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Black great-grandson accused of killing White 71-year-old Cedar Mill woman
PORTLAND, OR - The great-grandson of a woman found dead in her Cedar Mill home Saturday is in police custody accused of killing the 71-year-old woman. Deputies received a call to check on the welfare of Jacqueline Bell Saturday morning. Deputies said she was found dead in her home on Northwest Lee Street from "homicidal violence." Investigators believe the crime occurred earlier that morning. At 8:05 that same morning, an OSP trooper was notified about a reckless driver on Interstate 84 heading east near Milepost 251. A commercial truck driver reported a green car driving between the travel lanes and nearly rear-ending his trailer. Troopers spotted a 2006 Lexus ES350 a few miles down the road and attempted a traffic stop. Police said the Lexus then hit speeds of 135 mph. The car took Exit 273 and slowed down as it attempted to re-enter I-84. The trooper took advantage of the reduced speed and spun out the Lexus, pinning the driver's door closed. The right front passenger, later identified as Micus Ward, 19, of Kansas City, tried to run, but was caught by another trooper a short time later. The driver was unable to get out of the car and was taken into custody. He was identified as Jodah Cain, 17, the great-grandson of Bell. Investigators said he had been living with her in Cedar Mill. Cain and Ward are accused of killing Bell and stealing her Lexus. Deputies believe the pair planned to drive to Kansas City, where they both recently lived. The medical examiner's office confirmed Bell died from "blunt force trauma." - (Black-on-white) |
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- Friends say Cedar Mill suspect had threatened to silence victim
The Friday evening before Bell's body was found, the friend said several people were at her house smoking marijuana and drinking, and that had Cain introduced Ward as a cousin. Cain was reportedly asked whether Bell would be upset by the noise they were making and he responded, "Don't worry, I'll hit her. I'll knock her out." The friend added that Bell was planning an extended trip out of town and that there would be a big party at the house Saturday night.
- Murdered woman was a Portland philanthropist
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7 blacks arrested for two-week Detroit killing spree - White Vietnam War vet murdered - shot in back
DETROIT - Seven men are arrested in connection with what police say is a two-week killing spree in Detroit. Police believe the spree started with the murder of two teenage boys from Westland. The bodies of 18-year-old Jake Kudla and 17-year-old Jourdan Bobbish were found in a field on Detroit's east side late July of 2012. They had been missing for about a week. The boys' families eventually learned they visited an uncle's house, then went to a gas station looking to buy drugs. Investigators say they met with a group of guys who drove them to a house, robbed them, drove them to a field on Lyford Street and shot them to death.
"Yes, these are some god-awful people that need to be off the street," Melissa Villneff said. Police believe the suspects also killed her father, 62-year-old John Villneff. Police say on that day the group broke in and robbed a house, pistol whipped a 16-year-old boy and shot and killed John Villneff, a veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient. But the alleged killing spree continues. Just hours later, in the early-morning hours of August 9, police believe some of the men are involved in a carjacking and used a woman to lure a 25-year-old man into an apartment building, robbing and killing him. The first suspect was arrested in connection with John Villneff's murder and the rest slowly started to trickle in after that as, police say, the men began to turn on each other. The suspects have been locked up for months, and some are already convicted for Villneff's murder. The men arrested in connection with the killing spree are Felando Hunter, Fredrick Young, brothers Reco and Aquire Simmons, Michael Evans, Michael Montgomery and Brandon Crawford. - (Black-on-white) |
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- War Vet Shot, Killed While Protecting Grandkids From XBox Thieves
A grandfather was shot and killed late Wednesday night on Detroit’s west side while protecting his grandchildren from a group of intruders who broke into their home. WWJ’s Vickie Thomas was at the crime scene on the 6800 block of Rutland Street, off Warren, where a home was riddled with bullets from an SK assault rifle — similar to an AK-47. Vanessa Villneff, the victim’s daughter, said a gang of petty thieves broke into her home around 11 p.m. She said her father, a Vietnam War veteran and Purple Heart recipient, lives next door and rushed over when he heard the commotion. According to his daughter, 62-year-old John Villneff was shot in the back while protecting his granddaughter from the attackers. “They came in here first, beat my nephew in my closet. They have to wire his jaw shut, he has a big gash across his back, I mean his head. They was trying to kill my niece because she took pictures of them, and my dad stepped in the way of the gun and that’s why he died, to save his 12-year-old granddaughter,” Villneff said breaking into tears.
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Three black soldiers arrested for stabbing white comrade to death 'called him a cracker'
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- Tevin Geike, 20, was left for dead in a parking lot near his base in Lakewood, Washington, in early hours of Saturday morning
- Previously police said they believed the attack was racially motivated because attackers called Tevin a ‘cracker’ - a racist term for a white person
- But after interviews police said they no longer believed the killing was a hate crime
- All the suspects are from Joint Base Lewis-McChord and serve in the same combat infantry unit as Tevin
- Tevin’s tearful mother Jennifer Rose told MailOnline: ‘Tevin trusted everybody until they gave him a reason not to trust them. He was really kind-hearted and he would give you the shirt off your back'
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Police today said the stabbing death of a white Army soldier allegedly at the hands of a group of African American comrades was not a hate crime - despite witnesses claiming they called him a 'cracker' during the confrontation. Tevin Geike, 20, was left for dead in a parking lot near his base in Lakewood, Washington, in the early hours of Saturday morning and three soldiers have been arrested over the killing. In the hours after the stabbing, police said they believed the attack was racially motivated because it was claimed some of the assailants - a group of five black men - called Tevin a ‘cracker’, a racist term for a white person. But Lakewood police officers today said they no longer believed the killing to be a hate crime following the arrests and speaking to everyone they believed were involved.
All the suspects are from Joint Base Lewis-McChord and served in the same combat infantry unit as Tevin.
The accused are Jeremiah Hill, 23 - the alleged murderer - Cedarium Johnson, 21 (2nd from left). ; and Ajoni Runnion-Bareford, 21 (pictured at left). Two others are still being sought. |
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3 soldiers arrested in JBLM soldier’s stabbing death
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Three men who were booked into the Pierce County Jail early Monday were arrested in the case of a Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier who was stabbed to death. The suspects are also JBLM soldiers. The men were booked on investigation of murder charges shortly after 4 a.m. in the death of 20-year old Tevin Geike.
Lakewood police said on Sunday at 3:40p.m., detectives were contacted by a military sergeant who told them he had information on the Geike’s stabbing death. The sergeant said that another soldier had come forward with good information on who may have been responsible for the stabbing, police said. The soldier had told his sergeant that another soldier in his unit, Jeremiah Hill, had asked for first aid for a knife wound on his right hand on Saturday afternoon. The soldier stated that Hill told him he cut his hand when he stabbed a guy to death over the weekend.
The soldier didn’t believe him initially, but told his sergeant about what happened. The sergeant confronted Hill about this information, but Hill said he cut it while chopping vegetables. The soldier ended up taking Hill to Madigan Hospital for treatment, where Hill told hospital staff he cut his hand cutting parachute cord.
Police said they obtained information on another person involved in the crime who was brought in for an interview. According to police, the 21-year-old soldier was cooperative and admitted he was at the stabbing scene. Detectives said he told them he was in a vehicle with four of his friends driving on Pacific Highway when words are exchanged between Geike and his two friends, who were walking on the street, and his friends in the car. He said they stopped to talk to the victims, but nothing happened once they discovered they were all active duty soldiers.
As the five men were walking back to their car, Hill appeared to bear hug the victim and pushed him to the ground, authorities said. Lakewood police said the soldier told them that Hill was covered in blood when he got into the car and they discovered he had stabbed the victim and cut himself. They fled the scene and disposed of the knife.
Another cooperative suspect, a 19-year-old man, was brought in as well and he corroborated the accounts given up to that point, police said. Detectives said they then tried to interview Hill, but he did not make a statement and asked for a lawyer. The other three suspects were brought in for interviews and gave statements. Police said they located and seized the vehicle the men were in during the attack, and barracks rooms were searched and multiple items of evidence were found.
The three men who were arrested and booked for investigation of murder were 23-year-old Jeremiah Hill, 21-year-old Cedarium Johnson and 21-year-old Ajoni Runnion-Bareford.
According to Lakewood police, it appeared from interviewing everyone involved that race was not a motivating factor in the homicide.
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Another man charged in March attempted rape in St. Louis
A second St. Louis man has been charged in a home invasion and attempted rape in March. Donald Coleman (left), 23, of the 3900 block of Ashland Avenue, was charged with several crimes including burglary, forcible sodomy, robbery, kidnapping, child endangerment and armed criminal action. He was jailed in lieu of a $500,000 cash bail. Police say Coleman and another man, Jamond L. Carter, 19, of the 1100 block of St. Louis Avenue, went into a woman's apartment just after midnight March 11 armed with handguns. Police say the men robbed the woman, 20, of her cellphone, debit card and asked for her personal identification number. |
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Some recent Black rape and sexual assaults
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- 55-year-old convicted in sex crime involving teen
A 55-year-old Jacksonville man was convicted Thursday evening on three counts of battery and two counts of unlawful sexual activity with certain minors. In June 2012, Alexander Silvers had sex with a 17-year-old girl at his home. During the crime, the victim was able to get away from Silvers and contact a friend for help.
The friend rescued the teen from Silvers' home.The victim then contacted her mother, who called police.
Silvers faces 33 years in prison. He will be sentenced Oct. 21.
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- Memphis Black Convicted Of Raping Woman In Wheelchair
MEMPHIS, TN – A 35-year-old man has been convicted of raping a wheelchair-bound woman who is paralyzed from the waist down. The woman, 30, told a Criminal Court jury this week that Terrence Wooden, an acquaintance, forced her face down on the bed in her apartment and raped her. The incident occurred on Jan. 23, 2011, at her apartment near Third and Winchester in southwest Memphis.
Wooden remains in the Shelby County Jail and faces up to 12 years in prison with no parole when he is sentenced Nov.1.
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- Calera pastor indicted on rape charge
CALERA, AL - A Calera pastor has been indicted on a first-degree rape charge. Harry Vester Jones, 49, is accused of attacking a woman in April. He will be arraigned November 4 on the felony charge. The victim is described as a 39-year-old female who is not a Calera resident. Jones is the pastor at New Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Calera. He also intervened in opposition to Shelby County in its challenge of the Voting Rights Act.
Ref: Shelby County pastor charged with rape - Apr 25, 2013
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- Black raped ex-girlfriend, returned to "help" her after attack
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A Charlotte man was sentenced to at least 16 years in jail for raping his ex-girlfriend and then returning to her home pretending to help her after the attack.
According to the Mecklenburg County District Attorney's Office, a jury found 24-year-old Ronald Deese III, guilty of raping his ex-girlfriend in 2011. Deese broke into his ex-girlfriend's home in Charlotte. Deese covered her face and head with a blanket, taped her wrists and ankles, raped her and then fled.He soon returned, however, and pretended to come to the woman's aid, even calling 911 for her.
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- Matthews, charged in GF alleged robbery, sexual assault
Antonio Raheem Matthews, 20, of Grand Forks, was in custody on unrelated municipal warrants when he was arrested. Matthews was charged with three counts of gross sexual imposition, two counts of robbery and felonious restraint, and one count of terrorizing. Between 1 and 2 a.m. Monday, police say he entered an apartment north of the University of North Dakota campus through a sliding glass door. Once inside, he pointed a handgun at a woman who lived there and demanded money. Another woman awoke when she heard the first woman’s screams. Over the next 30 to 45 minutes, Matthews allegedly took turns raping the women, making one wait in a bathroom or closet while the other was assaulted, police said.
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- Former homeless center employee accused of sexually harassing clients, co-workers, male and female
Questions surround a now former homeless center employee who is accused of being fired for sexual harassment. "I felt like I was being violated when I just first met him and to say that ... 'We can get together' and you just met me," said alleged victim Marian Bacon. Hervelle Williams says he resigned for a new job Thursday. He even has separation papers to prove it. He says the claims against him are false. "The bottom line is they are very angry people that are trying to vent their anger toward me, and they're conspiring against me," said Williams. But Paul Garner with Homeless Organizing for Power and Equality said Williams was fired after a new victim came forward. Garner's organization has been working with several alleged victims, both men and women, for more than a year.
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- Registered sex offender might have used Facebook to lure woman
Raleigh police believe a registered sex offender facing attempted rape, kidnapping and extortion charges might have used Facebook to pose as a modeling agent to meet a woman who says he blackmailed her into having sex with him. The Sept. 11 search warrant, returned Wednesday, alleges that Ronald Stacey Rhodes, 26, of Lot 3, 1300 Farm Road, lured the woman to a hotel on South Wilmington Street in late August and promised her "large sums of money" for a photo shoot. When she wasn't paid, police allege, the woman contacted Rhodes, who asked for sexual favors and threatened to release compromising photos of her to her friends and family if she didn't perform for him. The warrants state that the woman and a friend of hers later confronted Rhodes at the hotel, where the women said Rhodes assaulted them and kept them from leaving the hotel room.
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- Roberts Charged with Rape of Teenager
Meridian police filed charges against a suspect in the rape of a 13-year-old girl late Thursday. 30-year-old Jafron L. Roberts of Meridian is charged with kidnapping, rape, receiving stolen property and disposal of stolen property.. The kidnapping and rape allegedly happened Tuesday morning. The teenage victim was walking to school on the east side of town. Roberts was in custody within hours but formal charges weren't filed until Thursday. Police Chief James Lee says both his police team and the Wesley House played a huge role in Roberts' quick apprehension.
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- Metro arrests suspect in robbery, sexual assault
LAS VEGAS – A man wanted for a robbery and sexual assault at a business in the 800 block of South Rancho Drive has been arrested. Vance Johnson, 53, was booked Monday at the Clark County Detention Center. He faces charges of burglary; robbery with deadly weapon; coercion with force or threat of force; and sexual assault with use of deadly weapon. The incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. Sept. 19. Metro says the suspect entered the front door of the business, approached the victim and threatened her with a knife. The suspect demanded money, forced the victim into a hallway, and then attempted to sexually assault the victim.
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- Charleston black accused of raping 8-year-old girl
CHARLESTON, SC A 37-year-old man is behind bars accused of raping an 8-year-old girl. The Charleston Police Department arrested Nathaniel Damon Hamilton on Tuesday and charged him with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Hamilton's arrest stems from an incident in November of 2011 when police responded to Mitchell Elementary School in reference to a sexual assault that was reported to a guidance counselor. An affidavit states between January and December 2009, Hamilton raped an 8-year-old girl in a bedroom at a home on N. Romney St.
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- Black Charged With Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
Laquinton Brooks is behind bars facing charges for sexual exploitation of a minor. The Memphis police department conducted an undercover investigation back in August. Agents say they downloaded three videos containing child pornography. Officers went to Brooks’ home last Thursday where they found at least 100 images and videos of child pornography. Brooks is being held on a 100-thousand dollar bond.
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- Black charged with raping woman in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man is accused of raping a 23-year-old woman while she slept in her home. On Sept. 1, officers were called to a local hospital after the victim arrived at the emergency room. Harold Eley with the Newport News Police Department said the victim said she was sleeping in her bedroom when she was sexually assaulted by a man known to her. The victim said the suspect, identified as Donald David Riddick, 31, and another person had been visiting and drinking alcoholic beverages earlier in the evening. Riddick was arrested Tuesday and charged with rape and object sexual penetration.
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- Rape, shooting suspect re-indicted
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Multnomah County grand jury has secretly re-indicted a 23-year-old man accused of raping a woman in June and then shooting at her as she tried to escape in an SUV in Northeast Portland. Dechavien Parks is now charged with six counts of attempted aggravated murder, 14 counts of attempted murder, two counts of fourth-degree assault, two counts of strangulation, nine counts of first-degree burglary and one count each of first-degree rape, first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, first-degree sexual abuse, first-degree attempted sodomy, menacing, attempted first-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Portland police report that in the early morning hours of June 26, Parks entered the 18-year-old victim’s home while several people were sleeping inside, and sexually assaulted her.
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- CAPTURED: Fugitive accused of raping 8-year-old
A man Toledo Police say raped an 8-year-old girl was taken into custody Monday evening. Police had been searching for Reggie Johnson, saying it was "absolutely imperative" he be taken off the streets. Police got their wish around 6 p.m. Monday, after the U.S. Marshals got a tip he was hiding out in a relative's home. Johnson was taken into custody by Toledo Police shortly after the tip came in.
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- Black charged with raping SLU student as she slept in off-campus apartment
A man faces charges after he allegedly raped a St. Louis University student as she slept in her off-campus apartment on Saturday. D’Andre O’Neal, 22, was charged Tuesday with second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy. According to police, O’Neal was visiting a home in the 3700 block of Laclede when the people who lived there went to bed around 4 a.m. Authorities said one of the residents woke up in the middle of the night to O’Neal touching her inappropriately. She went back to sleep later and woke up a second time to find him having sex with her.
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- Black charged with statutory rape
OXFORD, Miss. -- An Oxford man has been arrested on charges of statutory rape. Authorities say Bobby Jamorris-Decar Hutchins, 21, was arrested Saturday as part of an investigation by Oxford police. Investigators released few details on the arrest, but say the victim is under the age of 16.
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- Ohio Black Arrested in PCB for Sexual Battery
A Cincinnati man vacationing in Panama City Beach is arrested on sexual battery charges. Panama City Beach Police and the Bay County Sheriff’s Office swarmed Edgewater Beach Resort just before 2:00 p.m. Monday. They chased down and finally caught Corderro Ryan Britten, 27, on the 8th floor. Lynn Haven police say Britton was introduced to the victim over the weekend by some of her co-workers. He’s accused of attacking her early Monday morning, shortly after they left his Beach motel room on the way back to her place in Lynn Haven. The victim did suffer injuries as a result of this assault and was treated and released from a local hospital.
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- Jersey City black, serving life for rape of woman and daughter, convicted of another sex assault
A Jersey City man currently serving a life sentence plus 40 years for the rape of a Jersey City woman and her teenage daughter has been convicted in a separate rape of another Jersey City woman, officials said. Lamar Fields, 42, was convicted on Friday of four counts of aggravated sexual assault, criminal restraint, terroristic threats and burglary in the Sept. 3, 2010 attack on a 35-year-old Jersey City woman, officials said. Fields is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 7 and could face consecutive 20-year terms for each aggravated sexual assault charge, officials said. In the Sept. 24, 2010 rape and robbery of a 17-year-old girl and her mother, Fields received a harsher sentence after Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Najma Rana pleaded with Superior Court Judge Fred Theemling that Fields, "showed no remorse" for his actions. Ref: Jersey City man sentenced to life plus 40 years for rape, robbery of girl, mother
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Milwaukee black charged in connection with attack on White firefighter
46-year-old Rozono Henley of Milwaukee was charged on Wednesday, October 2nd in connection with an incident at the Engine 16 fire house on Fond du Lac Ave. Henley faces two criminal charges including burglary (armed) and battery to a law enforcement officer, use of a dangerous weapon. Henley entered the Engine 16 fire house early Saturday, September 28th. Capt. Dan Nikolaus indicated between 1 a.m. and 1:30 a.m., he was awakened “by the noise of someone shaking window blinds on the window of his office.” He stated that he had left the window open, but that there had been a window screen intact on the window and the blinds were down when he went to sleep. He went back to sleep, and was awakened again about a half hour later, again by the noise of the blinds shaking, and he got up at that time intending to close the window. He then saw a subject, later identified as the defendant, standing facing the window, moving the blinds. When Nikolaus confronted the defendant, the defendant became combative, and “a struggle ensued between Nikolaus and the defendant.” The complaint indicates during the struggle, Henley “shouted words to the effect of ‘Take this,’ or ‘How’s this?’ and Capt. Nikolaus felt two sharp stabs to his upper back. Nikolaus then noticed that a broken knife was on the floor next to them.” - (Black-on-white) |
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