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The Retrial of a (Black) Texas Corpse-raper Imprisoned Despite an Overturned Conviction
 Jerry Hartfield, 59, has been in prison since 1977 even though his original murder conviction was overturned in 1980. A Texas jury found him guilty of the crime for a second time. In 1977, a jury convicted Hartfield, who is black, of the 1976 rape and murder of Eunice Lowe, a white 55-year-old bus-station ticket agent in Bay City, Texas. Three years later, Texas’s highest criminal appeals court overturned the conviction, citing jury selection issues, and ordered a retrial—an order the prosecution fought for years. Before that retrial began, however, then-Texas Governor Mark White commuted Hartfield’s death sentence to life imprisonment in 1983. There was only one catch: Because Hartfield’s original conviction had been vacated, he legally had no death sentence for the governor to commute. But since no one realized this at the time, or for decades afterward, Hartfield stayed in prison and served the commuted life sentence without retrial. Hartfield, who reportedly has an IQ of 51, did not realize he was serving a life sentence. - (Black-on-white) |
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64-year-old White man dies after family said he was tackled at VCU pharmacy by black security guard
  RICHMOND, Va. – A family is mourning the death of their father, who they said died as a result of injuries sustained when he was tackled by (George Brown, Jr), a security guard at an ambulatory care pharmacy. On Friday afternoon, 64-year-old Phillip Whitaker was waiting on his prenoscriptions at the VCU Medical ambulatory pharmacy, according to the family. They said when Whitaker’s name was called he walked up to the counter, and was then tackled by a contract security guard working for VCU Medical Center. The family said this is the second time he was called back up, because he needed to correct an issue with his prenoscription. VCU Officers discovered Whitaker unconscious on the floor with a serious head injury, according to Richmond Police, who have taken over the case at the request of Virginia Commonwealth University. He was immediately knocked unconscious and transported to the emergency room, according to the family. He underwent surgery Saturday for the bleeding in his brain and was on life support. They said Whitaker died while still on life support. The family said the security guard was immediately terminated. - (Black-on-white) |
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- Victim’s family upset after black security guard charged with manslaughter granted bond
RICHMOND, Va. — Relatives are outraged after a judge granted bond to a man charged with killing their loved one. Family members of Phillip Whitaker, Jr. declared it’s just not right. According to the prosecutor, 64-year-old Whitaker was trying to cut in line to pick up a prenoscription when a security guard confronted him. At some point, the unarmed guard allegedly pulled or pushed the victim out of the way. Whitaker fell to the ground, hit his head on the floor and died two days later. George Brown, Jr. is the 67-year-old security guard charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case. Whitaker’s loved ones were so angry, they erupted in court and had to be escorted out by deputies. One daughter shouted at Brown and called him a murderer.
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Daughter of White woman raped and murdered by black says mother was ‘an educated woman’
  The daughter of a 49-year-old woman stabbed to death last week in downtown Hilo said her mother was “an educated woman,” and media denoscriptions of her as a homeless person do her life and memory a disservice. Chloe Caron said her mother, Danielle Caron, originally was from Pacific Palisades, an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood, but spent almost two decades in Santa Cruz., Calif., before moving to the Big Island a couple of years ago. “She graduated from college with a master’s (degree) in teaching,” Chloe Caron said. “She’s talented. She’s artistic; she can draw. She has a genius IQ. She’s a loving woman with an addiction problem. She moved to the Big Island. I lived on Kauai for five years. I moved her out there myself to give her a new opportunity to change for the better. When I moved her out to Hawaii, I was with her for about a month, so I know that she was sober. For a while, she was working on an organic farm and she was trying to pretty much survive.” Chloe Caron said she last talked to her mother about a month ago. “When I read the news, it breaks my heart to read ‘homeless woman murdered.’ That’s not who she was,” Chloe Caron said. “She had a lot to give people. She was kind. She wasn’t a homeless addict who robbed people or anything like that.” Curtis Hodges, a 35-year-old man from Shiloh, Ill., was arrested Friday at the Hilo Bay Hostel and charged with Danielle Caron’s murder. Surveillance video of the area led to his arrest, police said. - (Black-on-white) |
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(White) Man shot, wife flees with baby as (4 black) gunmen storm home
   ATLANTA -- Residents of Atlanta's Riverside community filled a community meeting Tuesday looking for answers from police, two days after one of their neighbors -- Michael Lash -- was shot, and his wife shot at by intruders. The gunmen shot and wounded Lash as he fought to keep them out of his home Sunday night, Atlanta police said. His wife Whitney and baby daughter escaped but not before they were shot at twice. Lash, his wife Whitney, their 2-year-old son and infant daughter had just returned to their home on Sumter Street from a vacation when four men knocked on their front door. "They pretended as if their vehicle had broken down and they were requesting a car jack of some sort from our victim at which point they brandished a weapon," said Ofc. Ralph Woolfolk. The men asked Lash to borrow a car jack and then tried to force their way inside. As Lash tried to close the door, the men shot him and entered the house. Lash was shot twice in the leg, one of the shots shattered his femur. The couple's 2-year-old son was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom. Lash's wife grabbed their infant daughter and ran to the back of the house. Police said the suspects fired twice at her and the baby, but missed. She then managed to run to a neighbor's home. Michael Lash was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in stable condition. According to a GoFundMe page created to raise money for medical costs, Lash suffered a shattered femur after being shot in both legs. - (Black-on-white) |
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- Police: 'Young and dumb' teen arrested in home invasion
ATLANTA -- Atlanta Police have arrested a suspect in a recent home invasion where a father was shot in both legs. Investigators announced Friday morning they arrested 18-year-old Brandon Jerome Smith. Atlanta Police Department spokesman Kim Jones said police are searching for three additional suspects, but investigators believe Smith was the shooter. Atlanta Police Chief George Turner said Smith was "young and dumb. Where did he think he was going to go?"
- Arrest made in violent Atlanta home invasion
- Atlanta home invasion: Suspect was armed when arrested, cops say
Brandon Jerome Smith, an 18-year-old suspect in an armed robbery that left a northwest Atlanta father wounded in both legs, had a gun on him when he was arrested late Thursday, Atlanta police said Friday. The chief said Smith has been identified as the shooter in the Sunday night assault on Michael Lash and his family, who had just returned to their Sumter Street home from vacation. Smith had a stolen 40-caliber gun on him when he was taken into custody. Police have “good leads” on the search for three other suspects. Police said an existing warrant was out for Smith because he failed to appear in court on a Brookhaven car break-in charge.
- Atlanta home invasion: ‘Please don’t shoot, I have a little baby’
Michael Lash knew he had a broken leg and he couldn’t feel his other foot. One bullet had gone in the front of his thigh and out the back. While trying to protect his wife and two young children, the northwest Atlanta father was shot in both legs Sunday evening, the beginning of a few terrifying moments for the family.
- New clues tracking shooter in Atlanta home invasion
- 911 audio of home invasion released
- Police search for teens who attacked, terrorized young family
- Love Offering for Mike and Whitney - (gofundme)
 Update from Whitney's dad: Friends - we have great news! The Atlanta Police Department has arrested the shooter that attacked our daughter and son-in-law's family last Sunday evening. Although the other criminals involved remain at large, Mike and Whitney continue to heal and are thankful for the progress that law enforcement is making. On behalf of our family, thank you again for your love, prayers, and support during this difficult time.
- Bleeding victim of black-gang shooting: Forgive them
A man who was shot in both legs by a black gang during a home invasion was lying on the ground, bleeding profusely, as emergency responders attended to his wounds. In excruciating pain, he had a single message for the attackers: “Forgive them Father, they know not what they have done.” Michael Lash’s recitation of Luke 23:34 was related by his wife, Whitney Lash, who posted an update of her husband’s condition on a GoFundMe page launched by friends trying to raise a little help for the family.
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(White) Mom, 2 Children Recovering After Stolen Vehicle In High-Speed Chase Crashes Into Their Car
  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, Heather Bach, had two of her children in the car with her at the time. They were going to the airport to pick up a foreign exchange student from China. West told KDKA-TV’s Ralph Iannotti, “If it had been another foot or two my daughter and the children would have all been killed by the car that hit them. He was going superfast.” Police said the car, reported stolen from Dormont last week and being operated by 19-year-old Raymon Brown was going nearly 100 miles an hour when it slammed into Bach’s Toyota at a Route 51 intersection. Brown was taken to Allegheny General Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. According to a criminal complaint, he told a nurse there, “I smoked weed and took ‘percs’ before the crash.” West says her granddaughter, 11-year-old Amelia was most seriously hurt. She’s now in critical condition after major surgery. She was riding in the front seat of the car with her mother. West’s grandson, Noah, “is stable with somewhat serious injuries, but not as bad as his sister.” Friends and family have set up a GoFundMe page for the Bach family, to raise money to help pay for their medical expenses. If you would like to help them, visit: http://www.gofundme.com/bachrecovery - (Black-on-white) |
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(Black) Judge finds (black) Taylor men guilty of misdemeanor assault in gas station beating (of White man)
    A Wayne County judge found two Taylor men guilty of misdemeanor aggravated assault Tuesday in a gas station beating that left a Lincoln Park man hospitalized for a month. Wayne County Circuit Judge Shannon Walker rejected felony charges of assault with intent to murder and assault with intent to commit great bodily harm against Anthony Clark, 23, and his brother, Deangelo Clark, 22. Walker heard testimony on several days over the past two months, as the Clarks waived their right to a jury trial. Walker said she looked at the credibility of all the witnesses and considered the Clarks’ intent when they punched and kicked Ryan Nasarzewski, 29, of Lincoln Park, at the BP gas station at Telegraph and Wick roads in Taylor She said she believed the Clarks when they testified that they felt threatened by Nasarzewski. They testified that Nasarzewski called them a racial epithet and raised his arms in a threatening way.
Police say witnesses told them that two men were talking amongst themselves about selling drugs in the area and Nasarzewski allegedly said, “We don’t do that around here.” Witnesses said the two men got him down on the floor and kicked him in the head. Walker noted that not all witnesses who gave a statement to police testified at the trial.
Nasarzewski testified last fall in District Court in Taylor that he had vision, hearing and memory problems as a result of the beating, as well as a number of broken bones in his skull and several broken ribs. Family members said that for the first two weeks after the incident, they didn’t know if Nasarzewski would live. - (Black-on-white) |
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(White) Corinth police officer shot with his own gun by black male
  CORINTH, MS – Law enforcement officials across Northeast Mississippi are searching for the suspect who shot a Corinth Police officer early Wednesday morning. “We’ve got an army of people up here looking for the suspect,” said Corinth Police Chief Ralph Dance. “In addition to us and the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office, we have the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Marshals Service. “The officer is OK and in the hospital in Tupelo. He was shot in the chest, and the vest protected him. The second shot was in the shoulders. The doctors don’t think it hit any bones, and he should recover fine.” According to Dance, officer Kevin Parker Jr. and other officers responded to a prowler call around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday on Bell School Road. The officers did not find anyone in the area at that time. “The lady who called in the prowler report is blind, so Parker, being the good officer he is, went back around 4:40 a.m. just to make sure nobody was trying to get in her house,” Dance said. The officer spotted a 5-foot-9 black male weighing around 250 pounds wearing dark clothes and carrying a backpack. “The officer ‘blue lighted’ the suspect,” Dance said. “Parker stopped, got out and asked the man what he was doing. “At that point, the guy turned and ran at the officer. The officer had his gun out and in his hand. They struggled, and the suspect turned the officer’s hand and pulled the trigger twice. The officer never lost his weapon.” After the shots were fired, the suspect fled and the officer called for assistance by radio. Parker was flown by helicopter to Tupelo where he is listed in stable condition at North Mississippi Medical Center. - (Black-on-white) |
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Police: (White) Man who shot (black) burglar charged with voluntary manslaughter
   AKRON, Ohio — Police have charged an Akron man with voluntary manslaughter after he allegedly shot and killed a home invasion suspect earlier this month. David Hillis, 21, of Hilbish Avenue, was arraigned Monday morning in Akron Municipal Court and then booked into Summit County Jail. He’s accused of shooting and killing burglary suspect Marcus Glover, 25, of Akron, on Aug. 7. A second burglary suspect, who police say was with Glover, has also been arrested. Terry Tart, 37, of Akron, faces charges of aggravated burglary and murder. Police say Glover and Tart forced their way into Hillis’ home and threatened Hillis at gunpoint. Hillis then pulled a gun, and fired shots as Glover and Tart were running away, police say. Glover was killed. - (Black-on-white) |
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- Homeowner charged in fatal Akron home invasion shooting
Hillis's father, Michael Hillis is furious that his son was charged and insists David was protecting himself in the heat of the moment. "David was in fear for his life. These guys could have come back at any given time for the next six months when he was sleeping in the house," Michael Hillis said. "When your life is threatened or you feel that others have threatened you, you have every right to defend yourself."
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New Bedford murder suspect held without bail
  NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A New Bedford teen accused of murder was ordered held without bail Monday, District Attorney Thomas Quinn announced. Darian Cardoza, 17, of New Bedford, is charged with murder, armed robbery, and illegal possession of a firearm, according to Quinn. Cardoza is accused of murdering 24-year-old Jeffrey Sylvia Jr. Police said the New Bedford Shot Spotter detection system notified officers that shots were fired near the intersection of Acushnet Avenue and Blackmer Street around 1:30 a.m. on August 2. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Sylvia lying in the street, according to police. He was declared dead at the scene. According to the DA, Cardoza was arrested at his home on Thursday night by State Police and local detectives. - (Black-on-white) |
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- Mother asks for help in solving son's murder - Aug 03, 2015
“He was a hard-working kid,” another man said. “(He) never really bothered nobody. He was a good dude. He was a good dude. He didn’t deserve what happened to him.”
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(Promiscuous miscegenous black) Murder suspect's (white) ex-girlfriends testify
     KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- On the fourth day in court for Norman Clark, the jury heard from several of Clark's ex-girlfriends. Clark is accused of killing his estranged girlfriend, Brittany Eldridge and her unborn son, Zeke. Eldridge was found in her Knoxville apartment, laying in a pool of blood in December 2011. DNA evidence does prove that Clark was the father of Eldridge's baby. The judge had to dismiss the jury and tell the two to behave. Tory Hurst, one of Clark's ex-girlfriends, worked with both Clark and Eldridge. She admitted she was having a sexual relationship with Clark during Eldridge's pregnancy. She said Clark accused Eldridge of saying bad things about him, claiming the child was his and ruining his life. Hurst said Clark denied the child was his. She said Eldridge compared her relationship with Clark similar to the one in the movie "Knocked Up." One woman dated Clark on and off for nine years. The only child she says she knew about was a daughter Clark had a few years ago. She said she didn't have a completely exclusive relationship with Clark. - (Black-on-white) |
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- Clark girlfriend testifies about seeing him night of killing - August 14, 2015
- Jury hears from victim’s mother and forensic experts as Norman Clark trial continues - August 12, 2015,
- Clark's attorney wants jury polled on race, sex & Confederate flag - July 30, 2015
- Tennessee (N-word) arrested in 2011 murder of pregnant woman and unborn child: report - May 14, 2014
- Suspect in Brittany Eldridge's murder attended her vigil - May 14, 2014
As Brittany Eldridge's family pleaded for justice the day after her murder, Norman Clark stood right next to them. The day before, her mother found the 25-year-old strangled and stabbed in her Northwest Knoxville apartment after she didn't show up for work. She was two weeks away from giving birth to a boy she named Zeke. Clark was the father.
- Brittany Eldridge's mom talks about daughter's death - Dec 15, 2011
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(Black) Man arrested in 2005 Phoenix saloon murder (of White man)
  A man was arrested Wednesday in a murder that occurred a decade ago, authorities say. The man, Jerrold Micah Burnett, 39, was arrested on one count of armed robbery and one count of first-degree murder stemming from an incident that occurred July 1, 2005, court documents say. Police say Burnett shot 29-year-old Chad Cassidy outside Wild Bill's Saloon in Phoenix. Cassidy and a friend, identified as Henry Hiter, were leaving the saloon when they were approached by two armed men. After the armed men demanded money, Cassidy was shot, but Hiter was able to get away, police say. When police arrived on scene, they found Cassidy dead in the parking lot. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Police say they found DNA on a cigarette butt at the scene and matched the DNA to Burnett. Police say the DNA was also connected to a July 25, 2005, robbery and murder case out of Mesa, in which a man was found dead of a gunshot wound in a motel parking lot. Burnett served 3.5 years in prison for a 2006 aggravated assault and 1.5 years in a 2001 drug case, court documents say. - (Black-on-white) |
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Second (black) arrested in Powder Springs double homicide (of White couple)
    POWDER SPRINGS, GA - Powder Springs police have arrested a second suspect in connection to the double homicide in which two people were found inside a vehicle, shot to death in front of their 3-year-old girl. Demarco Thomas, 22, was arrested Friday for the death of Anthony Costner and Catherine Costner. He will be housed at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. He has been charged with conspiracy to commit a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act, concealing the death of another, and hindering the apprehension of a felon. Roy Hicks, 39, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals August 8 and charged with murder, aggravated possession of a firearm by a felon, and cruelty to a child. Anthony Costner was pronounced dead at the scene. Catherine Costner later died at an area hospital. Their vehicle was spotted in a ditch by passersby near the intersection of Sharon and Parks drives in Powder Springs. Their 3-year-old daughter was also in the car at the time of the shooting but she was unharmed. Powder Springs police believe the shooting was not a random attack. - (Black-on-white) |
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- Editor note: Don't do drugs. Especially don't buy from, sell to and/or share drugs with blacks.
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Connecticut court bars execution of 11 (mostly black) death row inmates
HARTFORD, Conn. — Three years after Connecticut abolished the death penalty for any future crimes, the state's highest court on Thursday spared the lives of all 11 men who were already on death row when the law took effect, saying it would be unconstitutional to execute them. A look at the inmates on Connecticut's death row: |
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 Lazale Ashby: Condemned to death in 2008 for the 2002 rape and murdered of his neighbor, 21-year-old Elizabeth Garcia, in her Hartford apartment, and was subsequently convicted of the crimes. |
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 Jessie Campbell III: Convicted and sentenced to death for the shooting deaths of 20-year-old LaTaysha Logan and 18-year-old Desiree Privette; and the shooting of Privette's aunt, Carolyn Privette in Hartford in 2000. |
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  Sedrick "Ricky" Cobb: A former delivery man from Naugatuck, was convicted of capital felony, kidnapping, murder, sexual assault and robbery in the Dec. 16, 1989, attack on 23-year-old Julia Ashe of Watertown. Connecticut psycho, posing as good Samaritan, rapes and murders college student days before Christmas in 1989 Cobb flattened one tire of her car using a valve stem remover and, when she returned, offered to help her change the tire. When he asked her for a ride to his car, she obliged. He then forced her at knifepoint to drive to a secluded road and raped her. He then bound and gagged her with fiberglass tape and carried her to a concrete dam. He pushed her and she fell 23 feet into the shallow, icy water below. She managed to free her hands by rubbing the tape across wire mesh protruding from the concrete and gouged her face trying in vain to remove the tape across her mouth. When she tried to crawl up the bank to freedom Cobb forced her, face down, back into the water. Her ice-encrusted body was found Christmas Day. - (Black-on-white) |
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 Russell Peeler: Convicted and sentenced to death for ordering the murder of Karen Clarke and her eight-year-old son, Leroy "B.J." Brown Jr., in their Bridgeport, Conn. home in 1999. |
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  Richard Reynolds: The Brooklyn, N.Y., crack dealer was convicted in the Dec. 18, 1992, murder of Waterbury police Officer Walter T. Williams. When Reynolds determined that Patrolman Williams was in fact wearing body armor, Reynolds produced a Bersa .380 caliber pistol and shot Patrolman Williams behind his right ear. - (Black-on-white) |
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  Daniel Webb: Convicted of kidnapping and murder for the 1989 slaying in Hartford of Diane Gellenbeck, a 37-year-old Connecticut National Bank vice president. Webb kidnapped Gellenbeck from a downtown Hartford parking garage on August 24, 1989. He drove her to Keney Park attempted to rape her, and then shot her five times when she broke free and tried to run. Witnesses testified that the last shots were fired at close range as Gellenbeck crawled across the grass. Webb fired the final shot point-blank into her face." - (Black-on-white) |
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Mass Murder (by black ex-boyfriend) in Texas Home Leaves 5 Children and 3 Adults Dead (including white)
   HOUSTON, Texas – Eight people were found dead inside a home in north Houston Saturday night. Police officers entered the home after receiving a call asking them to perform a welfare check on the residents. Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputies entered the home after seeing a dead child lying on the floor when looking through the windows of the home. No one answered the door when deputies arrived at the house, HCSO spokesman Thomas Gilliand said. Deputies learned that one of the residents, David Conley, aged 49, had a warrant out for his arrest. David Ray Conley, III, who has a lengthy criminal record that included several cases of domestic violence, a search of court records by Breitbart Texas revealed. That record includes felony and misdemeanor charges of assault on a family member, a felony charge of retaliation, felony possession of crack cocaine, felony robbery charges, evading arrest, criminal trespass, and felony auto theft. His criminal record in Harris County dates back to 1988. He has been seen before judges in at least six different misdemeanor and felony courts in Houston. - (Black-on-white) |
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- David Conley: 5 Fast Facts
1. He Was Arrested in July After Allegedly Smashing Valerie Jackson’s Head Into a Refrigerator While She Protected Her Child. He also threatened to kill Jackson in 2013, according to court documents
2. He Wrapped an Electrical Cord Around a Baby’s Neck in 2000 & Threatened to Kill the Baby’s Mother
Conley also threatened to kill a woman, who was then his girlfriend, in 2000
3. His Anger Over Locks at Valerie Jackson’s Home Being Changed May Have Led to the Killings, Police Say
The killer’s motives appear to be related to a dispute with Valerie, who was a former domestic partner.”
4. Valerie Jackson’s Husband Also Had a History of Domestic Violence Against Her & Conley
Valerie Jackson and her husband, Dwayne Jackson, also had a history of domestic violence incidents. In October 2012, she filed for an emergency protective order against Dwayne Jackson, who she described then as her estranged husband. They had four children together. She said Dwayne Jackson took her son’s social security and food stamps and hit her in the face several times in June 2012. He also said he would bomb or set fire to her house or “shoot her house up,” if she leaves. Dwayne Jackson was also convicted of criminal mischief in 2012 after he threw a brick at David Conley’s car
5. Conley Is Being Held Without Bond
- Victims in mass killing in northwest Harris County identified
David Conley, 48, is in custody, charged with capital murder following the deaths of 2 adults and 6 children. The deceased are Dwayne Jackson, 50, and Valerie Jackson, 40, and six children -- Nathaniel, 13; Honesty, 11; Dwayne, Jr., 10; Caleb, 9; Trinity, 7; and Jonah, 6. The victims were found in each of the three bedrooms inside the house. Detectives say the motive appears to be a dispute with Valerie Jackson, with whom Conley had a previous relationship. They say say one or two of the children may be Conley's.
- Suspect charged with capital murder after 8 found dead in home
- Suspect's criminal record includes history of family violence
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Blind (White) woman robbed in broad daylight by cowardly black parasite predator purse-snatcher
 CHARLOTTE, NC - Something many of us take for granted is the same thing that may have made Gina Walters a target when she says she was robbed in the middle of the day on a busy street. "I should be aware of my surroundings and I am most of the time, except for what I cannot see," Walters said. Walters is legally blind. Because of that, she can't drive, so she often walks to the convinience store on Craighead road in North Charlotte. But Tuesday afternoon, her stroll home from the corner store wasn't so routine when a man approached her asking for directions "I was just trying to be nice and I told him that Sugar Creek Road was that way," Walters said. But in a split second their pleasant exchange did changed. "I had a change purse that was on my wrist and he took it off of me and stole it and ran across the street," Walters said. "I started screaming and crying frantically". In broad daylight, on a busy street, Walters says she was robbed of her credit cards, multiple forms of ID and nearly 300 dollars. "He really made it hard on me by stealing what he did. The only income i get is social security because of my vision I can't work," Walters said. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers with the North Tryon division responded and are currently investigating. But looking back, Walters remembers seeing the man in line at the store just moments before his attack. "When I was opening my change purse, he probably saw the cash I had in it," Walters said. But she never expected she'd find herself a victim and wants to warn others of the danger. "I feel like he took advantage of a vulnerable young woman, that could happen to anyone," Walters said. Walters says there is surveillance video of the man inside the convience store that has been handed over to police. He's described as an African-American male in his 20's. - (Black-on-white) |
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- (White) Mayoral candidate among shooting victims in Vaughan cafe attack by black - Jun 25 2015
Maria Voci, an employee at Moka espresso bar who was killed in Wednesday’s multiple shooting there, was “a beautiful person” always going out of her way to help others, a neighbour remembers. Voce always seemed to be smiling, and her three sons, aged 20 to 25, “were her pride and joy.” Dozens of commenters expressed shock and sorrow at her death in both English and Italian. “Always put her family and friends first. Voci, 47, and fellow Vaughan resident Christopher De Simone, 24, were killed around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, when a masked gunman wearing a hoodie opened fire on four people inside the coffee shop, near the busy intersection of Islington Ave. and Highway 7. Police continued Thursday to hunt for the gunman, described as a black male around 5-foot-10 to 5-foot-11, driving a dark, four-door compact car. Two adult men — including Rocco Di Paola, a candidate in last fall’s mayoral election — were also injured in the shooting.. - (Black-on-white)
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Sheriff: (Black drug-dealing) Children's father's 'lifestyle' to blame for Holly Hill deaths
     ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC - The sheriff of Orangeburg County says the father of the three children shot in a fatal Holly Hill shooting is responsible for two of their deaths because of his "lifestyle." Sheriff Leroy Ravenell announced Christopher Wright faces a total of five new charges: three counts of unlawful neglect of a child, one count of trafficking cocaine base and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with the July 15 shooting that left two of Wright's children, his fiancee and another man dead and a third child wounded. Ravenell told reporters he wished he could say he had the shooter in custody. "I can't do that today," he said. But Ravenell then minced no words in accusing Wright of being responsible for letting the murders happen. "This case is directly connected to his style of living: drug dealing," Ravenell said. "He placed his children in an environment that was dangerous. We can prove that he sold drugs from this location."
  Two of Christopher Wright's children, Shamekia Sanders, 17, and Tamara-Alexia Perry, 14, were killed in the shooting. A third child, an 8-year-old was injured and remains in the hospital. Wright's "fiancee", 28-year-old Krystal Hutto and a fourth victim, 50-year-old Jerome Butler were also killed. A second man, Robert Bailey, 35, was arrested. A third man, 26-year-old Michael Deroaknel Smith, Jr. was also arrested. - (Black-on-white) |
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- Woman, 28, and girl, 17, found shot dead along with two others at remote South Carolina home
- as eight-year-old boy continues to fight for his life in hospital
- Two teens, two adults were the victims in attack
- Killer wanted in South Carolina quadruple homicide
- Father of 2 slain S.C. teens arrested on drug charges
- Slain 14-year-old loved church, babies
- (Black) Man called ‘person of interest’ in quadruple homicide
- 28-year-old victim's life was filled with grief
Krystal Hutto, the 28-year-old who was found shot to death at her residence, had a life filled with tragedy. First, her only sibling died at age 7. She was 5 when a vehicle struck her brother Christopher Shane Hutto in April 1993 not far from their Holly Hill home. Just three days after Krystal turned 22, a Holly Hill vehicle accident took the life of her mother, Mary Jennings Hutto, 41, on March 24, 2010. Mary Hutto died when she lost control of her 2005 two-door Pontiac. And in March 2013, Krystal's father, 44-year-old Kenneth Cecil Hutto, also died in a vehicle accident in Holly Hill.
On May 24, the Holly Hill Police Department said Hutto rammed her vehicle into a police cruiser, injuring the officer. She pleaded guilty in September 2013 to failure to stop for a blue light involving great bodily harm. First Circuit Judge Ed Dickson sentenced her to six years, suspended to time served and one year of house arrest as well as three years of probation. She was also ordered to complete a drug-rehabilitation program in Charleston.
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OLATHE, KS - Michael Martin Sanchez has a history of sexual crimes targeting men and women. He is in jail again, charged with groping a man in Olathe. Colby Rainey said Sanchez groped him in the parking lot of an Olathe hardware store. "He came up to me real nonchalantly and said, 'Hey, how are you doing today?' Then, he reached around and grabbed me on the butt," Rainey said. Rainey said he didn't know what to think. "I was more confused and concerned than anything," Rainey shared. Rainey said he was at the store with his young son when Sanchez approached him in the parking lot. He said when a stranger comes up and gets in your space like Sanchez did, it raises red flags. Rainey said he made sure his son was safe in the car, then Sanchez reached around and grabbed his butt. Police say Sanchez is a registered sex offender who has been charged with five sex crimes and one county of battery in the past five years. Rainey says Sanchez ran after his car as they drove away. That's when he decided he needed to call the cops. - (Black-on-white)
BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man will be arraigned Aug. 28 on attempted first-degree and aggravated assault charges, stemming from what authorities say were random attacks on three people Wednesday afternoon in downtown Bloomington. Formal charges were leveled Thursday against Jason Hopkins, 35. The attempted murder charges accuse Hopkins of stabbing a man with a knife. One victim is a Pantagraph employee who was working outside the building. He remains hospitalized with two stab wounds. Another man was allegedly stabbed by Hopkins prior to that attack. He was a tourist from Germany and was struck and then stabbed in the knee as he stood near the McLean County Museum of History. He was treated and released from a local hospital. A third man, 82, was allegedly knocked to the ground by Hopkins as he worked at the museum. The aggravated battery counts relate to the stabbings of the two men and the minor injuries to the museum volunteer. Hopkins is accused of assaulting the three victims in what appears to be random attacks. The knife recovered by police and believed to be the weapon used is about 4 inches long, said Chambers. - (Black-on-white)
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Police believe a man fatally shot outside a northeast Florida condominium complex was targeted because he had autism and the shooters wanted his car. Authorities in St. Augustine says three suspected shooters arrested Wednesday saw 36-year-old Carl Starke at a Walmart and followed him home to take his vehicle. Starke was fatally shot in the chest on Tuesday night outside his condo complex, where he lived with his mother. Police say two teens were arrested and charged with murder. The arrests followed a police chase that led to crash on Wednesday. A third suspect, who was not identified, is in a hospital recovering from injuries from the car crash. Police are also seeking two other juveniles. - (Black-on-white)
COLUMBUS — Police say a third man was arrested in connection with the July 30 murder of a pizza delivery driver in southeast Columbus. According to Columbus police, 20-year-old Latrell Deshawn Richey was arrested by the Criminal Intelligence Unit shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday. Richey is charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of James A. Flannery, a 59-year-old Papa John’s delivery driver. Police say Flannery was shot as he tried to make a delivery to a home on Kenaston Drive. A witness identified Richey as the man who actually shot Flannery. The first suspect, 18-year-old Sir Jeffrey Scott Carroll, was arrested August 12 and charged with aggravated murder. The second suspect, a 13-year-old boy was arrested the next day. - (Black-on-white)
The missing suspect in a robbery and assault at St. Cecilia Cathedral has been identified as Larry Leggett, 20, and he is now in police custody, along with Wayman Clark. Police say that shortly before 3:30 Friday afternoon officers with the Metro Area Fugitive Task Force located Leggett in the 4700 block of North 36th Avenue. They say he tried to run from the rear of a residence when officers announced themselves but the home was surrounded. He ran back inside. Police say Task Force members were then able to talk Leggett into surrendering. He was arrested without further incident and booked for robbery. Police say they were able to identify Leggett as their missing suspect through a combination of Crime Stoppers tips and the work of the Task Force, the OPD Gang Unit and Robbery Unit Detectives. Police say 22-year-old Clark was one of two men seen on surveillance video who ran up behind the 76-year-old victim. One grabbed her purse and the other punched her in the head, knocking her to the floor, causing a gash that sent her to the hospital. Prosecutors say it was Clark who threw the punch. They say they did not file assault charges in this case because the robbery charge carries more time. - (Black-on-white)s
A murder case which lay unsolved for the past 16 years has finally been unraveled thanks to DNA evidence found on a glove. The 1999 murder of Helen Klocek, 84, from Plymouth Township looked as if it would remain an unsolved cold case due to a lack of evidence. But it was cracked after investigators ran DNA tests on a glove that was left at the murder scene and matched the DNA to a convicted felon who was in jail and was set to be released imminently for another crime. The DNA belonged to Nosakhare Onumonu, a four-time convicted felon who had prior convictions and lived close to where the elderly woman's body was found. Klocek was murdered after she left the Brothers Family Restaurant on March, 2 1999 and headed toward her Plymouth Township apartment. Her body was found in an alley behind behind Calvary AME Zion Church on Detroit's west side, according to The Detroit Free Press. The widower had suffered a broken right collarbone, broken sternum, nine broken ribs and had defense wounds on her hands and arms. An eyewitness reported seeing a woman matching Klocek 'with a worried look on her face wearing a beige trench coat' driving slowly east on Joy Road, near where Klocek's body was found.
She also spotted 'a young black man in the front passenger seat of the Escort, 'pointing as if to direct the driver.' - (Black-on-white)
MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA - Meriwether County Sheriff Chuck Smith reports an arrest has been made in the murder investigation of Kenneth Michael Spice. Spice’s body was discovered in a wooded area in the 100 block of Primrose Circle on June 15. Timiquae Marquan Slaton, 22, of Newnan, Ga. was developed as a suspect after investigators located evidence at his residence that tied back to the initial crime scene. Sheriff Smith said a search warrant was executed at Slaton’s residence during the early morning hours of July 31 with the combined efforts of Meriwether County Sheriff’s Office investigators, the Upson Regional Narcotics Task Force, the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office and agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. During the search investigators located additional evidence that tied back to the initial crime scene investigation. - (Black-on-white)
CLAYTON • A man was convicted on Monday in connection with an arson fire at a Hazelwood apartment that killed a man who lived there. Jeremy Henderson, 23, was found guilty on counts of felony murder and first-degree arson. Henderson was accused in the death of 48-year-old Mike Mansfield, who was found dead in his Hazelwood apartment building that was set on fire on Aug. 4, 2012. The apartment building is at building at 5230 Villa Rosa Lane. Henderson told police he served as a lookout while others poured gasoline in the apartment building's hallways and near the door of their intended victim. It's not clue who the target was, but it wasn't Mansfield. Henderson told police he saw one of the other people light a match and set the gasoline-soaked carpet on fire. Police say they got a tip that Henderson was involved. The others have not been identified. Several other people, including an infant, were stranded on the third and highest floor of the 10-unit building until rescuers arrived. Mansfield was a gas station attendant for his landlord. He also fixed and cleaned fish tanks for Tanks A Lot Aquarium Service. He had two sons, Andy and Alex. Sentencing for Henderson is set for Sept. 21. The jury recommended consecutive sentences of 18 years on the arson charge and 21 years on the murder. - (Black-on-white)
CORDOVA, TN - Andre Bowen, 36, is the second man charged with first-degree murder in the death of Susan McDonald. McDonald was shot and killed August 1 outside of a friend's home in the 8400 block of Bazemore Road in Cordova. Anthony Olivo, 36, is also charged with killing McDonald. He is currently being held without bond. After charging Olivo, police learned that a second man may have been involved in the murder. Monday they identified that man as Bowen. Bowen has a criminal history dating back to 1997. He was also convicted of second-degree murder for a shooting that happened in 2005. He went to prison in 2008 for that murder, but was free a few years later. He's also been charged with aggravated burglary, theft of property, drug charges, and reckless driving. Police said Bowen admitted that he and another person were committing a theft when McDonald was killed. - (Black-on-white)
Fayetteville, N.C. — Police have arrested a second man in the beating death of a homeless Fayetteville man a week ago. Guy Harold Harris III, 51, was charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Harris, who also is listed as being homeless, was being held without bond in the Cumberland County jail. Passersby discovered the body of Linwood Scott Boahan, 60, in a parking lot in the 300 block of Ray Avenue last Sunday morning. Police said Boahan, who was 60 years old and homeless, appears to have died of blunt force trauma. Darrell Edward Johnson, 36, who also is listed as being homeless, was charged last week with first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in Boahan's death. - (Black-on-white)
LAS VEGAS -- With the help of the FBI, Metro has arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with a June attempted murder and robbery at a Subway in the southeast valley. Erin Ware was taken into custody Monday in Reno and was transported to Las Vegas and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Friday. The charges include attempted murder with a deadly weapon, two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, burglary with possession of a firearm and battery with intent to commit robbery. The alleged crimes were committed about 2:30 p.m. on June 10 at a Subway in the 8900 block of S. Maryland Parkway. A (White) woman employee at the store was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the face and body as a result of the robbery. - (Black-on-white)
A man has been convicted of first- and third-degree murder in the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend in the basement of her south Philadelphia home more than three years ago. Jurors returned the verdict Friday on their fourth day of deliberations in the case against 22-year-old Aaron Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick was convicted of first-degree murder in the February 2012 slaying of 24-year-old Tiffany Gillespie and third-degree murder in the death of her unborn child. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the defendant frowned and shook his head from side to side after hearing the verdict, but declined to speak. The judge immediately imposed concurrent life prison terms without possibility of parole. - (Black-on-white)
More criminal charges have been filed in the June 4 shooting death of Bennie Wesley Sigmon, 48, of Danville. Police announced Tuesday that they had secured petitions for felony homicide, breaking and entering, and petit larceny against two teens — both were 17 years old at the time of the incident. Charged are: » Maurice Anthony Williams Jr., 17, of Danville was arrested without incident and is currently being held at the W.W. Moore Jr. Juvenile Detention Home. » Kadarius Kipree Ferrell, now 18, of Danville was arrested without incident and is currently being held in the Danville City Jail under no bond. “Pursuant to Virginia State Code 16.1-301, the following juvenile arrest information is being released for this particular incident due to the seriousness of the offense and age of the defendants at the time of the offense,” the release stated. Williams and Ferrell were with Evin Javahn Shaw — and in the act of committing a burglary on Rocklawn Place, the street where Sigmon lived. Shaw has previously been charged with first-degree murder on June 9; according to court documents, he has already confessed to the shooting. - (Black-on-white)
WAYNE – Murder charges have been filed against a woman involved in a deadly hit-and-run accident in Wayne. Onika Fields was arraigned Friday in 29th District Court on charges of second degree murder and driving while license suspended causing death. She pleaded not guilty to the charges and was ordered held. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said cars can be a murder weapon, just like a gun or knife. “The alleged defendant’s conduct in this case was dangerous to everyone who was on Wayne County roads” said Worthy. The incident began when Fields, who was driving even though her license is suspended, allegedly ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle. After the collision, police say Fields continued driving westbound. She allegedly ran another red light striking two vehicles — one driven by a 67-year-old Romulus woman who had to be cut out of her car with the Jaws of Life. That woman, identified in reports as Alzada Dolencic, was airlifted to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. - (Black-on-white)
MURFREESBORO, TN - Murfreesboro police have charged Brandon Richmond Bowling, 22, with first degree murder in connection to the death of Heather Maples. Bowling, who is listed as a resident of Bradyville Pike in Murfreesboro, was booked into the Rutherford County jail just before 3 a.m. Saturday. The arrest comes a week after Maples' body was found in her apartment on Brown Drive. Police have not said how the 22-year-old woman died. According to police, Maples visited at least two bars the night that she was killed. - (Black-on-white)
TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Police have made an arrest in the death of a Tulsa woman. Homicide detectives said a man is in custody in connection to the death of a mother at the Stonecrest Apartment back in March. Renese Bramlett is a suspect in the death of 34-year-old Michelle Spence. Bramlett, 45, fled to Illinois and was arrested there. Spence was found dead inside her SUV on March 20 at the apartments at 41st and 129th East Avenue. Her two sons, ages 10 and 14, discovered her body. Police say they first grew interested in Bramlett as a suspect because as he was the last person to Spence alive. Bramlett was arrested just outside Chicago and is being held in the Tulsa County Jail without bond on complaints including first-degree murder. - (Black-on-white)
A 19-year-old man is dead and his 18-year-old friend is in jail after an accidental shooting in Springfield Township on Wednesday. Police said Christopher Watley, 18, was "playing around" with a .32-caliber revolver when the gun fired and a bullet struck Joshua Wilson, 19, in the head, according to court records. Watley and Wilson were sitting in Wilson's home in the 1300 block of Woodland Avenue watching television around 3:15 p.m. when the shot was fired, police said. Wilson was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead. Watley and Wilson had been friends since their early teen years and Watley had been staying with the Wilson family for a few days before the incident, police said. Now, Watley, of Springfield Township, faces a third-degree felony reckless homicide charge related to the death. - (Black-on-white)
The high-ranking member of the Bloods street gang who shot a firefighter in a Staten Island home Friday died in a gunfight with police following a tense six-hour standoff that had an NYPD helicopter flying down to Delaware, law enforcement officials said. Garland Tyree, 38, was found dead in the home on Destiny Court in Mariners Harbor after a shootout at about 11:45 a.m., police said. Police officials said that his death came sometime after he ascended the stairs from his girlfriend's basement apartment and opened fire with a fully automatic AK-47 assault rifle. Tactical police squads returned fire, but it wasn't entirely clear if Tyree was killed by officers' bullets or if he took his own life. A 6 a.m. post on Tyree's Facebook page included the message "Today I die." Police said writings about gang activity were also on the Facebook page. yree, a member of the Nine Trey Gangsters chapter of the Bloods, had been barricaded in the home since about 6 a.m., when he shot FDNY Lt. Jim Hayes, who had responded to the residence after U.S. Marshals tried to execute a parole violation warrant for the convicted felon. - (Black-on-white)
GRAND BLANC TWP, MI -- An elderly man may end up serving the remainder of his life behind bars after what the judge called a "ridiculous" argument over an unpaid cable bill that resulted in him shooting a police officer. Marvin Edward Ware was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 11, by Genesee Circuit Judge Joseph J. Farah to nine years and 10 months to 20 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to assault with attempt to murder for shooting a Grand Blanc Township police officer who responded to his home for a domestic dispute Officer Andrea Carlson was shot June 17, 2013, when she responded to Ware's Georgetown Road home after Ware attacked his wife for failing to pay the cable bill. - (Black-on-white)
Winter Haven, Florida -- Two men surrendered on Wednesday as they were being sought in connection with the beating of another man Tuesday morning at an Applebee's. Daryon S. Jones, Jr. and Eric L. Davis were identified by a tip received through Heartland Crime Stoppers. This tip confirmed the identities of Jones and Davis after credit card information was obtained through Applebees. They surrendered in Bartow and are facing misdemeanor battery charges. - (Black-on-white)
A former deputy sheriff has been charged with hitting his former girlfriend with a vehicle, killing her. Wilson police say the hit and run happened around 3:00 a.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of Airport Boulevard. Ashley Wassilchalk, a mother of two boys, was killed in the crash. Police say Brian Knight has been charged with felony death by motor vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, felony hit and run, and DWI. The 27-year-old Knight was a deputy for the Halifax County Sheriff's Office, but resigned earlier this year. Police say an autopsy on the victim and a search warrant on the man's vehicle is being conducted today. Police have not said how they tied Knight to the woman's death. Knight has since been released from jail, while Wassilchalk's funeral will be at 2:00 p.m Thursday at Joyner's Funeral Home in Wilson. - (Black-on-white)
SAN BERNARDINO — A San Bernardino man remained in custody on Tuesday for allegedly killing a 62-year-old man during an altercation. According to the San Bernardino Police Department, 26-year-old Travon Jenkins was arrested on July 27 for assault with a deadly weapon. Just after 4 p.m. on July 26, officers were sent to the 1500 block of East Highland Avenue for report of a possible strong arm robbery that had just occurred. Upon their arrival, authorities learned an altercation occurred between Jenkins and another man, who was later identified as Mario Geometti, of San Bernardino. A preliminary investigation revealed Geometti fell as a result of the altercation, and struck his head on a cement curb. Paramedics transported him to a hospital where he was admitted in critical condition. Geometti was then transferred to another medical facility for hospice care. Hospice officials said he passed away on Monday. - (Black-on-white)
The husband of a woman facing felony murder, robbery and home invasion charges in the slaying of an elderly Las Vegas neighbor will also face prosecution in the case, a chief deputy district attorney said Tuesday. Timothy Coleman is jailed in an unrelated felony vehicle vandalism case, and prosecutor David Stanton told a judge that he'll seek an indictment against Coleman in the slaying of 84-year-old Mary Luebeck. Stanton spoke before Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa postponed until Wednesday an initial court appearance for Coleman's wife, Margarita Balandova, to determine if Clark County public defenders can represent her. Luebeck was stabbed to death early July 29, and items including a purse, credit cards, jewelry and cash were stolen from her home near Desert Inn Road and Decatur Boulevard. Outside court, Stanton said Tuesday the brazen smash-and-entry through a glass back door and the bloody stabbing of an elderly grandmother in the head, neck and chest could qualify the case for the death penalty. Balandova's fingerprints were found on vertical blinds near where Luebeck's daughter found her body surrounded by bloody footprints on the tile floor of her neatly kept home, Stanton said. - (Black-on-white)
A mother of three was killed in her Brooklyn Park home around 3 a.m. on Thursday. And police say her live-in boyfriend is to blame. This was an all-too-familiar scenario where the family noticed bruising and confronted 36-year-old Krista Ambers, but she would lie -- too afraid of her abuser to come forward. Toby Nicholas Clark, 37, has a history of domestic abuse charges and an order for protection filed against him. Police were called to the home near 84th Court and Douglas Drive on a report of an unconscious person. By the time they arrived to the home, Ambers didn’t have a pulse and had injuries around her neck and arms. The medical examiner said the cause of her death was strangulation. Clarke was arrested by police and told them the two were having rough sex, and admitted to choking her. But the victim's son, Deanthony Ambers, said Clarke is only saying that to make it look like a mistake. “I want everyone to know that that's a lie,” Deanthony Ambers said. "That man took my mom's life for no reason and it was not an accident. He purposely did that to her." Deanthony said his mother was a victim of domestic abuse and believes she tried to call police, but Clarke took the phone away before she could get any help. - (Black-on-white)
A Center Point man with a violent past is now charged with attempted murder in the pistol-whipping of a Birmingham police detective during a traffic stop Friday morning. Police today identified the suspect as 34-year-old Janard Shamar Cunningham, also known as Janaris Shavar Cunningham. He has at least a half dozen convictions dating back to 1999, and as many arrests in which charges were dismissed during the same time period. Cunningham is charged in the beating of a detective who is a six-year veteran of the force. Authorities said Cunningham stole the detective's gun and then repeatedly hit him in the head until the detective stopped moving.
DONALDSONVILLE, LA - An arrest has been made in connection to a double homicide that happened on the outskirts of Donaldsonville on January 26, 2015. Deputies have arrested and charged 26-year-old Quinton Jackson with two counts of first degree murder. On January 26, 2015, 37-year-old Chad Nichols was found dead on the front lawn of his home in Donaldsonville. Deputies say 29-year-old Benny Booker was found in the doorway of Nichols' home. He was rushed to the hospital where he died. Officials say both men were fatally shot and the investigation revealed the shooting was a drug-related crime, with the possible motive of robbery. Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley says heroin was found in Nichols' home during the investigation. Shell casings recovered from the double homicide scene were examined by the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab and New Orleans Police Department Crime Lab. Lab results revealed the weapon used in the double shooting in Donaldsonville is the same weapon that was used in four separate shootings in New Orleans between 2011 and 2013, according to Sheriff Wiley. - (Black-on-white)
ST. LOUIS, MO – A renegade cab driver now faces hate crime charges after reportedly attacking a man for being white. Mahad Abdinoor Abdi is the same suspect that was exposed in a report after witnesses said he threatened to decapitate police officers. These are extremely rare charges because prosecutors say hate crimes can be very hard to prove. In this case, according to this probable cause statement, the victim reports that Abdi attacked him Wednesday only because the victim was white. The cab commission revoked his license after Abdi reportedly threatened to chop the heads off police officers. He is already facing assault charges for threats. Abdi now faces two hate crime charges – property damage and assault motivated by discrimination. Court documents say the victim did not know Abdi. He was sitting on the tailgate of his truck when Abdi put him in a headlock and said. “He wanted to kill the victim because (he) was white.” The latest reported assault happened within a mile of where we first followed Abdi in his unauthorized cab. He faces the property hate crime charge because the victim reported that he later watched Abdi slashing the tires of his truck. - (Hatecrimes) - (Black-on-white)
York Regional Police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant in connection with a shooting at Moka Espresso in Vaughan that left two dead and two seriously injured. The suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Jason Hay of Mississauga. Police warn Hay is considered armed and dangerous. Police have been on the hunt for a lone gunman since the deadly shooting near near Islington Ave. and Highway 7.on June 24. Surveillance footage previously released by police showed a suspect in a mask exit a black Nissan Versa on the day of the shooting. Further footage shows a man, with his face clearly visible, appearing to inspect the same plaza that houses the café on the day before the double murder. The Nissan Versa, which was a stolen vehicle, has since been recovered. Investigators said they believed the suspect went to the plaza to plan the next day’s attack. Vaughan residents Christopher Desimone, 24, and Maria Voci, 47, were found dead when police arrived at the café The two surviving victims have been released from hospital. - (Canada) - (Black-on-white)
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Editor note: that works out to about 54 black on white rapes per day according to available statistics from 1999. 
QUEENS, N.Y. -- Police have a better idea of the man they are trying to find in an acid attack on a woman in Queens. The NYPD has released a sketch of the suspect. The attack happened Wednesday night in Sunnyside, as 59-year old 
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