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Final 2 arrests made in brutal attack by diverse mob
       NEWBERRY, SC - Newberry County Sheriff's deputies have arrested the last two people who allegedly participated in a what investigators describe as a brutal mob attack. Deputies arrested Javonne Dewayne Koonce, 23, of Prosperity and Kelvin Cahill Davenport, 18, of Newberry on Friday. One of the victims said that the attack started while she and her boyfriend were visiting some friends. She said that she was approached and assaulted, almost immediately, by a group of females at a residence on Beacon Lane. At the same time she says her boyfriend fought with a separate individual and was assaulted by four other men. The male victim sustained significant, but non-life threatening injuries including bruising and swelling to his face and eyes, investigators said. The couple was treated at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital for their injuries and released. Alyssa Williams, 17, of Pomaria, Jessinia Rose Fischer, 21, of Newberry, Krystal Leann Crowley, 18, of Newberry, Michael Gallman, Jr., 20, of Newberry and Antwan Lamar Gallman, 21 of Newberry, have already been arrested in connection with the alleged attack.The sheriff's department has not released when the incident took place. |
LONGMONT, Colo. – The family of a woman who was attacked and lost her baby in a bizarre and gruesome crime says she is in critical but stable condition at Longmont United Hospital. Michelle Wilkins, 26, was critically wounded on Wednesday when police say she went to suspect Dynel Catrece Lane’s house in Longmont to buy baby clothes Lane has listed for sale on Craigslist. In the basement of the house, Lane, 34, allegedly stabbed Wilkins and cut her baby out of her stomach and then stole it. Wilkins, who was approximately seven months pregnant, then made a desperate call to 911. Lane was gone before emergency responders arrived. Lane’s husband, David Ridley found the child alive, wrapped it up and took it with Lane to the hospital. The child didn’t survive. Ridley told police he heard and saw the baby “take a gasping breath.” - (Black-on-white)
The trigger man in the March 2012 homicide of a Madison County Mississippi State University student pleaded guilty to murder on Thursday. Mason Perry Jones, of Jackson, is one of three men accused in the shooting death of 
OVERBROOK- The third suspect accused in the murder of a man walking his dog in Overbrook last Thursday night turned himself overnight on Friday. Tyfine Hamilton is the alleged gunman in the shooting. He is 15-years-old and earlier this week, police said he would be charged with murder and robbery. Police issued a warrant for his arrest earlier this week after arresting another suspect accused of being involved with the shooting. 15-year-old Brandon Smith was arrested and charged with murder robbery and related charges in connection with the shooting. A 14-year-old male is also expected to face lesser charges for his involvement in the shooting. Authorities say they were able to track down the duo after identifying them from surveillance video taken near the scene of the crime. Two 19th district officers spotted three males fitting the suspects denoscriptions and pursued them on Thursday afternoon. They were apprehended and taken in for questioning. The shooting occurred just before 9:00 p.m. last Thursday night on the 6400 block of Woodcrest Avenue. Police say the 51-year-old 
DETROIT, MI -- It was about 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 when a pack of up to 12 pit bulls, four of them puppies, mauled 50-year-old 
BRONX, N.Y. -- Police are looking for three men who attacked a woman and tried to steal her cell phone in the Bronx, and they're hoping dramatic surveillance video will lead to an arrest. The suspects approached 18-year-old 
The badly decomposed body of a missing black man who did 25 years in prison for murder was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi on March 19. Otis Byrd, 54, had been missing since March 2 in Claiborne County. Authorities aren’t saying much about the circumstances that led to Byrd’s death, just that they’re not ruling anything out. In 1980, Byrd murdered a woman in a robbery that netted him $101. He was released from prison in November 2006. He Spent 25 Years in Prison for Murdering the Mother of a Republican Congressional Candidate. In 1981, Byrd was found guilty of murdering 
NEW YORK — A U.S. Air Force veteran and airplane mechanic accused of plotting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group will plead not guilty to terrorism charges. Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, of New Jersey, was indicted on charges of attempting to provide material support to a terrorist group and obstructing justice, federal prosecutors announced. Pugh had been stopped at a Turkish airport in January carrying a laptop with information on Turkey-Syria border crossing points, 180 jihadist propaganda videos including footage of an Islamic State prisoner beheading, and a letter declaring: “I will use the talents and skills given to me by Allah to establish and defend the Islamic States.” “There is only two possible outcomes for me. Victory or martyr,” continued the letter, which authorities believe was to Pugh’s Egyptian wife.
INDIANAPOLIS — Detectives investigating a homicide used Facebook to catch a suspect in a lie and eventually crack the case, court records show. Julius A. Gordon, 19, and Haley E. McKibben, 18, face felony charges in connection with the shooting death of 
COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- Cobb County Police have released a composite sketch of the man accused of fondling and striking a young woman earlier this year. The assault happened Jan. 24 in the laundry room at the Belle Chase Apartments in the 1500 block of Bellemeade Drive. The victim told investigators she was doing laundry when she was approached by the suspect. The man, who may have been smoking marijuana, tried to talk to her. When she ignored him, he fondled her. Cobb County Police Sgt. Dana Pierce said the suspect attempted to take off the victim's clothes. The victim managed to get away, but not before the suspect struck her in the face several times.
A convicted rapist and registered sex offender is now facing charges in a new case. Willie James Bradley is charged with aggravated rape, kidnapping, and assault for a 2013 attack. According to the affidavit, the victim decided to take a walk around 2 a.m. on September 29, 2013 because she couldn't sleep. While walking along North Orchard Knob Avenue, Bradley allegedly forced her into an abandoned duplex at gunpoint. There, Bradley raped the woman. He told her to stay where she was for 10 minutes while he left or he would kill her. Officials at the Rape Crisis Center took DNA samples from the victim and sent them to the TBI crime lab for testing. The DNA sample matched Bradley's.
MARIETTA, Ga. —A man who raped a woman, shaved her head and gave her a bag of her hair was sentenced Thursday. District Attorney's spokeswoman Kim Isaza says 55-year-old David Martin of Marietta was sentenced Thursday on charges of rape, aggravated sodomy, false imprisonment and other charges. Martin and a woman he was dating argued at his house on Oct. 15, 2013 and he refused to let the woman leave, Isaza said. Isaza said that over the course of 12 hours, Martin bound the woman with zip ties, tied a rope around her neck, threatened her with a gun and raped her. 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police announced Thursday that they've filed 32 sex crime charges against a Charlotte doctor. Dr. 
Two men have been arrested in relation to a burglary incident in which a father discovered the ashes of his teenage daughter were stolen. Franklin police officers said they developed evidence with the help of witnesses pointing to Jwyanza Weaver and Christopher Gengler as the suspects in the case. Monday afternoon,
DEVON, Pa. — A Chester County lawyer is going to prison for child molestation. Lawrence Carroll, 46, of Devon, Pa., was charged a year ago with abusing a child between 1990 and 1995 inside a home he owned at the time in Tredyffrin Township. He pleaded guilty, and today was sentenced to 12 to 24 years in prison. “This sentence of more than a decade in state prison shows how seriously his crimes will be treated in Chester County,” said Michael Noone, the first assistant DA in Chester County, afterward. 
HUMBOLT, Tenn. - A bank employee was shot three times during an attempted robbery just after 8 a.m. Wednesday at BancorpSouth on Main Street in Humbolt, Tenn. According to the Gibson County Sheriff, the suspect was waiting for the victim, who is a bank employee, in a garage at her home. The suspect grabbed the victim, later identified as 
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. - The driver accused of causing a deadly head-on crash early Tuesday morning - then running from the scene - is being held on several charges, including vehicular homicide. Investigators say 22-year-old Jeremy Brown was driving a 2000 Toyota Camry when the car crossed a concrete median. The Camry flipped and landed on top of a 1999 Honda Civic, continued rolling and came to a stop on its roof a short distance away. The driver of the Civic, a 41-year-old man from Aurora, died in the crash, according to the Colorado State Patrol. There were four passengers in the car with Brown, according to Nate Reid with the CSP. The passengers were identified as 23-year-old Triauna Jackson from Commerce City, a 17-year-old female from Denver, 18-year-old Kymbreanne Parker from Denver and 20-year-old Ty-Ron Elam. Jackson was not hurt. The other passengers were treated for moderate injuries, Reid said. Brown has prior arrests for assault, robbery, obstructing police and trespassing. 
A Springfield man has been charged with vehicular homicide five months after a Clark County man and his granddaughter died in a crash. A Clark County grand jury indicted Lewis Chambers, 54, on Monday on multiple charges, including aggravated vehicular homicide, operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, aggravated vehicular assault and vehicular assault. Chambers was behind the wheel of an SUV when it slammed into a car on Dayton-Springfield Road on Oct. 11, killing 
A would-be burglar who set a convent fire that left a Staten Island nun with a broken back pleaded guilty on Wednesday and faces 10 years in prison. Vincent Calder, 20, admitted lighting the fire at St. Joseph Hill Academy in Arrochar at 5 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2013. He pleaded guilty to second-degree arson. Investigators said Calder and two other men broke into the residence after smoking pot and drinking beer. The other men pleaded guilty to burglary, but only Calder was responsible for the arson, according to Staten Island DA Dan Donovan. 
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City police have arrested one suspect and are looking for two more after a video surfaced online showing two brothers being brutally beaten. Two brothers were brutally beaten and kicked while someone else cheered and recorded the fight with their cell phone. The fight took place at the park across the street from Putnam City West High School where some of the boys go to school. Thursday morning, Oklahoma City police confirmed that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested by the police gang unit in connection to the beating. He was booked into the Berry House on a complaint of aggravated assault and battery. According to police, two others have been identified, but are still at large. One of the brothers suffered a broken cheek bone and orbital fracture. The other suffered a broken nose and concussion. Both may have to have reconstructive surgery. 
DALLAS — Police have issued arrest warrants for two people for practicing medicine without a license in connection to the death of a woman who police say received injections of a substance in her buttocks in a botched cosmetic procedure. On February 19, 34-year-old 
The suspect is described a black male, 17 to 23 years old, standing 5-feet-5 to 5-feet-6-inches tall and weighing 130 to 140 pounds. He had a deep voice and possibly short hair. He was wearing blue jeans, faded in the front, with blue-and-white plaid boxers and a black hoodie. 
WASHINGTON - D.C. police have charged an officer who is also a pastor with sexually abusing a teen girl who attended his church. Police said 45-year-old Darrell Best of Upper Marlboro, Md., was arrested Monday night and charged with first-degree sex abuse of a minor. On Saturday, police say 
A perv accused of groping a female runner at the New York City Marathon last November was busted Wednesday with help from a tipster — his own mother. Police sources said Carlous Hamilton’s mom dimed him out to cops after recognizing her son as the suspect in a photo released earlier this week by authorities. Hamilton, 31, allegedly came up behind the 29-year-old athlete near West 37th Street and Fifth Avenue around 12:15 p.m. Nov. 23 and squeezed her rear, officials said. When the stunned victim wheeled around to confront the creep, he grabbed her breast, according to cops. Police said the victim tried to block his advances, only to have the brute punch her in the face and body.
A Manhattan judge callously catered to the twisted wishes of a rapist — granting him the chance to walk down the aisle with his girlfriend before he goes up the river. Before watching Supreme Court Justice Maxwell Wiley sentence Kevin (Y.B.) Mitchell to 14 years in prison Wednesday for the horrifying rape, bride-to-be Tyneka Hudson ran off to get the happy couple’s wedding license. Wiley didn’t elaborate on his inexplicable snap decision to indulge a rapist while his victim still suffers. His victim’s ongoing pain says otherwise. “This man has completely ruined my life,” she wrote in a statement that was read into the record by prosecutor Siobhan Carty.
HENRICO, VA - Leonidas Young, who served as Richmond's mayor from 1994 until 1996, knows all too well all about second chances. He's hoping this campaign and election could be his own. "My platform represents individuals who have fallen and who need a second chance," Young said. In 1999, he was convicted of peddling influence while mayor, plus mail fraud and obstruction of justice. He served nearly two years in federal prison. 
LONG BEACH — Police released sketches of two suspects who are suspected in the kidnapping and murder of
CAMDEN, N.J. — A Camden city firefighter has been charged with theft by deception, accused of fraudulently collecting more than 
Police arrested three people Wednesday in the beating death of a 73-year-old St. Bernard man. Authorities made the arrests after they found 
An NYPD cop who led the charge into a barricaded Sheepshead Bay apartment in 2012 took the stand in the alleged shooter’s attempted-murder trial Monday to give the first full denoscription of his actions. “The girlfriend walked slowly towards the door, cradling her little guy,” Detective 
A jealous and controlling man used a hammer to smash his way into a woman’s home and in Walthamstow and murder her with a kitchen knife in front of her young child in a ‘despicable attack’. Lloyd Byfield pleaded guilty to the senseless and unprovoked killing at the Old Bailey this morning. The 48-year-old, of no fixed abode, will be sentenced next month. The court heard on September 1 last year police were called around 3pm following reports of a woman stabbed at a property in Hatherley Road. There officers and paramedics found 
When a Lewisville woman showed up at a tax preparation company looking for a 
A man charged with shooting three people at a suburban Pittsburgh mall was scheduled for a hearing to determine whether he'll stand trial on attempted homicide, aggravated assault and other charges. Seventeen-year-old Tarod Thornhill, of Penn Hills, is accused of shooting those people in Macy's at the Monroeville Mall about 15 miles east of Pittsburgh on Feb. 7. 
Junction City, KAN __ The person of interest in a Junction City homicide case is now in custody. Junction Police were dispatched to 1015 West 9th street Sunday night to check the welfare of a resident., and found 52-year-old 
AKRON, Ohio -- A man convicted in sexual assault cases in 1980 and 1999 is now accused of raping 
A fake cabby was busted Saturday afternoon by Port Authority cops after he was caught illegally soliciting a passenger at JFK Airport by claiming the AirTrain was “out” — and authorities suspect he’s used the same ruse to rip off numerous tourists for $400 or more. Barnabas Laurent, 47, told travelers that he was authorized to drive people from the AirTrain stations at Federal Circle and Howard Beach for $410, cops said.
A killer who fled to Jamaica after gunning down a Brooklyn teen in 1997 was finally convicted of murder — but the victim’s mom lamented that the remorseless murderer was able to start a new life and enjoy it for so long. Michael Keating, 45, was nabbed in Jamaica in 2013 for the murder of
TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey man bound, gagged and repeatedly dunked his girlfriend in a tub full of water because he was angry over the woman’s use of social media, investigators said. Jamal Bethea, 26, is facing charges of aggravated assault and criminal restraint. The reported incident happened in an apartment in Trenton on March 10th. The victim told them she was bound at her wrists and ankles with a shoestring and gagged with a t-shirt. The victim told investigators she was repeatedly dunked in a bathtub full of water. Investigators said they found a bloody t-shirt that was related to the reported incident. The woman told police she was eventually untied and called police from a neighbor’s apartment. Police say the incident was prompted by Bethea being angry at the victim’s use of social media. 
A man has been charged with animal abuse after taking his dog to the veterinarian. Jermell Blackman of Westbury, New York, took his dog in after he was concerned about how much weight the animal had lost and thinking it had been poisoned, at which point it was discovered the severely underweight dog had been eating wood and plastic. What's more, the dog was filthy, covered in sores and so cold that its temperature did not register on a thermometer. After almost an hour trying to save the dog, it was euthanized. 
Kicking him out of a Porsche over his smelly food was harsh, but that didn’t give a Wall Street trader the right to beat up the woman who ousted him. Manhattan jurors took less than two hours to render a guilty verdict Tuesday against wealthy stockbroker Quintano Downes for the 2013 attack on a female bodybuilder who complained she couldn’t take the stink of his takeout Halal-cart food in her pal’s fancy car. 
Jeffrey Knoble Jr. wanted to kill police officers in an effort to advance in rank in a street gang, his mother told an Easton police investigator on Wednesday afternoon, according to court documents. An affidavit filed Friday with a request for a search warrant of Lori Knoble's Liberty Street home in the West Ward stated Jeffrey Knoble told his mother on several occasions between March 10 to March 11 that he had a black handgun and 
Columbus police arrested a man believed to be involved in the murder of an 81-year-old woman. Charles Greene, 52, was indicted on Thursday on charges of aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery and two counts of kidnapping in connection with the death
SHAWNEE, Okla. —Shawnee police have arrested a man in connection with a deadly home invasion and robbery Saturday. Aaron Bradford was arrested in Lawton Monday. The incident happened in the 2200 block of Aydelotte just after 1 a.m. 
Police are asking for your help to track down a suspected drunk driver who's wanted in a deadly crash. He took off after a state trooper saved his life. "You try not to think about him actually burning to death and not being able to help him," said Chris Arcand, brother of victim. The brother and father of 27-year-old 
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A home invasion Friday evening in Fayetteville has resulted in three men, including the homeowner, facing charges. On Friday, March 13, at approximately 5:13 pm, officers with the Fayetteville Police Department responded to 517 Mayview St. in reference to a report of a home invasion. An investigation into the incident revealed that Roy Lee Hawk, 27, and Martize Douglas, 23, forced their way into the home of 
A convicted rapist and registered sex offender has been charged in Dover with repeated rape of
A celebrity television judge accused MARTA of despicably “blaming the victim” in refusing to settle a lawsuit alleging a para-transit driver raped 
A 16-year-old Winter Springs High School student says she was raped in a patch of woods near the school last year. Some suspects have said the sex was consensual; others said they didn't take part. Juvenile suspect Tywuan Johnson at first accepted the plea deal against the advice of his attorney, but in the middle of the hearing turned to the attorney and said, "I don't want to do it." After talking with the attorney and his mother, Johnson then decided to accept the deal and pleaded guilty to sexual battery by multiple perpetrators. He will be taken into custody for four years. Josea Sims told the judge he does not accept the plea deal and the state will move his case to adult court. A new warrant will be issued and Sims will be re-arrested as an adult.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former Tennessee linebacker A.J. Johnson, a Gainesville High School graduate, and suspended Tennessee defensive back Michael Williams have pleaded not guilty to aggravated rape charges. Johnson and Williams were arraigned Monday after being indicted last month by a grand jury. Trial was set for Aug. 24. Johnson and Williams were suspended from Tennessee's football team in November, one day before Knoxville police named both as subjects of a rape investigation. Johnson has since graduated and completed his eligibility.
GASTONIA, NC - A Kings Mountain man is behind bars after he turned himself in to police in Gastonia on charges that he raped
The Raleigh Police Department is looking for a man in a surveillance picture who allegedly exposed himself to a woman in a store. Investigators said it happened March 12 at a business in the 4500 block of Western Boulevard. The man is believed to be in his 30s. He stands about 5 feet 9 inches tall, has a stocky build, and weighs an estimated 210-240 pounds. He has a receding hairline and, at the time of the incident, had closely cropped hair and a very short beard or a 5 o'clock shadow
PHILADELPHIA — Two Temple University football players are facing assault charges for their alleged roles in an incident that occurred off-campus in January. Temple student athletes Dion Dawkins and Haason Reddick were arraigned Monday night, held with $10,000 secured bond. Early Tuesday morning, both Dawkins and Reddick posted bail. The two Temple football players are charged with aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. The victim suffered a fractured right orbital and was transferred to Jefferson Hospital. 
A Trenton father was charged Tuesday with child endangerment in the death of his 9-month-old daughter who he failed to feed while he smoked marijuana, authorities said. Javon S. Thomas, 21, faces a single count of child endangerment after investigators from the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office determined that he neglected his daughter Madison by missing several feedings, according to the criminal complaint. 
STAMFORD -- Spilled coffee is what led a 15-year-old boy to stab a 52-year-old man in the heart on a downtown sidewalk last week, police said Monday. 
OKLAHOMA CITY —There are disturbing new details about the man who created a chaotic scene on Interstate 35 near Interstate 40 Sunday afternoon. Police say Christian Hillard was riding with 
CINCINNATI -- Documents show a College Hill woman accused of beheading her infant child Monday was suffering from post-partum psychosis and was "speaking with demons." Deasia Watkins, 20, is charged with aggravated murder in connection with the death of 3-month-old 
A city maintenance worker pleaded guilty Tuesday to a caught on camera attack on a teenage girl on a SEPTA trolley earlier this year. Damon Oliver, 40, struck the girl during an argument over a book bag on Jan. 21, police said. Oliver was caught on surveillance video punching a 17-year-old girl named 
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MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. – New Jersey Police say the mother of a Mount Laurel man charged in January with killing his wife was arrested Monday morning on charges of helping her son attempt to conceal his actions after he committed the crime. 67-year old Jo Crosby was charged with one count of hindering apprehension (third degree) and one count of tampering with physical evidence by destroying records (third degree). Her son Kyle Crosby, 28, was charged January 13 with murder for the death of his wife, 
A New Jersey vocational school teacher secretly recorded "upskirt" videos of underage female student's "intimate parts," according to a criminal complaint. 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jeffersontown Police have arrested Ronshai Jenefor, 20, in the death of a man in Jeffersontown on Friday morning. The victim, who police say ran a foster home for troubled youth, was found in the house by his sister just before 11 Friday morning. Police say he was stabbed in the chest and abdomen, and had been bludgeoned with a blunt object. Neighbors who were familiar with the house gave police a denoscription of Jenefor and his vehicle. Police located his car and Jenefor was found shortly after, walking in the rain near the intersection of Six Mile Lane and Old Six Mile Lane. Police say Jenefor lived at the home, and he admitted to stabbing the victim while being interviewed. The murder weapon has not been recovered, but Jenefor told police it is in the home. Police have obtained search warrants for the car as well as the home, and plan to process the scene overnight. Jenefor is charged with murder. 
Police arrested a 44-year-old man over the weekend for allegedly having unwanted sexual contact with another person at the Hamilton County Justice Center, according to court documents. Marcus Turner, of Millvale, was arrested Saturday night and charged with sexual imposition, a misdemeanor. "The offender knows that the sexual contact is offensive to the other person," authorities wrote in a complaint filed Sunday. Turner is scheduled to appear in court Monday.
A man has been arrested and charged with felony indecent liberties with a child at a Charlotte Walmart. Rayshawn James, 26, was at the North Tryon Street Walmart in Charlotte when he approached
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COLUMBUS -- The mom of a Columbus teenager charged with murder called the accusations "unbelievable." Police alleged Sean Fletcher Jr., 18, participated in the murder of 
