32, and Innocent Harrison, 31, are accused of targeting 
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A homeless man who brazenly admitted to stealing bicycles in Portland as part of a chop shop operation has been sentence to two-and-a-half years in prison. When released, Leroy Parsons must get permission to have a bike, and show a receipt he bought it from a legitimate seller, according to the Multnomah County district attorney's office. He will also undergo drug counseling in prison. Prosecutors said he had an meth addiction that led to his criminal behavior. Parsons made national headlines when an 'Inside Edition' episode on a Portland bike sting featured him.
An alleged jihadist arrested in June on charges that he plotted to blow up Times Square may also be the fiend who stabbed a 
A federal judge has let stand the case against a Philadelphia woman accused of plotting to join the Islamic State group in Syria. Keonna Thomas, 30, was arrested in April at a public housing development in Philadelphia and charged with attempting to provide material support for a foreign terrorist organization. Authorities allege that she was preparing to fly to Spain with hopes of reaching Syria and told an Islamic State group fighter that taking part in a martyrdom operation "would be amazing." Authorities said she called herself Fatayat Al Khilafah and "YoungLioness" as she sought to raise money online, tweeting posts such as "When you're a mujahid, your death becomes a wedding." A mujahid is one who engages in jihad. 
HARRISBURG, Pa. – 
James Earl Eackles pleaded guilty Wednesday for beating his longtime girlfriend to death earlier this year. Eackles, 46 pleaded guilty in Buchanan County Court to felony second degree murder. As we previously reported, in February officers with the St. Joseph Police Department responded to the 2200 block of S. 15th St. to find 
A Utica mother was mourning on Christmas Day — just 24 hours after her 18-year-old son was run over and killed by a motorist chasing him on Walker Street. “He was such a good kid,” said Janelle Williams, the mother of Ammar Adrian Williams. The teen was found underneath a vehicle in a rear yard on Walker Street. Police said Williams was trying to climb a fence to escape a vehicle driven by Sarah Buswell, 23, of Main Street in Holland Patent. She has been charged with second-degree murder and is being held at Oneida County jail. As for Thursday’s incident, Janelle Williams said the police haven’t told her much, but said it involved marijuana. She said her son and Buswell were friends on Facebook and had “been texting each other.” “They were hanging out near Oneida Square". “He was with one of his friends, and someone snatched (marijuana) from (Buswell.) And she chased the boys. They separated, and she went after Ammar.” One of Sarah Buswell's friends, Jake Allen, said this is completely out of character for her, but he knew that she’d been hanging out with “really bad and sketchy people” lately. 
A woman faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with the death of a Utica man, city police said. At 2:15 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to Walker Street for a motor vehicle accident with reported serious injuries. Officers found a man -- later identified as 
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – A man and woman are facing drug charges three years after a 28-year-old was found unconscious and not breathing in a Fairview Heights apartment. On December 23, 2012,
Former South African President FW De Klerk has criticised a campaign to remove a statue of 
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