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Black executed for murder of his White co-worker in 1995
    A man has been executed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary almost 20 years after orchestrating the brutal assault and robbery of his co-worker at a Tulsa convenience store. Michael Lee Wilson, 38, was convicted in the killing of Richard Yost, 30, who aspired to one day manage the Quiktrip store. Wilson, who was convicted of first-degree murder, was the third person executed for the February 25, 1995, crime; the fourth defendant is serving a life term. Prison spokesman Jerry Massie said Wilson's time of death was 6:06 p.m. Two other men were executed for the crime in 2009 and 2011. Before the crime, the men loitered nearly an hour while waiting for customers to leave. Once they were gone, they struck Yost with an aluminum baseball bat 54 times in 131 seconds. They jostled a safe while removing it, but Wilson posed as Yost when a security company called to check an alarm. And to dampen suspicions among middle-of-the-night customers, Wilson put on Yost's uniform and worked the cash register as Yost lay dying in a pool of blood, beer and milk behind the cooler doors. Billy Don Alverson, 39, was executed in January 2011 and Darwin Brown, 32, was executed in January 2009. Richard J Harjo was sentenced to life because he was only 16 at the time of the murder. - (Black-on-white) |
WILMINGTON, NC – A Wilmington man is facing 2nd Degree Murder charges following an investigation from an assault that happened in the Houston Moore Public Housing Community last November. Rodney Seager Bradley, 21, is being charged with killing 86-year-old Floyd Henry. On November 11, 2013 Wilmington Police say Bradley assaulted the elderly man as he was sitting in a car with a family member. Henry was sent to the hospital and later Hospice care, where he died from his injuries weeks later. Bradley is currently serving time in the Forsyth County Detention Center. - (Black-on-white)
GAUTIER -- Police obtained an arrest warrant Thursday for a man accused of trying to help a capital murder suspect avoid arrest in the robbery and fatal shooting of 26-year-old 
MARRERO, La. – The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is seeking a person of interest in connection with the slaying of a U.S. Army soldier who was killed in the driveway of his in-laws’ home on January 1. Homicide investigators have released a picture of the man they are looking for in connection with the incident. U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Anderson was shot and killed in the 6100 block of Ray Street in Marrero after dropping off his three children at his in-laws. Anderson, who survived two tours of duty in the Middle East, was shot in the head and his car was stolen. 
ATLANTA — The family of 
A King County judge sentenced a Burien man to 50 years in prison Friday for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend 15 days after he was released from prison in October 2012 after serving time for threatening to kill her. A jury found Scottye Miller, 31, guilty of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon last month for killing 
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A Columbia man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for fatally shooting a man outside a house in Pasadena. Nineteen-year-old Ronald Lee McLeod was sentenced Wednesday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. He had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in July. Prosecutors say McLeod was riding in an SUV in October 2012 when he began firing at two men standing outside a home. Twenty-one-year-old 
SEATTLE — Kenneth McNeal's mother cried quietly in the courtroom as her husband apologized for their son on his 16th birthday. "Our biggest heartbreak is that a human life was almost lost," Michael McNeal said. Kenneth, 16, and Brandon Pamon, 23, are accused of brutally attacking 23-year-old 
Amherst Co., VA - Cordell Carter will remain in jail after turning himself in Wednesday morning. Amherst County Sheriff Jimmy Ayers says Carter is being held without bond and will not have a bond hearing. Ayers says 30-year-old 
JACKSON COUNTY, IL - Brandon L. Banks was arrested Thursday evening. Banks is accused of murdering 
When Jets tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. was arrested for possession of synthetic marijuana outside a Target in East Hanover back in November, police were called to the scene because a woman thought she saw him masturbating in his vehicle in the parking lot, according to court documents. 
The clerks told police one of the suspects, 18-year-old Ayesha Webb, was trying to leave when a customer walked in and they got into a fight. The customer was trying to keep Webb inside by closing the security screen. The complaint states Webb’s friends started throwing shoes, rocks and even spitting through the door to try and help her get away. Police arrested Webb, but when officers asked for her name, the complaint says she gave her 4-month-old daughter’s and claimed she was 17. Webb was taken to the juvenile detention facility where other kids locked up revealed her real name.
A man charged with participating in a gang rape of a 16-year-old girl outside her Richmond High School homecoming dance pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with the attack in exchange for a six-year prison sentence, a prosecutor said. 
Houston Mayor Annise Parker, the first openly gay mayor of a major city, married her longtime partner, Kathy Hubbard.
Peter Gerard Jones, 46, has been charged with murder after his 84-year-old neighbor was found dead in her Novi condo. 
U.S. Marshalls have arrested the suspect wanted in the New Year's double homicide. Michael Leday, 28, was arrested in Kansas City, MO, Tucson Police said. Kansas City Police and U.S. Marshals chased Leday into a wooded area behind the Crown Lodge motel. Leday was arrested at around 8:45 p.m. Leday is charged with two counts of first degree murder. Police say Leday brutally ran over 3 people, killing 2. 
Police say Victoria Williams, 26, hit her 7-year-old boy and girl in the head with a belt and slammed their heads onto a table because they didn't get a homework problem correct. 
MOBILE, Ala. - Mobile Police need your help finding a suspect accused of two residential burglaries and having sexual contact with a minor. The first robbery happened on the 200 block of Dexter Avenue on January 8th around 11:45 p.m. Police received a call about a residential burglary. They determined the suspect entered the home through a window. Once inside the residence, police say he made sexual contact with 
Delaware State Police say a man has been arrested for allegedly exposing himself inside a convenience store last month. Investigators say Garland J. Citizen, 60, of Felton, has been charged with disorderly conduct and second-degree indecent exposure. The incident on Dec. 9th around 11:38 a.m. at the Shore Stop on the 12000 block of South DuPont Highway in Felton. Police say a man, later identified as Citizen, purchased coffee and a paper and walked over to a table and sat down. According to police, an employee noticed the man standing up and exposing his genitals. The man then left the store.
SOUTHAVEN, MS --Police are on the hunt for a suspect they say beat an elderly Southaven woman. Investigators have issued warrants for the arrest of 23-year-old Kwame M. Becton of Southaven. On December 31, 2013, Southaven officers were called to a home in the 5700 block of Garden Walk E. regarding an injured person. When they arrived, they noticed the homeowners car was missing and the front door was open. Once inside, they found 
PORTLAND – A woman arrested Tuesday for mugging an 
Two men are arraigned in Worcester District Court in connection to the shooting death of 52-year-old Lloyd Worster, a janitor at the Albion Rooming House in Worcester, Mass. Prosecutors say 53-year-old Howard Penn, a security guard at the same rooming house on main street is alleged to have been in an argument with the victim Friday evening. "When Mr. Worster is walking away, Mr. Penn produced a firearm, fired one shot at the back of Mr. Worster, killing him," said Assistant District Attorney Brett Dillon. "Apparently, the two are known to each other, there's been some long-standing feud between the two," said Worcester Police Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst. Penn called 9-1-1 himself and admitted to shooting Worster, he claims it was in self-defense. 
SAVANNAH, GA - An open-ended plea hearing has been rescheduled for a man charged with the 2012 fatal shooting of an Isle of Hope firefighter. Brandon Mackey is accused of the June 25, 2012, slaying of 
PHILADELPHIA -- A judge has thrown out the death sentence imposed on a man convicted of the shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer more than two decades ago. Common Pleas Judge M. Teresa Sarmina ruled Friday that 50-year-old Edward Bracey had established below-average intellectual functioning as demonstrated by an IQ of 74. The U.S. Supreme Court has barred as unconstitutional execution of anyone deemed by a state to be mentally disabled. Bracey's sentence is now life in prison without possibility of parole in the 1991 murder of officer 
A man will be sentenced March 4 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his estranged wife in Mississippi. Authorities say 22-year-old 
A former New York minister has pleaded guilty to raping two teenage girls, one of whom belonged to his congregation. Prosecutors say the Rev. Michael Clare was convicted of rape on Wednesday. Under the terms of the plea deal, he will be sentenced to five years in prison and will register as a sex offender. Clare was the pastor of the Harvest Worship Center International in the Bronx. He admitted performing the acts with a
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis pastor was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years for two counts of child molestation. During a sentencing hearing, Otis Jetter, 70, was given 30 years for one count of A felony child molestation and 10 years for one count of B felony child molestation. Jetter was the pastor of The Pilgrim Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis. Police say 
The Millcreek man, charged with sexually assaulting two teen boys, was their boy scout leader. 51-year-old Timothy McFarland is facing charges of indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children, and corruption of minors. He's facing 2 counts of each for allegedly assaulting two boys, under the age of 13, while he was their assistant scout leader. According to the criminal complaint, the assaults happened between 2011 and 2013, while the boys were at McFarland's Millcreek township home. Police say McFarland would encourage the boys to take off their clothes, encouraged them to look at a pornographic magazine and inappropriate movies or websites. Investigators say he also touched them inappropriately. McFarland is free after posting $1,000 dollars bond.
Jacquetta Simmons, 27-years-old at the time of her crime, was convicted by a jury of peers in August of delivering a roundhouse punch to the face of 
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Authorities in Rock Hill say two teenaged boys turned themselves in to police in connection with a fatal Friday shooting. Maurice Lamont Burris, 16, is charged with murder, armed robbery, criminal conspiracy, possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and possession of a firearm under the age of 18. Burris' bond was denied. Burris is accused in the first homicide in Rock Hill in 2014 for the death of 25-year-old
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The man accused of killing a St. Matthews Kroger employee is facing additional charges. Police said Aaron Cross, who was an employee of the same Kroger on Hubbards Lane, manually entered a fraudulent discount code to obtain a discount for purchases of products. Police said Cross, or an unnamed co-defendant, would bring items to the cash register and after scanning the purchases, Cross would enter that code, which significantly reduced the price of items. Police said the actions of Aaron Cross cost Kroger more than $500. He's now facing theft charges. 
NATCHEZ, LA - A drug deal turned into an armed robbery in Natchitoches has resulted in a shooting and 3 arrests, including the victim. Deputies were called to the area of Main St. and Old River Rd. in Natchez for a report of an armed robbery with shots fired. The victim called 911, telling operators that two black males in a silver Chevrolet pickup truck had robbed him at gunpoint of over $200 after he helped them with their disabled vehicle. The victim also told police that after the robbery, the men left the area heading south towards Natchez. As they approached the intersections of La. Hwy 494 and La. Hwy 119 in Natchez, La., the driver of the pickup truck allegedly fired three shots at the victim. Douglas Lamond Bell, was charged with 1 count each of attempted first degree murder... Quincy Daniel Moss was charged with 1 count each of principle to attempted first degree murder... The white victim 
NEWPORT NEWS-Police charged a man with aggravated sexual battery of an 
JONESBORO, Ga. -- Clayton County police are looking for a man accused of committing a burglary and rape in Jonesboro. The suspect broke into a house in the 500 block of Sycamore Drive at around 2:40 a.m. Sunday. Police said he sexually assaulted a woman inside the house and then stole a 42-inch television and a Galaxy Metro PCS phone. The victim said the man told her he had a gun, but never displayed one. The suspect left the house in a car with keyless entry, according to the victim.
Police are searching for a man who allegedly tried to rape a woman on the subway. The woman was riding the northbound 3 train at about 4 p.m. on Thursday when she said she noticed the suspect masturbating, police said. She told police she moved to another car, but he followed her and tried to rape her, police said she told them. The man ran away at the 148th Street station in Harlem, police said Sunday. 
TYLER, TX - One person was shot Friday night at Rose Valley Apartment Homes off of N Northwest Loop 323 in Tyler. Tyler police say 
Hanover County authorities have arrested a man wanted for a string of four armed robberies in six days at truck stops along Interstate 95 in the county. Brian M. Braxton, 28, of the 15200 block of Concord Road in Caroline County, was arrested Saturday morning and charged with 13 felony counts. Lt. Chris R. Whitley of the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office said investigators with the office found Braxton at a motel in Ashland near I-95 and took him into custody without incident. 
HANOVER, Md. — Police have arrested two men they believe are behind an armed robbery at the Maryland Live! Casino parking garage. The alleged robbery happened Sunday around 7:45 a.m. The 58-year-old victim told police he was asleep inside his vehicle while it was parked inside the garage. He thought he heard someone tampering with his vehicle, so he stepped out to investigate and noticed he had a flat rear tire. He then saw two men approaching him—one of the men had a knife. The victim hurried to get back inside his vehicle. The armed suspect reached through his window and held the knife to the victim’s throat. The second suspect stood in front of the vehicle. The victim briefly struggled with the suspect and as a result he sustained a minor cut to his hand. The victim eventually handed over his wallet, and both suspects fled the area. It was later determined the victim’s tire had sustained a puncture causing the flat. Through the use of electronic surveillance and the a photo array, police were able to track down the first suspect’s vehicle. Kacy Domico Queen Jr., 22, was arrested at his home around 3 p.m. Sunday. Demetrious Jamal Manar, 21, was arrested later that evening.
CAYCE, SC - Two men were arrested Saturday after police say they robbed a Carolina Payday Loans in Cayce. Tyrone J. Longmire, 29, and Jeffrey Don Combest, 21, were confronted by officers a short distance from the store and one was taken into custody immediately and the other was arrested after a foot pursuit when he was found hiding in a dumpster, said Lt. J. S. Simmons with the Cayce Department of Public Safety. Simmons said two concerned citizens helped capture the fleeing suspect when they realized that he was trying to elude officers. Officers recovered a semi-automatic pistol and money during the ensuing investigation as a result of the robbery.
BEACHWOOD, Ohio — A Euclid man is facing first-degree felony charges stemming from an armed robbery outside the Beachwood Place Mall. Police say they arrested Robert L. Martin, 22, who was charged with first-degree felony aggravated robbery. Martin robbed a woman at gunpoint about 11 p.m. Dec. 23 outside Saks Fifth Avenue at the upscale mall. Police say they arrested Martin Thursday at a hotel in Willoughby. Investigators say they were able to track Martin after he used the woman's ATM card. They released the man's photo and received several tips, police said. Reports say Martin stole the woman's purse, passport, credit cards, driver's license and house keys.
A Nashville man was arrested Sunday evening after he allegedly struck an acquaintance in the head with a baseball bat. Police were called to the Whispering Oaks Apartments in south Nashville and were met by the victim, who was bleeding from behind his left ear. The victim reported he was visiting and drinking beer with Donald Mainor, 59, when they began arguing over football teams. The victim said his team had won and Mainor's team lost, causing him to get upset. Mainor is accused of picking up a baseball bat and striking the victim in the head. The victim said he lost consciousness for an unknown amount of time then ran to his apartment to call police.
A big-mouthed poster boy for the city’s anti-stop-and-frisk movement was suddenly tight-lipped at his arraignment on a grand-larceny rap in Manhattan on Sunday. 
And the principal — Marcella Sills, who joined PS 106 nine years ago — is a frequent no-show, sources say. Sills did not come to school last Monday. On Tuesday, she showed up at 3:30 p.m. On Wednesday, The Post found her at home in Westbury, LI, all day before emerging at 2:50 p.m. — school dismissal time. Wearing a fur coat, she took her BMW for a spin. She showed up at school Thursday, but not Friday. When Sills, 48, does go to work, it’s rarely before 11 a.m. — and often hours later, say sources familiar with her schedule. “She strolls in whenever she wants,” one said.
A violent ex-con has been charged with multiple counts in the road rage shooting death of a 21-year-old female Georgia college student. Sparkles Lindsay, 22, followed 
CAMPBELL, Calif. — Campbell police have released a sketch of the man they say attacked a woman in a residential neighborhood Thursday. For the 30-year-old victim, a walk home from the 7-Eleven on Sunnyoaks Avenue turned into a fight for her life. "It's definitely out of the ordinary and causes concern for us," said Campbell Police Sergeant Gary Berg. Police say the woman was on her way home around 12:30 a.m. Thursday when a man grabbed her from behind and began to sexual assault her. "She was able to burn the suspect on the left side of his face with a cigarette that she had," Sgt. Berg said. The victim told police the suspect then pulled out a handgun and threatened her, but she was able to break free and run away. The woman then flagged down a passerby driving by who tried to chase down the suspect. The suspect eventually escaped on foot. Police describe the suspect as an African American man in his mid to late thirties, six feet tall with a heavy build weighing about 250 to 300 pounds.
A possible serial rapist has local authorities worried as he is still walking the streets of Sacramento, attacking women. “What our concern is, any time there is a violent sexual predator out there, we know that every time this person gets away with a crime it empowers them to do more,” Sacramento County Sheriff’s Sergeant Lisa Bowman said. Detectives say the man has raped and violently assaulted three women in less than four months. The most recent happened this past Wednesday. “They are very similar in nature, very similar in location. As far as the suspect denoscription, motive, everything is lining up to lead us to believe it is one person committing this,” Bowman said. They say he’s becoming more violent with each attack. In the first attack, investigators say the woman was stun gunned and raped. In the second, the woman was hit from behind, dragged down an embankment and raped. The third was taken at knife point, kidnapped and raped. Her injuries were the most severe. “He drove her a short distance from Auburn Boulevard, where he actually kidnapped her from the Madison-80 front,” Bowman said. “He sexually assaulted her kicked her out of the vehicle.” Detectives believe the man might be trying to change his appearance. He is described as a black male, 20 to 40 years old. He has a shaved head or short afro-style haircut, clean shaven, has a large build and wears rectangular shaped glasses. 
A 23-year-old man faces up to 66 years in prison after being convicted Friday of the brutal rape of a woman during a home invasion in Lincoln Park in 2010. A Cook County jury convicted Darrell Moore, 23, of 11 counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and one count of home invasion. He faces up to 66 years in prison when he is sentenced next month. Moore, of the 8000 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue, and three co-defendants entered the victim’s home in the 1100 block of West Dickens Avenue by going through an open window on the porch, a statement from prosecutors said. Moore then sexually assault the woman and threatened to kill her if she did not obey him. He walked the 28-year-old woman around her apartment several times, demanding she give him money and jewelry, and after each such threat, would return to the bedroom and sexually assault her again, prosecutors said. The other three people involved in the crime pleaded guilty to home invasion. David McAfee, 19, was sentenced to 20 years in prison; Justin Hannah, 20, was sentenced to 14 years; and Kristopher Fox, 25, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, according to court records.
The offender was convicted of Sexual Abuse 1st degree by Force of a 16 year old female victim in 2009. The offender was not living at his registered address upon him failing to report to his Probation Officer. 
A Tennessee pastor accused of sexually molesting his 16-year-old stepdaughter for years will plead guilty and his church will shut down. Michael Bryant, 48, who has pastored the Hour of Restoration Church of God in Christ in Memphis for the past three years, was accused of taking advantage of his wife's work and sleep schedule to enter her daughter's bedroom, expose his genitals and fondle her. After Bryant's stepdaughter informed her mother that the pastor had been inappropriately touching her, instead of reporting the incident to police, her parents had prayed that God would drive the thoughts out of Bryant's mind. But after he touched her earlier this month, the teen reportedly informed her aunt, who told authorities.
as she lifts the lid on 'sex parties they took part in over 10 year affair'. - Michael Vick is in the dog house again after a series of shocking revelations made public this week in a tell-all book written by his former mistress. ‘Quarterback Keeper’ details the secret 10 year relationship between the former stripper and the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, including revelations about group sex parties in his home, flights around the country for clandestine hook-ups and even a surprising card he sent her from prison. 
INDIANAPOLIS - A woman called police to an east side motel Friday morning claiming the father of her unborn child had assaulted her. Kianga Modupe told Indianapolis police that she had invited the man to her motel room near 38th Street and Shadeland Avenue to have a good time. But, after several hours, Modupe said things got out of control. "It was too much to drink … it was too much to drink and it just went too far," Modupe said. Modupe said she had also been drinking earlier in the day prior to the assault. "He grabbed me, took my clothes off … he grabbed me by my throat. I was trying to leave and he grabbed me and threw me back in the room," Modupe said. Modupe said the man then took her cell phone battery, so she went to the motel lobby to call police. "I had to run to the office naked, barefooted," Modupe said.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Police are looking for a man involved in an armed robbery in Oakland earlier this week. The robbery occurred Tuesday in the 700 block of Walker Avenue near the Grand Lake Theater, police said. The suspect is described as a black man in his 30s, standing about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 170 pounds. He has short hair and a silver "grill" in his mouth.
GLEN BURNIE, Md. — There is finally relief for several small businesses in Glen Burnie after a sudden cluster of armed robberies left people shaken. Police say 35-year-old Edmond Jarrod Riggs has been charged and jailed for those robberies.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Three men accused of robbing a man at knifepoint have been arrested. Police responded to the 5100 block of South Tryon Street on Wednesday. The victim told police three men stole his wallet and other personal belongings before taking off on foot. As police searched, a neighbor approached them to say the suspects ran by his house and into a home in 5600 block of Coulee Place. During the investigation, police noticed Jontavious Polk’s electronic monitoring device pinged at the robbery scene. The 22 year old is required to wear the device because of a previous robbery case. Officers used the monitor and tracked down Polk to the house on Coulee Place. Police found all three suspects inside of the residence. They arrested Polk, 21-year-old Deontae Carrothers and 28-year-old Jawayne Lynch. They are charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery.
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Footprints in the snow led to the arrest of one of the men who allegedly pulled a gun on a Vito's Pizza and Subs deliveryman, robbed him, and then took off in his car last week. 19-year-old Larry D. Washington, Jr., and two other suspects robbed the victim at gunpoint shortly after 4 a.m. on January 3. The deliveryman told police he went to deliver food to a home in the 5300-block of Winter Street when one of the men pointed a gun at him and stole his wallet, along with the food. The three suspects then ran to the victim's car and drove off in it. Police found the stolen car parked on the side of the road in the 4700-block of Reed Street. Police saw two sets of footprints in the snow that led from the passenger side of the car to a home. Officers followed the tracks to the home and the homeowner then allowed them to search her house.
PEMBROKE, GA - Pembroke Police has arrested a man in an armed robbery at a convenient store. George Mincey, III was arrested on Jan. 6. Police say he robbed a quick stop on North Main Street sunday night. Investigators say Mincey pointed a hand gun at the store clerk's head and forced him to the ground and ran away with cash. Mincey is charged with armed robbery and possession of a fire arm by a convicted felon, among other charges.
WACO - A man is facing charges after he apparently strangled his girlfriend before threatening her with a knife. Police say an argument between 32-year-old Michael Darren Coresy and his girlfriend went off and on for days. At one point, the woman said Coresy grabbed her by her neck and threw her back into the house as she tried to leave. She then says he held a knife to her throat as he strangled her until she thought she was going to pass out. The woman says she managed to escaped from Corsey when he finally let her go. He was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. 
The former youth pastor of a central New Jersey church has received a 10-year state prison sentence for sexually assaulting a 
