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White Islip man who traveled around the world killed by black strangers in North Carolina
   An Islip man who had traveled the globe for the past decade and was planning a cross-country bicycle ride was shot to death by robbers after he missed a bus connection in Fayetteville, North Carolina, last week, police and his family said. Mark Boyd II, 32, was shot late Thursday, and was pronounced dead early Friday, after a man he met in the Fayetteville bus depot offered him a place to sleep, they said. Instead, the man and an accomplice drove him to a secluded area, shot him and stole his crated bicycle and camping gear, they said. "Everywhere he went he met kind people, and he was a kind and good person. Then he came back to America and this happens," his stepmother, Susanne Boyd of Islip, said in an interview Monday. Her son went with the man "because Mark is so trusting. . . . They took this innocent kid. . . He is so kind. He wouldn't kill a bug," she said. "They hit him, they hurt him and they shot him." Fayetteville police said they arrested two local men there and charged both with first-degree murder in Boyd's death. Police identified them as Carlos Jacob Engle, 32, who was arrested Sunday and had previously served jail terms for armed robbery, assaulting a police officer and other crimes; and Deshavonte Kemp, 19, who also is charged with first-degree kidnapping and robbery with a dangerous weapon. Bail is not being made available to either man, police said. - (Black-on-white) |
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A man who was wanted in connection with a home invasion Monday morning in Livonia ended up crashing into a woman's car at 6 Mile and Beech Daly roads in Redford Township. That 26-year-old Royal Oak woman, Fransesca Weatherhead, was killed in the crash after her minivan was broadsided and flipped. Livonia police said one of their officers was trying to catch up to the Ford SUV, with the driver suspected of being involved in the home invasion around 10:10 a.m. in the 15000 block of Shadyside. "What do you do? What are you supposed to do?" said Kristina Vitale, Weatherhead's sister. "I love my sister so much. I hate the person who did this to her. It's very unfair." A suspect is in custody. He has a criminal history of past Home Invasions.” - (Black-on-white)
VIRGINIA BEACH A 59-year-old man was sentenced Monday by a Circuit Court judge to three life terms plus 26 years in prison for abducting and raping a 
The University of Kentucky's athletic department on Tuesday announced that defensive end Lloyd Tubman, a freshman out of Seneca High School, has been indefinitely suspended from the Wildcats' football team following charges brought by UK police. The Fayette County Detention Center's website lists a charge of first degree rape for Tubman, 20. Because of the nature of the charge, police said they would not immediately release an arrest report. A citation should appear Wednesday in court records. 
HARRISBURG - A 
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. - A St. Johns County Sheriff's Office K-9 died early Tuesday morning and investigators believe a suspect they were searching for may have drowned him. Deputies responded to a home on Twin Aspen Circle around 3:20 a.m. in reference to a disturbance. The suspect, Brandon Allison, 26, fled before deputies arrived, according to SJCSO. Deputies said Allison was also wanted on a felony arrest warrant from April for selling cocaine. Deputy Farrah Ashe and her
A Palm Coast man is accused of kicking and killing a
Miami police said a 17-year-old was arrested and charged for his role in a mass shooting at a business called The Spot.
CASPER, Wyo. - Officers were notified of a possible pair of prostitutes at the Days Inn by hotel staff on Friday at 10 p.m. OIL CITY reports that officers were able to locate two women, identified as Jamika McDonald, 20, and Elizabeth Spence, 24, according to police. During interviews with the women, officers said they indicated that they would frequently travel from Denver to Casper for the purposes of prostitution with oilfield workers, according to the report. They reportedly advertised themselves as escorts on a classified site known as "backpage." They told officers that they were contacted by a man, referred to as "Old McDonald" because he was big and wore coveralls, for services on Oct. 1. They advised officers that they had been using cocaine and travelled with the substance from Denver.
A woman suddenly attacked a woman inside from behind in a Philadelphia watering hole and before the beating ended she threw a pint glass causing a bad cut on the victim’s head, according to Philadelphia Police. 
Prosecutors have offered an illegal Ecuadoran immigrant from Hackensack 20 years in state prison in exchange for his guilty plea to repeatedly raping a Moonachie girl over several years, beginning when she was 10. Prosecutors have offered an illegal Ecuadoran immigrant from Hackensack 20 years in state prison in exchange for his guilty plea to repeatedly raping a Moonachie girl over several years, 
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Friday St. George Police arrested 
The cuckolded husband on trial for slashing his neighbor, who he caught in bed with his wife, took the stand in his own defense Thursday, saying he thought he was his saving his wife’s life when he busted into his Brooklyn apartment. “There was a wine bottle on the floor and a chair tipped over. Her shirt was on the floor. To me, it screamed struggle,” testified chef 
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The Upper Merion man defending himself in a gruesome double murder in King of Prussia nearly two years ago will be back on the stand this morning laying out his version of how the crimes happened for the jury. Since 
A transgender woman murdered and cooked by her husband in their swank Australian apartment was a “high-class” prostitute using profits from sex work to support her family in Indonesia. 
A reluctant witness claiming to forget a murder confession left Maryln Dunlap weeping and in tears last week, scared that her son's alleged killer would walk free. Her eyes grew moist once more Tuesday as she texted her younger son the verdict: He's guilty. After deliberating only 31/2 hours, a jury found that Macyo Joelle January murdered 
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - Katrina Elkins, 35, the aunt of a teenager convicted last year of killing a
SAN ANTONIO - A Northside Independent School District bus driver has been arrested in connection with a fatal Friday morning crash in Western Bexar County. David L. Wayne, 64, has been charged with failure to stop and render aid-death, a felony, after Bexar County Sheriff's investigators said he failed to stop at a stop sign at FM 471 and Old FM 471 around 6 a.m. Wayne pulled the school bus out in front of a westbound 18-wheeler, causing the driver of the 18-wheeler to swerve to avoid hitting the bus. Instead, the 18-wheeler collided with an eastbound Ford Focus, driven by 62-year-old 
SALEM, N.H. —Two people were arrested Sunday in Salem after witnesses saw a naked man being chased by a pit bull before he was beaten in a hotel parking lot. Salem police said witnesses saw the naked man being chased in the parking lot of a Red Roof Inn early Sunday morning. The man was tackled and then beaten with brass knuckles, police said. When officers arrived, the victim was bleeding from his head, and police said two people were trying to flee the area. Investigators said they were able to determine that the victim answered a Backpage ad, and when he went to a hotel room, he was confronted by a man and a woman, identified as Vincent Evelyn, 32, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and Ryanne McCann, 27, of Rollinsford, New Hampshire. Police said the victim was stripped down and then held in the room while Evelyn went to the victim's car to find more money. The naked victim then fought with the woman blocking the door and escaped into the parking lot, where he was chased down and beaten, police said. 
A New York man who sexually assaulted a Rochelle Park couple’s teenage son after they gave him a home tearfully asked forgiveness today before a judge in Hackensack gave him a plea-bargained sentence that could free him in less than a year. Aldred Redick, 40, has 457 days of jail credit that will be applied to his eight-year sentence. He’ll be eligible for parole sometime next summer. That didn’t please Presiding Superior Court Judge Liliana DeAvila-Silebi. “What bothers me is that he threatened and demeaned the child after the assault to keep him from reporting the crime,” she said. An indictment returned by a grand jury in Hackensack said Redick told the boy: “Don’t cross me. [T]his is between you and me.” “I will honor the plea agreement,” the judge said today. “It was arrived at so the child wouldn’t have to testify.” The boy’s father, a pastor, brought him to tears again.
HOT SPRINGS, AR - Hot Springs Police have arrested a man in connection with a rape. Lynn Breckenridge II, 23, faces multiple charges of rape, and one count of criminal attempted rape. Other charges include three counts of kidnapping, aggravated robbery, assault, and theft of property.
ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC - Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says three men are behind bars after a weekend crime spree. Kendalon Zarkee Curry, 21, Christian Dion Asher, 22, and Ja'Vall Radrickus Curry, 22, were taken into custody on September 29. Ravenell said the trio "set out to terrorize residents and create havoc Saturday." At approximately 5 a.m., the men were in a Chrysler New Yorker that slammed into a metal fence and brick post outside of a home on Bryan Drive, the sheriff said. Before they made their getaway, they smashed up items inside the residence, beat on the victims' vehicles and two of the men are accused of pinning a female victim in a bathroom and 
A Sedgwick County judge on Thursday imposed a sentence of more than 10 years on a Wichita man convicted of fondling a 
Alabama - 
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 39-year-old man is accused of sexually abusing a young boy who was supposed to be the family’s babysitter, police said. Joseph William Wehage pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to a secret grand jury indictment charging him with seven counts of first-degree sexual abuse, two counts of attempted second-degree sodomy, and one count each of second-degree sodomy and attempted first-degree sodomy. Wehage sexually abused the boy from 2012-2013 at an apartment in the 5000 block of Southeast Beaverton Hillsdale Highway in SW Portland, police said. Wehage, the victim and the victim’s family all met through a local church. The 
NEW YORK — A family was tied up and robbed in a frightening attack in Bellmore, Long Island Friday morning. A man identified as the homeowner was seen standing outside of his home on Ellen Road Friday afternoon. He was wearing a hospital bracelet and his head was heavily damaged, after police said he was pistol-whipped during the robbery. But around 10:40 a.m. Friday, Nassau County police said the home was broken into by three black men dressed as construction workers wearing hard hats and dust masks. 
Police have charged a man with murder in connection with the home-invasion killing of a popular member of a Philadelphia synagogue. Police said they charged 33-year-old Jonathan Williams, a.k.a. William James, after a witness identified him as having seen Williams fleeing 
INDIANAPOLIS — The murder case against Demarcus French has been dropped as another teen was charged in the murder. 
LANCASTER — A pit bull owner whose dogs fatally mauled a jogger was sentenced Friday morning to 15 years to life in prison. Alex Donald Jackson, 31, was convicted in late August of second-degree murder of in the death of 
Five people have now been formally charged after 20-year-old 
A 19-year-old has been charged with shooting and killing a fair worker across the street from where the Robeson County Regional Agricultural Fair is set to open in two days. Terrence Devon Paige turned himself in to police on Tuesday evening and was charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and first-degree murder in the death of 53-year-old 
The DeKalb police officer who was shot while transporting a prisoner was in stable condition Friday as police continue to investigate how the officer lost his gun to the handcuffed prisoner. The shooting happened Thursday night when Detective 
BALTIMORE – A 24-year-old man is listed in critical condition after being robbed and stabbed multiple times by a group of teenagers. Early Monday morning around 4:20 a.m. officers were called for a reported stabbing. When officers arrived they located 24-year-old 
A Louisa County woman is dead and her boyfriend faces charges in what authorities are calling a “domestic violence-related shooting.” A person called to report a possible shooting Thursday night at a house on Lasley Lane in Louisa. Deputies responded to the residence around 9:30 p.m. and found 39-year-old 
A Philadelphia woman says she was stalked, harassed and burglarized by the front desk attendant and security guard at her Center City apartment building. “I can’t sleep at night. I had to consult a therapist. It’s tragic, absolutely tragic to have to live that way,” said 
HARTFORD — Either of two deep stab wounds to the heart could have killed 
A man accused of beating to death his cellmate at the county jail has been declared incompetent to stand trial and may claim insanity if he goes to trial. Mark Alonzo Cowans, 18, of Warren, is accused of beating 
MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, MI – A doctor's examination of a 
Oklahoma City Police say they have arrested a man wanted for rape in Tulsa County. An arrest report indicates Bobby Lowe, 42, is wanted for raping a child under the age of 14 in Tulsa County. Officers were passing by an abandoned house known for drugs when they stopped to talk to the five people standing outside. That house has a no trespassing sign. A background check revealed Lowe's rape warrant and a public intoxication warrant also out of Tulsa County. Lowe is listed as a transient.
KENTON COUNTY, Ky. -- Two men who have been charged with rape and other crimes in Northern Kentucky are sought by police, while two others are behind bars. Rob Sanders of the Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney's Office said Thursday night that Donald Conrad and Eflin Tyler have been arrested and each faces first degree rape. The two suspects who remain at large are Deyshawn Perry and Jameel Lamont Mason. Perry has been charged with first degree rape. Mason faces complicity to first degree rape and promoting a sexual performance by a minor. 
NEWTON COUNTY, GA - A Newton County school teacher was arrested on Thursday for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a 15-year-old student. The Newton County Sheriff's Office said that they conducted in investigation into 24-year-old Victoria Tatum after receiving a complaint. According to authorities, the inappropriate contact, which began less than a month ago, happened more than once.
Authorities on Thursday arrested one of two Wilkinsburg men accused of shooting and killing a man during a home invasion. Bradley Darvin Kemp, 22, faces charges of homicide, robbery and conspiracy for the Nov. 1 slaying of 
In an action not seen in the U.S. Department of Justice in recent history, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday refused to comply with a court order to release a Vaughn Index of Operation Fast and Furious documents. Members of a House committee are requesting the federal judge in the case to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt of court for failing to comply with a deadline a judge set to turn over documents related to Operation Fast and Furious, according to a federal court motion on Thursday. 
KENNER, La. – After a weekend of rumors, Kenner police released mug shots and additional details on a sex scandal involving two Destrehan High School English teachers and a student. Jefferson Parish authorities said both teachers, Shelley S. Dufresne, 32, and Rachel Respess, 24, are facing felony charges of carnal knowledge of a juvenile, contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile. The two teachers met with a Destrehan High student after a football game on September 12th, then drove to Respess’s Kenner apartment where the three had sex simultaneously until the early morning hours of the 13th.
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NORMAN, Okla. — An Oklahoma prosecutor said Wednesday he will seek the execution of a man accused of beheading a co-worker in a fit of rage after being suspended from his job at a food processing plant. 
CINCINNATI – Police arrested a man involved in the killing of a 54-year-old ATM technician Tuesday in front of a PNC Bank ATM in Roselawn. Authorities arrested 36-year-old Yonah Israel Wednesday for the shooting death of 
HUBERT, ONSLOW COUNTY - Investigators have released the names of both men killed during a home invasion in Onslow County early Tuesday morning. They say 
YORK — A Rock Hill gang member described by police and prosecutors as one of the city’s most notorious and violent criminals was sentenced Monday to 40 years in prison over a killing during a botched drug deal and several other shootings between November and January. Abbdul Omar Emmanuel, 20, pleaded guilty in July to voluntary manslaughter and other crimes in the January shooting and killing of 
ROCK HILL An accomplice in an armed robbery turned killing during a Rock Hill drug deal in January was sentenced to 10 years and three months in prison Tuesday, a day after the shooter was sent to prison for 40 years. Dontavion White, 18, pleaded guilty in May to accessory to the killing after the fact and conspiracy to buy marijuana in the death of 
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The (black) man charged with abducting (White) University of Virginia student 
A white lesbian mother is suing a sperm bank over claims she was mistakenly sent a black man's sperm and gave birth to a mixed-race baby as a result. Jennifer Cramblett, 36, and her partner Amanda Zinkon spent more than a year deciding on a donor to father a child. They specifically chose a white donor and paid around £1,500 pounds for six vials of semen. In a lawsuit filed against the clinic, she says the couple chose a white donor because they live a small, all-white community in Ohio and are afraid their child will be ostracised. 
The family of the teenager accused of raping a man in North Chattanooga Monday said 17-year-old Diontae Smartt was emotional during his juvenile court hearing. They said he denied being involved in the alleged rape. Wednesday however, juvenile court administrator Sam Mairs said Smartt gave a "verbal and written confession." According to the affidavit filed in juvenile court, the 
FRESNO, Calif. -- Four people have been arrested in connection to the killing of nearly 1,000 chickens at a Valley Foster Farms facility. The Fresno County Sheriff's office say 18-year-old 
MIDTOWN -- Police say they have captured a robbery suspect who entered a seemingly random hotel room in Midtown Manhattan Tuesday morning. The incident played out on West 35th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. Police say the suspect entered the Wingate by Wyndham Hotel at 235 West 35th Street around 7:30 a.m., made his way to the 10th floor and burst into the room of 
An illegal Ecuadoran immigrant from Cliffside Park who broke into his estranged wife’s home last October will likely be deported later this year after pleading guilty in Hackensack today to burglary and aggravated assault charges. 
A mother who returned home from a trip to find an illegal immigrant sitting in her driveway fed him chocolate and crisps to waylay him until police arrived. 