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SF Robbery (Pacific Islander) Suspects Accused Of Hitting, Killing (White) Woman During Police Chase Arrested
  SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police arrested three people early Wednesday on suspicion of homicide and other offenses for allegedly striking and killing a woman during a pursuit in the city last month. Robert Pelesauma, 19, Hunter Sagaiga, 19, and Faavesi Koka, 18, all San Francisco residents, were arrested on suspicion of homicide, conspiracy, evading police, possession of a stolen vehicle and multiple counts of robbery, police said. Police said the trio had committed several armed robberies in the days before April 10, when they were fleeing police shortly before 10 p.m. after a robbery at Clay and Larkin streets. The vehicle they were in struck and killed 42-year-old Bridget Klecker at California and Kearny streets in the city’s Financial District, police said.
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WALTON COUNTY-- Wednesday began the three-day penalty phase in the Barry Davis murder trial. Monday, a jury found Davis guilty on 14 counts for murdering John Hughes and Hiedi Rhodes in 2012. During the penalty phase, jurors will hear from Davis' family and the victims' families, who will recommend or not recommend the death penalty for Davis. The judge will make the final decision. - (Black-on-white)
A man accused of killing a Washington businessman, his wife, son and housekeeper faced arraignment on Friday after authorities tracked him down overnight in the U.S. capital. The suspect, Daron Dylon Wint, 34, of Lanham, Maryland, faces a charge of first-degree murder while armed at his arraignment some time after 1 p.m. EDT in District of Columbia Superior Court. Members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force had tracked Wint to a Howard Johnson hotel in College Park, Maryland, just outside Washington, late on Thursday, only to see him leave as they arrived. Officers and a helicopter pursued Wint, who was in a car, and a small moving truck that was traveling with him. "We did a vehicle pin maneuver on both vehicles and we were able to arrest everyone," Commander Robert Fernandez of the U.S. Marshals Service told CNN. Besides Wint, police arrested three men and two women in the vehicles, Fernandez said.
The manhunt for the quadruple murder suspect believed to have killed a Washington executive, his family and a housekeeper before torching their mansion and escaping with $40,000 in cash is now focused in Brooklyn, police said Thursday. Daron Dylon Wint, who Washington police said previously worked for 
SURREY, B.C. — A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death of Surrey’s 
The jury deliberated for more than an hour before sentencing Rakeem Perkins to 23 years in prison for shooting former Dallas Police Officer 
A former Los Angeles firefighter was found guilty Thursday of beating a woman who was feeding stray cats in their West Adams neighborhood in an attack that was caught on surveillance camera. Ian Justin Eulian, 39, was found guilty of one count each of battery with serious bodily injury and assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Eulian claimed the cats the victim was feeding had attacked his dog and were littering his yard, prosecutors said. He confronted the woman as she sat inside her parked car on Sept. 14, 2013. Surveillance video showed Eulian lean into the car and yell at the woman, who then threw cat kibble at him. He then punched the woman twice, pulled her out of her car and hit her again as she fell to the ground unconscious, the release stated. 
An illegal immigrant who became a “predatory sex offender” has been jailed for 12 years for three sex attacks on lone women. 
The mother of the Bridgeton man who was recently found bludgeoned to death in a Manhattan hotel room believes a woman who allegedly stole from him before may be involved in his death. Roderick L. Goodwin, 28, was discovered under a mattress early Monday morning in a room at the Hilton Garden Inn on West 35th Street. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Police officials told The New York Times that they believe Goodwin may have been working as a pimp and that prostitutes arranged to have him robbed that night because he was known to carry large amounts of cash. In September 2013, Bridgeton police investigated Goodwin following allegations that he procured a woman for prostitution. No charges were filed against Goodwin, police said. 
A former Fairfield, Illinois, resident was arrested in Chicago on a felony charge of criminal sexual assault. Martrail B. Burke, 28, is accused of raping a Fairfield woman at her home last January. After the alleged attack, Burke fled from Wayne County, according to police. In late January, a Wayne County grand jury returned an indictment against Burke for rape and an arrest warrant was issued.
A man already serving prison time for sexually assaulting 
Colington, N.C. – A man has been arrested and charged with rape in Colington, according to the Dare County Sheriff’s Office. On January 11, 2015, the Dare County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an alleged sexual assault that had occurred on Seagull Court in Colington, North Carolina. North Carolina Sheriff’s Deputies and Investigators arrived at the Outer Banks Hospital to speak to the alleged victim and investigate the incident. The suspect has been identified as 38-year-old Johnathan Alexander Burton of Seagull Court in Colington, North Carolina.
NEW ORLEANS - The NOPD is asking for the public's assistance in locating and identifying a suspect who is wanted for Attempted Forcible Rape. The incident took place May 16. At approximately 2:00 a.m., police say the suspect followed the 
In the video taken early Thursday morning inside a Safeway store, police say Bryson Chaplin, 21, and Andre Thompson, 24, are seen running from an employee before one of the two men tosses a case of beer at her, causing it to shatter.
Attorney General’s Office announced a group of more than 20 people were indicted by a grand jury in a scheme that stole tens of thousands of dollars from banks inside Atlantic City casinos using a popular customer service tactic to their advantage. Officials say 35-year-old ringleader Michael Williams and twenty others stole almost $90,000 from TD Banks using fake checks.
Dover Police have arrested a man after officers say they saw him conduct two drug transactions. Authorities say a raid on his home netted 591 bags of heroin. Police say about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers saw Eric Gray conduct two drug transactions on New Castle Avenue and arrested him. 
A high school junior is being held without bail after allegedly posting violent threats in a Snapchat video. According to a police report filed after the arrest of 18-year-old Dominique Dextra, the video states, “Meet me at the school at 3:08. I come to murk these n-----. F--- what you talkin about." The report notes that it's unclear whether Dextra said "murk" or "merch," but that both are slang for "murder." Then the video on Snapchat, a mobile photo and video sharing service, shows Dextra holding a handgun and saying “and I’m gonna bring my little friend with me too,” the report states. 
MAYS LANDING — An Atlantic City man on trial for murder was found guilty of the lesser charge of aggravated manslaughter Thursday morning. Hasan Bruce, 21, claimed self-defense in the 2012 fatal shooting of aspiring rapper 
A 24-year-old New Jersey man on probation who threatened police officers with a meat cleaver when they came to check on him after missing an appointment was shot and killed Thursday, a law enforcement source said. 
One Minnesota man accused of trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) told an informant he'd kill FBI agents if they tried to stop him, while another told friends he'd "spit on America" at the U.S.-Mexico border.The document reveals new details about 
Two 24-year-old Anaheim men were arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization and are expected to appear this afternoon in federal court in Santa Ana. 
PHILADELPHIA — A local professor is facing charges, according to federal prosecutors. Temple University Physics Department Chair 
PHILADELPHIA – The city of Philadelphia filed a lawsuit this month in an attempt to shut down a popular Chinatown restaurant where 
Were the Ferguson protests a spontaneous expression of community outrage or an orchestrated campaign with paid "protesters"? It's looking more and more like the latter. Later, after the riots in Baltimore erupted, Fox News reported that as many as 50 social media accounts were tied to both those and the Ferguson protests, suggesting the presence of "professional protesters." Now some of the "protesters" themselves are complaining that they never got paid. There's nothing wrong with protesters getting paid. It's a free country, and they have to make a living, too. But maybe these protesters should think about joining a union before they hit the streets next time. 
The Lafayette man charged with vehicular homicide following yesterday's St. Martin Parish crash has a history of reckless driving and driving under the influence in at least three parishes across the state. Klifford Moss Jr., 24, is accused of crossing the center line on La. 96 to pass vehicles and hitting motorcyclist 
Omaha's police chief says an officer shot while helping serve an arrest warrant has died, as has the suspect. Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said Wednesday that 29-year-old 
He must think he’s going to live forever. An unrepentant thug convicted of nearly killing four NYPD cops smugly grinned as he was sentenced Thursday to 110 years to life behind bars for the wild shootout. Nakwon Foxworth also sneered at three Emergency Services Unit detectives he fired upon on Easter Sunday 2012, who sat among two dozen other cops in the Brooklyn Supreme courtroom for the sentencing. But he showed no remorse. Then, in a boast full of hot air, he said: “I’ll be back.” Injured in the firefight were Dets. 
CHARLESTON, SC - The man police suspected in the attempted murder of a Berkeley County deputy was identified through a DNA match, and was fatally shot by police after opening fire on them, authorities say. Jerome Thomas Caldwell, 32, of Mount Pleasant, died after a 10-hour standoff, "Throughout these negotiations, there were discussions about shooting police officers. Caldwell was pronounced dead at 1:59 p.m.. Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen said at 1:47 p.m. Thursday, Caldwell came out of the rear of the apartment in which he had been holed up since approximately 4 a.m. and fired multiple shots at police officers. The officers returned fire, fatally striking Caldwell, Mullen said. 
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. - An 87-year-old woman said she was attacked by a stranger in the Delmar Loop after she refused to give him money. Angelo Scott allegedly yanked the victim's purse then knocked her to the ground, according to investigators. Afterwards, police said he ran away from the scene, but witnesses chased down Scott to retrieve the woman's belongings. “I don't know whether I was scared or not,” the victim said. “I can't tell you what I felt, because it all happened so quickly.” Police said the woman sustained injuries and bruising to her forearm, face, and head. Scott was arrested and faces robbery charges, authorities said. 
MEMPHIS, TN - The man accused of leading an attack on a good Samaritan at a BP gas station on Poplar Avenue in April is now behind bars. Cordero Ragland, 23, is accused of being the leader of the pack during the mob attack. Ragland is the 12th and oldest suspect arrested in connection to the violent mob attack caught on camera at a BP gas station on April 10. Police say Ragland isn't just the ringleader of the mob that started this attack, he's also a member of a notorious Memphis gang police have been fighting to shut down: the Dixie Homes Murda Squad. It has been about six weeks since victim 
MEMPHIS, TN - Nine teenagers were arrested after a group of students from Northwest Prep Academy attacked a man at the BP gas station on Poplar Avenue as he helped a frightened woman to her car. At least four of them are being charged as adults. Denizell Gladney, 19, Devin Hulbert, 19, Darion Milken, 18, and Joe Brittman, 19, were arrested and charged with aggravated riot, and assault, among other charges. 
SAN JOSE, Calif. - San Jose police say four young men were arrested for allegedly punching random people Wednesday night. The men, ranging in age from 15-19, are accused of 
Anchorage police, at a news conference on Thursday, revealed the names of the family found dead in their south Anchorage home on Wednesday. They were identified as 24-year-old Curtis Young, 27-year-old Desiree Leandra Gonzalez, 4-year-old Zaiden Young, and 17-month-old Zarielle Young. Police announced on Thursday that the incident was determined to have been isolated in the home and the department called it a “domestic violence related incident.” The father, upon going to the house and finding the door locked, climbed through a window to find his daughter, her boyfriend and two grandchildren dead from gunshot wounds.
PHILADELPHIA – Police are searching for two female suspects who robbed a beauty supply store on Columbus Avenue in Philadelphia. On May 19 around 11:45 a.m., the two suspects entered Cosmo Professional beauty supply at 1100 South Columbus Boulevard and tried to leave the store without paying for numerous flat iron curlers. When an employee, a 66-year-old woman, tried to stop the suspects, one of them sprayed her with pepper spray. Both suspects then fled the scene in a white late model Ford SUV. The first suspect is described as a black female between 25 and 30 and about 5’2” and 200 lbs. She walks with a limp and was wearing black capri pants, a black and white flowered shirt and was armed with pepper spray. The second suspect is also a black female between 25 and 30 years old who is about 5’5” and 230 lbs. She was also wearing black capri pants with a black shirt.
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco police are asking for the public’s help in the brutal assault on
EVESHAM – Three Philadelphia women face charges after an alleged shoplifting incident turned violent in a township store. The women allegedly were working together to shoplift more than $600 worth of merchandise at the 
Recent press accounts have reported that 
With a jury waiting in the wings to hear opening statements in a five-year-old murder case and the victim's family packing the courtroom gallery, a New Orleans judge on Tuesday (May 19) declined to grant Joshua Lee's last-minute request to toss out the charges. Lee, 23, is accused in the April 22, 2010, death of 
KENT COUNTY, Mich. — It was a murder that shocked the small town of Gowen in September 2014 and now one of the suspects has been found guilty of actually killing the man. Kent County Prosecuters say Jaman Parish was convicted of felony murder and five other charges in the death of 34-year-old 
WILMINGTON, NC — The men accused in a deadly shooting from earlier this week appeared before a judge Thursday morning. Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Jerry Brewer say deputies arrested Michael Anthony R. Malloy, 24, and Brent Thomas James Hyatt, 25, in connection to the on-going death investigation in the 400 block of Point View Court. In court, a judge denied bond for the two suspects. Both Hyatt and Malloy face charges including first-degree murder, assault, burglary, robbery and cruelty to animals. Deputies say 
ELDORADO, IL - An Eldorado man faces murder charges after police say he stabbed a pregnant woman killing her and her unborn child. Rodney Eugene Black, 56, of Eldorado faces three murder charges and three intentional homicide of an unborn child charges. Police say Black stabbed a woman to death on April 17, killing her and her an unborn child. According to court records, Black stabbed
A Cobb County man is accused of setting fire to a doghouse, causing severe burns to the female pit bull that was inside, according to police. Calib Dansel Lanier, of Smyrna, was arrested Monday night at his home and charged with aggravated cruelty to animals and third-degree arson, both felonies, Cobb jail records showed. Lanier was being held Tuesday afternoon on $10,000 bond. No information was released on a possible motive. An arrest warrant stated the dog did not belong to Lanier. Said accused did maliciously cause physical harm to an animal, ‘
KINSTON, LENOIR COUNTY - A sex offender was arrested for being in the children's section of the Kinston/Lenoir County Library, according to the Kinston Department of Public Safety. Anthony Briggs, 29, a registered sec offender, was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony sex offender on a child premises. Kinston police said the incident happened on Saturday, May 16, 2015 and Sunday, May 17, 2015, at the library located at 510 North Queen Street in Kinston. The staff of the library told police there was a suspicious man at the library. 
WASHINGTON — Police say they have arrested the man accused of sexually assaulted
A Frankfort man who lives one street over from his alleged victim now faces charges in a May 15th attempted sexual assault. 24-year-old Matthew Hyatt slipped into the woman's house though an open garage door and tried to sexually assault her. But the woman fought him off, using her fists and even a vacuum cleaner to defend herself. The incident happened on Hawthorne Drive around 6:30 last Friday morning. The victim's husband left for work, leaving the garage door open. That's when police say a thin, light-skinned black male with a goatee walked in and attacked her.
KINGSTREE, SC - A Williamsburg County man is facing a felony sex charge after investigators say he molested 
LANCASTER — A man suspected of posing as a police officer to kidnap and sexually assault a teenager was charged Tuesday with attacking another girl while knowing he was infected with HIV. Joseph Kenneth Cornett, 41, pleaded not guilty to seven new felony charges, including kidnapping to commit rape, committing a lewd act on a child, giving marijuana to a minor and attempting unprotected sex while knowingly infected with HIV. He now faces a total of 26 felony charges. The newest charges involve an April 13 attack on 
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- An Atlanta-area teacher has been arrested after a parent complained he allowed middle school students to have sex in a storage unit in his classroom. 25-year-old Quentin Wright, a math teacher at Champion Middle School in Stone Mountain, was taken into custody Tuesday. He has been charged with four misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Wright arranged times with students when the classroom would be empty and gave them condoms. The investigation began after a mother said she found text messages between Wright and her 14-year-old son.
WESTLAND, Mich. - The teenager accused of stabbing a man to death Saturday morning after an argument over noise has been charged with murder. The suspect accused, 17-year-old Dion Patterson, was arraigned Monday on charges of felony murder, second degree murder, felonious assault and home invasion. Friends say the victim, 
LAS VEGAS -- Metro detectives have announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with the deadly shooting of a female case worker on March 17 near West Charleston Boulevard and Lindell Road. Metro arrested 21-year-old Michael De Angelo Scott, also known as "Bones." Police last month sought two people in connection to the homicide. The second male has been identified as 18-year old Jehru Petty-Williams, also known as "Louie Vee." 
NEW YORK – The NYPD believes they know the identity of the man caught on video smashing a chair over the heads of two men at a Dallas BBQ restaurant in Chelsea earlier this month. Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce identified the suspect as Bayna El-Amin. “He is a career criminal,” Boyce said. “We believe he has fled the state.” The shocking incident took place at around 11 p.m. on May 5. Boyce said the NYPD had identified El-Amin about a week ago. 
A Manhattan judge Monday sentenced one of the twin sisters accused of tying up and robbing a kinky 85-year-old man they met on a sugar-daddy Web site to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison. Shalaine Foster, 17, copped to robbery in the second degree April 2 as part of a plea deal. The judge also granted the reformed teen youthful-offender status which means she’ll dodge a criminal record. Shalaine blamed her allegedly evil twin, Shaina, for hatching the sinister plot and dragging her along for the wild ride. Shaina met retired lawyer 
Boston University, which has already condemned the racist Tweets of an incoming faculty member, has now been sent an outrageous Facebook exchange in which a poster who identifies herself as the controversial sociology professor mercilessly ridicules 
It's been five months since Pei Xia Chen's husband, 
The dad savagely beaten by a motorcycle mob in 2013 wept as he recounted in public for the first time the harrowing ordeal, testifying that he was “scared s—tless” and just trying to get away from the swarm of enraged bikers. Victim 
Durban - The sentences handed to the two KwaZulu-Natal men found guilty of the rape and murder of 
MONCKS CORNER, SC - Berkeley County Sheriff Lt. 
A 56-year-old Grafton man is charged in connection with a February 1 hit-and-run that killed a York County woman and seriously injured another person. 
The Oceanside man accused of vehicular manslaughter in a Carlsbad jogger’s death was taken into custody Friday, the day after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Joseph Knight, 52, was at the Vista courthouse when Oceanside police officers recognized him and alerted a sheriff’s deputy. The deputy arrested Knight at about 5:30 p.m. Investigators say on Dec. 28, 2014, Knight was driving the Ford Expedition that veered onto a sidewalk and hit 
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City police have arrested a driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed an employee of a Wal-Mart neighborhood market early Friday morning. According to police, at about 3:15 a.m., officers responded to the report of a disturbance in the area of Hefner and N. Rockwell. Police learned that the suspect, 21-year-old Jabari Berry, had been creating a disturbance the Crest Store. Police said they initially learned that there were 
Eleven months to the day their son was killed, a family received “righteous justice” Friday when the man accused of fatally "sucker-punching" him in a Gaslamp Quarter fight was convicted of second-degree murder. The family of 25-year-old 
CLARKSDALE, MS - Three men are charged with shooting and killing a Clarksdale, Mississippi security guard. The shooting happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday at the Clarksdale public utility guard house in the 200 block of Hicks Street. Police say the 59-year-old security guard was inside the gate when he was shot by someone on the other side. The guard, who family members say is 59-year-old 
A Lexington man is in jail this morning in connection to a home invasion LEX 18 told you about last week. The home invasion happened around 3:00 a.m. on Mother's Day morning. Several people were inside a house on Suburban Court when four men broke in to burglarize the home. 
ROMULUS – Police say an Amber Alert for a 16-month-old boy who was reportedly taken during a carjacking has been called off. Romulus police tell WWJ that the alert was called off Saturday around 8 a.m. after 
