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- Community rallying around man after he is attacked
CANTON - The community is rallying around a man attacked in Brewers Hill last week. Police say on January 14th a suspect attacked Jon Fogg as head was heading home from work. The suspect hit Fogg in the head with a brick multiple times, then stole his wallet, laptop and car. Fogg suffered six skull fractures, broken bones in both hands, and had eight teeth knocked out.
- Please Help Jon Fogg Recover
On Tuesday, January 14, 2014, during the early hours of the morning, Jon Fogg was walking to his residence from where he parked his car after working his job at The Baltimore Sun. During this walk, he was brutally attacked by a man wielding a brick. Jon was robbed of his wallet, laptop, and car keys. The attacker then stole Jon's car, a Toyota Prius, that still had many of his gifts and gift cards from Christmas in it. The attacker also used Jon's credit card to make fraudulent purchases. Worse than the loss of his possessions, Jon suffers many physical injuries. He has 6 skull fractures, broken bones in both hands (which are splinted), and he had about 8 teeth knocked out completely. He was discharged from the hospital after 2 days and is currently in a lot of pain.
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NEW BRUNSWICK — Jury selection is expected to begin this morning in the trial of a Perth Amboy man, who authorities charge raped and murdered an Old Bridge woman in her bedroom, then set her room on fire to cover up the crime. Robert Hayes, 36, is charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated sexual assault, burglary, arson, desecration of human remains, hindering his own apprehension or prosecution and hindering the investigation into the death of Petra Rohrbaugh, 52. The trial is before Superior Court Judge Michael Toto in New Brunswick. Hayes denies the charges that he raped and murdered Rohrbaugh. - (Black-on-white)
NEW ORLEANS -- A well-known New Orleans musician is hospitalized and unconscious after being jumped in the French Quarter. 
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC - Richland County Sheriff's deputies have charged a man with criminal sexual conduct after a
DETROIT - An investigation is under way after a woman was sexually assaulted and burned with a blowtorch on Detroit's west side. Detroit Police say a 911 call came in around 6:49 a.m. Wednesday. Sources say a woman in her 20's was walking on Plymouth near Meyers when she was approached by a man who placed a weapon to the back of her head. He then forced her into a car, struck her several times, ripped off her clothes and began to burn her with a blow torch. The victim was able to escape by stabbing the suspect in the eye with a screwdriver. She was nude and fled to a house on the 11000 block of Appoline in search of help. Police are searching for the suspect described as a black male with a dark complexion, approximately 23 years old, 6' 2" and approximately 185 lbs. The was armed with a handgun and a possible blowtorch. 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Kansas City police are looking for three people suspected of robbing a Church's Chicken on the city's south side earlier this week. Police said two men and a woman walked into the restaurant at 9325 Blue Ridge Blvd. at 7:37 p.m. Sunday and demanded money. Investigators said one man was armed with a shotgun and the other man was armed with a handgun. Police said the woman stayed by the door. Police said all three ran off after the robbery. 
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A Buffalo city plow driver now admits he was drunk on the job, a major development in his criminal case. James Evans, 47, pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to all charges in Buffalo City Court. He was arrested last month after police say he hit a building and a taxi cab,
MEMPHIS, TN - – Memphis police have arrested 29-year-old Shenetta Moore in connection with the murder of a woman early Saturday morning. Police say Moore intentionally drove her SUV into a crowd at a parking lot. Police were called to a disturbance and while in route to the scene, they heard that a 1997 Chevrolet Blazer had struck several pedestrians and three vehicles on the parking lot of the location and left the scene. When officers made the scene they
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Raleigh police say a 16-year-old girl is dead after she was hit by a vehicle that did not stop. It happened Thursday night around 9:40 p.m. at North New Hope Road and Water Oak Drive. Police said
LOUISVILLE, KY – The officer said he advised Rickie Harrison, 26, that giving false information is against the law. When officers approached the vehicle to confront Harrison, he began rolling the windows up at which point the officer opened the door, grabbed Harrison's arm and asked him to exit the car. Harrison began driving away until the officer had to let go of his arm. A pursuit between the officer and Harrison began. Harrison swerved behind a loaded school bus and off the road. Eventually, the Explorer began smoking and Harrison slowed down and didn't stop until they went into a ditch, eventually hitting a utility pole. When police made contact, he resisted arrest. Police discovered his license was suspended. Harrison is being charged with wanton endangerment of a police officer, wanton endangerment, fleeing or evading police, theft of identity of another without consent, resisting arrest, no registration plates, operating on suspended license, etc. 
A man who is no stranger to law enforcement found himself in even more trouble after he allegedly dragged an officer during a traffic stop. Jeremy Selby, 27, is accused of a litany of charges including resisting arrest, DUI, reckless endangerment, heroin possession and more charges. A Wilmington Police Officer pulled over Selby’s car after he allegedly turned the wrong way down the 1400 block Lancaster Avenue around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. During the traffic stop, officers saw what appeared to be an open container of alcohol in the car. Police say the officers also noticed the Selby slurred his speech and had bloodshot eyes. The officers ordered Selby to the car off but instead they say he threw several bags of heroin out of the car and drove off. An officer reached into the vehicle to try and get Selby out but Selby allegedly continued to drive off, trying to push the officer out of the window.
OXFORD, Miss. -- An Oxford man was taken into custody Wednesday after ramming his vehicle into a patrol vehicle. The Oxford Police Department said investigators were approaching a vehicle belonging to Jonathan Waters, 25, who was wanted for two counts of credit card fraud and one of felony fleeing. In an attempt to get away, Waters hit the officers' vehicle, adding a second count of felony fleeing and one count of aggravated assault on a police officer to his charges.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida drug trafficker convicted of killing a state trooper with a pipe bomb is once again scheduled to die. Gov. Rick Scott on Friday set Paul Augustus Howell's new execution date for Feb. 26, according to a letter Scott sent to the warden of Florida State Prison. Scott signed a death warrant for Howell last January, but the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the execution. Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi certified on Wednesday that the stay had been lifted. Howell was convicted of killing Florida Highway Patrol Trooper
Murder defendant Brian S. Mallory asked on the opening day Monday of his Hanover County jury trial for a new lawyer, a new judge, a new mental evaluation, and, finally, a new jury. He was denied all four requests. Mallory, 44, is facing a possible life sentence in the brutal stabbing death of a beloved Beaverdam-area woman who’d taken him into her home in late 2011 where she was raising two teenaged children. The two developed an intimate relationship that ended in a bloodbath and death. On Jan. 30, 2012, a neighbor found 
BESSEMER - AL - A jury returned to Judge David Carpenter's room Monday with the verdict for Primus Mack, a Fairfield city councilor. The jury found Mack guilty of 2nd degree sexual abuse and enticing a child. Mack was accused of groping and kissing
A Clayton County jury found a Stone Mountain man guilty Tuesday of knowingly exposing a woman to HIV. Craig Lamar Davis, 43, sat motionless in a packed courtroom as the jury read guilty verdicts in two counts of reckless HIV, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Davis was taken into custody. Sentencing is set for 10 a.m. Feb. 21. Shortly before being taken into custody, Davis comforted family members, some of whom were crying. The case is the first of its kind to be tried in Clayton County, prosecutors said after the trial.
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — Former NFL player Irving Fryar and his mother have pleaded not guilty in a New Jersey court to charges that they conspired to steal more than $690,000 through a mortgage scam. State prosecutors allege Allene McGhee submitted false information to obtain five loans on her home within a six-day period. The two were indicted on counts of conspiracy and theft by deception. Fryar lives in Springfield, N.J., and is pastor of a church he founded. His mother lives in Willingboro. 
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver Davone Bess was arrested at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport on Friday morning after several passengers told deputies that he was "acting irrationally, dancing, (and) singing with his pants repeatedly falling down." 
The man accused of kidnapping a stranger from a Lexington gas station then sexually assaulting her is still on the run more than a month after that frightening attack. But the hunt for Parico Coffey continues. He's considered armed, dangerous and desperate. The last time police saw the 22-year-old was Dec. 17 when he was captured on surveillance video just moments before police say he kidnapped then raped an unsuspecting woman at the Alexandria Drive Speedway. Police think Coffey and another man, Dexter Watson, worked together, though Watson was picked up on other charges.
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC – New police dash camera video shows a man accused of kidnapping and rape being chased through Brunswick County as he tried to elude capture. According to the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office, Richard Gore took a victim from a home in Little River, SC to his home in Brunswick County where he raped and assaulted her. Officials said the victim was able to get away and call 911. When deputies responded to the call, Gore led them on a chase down Etheridge Road and Ash Little River Road, speeding more than 15 mph over the legal limit.
JONESBORO, GA - Clayton County police arrested a man they say sexually assaulted and burglarized a woman in her Jonesboro home. Police identified James Arthur Ramsey, 24, as the assailant. It happened near the 500 block of Sycamore Drive on Sunday just before 3 a.m. Police said the suspect was in the woman's home for five to 10 minutes and he said he had a gun, but never displayed it. According to detectives he took a television and a cell phone. Neighbors we spoke with are still uneasy about Ramsey still being on the lose. "It makes me suspicious of everybody that walks around now that I don't recognize, so at times like this, we are almost prisoners in our own homes," said neighbor Marcus Coleman.
20-year old Jeremy Joseph and a 16-year old have been charged with kidnapping, rape and aggravated robbery. Canton Police say the men kidnapped a Papa Johns delivery driver at gunpoint and put her in her trunk. It happened Monday night on 14th Street N.E. The woman says they drove her to a secluded area on 17th Street N.E. where she was forced to have sex with them. After the crime they left her there naked. Both men were arrested at a home on 3rd Street N.E. and jailed. Police also found evidence of the crime at that address. 
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. —A call to 911 is always used when someone needs an ambulance or police officer, but not when they need a woman. According to a news release from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office, Kareem Collins called 911 on Saturday night and told dispatchers he “needed a woman.” The responding deputy discovered that Collins was a non-compliant convicted sex offender, meaning he didn't notify authorities when he moved from New Orleans to Slidell. 
Police officers arrested 24-year-old Marcy Jackson Thursday night at 1620 Arthur St. in Louisville. Detectives were investigating possible human trafficking/prostitution after finding an ad online. According to police, an undercover officer made contact with Jackson and made a deal for sex for $200. Upon her arrival at the designated hotel room, officers arrested Jackson. 
(Memphis) A man with a long history of showing a little too much of himself is behind bars, accused of exposing himself at a Memphis Public Library. Ronald Becton, 25, is charged with assault and indecent exposure. Police say last month Becton was caught in the non-fiction section of the Frayser Branch of the Memphis Shelby County Library exposing himself. The library worker who caught him in the act told police it’s happened before and that Becton threatened her when she told him she had called police. Court records show Becton has been arrested at least seven times for indecent exposure over the last six years. Police said back in August and October he exposed himself while riding on a bus.
His name is Flex, but he’s not bending on child support to his 
CLEVELAND, OH - The man accused of burning his baby daughter in a scalding bath tub was in court on Tuesday. 23-year-old Lamont Turner, 23, pleaded not guilty to child endangering. His bond was set at $20K. Police say the 18-month-old girl was burned in an apartment on Longwood Avenue in Cleveland on Saturday. 
A Rochester woman is in jail right now charged with false personation after a crash in Penfield. Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies say 27-year-old Arena Arnold got into a crash Monday at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Gloria Drive. Investigators say Arnold portrayed herself as a passenger but claim she was in fact the driver. She was arraigned and is currently being held in the Monroe County Jail.
GARDEN GROVE — Authorities have identified the man arrested in a series of attacks against women in Orange County. 
The maniac dad who cops said heartlessly slaughtered his wife and two adorable children was tracked down and busted in Texas Monday night while trying to flee to his native Mexico, sources said.
Authorities investigating the massive holiday-season hack into Target Corp.'s systems arrested two Mexicans trying to enter the U.S. in McAllen, Texas, with scores of fraudulent credit cards. The arrests of
Baltimore City police are investigating an attack in the city's popular Canton neighborhood in which a man was beaten with a brick and his car and belongings were stolen. Officers were called around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday to the 3400 block of Foster Avenue, where a witness told police he was driving in the area and saw an orange bike in the road, so he stopped. The man said he saw a light-skinned black man with a mask run by, get into a car and drive off. 
SAN DIEGO - We are still waiting for the Riverside County coroner to release the name of the man found dead in a car in Riverside on Friday. The body was found in the trunk of 
It was supposed to be a celebration. Terrytown husband and father Bowie Richard, a rapper/songwriter known by the stage name "Yung Kaptin," was out with friends early Saturday morning (Jan. 18) to toast the night's successful performance. No one expected the night to end with Richard, 21, shot dead following a heated exchange with a man inside The Edge Sports Bar & Daiquiris. Stunned relatives said his death wasn't motivated by drugs or troublemaking. It was an unimaginably senseless murder that began as a quarrel with a stranger. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives have identified the gunman as Devin Bonilla, 24, of Marrero. He is wanted on a warrant for second-degree murder, said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the department. 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Honest, hardworking and very loyal. Those are the words the father of a murdered Kroger employee uses to describe him. We spoke with 
McKinney police have identified the couple involved in the murder-suicide at a daycare on Thursday as 
So here’s a juicy rumor coming from the Kardashian Klan: Khloe Kardashian is said to be pregnant, and the father could be Lamar Odom or Matt Kemp. 
MONTGOMERY, AL - The Director of the Lowndes County Emergency Management Agency is under indictment. Walter Hill, who also serves as Mayor of Mosses, is charged with one count of using his public position for personal gain, as well as second degree forgery, a felony. According to the indictment, Hill is accused of forging a non-driver ID, stating it appeared to the grand jury he had the intent to defraud, and falsely make the ID. The charges are connected only to Hill's position with the EMA, not as Mosses' mayor. Hill's bond was set at $2,500. He has a court appearance on January 31.
MILWAUKEE CO. – The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office conducted a criminal investigation of a correctional officer who was accused of having sexual contact with an inmate. The officer is identified as 25-year-old Xavier Thicklen. The 22-year-old female inmate, in custody for a robbery case, notified jail staff in December of assaults that allegedly took place between April and November. The woman claims to have been assaulted on five separate occasions saying Thicklen got her alone by taking her to the jail clinic or telling her she had a visit from her attorney. According to court documents, in September Thicklen told the woman “they needed to talk about something.” He then allegedly assaulted the woman who, at the time, was weeks away from giving birth. She told investigators she feared Thicklen induced labor. The inmate says another assault happened just days after she had her baby.
SHELBY COUNTY - AL - The grand jury has indicted Brandon Howard Daniel on several sex-related charges. Alabaster police arrested Daniel last August. He was a case worker at the Shelby County Department of Human Resources. He also worked as a former Birmingham police officer before resigning earlier last year. Howard is facing charges of soliciting for purposes of influencing action, indecent exposure, and theft. Howard threatened to take away the children of a client unless the client she had sex with him. 
CLEVELAND, OH - The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information which would lead to the capture of fugitive Anthony Savage. Savage is wanted by the U.S. Marshals and the Cleveland Police Department for rape. This was a cold case from 1994. New information was developed that linked Savage to the crime. It is alleged that Savage raped a woman after she declined his sexual advances. Savage is a 40-year-old black man standing approximately 5'06" and weighing 185 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Savage is believed to be hiding somewhere in Cleveland. 
SAVANNAH, GA - Savannah-Chatham Metro detectives are investigating the shooting of a Savannah man that happened early Friday morning. 
Woman with backside so large she once broke a toilet and can't fit through doors says she hopes to inspire larger ladies. She has to wear extra large trousers and once managed to crack a toilet bowl just by sitting on it but Sarah Massey, 33, says she is proud to have one of the world's largest posteriors. The Chicago mother-of-two's derriere measures an impressive 7ft in diameter and sometimes proves too large to fit through doorways. But despite being proud of her record-breaking rear end, 32-stone Ms Massey admits that living with a super-sized bottom isn't always easy and receives £750 in disability benefit each month as a result of having limited mobility. 
The East Hampton cop who was caught allegedly bedding a meter maid inside a village cottage is a decorated officer whose mom says he’s a “good boy” who still lives at home with her. Law-enforcement sources identified 
After more than a year, all five men involved in a deadly South Bend home invasion have been sentenced. The last of the five, Gemari Cotton, 18, went before Judge Hurley today. About a month ago, he pleaded guilty to felony murder for his role in the deadly home invasion in the 1000 block of North Michigan St. back in December, 2012. Lee Griffin, 19, and Walter Neely, 48, were already sentenced to 115 years in prison. 
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The mother a suspect in a Rock Hill murder has been arrested. Police say Pamela St. Hill turned herself into authorities Friday afternoon. St. Hill allegedly acted as an accessory after the fact by helping three suspects, including her son Abdul Emmanual, flee the scene. Her bond has been set at $200.00. Emmanual’s sister LaToya Belinda St. Hill faces similar charges. All the arrests have been in connection with the murder of 
ROCK HILL, SC - The mother of a teen charged with murder has turned herself in to authorities. According to Rock Hill Police, Pamela St. Hill turned herself in at the Rock Hill Law Center around 2 p.m. Friday. St. Hill is the mother of 19-year-old Abdul Emmanuel, who is being charged in the murder of 
After more than three hours of deliberation, a jury finds both Trayon Washington and Pat Brown guilty for murdering 
SAVANNAH, GA - Judgment day for a convicted murderer. Shan Cheley - the man found guilty of killing 18 year old 
DECATUR, AL - A man found guilty of the murder of two Krystal employees in Decatur has been sentenced to death. Jordaan Creque was found guilty in October for the 2011 murders of
The 6th Avenue Krystal reopened Tuesday for the first time after two employees were killed in an armed robbery. Krystal officials announced that 100-percent of Wednesday's sales will go to the families of
The man identified as a person of interest in the beating of an elderly woman has been arrested in Illinois. Kwame Becton was taken into custody without incident by the Forest Park Police Department and will be extradited to Mississippi. On Tuesday, officers said they had three warrants out for Becton’s arrest. He was known to frequent the Chicago area, which is where the woman’s vehicle was found last Friday, so Southaven police worked with investigators in the Chicago area. Just a day before his arrest, Southaven Police Lieutenant Mark Little said he thought they would bring Becton in quickly. At least two task forces in the Chicago area were looking for Becton Wednesday.
TAMPA, Fla. -- A man wanted for murdering his wife in an apparent case of domestic violence in San Bernardino has been arrested in Florida. Edly Atherley was arrested in Tampa, Fla. Saturday. The suspect is accused of beating and stabbing his wife, 
The children's mother, Zakieya Latrice Avery, 28, and Monifa Denise Sanford, 21, are charged with
A Pennsylvania priest was arrested on Friday after he allegedly groped a man inside a YMCA locker room. Police say Father John Roebuck, 64, of Lansdale, was at the North Penn YMCA back on December 15 around 7 p.m. Roebuck approached another man inside the sauna and the two talked briefly, according to investigators. Police say Roebuck then followed the man into the locker room a short time later. As the man began to leave, police say Roebuck extended his hand to say goodbye. Roebuck then allegedly grabbed the man’s genitals with his other hand.
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 
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 
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 
