STRANGE CRIMES

JPSO nabs trio in armed robbery-shooting that left victim paralyzedNOLA.comPolice say Christian Hernandez, 18, left, and Kevin Rivas, 21, middle, both confessed to being involved in arobbery-turned-shooting on March 8 -- though each claimed the other one was the triggerman. Leonardo Paredes-Morales, 19, right, allegedly ...No injuries in Matthews CVS robberyCharlotte ObserverNo injuries were reported Friday morning in an armed robbery at a drug store in Matthews, according to reports. Matthews police were investigating at daybreak Friday at the CVS store on Matthews Township Parkway at Sam Newell Road. That is a short ...Authorities chase robbery suspects on I-4WESH OrlandoInvestigators chased the robberysuspects, who were believed to be armed, until the their black Chevy Camaro crashed just off I-4 on County Road 46-A. Ahead of the chase., the suspects stole the Camaro from its owner at gunpoint, according to ...Related Articles »Police Release Surveillance Video In Washington Co. RobberyCBS LocalWASHINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) — Police have released surveillance video of arobbery and shooting Wednesday morning at the Uni-Mart in Washington County. Authorities say the two robbersburst into the store, jumped over the counter and one of them shot ...Related Articles »

Rick Perry gang rides into the sunsetPoliticoNow, in the aftermath of Perry's calamitous and dissension-riddled 2012 presidential bid, much of that gang has dispersed. As the governor weighs whether to run for an unprecedented fourth full term, Texas politicos say it's largely unclear who would ...Shooting at Northeast Portland gas station marks year's first fatality from ...OregonLive.comIt was the first time in years that police have seen such a large crowd gather after a gang-related shooting, said Sgt. Pete Simpson, a spokesman for Portland police and a former gangenforcement officer. The situation calmed after police arrested one ...Related Articles »What Can Bees Teach Us About GangWarfare?SmithsonianUsing an equation based off animal territories, an anthropologist at UCLA was able to draw theoretical borders between gang turf in Los Angeles. (Reference Photographs: Fotolia; Illustration by Cliff Alejandro ) ...Salt Lake Metro Gang Unit catch one of Top 10 Most Wantedfox13now.comSALT LAKE CITY – The Salt Lake Metro Gang Unit has arrested one of their top ten most wanted fugitives. Officers say gang member Dumont Williams led them on a foot chase near 206 North New Star Drive (near 1785 West) in Salt Lake City at around 8:30...

Opinion: Rick Ross' 'UOENO' Lyric Condones Rape Despite DenialBillboard28), Rick Ross denied that his line on Rocko's latest single, "U.O.E.N.O." -- "Put molly all in her champagne, she ain't even know it/ I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it" -- was in connection to rape, but "misinterpreted" as so.Related Articles »Right to abortion for victims of rapeThe GuardianIn Darfur, Congo and other conflict-affected states, I have understood the need to respond to the fact that sexual violence is a brutal and specific consequence of war (Britain pledges £180m to help tackle rape crisis in Congo, 27 March). However ...Is America A "Rape Culture"?RealClearPoliticsThis claim, advanced by a cadre of feminist activists and bloggers, has been gaining mainstream currency—particularly in the wake of the nationally publicized Steubenville, Ohio rape case which exposed some very ugly attitudes and behaviors. While no ...Related Articles »In my twin sister's rape, there were many victimsWashington PostWhether you're traveling on a bus in New Delhi, India, or drinking at a teen party in Stuebenville, Ohio, rape, it seems, is never far. In the United States, nearly one in five women have been raped at some point in their lives, according to the ...

Murder charges for teens in Georgia stroller slayingUSA TODAYAnother suspect, 15-year-old Dominique Lang, was indicted on seven counts including felony murder. But the indictment specifies that authorities believe it was Elkins who shot the child and wounded his mother with a .22-caliber revolver as the boys ...Related Articles »Hollywood's 'No Body' MurderDaily BeastMurder trials without a body are quite rare, but not unheard of. One unofficial tally estimates that there have been 300 such cases in the United States. Such trials present unique difficulties for prosecutors and often rely heavily on circumstantial ...Doctor Suspected of Mass MurderDaily BeastIn a case that has riveted the nation, a senior physician from the prosperous city of Curitiba in southern Brazil is on trial for in the deaths of seven former patients, whom prosecutors say may be victims of a pattern of drug-inducedmurders. Dr ...Related Articles »Defense challenges key witness in McHenry County murder retrialChicago TribuneBut the attorney for Casciaro — who is standing trial for murder for the second time in McHenry County in Carrick's decade-ago disappearance — repeatedly noted that Lamb has told several contrasting accounts of that night, including claims at various ...

British Police Detail Clues in Death of Russian TycoonNew York TimesLONDON — In a first brief, official account of the circumstances surrounding the death of the exiled Russian oligarch Boris A. Berezovsky, a British police officer said on Thursday that the former tycoon was found lying on his bathroom floor last ...Related Articles »Gang attack near Kenya casino andpolice station kills 7; separatist group ...Washington PostNAIROBI, Kenya — A bare-chested gang of youths armed with machetes and other crude weapons attacked a policeman near a casino and later attacked a police station on Kenya's coast early Thursday, officials said. Six gang members and one policeman ...Related Articles »Police investigating after man shoots, kills suspected burglar in northwest ...MiamiHerald.comPolice are investigating a fatal shooting in northwest Miami-Dade after a homeowner fired at a suspected burglar early Thursday morning. Miami-Dadepolice said the homeowner, who lives at 1815 NW 121st Street, shot a man who he thought was ...Related Articles »Monitoring New York City's PoliceNew York TimesIt ignores the fact that inspectors general scrutinize other city departments as well as policedepartments in other cities and federal agencies like the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. Their job is not to run things but to recommend improvements. The assertion ...

Newswallah: Bollywood and OrganizedCrimeNew York Times (blog)Though the intertwined nature of Bollywood and crime in India is largely accepted as common knowledge, the magnitude of the problem becomes apparent every so often when a big arrest is made. In 2001, Nazim Rizvi, who produced the film “Chori Chori ...Organized Crime Rings Hit Supermarket AislesABC NewsAnd tonight we want to show you some of the new ways highly organized crimerings are stealing at the supermarket billions of dollars every year. Some companies are even hiring undercover detectives... See More. And tonight we want to show you some of ...NOPD, community join in anti-crimemarch in wake of cop's shooting at Dollar ...NOLA.comAbout a month after an NOPD officer was shot and severely injured while responding to an armed robbery at a St. Claude Avenue store, police and community members gathered at the scene of the crime on Wednesday. After a short prayer in the parking lot ...Accused Davis Hate Crime Attacker's Bail Raised To Half MillionCBS LocalDAVIS (CBS13) – A hate crime suspect is back in jail on more than $500,000 bail, while the man he's accused of beating tries to heal and forgive. While Mikey Partida didn't have anything negative to say about his accused attacker, Clayton Garzon, the ...Related Articles »

Police: Two suspects arrested after East Oakland robbery and pistol whippingSan Jose Mercury NewsOAKLAND -- Two men were arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of robbingtwo men at gunpoint and pistol whipping one of them outside their East Oakland home, police said. A third suspect is being sought. While the one man was being pistol whipped the ...Hayward: Armed robbery takes place inside busy Toys R UsSan Jose Mercury NewsHAYWARD -- Two men, one armed with a silver revolver, robbed a busy Toys R Us late Tuesday afternoon and police say they may have held up another toy store earlier in the day. Officers responded at 5:15 p.m. to 24011 Hesperian Blvd. after an employee ...In 2008 Deptford bank robbery, prosecutors hope Leon Glaspie stays imprisonedNJ.comWOODBURY — A Philadelphia man who admitted to a 2008 bank robberyremains in prison while authorities try to reverse a court ruling that would set him free. Leon C. Glaspie, 29, pleaded guilty in 2011 to several counts including robbery and aggravated ...Wauwatosa police arrest three in Walmart armed robberyMilwaukee Journal SentinelWauwatosa police have three people in custody in connection with an armedrobbery at Walmart. Police searched a suspect's home in the 1700 block of N. 116th St. in Wauwatosa on Tuesday and confiscated a computer, paperwork, driver's licenses and 38 ...Related Articles »

What Can Bees Teach Us About GangWarfare?SmithsonianUsing an equation based off animal territories, an anthropologist at UCLA was able to draw theoretical borders between gang turf in Los Angeles. (Reference Photographs: Fotolia; Illustration by Cliff Alejandro ) ...'Gang of Eight' to Tour Arizona-Mexico BorderABC News (blog)The two Arizona senators – both Republicans and Gang of Eight members, Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake – will host Democrats Chuck Schumer of New York and Michael Bennet of Colorado for a tour along the border in Nogales, part of the Tucson sector ...Related Articles »In St. Paul gang rape of girl, 15, leader gets 25 years in prisonPioneer PressMang Yang was sentenced Wednesday, March 27, to 25 years in prison for orchestrating the November 2011 kidnapping and gang rape that prosecutors say turned a vulnerable girl into a pariah in her own community. The sentence was the severest handed ...Related Articles »Fairmont police say teen's death gang-relatedWRAL.comFairmont, N.C. — People gathered in the Robeson County community of Fairmont on Wednesday night to remember a teen who was gunned down in what police call an act of gangviolence. DaQuan "Mucci" Stephens, 16, was playing basketball at Calvin ...

Ohio Rape Stirs ControversyHuffington Post (blog)This rape case made national news after controversy stirred as a result of the verdict. Some people were outraged about the fairly short sentence the two males received, while others were outraged at the girl for even claiming to be a victim of rape ...Related Articles »'Legitimate rape' comment resurrected on 'Law and Order: SVU'Washington Post (blog)In case you've forgotten, Akin made the comment, “If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” during a St. Louis television interview Aug. 18, shortly after winning the Republican primary. He effectively ...Related Articles »Anti-rape video in response to Steubenville trial coverage goes viralNBCNews.com (blog)A University of Oregon film student felt compelled to respond to some of the issues surrounding the Steubenvillerape case -- and has 1.3 million views on YouTube. Samantha Stendal, 19, directed “A Needed Response” and addressed it to “the Steubenville ...Judge Judy's son: Interfering in childrape case? (+video)Christian Science MonitorJudge Judy's son, Adam Levy, is interfering in the investigation of therape of a 12-year-old girl, says a N.Y. sheriff. The alleged rapist was a personal trainer who lived with Judge Judy's son. Levy denies the allegation. By Jim Fitzgerald ...Related Articles »

Italy court: Amanda Knox to be retried for Meredith Kercher murderNBCNews.comAmanda Knox was ordered to stand trial again for the murder of her roommate by Italy's top criminal court on Tuesday, but there appeared to be little the country could do to force her to return for the new hearings. The Court of Cassation, Italy's ...Related Articles »Manchester care home worker arrested over murder of residentThe GuardianA member of staff at a care home has been arrested on suspicion of themurder of a 73-year-old resident. Ivan Emmanuel Campbell was admitted to hospital in April from a private nursing home in Rusholme, Manchester. He died the following day. A Home ...Related Articles »Murder retrial under way in teen's '02 disappearanceChicago TribuneDuring his opening statements at Casciaro's second murder trial, Combs acknowledged that his witness list includes "a sordid cast of characters." But he said they will tell a consistent tale that proves Casciaro is guilty of first-degree murder with ...Mother, aunt of Georgia baby murdersuspect arrested, charged with lyingNBCNews.com (blog)The mother and aunt of a teenager charged in the death of a Georgia baby were arrested Tuesday for allegedly lying to investigators, police said. The arrests came the morning after 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins' first court appearance on murder ...Related Articles »

Cardboard Police Officers Trick Bangalore Drivers Into Obeying Traffic RulesTIMEPolice in Bangalore, India's high-tech city, are using cardboard cutouts to scare drivers into behaving themselves, AFP reports. So far, three life-size, khaki-clad fake police officers have been installed on major roads around India's technology ...Police Reports in Tucson Shooting Rampage ReleasedABC NewsHundreds of pages of police reports in the investigation of the Tucson shooting rampage that wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are being released Wednesday, marking the public's first glimpse into documents that authorities have kept private since...Related Articles »3 Officers, Prolific at Stops, Will Get Their Say at TrialNew York TimesOne officer described how car thieves might pretend to be beggars, sifting through curbside trash. “If someone is in the middle of a dark street, staring into the car and then when we drive by, they start ripping up garbage bags,” thepolice officer ...Police: Man, 19, shot to death in ElginChicago Sun-TimesThe police are asking anyone with any information for this incident to contact the Gang Investigation Division at 847-289-2646. Additionally, individuals can provide anonymous tips or information via the crime line at 847-695-4195 or texting 847411 and ...

Crime alerts for Encino, Mission Hills and 10 other LA neighborhoodsLos Angeles TimesCrime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 12 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. 10 neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Encino (A) was the ...Orange plans to 'STRIKE' at violentcrime in time for warm summer nightsNJ.comPrevious years have shown an increase in violent crime with the coming of warmer temperatures in Newark and surrounding areas. In previous years, East Orange and other cities have made a similar push in advance of warmer summer nights – and have ...E. Toledo sweep yields 216 arrestsToledo BladeBlight is considered a problem as well as crime in the East Toledo area bounded by Elgin Avenue and Front, White, Nevada, and Oak streets where Toledo Police conducted a sweep that ended Sunday. THE BLADE/KATIE RAUSCH Enlarge | Buy This Photo ...Man trapped in 'It's a Small World' wins suitSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)A disabled man who spent more than half an hour trapped in Disneyland's “It's a Small World” ride in 2009 has won $8,000 in damages from the amusement park, the man's lawyer said Tuesday. Jose Martinez, a resident of San Pedro (Los Angeles County) ...

Man shot during attempted robbery in Oakland's Adams Point neighborhoodSan Jose Mercury NewsOAKLAND -- A 34-year-old Emeryville man was shot at least twice during an attempted robbery Monday night in the Adams Point area, police said. The man's wounds were not life-threatening, authorities said. He apparently was visiting a friend in the area.VIDEO: Robbery suspect punches man in face in Times Square subway stationCBS News(CBS) - New York City police are looking for a robbery suspect who allegedly sucker-punched a man early Monday at a Times Square subway station, CBS New Yorkreports. Surveillance video showed the 35-year-old male victim standing on the subway...Related Articles »Rockford Man Charged With South Loop Rape, RobberyCBS2 ChicagoDeontae Latham, 19, is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault, home invasion, and two counts of armed robbery for a Jan. 9 attack at a home in the 1400 block of South Clark Street. CBS 2's Susanna Song reports, on Jan. 9, a 56-year-old woman ...Related Articles »Surveillance video catches drugstorerobberyHouston ChronicleAuthorities have released a surveillance video of an armed robberyat a drugstore in north Harris County a few weeks ago. The robbery happened in the 1400 block of FM 1960 West about 6:45 a.m. March 14, officials said. Officials said a man walked into ...Related Articles »

What Can Bees Teach Us About GangWarfare?SmithsonianUsing an equation based off animal territories, an anthropologist at UCLA was able to draw theoretical borders between gang turf in Los Angeles. (Reference Photographs: Fotolia; Illustration by Cliff Alejandro ) ...McCain: Immigration deal eluding 'Gangof Eight'USA TODAYMcCain, R-Ariz., and the other members of the Senate's "Gang of Eight" left Capitol Hill last week without coming to terms on major points of contention such as the future flow of immigrant workers and border security. The senators had hoped to ...Santa Cruz judge drops gang allegation against alleged Hells AngelSan Jose Mercury NewsA Santa Cruz County prosecutor said Monday that he has refiled a gangallegation against a county man arrested last spring in South County for allegedly carrying a loaded gun, participating in a gang and possessing drugs. The charge was dismissed last...Feds arrest 25 in A.C. drug gang sweepPhilly.comThe criminal complaint identified thegang's two leaders as Mykal Derry, 32, and Tyrone Ellis, 31. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said Dirty Block was considered Atlantic City's predominant street gang, operating mainly from the Stanley Holmes Village ...Related Articles »

Angelina Jolie campaigns to end widespread rape in Eastern CongoCBS NewsThe International Rescue Committee says it has provided care to more than 2,500 women and girls who have beenraped or abused over the last year alone. The IRC is handing out kits with flashlights and whistles, as well as cleaning products so that ...Related Articles »In Response to Beckel's College Campus Rape Comments: 'It Happens Every Day'Huffington PostA Colorado bill, which would allow women to carry concealed weapons on college campuses in order to prevent sexual assaults from occurring, has created quite a stir. On The Five, FOX's Bob Beckel questioned the prevalence of rapes on college campuses.Judge Judy's Son, a DA, Embroiled in NY Rape CaseABC NewsA suburban district attorney who is the son of TV's "Judge Judy" is being accused of interfering in a child rapecase in which the suspect is his personal trainer and recently lived with him. Putnam County District Attorney Adam Levy has recused ...Related Articles »University of Oregon film student's anti-rape video goes viral, attracts 1.2...New York Daily NewsA film student was disgusted with the Steubenville, Ohio, rape case coverage, so she directed a short video to spread a message she felt was glaringly absent: Real men do notrape. Samantha Stendal, a sophomore film student at the University of Oregon,...Related Articles »

Italy court: Amanda Knox to be retried for Meredith Kercher murderNBCNews.comIn an unexpected decision, the Italian supreme court in Rome is overturning Amanda Knox's acquittal, saying she will stand trial again for the murder of roommate Meredith Kercher. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports and Italian legal expert Praxilla ...Related Articles »Family: Coney Island murder suspect Joseph Brown was playing violent video ...New York Daily NewsA Brooklyn murder suspect was too busy killing people in a violent video game to slay anyone for real, his family says. Joseph Brown, 29, is charged with killing one man and shooting three others in a Coney Island housing project on Friday. But his ...Charlie Murder preview: Anarchy in the XBLAJoystiqFor the second year in a row, I spent far too much time playing CharlieMurder at PAX East. As part of the Indie Megabooth, Ska Studios' exhibit belonged to a larger group, one of dozens of in-development, independent games, and this year it was ...Murder in the OCCBS Newsby openheartandmind March 25, 2013 6:51 AM EDT: If I were interviewed by the police in a murder case and I had phone records to prove that I didn't commit the crime, there is no way I would EVER get rid of those records. In fact, I would give the ...

Chicago police put more feet on streetChicago TribuneRookie Chicago police officers have started to patrol on foot on some of the city's most dangerous blocks in a move that Superintendent Garry McCarthy said reinforces the department's "return to community policing." After six months in the Police ...Related Articles »In Afghanistan: Kerry Wraps Up Trip;Police, UK Troops Targeted In AttacksNPR (blog)Tuesday's news from Afghanistan underscores the challenges that remain as the U.S. and its allies try to hand over security to that nation's military and police. — "5 Afghan Police Killed In Suicide Attack In East": The Associated Press writes that ...Related Articles »5 Afghan police killed in suicide attack in eastUSA TODAYAn insurgent in a bomb-laden car detonated his vehicle in front of the Jalalabad Police Quick Reaction Force to start the attack, and another seven attackers wearing bomb vests then stormed the compound, police said. Three of those attackers blew ...Russian tycoon Berezovsky died by hanging: policeReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, whose body was found in the locked bathroom of his luxury mansion near London over the weekend, died by hanging, Britishpolice said on Monday. An autopsy showed no signs of a violent struggle ...Related Articles »

Crime alerts for Lincoln Heights, Beverlywood and five other LA neighborhoodsLos Angeles TimesCrime reports are up significantly for the latest week in seven L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Four neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Lincoln ...Trenton police director's four-pointcrime plan receives mixed reviews from...The Times of Trenton - NJ.comSome of the marked units will be assigned to suppression patrols — sitting on or moving through high-crimeareas to deter further trouble. Ongoing proactive and long-term investigations will be managed by outside federal, state, and county law ...America's Awful Computer-Crime Law Might Be Getting a Whole Lot WorseSlate Magazine (blog)For a while now I've been saying that Congress ought to revise the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the vaguely worded, overly broad computercrime statute that has been in the news due to its role in the indictment of high-profile defendants like ...Chicago's newest crime-fighting tool: Police on footWashington TimesChicago Sun-Times reports that the city's finest have kicked off a new campaign — a “strategic saturation” policy, as it's dubbed — to help combatcrime and round out car patrols. Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said newly discovered gang graffiti ...Related Articles »

APD: Robbery gone bad led to Spring Street chaosAtlanta Journal ConstitutionThe chain reaction of wrecks that left seven people injured Friday afternoon while stifling traffic on Spring Street downtown started with a robbery gone awry, according to Atlanta police. An off-duty police officer working at the Varsity heard the ...Newark man wanted in armed robberypicked up in Easton with heroin, court...The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.comA Newark man wanted on armedrobbery charges was picked up in Easton after a traffic stop, where authorities found heroin, drug paraphernalia and cash, according to court records. Authorities pulled over a vehicle driven by Ashley Werkheiser, after she ...Related Articles »Parolee indicted in Lakewood attorney's murder, robberyDenver PostGOLDEN — A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted a 52-year-old parolee in the robbery, sexual assault and strangulation of Lakewood attorney Claudia Miller. Warren Watson had been on parole exactly two weeks when, police say, he made an ...Related Articles »Help sought identifying suspect in bankrobbery attemptSacramento Bee (blog)Sacramento County sheriff's detectives seek help identifying a man wanted in connection with an attempted bankrobbery earlier this month. On March 1, the suspect entered the Chase Bank in the 3600 block of Fair Oaks Boulevard and gave the teller a ...Related Articles »

Gang member gets 40 years for killing man in front of his sonLos Angeles TimesAuthorities said Cornelio was killed because of his Mexican heritage and Gabrourel and his cohorts were retaliating for the death of one of their own by a Latino member of the 38th Street Gang. The Pueblo Bishop Bloods have operated out of the Pueblo ...Drama greets media at New Delhigang-rape trialWashington PostNEW DELHI — The trial of the group of men accused of gang-raping a young student three months ago in New Delhi is arguably the most keenly watched court case in India today, and it has emerged as a test case for the Indian justice system — and media ...Related Articles »Did Supremacist Gang Order Hit on Prison Chief?ABC NewsWas his death somehow a payback for trying to break up a white supremacistgang that has been organizing in... See More. the chief of the prison system in colorado. Gunned down in his doorway on his porch. Was his death somehow a payback for trying to ...Trenton gang leader admits guilt in 2005 shooting death, faces 36 years in jailHunterdon County Democrat - NJ.comTRENTON — The “five-star general” of the Gangster Killer Bloods, who allegedly led his gang on a crime spree in the summer of 2005, pleaded guilty this afternoon to ordering a shooting that resulted in the death of an innocent bystander while she was ...