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Homicide victim's father: Death threats made against daughter, her family
  Amanda Douglas’ father is confident he knows who killed his daughter, and he believes it’s the same man his daughter filed three petitions for protective orders against within the last year. Larry Oscar Douglas Jr., Amanda’s husband, is an obvious person of interest in the case, police said, but they’ve found no evidence linking him to the crime. Amanda Marie Douglas, 26, and Jennifer Lynn Sudar, 37, were gunned down in the parking lot of the Bristol Park Apartments, 4414 S. Garnett Road, on Nov. 26. “They’re blaming me for something I didn’t do, you know, and that’s basically it,” Douglas told the Tulsa World in a telephone interview. Search warrant returns were filed Tuesday showing police sought and obtained his DNA, fingerprints and phone records. Amanda Douglas petitioned for a protective order against her husband six days before her death. In the document, she wrote Larry Douglas Jr. grabbed her by her arms and threw her down, causing her to pass out, when she tried to walk away from an argument on Nov. 9. “She was scared to leave him, definitely,” said Michael Drywater, Amanda’s father. - (Black-on-white) |
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set an execution date for Marcellus Williams, the man who fatally stabbed former Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle at her home in University City in 1998. Marcellus Williams, 45, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre on Jan. 28. Williams killed Gayle, 42, at her home in the gated Ames Place neighborhood of University City on Aug. 11, 1998. Williams was burglarizing the home when Gayle, who had been taking a shower, surprised him. He stabbed her repeatedly while she fought for her life. - (Black-on-white)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —A grand jury cleared five officers involved in the shooting death of the Florida State University gunman. Myron May was shot and killed by police in the early morning hours of Nov. 20th. Before the 31-year-old was killed, May shot at students and one library employee. Three bullets struck 21-year-old student 
Police are searching for the thug who was caught on tape punching an elderly man inside a bar in Philadelphia. The attack happened at about 1:20 p.m. on Monday at Brownie’s Lounge located at 7137 Ogontz Avenue in the city’s West Oak Lane section. According to investigators, the suspect, who was carrying a clipboard and handbag, knocked on the front door of the establishment and said he was a trash inspector. After several minutes inside, the suspect suddenly punched the victim, an
On Friday – eight years later – it took a jury of 12 to decide the fate of the man who shot 
PANOLA CO, MS - One week later and police have no answers on who could have been behind the death of 
COXSACKIE >> Two men are facing felony rape charges following a reported sexual assault at a residence here, state police said Wednesday. Muhammad D. Mills, 19, of Albany, and Anthony A. Chandler, 20, of Troy, were arrested Tuesday by state police at Catskill and charged with rape, a felony. The arrests followed investigation of a reported sexual assault at a residence in Coxsackie, police said. They did not provide any information about the alleged victim or the circumstances of the alleged assault.
MIAMI BEACH – Two men reportedly dragged a passed out mentally ill woman behind a Miami Beach bar, where one of them raped her. M iami Beach police said they were alerted to a sexual assault occurring in an alley around 5:30 p.m. on Monday. When the officers pulled up to the scene, they said they watched as Derrick Barnes dismounted the the woman. Barnes’ pants and underwear were still at his ankles exposing his genitals and the woman was naked. The officers found a used condom on some cardboard boxes near the woman.
A witness told police he watched as Barnes and Bobby Lee Bryant dragged the woman to the alley next to the Lost Weekend Bar. When authorities asked the woman for her age, she replied she was 12 years old. But it is reported she is around 40 years of age. She is presumed to be homeless.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Terrance Watson is charged with aggravated rape charges after raping a woman at Martyr's Park on Channel 3 Drive December 6. Watson and the victim were at the park together when he asked her for sex. When she said no police say he choked and raped her. After the assault, police say the two went back to his house where he hit her several times before she ran to get help. Watson was arrested Sunday after police went to his home, but not before he tried to flee. Watson faces an evading arrest charge in addition to the aggravated rape charges.
QUEENS, N.Y. -- Police are looking for a man wanted in an attempted rape in St. Albans. On Saturday, around 11 p.m., the suspect was talking to the 15-year-old woman near 109 Road and Farmers Boulevard when he began choking her. The woman passed out, and the suspect then attempted to rape her before fleeing. The suspect is described as a black male in his early 20s, wearing red Addidas track pants and a red Addidas shirt. He also has a tattoo on the right side of his neck and arm. 
There is new information today about a former St. John Fisher College student and soccer player accused of raping a woman on campus. Twenty-year-old 
The San Francisco 49ers released Ray McDonald on Wednesday shortly after San Jose police said they are investigating the 30-year-old for an alleged sexual assault — the latest in a string of episodes with police that involved the defensive lineman. 
Milwaukee police are investigating the sexual assault of a
Lancaster police have arrested a second suspect in the murder of a Lancaster County teacher, 
A 16-year-old has been charged in connection with the homicide of a Lancaster County teacher. Marcus Anthony Rutter, is charged with criminal homicide, burglary, conspiracy and robbery, said Lancaster City police Lt. Todd Umstead. Rutter was taken into custody around 10 p.m. Monday a block from his home, police said. He is a suspect in the killing of 
AKRON, Ohio -- An Akron man has been sentenced to life in prison for the beating death of a homeless woman. Tyrone Benford, 42, had pleaded guilty to two counts of murder, felonious assault and breaking and entering. All counts were felonies.
ATLANTA — Several police agencies held a news conference Tuesday morning releasing new details into the arrest of Aeman Presley accused in four murders. When police arrested Presley, officers found a loaded gun and box of ammunition on him. Police said Presley killed
Police believe he killed two homeless men as they slept, wrapped in blankets on the streets of Atlanta. Both murders happened within three days and three miles of each other. Atlanta Police Detective David Quinn called the murders "sinister" and "evil" since there was no monetary gain. They say one of the murders; the gunman actually reloaded the revolver and kept firing. Police say a revolver was used to kill both 
SAGINAW, MI — As days turned into months and months turned into years without somebody facing consequences for fatally shooting 
Fort Worth police have asked for the public's help in identifying a man wanted in connection with a homicide investigation. Detectives released surveillance video showing a man wearing a dark-colored hoodie and a light-colored hat. 
BALTIMORE —Police said they have charged a repeat violent offender in connection with the shooting of a city police officer during a traffic stop on Sunday night. Police said that officer smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car and called it in. The car was pulled over a short time later by 27-year-old Officer 
PORTLAND, OR - A former Nordstrom employee spok about the inflammatory online comment he made that got him fired. Aaron Hodges lost the job he loved at the Nordstrom in Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland on Sunday. It was two days after he posted a comment to Facebook that went viral. He said he was responding to a thread about police use of force when he wrote in part, "Instead of slamming the police … every time an unarmed black man is killed, you kill a decorated white officer, on his door step in front of his family." 
Long Island correction officers will mass outside the Nassau County Jail on Monday morning to protest anti-white Facebook posts made by the county’s $80,000-a-year affirmative-action specialist. The Nassau County correction officers union has already filed a federal EEOC complaint against Andreaus Guilty, who works for the county sheriff, over social-network posts with titles such as, “Racist NYPD CRACKERS,” “Police are protected by a system of white supremacy” and “Dis not your country pale face.” The correction officers union says hundreds of their members will mass outside the jail to call for the firing of Guilty, who posted ugly statements specifically about their members. 
MIAMI - Seven men are accused of forcing a teenager into a week of sex and prostitution, sometimes with more than one man at a time, police said. The suspects, ranging in age from 18 to 43, are accused of forcing 
What stands out, however, is how inclusive 
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Terre Haute police made a cold case arrest this week. It’s a case that was reopened in 2010. According to new arrest records, Harry Rowley is in the Vigo County Jail booked on a charge of murder as of Sunday night. Police believe Rowley was involved in the 1980 murders of 
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Metro police officer was shot and a 16-year-old suspect was ultimately killed in an incident in south Nashville Sunday night. It began as officers were investigating a robbery at an apartment around 7 p.m. Metro police stated a man called to report he was robbed of his personal belongings by two individuals while he was in his car. An investigation led police to the Long Hunter Court apartment. Several people were inside and consented to a search, during which officers say they located the robbery victim’s credit card. While officers were there, a teen came out of a room, saw the police, then retreated to a bathroom, essentially barricading himself. The suspect, who has been identified as 16-year-old Xavier McDonald, ultimately came out of the room. Officers attempted to Tase him and take him into custody, but were unsuccessful. McDonald pulled a gun and fired at police, striking one officer in the thigh. . Officers then returned fire, ultimately killing McDonald. He was listed as a runaway by the police department. His mother reported scuffling with McDonald over a box of bullets on December 7. McDonald’s mother reported that he threatened to kill her and was carrying a gun in his waistband at the time. The injured officer has been identified as 18-year veteran 
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Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. traced Anderson Cooper's family tree for an October episode of Finding Your Roots on PBS. If you didn't see it when it aired, you missed the CNN host learning that a distant relative — his fourth great grandfather, to be exact — was killed by one of his slaves. With a farm hoe. The segment is being enjoyed again today thanks to a boost from Twitter, where people are re-watching as Cooper absorbs the violent news with what looks something like a combination of awe and glee. The big reveal goes something like this: "Wow!" When he recovers, he adds, "He had 12 slaves. I don't feel bad for him." Yeah, Anderson, we kind of got that. 
OMAHA, Neb. — Courtney Washington, 28, and Mary Frederickson, 25, were charged with two counts of child abuse. Washington was also charged with sexual assault of a child. Police brought an 8-year-old child to Children’s Hospital, malnourished and alarmingly underweight. The child weighed only about 25 pounds, about 50 pounds lighter than the child should be, according to medical experts. Washington is now in Douglas County Corrections, charged in this case and in another investigation involving 
Police are investigating the Iranian links of the Sydney cafe siege gunman after it emerged he is a Tehran-born self-styled sheik named 
Thirty-year-old Bong Bob Kim of Wilkes-Barre is facing charges of aggravated assault, drug trafficking and fleeing police and is being held at Luzerne County Correctional Center. Police said Kim twice raised his hands only to try to drive away both times, and the officer fired when he appeared to be trying to run officers over. 
A black man was booked in the Gwinnett County jail on Friday and charged in connection with a homicide in Auburn last week. Marquavis Benton, 26, was charged with armed robbery, murder and held for other charges out of Spaulding County and held without bond. 
MANVEL, Texas -- A teacher's aide has been arrested, accused of injuring a non-verbal autistic student at a treatment center in Manvel, Texas. Cellphone video believed to have been taken inside a classroom at Shiloh Treatment Center shows the aide appearing to slap
AKRON, Ohio — A Berea man is accused of drugging 
The dancer at a strip club who claims Tennessee Titans defensive linesman Sammie Hill raped her says that she woke to find the NFL player forcing himself on her in a Atlanta hotel room saying 'I'm just trying to get this last nut'. The woman, who works in a Houston club, admitted to police that she had consensual sex with the 28-year-old before she fell asleep on December 3. However, she claims she repeatedly said no when Hill 'placed his hand around her throat while attempting to stick his penis in her vagina.' 
The Knoxville Police Department has finished its investigation into two University of Tennessee football players accused of rape. On November 16, Officers responded to a call at a South Knoxville apartment complex. A 19-year-old woman and UT student told officers that senior linebacker A.J. Johnson, 22, and sophomore defensive back Michael Williams, 21, raped her. 
A gang task force arrested a man early Saturday in connection with a shooting near a high school in Portland, Oregon, police said. A gunman had opened fire Friday on 
One of three inmates who escaped from an Alabama jail is back in custody. 
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Police say the woman found dead in a Denton insurance company office is the mother of a missing 4-year-old boy. Police issued an Amber Alert for the boy after the body of 
A North Bergen man described as “remorseless” by the Morris County prosecutor was sentenced Friday to 30 years in state prison for fatally striking a man in the head with a hammer in Fairview more than three years ago and then dumping the body in Lincoln Park, authorities said in a release. Police say Carlos Rojas killed a 27-year-old friend, 
SPERRY, Okla. – A 78-year-old man is now behind bars for first degree murder. Tulsa County Deputies say the victim had apparently been helping the suspect for a decade. Deputies found a man with a gunshot wound to the chest near Highway 75 and East 86th in Sperry, Okla. around 2:00 a.m. Sunday. Fletcher Foster was arrested at the scene for the shooting death of 42-year-old 
Jevon Mallory, 20, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sneaking up behind 
A Shawnee County District Court jury convicted Billy Frank Davis Jr. on Thursday afternoon of two counts of capital murder, one court of premeditated first-degree murder and seven other counts linked to the slaying of 
THOMASVILLE, GA - The Thomas County Sheriffs Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have arrested someone for the May 2014 murder of
MARIETTA, Ga. — Police say a man is in jail after beating up at least five people at Kennestone Hospital without being provoked. Cobb County police say those attacks happened in the emergency room. 
A video posted on Facebook is generating hundreds of responses, and it shows at least two young men on a CTA Blue Line train, slapping an older man and taunting him. The video goes on for more than two minutes. It shows at least two young men, both African American, slapping an older man on top of his head. And then they appear to tease him. 
A violent Bloods gang member and career criminal assaulted a seasoned NYPD inspector during an anti-police protest in Harlem, cops said. Jonathan Allen, 31, who has a lengthy rap sheet including an arrest for criminally negligent homicide, clocked Deputy Inspector 
DETROIT - A 35-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison, without the possibility of parole, for killing two 20-year-old employees at a Family Dollar store. Lavere Bryant was sentenced Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court after being earlier convicted by a jury of first-degree murder for the deaths of
VANCOUVER, WA - A man who crashed his car into a wall after hitting and killing a woman on the sidewalk claimed he didn't know anyone had been hit and said his cousin was driving the car. Matthew Purifoy, 33, appeared in court on the charges of vehicular homicide and hit-and-run resulting in death. He was arrested after 57-year-old 
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VIERA, Fla. - The Brevard County Grand Jury issued a first-degree murder indictment against Marcus Antonio Royal, 34, in the death of 
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis grandmother is recovering from serious facial injures after she says she refused to give in to three young men who tried to steal her van Sunday night. 
BESSEMER, AL - Bessemer police have arrested the suspect accused of fatally shooting a 19-year-old man at a convenience store parking lot on Saturday. On Monday, police charged Markey Jerail Evans, 33, with capital murder in the death of 
JACKSON, Ga. - Authorities say a Georgia man has been executed for the 1995 killing of a sheriff's deputy, who was slain minutes after a convenience store robbery. Authorities said 49-year-old Robert Wayne Holsey was declared dead at 10:51 p.m. Tuesday at the state prison in Jackson. Holsey received the death sentence for the Dec. 17, 1995, killing of 