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- Two black male Robbers leave Army vet, 79, duct-taped to chair
Indianapolis Metropolitan police are looking for two men who robbed a 79-year-old Army veteran and left him duct-taped to a chair for hours Sunday night. Billy Blankenship said he had just finished mowing his yard in the 1100 block of Brunswick Avenue when two black men in their 20s approached him, asking for yard work to do. He told them he didn’t have any work for them, but he could offer them a cold drink. After all three men got inside Blankenship’s house, they struck up conversation. But then, one of them attacked Billy from behind. “He got me in some kind of wrestling hold around the neck,” Billy said. The men sat Billy down in a kitchen chair and wrapped him in duct tape from his knees up to his neck. “I couldn’t even move,” he said. With Billy taped to the chair, the two men rifled through the house. After some time, they left with about $2,000 in cash, some old jewelry, Billy’s Smith and Wesson handgun and his Buick, which was parked outside. When the thieves left, Billy was still taped to the chair. It took him about four hours to finally work one of his hands free to grab the scissors on the kitchen table. “And I got them maneuvered around to where I could cut the tape off,” he said. “And I cut a piece at a time.” Once free, Billy called his neighbor across the street, who called 911. “It just makes me sad,” said Billy’s niece Judy Rossman. “He’s a nice older man who’s never done anything wrong to anybody.” Rossman said police were hoping to pull fingerprints of the two suspects from the long roll of duct tape they left behind. They were also examining a digital scale that one of the men apparently dropped during their search for valuables. Digital scales are often found during drug investigations. “Hopefully with all that duct tape, there’s going to be some fingerprints,” Rossman said. Blankenship described the suspects as black males between the ages of 20 and 30. One looked to be about 6’0” tall; the other was 5’9” or 5’10”. They were both wearing white t-shirts. One was wearing dress pants. The other was wearing pajama pants. Billy says he’ll give anyone a first chance. But to the two men who robbed him and left him stranded, he says, “If you ever come back again, I’ll kill you.” - (Black-on-white)
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HOUSTON - Police are searching for the (three black)masked men who stormed a Denny's near Memorial Park, demanded money from customers and shot two people inside. It was a "take-over type fashion" robbery, Houston police said. Three men with masks covering their faces stormed into the Denny's on Washington near I-10 and started shooting. The suspects got away with cash from the registers. Witnesses said there were about 15 customers inside at the time and the gunmen stole from them as well. "They robbed a lot of people as they were shooting at the same time," said customer Luigi Major. "But from my understanding, they were after the purses, cell phones and at the same time they were pointing guns at the small kids." One customer and one employee were injured in the shooting. The two victims were rushed to the hospital for surgery. Police said the customer died from his injuries at Memorial Hermann Hospital. The victim's family identified him as Greig Placette, 64. "He saved my life. He is my hero," said Placette's friend, Jonathan Ochoa, who was also in the restaurant. - (Black-on-white)
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Clearwater Police announced the arrest of 16-year-old Mychal King on Thursday. He is accused in the January murder of 
A 17-year-old boy has been charged with rape following a sickening assault on a 93-year-old woman. Iquise Taylor of Anderson, Indiana, was charged as an adult on Monday after the July 16 attack on 
A robber attacked an elderly woman after pretending to help her take pictures of her childhood home when she returned with her daughter after 73 years. 
LAKE BUTLER, Fla. -- The Union County sheriff confirms, 44-year-old 
A South Carolina couple was arrested yesterday for having sex inside a display shed at a Home Depot, police report. Emily Craig, 20, and Shaun Bowden, 31, were nabbed after cops were called to the store in North Charleston around 8:40 AM. Officers were dispatched to the business “in reference to an male and female entering a display shed on the property, closing the door behind themselves and remaining inside.” An inspection of the outdoor sheds turned up Craig and Bowden. Craig, cops noted, was “partially clothed; the top of her dress was untied, hanging at her waist.” Bowden was shirtless and “had his pants down near his knees; his penis was exposed.” During subsequent questioning of the duo, “it became apparent that they were engaged in sexual intercourse within the shed.” 
CLEVELAND, OH - A convicted cop killer and serial rapist was supposed to go before a judge on Wednesday morning, but his court appearance was continued until September 12. Quisi Bryan is now charged with a fifth cold case rape. Bryan, 42, is already on death row for the murder of Cleveland police officer
WAREHAM - A Providence man who works as a male dancer (stripper) by the name of "Damion" has been arrested and charged with rape following a series of alleged incidents at a private house party in Wareham. An unidentified 21-year-old woman who attended the party Tuesday night, reported to police that she had been sexually assaulted by a male dancer hired to perform at the party. During the investigation, detective learned a second woman in her twenties had also allegedly been sexually assaulted during the dancer's performance. Police arrested 31-year-old Patrick Ladapo aka Damion of Providence, RI on Wednesday and charged him with two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault and battery
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. --Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a woman before sexually assaulting her in her bedroom on Wednesday morning. A woman reported that she was sleeping in her bedroom at her home in the 1700 block of River Bend Way in Woodbridge when she woke up to find a man in her bedroom. Police say the man exposed himself to her before sexually assaulting her. The man is described as a black male between 25 and 30 years old, between 6 feet and 6 feet 5 inches tall with a thin build with short hair. Police tell us the man was covered the bottom half of his face with a small, tan colored towel. He was also wearing a black tank top, black shorts, white and red shoes. 
Hemet police investigated an alleged sexual assault of a female resident Tuesday and a man on probation was arrested on suspicion of rape, sodomy, assault and other charges, a police lieutenant said. The arrested man, identified as Sheldon Ray Johnson, 24, of Moreno Valley, had a prior conviction of assaulting the same woman. Johnson was held without bail Wednesday afternoon at Smith Correctional in Banning on suspicion of six felonies. 
A Pompano Beach man is facing a lewd and lascivious exhibition charge after authorities say he exposed himself and masturbated in front of a 
The woman who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty in the case of Patrick, the pit bull who made a miraculous recovery after he was starved, stuffed in a trash bag and tossed down a garbage chute is not going to prison. A judge on Thursday sentenced Kisha Curtis to 18 months' probation.
NASHVILLE, TN - Metro police have arrested a man suspected of beating, robbing and kidnapping a man last weekend in east Nashville. 
A woman who said she was brutally attacked by a group of black teenagers in Pittsburgh’s North Side Sunday said the girls savagely beat her while calling her racial slurs. 
Syracuse, NY -- Onondaga County Family Court Judge Michael Hanuszczak today sentenced a 16-year-old to 18 months of confinement for the killing of a 51-year-old man. The sentence was the maximum the judge could have handed down to the teen, who was recently found guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the beating death of 
A couple searching for their car in the French Quarter early one morning were beaten by a group of men in an apparent act of random violence, and police on Tuesday were asking for the public's help in finding the three attackers. Police said the couple was near the intersection of Iberville and Dauphine streets about 6 a.m. Saturday when they were approached by three men. The suspects began to verbally harass the couple, police said, and then proceeded to physically assault both of them. 
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. - Police continue looking for a hooded man who tried robbing the Laughing Buddha smoke shop in North Miami on Aug. 18 at 124th Street and Biscayne Boulevard. 
CHICAGO – A 29-year-old man accused of beating a Chicago Police officer in the head with a baseball bat last weekend was charged with attempted murder, police announced Wednesday morning. Tythia Thigpen was charged with attacking the officer as he exited his police cruiser to break up a street fight in the West Englewood neighborhood about 12:40 a.m. Saturday, police said. Thigpen was one of several men who broke away from the brawl in the 5700 block of South Winchester Avenue to attack the officer when he drove up, police said. No one else has been charged in the attack.
ST. GEORGE, SC - The former Saint George police chief who resigned last week has been charged in connection with a State Law Enforcement Division investigation into how funds may have been used by the department . Chief Deputy Sam Richardson said Anthony Lecarus Britt, 45, turned himself in on Tuesday afternoon on charges of misconduct in office and embezzlement. According to court documents, from Nov. 5, 2009 to May 6, 2013, Britt embezzled $14,161 from the Town of St. George. Britt was released on a personal recognizance bond Tuesday afternoon. His next court date is Oct. 4. The former chief submitted his one-sentence letter of resignation to the Town of St. George last Thursday. 
An Ohio city councilman has come under fire for his negative treatment of 911 emergency dispatchers during a call he placed in June to complain about a physical altercation outside his home. 911 tapes show Cleveland Councilman Eugene Miller cursing and shouting at dispatchers about what he claimed was “about 100 sorry black kids out here acting a fool” on his front lawn. “I’m just sick of this shit,” he said, describing how the group was “fighting” in front of his home.
A man accused of stealing his father’s body from a Detroit cemetery with the hope of bringing him back to life has pleaded guilty in exchange for avoiding prison. Vincent Bright, then 48, stole the body of 93-year-old Clarence Bright from Gethsemane Cemetery on Jan. 14, just hours before it was to be buried, and stored it in a home freezer. Police, acting on a tip from other family members, found the corpse in Vincent Bright’s home on Detroit’s east side. 
The Bowling Green Police Department is looking for Corey James Butts, 42, of Bowling Green. Mr. Butts is a black male, 6-feet 1-inch tall and weighs 150 pounds. Mr. Butts is accused of kidnapping and raping a Bowling Green woman on Friday, August 23. Mr. Butts has an active warrant for Rape 1st degree, sodomy 1st degree, and kidnapping. Mr. Butts should be considered extremely dangerous. Corey James Butts 6-ft 01-in 150 lbs Charges: Rape 1st, Sodomy 1st, and Kidnapping EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - If located, call 911 or the Bowling Green Police Department at (270) 393-4000. 
Samuel Delbert Whitney claimed to have fathered 54 children during his long and busy life — including a daughter he reportedly had when he was 74 years old. After Whitney’s death in July, stepdaughter Lexie Woods discovered bottles of 100 milligram Viagra — the highest possible dosage — and a pile of birth certificates in Whitney’s apartment. The 68-year-old has made it her goal to help Whitney’s biological children bring the large brood together. But Whitney had always been a quiet person who didn’t want to talk about how, when, or why he sowed his wild oats. 
Police on Tuesday were searching for a man who allegedly molested a woman on a subway train in Brooklyn. At around 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, the 22-year-old woman was riding the No. 4 train near the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station, when the man came up and rubbed his genitals against her, police said. The suspect then hopped off the train at the Franklin Avenue stop, police said. The suspect was described as a black male in his 50s, standing about 5-foot-10 and weighing around 250 pounds.
The 21-year-old Virginia man who was wearing an “Obama 2008” t-shirt when he allegedly exposed himself to a female shopper inside a Walmart is facing a misdemeanor criminal charge, though that did not stop him from participating in commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Leron Issac Lee was arrested in connection with a June 11 incident at a Walmart in Dumfries, Virginia. Lee, who lives about 10 miles from the store, has been charged with indecent exposure, according to court records.
After the black race riots of the 1960's - out of fear of the violent and lawless black minority - the government of the USA created a 'black martyr and hero' out of 
Bowling Green Police charged 20-year-old John Paul Shobe for the killing of 51-year-old 
Sixty-four-year-old
NEW HAVEN - Police arrested a 35-year-old New Haven man on gun charges among others after an allegedly unprovoked attack on a 71-year-old man. Jorge DelaPaz was arrested on charges of assault in the third degree of an elderly person, carrying a dangerous weapon, carrying a pistol without a permit, criminal posession of a pistol and interfering with police. Police say on Sunday, the elder New Haven man was eating a hamburger in the Goffe Street Park when he was approached by DelaPaz. Police say DelaPaz told the 
HOUSTON -- A Houston pastor is being held without bond accused of sexually assaulting his 
Police have arrested a man in connection with the sexual assault of a
Police on Monday arrested a heartless pervert who allegedly broke into an elderly woman's home in the Bronx and sodomized her. Gerson Rodriguez, 33, was in the 
Christopher Lane,
A hearing on rape allegations against three former U.S. Naval Academy football players got underway Tuesday morning at the Washington Navy Yard, with a female midshipman facing her alleged assailants for the first time in a legal proceeding. Each of the accused — Eric Graham., Tra’ves Bush, and Josh Tate — appeared flanked by teams of military and civilian defense counsel. The accuser went public with her allegations in the spring, days after graduation, where President Obama appeared and said perpetrators of sexual assault in the military ought to be “court-martialed, fired, dishonorably discharged. Period.” 
SHOREWOOD, Minn. - A Shorewood woman has been charged with second-degree murder after the body of her 58-year-old boyfriend was found in a freezer at her home. The South Lake Minnetonka Police Department found the body on Wednesday in response to a missing persons request. Authorities searched Jetaun Wheeler's home on the 5700 block of Wood Duck Circle. In her garage, they found what appeared to be a brand new freezer. When they opened it, they found the victim's body. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office said the victim, who police are not identifying at this time, had blunt force trauma injuries to his face and significant lacerations 
in unincorporated West Palm Beach on Aug. 24, 2013, according to an arrest report.
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A second teenager was arrested Monday in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War II veteran in Spokane, Wash., and the people who helped him hide out were also busted. Kenan Adams-Kinard, 16, was charged with first-degree murder for the slaying of 
A man accused of fatally shooting a baby in coastal Georgia hid a gun at a relative's apartment the day after the slaying, and his mother and sister came to retrieve the weapon later that day, a woman who lives in the home said Monday. Danielle Williams testified that De'Marquise Elkins came to her home March 22, the day after 
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —A 41-year-old woman was stabbed and raped on Wednesday while walking in Daytona Beach.Officials said the victim was walking east on Cedar Street when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her. He then dragged her into a home on Cedar Street and sexually assaulted her, according to an incident report. Authorities said the woman was then stabbed in the face and punched in the chin. The culprit is a black man standing between 5 feet 5 inches and 6 feet tall and between the ages of 25 and 35. He is described as having light to medium skin tone, a mustache and shoulder-length dread locks. 
A Newport News man has been arrested for exposing himself to young girls. On Sunday, August 25, 2013, 43-year-old Edwin Lee McCargo was arrested. The incident happened on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Two 12-year-old girls and two 11-year-old girls were at the Wilco Hess Gas Station when McCargo came up behind one of the girls and started to ‘dance in a lewd manner’ behind her. The suspect waited for the group of girls to come out of the store, and then followed them down Forrest Drive, yelling at them as they walked. McCargo then exposed himself to the group, police say.
A man was ordered held in lieu of $750,000 Sunday after he allegedly sexually assaulted two women in the same night at the same apartment building in July. Darrell Young, 23, faces criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual assault charges for the attacks, one of which involved a 61-year-old victim. Young knocked on the door of the elderly woman’s apartment. The woman knew Young because she sang at his brother’s funeral, Pillsbury said, and she let him in. Young allegedly grabbed her by the neck and sexually assaulted her, according to Pillsbury. Later that evening, Young allegedly met his second victim at a convenience store, Pillsbury said.
A 54-year-old Tulsa man arrested for rape exposed himself to police while answering the door. Tony Ondre Anderson is in the Tulsa County Jail on several complaints including first-degree rape. According to an arrest report, officers were called to a home at about 11 p.m. Saturday on a rape in progress call. They spoke to a witness outside the home who said her aunt was inside being raped. Officers knocked on the door "numerous times" before Anderson answered. He was wearing a shirt and unzipped pants, the arresting officer said. A woman was on the floor crying. Her ripped clothes were lying next to her, the officer said. Both women told police Anderson told the victim he was going to have sex with her before tearing her clothes off.
Fayetteville, N.C. — Cumberland County authorities said Thursday that investigators have filed new charges against a Fayetteville man who was jailed last year on charges that he kidnapped a 13-year-old girl and sold her into sexual servitude. Kadeem Kirk, 22, of 5719 Meharry Drive, was initially charged with 23 felonies, including second-degree kidnapping, facilitating the prostitution of a minor and conspiracy to prostitute a minor. Now, investigators have charged him with five counts of statutory rape and one count of second-degree kidnapping in connection with alleged crimes involving a second
FRANKLIN, Va. - A man already accused in two rapes in Franklin has now been charged in a third. Tremaine Porter, 26, of Suffolk was originally charged in the sexual assaults of two women on the same July day. Capt. T.W. Whitt with the Franklin Police Department said Thursday Porter is now facing more than five charges in connection to a rape on New Year’s Day. The victim was walking home from a church service when she was attacked. Porter is charged with rape, abduction with intent to defile, object sexual penetration, possession of a firearm by a violent convicted felon and three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. 
A former Alabama University football star allegedly admitted to having sex with his former high school teacher, who wanted to have his baby. Top rated defensive back Eddie Williams, 20, is said to have admitted the affair with his high school athletic director 
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in favor of a gay couple incarcerated at Valley State Prison near Chowchilla, ordering the corrections department to “recognize and accommodate the legal marriage by individuals who happen to be incarcerated by the State.” The brief, unanimous ruling tossed out a legal challenge by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) without addressing their legal arguments regarding the “institutional safety and security concerns presented when domestic relationships are accommodated in a custodial setting.” The state high court ruling came about two months after the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized gay marriage in California. Sean Mathews and D'Andre Sanders' were among thousands of married homosexual couples in California affected directly by the United States Supreme Court's recent decision leaving in place a lower-court ruling that struck down Proposition 8 as unconstitutional.
A 20-year-old City of Poughkeepsie man charged late Friday night with murder and burglary in the death of a 
in 90 minutes of random violence. An ex-con out on parole tore a path of mayhem and random violence across on Idaho city during a 90-minute bath-salts fueled rampage in which he assaulted five people, police revealed today. Sean Daniel Carnell, 23, alleged crimes include brutally attacking a construction worker with his own shovel, kicking a little boy's dog, pummeling a skateboarder, choking a woman and burning down her apartment and kidnapping a man in a wheelchair then tipping him over and leaving him in the street. Carnell allegedly began his mindless campaign of violence at 9.30am Wednesday in Meridian, Idaho, when he attacked a 