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Chinese immigrants at the heart of the $10 million counterfeiting ring
 Their American dream was built on a foundation of fakes. An unfolding criminal case offers a rare glimpse into how a group of Chinese immigrants turned knockoff Michael Kors bags and Jimmy Choo shoes into a multimillion-dollar business, allowing them to snap up luxury cars, Rolexes and real estate in New York and Florida. Now the Queens family allegedly at the heart of the $10 million counterfeiting ring stands to lose everything — including their freedom. Authorities say brother-and-sister duo Chee Kwan “Jimmy” Yim, 43, and Chee Kuen “Janice” Yim, 40, for years had no legitimate source of income, yet they, along with other siblings, had half a dozen properties, as well as diamonds, raw jade, paintings, porcelain vases, a Lexus and tens of thousands of dollars in cash. It all came with money earned via Goodies Enterprises, a company registered to the Yim family’s $1.2 million, 2,400-square-foot Little Neck home, according to prosecutors.
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CLEVELAND, OH - The man who sexually assaulted an autistic teenager was sentenced to prison on Wednesday. Israel Wingo, 67, will serve 13.5 years in prison for sexually assaulting the autistic 17-year-old girl. He will be required to register as a Tier II Sexual Offender. Wingo then offered an apology to his victim, but she refused to look at him. "She's not the same, I mean she doesn't communicate any more," the victim's mother said. "She's crawled back into that shell that I worked so hard to get her out of." Wingo is the father of the victim's friend. "Shame on you, she trusted you," scolded Prosecutor Frankie Goldberg. The crime came to light when Cleveland Rec worker William Morrison saw Wingo kissing the victim in front of Roberto Clemente Park. Morrison used his cell phone to take a picture of Wingo's truck and license. Police investigated and found nude pictures of the girl and kiddie porn. Wingo had previously entered a plea of guilty to six counts of pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor, one count of endangering children, one count of gross sexual imposition, one count of possessing criminal tools and one count of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material or performance. - (Black-on-white)
The 15-year-old who police said is one of the two people responsible for the home invasion that injured an elderly woman in Watertown late last month will be in court today, where he will be tried as an adult. Divontaye Canady has been charged with assault, larceny and kidnapping with a firearm. When Canady appeared in court last month, his mother was by his side as his public defender entered a not guilty plea. The victim, 
ASHEVILLE, N.C. —A limousine driver has been charged in an Asheville crash that killed a newlywed couple who had just attended a college friend's wedding. Asheville police Sgt. Dave Romick said Rodney Koon, 46, is charged with DWI and two counts of felony death by motor vehicle. The white 2003 Lincoln Town Car had gone over an embankment and struck a large tree. Passengers in the limo, 
Tampa police arrested a 19-year-old man Tuesday night in the fatal shooting of a taxi cab driver that occurred Sunday night. Devante Bell, of 1509 New Orleans Ave., faces one count of first-degree murder with a firearm and attempted armed robbery with a firearm in the shooting death of
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Kareem Turner, one of two men accused of killing an off-duty Norfolk police officer in 2010 was denied bond Wednesday morning. Turner was indicted on charges of second degree murder, armed robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a felon and conspiracy. Turner and Raymond Perry are the two suspects charged with Officer 
BERKELEY COUNTY, SC - The shooting that led to the death of 
UPDATE: "On 12-6-13 Glendale Police Detectives were continuing their investigation into the homicide of 
HIXSON, TN - A Hixson family is thanking a good Samaritan for helping police catch two suspects that stole a TV from their home. A Bill Owens Heating and Air employee spotted the duo lifting the television and followed them until police could pursue. Red Bank Police chased the suspects until they wrecked on Highway 27 near Mountain Creek Road. One suspect was taken into custody on the scene. K-9 units assisted in locating the second suspect. The family says they're touched by the witness' kindness. 
It will now be at least mid-March before a man charged with killing two Bessemer bank tellers and wounding two others during a robbery in 2007 could face a federal judge and jury.
The family of a slain Idaho man who came to the Big Apple chasing dreams of being a rock star wiped away tears as Brooklyn prosecutors opened their case against his alleged killer. “I want to see justice. I don’t care whether he robbed him or what the situation was, but my son didn’t deserve to die,” Beverly Thibodeau said of her son, 
BELLEVILLE, Ill.— A 39-year-old woman on Monday was sentenced to serve 60 years in prison for the murder of an 85-year-old grandmother burned alive in her vehicle in 2011. St. Clair County Circuit Judge Bob Haida found LaTosha Cunningham guilty of killing 
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Police in Asheville are asking for your help after a woman reported a sexual assault near 80 Pond Road in West Asheville. Investigators say the suspect threatened others in the same way. Authorities say it happened Saturday when Nicholas Nacoleon Harding, 43, allegedly followed the female victim off a city bus, beat her, then sexually assaulted her. Harding was found nearby and arrested. Investigators say Harding told the victim he was a “mob boss” and threatened to have her killed. Police say they’ve had three other similar reports during unsuccessful incidents. If you have had recent contact with Harding, you’re asked to call police at (862) 252-1110.
Opelousas police have arrested a 43-year-old man for attempted aggravated rape of a 
MILWAUKEE — 30-year-old Lamar Cone of Milwaukee, a registered sex offender, faces multiple charges in connection with a case involving a missing 
One man is in custody for the murder of a woman in North Austin Wednesday. Police say 52-year-old Andrew Pena shot 22-year-old 
Tennessee's Court of Criminal Appeals has reversed a 225-year sentence for a former youth pastor convicted of raping three boys as a juvenile. In an opinion filed on Tuesday, the court ordered that Tavaria Merritt be resentenced to 50 years in prison. Merritt pleaded guilty to raping the
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —A Louisville woman faces charges after she was discovered naked from the waist up on the floor of a Walgreens bathroom stall. Police said Shukri Sheikh-Hussein was locked in the stall, seated on the floor and huffing hairspray from a cloth Friday morning. Sheikh-Hussein failed to respond to their commands to leave the stall, was unsteady on her feet, had heavily slurred speech, unsteady gait and smelled strongly of inhalant. Witnesses told police she had taken two cans of hairspray from the store without paying for them. The hairspray found in the bathroom with Sheikh-Hussein was valued at $31.55. 
One of their Facebook pages boasts of going to the school of 'da thug life'. Vester left behind his one-year-old son Gavin and wife Jamie. 'He knew it wasn’t the best neighborhood, that’s why he went in the middle of the afternoon,' said family friend Sarah Hill. 'He was being careful.' 
ROWAN COUNTY, NC - A Rowan County man is being held on a $5 million after deputies say a newlywed was shot in the head during a home break-in last week. Khari Dewayne McClelland, 23, was arrested in the Newton-Conover area Monday afternoon, according to the Rowan County Sheriff's Office. He was the third person arrested in the case. Deputies say Marcus "Marco" Kauffman is hospitalized after he was shot in the head during a 'botched' burglary at his home. McClelland was picked up by Rowan County Sheriff's Office Investigators, who transported him back to Rowan County for questioning and processing. He was served with warrants for Attempted Murder, Felony Breaking & Entering, Felony Larceny, and Felony Larceny of a Firearm. He was indicted in court on Tuesday morning and was appointed an attorney. McCelland was placed in the Rowan County Detention Center Monday night, under a $5,000,000 bond. 
LEVITTOWN, Pa. — The Trenton, NJ man who fired the shotgun blast that killed a popular Bucks County musician in his Levittown, Pa. home nearly two years ago will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Breon Powell offered nothing in the courtroom when the judge officially imposed the sentence that was decided by a jury that had found the 22-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder. Bucks County prosecutor Matt Weintraub says he will always wonder why 
LAS VEGAS -- A fugitive from California is in custody following a standoff in Las Vegas that lasted more than six hours. Metro Police say wanted murder suspect William Gardner barricaded himself at the Camden Point Apartments. The incident started shortly before 6:30 p.m. Monday. Two adults and a three-year-old girl were inside the apartment with Gardner. Both adults say they were not held against their will. He is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend
INDIANAPOLIS - The girlfriend of one of the north side home invasion suspects was arrested Monday. The Marion County prosecutor announced charges against Sierra White. The prosecutor believes she's the girlfriend of Adrian Anthony, one of 11 other people already accused in the home invasions. The prosecutor says White helped Anthony evade police after a warrant was issued for his arrest. She will make her first court appearance later this week. 
MONTGOMERY, AL - Montgomery police confirm a man has been arrested on a sex crime charge involving a juvenile. Patrick Monfiston was charged with first-degree sodomy. Police say the incident happened Sunday in the 3500 block of Whiting Avenue and
WEST HARTFORD — West Hartford police report that 43-year-old Robert Jamell-Roundtree was charged with public indecency and second-degree breach of peace for allegedly masturbating in front of passengers on a CT Transit bus on Dec. 2. Police say a woman reported that Roundtree exposed himself and began masturbating during a ride through West Hartford, causing her to switch seats. He allegedly followed her to the front of the bus and continued masturbating. A subsequent report by the Hartford Courant indicated that Roundtree continued to follow the woman off the bus to the Westfarms mall, where he allegedly continued to expose himself. 
A man is in jail accused of an attack the victim says involved the suspect following her across Asheville on a city bus. The charges against 43-year-old Nicholas Harding include first-degree sex offense, kidnapping and assault by strangulation. The woman says she'd never met Harding and that she first ran into him as they both rode the bus It was along a windy, secluded stretch of Pond Road the woman says Nicholas Harding suddenly grabbed her by the hair, threw her down an embankment and dragged her under a bridge. She tells investigators she tried to escape, the suspect struck her about the head several times and that she hit Harding with rocks and burned him with a lighter. The suspect then put his hands around the victim's neck until she could not breath. She says that's when the sexual-assault took place. The woman says Harding made a verbal threat that if she didn't meet him again Sunday, he would send someone to "take care of her and her young daughter." 
The father of two boys who died after their Detroit home caught fire has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of his sons. 36-year-old Kevin Deon Washington is also charged with two counts of child abuse second degree (failure to properly supervise the children so that defendant could help them escape). The manslaughter charge carries a maximum of 15 years in prison and the child abuse charge can be up to four years. Police say the
PHILADELPHIA – The man accused of robbing Asian-owned businesses in South Philadelphia has officially been charged. Nineteen-year-old Tishon Jones, of the 2100 block of 4th Street, was arrested on Thursday afternoon after a worker at the Terryin Restaurant reportedly stabbed him during an attempted robbery. Police say that’s the third time the suspect attempted to rob the restaurant, in addition to robbing the nearby Lin’s Grocery Store and South View Pizza. Jones is now facing charges of multiple robberies and related offenses.
The Supreme Court has issued an execution date for Herbert Smulls, 56, who was sentenced to death for the 1991 shooting of 
DOTHAN, AL -On May 17, 2003, a murder occurred at the Bee Line Motel, located at 733 N. Oates Street in Dothan. The victim, 
A homeless man convicted last month in the 2011 robbery and sexual assault of a 
A 19-year-old man has been accused of attacking 
Medical officials in Milwaukee believe a man was electrocuted while trying to break into a business, possibly to steal copper. Paramedics were called to Greer Tire after an employee noticed a man hanging over the roof of the building. "There was a man slumped over the edge of the roof, right by where the electrical connections are coming in," Pat Greer said. Greer described the terrifying scene that workers came upon early this week at his north side tire wholesale business. "He was leaning over the cap at the time with the wire cutters in his hands and had been electrocuted," Greer said. Fire Department officials believed the man may have been attempting to cut the business security system wire and was electrocuted in the process. Authorities suspect the victim may have been on the roof to steal copper wiring. Devon Williams, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene.
ORANGEBURG, SC - On December 4 the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office arrested Joseph Jones for failing to register as a sex offender. Jones had been on the run since 2005. The U.S. Marshal New York/New Jersey Regional Task Force arrested Joseph Blakely Jones on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Jones had an outstanding warrant in Orangeburg County for failure to register as a Sex Offender in 2005. Jones was included in a May 2013 press release after Investigators conducted a compliance check in April 2013 of registered Sex Offenders in the county. 
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A Cleveland County man will be in court accused of raping a
MEMPHIS, TN - - A man was convicted of rape 11 years after the assault occurred. It only took a jury 37 minutes to find Jerald Jefferson guilty of aggravated rape. In October 2002, Jefferson and two other men abducted the victim, who was 
JACKSON, Miss. - A former Jackson Police Department narcotics officer has filed a notice that he intends to plead guilty in a federal bribery case. An attorney filed the notice in U.S. District Court in Jackson on behalf of former Officer Tony Davis. The court filing on Thursday said Davis has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. Davis was indicted on October 3, and charged with trying to bribe another officer related to city transactions. He had pleaded not guilty. Davis is free on a $10,000 unsecured bond. 
WAVELAND -- Police have arrested Oren Joseph Lewis on a capital murder charge in the death of 
A father was charged with killing his newborn son after the infant died of a massive infection 11 days after he suffered an internal injury while alone at home with his father. Arthur Carpenter, 22, was watching his 
LOUISVILLE, KY - A man who was banned from all Kroger stores for shoplifting 12 years ago was found inside a Louisville Kroger on Saturday, according to police, who said the man had been harassing women at several businesses. Police said they received multiple calls from multiple businesses on Saturday about a man who was following women, trying to touch them and asking for money. Officers said they found the man, Kayvon Brown, 34, standing next to a woman he didn't know at the Kroger at 5244 Dixie Highway. Management and security at the Kroger told police that Brown had been banned from all Kroger stores after he was caught shoplifting in 2000 and 2001. Brown is charged with third-degree criminal trespassing.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A DeKalb County judge sentenced two people involved in the school contruction scandal to prison time on Monday, but sentencing for former superintendent Crawford Lewis was delayed. Lewis pleaded guilty in October to obstruction charges for his involvement in a school construction scandal as part of a plea agreement. Monday morning, a judge rejected the deal, which would have sentenced Lewis to probation, and recommended that he serve a year in prison. The judge gave Lewis the option to withdraw his guilty plea and he was not sentenced on Monday. Former DeKalb County Schools Chief Operating Officer Pat Reid and her ex-husband Tony Pope were sentenced on Monday. Reid was sentenced to serve 15 years in prison and Pope was sentenced to 8 years in prison on racketeering charges.
A Northampton County judge granted Scott Oliver's request to represent himself as he tries to overturn his conviction in the 1989 rape and murder of an 11-year-old Easton girl. Oliver, 46, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and rape of 
PHILADELPHIA - The suspected killer stewed in Interview Room D as detectives prepared charges against him in a crime that he could not escape - the five-year-old killing of 
A second victim in a deadly stabbing spree at Good Shepherd Medical Center’s Ambulatory Surgical Center has died.
PHILADELPHIA — Police are searching for a rapist who attacked a woman in Center City late last week. The incident happened near 13th and Chestnut Streets on November 14th. The 29-year-old female victim recently moved to the city. She was at a bar with some friends and stepped out to put money in her parking meter when the suspect attacked her from behind. After knocking her to the ground, the suspect physically and sexually assaulted her. After the brutal assault, she saw two males leave the area. “That male only said one word, ‘hey,’ and as she turned, he grabbed her and then the assault occurred. She also describes an unknown tattoo on his neck, as well as a chain with a cross on it,” Lt. Anthony McFadden explained. The suspect is described as a black male in his early 30s, with long braided hair. He also may have a dark tattoo on his neck. 
A state police trooper early Sunday fatally shot a suspect in the abduction of a young child from a convenience store in Brentwood. “He took the life of a man who decided not to respond to our verbal commands,” said Trooper Robin Mungo, a spokeswoman for the agency that is investigating the incident with Allegheny County Police. Authorities did not release the identities of those involved in the overnight kidnapping and subsequent chase that ended on Pittsburgh International Airport property. Mungo said the suspect was the ex-boyfriend of the child's mother. WPXI-TV identified the suspect as Jared Brown Garnham, 21, based on information issued with an Amber Alert. 
HOUSTON – A husband wanted in connection with the murder of his wife Friday night in Missouri City was arrested Sunday morning, police have confirmed. Lance Hilton, 45, has been charged with murder, according to the Houston Police Department. According to investigators, police were called to a home on Ridge Rock at Krause after 10:30 p.m. and found 
A man who broke into a teenage mother's home and raped her has been jailed for ten years. Neville Williams, 56, broke into his victim’s home and boasted it was his birthday as he brutally raped her. After her ordeal, which happened on October 1, 1999 - Williams’ 42nd birthday - he threatened to return and rape the young mum again if she called police. The terrified victim, aged 19 at the time, fled her home in Birmingham and resettled in another part of the country to escape the memory of what happened. But after 12 years of silence she finally went to police in November 2011 and officers launched a search for her attacker. Specialist teams were able to track Williams after his victim remembered he called himself by his nickname ‘Crunch’ 
A Chicago man faces several felony charges after allegedly raping a woman he met on the internet at gunpoint. Karon Godbold, 35, is accused of using the fake online name "Maurice Jones," and communicating with an 18-year-old woman on a social media site called Tagged. Godbold met with the victim and drove her to the Sauk Trail Woods Forest Preserve in Chicago Heights. Once there, he's accused of parking his vehicle, putting a gun to her head, and forcing her to have sex with him. Godbold was arrested in Chicago Heights and police say he was found with a gun. He was charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault, one count of armed habitual criminal, and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. 
A 17-year-old rape suspect will spend at least two years in a juvenile state lockup, according to a plea agreement today in Lucas County Juvenile Court. Kei'ron Toyer pleaded no contest to a charge of delinquency in the commission of rape. A kidnapping charge was dropped. Judge Connie Zemmelman found the teen delinquent. The teen, and 15-year-old Emmanuell Quinn, were accused of raping a 
A 15-year-old found delinquent of rape at a Sylvania park was sentenced to spend six months at the Youth Treatment Center. Emmanuell Quinn, after reaching an agreement with prosecutors, pleaded guilty on Nov. 13 to rape in Lucas County Juvenile Court. The sentencing was in line with the plea agreement: The youth will spend six months in the downtown Toledo lockdown facility where he will start a sex-offender treatment program. The youth will not have to register as a sex offender if he successfully completes the program; if he fails, the court could impose a sentence with the Department of Youth Services. Part of the plea agreement was that the teen would have to testify against his co-defendant, Kei'ron Toyer, 17, if necessary. The teens, students at Sylvania’s Southview High School, raped a 
A Broward man is facing a sexual battery charge after he raped a physically disabled woman at a Lauderdale Lakes hospital where they were both patients, authorities said. Charles Tarver, 33, was arrested at Florida Medical Center. Tarver walked into the woman's room at the hospital without her consent and groped her before raping her. The woman, who has a handicap that makes her unable to walk, couldn't fight Tarver off. Neither knew each other. 
Chicago Police are looking for a man wanted in a peeping tom/unlawful restraint incident that occurred on Nov. 23. The man was observed on video watching the victim in a bathroom. The victim was grabbed by the offender after leaving the bathroom and dragged into a stairwell. The victim was able to get away and notify police. The suspect is described as a black male between the age of 25-25 with a height between 5’10″-6’0″ and weighs between 140lbs-160lbs. 
DEER PARK, Ohio -- A grand jury indicts a nursing home employee on charges he raped a 
MEDIA COURTHOUSE — One of three teens accused in a brutal gang rape on Christmas Day 2012 pleaded guilty to indecent deviate sexual intercourse, carjacking, kidnap and robbery. Kewon Matthews, 18, will be sentenced March 4. The 
Burlington police arrested a man Thursday in connection with the kidnapping, rape and strangulation of a woman. Police charged Anthony Stephan Campbell, 34, with kidnapping, assault by strangulation, second-degree rape, communicating threats and assault on a female. The alleged victim in the case was an adult known to Campbell, according to police. Campbell assaulted and raped the victim, inflicting bruises and scratches to her neck by strangulation. He is accused also of pushing the victim down a flight of stairs and telling her, “I will kill you.” Campbell was held in the Alamance County jail. 
ST. LOUIS • A man was convicted of abducting a woman from a Metro bus and raping her. Darnell Anthony Clemons, 25, went to trial this week on kidnapping and rape charges stemming from the Nov. 11, 2011 incident. A St. Louis Circuit Court jury found him guilty of both felonies. Clemons approached the woman while she was on the bus and threatened to shoot her if she tried to get off. Other passengers observed the interaction and it was captured by video surveillance. Clemons threatened the other passengers as well, then forced the woman off the bus. He ordered her into a rental apartment then raped her and threatened her to keep her from reporting it. At the time, Clemons was wanted for a forcible rape in Maplewood and for a domestic assault case in St. Louis. 
BATON ROUGE, LA - Police said the rape of a 
PORT ALLEN, LA - Police said the rape of a 
Earnest Michael Padillow: The 47-year-old Tulsan was headed to the witness sand, supposedly to testify in his own behalf during his rape trial, when he punched his lawyer, court personnel said. Padillow was put in a headlock by another defense lawyer and then subdued with a stun gun by a sheriff’s deputy. (
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. -- The victim of a vicious knockout attack in New Jersey is speaking out for the first time. He was cold-cocked, and hit not just with a fist, but with a glove with hard plastic knuckles. Two of the four attackers are still on the run. The four young attackers ran up the street and pummeled another man who also had to be taken to the hospital. South Orange police arrested 18-year-old Romaine McKenzie. A 17-year-old also turned himself into police. 
Pennsylvania authorities issued an arrest warrant this week for a high school field hockey coach accused of covering up the alleged rape of one of her players during a weekend athletic festival over the summer. A 23-year-old man has been charged with rape in the case. 
NORWALK - Police have made an arrest in a cold case from more than 20 years ago. Norwalk police say DNA evidence led them to 
A New Jersey waitress who raked in thousands in donations after claiming a couple didn’t tip her because she’s gay was fired from her job on Saturday. 
Police are looking for a 35-year-old man who allegedly raped and burned a woman in a car in Queens Wednesday night. Authorities say they believe 
FAYETTEVILLE -- Detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department have charged and arrested 38-year-old Pierre Rouchant Lowe with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 
The horror started just before midnight on Wednesday this week. After listening to the latest television news about the health of Nelson 
