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(Black) Suspect in 2013 Norwood homicide arraigned, held on $5M bond
    NORWOOD, Ohio -- Two suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting death of Porshia Brooks nearly two years ago, Norwood police announced Thursday. Jaleel Markeith Smith-Riley, 22, and one other suspect admitted to being involved in Brooks' death, according to the Norwood Police Department. The second suspect, who was not named, is being held out of state. A third suspect in the case is now deceased, Lt. Ron Murphy said. “Looking in his eyes I didn't see a souls I didn't see a heart I didn't see life it was just darkness,” Brooks’ sister Tia-Marie Brooks said. “He deserves to die he took an innocent life and nearly took another innocent life so why does he get to live free I can't contact my baby I can't call her he gets to call his family and that's not right,” Brooks’ mother, Sharon Brooks, said. Police called the incident a "robbery gone bad," and that Brooks and her boyfriend, Aron Martin, were innocent victims of a crime of opportunity. "I believe that these persons, these monsters saw them as a chance to do a robbery." |
A man in jail on charges of murder and attempted murder sent more than a dozen bizarre letters to an El Paso County judge between the summer of 2012 and April of last year. The letters were recently released to The Gazette by the 4th Judicial District Court through an open records request. Marcus Smith, 25, is known for his frequent outbursts in court, which often get him booted from hearings. Smith has been awaiting trial since 2011 for the murder of 87-year-old Kathryn "Kit" Grazioli, and more recently was also accused of attempted murder of an El Paso County jail guard, sheriff's deputy Harry LeMonte. Since July 16, 2012, Smith has sent 13 letters to Judge Barbara Hughes. The letters are repetitive and accuse the court of calling him "black" when he is actually "brown." In the July 16 letter, he writes that he is innocent and wants his record cleared and a $500 million payment from the court. Frequently refers to himself as Kntu KintA. - (Black-on-white)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have charged a man in the shooting of an Army National Guard combat medic during a shootout in the stairwell of her home. Local media outlets report 23-year-old Reco Latur Dawkins Jr. is charged with attempted murder, felony breaking and entering and conspiracy. Police said he turned himself in Sunday morning. Her husband said 21-year-old Semantha Bunce was feeding her baby just before 10 a.m. Tuesday when intruders knocked on the front door, rang the doorbell and then kicked in the door. Paul Bunce said his wife grabbed her gun and exchanged gunfire with them. Bunce was shot several times and is recovering in the hospital. The baby wasn’t injured.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- A man already charged in a slaying at an apartment now faces additional felony counts in the deaths of a couple whose bodies were found in the French Broad River. Pierre Lamont Griffin has been charged with with the first-degree murders of 
Police said Pierre Lamont Griffin II is charged with murder and is being treated at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. Asheville police said Griffin shot 
LONG BEACH — Detectives released a sketch of a possible suspect Monday wanted in connection with the 1975 killing of a police officer in Long Beach. According to the Long Beach Police Department, 
KENT, Wash. — The family of a murdered Greenwood man expressed their grief and anger in front of his killer Monday morning. And the judge threw the hammer down on 19-year-old Byron White, giving him the maximum sentence of just under 29 years. White was a Ballard High School football player when he approached 54-year-old 
CINCINNATI —A woman will likely face new charges after a man she was accused of stabbing a year ago died. The Hamilton County Coroner's Office said 
After 2 1/2 hours of deliberations and a brief discussion with the lawyers, a jury of five men and women in the sex-grooming trial of ex-Detroit Councilman Charles Pugh left the federal courthouse in silence Monday, having just delivered a legal and emotional blow to the former politician's accuser: A $250,000 verdict. That's how much the jury decided a former Detroit public schools student deserves to be compensated for the pain and suffering Pugh put him through by sexually pursuing him while he was a high school student, staring at him in class, touching his thigh once, and pressuring him into making a videotape of himself masturbating in exchange for $160 to spend on prom night.
Jackson County prosecutors have charged a 29-year-old man with forcible sodomy and robbery in connection with a November 2014 attack on a woman who had just left a hospital emergency room. Investigators connected David Lee Hill of Kansas City to the assault through DNA evidence collected from the victim and from a hat the attacker left at the crime scene, according to court records. Hill faces three counts of first-degree sodomy and second-degree robbery. He was being held in lieu of a $150,000 bond. 
FLINT – A man who prosecutors say killed his wife during a marathon argument over infidelity and talks of divorce has been convicted of second-degree murder in her 2014 stabbing death. A jury this week returned the verdict against 44-year-old Andrew Farley in the slaying of his 34-year-old wife, 
MURFREESBORO, TN - The man accused of raping and killing a woman near Middle Tennessee State University in August has been indicted by a grand jury. Brandon Bowling, 22, has been charged with murder and aggravated rape in the death of 22-year-old 
NEW YORK — Two people attacked a woman and tried to steal her purse as she walked through Morningside Park, authorities said. A surveillance image of the two suspects, which appear to be women, was released by police. The attack happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday near West 116th Street and Morningside Drive. Investigators said the two suspects took off empty-handed after the 24-year-old victim fought back and another person walked by. Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 77-TIPS (8477). You can also submit a tip by logging onto Crime Stoppers website or text a tip to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- A suspect who prompted a standoff in San Diego and forced the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a ground stop at San Diego International Airport earlier this week made a bizarre appearance in court on Friday. Titus Nathan Colbert threw up gang signs and mouthed the word "Illuminati". The 33-year-old also cut the judge off as he advised him of his rights. "May 1, 1776," Colbert repeated at least three times. On Wednesday, Colbert allegedly fired several shots from his ex-girlfriend's apartment complex near West Kalmia and Brant Streets in the Bankers Hill neighborhood, narrowly missing an officer. He surrendered following a five-hour standoff. San Diego police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said authorities recovered an AK-47-type assault rifle and a handgun. 
Abbeville -- The pastor of a church near Abbeville was arrested on charges he raped and committed other sex crimes against an underage girl who is described a member of his congregation. Camerius J. Mills, 29, of Edison, Georgia is accused of three counts of Rape 2nd degree, one count of Sodomy 2nd degree, and three counts of Traveling to Meet a Child for the Purpose of Having Sex. The alleged 
Police have arrested a Durham man in connection with an attempted kidnapping Friday in Chapel Hill. Keith Robert Webster Jr. faces charges of second-degree kidnapping and possession of a firearm by a felon, the Chapel Hill Police Department stated Saturday in a news release. 
SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA -- Police are still searching for the man behind a violent home invasion in Southwest Philadelphia. 27-year-old Richard Brown is accused of breaking into a home on the 1800 block of South 55th Street back on August 28th. "He entered the house and sexually assaulted the victim and we're looking for him," said Santo Montecalvo of the Citizens Crime Commission. Police say Brown was armed with a knife at the time of the attack. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest.
Two Birmingham brothers, ages 53 and 60, are being held on a combined 19 felony charges after authorities say they repeatedly sexually assaulted a young girl. One of the brothers – 53-year-old Steven Lewis Cotton – was released from prison last year after serving nearly 20 years in prison for a different rape conviction of 
Police arrested a 53-year-old felon Wednesday wanted in a reported sexual attack Oct. 25 outside a downtown Jacksonville church. A woman told police that about 2:15 a.m. an unknown man pulled her into a corner of a parking lot at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and began pulling down her shorts. She tried to fight him off and run away screaming for help, but he dragged her back to the corner. She also was struck in the mouth and bleeding. About 9 p.m. officers stopped a man matching that denoscription who agreed to be taken in for questioning. Kinard Donald Huggins, whose address is listed as the Mental Health Resource Center on East Church Street, was arrested on a charge of sexual battery or attempt with injuries.
BRONX -- The NYPD is looking for a suspect wanted in a sex abuse incident aboard an MTA bus in the Bronx, and they are hoping surveillance video will lead to an arrest. The incident happened around 8 a.m. on Friday, October 23, in the vicinity of East Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse. A man on the BX9 bus exposed himself to
A Birmingham man kidnapped a woman and raped her in front of two young children, police said. Cardalle Bruce Osby, 34, was arrested this week. He is charged with three counts of kidnapping, one count of rape and one count of sodomy, according to court records. The attack happened Oct. 30 in Birmingham. Investigators say Osby abducted the woman and the two children, and then raped her in the car while the children looked on. The two knew each other.
A man wanted in the rape of a four-year-old girl on Oct. 13 was arrested Wednesday night. Jonathan Dillon, 25, is accused of sexually assaulting the child in a bathroom while covering her eyes with a shirt, according to a warrant. Dillon, of 9774 Great Smokey Avenue, was released from the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a $75,000 bond, according to jail records.
MINNEAPOLIS — A Level III predatory offender being sought by the Minnesota Department of Corrections was arrested on Thursday in Illinois, authorities say. Law enforcement had been looking for Rico Ronondo Rodriguez, 34, after he cut off his GPS device and had escaped from a halfway house on Oct. 26. He was released from prison on Aug. 8 and had been on intensive supervised release, but was considered a fugitive since late October. Authorities say a national warrant was issued for Rodriguez’s arrest on Oct. 26. His car was spotted Thursday at an apartment in central Illinois by the Bellevue Police Department. He was taken into custody without incident and is currently in the St. Clair County Jail.
A Delaware mother texted her daughter’s
Henry County police are looking for a man who they suspect raped a 66-year-old woman in her Ellenwood home in July and again in October. On Thursday, police released a composite sketch of the man and provided a denoscription of him. He is described as black, about 6’1 tall and between 145 and 155 pounds. He was wearing a black hat with yellow text, a t-shirt, black hoodie and red pants. The woman lived on Panola Road, and Henry County police spokesman Capt. Joey Smith said she was “specifically targeted” in the attacks. 
A sheriff's captain has been accused of coercing a witness after she interrogated the 
Authorities today released the identity of a man shot to death in a Jefferson County apartment following a possible abduction and sexual assault. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the man as Jeremy Arnold Ford. He was 25. The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. Tuesday at Pebble Creek Apartments. A 26-year-old woman was reported to have been abducted in Adamsville earlier on Tuesday. Adamsville police contacted the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office to locate the woman at the apartment complex in Forestdale. When they arrived, they found the woman in the parking lot. They also found Ford dead inside the apartment from a gunshot wound. The initial information is that the woman identified Ford as her abductor. She told investigators he forced her to the apartment and sexually assaulted her. At some point, she got hold of the gun and shot him. 
NEW ORLEANS — A Texas fugitive who was wanted for failing to register as a sex offender has been arrested in New Orleans. A news release on Wednesday from Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s office said 31-year-old Michael Anthony Buie was arrested, but did not specify when he was booked. Authorities say Buie was previously convicted in Dallas County for solicitation to commit aggravated assault of 
CHICAGO — As the mother of 
Cabbie Salifu Abubkar, 73, was driving south on Columbus Avenue and turned right onto West 109th Street around 12:40 a.m. when he mowed down 
“N*ggers is (Afro-Americans) now, but de time wuz w’en we ’uz all n*ggers tergedder.” 
One man is in jail and two other men are being sought in connection with the use of credit cards belonging to a 75-year-old H-E-B employee who was found dead in her home last month 
MANSFIELD, La. - Five months from arrest to conviction – justice was swift for a Texas man who bludgeoned a Logansport man to death earlier this year in an attempt to evade authorities. For that, Jacorroyn Wilson, (aka Jacorryn Lavell Wilson), 24, will spend the rest of his life in prison. A DeSoto Parish jury last week convicted Wilson of second-degree murder in the May 2 death of 
PASADENA, TX -- An elderly Pasadena crossing guard says he was attacked by a man after telling him to turn down his music in a school zone.
A Broward jury on Friday convicted a Miami Gardens man who ran down two bicyclists while fleeing police in Cooper City three years ago. Obrian Oakley, 30, was charged with felony murder in the deaths of 
The silver Infiniti was traveling 65 miles per hour over the speed limit when it ran a red light in Cooper City three years ago. It was clipped in the rear by a Toyota driven by a couple on their way home to Century Village. The Infiniti spun out of control, hitting and killing two bicyclists out for a Sunday morning ride. The Infiniti's driver, Obrian Oakley, 30, is on trial for murder because the cyclists were killed while he was committing another felony, prosecutor Alberto Ribas told a Broward jury Tuesday. Oakley and his friend, Sadik Baxter, spent the morning of Aug. 5, 2012, breaking into and stealing items from cars parked in Cooper City's Rock Creek neighborhood, prosecutors said. Shortly after 7 a.m., someone called 911 to report Baxter and Oakley. Baxter was convicted of the same charges last year and is serving a life sentence in Florida state prison.
Jurors found a York City man guilty of two counts of first-degree murder Friday for a November 2013 shooting during a drug deal that went bad. Dejerek Basil Smallwood, 23, of York City, was found guilty of murdering 
There are now photos to illustrate Greg Hardy’s domestic violence arrest, cringeworthy photos showing the physical damage the Cowboys defensive end was accused of inflicting upon his former girlfriend in May 2014. In a scathing report that breaks down the volatile relationship between Hardy and former girlfriend 
A phony bail bondsman who jumped his own bail was nabbed by a real bondsman on Friday. James Felix, 31, had been arrested July 15 for assaulting a man with a baton in Harlem while working illegally as a “bail recovery agent” – someone authorized to pick up a defendant who jumps bail, sources said.
A California college student who wounded four in a campus stabbing spree Wednesday wrote a manifesto including the names of his targets, a vow to “cut someone’s head off” and as many as five reminders to “praise Allah,” police said.
MARIETTA, Ga. -- Authorities in Cobb County say a man has been arrested in the 1986 double rape and murder of a Marietta woman and her 13-year-old daughter.
Cleveland police have arrested one man following the deadly house fire on West 56th Street Thursday morning. The house was completely engulfed by the time fire crews arrived at about 5 a.m. Thursday. 
Detectives are asking for help to find 18-year-old Rashawn Walker, who they say is already wanted on two unrelated warrants and should be considered armed and dangerous. Walker is described as black, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 180 pounds, with a tattoo on the front of his neck. Police said he is from the McKeesport area but has ties to Clairton and is known to hide in the hotels at the Homestead Waterfront. Anyone with information on Walker's whereabouts is asked to call police at 412-473-1300. Callers can remain anonymous. Police say the victim, 
The suspected DUI driver who ran a red light early Thursday and slammed into an on-duty San Bernardino police officer's patrol vehicle, killing the veteran officer, was identified as a 27-year-old Fontana man. Archie Green III was arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol causing fatal injuries in the death of
MUNCIE – A 16-year-old Muncie youth accused of fatally shooting another teen has been waived into adult court. That action had at least two immediate ramifications for William C. Balfour III. He was transferred Monday from the county's juvenile detention center to the Delaware County jail. And as an adult defendant in a criminal case, his name became a matter of public record. The 16-year-old was arrested at his home, in the 1900 block of East Cedar Street, last Thursday evening. He is charged in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old 
Tulsa police say they were searching for 19-year-old Isadore Jordan. Jordan is wanted in connection to the death of 
HANNIBAL,N.Y. -- Markee L. Cathcart, 19, has been charged with manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old 
The driver who killed four people in a 2014 crash at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Friday. A jury found Rashad Owens, 23, guilty on a charge of capital murder after more than three hours of deliberation, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Travis County prosecutors did not seek the death penalty triggering an automatic life sentence for the 23-year-old. Owens drove a stolen car while drunk through barricades and into a crowd on Red River Street in Austin's downtown live music district while trying to escape police during the 2014 festival.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A memorial grows in front of the Blind Rabbit restaurant in Riverside while police search for two men who gunned down a 20-year-old employee taking out the trash Wednesday night. 
The razor blade-wielding man charged with slashing two straphangers on a Brooklyn subway car was fresh out of jail and armed with two steak knives when he attacked, prosecutors and sources said Thursday. Stanley Gray allegedly went on the terrifying rampage Tuesday on a Manhattan-bound C train – just 11 days after being released from Rikers Island for misdemeanor assault Oct. 23, according to sources. 
LAKELAND, Fla. – A Polk County man called deputies Wednesday morning after finding two strangers sleeping in his house. Around 8 a.m. deputies arrived at the home, in the 500 block of Old Highway in Lakeland. The homeowner had been away for five days. He returned home to find the front door kicked in. Inside, he found the two suspects asleep in a bedroom. When deputies arrived, they told the suspects to come out. The men refused. When the K9 team went into the house, the suspects tried climbing out a window. Deputies then apprehended the two men. The homeowner found three missing window A/C units. “The home had also been vandalized, with still-wet paint on the walls and carpets, causing approximately $3,800 in damage,” deputies said. The suspects have been identified as Jaquel Fleming, 18, of Lake Alfred, and Keilow Roundtree, 23, of Lakeland. The suspects told deputies they broke into the house to party and smoke weed because Fleming had recently been released from jail, according to the sheriff’s office. 
An MS-13 gang member in the country illegally has been arrested for assaulting a police officer in an unprovoked attack. According to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old illegal immigrant 
A man allegedly involved in a deadly hit-and-run accident this week was previously deported six times from the United States and had been convicted on drug charges, Breitbart News has learned. 
HOUSTON – Charges have been filed against a man arrested in the death of a woman found under an I-10 overpass earlier this year, according to the Houston Police Department. A teenager found the victim's body at 1919 Runnels east of downtown about 11 a.m. on Jan. 26. The suspect, 44-year-old Harold Lowdins, is charged with murder in the 339th State District Court. He is accused in the death of 
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Police have made arrests in the shooting death of an Indianapolis delivery driver. 
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Charleston police have made an arrest in the death of George Whetsell, who was found dead near a James Island grocery store last month. The suspect, 24-year-old Tyshawn Eugene Robinson, is charged with murder after police said they found video evidence of Robinson and Whetsell getting into a taxi together on Henry Tecklenburg Drive Sept. 19. A witness told police they saw the two men get out of the cab and enter the woods. Police said they believe Whetsell was killed between Sept. 19 and 20. On October 1, Whetsell's body was found in the woods on the west side of Harris Teeter near Folly Road with a severe head injury. The coroner ruled his death a homicide. 
NEWARK — A Montclair man was convicted Monday of robbing and fatally shooting another man in 2012 after leading him into a township apartment building to buy drugs. Ernest Williams Jr., 24, was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter, robbery and related offenses in connection with the July 22, 2012 killing of 
Schiavetti was put in touch with Williams that day through Williams's co-defendant, James Pitts, who is the son of Essex County Undersheriff James Pitts. Pitts pleaded guilty last year to a drug charge and is expected to be sentenced to 364 days in jail. 
LEE'S SUMMIT, MO - Two teenagers have been arrested in the brutal stabbing death of a 43-year-old Lee’s Summit woman. This comes after police released surveillance video on Tuesday of the 13- and 14-year-old suspects. Formal charges are pending with Jackson County Family Court. The victim has been identified as 
The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold the scheduled execution of a man convicted of beating three people to death with a claw hammer while a lower court considers an appeal. Ernest Lee Johnson was scheduled to die at 6 p.m. Tuesday for killing
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