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Pregnant woman faked dead until black boyfriend shooter left scene
 MEMPHIS, TN - - The father of an unborn child is under arrest after police say he shot the woman carrying his baby at least five times. Jonathan Turner, 32, was arrested Friday, accused of shooting his baby's mother several times as she walked in the area of South Parkway and Wellington Street. Turner stalked the victim, then shot her once in the lower back. He then reportedly stood over her with a handgun and "fired four more shots, striking her on the right buttocks, left knee, upper right inner thigh, and right hand." The victim, who was 5 months pregnant, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. She told police she pretended to be dead until Turner left the scene. When he left, she flagged down a car. "People need to wake up and realize and start appreciating life much better, you know what I'm saying?" said Rodney Warren, who lives nearby. "Because life is so important." The unborn baby died as the result of the shooting. |
November 26, 2013 -- A northwestern Indiana man convicted in the slaying of a former schoolteacher has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in her killing. A Lake County judge sentenced 40-year-old Robert Lewis III in the sexual assault and killing of 37-year-old Jennifer Kocsis. Jurors convicted the Gary man last month. The former Griffith schoolteacher was slain in April 2011 after she agreed to give Lewis a ride from a Griffith bar-restaurant. Her battered, partially clad body was found on the property of a vacant school. - (Black-on-white)
FORT WORTH — 
A violent criminal with a string of convictions fractured an
GASTONIA, N.C. -- Convenience store clerk 
The Mobile County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who robbed a woman at gunpoint in Grand Bay this weekend. The suspect wasn't after money or jewelry. He made off with a Yorkie puppy.
CAMDEN, NJ – Police in Camden are searching for a man wanted in connection with the shooting death of a Marine in the city on Sunday morning. Twenty-seven-year-old 
The District of Columbia police department says one of its officers has been charged with producing child pornography after he allegedly took nude pictures of a 
COLUMBUS, GA -. This has been a tough week for
CLAYTON, NJ – One year after his daughter’s murder, a New Jersey father is suing her killer’s parents to hold them responsible. In October 2012, 
A dream weekend of fun and dancing with top industry professionals turned into a waking nightmare for 
President Barack Obama's Kenyan-born uncle is expected to appear at a new deportation hearing to argue that he should be allowed to stay in the United States. 
A single mother with eight children who receives £2,000 a month in state handouts has complained she is struggling to make ends meet. Marie Buchan, 31, whose children range in age from 12 to two months, lives in a three-bedroom housing association house in Selly Oak, Birmingham, but says it's not big enough and has applied for a bigger one. And she says her benefits payments, which were reduced from £582 a week to £500 a week in September after the government introduced a cap on handouts, are not enough for her family to survive on. Miss Buchan, whose relationship with her former partner and father of all her children ended this year... 
A woman wearing pink from head-to-toe is wanted for robbing a bank in Landover, Md., Monday, and police need your help identifying her. The woman entered the Capital One Bank in the 6200 block of Annapolis Road at 5:15 p.m., wearing a pink coat and pink head wrap. Even the cellphone the suspect was seen holding on surveillance footage was pink, investigators said. According to police, the woman approached a teller and passed a note demanding money before getting away with an undisclosed amount of cash. Investigators describe the robber as a black woman in her late 20s, who's 5'8" to 5'11" tall.
Three people are being questioned by Macomb County Sheriff’s detectives in connection with the armed robbery of a Macomb Township bank this morning. A man with a handgun jumped over a counter, pulled out a note demanding $20,000 and robbed the bank of an undisclosed amount of money today, the Sheriff’s Office said.
INDIANAPOLIS - A 23-year-old Indianapolis woman has been charged with murder in connection to her 
SACRAMENTO – An alleged thief surprised police by returning to the scene of the crime after forgetting something he apparently was not willing to live without. Eloghosa Adolor had made a clean getaway. The 21-year-old is accused of walking into a Kohl’s in Natomas Sunday afternoon and walking out with stuff he didn’t pay for. When he was stopped by security, Sacramento police say he allegedly assaulted
PORTER, Texas - A Salvation Army volunteer was arrested after police say she stole items from a Walmart Supercenter. Royal Shields, of Conroe, was assigned to stand near the entrance of the Walmart on US 59 in Porter and collect money for the charity. Around 3:30 p.m. Monday, loss prevention employees detained Shields after witnessing her hiding merchandise in her apron, and leaving the store. Shields had multiple bottles of cologne and perfume in her apron valued at more than $70. Because she had two prior theft convictions, the charge was enhanced. Shields, 56, is charged with a state jail felony theft.
A woman faces felony charges after police say a north St. Louis County homeowner returned home to find her using the home as her own. Sabrina Killiebrew, 18, was charged Monday with felony first-degree burglary by the Moline Acres Police Department. According to authorities, the homeowner returned to her home on the 9900 block of Cambria Drive and discovered Killiebrew inside her home and wearing her clothes. The victim told police it appeared as though Killiebrew had also taken a shower, cooked a meal, and packed a bag with several of the homeowner’s belongings.
A Maryland woman will spend five years behind bars after she attempted to rob a wig store and got into a physical altercation with the store's owner -- all while pushing a young child inside a stroller. The attack happened at the Town Beauty Supply Store in Gaithersburg in September 2012. Surveillance video shows 19-year-old Yvonne Williams trying to wrestle a cell phone from the store owner behind the counter. Williams and her two accomplices are then seen trying to steal more than $800 in hair weaves from the store, all while a toddler is sitting in a stroller. Next, Williams is seen hitting the shop owner in the head with her shoe. At some point in the altercation, the baby slipped out of the stroller.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A wild melee broke out inside an Annapolis Mall store on Black Friday, authorities say, and police are searching for the women who provoked the fight. The fight happened on the day after Thanksgiving at a Victoria's Secret store inside the mall, Anne Arundel County Police say. It started when a 17-year-old girl alleges that two women accused her of "poking her in the eye." At that point, the suspects began throwing punches inside the crowded store. The victim alleges that one woman pushed her to the floor and began punching, and a short time later, the second person began punching her in the head. 
Atlanta police have served warrants to a driver accused of using his car to jump a curb to kill a pedestrian. The incident happened Sunday around 5:30 p.m. near Gartrell Street SE and Boulevard Street SE. The warrants came after the accused driver, Alex Mason, 63, was given a chemical breath test. A preliminary investigation showed Mason and the victim were arguing prior to her death. Witnesses told officers they believe Mason revved up his car engine and intentionally struck the victim while she was on the sidewalk. Friends and family of the victim identified her as 
DALLAS — The family of 
CLEVELAND, OH - The man who admitted to killing his grandmother will be sentenced to prison. On June 22, Dale Palmer, Jr. attacked and killed 
JACKSON, MS - A former Terry High School coach and detention employee has been named in a lawsuit filed in U-S District Court today. The federal lawsuit states 25-year-old Damien Anderson, who resigned from the school last week, repeatedly had sex with a Terry High student in the school's detention center and gymnasium and in various hotels in Hinds County. Anderson is a recent graduate of Mississippi State University where he played defensive back for the football team. Attached to the lawsuit is a nude picture and lewd text message sent to the female student identified as Jane Doe. The suit also alleges Anderson purchased alcoholic beverages for the teenager. 
PHILADELPHIA — Closing arguments are expected today in the trial of a former Philadelphia police officer charged with obstructing a federal drug investigation to help his half-brother who was part of the gang. Testimony ended last week with the defendant on the witness stand. Fired officer 
The guilty pleas Dragon Con co-founder Edward Kramer filed on child molestation charges close a lengthy and bizarre chapter in the science fiction impresario’s history. 
TYLER, TX - Police have arrested a suspect in the stabbing death of a Tyler man on Saturday. 25-year-old John Grimes IV was booked on a Capital Murder warrant. His bond is set at one million dollars. Grimes is suspected in the death of 
One 
MEMPHIS, TN - New information about the Madison County sheriff arrested for 
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - An 18-year-old Newport News man was charged after the mother of an 8-year-old girl said her daughter was touched inappropriately. The girl’s mother told police on Nov. 24 the incident happened sometime in May. While visiting a home in the 100 block of Ruston Drive, the girl was touched by a resident of the home. The suspect, Dimetri Warner, was arrested Nov. 27 and charged with abduction of person with intent to defile and object sexual penetration, victim under 13. 
A 34-year-old Newport News man was arrested early Saturday after a Friday afternoon attack on a 33-year-old man who was babysitting his children. Newport News Police say
Five members of the Sex Money Murder faction of the Bloods street gang were sentenced today for their roles in the 2009 drive-by shooting that led to the death 13-year-old innocent bystander 
Durham, N.C. — A former Durham police officer accused of stabbing his wife to death last month has died. Timothy W. Burns, 51, died Friday in Raleigh. Burns had been jailed on a first-degree murder charge at Central Prison in Raleigh for what officials said was "safe keeping" following the Nov. 8 death of 
Deputies have charged Shawn McLaurin, 39, with First Degree Murder in the death of 
Lexington Police said Monday that a suspect in a fatal shooting outside of a Lexington strip club has been arrested. On November 13 police were called to Diva's Gentleman's Club after a shooting. One male victim was outside of the business suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to UK Medical Center where he died. He was later identified as
A Birmingham woman has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting another woman at an Iron Bowl party in Hoover. According to the Hoover Police Department, 28-year-old Adrian Laroze Briskey was charged with murder in the death of 
WEST MONROE, La. - A West Monroe man is being charged with second degree murder in the death of a 
Darlington police have a warrant to charge Tori James, 29, with Assault and Battery First Degree in the beating of a man at a home on North Main Street mobile park Sunday. Officers say the victim is in critical condition at an area hospital. 
Javondus Beasley, 31, appeared in court Monday on three counts of capital murder. Beasley is accused of shooting three people in the head inside a house on Moon Street in Jackson. The bodies of 
LOUISVILLE, KY - A woman already charged with four counts of robbery after police say she followed older women home from shopping trips and then took their wallets and purses by force is facing an additional charge. Police said Demesha Hicks, 27, followed a woman home from Kroger around 1:30 p.m. on October 23 and and forcably took the victim's purse. 
Police in Charlotte and the FBI are asking for help identifying two men accused of robbing a bank located inside a Charlotte Walmart. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Robbery Unit, two men robbed the Woodforest National Bank inside the Wilkinson Boulevard Walmart Sunday afternoon. Detectives say the two men demanded money from a teller and fled the business. One man is described a black male, in his mid-40's to 50's, approximately 5'9", 230 lbs., with a mustache and wearing wire rimmed glasses. The second man is described as a black male in his 20's, approximately 5'8", thin build and short hair. 
FORT WORTH — A man suspected of robbing three Fort Worth banks in two days struck again. The latest robbery happened at the Wells Fargo at 6112 McCart Ave. . Earlier police had released surveillance photographs of the serial robber and asked for the public’s help in identifying him. Police say the man robbed the Wells Fargo at 6300 Camp Bowie Blvd. at 4:20 p.m. Monday. On Tuesday, he is suspected of robbing the Bank of America at 5651 E. Lancaster Ave. at about 12:45 p.m., followed by the Wells Fargo at 1001 E. Berry St. at about 1:30 p.m.
FLINT, MI -- The attorney for the former head of Career Alliance who pleaded guilty to embezzlement has asked a federal judge to spare her from prison time, referring to her as an iconic figure in the Flint community. Pamela Loving, 70, is set to be sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 3, in Flint U.S. District Court after pleading guilty in June to embezzling federal funds from the career services agency. Loving, the former president and chief executive officer of Career Alliance, admitted in court to taking 
CLAYTON, N.C. -- Clayton police need help in tracking down two suspects wanted in a series of break-ins around the town. Police said since October, two men have broken into five homes and stolen TVs, computers, video game systems, jewelry, and other valuables. Now, police are searching for 19-year-old Kweisi Saku McDougal Garland and 34-year-old Lawrence Gregory Hunter, both of Clayton. They are both charged with felony breaking and entering, felony larceny, and obtaining property by false pretenses.
Dearborn Police are searching for three women who, officers say, maced four Walmart employees after they were caught trying to shoplift. It happened at 9:00 pm on November 13. Police say the women were working together to steal merchandise. Officer say they were stopped by the store's
SHREVEPORT, LA - Shreveport police say they caught a suspected serial burglar in the act after a call reporting suspicious activity led officers to a home. Officers arrived just after 5 a.m. and found a man matching the denoscription of a man that had been seen in the area "lurking" around the property. The man fled and officers pursued for a short distance, before the suspect's vehicle crashed into a home. The officers chased the man on foot to his home. There, 18-year-old Zerquario Reddix was taken into custody. Police say they also found numerous items inside the home that are believed to have been stolen during a host of other reported burglaries which occurred over the course of the last year. Police say additional items believed to have been stolen also were located inside Reddix's wrecked vehicle.
Denver police say they are “actively investigating” a new airport bag theft that occurred just a few feet away and at precisely the same time that police and airport administrators were being interviewed about how few bag thefts they have at the airport.
LOUISVILLE, KY - A man fought with supermarket employees and mall security after he was caught walking out of a Highlands supermarket with nearly $165 worth of groceries he didn't pay for, according to Metro police. Reginald Wiley, 46, was confronted by a loss prevention worker and the manager of Value Market at Mid-City Mall November 26 after stealing a cart full of groceries, an arrest report states. Police said Wiley used physical force against the manager and mall security while trying to get away. Wiley is charged with 2nd degree robbery.
WILMINGTON, NC – Two women from Wilmington were charged in Jacksonville this week for going on a $6,000 shopping spree without spending a dime, according to the City of Jacksonville Public Safety. Officers with the Jacksonville Police Department charged Refeeka Brunson, 37, and Dominique Eason, 19, for stealing merchandise and trying to run away from authorities. Police spotted the pair leaving the Sam's parking lot and continued driving regardless of the officer's blue lights behind them. Eventually, the driver pulled into a parking lot, shifted the car in reverse, rammed into a patrol car, and then tried to run away. Officers opened the trunk of the vehicle and found more than $6,000 worth of stolen merchandise.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. —A Spartanburg man is behind bars after police say he led them on a chase. The officers said they tried to catch up with the vehicle and when they did the driver, later identified as Jackie Henderson, slammed on the brakes causing the officer’s car to hit his vehicle. Henderson then veered left trying to hit the officers’ patrol car. The pursuit continued where Henderson slammed on the brakes again, got out of the vehicle and ran. After a short chase on foot, Henderson was taken into custody, the report said. 
CHARLESTON, SC - Charleston investigators say a 34-year-old woman wanted for a downtown stabbing has been arrested. Police charged Loretta D. White with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. Officers found a 38-year-old man with an injury to his hand. The victim said it all started when White, the mother of his children, began a verbal argument with him, and threw grocery items at the wall. When he gave White $5 to take a bus and leave, White took a kitchen pot and struck the victim across the face. When the victim took the pot away from White, the suspect ran to the bedroom and grabbed a knife. As the victim was attempting to shut the apartment door to keep White out, White stuck the knife inside the home and stabbed the victim's hand.
Richland County Sheriff's deputies say two brothers got into an argument over dinnerware and one brother ended up stabbing the other Sunday night. Deputies were called to a home on Lakeridge Parkway just after 6 p.m. Sunday. 47-year-old Edward William Bright got into an argument with his brother over what dinnerware to use and the argument turned physical. Bright is accused of stabbing his brother several times in the torso with a steak knife. Wilson says the victim's wounds were superficial and the injuries are not life-threatening. Bright is charged with assault and battery and was taken to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. 
Lufkin Police officers arrested a 30-year-old man for harassing a public servant after he allegedly spat a mixture of saliva and freshly chewed chicken in an officer's face. Roman Charles Taylor, of Lufkin, is still being held in Jail on a charge of harassment of a public servant. They found the man sitting on the front porch and eating a piece of chicken. Taylor became "very aggressive" when the officers got out of the patrol vehicle. As two of the officers were talking to Taylor, he allegedly spit in one man's face. One of the officers tased Taylor, and the suspect fell to the ground. After the officers cuffed Taylor, he was brought to his feet. At that point, Taylor looked at another LPD officer and allegedly spit saliva and chewed chicken in his face as well. 
WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A man was arrested in Wilmington Sunday night in connection to drug-related charges after he was spotted running stop signs. According to police, officers saw a Nissan sedan speeding and running stop signs so they pulled the vehicle over. Dwight Kennedy started to struggle with the arresting officer and was pulling away when being handcuffed. Police said Kennedy was charged for possession of PCP, reckless driving and resisting arrest.
PHILADELPHIA –Authorities say a murderer claimed he killed a young victim to spare him the horror. Twenty-six-year-old
Houma, La. police said officers are looking for a person of interest in a killing that happened on Sunday afternoon. Police seek Leron Calloway, 17, for questioning in the investigation. 
Roanoke Rapids, N.C. — A (black) man faces charges of attempted murder after Halifax County authorities say he shot his girlfriend in the head. Joshua Tristan Arrington, 30, was jailed without bond on two counts of attempted murder as well as charges of discharging a weapon into occupied property and injury to personal property. 
Raleigh, N.C. — Police have arrested a WakeMed employee who they say was caught using his electronic device to record females in a hospital restroom. Douglas Emmanuel Perry, 42 was arrested after a woman found the phone hidden by paper towels in a waste basket that had been pushed near the toilet in a restroom. When the woman pulled it out of the trash, the camera was on. She noticed a man leaving the restroom before she went in and then saw him again re-entering when she left. At one point she said she heard him ask a supervisor if anyone had turned in a cellphone. Police were able to track down the employee after calling his wife's number, which had been programmed into the phone under the label "Wife". Perry was arrested and is charged with felony secret peeping.
Two months after being released from prison, a convicted sex offender is accused of plucking a woman from the street, sexually assaulting her in two locations and leaving her on the street in another part of the city. Corey James Butts, 42, of Bowling Green, is scheduled to appear in Warren Circuit Court on Dec. 9 to be arraigned on two counts of first-degree rape and one count each of first-degree sodomy, kidnapping and second-degree assault. Butts is in Warren County Regional Jail in lieu of a $500,000 cash bond. A Warren County grand jury indicted him last month. 
(Memphis) A 34-year-old Memphis man is behind bars accused of raping three runaway teens who moved into his apartment. Police say they got a tip the 15-year-old runaway was at Mario Hampton’s Whitehaven apartment. Officers say when they got there they found the 15-year-old as well as two sisters ages 16 and 17. They say Hampton admitted to having sex with the girls for money and said one of the girls may have recorded it on her cell phone.
INDIANAPOLIS - A man wanted for a home invasion has been taken into custody. Police were searching Friday near 37th and Meridian streets for Taiwan Lundy, who was wanted in connection to the home invasion on 
INDIANAPOLIS - Authorities with IMPD confirm a suspect wanted in connection to two violent home invasions has been taken into custody. A police spokesman says Adrian Anthony was in police custody Sunday morning. Anthony, 20, was wanted by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department for the home invasions on 
NEW JERSEY - A Thanksgiving shopper is facing criminal charges after police say she pulled a stun gun in a dispute over a shopping cart outside of a Walmart store. Police spoke to a victim, a 42 year old from Staten Island, who told officers that she and another woman were having an argument over a shopping cart when the other woman pulled out a stun gun and activated it in a threatening manner. Police say the woman with the stun gun, Latosha Mathis, 34, was arrested.
SHREVEPORT, LA - Shreveport police have made an arrest in the stabbing early Thanksgiving morning in Cedar Grove that left a local man in the hospital with serious injuries. 55-year-old Dewayne Goins is charged with attempted second degree murder. Police say it happened just before 8 a.m. Thursday during an argument at a home in the 200 block of W. 70th St. Goins is accused of pulling a knife and stabbing 32-year-old
COBB COUNTY, GA - A 25-year-old was arrested in connection to a stabbing death in Marietta. Investigators said 
LUFKIN, TX - A man died following a stabbing at Pershing Place Apartments in Lufkin Monday morning. Sgt. Mike Shurley said the man, 
COLUMBUS, Miss. -- Lowndes County authorities have charged a woman with murder after a domestic disturbance ended with the death of one of the people involved. Investigators say Chaddy Mae Brooks, 28, of Columbus is being held on a $100,000 bond in the stabbing death of 
TAYLORSVILLE, NC - A Taylorsville woman has been charged after deputies say she stabbed a man during a fight on Sunday. According to the Alexander County Sheriff's Office, 22-year-old Chelsea Yvonne Anderson was charged with one count of Assault inflicting serious injury. Deputies say the charge stems from an incident on Sunday evening, around 6:52 PM, along Petrea Lane. Anderson is accused of stabbing a male in the shoulder after a fight.
The Prince George’s County Police Department has arrested the suspect in the murder of 30-year-old 
MEMPHIS, TN - - A man is in jail and is being accused of stabbing another Memphian three times. According to police, Ricky Henderson, 59, is facing assault charges after stabbing a man in the chest, stomach, and hand. Officers believe there was a feud going on between the two individuals. The victim is now in The MED in critical condition. Henderson is facing a $25,000 bond.
MADISON, MS, – Authorities say an abortionist with a history of tax evasion, botched abortions, and unusual disposal of aborted babies has died. Police found the body of Dr. Joseph Booker Jr., 69, at his home Thursday night after relatives complained they could not reach him. Investigators said Booker suffered a stroke and drowned in his shower in his Madison, Mississippi, home. 
A 39-year-old American Canyon man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of multiple crimes related to sexual victimization of his daughter. According to American Canyon Police Chief Tracey Stuart, 
The names of the other Good Shepherd Medical Center stabbing victims were released today in a press conference at the facility. They are: 
The New Orleans artist was just blocks from home last Monday when two unknown men attacked and robbed her. "I thought I was dead," 
Police arrested two Canton teenagers Monday in connection to the shooting death of an 88-year-old man. Japheth Thomas, 19, was arrested. Mikal Johnson, 18, was arrested. Both are charged with aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary. Davis said detectives are continuing to investigate and further charges may be pending. 
JEANNETTE — When shots rang out in a Westmoreland County neighborhood, one woman was wounded. The alleged shooter is in jail and several homes were left bullet ridden. Tuesday around 10:30 p.m., the silence was broken. 35-year-old Dionne Lee McKelvin is accused of 
LONDON — A prosecutor outlined the chilling near-decapitation of an unarmed British soldier on a London street, as two men went on trial Friday in connection with the suspected extremist attack. Prosecutor Richard Whittam told jurors that 
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. - Three people are now charged in the shooting death of 
BESSEMER CITY, N.C. -- Police are stepping-up patrols in hopes of finding a man who is robbing people at gunpoint. 
Investigators out of Gaston County are trying to find out if they caught the man who they said terrorized families for more than a week. Donnavan Huskey will face a judge Wednesday on burglary charges. 
Donnovan Jerome Huskey Jr., 20, of Heather Court, Bessemer City, was arrested Tuesday morning. He faces charges in a home invasion Monday night on 10th Street in Bessemer City. Police also accused 18-year-old Martavious Adams, of 1205 Mountain Ave., Gastonia, in the home invasion. He was arrested Wednesday afternoon. 
MIDDLETOWN, OH - A Middletown veterans club is offering $1000 reward for the apprehension of two teens who attempted to rob a couple Saturday night. On Saturday, November 23, 2013 at approximately 7:30pm, a 
LEE COUNTY - The Lee County Sheriff's Office has arrested a juvenile in connection with two random attacks. Traveshia Blanks, is charged with two counts of battery on 
