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Mexican convicted in shocking South Dade daylight busway rape
 A drifter who savagely beat and raped a teacher’s aide at a South Miami-Dade busway in broad daylight was convicted Tuesday by jury. A DNA match linked Jose Cisneros-Gonzalez, 38, to the brutal March 2004 attack that left the woman in a coma for about five days. Jurors deliberated less than two hours in convicting him of sexual battery with serious injury, attempted second-degree murder and kidnapping. On March 4, 2004, the woman in her 40s was waiting at the busway on South Dixie Highway and Southwest 112th Avenue at about 8:30 a.m. Cisneros-Gonzalez, who had just arrived to South Miami-Dade from Mexico, did not know the victim. He suddenly rushed up to her, punched her and dragged her across the street in a ditch where he beat and raped her, Miami-Dade prosecutor Kerrie Crockett told jurors. No one at the busway intervened. Someone did call 911. Cisneros-Gonzalez ran off, and the horrifying case went unsolved until he was arrested a month later for raping a homeless woman. |
BEDFORD, NH -- New Hampshire investigators announced Friday that a Mass. man has been arrested in the home invasion of a prominent Bedford couple. Charles Normil, is accused of breaking into the home of Dr. Eduardo Quesada and his wife, Sonia, on Nov. 24, 2012. Normil is charged with attempted murder, assault, sexual assault and falsifying evidence. Normil was charged in Dec. 2012 for his alleged connection to a violent home invasion at an apartment on Grove Street. A female victim lost the use of her eye after being brutally beaten inside the apartment on Dec. 14. Normil was charged for home invasions in Rye, NH in 2009. Normil had a criminal history that was 39 pages long. His record reportedly includes convictions for assault and battery on a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, armed robbery, drug possession, and carrying a dangerous weapon. Normil is accused of stabbing Dr. Quesada in the head with a screw driver and sexually assaulting his wife during the home invasion.
A jury deliberated for less than three hours yesterday before convicting Rickey Allen Dye of raping a 64-year-old former co-worker he blamed for getting him fired. Jurors found Dye guilty of one count each of rape, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and abduction, and two counts of kidnapping. Common Pleas Judge Richard A. Frye will decide on Monday whether to convict Dye of repeat-violent-offender and sexually violent-predator specifications attached to the charges. His previous convictions include aggravated robbery and kidnapping and a case in which he robbed and stabbed a store clerk. Dye could be sentenced to 58 years in prison for the jury verdicts. The repeat-violent-offender specifications could add 50 years. The sexually violent-predator specification could bring a life sentence. The victim, now 65, testified that Dye confronted her as she was leaving her apartment and pushed her back into the residence at knifepoint. He forced intercourse after telling her that she had ruined his life by bringing sexual-harassment complaints against him at the homeless shelter where both had worked, the woman said.
RAY CITY, GA - The search for a man accused of violent crimes in two counties is over after he was arrested in central Georgia today. Berrien County officials tell us 42-year-old Charles Heard was arrested in Macon after being accused of raping and kidnapping a Ray City woman and shooting a man in Adel. Original Story: Heard was staying with
A Birmingham, Ala., man has been charged with raping a 14-year-old girl he met on the Internet, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The Sheriff said police found John Alexander Ballard, 26, in a car with the girl on March 29. Ballard communicated with the girl on the Internet and by text and arranged to meet her in DeKalb County. Ballard was arrested April 4 in Birmingham and brought to DeKalb County on charges of second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy, interference with custody and enticing a child to enter a vehicle for immoral purposes. 
DELAWARE, Ohio - A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Columbus man who was indicted this week on rape charges. According to the Delaware County prosecutor's office, Bryan A. Johnson, 35, is charged with two counts of rape and two counts of sexual battery. It is alleged that Johnson raped a woman in her home during the early morning hours of Sept. 9, 2012. Investigators said the resident heard a noise outside and that when she opened the door, Johnson entered and told her to remain quiet while he led her to the bedroom.
TRUMANN, AR – One of the 13 suspects in the ongoing rape and computer porn investigation in Jonesboro has been arrested by Trumann Police. Police Chief Chad Henson said that Kevin Dunhoo was arrested Friday night on child pornography charges. We're told these charges stem from a different victim than the 12 year old in the current case. Chief Henson says he expects additional charges for Kevin Dunhoo to be filed over the weekend. 
Tampa, Florida -- A man has been arrested for suspected sexual battery of a 12-year-old boy. According to reports, the suspect, Dacquiri Crawford, was a school bus driver for the Hillsborough County School District. The charges against Crawford are sexual battery on a child between 12 and 18-years-old, lewd and lascivious batter on a child under the age of 16 years, and trespassing of a school property. The victim is a 
Police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with three alleged rapes in Brooklyn. In the first alleged incident, the suspect approached a
A teen was sentenced to 32 years in prison Friday after admitting he pushed a woman to her death on a CTA staircase after stealing another commuter’s iPhone. 
An alert parent is credited with helping police arrest a Chicago man who allegedly grabbed a Fenton High School student and threatened her with a knife Friday. The 16-year-old student was walking on West Green Street in Bensenville around 7:30 a.m. when a man with a pocketknife grabbed her by the arm. An alert parent knew something was wrong — and acted by calling 9-1-1. The girl, meanwhile, ran to the school building, say police, who quickly took a suspect in custody. Mario Anthony Booker, 24, was charged with attempted aggravated kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, unlawful restraint and aggravated assault.
A Park Avenue lawyer desperately touted the perks of polygamy to a female paralegal — and asked the woman to be his “third wife,” she claims in a sexual harassment lawsuit.
St. Pete Police have identified the suspect wanted in the shooting of a woman who died after being dropped off at Bayfront Medical Center. Detectives say they are looking for 18-year-old Morris Vernell Hires III who also goes by the names Antonio Baker and Malcolm Myey. Police say a group of people drove over to Hires' home to buy drugs. Hires met the car out front and at one point, an argument broke out between him and someone in the car with
A teenager accused of killing a Tulsa grandfather put his fate in a judge's hands. Montre Brown
Two Dallas men were indicted in federal court Wednesday in the kidnapping and rape of an Oklahoma woman last May. Steric Paul Mitchell and Gregory Steven Hunt are accused of abducting and sexually assaulting the 23-year-old victim, who thought she was going to dance for the men and their friends at a private party. Authorities say the men shocked the victim with a Taser, bound, raped and drugged her, transported her to multiple houses, and threatened to sell her into sex-slavery. Mitchell, a former felon, was in possession of a firearm during the offense, authorities say.
Sacramento County Deputies have arrested a man suspected in a rape. Demarea Brown, 21, allegedly assaulted a 19-year-old woman walking around a school along Firestone Drive on Nov. 25. The woman was said to have talked to Brown just before the assault. Two minutes after they parted ways, Brown allegedly confronted her again and grabbed her. He then sexually assaulted her and eventually ran off. Brown has been positively identified as the attacker by the woman. A search of Brown’s home turned up evidence linking him to the assault, sheriff’s say. Brown now faces felony charges of rape, oral copulation, kidnapping and robbery.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - 
The Columbia Police Department is asking for the community's assistance in locating an attempted murder suspect they say fired shots at woman after she honked her horn at him. Police say 24-year-old Kassie Terrell Ford is wanted for attempted murder.
A McLennan County jury has sentenced a Waco man to 75 years in prison for the murder of a 20-year-old in 2011. The jury took almost seven hours to deliberate a sentence for Jermaine Lamar Jones. He was finally sentenced late Thursday morning after he was convicted of murder Wednesday afternoon by a jury. Jones was arrested in Dallas in December of 2011 after shooting 
A man was arrested in connection with the death of his 3-year-old daughter last month. Robert Williams, 27, was charged with murder and remained in the jail on $100,000 bond.
Police Monday identified a man suspected in the 2012 death of a 76-year-old San Bernardino woman killed during a home-invasion robbery. San Bernardino resident Jerome Anthony Rogers, 55, was arrested Sunday afternoon for the murder of 
A man wanted after the shooting of a pregnant Lima woman surrendered himself to police. The woman,
Milwaukee police have identified the 41-year-old man and the 39-year-old woman found dead on Milwaukee’s south side. The 41-year-old man has been identified as Daniel Billings. The 39-year-old woman has been identified as 
The State Attorney’s Office may seek the death penalty against three people accused of beating a woman then burning her alive. Anthony Lamar Pressley, 26, Kiesha LeShay Pugh, 28, and Gregory Edward Williams, 21, were each charged with homicide and robbery for the March 31 death of Melinda McCormick inside her burning apartment of Mobile Highway. All three have confessed, investigators said. Deputies say an autopsy shows
AKRON, Ohio - An Akron teenager will spend the next 15 years in prison for raping a child. Dearco Whisenant, 19, pleaded guilty Monday to rape, a first degree felony, and gross sexual imposition, a third degree felony, for sexually assaulting a
Jackson police have arrested a Jackson man on charges that he had sexual contact with and sexually exploited a 17-year-old girl. Anthony Anderson, 25, was arrested at his apartment. Investigators received a call from a woman who said her daughter had sexual contact with Anderson. Investigators learned that Anderson and the girl met on the Internet through a social networking site. During a conversation, he identified himself as a coach where she attended high school. Anderson and the girl later exchanged sexually explicit photographs before Anderson visited the girl's home in late March. That is when they had sexual contact.
Rickey Lynn Lewis, 50, a convicted killer with a lengthy criminal history, was executed Tuesday evening in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. No final appeals were filed to try to delay the execution, which was the second of the year in Texas. Eleven more are scheduled in the coming months. Lewis was convicted of capital murder for shooting a man to death 22 years ago during a home break-in and raping the murdered man’s fiancée.
A man is in custody after allegedly attacking a woman when she turned him down for sex early Tuesday morning. Sacramento police say the victim was on Y Street at around 1:30 a.m. when suspect Deiwon James, 29, came up to her and propositioned her. She refused and as she walked away, the suspect followed her for a few blocks before physically assaulting her and then trying to sexually assault her, police said. It wasn't until a cyclist rode up the attacker ceased and fled. Police said officers were in the area and responded to capture James. James was arrested and taken to Sacramento County Jail on suspicion of attempted rape. 
Johnny Edmonds was arrested Sunday night after agreeing to be questioned by police. Dayton Police detectives were expected to present their case to county prosecutors today so formal charges can be approved. Sgt. Larry Tolpin with the Special Victims Unit said Edmonds is an acquaintance of the victim. She said she was visiting his residence in the 1900 block of Riverside Drive Saturday night when the alleged rape occurred. He admitted to sexual activity with the victim but said it was not coerced or forced, according to police. Tolpin said the evidence indicated otherwise and Edmonds was arrested and booked into jail.
Clayton, N.C. — Police have arrested a man after he allegedly tried to rape a woman in a convenience store parking lot in Clayton Saturday morning. Investigators said that a man wearing a bag over his face approached the woman, an employee at the store on U.S. Highway 70 West Business, around 6 a.m. as she reported for work and forced her into the back of her car and tried to assault her. The woman was able to fight back and force the man out of her car before locking him out. He ran away. Kenneth Dobbins, 44, was jailed under a $300,000 bond on charges of first-degree forcible sex offense and first-degree kidnapping.
LAKE CHARLES, La. - A 19-year-old Lake Charles man has been arrested for forcible rape. Police say Desmond Lamont LaFleur on 3rd Street on March 19, 2013 for sexually assaulting a woman. Spokesperson Deputy Chief of Police Mark Kraus says Lafleur was identified as the suspect and an arrest warrant was obtained charging the suspect with Forcible Rape. 
CORVALLIS, Ore. — A cheerleading coach accused of raping a 17-year-old cheerleader while she was unconscious pleaded not guilty to rape and sex abuse charges. David A. Chatman said the sex was consensual. She said she had taken a prenoscription medication that knocks her out and she awoke to find Chatman on top of her. The 38-year-old Chatman has been a registered sex offender since he was convicted of touching a 16-year-old cheerleader in 2007 as she slept on a plane. 
A man who hoped to become a “martyr” in an attack on a Seattle military installation was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison on Monday. The sentence is far less than the 27 years that 
AUSTIN - A man was in custody in the July 2011 killing of a young mother whose body was set on fire in a field near an isolated road. Willie Griffin, 47, is charged with the murder of 24-year-old
Corinth Police Department responded to Martin Luther King Drive in regards to a gunshot victim. Upon officers’ arrival, the victim was located in the front seat of her vehicle in the driveway of a vacant house. The suspect was standing beside the victim’s vehicle and was immediately taken into custody. The victim had a single gunshot wound to the face. The victim was identified as 
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The son of a pastor at a Northside church pleaded guilty to molesting a young boy at the church. Other charges against Paul Groover were dropped in the plea deal. The molestation happened years ago at Greater Refuge Temple, but didn't come to light until 2010. The victim did not want to go through a trial. Groover was sentenced to 10 years in prison and will be placed on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's registered sex offender list. He was the second person sent to prison in this case. Darrell Moore, the pastor's son-in-law, pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious molestation of another child -- a girl -- and was sentenced in December to five years.
When Los Angeles cold case detectives caught up with Samuel Little this past fall, he was living in a Christian shelter in Kentucky, his latest arrest a few months earlier for alleged possession of a crack pipe. But the LA investigators wanted him on far more serious charges: 
A 75-year-old man who denied forcing sex upon a 
When a New York woman believed she had a vodou curse placed upon her, she turned to a Miami religious practitioner named Pierre Jenty, investigators say. But after paying more than $20,000 to Jenty, sometimes for help with the “spirits” to win the lottery, her experience ended in a North Miami hotel room — with the older man drugging and raping her, according to prosecutors. She woke up, her pants off and she felt like she had been raped. The Haitian vodou religion, blends Catholic beliefs with the worship of African demons.
Authorities are looking for a suspect in a series of forcible touching incidents in Brooklyn. The NYPD said the suspect entered laundromats in the borough and exposed himself and rubbed against unsuspecting female victims, including three teenagers. The suspect exposed and touched a 14-year-old and 16-year-old. A little over an hour later, the suspect victimized another 14-year-old girl, police said. The same man forcibly touched a 43-year-old around 9 a.m. and then a 32-year-old. The suspect is described by police as a black male, between 5-foot-9 and 6-2 and about 200 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). 
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S.C. -- County deputies arrested a 20-year-old woman accused of having a sexual relationship with a 
The case of a same-sex Connecticut couple accused of repeatedly raping and abusing two of their nine adopted boys is headed for trial. "Married" couple George Harasz and Douglas Wirth were supposed to be sentenced Friday in Hartford Superior Court under a plea deal, but instead withdrew from their agreement with prosecutors. The men had already pleaded no contest in January to one felony count each of risk of injury to a minor — a reduction from even more serious charges related to sexual assault. Police said 
STAMFORD -- A city man declared insane in January and acquitted of trying to rape a woman outside a downtown church -- having part of his tongue bitten off by the woman he attacked -- was committed to a state mental hospital. At an appearance at state Superior Court in Stamford on Thursday, Gerard Michael Landon, 48, was ordered to spend 25 years at the maximum-security Whiting Forensic Institute in Middletown. 
A man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting his elderly mother at her East Austin home. Thomas Lewis Haywood, 67, is charged with aggravated sexual assault, a first degree felony. Court documents say the
Police say they have arrested the 18-year-old boyfriend of a murdered New Franklin couple's daughter. Shawn Eric Ford, Jr. was charged Thursday with murder, robbery and grand theft for the brutal attack on his girlfriend's parents. New Franklin Police say Ford beat
Maine — A New York man has been arrested and charged with murdering 
43-year-old Kenneth Harris of Milwaukee has been charged with substantial battery for an incident in which he allegedly beat his 'ex-girlfriend'