Three people have been arrested and charged with murder in the double-homicide case in Monroe County. A fourth person has been charged with murder but has not been arrested yet, according to a release. Sameeria Rikiea Carter, 16, Marquez Deshawn Martin, 19, and Jordan Keaugh Maxwell, 18, all of Macon, have been arrested, according to the Monroe sheriff's department. They are charged with the murder of Russell Jacobs and James Pittman, who were found dead in their Monroe County home last Tuesday. The sheriff's department says they are still searching for the fourth suspect, 17-year-old Dave'von Sapp of Macon. The four are all associated with the gang, Money Over Everything, also known as MOE, the sheriff's department says.Autopsy Complete in Monroe Co. Double Homicide
James Pittman Wood, 40, and Russell Jacobs, 36, were found dead Tuesday afternoon. - An autopsy shows the two died from gunshot wounds. The Sheriff says robbery is the likely motive. - (Black-on-white)
The man police arrested for his alleged involvement in the death of a three-year-old boy made his initial appearance in court. Marcus Johnson is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of
OXFORD, AL - Oxford Police confirm that they have arrested a man in the death of a 2-year-old boy last week. Bryan Butts, 24, of Oxford was arrested on a capital murder warrant in the death of 
S.C. -- A Rock Hill couple is in the York County Detention Center on charges that they sexually assaulted
A hooker in high-heeled sandals turned a new trick in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday. Blond-maned Desiree Ellis popped in to help defend a team of father-son pimps against charges that they brutally forced her and four other young women into their lucrative prostitution ring. When a defense lawyer gave her a nod, Ellis waved her turquoise nails to the courtroom audience and smiled, insisting that Vincent George Sr., 56, and Vincent George Jr., 34, are not money-laundering sex-traffickers.Prosecutors say the men ran a ruthless two-state ring that threatened the women with violence if they left, “branded’’ them with tattoos and referred to them as “animals.”
PLAINFIELD, Ind. - Officials say one person is dead and two others have been arrested following a shooting and bank robbery in Plainfield Friday. Hendricks County officials say the incident began as a bank robbery at the State Bank of Lizton. Police said he FBI had the bank under surveillance at the time of the hold up. A suspicious vehicle was seen on surveillance, which has been determined to be the getaway vehicle in the robbery. A police action shooting involving members of the FBI Safe Street Task Force ensued. Police say William McKnight, 43, was fatally wounded when he revealed a handgun and refused to comply with verbal comments to disarm, according to a release. Saturday evening, Demetrius Worley, 24, and Lori A. Armstrong, 44, were in custody at the Hendricks County Jail.
Testimony is set to begin in the trial of one of five people charged in the fatal shooting of a Philadelphia-area musician in December 2011. Twenty-year-old-year-old Jermaine M. Jackson is on trial in the killing of Levittown musician 
BATON ROUGE, LA - He was in the "wrong neighborhood" is just one reason a man gave as to why he was punched in the face. His wife and daughter were also hit. Police arrested one man and ticketed two others. They are all accused of punching the family. A family stopped to get gas Sunday around 10 p.m. "Upon our arrival, we located three victims who were attacked in the parking lot," said Cpl. Tommy Stubbs, spokesperson for the Baton Rouge Police Department. Stubbs said a man wearing a pink shirt was in line trying to pay for gas when Donald Dickerson, 41, started making fun of him, leading to an argument. "The defendant (Dickerson) approached the
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - A Centreville man is accused of sexually abusing a woman at Frank Holten State Park. Dorian McGlown, 26, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse and one count of unlawful restraint. Illinois State Police said McGlown is accused of having illegal sexual contact and restraining a 22-year-old woman at the park on May 11. He is jailed in St. Clair County. His bond was set at $100,000.
A Belle Glade man is accused of getting a 15-year-old girl pregnant and infecting her with HIV. Travis Lamar Edwards, 23, told a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office detective he never had sex with the teen. But when the girl gave birth to the baby in August, the girl's dad grew suspicious when she gave the baby a name similar to Edwards'. A Sheriff's Office detective talked with the girl who said Edwards was the father and gave her HIV, according to the report. Edwards said otherwise when he talked with police, but a DNA sample found in a previous arrest couldn't eliminate him as the dad. The baby is still being tested for HIV.
A north St. Louis County man who sodomized two women after knocking them over the head with a liquor bottle in separate attacks was sentenced to 110 years in prison. Kenneth L. Roberts, 25, had attacked each woman on a first date in 2009. He broke liquor bottles over the head of each victim. In one of the attacks, he also put a knife to the victim's throat. He forced his victims to perform oral sex, prosecutors say. "He's a very violent, dangerous guy," said assistant St. Louis County prosecutor John Quarenghi. The 2009 attacks were a month apart. The first happened July 16, 2009, at his apartment. The other happened Aug. 14, 2009, at his grandmother's house. He met one woman online in a phone chat; his other victim was an acquaintance from high school. 
A Shreveport police probationary officer is behind bars this morning after allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with a teen. DeAron Walker 23 was booked on a warrant charging him with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Patrol officers were notified of the possibility that Walker was engaging inappropriate sexual conduct with a 
Police say they believe Akein Scott, 19, of New Orleans is the man seen in surveillance footage opening fire on a crowd gathered for a Mother's Day parade. Officials say it is too early to say whether he was the only shooter. Scott, awaiting trial on gun charge, named suspect in Mother's Day shooting that injured 19 people. Scott was identified shortly after surveillance footage released to the public showed a black man with a white t-shirt casually chatting with another person, then walking toward the parade as other participants scattered. The man appeared to be holding a gun when he turned to run away.
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Antoine Garner has long been linked to the death of 
CAHOKIA, Ill. - A 35-year-old teacher's aide has been arraigned on charges of abusing a student. Mario Hunt is accused of criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and transmission of HIV. Court documents accuse Hunt of committing the crimes against a 
Gerald Tyrone Murphy was shot and killed when police stormed the Trenton house where
Cowardly Jiervon Bartlett and Nayed Hoque, both 15, left partially-sighted
A year after a horrific hit-and-run killed an aspiring actress walking near Union Square, the city employee behind the wheel has gotten off scot-free. Harry Robinson, 64, a $105,000-a-year highway repairman for the Department of Transportation, drove the city-owned, 10-wheel Mack dump truck that ran over and crushed
Pa. - Authorities in Berks County are on the hunt for a rape suspect. Police say the alleged rape happened Thursday morning in Hamburg Borough when Keyen Darnell Camper forced his way into a home on South Third Street. Police say Camper assaulted a female by striking her repeatedly with a belt. He then proceeded to sexually assault the woman, according to police.
A 25-year-old man found guilty by a jury of brutally assaulting and raping his girlfriend will spend up to 90 years in prison. Dajuan Roberts was sentenced to 50 to 90 years in prison. Roberts was found guilty in April of three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm and assault with a dangerous weapon, domestic violence and assaulting, resisting or obstructing police. The assault lasted for several hours. Roberts forced himself on the woman and even "branded" his initials on her with a hot wire hanger, police said. 
ABILENE, Texas - A Wylie High School student was arrested for second-degree felony sexual assault/rape Tuesday. According to an arrest record, 17-year-old Montell Whitney was arrested at the Taylor County Law Enforcement Center after Abilene police detectives interviewed him. Whitney allegedly sexually assaulted a female, who was under the age of 18. Wylie ISD officials said Friday the alleged assault did not occur on campus. They will not comment on whether the victim was another Wylie ISD student.
An immigrant from Ghana went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan at dawn Saturday, killing a passerby and wounding four others in an apparently random attack, police said. Carabinieri paramilitary police in Milan said the 21-year-old attacker was taken into custody shortly after the attacks in a residential area on the northern outskirts of the city. People working in cafes and other businesses near the attack said that the man wildly swung a pickaxe, running down streets and ferociously striking passersby, mainly on the head. Pools of blood stained the streets. A 40-year-old man died after being struck on the head with the pickaxe and suffering further blows to the abdomen while he lay on the ground, police said. The man, identified as 
Clearwater, Florida -- Florida's attorney general says two men have been arrested in Clearwater for human trafficking. At a news conference Friday, Attorney General Pam Bondi and several local law enforcement agencies discussed the arrests of Peter Kitt and Shawn Franklin. Detectives say Kitt would recruit his victims from strip clubs, and then take them to a brothel and force them to train as prostitutes. The suspects would then advertise the women online. The men would allegedly threaten the women's lives if they did not do what Kitt said and give them their money.
Md. — A Baltimore City police officer faces some serious charges after investigators catch him in a prostitution sting, and his alleged partner in the business was his wife. The FBI is also investigating this case. That’s because the city officer was also charged with human trafficking. On the Baltimore police force for less than a year, Officer Lamin Manneh now faces prostitution and human trafficking charges. According to charging documents, he and his wife, 19-year-old Marissa Braun, owned an Internet escort business. That caught the attention of detectives Thursday night. “They came across this posting where this young woman was posting her services,” said Elena Russo, Maryland State Police. 
One suspect in last week's brutal beating of a couple at the Riverwalk in downtown Augusta is behind bars this morning. 21-year-old Robbey Eugene Moses was arrested in Newberry, South Carolina. He is charged with two counts of robbery by force and aggravated assault. He was also wanted in connection to a separate incident that happened last Thursday on Broad Street. Richmond County deputies are still searching for a second suspect, Kevin Richardson, in connection to the May 3rd beating. 
A suspect wanted in the murder of a gay Oak Cliff man after they arranged to have sex on Craigslist was taken into custody. Dalas Police issued an arrest warrant , for 27-year-old Christopher Howard Beachum on a charge of capital murder. The warrant alleged that Beachum murdered 68-year-old 
N.C. - Zebulon police arrested a 21-year-old man and charged him with statutory rape and indecent liberties with a child. An arrest warrant for Naquan Lorenzo Green, of West Gannon Ave. in Zebulon, says he engaged in sexual activity with a 13-year-old on February 10. Green was placed in the Wake County Jail and held under a $1.5 million bond. His first court appearance was scheduled for Friday at 9 a.m. 
OMAHA, Neb. —Bail is set for a woman whose 12-year-old son is accused of sexually assaulting two young girls. In court Friday, a judge set bail at $50,000 for Yolanda Rodgers, 36, who faces a charge of felony child abuse negligence. Prosecutors said Rodgers' son was being investigated for sexually assaulting a child while Rodgers was providing respite foster care for a 6-year-old girl. The mother of the first alleged victim confronted Rodgers about her son's actions, prosecutors said. The son told investigators that his mother scolded and reprimanded him, yet the 6-year-old continued to stay in their home. Rodgers son is also accused of later sexually assaulting that 
Many of the seven men worked for or had connections with fast-food restaurants across Telford and some of the girls were sold for sex to workers. The men were all arrested as part of West Mercia Police's Operation Chalice. Officers said the total number of girls targeted between 2007 and 2009 could be above 100. The Telford Muslim Forum condemned the offences and said the whole community had been shocked by what had happened, particularly as it was "in their back yard".
A rapist who dragged a schoolgirl off the street and attacked her at knife-point has today been jailed for 12 years. 
Trial has been postponed in Nevada for a Saudi Arabia air force sergeant accused of abducting and raping a
A former yeshiva teacher is on trial in New Jersey on charges he sexually abused a socially awkward boy whose family members, prosecutors say, were ostracized by their Orthodox Jewish community for taking the allegations to civil authorities. Rabbi 
A suspect was arrested after he was caught in the act trying to steal donations from a church in Delaware. The attempted burglary happened at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the Faith Tabernacle United Holy Church on Vandever Avenue in Wilmington. According to investigators, several neighbors called police after they observed a man climbing through a church window. When officers arrived, the suspect, identified by police as 27-year-old Emanuel Carr, ran out of the church from the back.
A grand jury indicted a 19 year old on charges that he shot another teen on a Delaware playground last week. Joshua Mosley Jr. was indicted on 11 counts, including six counts of felonious assault with a school safety zone specification and a firearms specification. Police say on May 2, Mosley shot 
A 36-year-old South Carolina man who allegedly committed a 2001 rape and a 2002 attempted rape in Williamsburg appeared in Court, where the Judge decided sufficient evidence exists to move charges from the 2002 attempted rape forward. Tyrone Lamont Holloway was extradited to Williamsburg in January after he was arrested by Philadelphia Police — Williamsburg police didn’t have the information they needed to charge Holloway until December. Charges related to the 2001 rape were dropped after it became apparent the victim, who lives in the Czech Republic and just had a baby, would not be able to travel to the U.S. to testify.
Police in Gwinnett County have captured an accused serial rapist who lured his victims into a vacant apartment. Joseph Tyler Sivonda, 23, was taken into custody at an apartment in Duluth. He was staying with 30-year-old Tiffany Martin, who was also arrested and charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon. Police said Sivonda hired female escorts online and arranging to meet them in a vacant apartment in the complex where he lives. When the women showed up, police said Sivonda pulled out a gun, robbed them and raped them. Gwinnett police are investigating three incidents in the Bradford Gwinnett apartments.
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a self-described pimp charged in a shooting and fiery crash that killed three people on the Strip. Ammar Asim Faruq Harris was arrested in Los Angeles and is jailed in Las Vegas. Harris, 27, is charged in the Feb. 21 pre-dawn killings of 
Police are searching for a 21-year-old man wanted in the rape and robbery of a woman at gunpoint in a Brooklyn park last year. Cops say Damien Hollis approached a 26-year-old woman early on the morning of May 29, 2012, at a bus stop located at East New York and Ralph avenues. He brandished a firearm and ordered her to walk to Lincoln Terrace Park, where he raped her. He then took the victim’s cell phone and fled. Hollis is described as about 6 feet tall and 160 lbs. with short black hair and brown eyes. 
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The episode was caught on the store's surveillance cameras, and the worker was able to provide police with a partial license plate number. He also reported that the man had a West Indian accent, and that he had been a nuisance in the store in the past. After two weeks of investigating, police identified 36-year-old Gregory Stewart as the attacker, and arrested him late Wednesday afternoon.
A Southwest Airlines employee at Sky Harbor airport called police last week to report an "irate" Scottsdale woman who was yelling and screaming after being informed that she wouldn't be flying to California that day. Turns out, "irate" was an understatement, as police say 37-year-old Jill Pemberton kicked two cops, threatened to kill them, threatened that her "black boyfriend" was going to have anal sex with one cop's daughter, and spit on another cop. Pemberton, who was celebrating her birthday that day, was found by police laying down in the seating area of a TSA checkpoint. After telling Southwest employees to "f*ck off," she told responding officers, "F*ck you, I'm going to my gate to fly to California." 
Two Indian-origin men have been sentenced up to 17 years in jail in New Zealand for abducting two teen-aged girls and repeatedly raping one of them. 
A Chattanooga woman is still shaken up about what she says happened in her home Sunday night. Chattanooga Police confirmed they are investigating complaints where a man "unlawfully entered" two separate homes in North Chattanooga on Sunday night.
TWO victims of a vicious gang attack have described how they feared they would be stomped to death. 
Police say a central Kentucky man claimed to be a cannibal and threatened to eat a police officer while being arrested. 25-year-old Brandon Hocker made the statement last week while being picked up on charges that he 
A Ft. Lauderdale man is in jail charged with beating his blind mother. James Jackson, 52, was arrested for battery on a person 65 years or older. Police say Jackson got into a confrontation with his 89 year old mother,
The woman accused of stealing the cookie proceeds from her daughter’s Girl Scout troop turned herself in. MerTinya DeLoatch was arrested and charged with one count of felony theft by conversion. But the money DeLoatch allegedly took wasn’t returned because she told police she has already spent it. DeLoatch served as the cookie money manager for her daughter’s troop in East Point, but other parents reported her to police last week for allegedly pocketing the cash. After selling 1,400 boxes, or $4,900 worth, of cookies, the troop was supposed to earn $700 — enough for badges, a banquet and a trip to an amusement park. But the troop didn’t get the money for its hard work, parents said.
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Harvey Wince was convicted of severely burning a 3-year-old boy who he was baby-sitting. Investigators said Wince intentionally placed the boy in scalding hot bath water, holding him there and causing severe burns. The temperature of the water was estimated between 120 and 125 degrees.
The boy’s mother testified at a preliminary exam that his skin was falling off.
A woman is in custody after she allegedly carjacked a limo driver and slashed him with a knife. 
New Orleans police are looking for two men who kidnapped and raped a woman in the Central Business District early Sunday morning. The men abducted the woman about 3:30 a.m., according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police say the men then sexually assaulted the woman. The first suspect, pictured on the left, is a black man, 27 to 30 years old, who is 6'2" tall and weighs 220 to 230 pounds. He has a tattoo under his left eye of unknown words. He has a goatee. The second suspect, picture on the right, is a black man, 5'7" tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has gold teeth in his upper jaw and a low taper style haircut. 