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Nigeria 'scammer' Orowo Jesse Omokoh held over death of Australian Jette Jacobs
  NIGERIAN police have arrested a 28-year-old man wanted in connection with the death of an Australian woman and for defrauding her of $90,000 in an online dating scam. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told AFP that Orowo Jesse Omokoh was arrested on January 28 in Nigeria, without stating where exactly. The graduate, who attended the University of Ibadan, in the southwest of the country, will be brought before court for extradition proceedings, a spokesman said. Omokoh is alleged to have struck up a fake online romance with Jette Jacobs, but five days after he moved to Johannesburg, South Africa, to meet her in February last year, she was found dead. Some of her valuables were missing and Omokoh had returned to Nigeria. "The South African police, which is investigating the mysterious death, are suspicious that Omokoh has a hand in the demise of Jacobs," the EFCC said. The organisation, which investigates money-laundering and online scams, said Australian Federal Police informed officers in March that Omokoh had allegedly defrauded Jacobs of $90,000. Jacobs, a grandmother from Western Australia, reportedly sent tens of thousands of dollars to Nigeria during her four-year "romance" with a man known as "Jesse", according to Australian media. - (Black-on-white) |
The body of 35-year old Angela Serfass-Steigerwalt, of Tamaqua, may have been bound before being set ablaze in Jim Thorpe on Saturday. According to court papers, Pennsylvania State Police reported seeing “the victim’s body, with what appeared to be a metal wires around the neck and also there were additional metal wires located underneath a wooden pole where what appeared to be legs would have been bound.” In addition, the report added that a Wal-Mart bag and receipt were found in the area. As per court papers, items listed on the receipt were “plastic tote, lighter fluid, and a lighter.” Police investigators went to a Wal-Mart near Allentown and viewed surveillance footage of a black male making purchases on the video. State Troopers believe Anthony Darrell Heath is the man seen at that Wal-Mart. - (Black-on-white)
Ozark Police arrived on the scene of a shooting in Ozark near the intersection of Young Avenue and Yancey Street around 10:00 p.m Upon arrival, law enforcement and rescue crews found 17 year old 
A 33-year-old Olivebridge man was fatally shot Monday morning at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection office on Smith Avenue in Midtown Kingston, and a co-worker was charged with murder, according to the Kingston Police Department and Ulster County District Attorney’s Office. Police said David N. Reese, 53, of Gilboa, Schoharie County, was taken into custody at the DEP building after shortly after 
MARRERO, La. -- The Sheriff's Office is looking for 24-year-old Darwin Bethune in connection with the death of 
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Va. – Suffolk police are now searching for a man who they say was involved in a rape that occurred back in January. They are looking for 54-year-old Curtis Jones of the 200 block of Pine Street. He’s wanted on charges of rape, aggravated sexual battery and abduction with the intent to defile. Police say the victim knows Jones and the incidents happened between Jan. 20th and Jan. 24th.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Led by U.S. Marshals, a team of law enforcement agencies apprehended a man wanted on several rape charges out of New York in Charlotte on Tuesday night. The U.S. Marshals Service says an investigation led them to find Eric Tyrone Morris living in an apartment in the 600 block of West Boulevard and working at a local restaurant. Morris is wanted out of Suffolk County, New York, on warrants for rape in the first degree, two counts of rape in the second degree, sexual abuse in the first degree with personal injury, rape in the first degree with personal injury, sexual conduct against a child in the first degree and endangering the welfare of a child with personal injury.
AL - Tuscaloosa police have charged a 23-year-old man with rape and sodomy after he was allegedly found in a room with a 
A 20-year-old Upland man who was sentenced to 14-28 years in a state correctional facility in October for a 2012 rape and robbery is asking for a reconsideration. Tyler Khalid McCray entered open guilty pleas in May 2013 to felony charges of rape, indecent deviate sexual intercourse, robbery, burglary and sexual assault, as well as misdemeanor charges of possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, theft by unlawful taking and unlawful restraint. According to an affidavit of probable cause, McCray and another unidentified man broke into a Third Street home through a first-floor rear window on the night of Nov. 16, 2012. McCray proceeded upstairs, where he raped the victim in her bedroom while holding a large knife to her throat, and threatened to kill her and her three children. One of those children was awake during the assault.
A Solano County Sheriff special team has arrested a wanted Vallejo rape suspect, deputies said Tuesday. Devin Dwayne Hawkins, 20, a Vallejo transient, was arrested Monday by the Sheriff's Enforcement Team, or SET, and booked into the county jail at about 6:10 p.m., Deputy Daryl Snedeker said. Hawkins is a suspect in a rape case involving a 19-year-old woman in the unit block of Beverly Drive in May. The victim was forced into a vacant house and sexually assaulted, Vallejo police said.
GUNTERSVILLE, AL - A Marshall County man is on trial for the rape and sodomy of two girls. Jury selection began Tuesday for Colton Hall of Guntersville. Police arrested hall in January 2011 and is accused of raping 
that would allow for illegal immigrants to get licenses. A hearing regarding that bill originally set for Wednesday was changed to March due to the snow storm. 
A man will likley spend the rest of his life in prison for the Valentine’s Day killing of a man who allegedly made a sexual advance towards him. A Kent County, Del. jury convicted 
Authorities have charged the former dean of students at The American Boychoir School in New Jersey with sexually assaulting a boy. U.S. Marshals arrested 55-year-old Thomas Curran in Woodstock, Ga., where he waived extradition. Curran is held in New Jersey on $250,000 bail, charged with sexual assault and child endangerment. He's scheduled to appear in court on Friday. Authorities say Curran had inappropriate sexual contact with the 
Baltimore City police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the killing of a woman in her Patterson Park home, while neighbors say they're shocked and saddened at the loss of such a good person. Baltimore police on Sunday arrested Allen Pinkney, 16, and Alonzo Gorham-Ramos, 14, on murder, first-degree conspiracy to commit murder, first-degree burglary and dangerous weapon with intent to injure charges. Around 7:30 a.m. Friday, officers found 51-year-old 
The Chickasaw Police Department says there is a third male suspect wanted in connection with the brutal beating of 
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jeremiah Jackson was sentenced to death for his role in a three-county crime spree in June 2009 that included killing a laundromat worker on Cleveland’s West Side. Tuesday his lawyers will asks the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn his conviction. Jackson was sentenced to die for killing 
GRESHAM, Ore. —
The day before attorneys were to pick a jury for a murder trial, a Bibb County man pleaded guilty to killing his bride of 19 days. Marcus Donnell Hoskins, 46, admitted taking 
Detectives have released CCTV footage of a man suspected of murdering a sex worker in Earls Court. A manhunt was launched to find Robert Richard Fraser after the body of 
HOLLYWOOD HILLS — A tip Tuesday led the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to launch a large-scale search for a 54-year-old murder suspect in the Hollywood Hills. Oscar Bridges is wanted in the Jan. 23 fatal stabbing of 
The suspect is described as black, in his 20s or 30s, average to tall height, dark complexion and wearing dark clothing. 
FRANKLIN, Ind. — One man was arrested after a woman ran to a Johnson County home over the weekend to report a rape. The woman went to a home in the 4000 block of Greensburg Road, south of Franklin, around 4 a.m. Sunday to report the rape, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office officials said. The incident began after the woman met the man at a bar. She said she would give him a ride and after she took him to two spots where his friends weren’t located, he said to take him to a home on Greensburg Road. The woman said that’s when there was a struggle, and she was eventually able to get away. Franklin Police tracked the man down at the Comfort Inn in Franklin. After an interview at the Johnson County Jail, 30-year-old Ralph Tyrone Davis, 30, was arrested on preliminary charges of sexual deviate conduct/confinement, battery and theft.
CHICAGO — A north suburban man charged with sexually assaulting a woman on a North Side Red Line platform Sunday is suspected of other similar attacks, police said. Barry A. Marquez, 28, of Evanston has been charged with one felony count of sexual criminal abuse, according to Chicago Police. Marquez was arrested Sunday after he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman at 5:15 p.m. on the North/Clybourn station at 1599 N. Clybourn Ave., police said. Police said Marquez may be responsible for other similar incidents, but would not give specific details. Anyone with information should contact Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.
A 17-year-old forced to perform oral sex. According to the Austin Police Department the teen says it was 51-year-old Nelson 
Three teen suspects are set to appear before a judge Tuesday on charges they sexually assaulted a fellow high school student. Police found out about the attack once the boys started bragging about the crime at school. The bragging took place at Clawson High School and police say the three students captured the attacks on cell phone and started sharing the video with other students. The assault happened in the 300 block of Kinross. Officers say a 15-year-old girl went there with three male students ages 17 and 18 after school on October 9, 2013. Police say the four engaged in many sexual acts, including intercourse and one of the young men captured it on cell phone video. Less than a week later, the video was being shown inside Clawson High where students that viewed the video reported it to the principals office. Moments later, police arrived and arrested the three, but say one of the young men deleted the video. However, the incriminating evidence was retrieved. Travion Watkins, 17, Kheimoni Slaton, 17, and Terry Watts, 18, each appeared before a judge and were charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct in the 3rd degree, a 15 year felony. 
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins believes the probationary sentence given to former Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent for intoxication manslaughter was affected by a recent Tarrant County case in which a white 16-year-old was sentenced to probation by a judge for killing four people while driving drunk. The defendant in that case, Ethan Crouch, told a judge he suffered from “affluenza” because he grew up wealthy and suffered no consequences for his actions. Watkins told a radio station that the Brent jurors — five blacks, four whites and three Hispanics — “factored that into the equation” in reaching their decision in January. Brent, who is black, grew up poor and played football at the University of Illinois before becoming a defensive lineman for the Cowboys. He retired last summer.
A second man was convicted for animal cruelty and other related offenses after he set a cat on fire in Philadelphia. Jose Sanchez, 18, was sentenced on Monday to two years of probation, banned from owning animals for two years and ordered to pay $2,400 restitution. Sanchez and 21-year-old Tyrique Hall (pictured at left) set a cat on fire back on November 10 in the Olney section of the city. A woman told officials she spotted the cat on fire running down 3rd Street towards Wellens Avenue around 9:25 a.m. The woman also claimed she spotted Hall and Sanchez at the intersection and heard one of the men say, “I put a lot of fluid on it.” 
LEBANON, Ohio -- An inmate of the Lebanon Correctional Institution was indicted Monday for two counts of felonious assault and two counts of rape. 
WORCESTER – A Worcester police officer has been arrested on a rape charge. Officer 
A man who pleaded guilty to a fatal stabbing on Laclede’s Landing in March, 2013 will be sentenced Friday. Darael Fentress, 29, in December pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the death of 28-year-old 
Ferris State University students can breathe a sigh of relief now that the Venlo shooting suspect has been apprehended. According to Ferris Director of Public Safety, the suspect has been identified as 20-year-old DeCory Demarco Downing. Downing is a non-Ferris student and is believed to be from the Mt. Clemens/Macomb area, according to the Ferris Director of Public Safety who addressed the media in a press conference Sunday, Feb. 2. Downing is charged with attempted murder which has a possible sentence of life in prison if convicted. He was also charged with use of a firearm, which is a felony with a mandatory two-year sentence.
EAST LANSING, Mich- A Michigan State student 
A convicted rapist serving time in state prison for a 1988 Marietta rape has been charged with two other rapes that occurred two years earlier in Marietta, police said. According to Marietta police, detectives reviewing old case files found two open cases from 1986 where DNA evidence was collected. “A review of the two open rape cases revealed that not only did the DNA match that of Antonio Brooks, but the methodology used in the 1988 rape conviction matched that of the two open cases as well,” Baldwin said. Brooks, 44, has been charged with rape, aggravated assault and burglary in one of the 1986 cases and rape and burglary in the second case.
SAN MARCOS, Texas — A man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a teenaged girl in 2012 was found guilty on all counts Monday in San Marcos and sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. Willie Griffin Jr. was found guilty on three counts of sexual assault in addition to aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault and attempted murder. After Griffin received his life sentence, the victim addressed him. “You’re a sick monster for what you did to me,” she said, crying, “I didn’t deserve that. I want you to look at me. I want you to look at me, and see that what you did hurt me. You put scars on my chest.” Police say Griffin picked the 17-year-old girl up from an East Austin bus stop in March 2012 before driving her to a remote area in Hays County and raping her. The girl told investigators Griffin then strangled her, and when she regained consciousness, he stabbed her multiple times in the chest. The girl survived and was able to flag down a car for help and ultimately helped police identify Griffin. He’s also charged in Travis County with murder in the 2011 death of 24-year-old 
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. - Authorities have arrested and charged a woman for allegedly hitting and killing a woman, with her car, in Douglasville on Friday evening. According to authorities, 23-year-old Brehonna Nicole Turner, ran over the woman after an argument with her ex-boyfriend. The incident happened at the Ashley Oaks Apartment complex located at 8600 Ashley Way. Officials say the woman was attempting to run over her ex-boyfriends new girlfriend when she hit 
Pastor Robert Martin Gumbura who has 11 wives and 30 children, had denied allegations of multiple rape, claiming the women were fabricating stories against him under the influence of Spoken Word Ministries pastor Godwin Chitsinde. 
A state court has denied an appeal by a robber who was caught hiding in a pumpkin patch after an armed holdup of a Carlisle store. Donald K. Carr Jr., 22, claimed there wasn't enough evidence to convict him of the June 2012 robbery of Deli Creations and that the 4 1/2 to 10-year state prison term he received for the crime was too severe. The state Superior Court shot him down on both counts in a recent ruling.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - -- Authorities are searching for a child predator who's accused of sexually assaulting a Norristown teen dozens of times. Thirty one year old 
A 69-year-old Minnesota man has been shot dead after opening his door to a man who claimed he was being chased.
GREENE, Maine -- A man from Florida has been convicted of murdering a woman from Maine. 
NEW BRUNSWICK — An Old Bridge woman was bound, gagged, beaten and strangled before she was set on fire in her bedroom in 2010, an autopsy showed. Frederick Dicarlo, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on 
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Police said a man was robbed Thursday night by a woman he met on the online dating website, Tagged. Officials with the Clarksville Police Department said the victim reported he agreed to meet Danielle Vineyard at an Econo Lodge in Clarksville. The victim arrived at the motel room and was ambushed by Vineyard's accomplice, Willie Hardy, Jr. They said Hardy closed the door and struck the victim with a handgun. The victim was robbed of his money, phone, and keys. Police said he was ordered to remove his clothes and go into the bathroom. After a considerable amount of time, the victim walked out of the bathroom and called police. Vineyard and Hardy, Jr. were later apprehended at Kelly's Big Burgers. Police said Hardy, Jr. resisted arrest from two officers during the incident but was later restrained. 
A federal bankruptcy judge has given a grieving mother the green light to proceed with her lawsuit against the City of Detroit over her daughter’s death, making her the first such plaintiff to successfully challenge a stay order that has frozen more than 500 lawsuits because of the bankruptcy. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes lifted the stay order — with conditions — on Tuesday for Deborah Ryan of Canton, who is suing the Detroit Police Department over the 2009 shooting death of her daughter, a police officer. Ryan’s lawsuit alleges the police department failed to protect her daughter from an unstable husband. Her daughter, 
A St. Louis woman escaped from her kidnapper’s house after being held captive, raped, and torturned for three months. Authorities said Clifton Wilkes allegedly kept the woman locked in his bedroom and is facing more than a dozen charges. The woman escaped Wednesday and ran to a neighbor’s house for help, but Wilkes reportedly chased her down and dragged her back to his house. That’s when authortities were alerted and arrested Wilkes.
POLK COUNTY, FL - A Polk county jury found Samuel Sweet Jr. guilty of first degree murder in the shooting death of Orlando musician 
Pittsburgh homicide detectives today arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting deaths of two people in Knoxville last week. Police said Antoine Ward, 38, was charged with two counts of criminal homicide and two firearm violations. Ward, whose last known address was in Beltzhoover, is in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting arraignment. The bodies of 
Plainfield police have arrested a third person in connection with the kidnapping and gang sex assault of a teenage girl at the Moosup Little League Field. Police began investigating in October 2012 after the teen told police she had been kidnapped, taken to the Moosup Little League Fields on Lions Drive against her will and several people sexually assaulted her. Police said James Tyson, 33, Cherelle King, 21, and Muhammed Yakubu, 28, are accused of sexually assaulting the teen.
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The first of 21 "John Doe" rape defendants indicted based on their DNA profiles has been identified as convicted felon George Young, and the case can now proceed toward trial, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty announced Friday. Prosecutors from the DNA Cold Case Task Force in the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office filed a motion to amend an indictment issued by the Grand Jury last April charging "John Doe #1" with the rapes of
MILTON, Del. - The Milton Police Department says they responded to a sexual assault that happened in a portable latrine at Milton Memorial Park. According to reports, Steven Hickman, 47, of Milton, had a victim with intellectual disabilities go into the latrine under false pretense and then the sexual assault occurred. Police say they victim was transported to Beebe Healthcare where she was treated and released, and they obtained a warrant for Hickman's arrest.
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- A man died after being stabbed in Tuscaloosa early Saturday morning. The suspect is the victim's brother. At approximately 1 a.m., Tuscaloosa Police responded to a reported stabbing in the 4700 block of 5th Avenue East, where they found the victim, 37-year-old 
GREENVILLE, SC - The search for a suspected restaurant robber out of Greenville County is over after a man showed up at Spartanburg Regional Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies said a man with a gun came into 
ATLANTA — As the city of Atlanta began to thaw out from Tuesday's ice storm, 34-year-old Louis Mitchell set out to victimize those who had to abandon their cars on the highway. "Couldn't ask for a worse time to try to prey on people," said Sgt. Greg Lyon. According to police, Mitchell stole a tow truck from Loganville, then used it to steal at least five cars that were still on the road Thursday. "He was taking vehicles off the highway and bringing them to another house around the corner," said Lyon.
Polk County, Florida -- Polk County deputies are searching for a man who has been stealing personal property from teachers during school hours at various schools. Authorities say Don Stephens has a lengthy criminal history for theft and is a suspect in at least three school thefts in Polk County Schools. Stephens has entered three schools and stolen wallets and purses from teachers who thought he was a custodian. 
ODENTON, Md. — Two men are arrested after an Odenton resident witnessed them stealing tires from a neighbor’s car. Both suspects—25-year-old Joey Davis of Suitland and 22-year-old Dante Wesley Jones of Clinton–were placed under arrest without incident.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. —Anne Arundel County police said three men tried to use some sort of an electroshock weapon against an employee of an Annapolis Home Depot on Wednesday night while trying to steal items from the store. Tyrone Freeman, 29, of Lanham; Ruston Hopson, 24, of Bowie; and Antwon Barron, 24, of Landover; were all taken into custody in connection with the incident. 
A Pikesville man was arrested during a prostitution sting and faces charges of impersonating a police officer. Steven James Gravley Jr., 27, was arrested in January after arriving at an Anne Arundel County hotel concealing a BB gun in his waist band and wearing a shirt with an embroidered, gold badge on the front. Police believe Gravley intended to rob the prostitute. 
JACKSON, Miss. - Natasha Stewart, of suburban Memphis, Tenn., was found guilty Friday in Jackson, Miss., in the death of 37-year-old 
Four people were arrested on charges of animal cruelty after a narcotic search warrant led police to caged dogs with wounds consistent with dog fighting. The suspects were identified as 
MIAMI – Miami Police have arrested a man wanted in two separate attacks—one dating back to November, and another one last Wednesday that ended in his arrest. 
LOS ANGELES — The FBI says two US citizens have fled to Israel as the feds were investigating their part in a 
OAKLAND, Calif. -- An 81-year-old woman remains in stable condition at a hospital after being shot during what police said was an apparent home invasion robbery at her house in Oakland's normally quiet Lincoln Highlands neighborhood below the Mormon temple. The shooting was reported at about 10:30 a.m. today at a home in the 4100 block of Laguna Avenue. Oakland police spokeswoman Johnna Watson said investigators believe the incident was a home invasion robbery because the suspect forced entry into the woman's residence. Watson described the suspect, who is still at large, as a black man in his 20s who is about 6 feet tall and weighs about 175 pounds. The man was wearing all-dark clothing and was armed with a gun, she said.
as the rest of her students do NOTHING to help Cell phone footage that was shared on Facebook shows two girls arguing in a Florida classroom as their teacher stands between them - As other students egg them on, the two girls launch into a fight - pushing the teacher out of the way and dragging each other by their hair - The teacher calls for help and other staff arrive 4 minutes into the fight - Staff said they were shocked by the lack of respect for the teacher and the children involved now face punishment 
An unhinged Brooklyn man accused of punching seven women — including a 
LAWRENCE, Ind. – He was in "the wrong place, at the wrong time". That’s what investigators say about the night 19-year-old 
The 56-year-old had been convicted of killing 
Four gang members charged in the shooting that killed a
Gene Taylor 
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A suspect in the death of a Canadian man in South Florida has reportedly turned himself in to police. An arrest warrant had been issued for Twane Dobard after the body of 58-year-old 
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - An alert has been issued for parents after a teen said she was attacked near her school bus stop in Altamonte Springs. That attacker is still on the loose. The teen's mother, 
Zane Thurber
SACRAMENTO COUNTY— Detectives have made an arrest in the murder of a woman found burned beyond recognition last week. 
BRISTOL, CT - Family, friends and classmates remembered a former Bristol Central High School student who was stabbed to death at a house party over the weekend. 
Nashville, N.C. — A man charged with killing a North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper during a chase more than a year ago tearfully asked for forgiveness from the trooper’s family after pleading guilty Monday in a Nash County courtroom to second-degree murder. Christopher McCoy Rodgers, 41, was sentenced to 21 to 26 years in prison for the Sept. 8, 2012, death of Trooper
