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Three arrested in Chauvin woman's shooting death
     Three men were arrested Thursday night in connection with the shooting death of a 25-year-old Chauvin woman last month, authorities said. Charged with first-degree murder are Du’Quain Vincent, 21, and Jalen Francis, 19, and Zacchaeus Vincent, 19, according to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office. They tried to sell Elizabeth Davis, and her boyfriend, Jimmy John Scott, illegal drugs. Francis shot and killed Davis as she sat inside her car. Francis also shot Scott in the hand. Du’Quain Vincent had made arrangements for Zacchaeus Vincent and Francis to sell the couple drugs. It was unclear whether the Vincents are related. The couple — with Scott in the driver’s seat and Davis in the passenger seat — met Zacchaeus Vincent and Francis in Smithridge, Foret said. Francis then tried to rob them at gunpoint and fired multiple shots as they fled, Foret said. “He (Francis) pistol-whipped me,” Scott said in an interview the day after the shootings. “He shot like eight times, and one of the bullets hit Elizabeth.” The couple fled in a car to Marty J’s convenience store in search of help. Davis was dead when deputies and medical personnel arrived, police said. She had been shot once in the torso. “Her last words were ‘I got shot,’ ” Scott said. “I tried to shake her head, but she was already dead.” - (Black-on-white)
 Authorities were searching for a fourth suspect, Desmond Verdin, 17, Thursday night but determined this morning that he was not involved, Foret said. However, Verdin is wanted on several charges unrelated to the shootings. He is considered armed and dangerous. Man shot, girlfriend killed by teen in attempted drug transaction, Terrebonne officials say |
DENVER (AP) — Two brothers are headed to prison for their role in the killings of five people at a Denver bar that authorities say was then set on fire in an attempted cover-up. Joseph Hill, 28, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole Friday after pleading guilty to five counts of first-degree murder in the October 2012 slayings. Lynell Hill, 26, was sentenced to 70 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count each of second-degree murder, aggravated robbery and first-degree arson. - (Black-on-white)
DENVER - Denver prosecutors announced Thursday they will seek the death penalty against 23-year-old Dexter B. Lewis in the horrific murders of five people who were stabbed to death at Fero's Bar and Grill last fall. "I've been in the Denver DA's Office for 30 years and I've never seen a case where there were five people that were killed at the hand of one individual," said Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey. "We have a man and four women that were allegedly laid down on the floor of a bar and butchered. Based on that, I think it's appropriate for us to seek the death penalty."
SACRAMENTO COUNTY — A suspect has been named in the Sacramento County O’Reilly Auto Parts shooting that left an employee dead. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department identified Michael Eugene Addson, 26, as the man who tried to rob the store Thursday night. Deputies say employee 
LOUISVILLE, KY - A teenager who was taken into custody Friday on robbery charges is now charged with the murder of a Saint Matthews Kroger employee. Saint Matthews Police Department Officer Dennis McDonald said Aaron Cross, 18, had been charged with the murder of 
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES -- Two men have been sentenced in the 2010 murder of a marijuana clinic employee in Echo Park. 
RALEIGH -- It has been one year since police say two brothers broke into a home in Raleigh's Oakwood neighborhood, leaving a husband paralyzed and his wife traumatized.
In the two years before his release into the general population of Omaha, Nikko Jenkins wasn't even released into the general population of his prison. The main reason: He was too dangerous to mix with other inmates. Yet prison administrators launched him from their most extreme confinement — a segregated cell where he spent 23 hours a day — into the Omaha community. They did so despite warnings from Jenkins' family, friends, judges, psychiatrists, prosecutors, Parole Board staff, even Jenkins himself. In an email two months before Jenkins' release, Trudy Clark, an administrative assistant to the Nebraska Parole Board, wrote the director of the state corrections' mental health unit. “This email is written from a personal level only,” Clark wrote. “Why isn't Nikko Jenkins in the mental health unit? The board is getting letters from him that he is going to eat people, specifically Christians and Catholics. This is only one of many bizarre letters the board has gotten from him. Is he being evaluated for a mental health commitment? As a taxpayer, this guy scares me to death!” 
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A 29-year-old Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the death of an Alburnett woman in March 2012 and faces up to 12 years in prison. Jermonda Pledge pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle -reckless driving, a felony, and driving while barred, a misdemeanor, Jan. 2, in Linn County District Court. He also originally was charged with homicide by vehicle - OWI but that charge, which carries a 25 year prison term, was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. Sentencing is set Jan. 23. Pledge sped through a red light and lost control of his vehicle near the intersection of County Home Road and C Avenue Extension March 18, 2012. His girlfriend and passenger, 
MEMPHIS, TN - Memphis police need your help to find two men suspected of killing a Mid-South woman. 19-year-old 
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City man arrested after his girlfriend's baby died of abuse has been charged with murder. Brian Luther Taylor, 24, was charged with first-degree felony murder Friday in 3rd District Court. Taylor was alone with his girlfriend's 1-year-old son, 
An upstate New York teenager was arrested yesterday in connection with an online video showing him punching an elderly woman in the head as she exits a Rochester convenience store. Devin Alexander, 16, was busted Wednesday on a probation violation charge, according to a Rochester Police Department spokesperson (who declined to reveal how Alexander, who was on probation for a robbery conviction, allegedly violated terms of his supervision). The teenager is currently in custody. Alexander is seen in a video that was first posted to a Facebook page titled “True Goon Tocool Sneekey.” 
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The eighth suspect in the 2011 beating of a Columbia teen has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Nineteen-year-old Yahquann Gantt was sentenced Thursday on charges of aggravated assault and battery, robbery and criminal conspiracy. Gantt will get credit for being in jail since his arrest in June 2011. Eighteen-year-old 
COLUMBIA, SC - Another person responsible for the beating of 
COLUMBIA, SC – Half of the 8 teenagers accused of being involved in the beating of 18-year-old
Kirkland, Wash. — Investigators with the Kirkland Police Department tell KIRO 7 they have a pretty good idea who may have killed a 28-year-old mother of four. The body of 
ORLANDO, Fla. - A man and two women were arrested Friday in Orlando on sex trafficking charges involving a 
Two teenage girls, Patricia Montes and Erica Avery were captured on cell phone video punching and kicking a 
The accused rapist, Jayvon Woolfork, 19, stood next to one of his accused accomplices, Lanel Singleton, 18, dressed in tan jailhouse scrubs, their wrists cuffed behind their backs as the judge read from their arrest reports.
PINE BLUFF, AR - Pine Bluff Police are asking for tips to help track down a suspect wanted for allegedly raping a mentally ill man. Authorities say Rodrick Adway should be considered armed and dangerous. According to a police report, the 21-year-old victim told authorities Adway forced him to person sexual acts multiple times. The victim, who is related to the suspect, eventually told someone and received medical help. Police say Adway is roughly 5'8" and 200 lbs. If anyone knows anything about this case, contact the Pine Bluff Police Detective Office at 870-730-2090 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Two men are facing charges following a November, 2013 rape and murder of a 62-year-old woman in her own apartment. According to police, Eugene Mitchell, 56, and Guy Marcus Allen, 42, sexually assaulted 
A registered sex offender has been arrested in the 2012 rape of a woman in Fort Lauderdale, authorities said. Sam Austin, 42, was arrested Wednesday and charged with sex battery, kidnapping and failure to register as a sex offender, Fort Lauderdale Police said. According to police, the attack happened back on Oct. 18, 2012, as the woman waited at a bus stop in Fort Lauderdale.
DENVER - Surveillance cameras aboard a bus captured images of an attempted sex assault suspect, police say. Through a Crime Stoppers alert, Denver Police explained that the suspect is wanted for throwing the female victim to the ground as she got off the bus near South Monaco Parkway and East Iliff Avenue at about 10:35 p.m. Wednesday. The man took her cellphone and money before trying to sexually assault her. The victim was able to fight the man off, police said. The attacker was described as a tall, black man wearing a two-tone ball cap. He has a tattoo on the side of his neck.
SHEFFIELD, Alabama -- Police have made an arrest in a rape case from last year. Tavares Terrell Garner, 31, of Huntsville has been arrested and charged with rape, burglary, theft of property, robbery and and sexual abuse. He is accused of raping a woman at the Colbert Square Apartments on 19th Avenue in October.
A DNA match has led to charges against a man accused of raping a woman Sept. 26 near the Stearns County government campus downtown. St. Cloud police are seeking Xavier Lamar Phillips-Freeman, 24. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. An arrest warrant has been issued. A 33-year-old woman told police that she was approached Sept. 26 on Courthouse Square by a stranger who said he had a gun. She was sexually assaulted at about 11:10 p.m., according to police. She described the suspect as being black, 22-28 years of age, about 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 150-160 pounds. He had a stocky, muscular build and had cornrows going down to the bottom of his neck.
Daddy made a call from jail, a call that ultimately condemned his 4-year-old son to death — a death that brought an end to days of beatings and torture. Let down by his mother, and then by his father, little 
CHARLESTON, SC - A Charleston County jury found a 26-year-old man guilty of murder Thursday in a 2011 execution style killing at a downtown Charleston playground. A judge sentenced Tyrell Collins to life in prison without any chance of parole. Prosecutors say Collins shot 24-year-old 
LOUISVILLE, KY – A Doss High School student was arrested for robbing another student. According to an arrest warrant, Reginald Grinter, 18, and another person, took a cell phone and $94.00 from the victim. All three are students at Doss High School. The victim stated that he was pushed into the bathroom where the Grinter and the other person went through the victim's pockets, taking a HTC phone valued at $599.000 and the cash. Following the incident, the pair fled school grounds. 
Polk County deputies said a self-proclaimed career shoplifter who admitted stealing up to three times a week and selling the proceeds for drugs, faces charges in two Home Depot thefts in the past month. Deputies said Richard McIntosh, 56, stole $320 in wire on Dec. 6 from a store in Lakeland and $180 in screws from a Winter Haven store Sunday. McIntosh told authorities that for the past 25 years he has brought in “$600 to $700 per day” by stealing gift cards and merchandise from Home Depots, selling the proceeds to buy crack cocaine.
Convicted robber and burglar Alexander Leslie Baxter is again incarcerated thanks to an alert citizen’s Wednesday afternoon call to police after seeing Baxter climb a privacy fence and enter the rear of a home in the 2100 block of Portland Avenue. Canine officer Spencer Harris and his partner, Iwo, apprehended Baxter hiding behind a water heater in the basement. 
while neglecting his 
A Florida man is accused of beating another man to death with a baseball bat during an argument over how barbecue was being sliced at a party in Jacksonville. Police arrested 35-year-old Alvin Kenneth "Chico" Welch Jr. on Wednesday in the death of 31-year-old 
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A local prosecutor said he would not pursue the death penalty in the slaying of a Gaston County high school student. 
DENVER - Another man brutally attacked at random on New Year's Eve in lower downtown Denver comes forward with concerns about public safety. He is worried more innocent people could be attacked if there is no warning that these assaults are occurring. Denver police say there are no arrests so far and it appears the attacks have no motivation other than hurting someone. "You know I'm still very sore," said 
The Nebraska tot, who unleashed tantrum of curses and slurs, was one of four children removed from the unidentified house. The Omaha Police Officers Association created controversy for posting video to educate about the ‘terrible cycle of violence and thuggery.’ Critics called the post racist and unnecessary. The little boy — clad only in his diaper — pushed over a chair, flipped the bird and unleashed a stream of curses and slurs, including b---h, f--k and the N-word. 
CHICAGO – DNA evidence has linked a “career criminal” with a violent robbery-homicide that occurred in the West Englewood neighborhood in 2009. George Patterson, 51, faces one count of murder in connection to the Aug. 9, 2009 incident, according to a release by Chicago Police. Between 3:30 a.m. and 5 a.m., Patterson allegedly broke into a home in the 6800 block of South Marshfield Avenue and fatally beat and strangled a 
A 52-year-old man has been charged over the sexual assault and strangulation of a little girl whose battered body was found dumped behind a North Carolina elementary school more than 20 years ago. Donald Preston Ferguson was arrested at his Spartanburg, South Carolina home yesterday and charged with first-degree murder and sexual assault. Police said advances in forensic technology enabled them to link Ferguson to the horrific 23-year-old cold case which rocked Greensboro. In July 1990, the body of 
Wearing a big, red bow in her hair that matched a ribbon cinched around her waist, a polka-dot skirt and white tights, an 
PHILADELPHIA – A 25-year-old Philadelphia man has been ordered held for trial after victims described being grabbed on the street by this alleged serial attacker. He terrorized the Juniata Park neighborhood in October. The first victim, a 
HOUSTON—Houston police have arrested and charged two suspects in connection with a robbery and sexual assault of a woman, and six other robberies at Terry Hershey Park. Damontres Darnell Mitchell, 18, and Jassan Rashaad Hughes, 18, are each charged with one count of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. On Monday officers found Mitchell near the park driving a vehicle that was stolen on Jan. 3 from a pizza delivery driver. “When (the order) arrived Damontres and Jassan ambushed the pizza driver. One came from behind and one from the front, pointed guns and took his car keys.” Hughes was a passenger in the vehicle Monday and both were arrested after a brief chase. Evidence led investigators to charge Mitchell and Hughes in the Jan. 3 sexual assault of a jogger in Terry Hershey Park. The woman said she was followed into the bathroom around 8:20 a.m. and two men sexually assaulted her and stole her jewelry. Investigators said they also believe the suspects are responsible for several recent robberies.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The attorney for a woman who accused star Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston of sexual assault said Thursday that she intends to sue the school, the Tallahassee Police Department and the player himself. Patricia Carroll said she plans to file a notice to sue the police department early next week. Under Florida law, anyone filing a lawsuit against a government agency must file court paperwork six months prior to the suit itself.
Police in Connecticut say they’re looking for a man who smashed his vehicle into a gas station in Newington, swiped a banana from a shelf and ate it before leaving early Wednesday morning. Nothing else was taken. The store’s surveillance video shows a Ford Freestyle with Connecticut license plates backing repeatedly into the store and breaking the glass doors, which set off the burglar alarm at about 2 a.m. The man was gone before police arrived. Authorities describe him as a black man who was wearing a brown hat, dark jacket and dark pants.
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, SC - Air Force officials, in coordination with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, continue to ask for public assistance in locating Capt. Robby Williams III. He may be using an alias "Robby Lawton."Air Force Office of Special Investigations' officials believe Williams is not armed or dangerous at this time. 
The wailing mother of a convicted thug collapsed when her son was tossed in prison for three years for viciously smacking a baseball bat into a tourist’s legs during a drunken brawl in the West Village last year. “My only son, my only son!” the heartbroken mom shrieked hysterically, writhing on the courtroom floor for close to half an hour. An ambulance was finally called to remove the grieving mother from the Manhattan court building in a stretcher as her daughters and husband trailed behind her. A jury found 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The man suspected of shooting a Charlotte Mecklenburg police officer could face federal charges in the case. Police said James Lewis, 31, shot Officer 
Durham, N.C. — A Warren County man pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from the hit-and-run death of a Durham man riding his bicycle six months ago. Durham prosecutors said during a hearing Wednesday afternoon that 
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Investigators say a man admitted killing a woman who was dropping off his child because the mother was afraid to make the custody exchange. Wolf Griffin had a preliminary court hearing Wednesday in Gwinnett County. He's accused of stabbing to death 62-year-old 
Four men charged in the fatal carjacking of a young lawyer outside an upscale New Jersey mall pleaded not guilty Wednesday to felony murder and other charges. Hanif Thompson, 29, Karif Ford, 31, Basim Henry, 32, and Kevin Roberts, 33, are accused in the Dec. 15 carjacking and killing of 
Charlottesville police have identified the people they say are responsible for a beating on the downtown mall. Police say around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, two men came to police headquarters and surrendered for their role in the attack on December 20. Both men have now been charged with assault and battery. Richard Spears, 23, and Malcolm Stevenson, 25, are facing misdemeanor assault charges. Police say, based on their investigation, this is what happened the night of December 20 on Charlottesville downtown mall.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —Investigators have arrested a 27-year-old man accused of having sex with a minor who became pregnant with his baby. The accusations against Kyle Scott date back to August 2011. Investigators said the victim told them she started having sex with Scott when she was 
UPPER DARBY, Pa. — Bail has been set at $1 million for a West Philadelphia man whom police say was driving with a suspended license when he slammed into another man who was walking his dog in Delaware County earlier this week. Officials say 58-year-old Ernest Marks told investigators he knew he had hit something but fled the scene anyway.
OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. - Two children are dead after an early morning crash in Oconee County. Their mother is now charged with driving under the influence. The Oconee County Coroner says two young sisters were killed during the accident near Utica Baptist Church around 2:15 a.m. New Year's Day. The 1-year-old child, 
Suffolk, Va. – A four-year-old little boy confides in his babysitter, telling her that his parents forced him into a scalding hot shower as a punishment for misbehaving, according to court documents. “He said that his parents punished him for saying it and told him to get in the hot shower. So I asked him, was it an accident? And he said, no he knew it was hot. They told me to get in it,” Tosha Tucker, the child’s babysitter, said. Now, his dad and step-mother, Bernard and Vallerie Esannason, are behind bars. 
SALEM — Lawyers for Tanicia Goodwin, the Salem woman accused of trying to kill her two children and set their apartment on fire nearly two years ago, plan to argue to a jury that she was mentally ill and not criminally responsible at the time. 
A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder after the landlord of his Brooklyn building was found nearly decapitated in the basement Tuesday, police say. 
In 2013, Daquantrius Shaquill Johnson and Quanique Dontrell Thomas-Hameen were co-defendants in a Wichita burglary case. Now, police suspect the two 19-year-olds of being partners in crime again. This time, the alleged crime has caused widespread outrage because it was seen as the epitome of cold-heartedness. Police have arrested two men and are seeking a third in a Dec. 29 incident in which someone stole from a woman who suffered a fatal brain aneurysm at a Taco Bell drive-through. As 
HALLSBORO, NC – A third person has been arrested in connection to a homicide that happened in Columbus County Wednesday. Amanda Kay Canady, 25, from Bolton was arrested Thursday afternoon for her role in the death of 
A 26-year-old Florida woman may never walk again after her kind gesture to offer a stranger a ride to the hospital turned into a nightmare attack that has ruined her life. Tallahassee-resident 
Atlanta - Qutravius Palmer, 22, turned himself into police custody with friends and family by his side. Palmer and a 14-year-old are accused in the attempted robbery and shooting of 21-year-old 
On August 8, 2011, 
SAN ANTONIO — A suspect in the stabbing death of 
BARBERTON, OH - Detectives with the Barberton Police Dept. made two arrests Friday in a New Years Eve triple homicide investigation. Cops picked up Michael Deon Hendon, 22, and his brother Eric Donta Hendon, 30, both of Akron. Police say the brothers went to 
SAN FRANCISCO — A law enforcement task force led by the U.S. Marshals Northern District of California has arrested a suspect in the 2010 murder of a German tourist. A tipster saw the mugshot of 21-year-old Devante Laws, on a new “most wanted” website and called in to law enforcement, leading to yesterday’s arrest. “Investigators received a tip, set up surveillance, and noticed somebody that looked just like Mr. Laws,” said Frank Conroy, Supervisory Deputy of the U.S. Marshals Service, Northern California Division. “They began to follow that individual, approached him at a gas station and placed him into custody.” Laws is in the San Francisco County jail, charged with accessory to murder, and other weapons charges. Seven men are already in custody with various charges associated with the homicide of 
(HOUSTON) -- Matthew Sowders is now charged with capital murder in the death of
PORTLAND – A suspect arrested for attacking a TriMet driver in a dispute over a bus fare in December was released from jail Thursday. On Dec. 12, Daemon Bowman allegedly punched driver 
A Metro-East woman was nearly murdered and now her family is stepping up to get her justice as her accused attacker is being hunted by police. 
