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- Georgia Investigators Look Into Police Shooting of Naked, Unarmed (Black) Man
The witness, Pedro Castillo, 43, is a maintenance man at the Heights at Chamblee, the apartment complex northeast of Atlanta where Anthony Hill, 27, was shot and killed Monday afternoon. Mr. Castillo, speaking Spanish, said that Mr. Hill, a black man, had seemed out of sorts. He was naked and on all fours in the parking lot when the police officer, who is white, arrived in his squad car, parking a good distance away. Mr. Castillo said. By Tuesday morning, the news had already spurred a rash of outraged comments on Twitter, and grief and anger here at the Heights, a complex of dun-colored apartments rented mostly by working-class Latino families. A number of mothers here, who would not give their names because they are undocumented immigrants. When a neighbor Adriana Gomez, 21, returned from her job at a Mexican restaurant just after 2 p.m., she said, she saw Mr. Hill lying in the street, with emergency personnel all around and a police officer crying. Another resident, a woman who did not want her name published because she is an undocumented immigrant, said she had seen the incident unfold from her balcony.
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KNOXVILLE - A state appeals court late Tuesday issued an opinion upholding the conviction and death sentence for the ringleader in one of Knoxville's most notorious crimes. The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals in a 91-page opinion rejected every argument advanced by Lemaricus Davidson, who was sentenced to die in the January 2007 torture killings of Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23. Davidson was tried in October 2009. Trial testimony showed Davidson orchestrated the initial carjacking of the couple, who were held captive at Davidson's Chipman Street house before their deaths, and DNA evidence linked him to repeated rapes of Christian. Of the four defendants charged and convicted in the case, Davidson was the only one to receive a death sentence. The appellate court, in the opinion authored by Judge James Curwood Witt Jr., ruled there was ample evidence to support all of Davidson's myriad convictions for the carjacking, kidnapping, rape and slayings of the couple. The court rejected claims by Davidson's defense team of bad rulings before trial, legal mistakes during the trial and constitutional issues involving the law itself. - (Black-on-white)
Several months after a Pennsylvania Turnpike worker was struck and killed on the highway, the truck driver in the crash surrendered to police after he was officially charged in the death. Efrain Jensen turned himself in to Pennsylvania State Police in King of Prussia Tuesday morning to face homicide by vehicle charges in the death of 
The general court-martial of a noncommissioned officer accused of trying to start a prostitution ring at Fort Hood, Texas, is slated to begin Wednesday. After nearly a year of hearings and delays, Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen is expected to stand trial on 21 criminal charges, including pandering, adultery and sexual assault, according to a Fort Hood news release. Trial judge Lt. Col. Rebecca Connally will preside; the case will be heard by at least a five-member military jury. McQueen, a former III Corps sexual assault prevention officer, is accused of trying to recruit 
A deputy U.S. marshal was killed Tuesday in a shootout on the outskirts of Baton Rouge while trying to arrest a fugitive wanted in the murder of a brother and sister, officials said. 
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. -- The parents of 
NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk U.S. Postal Service mail carrier assistant is accused of dumping undelivered mail into an overgrown lot multiple times. Shalita K. Corley, 31, was indicted on four felony counts of secreting and detaining mail. Her first court appearance was Friday, where a judge set an arraignment date, offered her a court-appointed attorney and allowed her to be free on a personal recognizance bond. Corley dumped eight bags of mail into a lot adjacent to the Lafayette River on January 16, 23, 30 and February 3. The last day she was spotted by Malikul Abdullah, who lives across the street. He said he heard something being dumped, looked out and saw Corley dumping something while driving her white USPS truck. Tony Bateman, who said he is married to Corley, quoted
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus man is accused of raping
LELAND, N.C. — Leland police have charged a man with multiple sex offenses involving 
GREENSBORO — N.C. A&T police arrested a sophomore Tuesday on a second-degree rape charge, according to arrest reports. Merrion James Perry Jr., 20, of 908 Redland Drive in McLeansville, remained in the Guilford County jail today. His bail was $75,000. It was not clear if the victim of the alleged assault was also a student at the school. Perry is scheduled for court at 2 p.m. today. 
Police are looking for two suspects they say violently attacked a man with a gun and a golf club Tuesday in the Bronx. Authorities say the men approached the 21-year-old victim on East Kingsbridge Road in Fordham at about 5 p.m. Police say one of the suspects fired a gunshot into the air before striking the victim with the gun. The other suspect allegedly struck the victim with a golf club. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and released.
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police say they are looking for a suspect caught on camera assaulting a man at a Chinese takeout restaurant in the city's Hunting Park section. Police say they are looking for a black male, light -complected, mid to late 20 years-of-age, 6'1", missing two front teeth, stocky build, long beard, a tattoo of a tear drop and a cross inside a circle under his eye.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Three more Pennsylvania state lawmakers from Philadelphia have been charged in a political corruption investigation that was dropped by the state attorney general’s office but picked up by the Philadelphia DA. Today, at a press conference, Philadelphia district attorney Seth Williams says state representatives Louise Williams Bishop and Michelle Brownlee and and former represenative Harold James are accused of taking cash payments from a lobbyist working undercover for investigators. They are charged with conspiracy, bribery, and other crimes.
but convicted of aggravated assault in a shooting that injured a Philadelphia police officer. Jurors deliberated for about nine hours from Friday to Tuesday before reaching a verdict in the case against 33-year-old
SANTA ANA — A San Diego woman who was expected to plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter in a Westminster crash that killed a 23-year-old woman changed her mind and told a judge she wanted a new lawyer. 
Japan is one of the world's most ethnically homogenous, if not culturally isolated, societies. Less than 2% of the population is foreign-born and immigration is largely non-existent. 
Seventeen-year-old Mychal King will spend at least the next 25 years of his life in prison for the stabbing death of 
MALVERN, Ark. – The Malvern Police Department has announced that a man has been arrested in the shooting death of 33-year-old
A 28-year-old man was arrested in connection with the drug induced death of the son of Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers last year. The Ocean County Prosecutor's Officer annouced the arrest of Jashon Jamiel Brinson, of Lakewood, N.J. Tuesday. He's facing multiple charges including Manslaughter. Twenty-nine-year-old 
COLUMBUS —The Ohio State Highway Patrol says a disruptive bus passenger has been charged with assault after striking a state trooper multiple times. The driver of the bus passing through Morrow County on Interstate 71 Thursday called to report a disruptive passenger. Trooper 
PARMA, Ohio -- Police are releasing details about a Sunday night fight at the Chuck E. Cheese at 7601 W. Ridgewood Dr. Police Lt. Kevin Riley says that, about 7:12 p.m. Sunday, there was a birthday party being held at the restaurant. Police received several 911 calls about a disturbance inside of the restaurant. When officers arrived, they discovered that several employees had been attacked and injured by a group of men who were attending a birthday party taking place inside the business. All of the men ran out of the restaurant before the police arrived. It was at this time one of the men from the birthday party followed the manager into the kitchen area of the restaurant, threatened to kill him and then suddenly attacked him. The manager was beaten and struck on the face and head. Other employees intervened to help their manager and were then attacked by a group of other patrons from the birthday party. In all,
ADAMS, Tenn. – Four people are in custody and a fifth added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top 10 “Most Wanted” following the murder of a Clarksville woman whose charred remains were found in a field in Robertson County last month. 
A Slidell man facing second degree murder in the stabbing death of a woman in 2012 pleaded guilty Monday (March 9) to manslaughter in state District Court in Covington. Authorities said Andrew Sumner is one of three people involved in the 2012 death of 
A Knoxville man has been sentenced to almost seven decades behind bars for killing his ex-girlfriend and her unborn child. The judge handed down a 68 year prison sentence to Brandon Donaldson. In February 2013 Donaldson fired eleven rounds at 
A DJ has been jailed for attacking his girlfriend after she confronted him about his persistent womanising. Malachi Halstead was in a relationship with several women at once, sparking a row with his partner 
A teenage boy apparently accidentally shot his girlfriend in his mother's apartment Monday before running from the scene and committing suicide with the same gun, according to police and those who knew the couple. Police said the 15-year-old boy shot the 14-year-old girl just after 4:10 p.m. at the Winchester Place Apartments, 1129 Robinson Drive N.W. Police did not identify either of the teens, but friends said the boy was Alantae Arnold, a sophomore at Coon Rapids High School, and the girl was 
Clarkson was given what he called his "final warning" last May after claims he used a racist word while filming the popular BBC motoring show. At the time, he said the BBC had told him he would be sacked if he made "one more offensive remark, anywhere, at any time". 
Four teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection with last Sunday's fatal shooting of
A trail of online sales of 
PINE LAWN, Mo. – Authorities in the St. Louis County town of Pine Lawn are searching for a teenager who allegedly pulled a gun on a police officer. The Pine Lawn officer was working a secondary job at a skating rink, the Skate King at 2700 Kienlen Avenue, Sunday night when he heard gunshots from across the street. The officer went that direction and saw glass shot out of a passing car. As the officer walked up the street, he was confronted by a 17-year-old identified as Tyreece Young. Police say the teenager pointed a silver handgun at the officer who, fearing for his life, fired two shots at the suspect. The shots apparently missed. Young ran to a gray Ford Taurus and got in on the passenger side. The driver sped away. 
The son of former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry has declined an offer from prosecutors to plead guilty to misdemeanor charges after an altercation at a downtown Washington bank. The attorney for 34-year-old Marion Christopher Barry says his client allowed the plea offer to expire on Friday. Attorney Makan Shirafkan (MAH-kun shu-RAHF-kun) says he's preparing for trial, although he didn't rule out the possibility of a plea agreement in the future. Barry is running for his late father's seat on the D.C. Council in a special election on April 28. Trial in the case is scheduled for May 20. According to court documents, Barry threatened a bank teller and destroyed a security camera after he was told he couldn't withdraw money.
A man suspected of breaking into a Lincoln Street apartment Sunday was arrested after officers followed a trail of blood from an injury he got when the tenant's boyfriend stabbed him. Police were called to an apartment on the 700 block of Lincoln Street around 6:30 p.m. Sunday. A female tenant told police two men forced their way into her home and told her and her boyfriend to leave, Capt. James Sarnicki said in a statement. The boyfriend tried to call 911, but one of the men took his cell phone and broke it. The boyfriend then grabbed a knife and stabbed one of the burglars in the shoulder. The two men then ran from the building. Police said they followed a blood trail and found 23-year-old Jokester Wilson, Jr., bleeding from a shoulder wound, on the 1100 block of McCandless Street.
Three men were convicted Friday for their roles in an armed robbery at a Westchester clothing store in 2013 where more than a dozen employees were held hostage for hours in their underwear. Raymond Sherman Jr., 36, was found guilty of guilty of 17 counts, including forcible rape, kidnapping and second-degree robbery in connection with the crime. Troy Marsay Hammock, 31, was found guilty of 14 counts of second-degree robbery, while Everett Oneal Allen, 26, was found guilty of 14 counts of second-degree robbery and one count of assault with a deadly weapon. During the robbery, Sherman dragged one
A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Center City SEPTA station is in need of mental health treatment but competent enough to stand trial. Philadelphia Judge Patrick Dugan heard from a doctor Monday who examined Reginald Green's mental state. Based on the doctor's testimony, Dugan ruled that Green should be mentally evaluated for the next month but that the 26-year-old is healthy enough to face charges, according to court records. 
Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight has been arrested on a murder charge in a fatal hit-and-run in Los Angeles. Sgt. Diane Hecht of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's information office said Knight was arrested and is being held on $2 million bail. Hecht says Knight is being held at the West Hollywood sheriff's station. Knight turned himself in to authorities after his attorney said the rap mogul ran over and killed a friend and injured another man.
Police say another vehicle pulled up to the Jeep the men were in at just after 4 a.m. and opened fire. Johnson, 29, and another passenger were only injured, but the driver, 
Police are searching for 52-year-old Stanley Laing, who they say shot and killed the woman with a semi-automatic pistol before fleeing the scene in a white vehicle. Laing is described as a muscular black male standing 6-feet with short gray hair and a full beard. He was last seen wearing a red plaid jacket, pants and black boots . 
A Delaware man was arrested after he allegedly fled from state police and then crashed into a vehicle, killing one person and injuring four others. Rashai Harmon, 26, of Lewes, Delaware is charged with second-degree murder, vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, possession of a deadly weapon, DUI and other related offenses. 
BELTSVILLE, Md. — Major developments. A serial shooter is now in police custody. His alleged targets were believed to be chosen at random. The man accused of terrorizing local highways, 
A heated argument outside of a Davenport nightclub nearly a year ago between Tremaine J. Gabriel and 
With a single, vicious and unprovoked punch, a life is tragically ended. 
HOUSTON -- A man who is accused of stealing and crashing an ambulance in Midtown says he had a good reason. The Houston Fire Department said the ambulance was stolen from 2121 Main Street near West Gray Street around 10 a.m. The ambulance was recovered about 30 minutes later at Waugh and Gray Street, where it crashed into a 3 Men Movers truck. Police said the suspect was taken into custody at Dallas and Waugh. "Lord Jesus Christ told me to steal the ambulance," he told a photographer. 
Kallay Randal Batchelor was arraigned Thursday morning for the murder of his wife, 
SPOKANE, Wash. - Demetrius Glenn, the second suspect in the beating death of WWII veteran 
One of the three people accused of killing an 86-year-old Chickasaw man, stealing his wedding ring, and selling it for drugs and pizza money, was found guilty on Thursday in Mobile County Circuit Court. DeAngelo Terrell Smith, 20, Carlos Nottingham, 21, and Yasmin Munnerlyn, 20, were charged with burglary and attempted murder charges in connection with the death of 
The investigation into a 2007 Rockledge homicide ended Monday with charges for a man already in prison after detectives found a witness willing to testify. Elated family members of 
ASHEVILLE – A second man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a death more than two years ago. In addition to the murder charge, Victor Alexander Fraley, 31, of Polkton in Anson County, was charged Thursday with robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to warrants at the Buncombe County magistrate's office. Fraley is accused of robbing and killing 
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The man who shot and killed Cleveland Heights restaurant owner 
INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office filed a request this week for a life sentence without parole against an Indianapolis man charged in a 3-year-old child’s death last year. Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry filed the request against Freddie Bailey. Bailey is charged with murder and neglect of a dependent resulting in death in connection with the death of 
KANSAS CITY, KS - Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman filed charges on Friday night against three men in connection with an armed robbery at the Family Dollar store. The men have not been charged in connection with the robbery and shooting of an off-duty Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office deputy. 
Protests erupted in Wisconsin's capital overnight after a police officer fatally shot an African-American teenager who authorities said attacked him. The 19-year-old was shot after allegedly assaulting police who were responding to a scene at a Madison apartment Friday evening, said Mike Koval, the city's police chief. While the chief indicated the officer acted in self-defense, that didn't stop protesters from hitting the streets. Chief: Suspect 'assaulted my officer' The incident started when authorities got a call that a man suspected in a recent battery had gone to an apartment, Koval said. Shortly before that call, another one had come in, saying the same suspect was "jumping in and out of traffic, dodging cars," according to the police chief. When a responding officer went to the apartment, he heard some commotion and forced his way in, he said. "Once inside the home the subject involved in this incident -- the same one allegedly out in traffic and that had battered someone -- assaulted my officer," Koval said. After that, according to the chief, "The officer did draw his revolver and subsequently shot the subject."
TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Police arrested two Texas men Thursday evening after a traffic stop on a Dodge pickup truck reported stolen out of Texarkana. Officers said inside was the driver, Brandon Brown, 22, of Dallas and passengers, Marquell Smith, 20, of Texarkana and 
NORTH PHILADELPHIA --Two suspects have been charged in the death of 
