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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 15:21 |
  MONROE TOWNSHIP (Middlesex County) -- A man charged with fatally stabbing his landlady’s daughter in her Monroe Township home last week entered a plea of not guilty during his first court appearance in New Brunswick today. Warren Burkey, 32, appeared before Superior Court Judge Michael Toto, who informed him he was charged with the murder of 48-year-old Theresa Wysokowski, burglary and attempted criminal sexual contact. The judge kept Burkey’s bail, set early Saturday morning, at $3 million. Burkey said nothing during the brief court appearance, but Middlesex County Assistant Deputy Public Defender Richard Preston told the judge Burkey pleaded "not guilty" to the charges. "This was an extremely brutal attack," Middlesex County Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Mannion, who is handling the case, said after the hearing. "The victim had more than 20 (stab) wounds." According to the complaint against Burkey, the attempted criminal sexual contact charge was against a child, who was not identified... View Article |
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 14:39 |
  San Bernardino - A Rialto man has been charged with the fatal stabbing of a San Bernardino County public transit bus driver. Prosecutors say 33-year-old Robert Johnson was charged with the murder of Lawrence Kester on Monday in San Bernardino Superior Court. He also faces a special allegation for using a knife in the slaying. Police say Kester was stabbed multiple times Friday morning by a passenger as the bus reached a busy intersection in Rialto. Rialto police Lt. Joe Cirilo says Johnson fled into a bank, then into a supermarket where he threw himself to the ground and yelled that he had stabbed someone. Store employees held him until police arrived. He is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday. Kester leaves behind a wife and eight children... View Article |
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 10:57 |
  HIBODAUX — Four immigrant workers were charged Sunday with raping and killing a south Lafourche woman whose body had been found in Golden Meadow a day earlier. Angela Laudun, 33, of Cut Off voluntarily left the Tequila Sunrise bar in Cut Off with four men early Saturday morning, Lafourche Sheriff Craig Webre said. She agreed to trade money for sex with the men, all Mexican nationals working for Houma-based Quality Shipyards and living in company-owned quarters, he said. The four took Laudun to a Galliano house where they had previously done repair work and repeatedly raped her, killing her sometime before 4 a.m. Saturday, Webre said. Detectives suspect that she was strangled, though an autopsy scheduled for today will determine the exact cause of death. Her body was found about 11:30 a.m. in the woods off La. 3235 in Golden Meadow by a man on a tractor. On Sunday, police arrested: Gonzalo Portillo Cortes, 20, Esdras Sanchez Garcia, 21, Luis Nava, 28, and Jose Castillo Moreno, 23... View Article |
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Monday, 10 May 2010 08:53 |
  ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. (CBS/AP) Tragedy struck over Mother's Day weekend when a 65-year-old woman and her 92-year-old mother were allegedly murdered by the older woman's neighbor. The Roanoke Rapids police charged 28-year-old Tony Maurice Gorham Saturday with murder and robbery in the deaths of Maxine McCrary and her daughter Nancy Burgess. On Friday, Burgess, of Durham, paid a visit to her mother.Julie Spencer, the principal of the school where Burgess worked, "I know this past week she spoke very fondly of plans that she was going to spend with her mother for Mother's Day." At some point Friday, the 92-year-old McCrary had been on the phone with her son, then hung up to answer her front door. McCrary told her son a neighbor was at her door, and probably wanted to use the telephone... View Article |
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Saturday, 08 May 2010 09:38 |
 Spring Lake, N.C. — A Spring Lake man was arrested early Friday and charged with killing a man whose body was found Thursday morning inside a burning house, authorities said. Pressley Parks, 26, was charged with first-degree murder and was being held without bond in the Harnett County Detention Center. Firefighters with the Anderson Creek Fire Department were battling a small fire at 30 Appaloosa Drive, off N.C. Highway 210, when they found the body of William Frank Smith Jr., 49. The cause of Smith's death hasn't been released, but investigators determined it was a homicide... View Article |
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Saturday, 08 May 2010 09:01 |
 Dismissing the doubts of a half-dozen defense witnesses and the insinuations that another man pulled the trigger, a Luzerne County jury convicted Jeremy Kendricks of third-degree murder Friday night in the September 2008 bar shooting that left one man dead and another wounded. Gasps filled the courtroom as a jury forewoman read the verdict around 7:30 p.m., after more than three hours of deliberations. Kendricks' mother wailed. The mother of the man he killed, Kirk Lipscomb, wept quietly. Later, as sheriff's deputies fitted Kendricks with handcuffs and shackles, Rosa Lipscomb embraced the prosecutors, Frank McCabe and Chester Dudick. The jury of nine women and three men were unanimous in acquitting Kendricks of a more serious first-degree charge, sparing him from a mandatory life sentence... View Article |
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Saturday, 08 May 2010 08:20 |
  FORT MYERS — Deborah and Robert Cortés have been at every hearing since their 23-year-old son, a former Estero track star, was shot to death, tossed in his mother's SUV and burned beyond recognition in 2007. They even asked prosecutors to drop the death penalty against César Contreras so they'd see a quicker resolution, not the years of costly appeals involved in a death penalty case. On Friday, an eight-woman, two-man Lee County Circuit jury deliberated more than five hours and found 26-year-old Contreras guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping and arson in the death of Adam Cortés, who was murdered in the early morning hours of Oct. 21, 2007... View Article |
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Friday, 07 May 2010 22:01 |
 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Detectives in Missouri and California are diving into cold-case files as they investigate a career convict charged this week in a string of Kansas City rapes in the mid-1980s. Bernard Jackson, a 52-year-old sex offender who has spent most of his adult life in prison, was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting four women in Kansas City between July 1983 and February 1984, after authorities say DNA evidence linked him to the attacks. Investigators also consider Jackson a "person of interest" in five recent rapes in the same area of Kansas City as the previous attacks, as well as a suspect in at least 17 sexual attacks in Sacramento, Calif., in the mid-1980s. Meanwhile, Kansas City authorities say Jackson raped four women in or near the neighborhood of Waldo between July 1983 and February 1984. He was charged Thursday with six counts of rape, five counts of sodomy and four counts of first-degree robbery for those attacks after police say DNA testing linked him to those cases. In each of those attacks, Jackson entered the victim's home through an unlocked door or window, told the woman he was going to rob her, then tied her up and raped her, police said. They said in two cases, the women were sleeping when he crept up on them, and in the other two, he grabbed the women as they entered their homes. Each case carried a similar pattern: white women, 29 to 31 years old, who were home alone. Each victim was blindfolded and each had her hands tied behind her back, police said... View Article |
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Friday, 07 May 2010 17:42 |
  A Jefferson County jury today found Maurice McCarty guilty of felony murder in the 2007 shooting death of UAB student Kayla Fanaei. The jury returned the verdict about 5 p.m. McCarty's sentencing is set for June 18. He could receive 20 years to life with the possibillity of parole. The trial was the third for McCarty. The earlier trials ended in mistrials. McCarty had been charged with capital murder, which could have meant a death sentence, but the jury reached a verdict on the lesser charge of felony murder, an unintentional death that took place during a dangerous felony... View Article |
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Friday, 07 May 2010 15:40 |
  The discovery of the remains of a man buried behind a house in Mount Laurel Thursday night – believed to be a missing 73-year-old who disappeared in February - has led to an arrest. Twenty-four-year-old Richard Still of Delanco was charged with the murder of Louis Berger, Jr. According to Burlington County prosecutor Robert Bernardi, Still, who was Berger’s granddaughter’s boyfriend allegedly killed Berger by strangling him at Berger’s Rancocas Avenue home on February 11th after an altercation. Bernardi says Still contacted another man to help him get rid of the body."They met up in Camden and then the two individuals, Mr. Still and this unidentified individual, drove from Camden directly to Mount Laurel to the location on Hartford Road where the body was discovered." The body was buried in a shallow grave behind the home of a relative of Still’s who officials say was unaware that the body was on the property... View Article |
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 13:05 |
  HOMEWOOD, AL (WBRC) - The last time Nadia Kersh was seen alive she was captured on videotape while leaving her job at Tria Market in Homewood. That was on November 3rd, 2008. Police and the community conducted numerous searches only to find the 23-year-old single mother's abandoned car and purse, but there was no resolution until Monday night when police charged 27-year-old Joacquas Haywood with capital murder. They say he killed Kersh during the course of a burglary at her home. "Mr. Haywood was a person of interest early on in this case," Homewood Police Sergeant Doug Finch said during a news conference Tuesday morning. "We zeroed in on him in the first three days and continued to build this case over the next several months." Police describe Haywood as a past acquaintance of Kersh's, but would not say more. Prosecutors say they have enough physical evidence and statements to make a strong case, even though they do not have Kersh's body... View Article |
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Thursday, 06 May 2010 12:48 |
  Jim Sanders opened his door on April 28 to total strangers in hopes of making a deal for a diamond ring he listed for sale on Craigslist. Instead, police say the Edgewood, Wash., 43-year-old watched his family beaten before he was shot and killed in cold blood. The suspected thieves, three men and a woman, made off with the ring, which was a family heirloom, and other valuables. Three of the four suspects have been captured, according to police. Sanders' widow, Charlene Sanders, said the four suspects came to her home, saying they wanted to negotiate the price of the ring. But then one pulled a gun and the other two stormed into the home. Soon, Charlene, Jim and their two sons were tied up... View Article |
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 18:24 |
  The three 18-year-olds charged with killing a well-known D.C. principal have lengthy criminal records that include violent crimes and in one case charges of a sex offense at age 11. In addition, one had absconded from a juvenile detention center, another had been released to his mother against the wishes of a judge and the third was wanted at the time of the slaying for failing to appear in court, according to court records in Montgomery County and the District. Brian Betts, 42, was found shot to death in an upstairs bedroom of his Silver Spring home April 15. Montgomery police said he had met at least one of the suspects on a phone-sex chat line in the hours before he was killed. All three suspects -- Sharif T. Lancaster, Alante Saunders and Deontra Q. Gray -- made their first appearances in court Tuesday and were ordered held without bond on charges of murder, robbery and other counts... View Article |
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 18:31 |
  Evidence from the knife used to stab Muscogee school superintendent Jim Burns in 1992 was sent in October 2008 to a medical lab in Willow Grove, Pa., where technicians were able to draw a DNA profile later matched to the man Columbus police long suspected was Burns' killer, Police Chief Ricky Boren said in a press conference today. Cold-case investigators then obtained a search warrant that November to compel Kareem Lane, now of Pell City, Ala., to submit a saliva sample to be forwarded to National Medical Services of Willow Grove, Boren said. This past April 30, the lab confirmed that it had matched the crime-scene profile to Lane, the chief said... View Article |
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Sunday, 02 May 2010 17:07 |
 LAWRENCE, Kan. -- University of Kansas police said the man they had sought in connection with a gun scare on the KU campus turned himself in Sunday.Samuel Lennell Moore, 20, had been sought on outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court on theft and criminal trespass charges.Police believe Moore, who is not a KU student, was in McCollum Hall on Friday when a resident reported that someone had a gun.University spokeswoman Jill Jess said campus police received a call at 1:55 p.m. Friday that a resident of McCollum Hall had heard a disturbance and notified the front desk about the fight. The woman said she heard a man's voice say, "Where's my gun?"... View Article |
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Sunday, 02 May 2010 16:46 |
  ST. PAUL, Minn. — A suburban St. Paul police officer was killed during an ambush Saturday morning, setting off a massive manhunt that ended with one suspect dead and another in custody, authorities said. Maplewood Police Sgt. Joseph Bergeron, 49, was fatally shot while responding to a reported carjacking. The attack set off an hours-long search by more than 100 officers from over a dozen law enforcement agencies. Nearly four hours after the shooting, a man darted out of the woods holding a toolbox and an officer tried to question him. The two scuffled, and authorities said the officer shot the man multiple times. Police identified the man as Jason John Jones, 21, of St. Paul, and said he was one of the shooting suspects. The officer suffered a broken nose and possibly a fractured eye socket, St. Paul police chief John Harrington said... View Article |
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Saturday, 01 May 2010 15:09 |
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- A body found in a field in northeast Florida is believed to be that of a Jupiter High School graduate who was reported missing earlier this month. Tallahassee police said a body found Wednesday morning in a St. John's County field near Interstate 95 and State Road 16 is likely that of Vincent Binder, a Florida State University graduate student missing since April 8.Binder, 29, was last seen walking from a friend's home in Tallahassee. Three men -- Quentin Truehill, Peter Hughes and Kentrell Johnson -- were charged with kidnapping to facilitate a felony in connection with Binder's disappearance. Authorities said they escaped from a jail in Avoyelles Parish, La., on March 30 after holding a makeshift knife to a corrections officer's throat.According to Tallahassee police documents, Truehill and Hughes refused to speak after their arrests, but Johnson hinted to investigators that Binder was killed... View Article |
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Saturday, 01 May 2010 13:44 |
  SPRINGFIELD, Mass (WGGB) -- Springfield Police have made an arrest in the March 20th murder of 21-year-old Nicholas Hiller. According to Springfield Police Sgt. John Delaney a murder warrant was obtained yesterday after a long investigation into cell phone records, knocking on doors and following up on leads. Officers from the Homicide Unit spent all day Friday combing the city looking for 24-year-old Edward Cooley of 252 Eastern Avenue. Detectives Darrin Edwards and James McCoy spotted the suspect late Friday night on Quincy Street. When officers approached Cooley he fled on foot. Officers were able to chase Cooley down and arrest him shortly after. Cooley is being held without the right to bail this weekend and will be arraigned Monday in Springfield District Court in the murder of Hillman. He is also being charged with armed robbery, possession and discharge of a firearm, obstruction of justice, resisting arrest and possession of cocaine... View Article |
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Friday, 30 April 2010 12:07 |
  Mark Anthony Wilson was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday morning in Webster County District Court. Wilson was convicted in March of killing Joni Manning at her rural Webster County home in 2001. A jury convicted him of first-degree murder and second-degree theft. Wilson had been on the run since shortly after the murder. He turned himself in to California Highway Patrol officers on Aug. 11, 2009. Wilson was extradited to Iowa where he stood trial in Manning's death... View Article |
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Friday, 30 April 2010 10:30 |
 MEMPHIS, Tenn. - One of three men charged in the abduction, beating and rape involving two University of Memphis students pleaded guilty to the crimes Thursday. 18-year old James Hamilton pleaded guilty to six felonies in 2008 case. Hamilton said he and two other men kidnapped a young man and woman from the Stratum Apartments on Highland and drove them to a remote location, then raped the woman and shot the man when he tried to help. Hamilton also pleaded guilty to breaking into dorm rooms at Lemoyne-Owen College. The judge sentenced him to 35-years, with no parole... View Article |
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 12:22 |
 OKLAHOMA CITY -- Former Governor George Nigh is working with police after he was robbed at gunpoint late Wednesday. The former governor and his wife were unloading flowers from their car when an unknown man approached Nigh from behind and told him to "get on the ground." Governor Nigh says the man said to hand over his wallet and then the man disappeared into the darkness. Thursday morning Oklahoma City Police were still on the scene searching for any evidence and getting additional information from the Nighs. Governor Nigh says he does not believe this incident was in any way politically motivated or that he was targeted for any specific reason. Nigh says, "He did not call me by name or title. I just presume it was random." He's grateful nothing else was taken and that no physical harm was done. Nigh says, "It was scary, but we're fine. We appreciate the concern." Oklahoma City Police say the suspect is described as a heavy-set black male, about 6'2" tall. He was last seen wearing a light-colored jumpsuit with a baseball cap... View Story |
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 11:01 |
  LINCOLN CO, NC — Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a third person of interest in the weekend slaying of a 24-year-old man. Byron Jeffrey Bost Jr., 23, is wanted for questioning by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, according to a Thursday news release. Deputies want to determine whether he was involved in the killing of Catawba County resident Zachary David Young. Young’s body was found in a rural Lincoln County field Saturday morning about 12 hours after a nearby resident reported gunshots in the area. He had been fatally shot, but deputies haven’t released further details. Bost is a black man who stands 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs about 185 pounds. He is known to hang out in and around Hickory, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies are still looking for another person of interest in the case — Dontae Nixon, 25, of 1109 Catawba St., Lincolnton. Nixon is a black man with shoulder-length dreadlocks. He stands 6 feet tall and weighs 195 pounds... View Article |
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:48 |
  SEATTLE -- Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man who they say raped and murdered a woman in her South Park home and tried to stab her partner to death. Isaiah Kalebu has been charged with aggravated murder in the July 19 attack that left Teresa Butz dead. King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg said a jury may find a "mitigating factor" in Kalebu's history of mental illness when weighing a potential death sentence. Kalebu is suspected of breaking into the women's home through an open window while they slept. Prosecutors say the two women woke up to find Kalebu standing over their bed, naked and holding a knife. Investigators said Kalebu raped and tortured the women for more than an hour, threatening to kill them if they did not comply... View Article
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:21 |
  GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Deputies have arrested a 23-year-old man in the death of a man killed during an armed robbery on Tuesday. Greenville County Sheriff's Office investigators said that Tremain Orlando Davis shot and killed 26-year-old Joshua Bryant during an armed robbery of the Dollar General on Augusta Road. After an anonymous tip, deputies arrested Davis late Wednesday afternoon at a house on South Estate Drive in Greenville County. Davis is being held at the Greenville County Detention Center on charges of murder and armed robbery. Roger Bryant, the victim's brother, said Bryant was waiting outside the store while his mother shopped for a toothbrush. He said that Bryant saw a man armed with a pistol wearing a bandana inside the store, so he went into the store to check on his mother. Deputies said that’s when Bryant encountered Davis and was fatally shot... View Article |
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 14:51 |
 DUPLIN, NC - Beverly Knowles’ murder comes at a time when the Attorney General’s Office says the latest numbers from 2008 show domestic murders actually dropped in our state. It’s the 9-1-1 call no child should ever have to make. Beulaville police chief Joey Clark says an autopsy revealed Beverley Knowles was actually shot twice and was dead before authorities arrived. Yet it’s too early for investigators to know what lead up to the incident that also involved Knowles’ 14-year-old son. “We have a lot more people to do interviews with and hopefully within the next few coming days we can maybe generate the pieces of the puzzle we don’t have right now,” Clark said. Chief Clark says his office never received calls of domestic disturbances from the home... View Article
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