New Nation News - Black-on-White Crime |
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| 10 May, 2014 |
Crazy black man stabs two White neighbors to death - is shot by police officers   A Madison man who broke into his neighbors' apartment and killed a mother and daughter before police fatally shot him had been convicted of disorderly conduct in the past, court records show. More details in the case were released Monday, including the names of the victims and suspect. The Dane County coroner identified the suspect as Londrell Emone Johnson and the victims as 57-year-old Robin Rae Grossmann and her daughter, Charity Rae Grossmann, 34. Online court records indicate that Johnson, 33, had been convicted of multiple counts of disorderly conduct. He pleaded guilty to the charge most recently in 2013 and again in 2008, and pleaded no contest to it in 2010 and twice in 2000. He also had convictions for intent to contribute to the delinquency of a child. Police have said he had suffered from mental illness and threatened neighbors in the past. Robin Grossmann’s 20-year-old son was able to escape the apartment and summon help after Johnson also stabbed him multiple times, police said. - (Black-on-white) |
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No life sentence for black Flint man who killed elderly White woman when he was 14  A Flint man who killed an elderly woman when he was 14 was spared life in prison Friday, May 9, becoming the first person sentenced in Genesee County under a new law that gives judges more leeway in juvenile murder cases. Genesee Circuit Judge Archie Hayman sentenced Mark Anthony Jones Jr. Friday, May 9, to (only) 40-60 years in prison after he was convicted of first-degree felony murder for the Nov. 16, 2010, fatal shooting and robbery of 73-year-old Merlyne Wray. Jones, 18, is the first person in Genesee County to have his murder sentence lessened following a law signed by Gov. Rick Snyder earlier this year. Under the old law, Hayman would have had to sentence Jones to either life or life without parole. Wray's family said they would liked a longer sentence. - (Black-on-white) |
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2 blacks wanted in deadly shooting of White man  More than a month after a man was shot to death during an armed robbery at a southwest Atlanta apartment complex, police have identified two suspects they believe were involved in his death. And on Wednesday they announced they were searching for the men. Investigators have obtained warrants, charging Demetrius Fortson, 19, and Jeremy Southern, 24, with murder, according to Atlanta police. And they are asking for the public’s help in finding them. The shooting happened around 1:30 p.m. March 26 at the Windsor Square Townhomes at 3804 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. Investigators said Nicholas Hagood was shot in the chest during an apparent armed robbery at complex. Officers found him already dead in the parking lot. - (Black-on-white) |
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3 men charged in East Knoxville deadly shooting   KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Knox County Grand Jury returned a True Bill Tuesday on three men, charging them with Felony Murder and Attempted Especially Aggravated Robbery. Jack Hutchins, Jr. was killed was shot more than once as he was getting out of his pickup truck on Woodbine Avenue back in November. The police report says he had just come home after picking up dinner for his family. Police say 18-year-old Quantavious Williams will be charged as a juvenile since he was 17-years-old at the time of the incident. The two juveniles were served by Juvenile Petition on the same charges. Andre Terry is serving time in the Mountain View Juvenile Detention Facility on unrelated charges. The other juvenile is in jail on an unrelated Aggravated Assault charge. - (Black-on-white) |
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(Black female) getaway driver in robbery, murder (of White man) pleads no contest    LANCASTER – A 26-year-old woman accused of driving her boyfriend to and from a robbery that turned into a homicide at a Lancaster computer store in 2012 has pleaded no contest. Jinea Ingram pleaded no contest Tuesday to one count of voluntary manslaughter, and she admitted the allegation of use of a firearm. As part of the negotiated settlement, the prosecutor will ask the judge to dismiss the remaining counts against Ingram in connection with the case – one count of murder and two counts of second degree robbery. Ingram now faces a total of 21 years in state prison; and she is expected to be sentenced after the trial of her co-defendant and one-time boyfriend, Timothy Jerode Johnson. The two were arrested in March of 2012 in connection with the death of Lancaster business owner Reed Keith. - (Black-on-white) |
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Black rapist wants to take back his serial rape plea   OMAHA, Neb. — Anthony Vaughn went back-and-forth with prosecutors the morning his trial in a series of serial rapes was set to begin. In the end, the trial never happened. Vaughn instead struck a deal, changing his not guilty pleas to no contest pleas. Judge Mark Ashford found the 42-year-old guilty -- setting him up for nearly 140 years in prison. "He will be behind bars for the rest of his life," Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said of the deal. The bargain also meant Vaughn's victims wouldn't have to testify in court. Now, a new court filing shows Vaughn has had a change of heart. The convicted rapist wants the judge to throw out his no contest pleas. He made that intention clear in a letter dated May 2. - (Black-on-white) |
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2 White U of M students stabbed in northeast Minneapolis by heavyset black male Crime anywhere is senseless, but when an attacker strikes at one of the busiest intersections in the city of Minneapolis so violently it becomes unnerving. "They couldn't have done anything else. They were travelling in pairs in a well lit area," Minneapolis Police Sgt. Jesse Garcia said Monday of the stabbing that took place earlier that morning of two 21 year old women. The victims are students at the University of Minnesota and are roommates in the area where they were attacked at University and Hennepin Avenues in northeast Minneapolis. They were walking home at around 12:30 a.m. Monday when police say there would be attacker, a heavyset black male who was wearing a mask and was acting alone, walked past them on Hennepin near the intersection of University. After he passed the women police say he came back from behind them with a knife and grabbed one of them into a headlock. "She tried to get away. He stabbed her in the back and then proceeded to stab the other female in the arm," Garcia said. The first woman stabbed acted quickly because her roommate was stabbed in an artery that could have killed her, Garcia said. "Her friend got stabbed in the brachial artery. She pulled off her shirt and put it around her friend's arm and basically saved her life" - (Black-on-white) |
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(White) Warren County couple recounts harrowing carjacking ordeal by black 'Demontae'  Macon, N.C. — A Warren County family was the victim of a carjacking late Wednesday when they stopped along a rural road to help who they thought was a stranded driver. The husband, wife and their two young sons – who did not want to be fully identified – were on their way home around 11:20 p.m. when they stopped along U.S. Highway 158 with the intention to help the man. "He was crying, sobbing, saying, 'My mom, my mom she's hurt. Please come help us. She's dying,'" the wife, Liza, said Thursday. When the husband, Chris, got out to help, the man – later identified by authorities as Demontae Lassiter, 24 – got into the car and took off with Liza and her boys. "All I could think of was 'I've got to get this car stopped, because the further we go, the worse this is going to get,'" Liza said. They went for about a quarter mile, she added, before she was able to kick the ignition switch to get the car to shut off. - (Black-on-white) |
White 80-year-old Daphne home invasion victim dies - Black Persons of Interest Named in Huber Beating  DAPHNE, Alabama — Two men have been identified as persons of interest in a Feb. 25 robbery at the home of a disabled military veteran, but there is not enough evidence to charge the men in the crime, an investigator said Tuesday. Among the reasons investigators believe Joseph "JoJo" Johnson, 35, and Melvin Safford, 30, are connected to the robbery are calls from "sources in the community pretty much just indicating that they were responsible," Daphne police Cpl. Jason Vannoy said. "We are still in the process of gathering evidence," Vannoy said. "We are not ready to file charges at this point but that could very well change in the future." Robert Huber, 80, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, died Friday. His military career included service in the U.S. Air Force and the Navy. Huber was robbed after two men knocked on the door at his Church Avenue home at 11:15 p.m. Feb. 25. Huber was pushed from his wheelchair to the floor, police said. - (Black-on-white) |
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(Black) Suspect in (White) Yazoo County man's slaying caught on surveillance   YAZOO CITY, Miss. —Authorities have released surveillance photos of a person of interest in the shooting death of a Yazoo County scrap yard owner. Ricky Saxton, 57, was found shot to death Nov. 13 in rural Yazoo County. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the Yazoo County Sheriff's Department are asking for the public's help identifying a man who was captured on camera at the Fred's Dollar Store in Yazoo City on the morning of the slaying. The man in the photo is known to frequent the Jackson metro and Yazoo County areas, authorities said. A $25,000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Saxton's killer. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 662-746-8477 or 601-355-TIPS. - (Black-on-white) |
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18-year-old black sentenced for murder of White man in home invasion  DAYTON — An 18-year-old Dayton teenager has been sentenced to 25 years-to-life for the October 2013 murder of Allen Lindeman. Anthony D. Brown was found guilty on all 12 counts he faced including murder, robbery and burglary on April 18 by a Montgomery County jury. He was convicted for killing Allen Lindeman, 42, in his Leo St. home. A Montgomery County Coroner's Office forensic pathologist testified that Lindeman died of gunshot wounds, including one in his heart. Montgomery County assistant prosecutor Michelle Henne played for the jury four surveillance videos she said showed Brown and another person entering and leaving the area, and shows Brown with a gun in his hand on the way to a getaway car. - (Black-on-white) |
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White London Man Dies After Being Rammed by Shopping Trolley by Black Woman  The victim of a "trolley rage" attack in a Marks & Spencer store has died, leaving the suspect in the incident facing a potential murder charge. Michael Buckley, 60, suffered a broken hip and wrist when he was knocked to the ground at the Glades shopping centre three days before Christmas. "She just seems to have got enraged that he did not move out of her way quickly enough and rammed into him. But his condition subsequently deteriorated, and he suffered a heart attack and died on Tuesday 5 March at Princess Royal University Hospital in Farnborough. A 30-year-old woman who was arrested at the time on suspicion of grievous bodily harm was subsequently released on police bail. Buckley weighed just 8st and suffered from severe ear problems that required him to wear two hearing aids. He had retired from his gardening job at a cemetery due to ill health. - (Black-on-white) - (UK) |
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CAUGHT: Viewer tip leads police to black man accused of groping (White) teen girls at YMCA   PUYALLUP, Wash — Puyallup Police said Nathan Allen was arrested by Tacoma Police at a homeless shelter in Tacoma. “A citizen saw media coverage about Allen and alerted TPD to his location,” said Capt Scott Engle with Puyallup Police. Puyallup Police had issued two arrest warrants for Nathan Allen and were actively searching for him after the complaints surfaced from the teens. Police said the first incident happened Jan. 10 at a youth program at the YMCA. One of the victims, 18-year-old Amy said “He pulled me onto his lap, I tried to get up. He did it a couple more times. And I said, Don’t touch me.” Amy said she didn’t know Allen, but her friends did. The night they met, she said, he kept following her and then got her alone in one of the rooms at the Y. “He pinned me up against a pole outside that room, saying, ‘Kiss me, kiss me.’ I said no, leave me alone.” Police said he did the same sort of thing to another girl at the YMCA that day. - (Black-on-white) |
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Video shows White Bennett teacher hit during fight between two black female students  BUFFALO, N.Y. – Watch the video closely as a Bennett High School teacher tries to break up a fight between female students. It happened last week inside the school as teacher Kevin Coady was leaving for the day. Coady is the one in the baseball cap. He says as he attempted to get between the students, punches landed to his head, back and shoulder. “I remember one hitting me in the cheek and another one hitting me in the shoulder. But I don’t really recall how many because it’s chaos at times like that.” - (Black-on-white) |
Blacks charged in killing of retired Birmingham firefighter, Vietnam vet over 'trinkets' are criminal predators, police say   HUEYTOWN, Alabama - The slaying of a retired Birmingham firefighter and two-tour Vietnam veteran gunned down during a break-in at his Hueytown home earlier this month was tragic and senseless, said those charged with solving the crime. "This case is not just an outrage for Mr. McKee's neighbors, or just for the citizens of Hueytown or even those in the Birmingham metro area,'' said Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler. "It's the kind of offense that should evoke a reaction from all decent, hardworking people everywhere." Authorities on Friday announced capital murder charges against two men in the April 23 slaying of 66-year-old Howard Arthur McKee. Kamal Potts, 23, was taken into custody into custody Wednesday by Hueytown police and the Birmingham Police Department's Crime Reduction Team. Romel Cunningham, 28, turned himself into authorities in Bessemer midday Friday after he became aware of an all-night search by U.S. Marshals to find him. Both are being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. - (Black-on-white) |
Rejecting 'retarded' label could cost accused black killer his life  John Deloney is insulted by a legal definition and won't use it even though it could save his life. "Let's go ahead and start the trial with the death penalty. That's what I want," Deloney told Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Ethna Cooper in a Friday hearing. Deloney, accused of shooting a Hartwell pizzeria owner to death during a June 15 robbery, is upset that his attorneys are trying to prove he's what Ohio law calls "mentally retarded." While many find the term offensive, "mentally retarded" in Ohio law is defined as having an IQ under 70. That could be a lifesaver for Deloney because in Ohio those declared mentally retarded are ineligible for the death penalty. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Deloney, accusing him of using a gun to rob Richard Evans, the owner of Cosmic Pizza, and then shoot him as Evans ran away. Evans died minutes later in the front yard of the pizzeria in his wife's arms. - (Black-on-white) |
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Raped by black African male nurse in Plano, White female patient says attacker fled US   Debe Castro was an in-patient at The Medical Center of Plano in January 2013, preparing for a heart procedure. Medicated but conscious, she said her nurse — Wilson Karago — came to her bed in the middle of the night. “He woke me up. He kissed me. He said, ‘You kiss, but you don’t tell.’ Something to that nature when he woke me up," Castro recalled. "And I said, ‘Whoa, what are you doing here?’ And that’s when things escalated. The rape started." The day she was discharged, records show, Castro immediately went to Plano police to report the rape. She had DNA evidence leading investigators to draw Karago’s blood. The DNA matched. Police said a Collin County grand jury indicted Karago. But when it came time to arrest Karago, he had already fled the United States. He was back in his native Kenya, and that country will not extradite accused criminals to America. - (Black-on-white) |
(Black) Suspect arrested in Scotty McCreery’s home burglary  RALEIGH — Raleigh police have arrested a suspect in connection with the home invasion style robbery where American Idol winner Scotty McCreery and some friends were the victims. It happened around 2 a.m. Monday at an apartment complex near the N.C. State campus where McCreery is a student. According to Raleigh police, three armed people came into the home and took wallets, cash, and electronic items before fleeing. On Wednesday, police charged Mikkail Jamal Shaw, 19, with robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon. Authorities are still searching for the other suspects. - (Black-on-white) |
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Black Teen Gets 14 to 28 Years for "Get a Job" Killing of White Mother  A western Pennsylvania boy who was just 14 when he fatally shot a woman who told him to ``get a job'' when he tried bum a cigarette from her boyfriend must spend 14 to 28 years in state prison. Marcus Velasquez, who is now 15, was sentenced Friday by a county judge. The Beaver Falls youth pleaded no contest to third-degree murder last month for the shooting that killed 22-year-old Kayla Peterson on Dec. 8, 2012. Velasquez and two other boys followed Peterson's boyfriend home from the store and yelled profanities after he ignored their requests for a cigarette. Velasquez allegedly shot Peterson when she confronted the youths as her boyfriend arrived home. Peterson had a 2-year-old daughter at the time. - (Black-on-white) |
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(Black) sentenced to 439 years in San Francisco seniors attacks  A San Francisco man was sentenced Monday to 439 years to life in prison in connection with a string of burglaries, robberies and attacks against senior citizens. According to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, 51-year-old Dwayne Whitaker was found guilty on two counts of first degree burglary, one count of first degree robbery, one count of attempted robbery, two counts of assault and elder abuse. The crimes, which occurred in the Nob Hill area of San Francisco in the summer of 2008, involved four victims who were more than 65 years old and one 55-year-old victim. - (Black-on-white) |
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Charges Issued In Deadly Interracial Rockford Domestic Dispute  Black boyfriend is charged with two counts each of 1st degree murder and intent to commit 1st degree murder. His bond is set at $2 million. A 24-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment on Rockford’s East side Saturday morning after Rockford police responded to a disturbance call. 24-year-old Savannah Johnson was allegedly shot and killed by her 26 year old boyfriend Jamie Key. After neighbors heard horrific screams, they called the Rockford police department who arrived right here to this address, and they say it turned out to be a deadly, domestic dispute. - (Black-on-white) |
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Portsmouth, OH black man arrested in connection with murder of White man  PORTSMOUTH, OH - A man was arrested Tuesday, April 29, in a cold case going back three years. Donald Richardson Jr., 52, of Portsmouth, Ohio was arrested in connection with the murder of Donald Kidd of Ashland, Kentucky. Richardson Jr. is charged with six felonies including murder, felonious assault, arson, abuse of a corpse, and two counts of tampering with evidence. Kidd's body was found inside his car after it was set on fire on the 1000 block of 15th Street. An autopsy revealed Kidd died from a gunshot wound, not due to a fire. Richardson is being held at the Scioto County Jail. Kidd was a former car salesman at Superior Chrysler Dodge Jeep in Ashland. - (Black-on-white) |
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Arrest made in random black-on-White stabbing caught on video at Dothan Dollar General store  DOTHAN, Alabama -- Dothan police arrested a woman accused of jumping and stabbing a woman inside a Dothan Dollar General store for no apparent reason. Police received a tip through Crime Stoppers that led to the arrest of Phyllis Bennett, 49, of Dothan, Dothan police stated in a release. Bennett is accused of jumping a woman she didn’t know and stabbing her with an edged weapon in an aisle in the 2505 Montgomery Highway store on April 28. The attack, which was captured on surveillance cameras, appears to be a random act with no motive. - (Black-on-white) |
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Black man gets life term - again - for stabbing death of his son's (white) mother  A Lindenwold man who appealed the life sentenced he received for the stabbing death of his child's mother ended up with the same sentence on Friday. Troy Whye, 41, of Lindenwold, was sentenced Friday to a life term, the equivalent of 75 years, for killing 22-year-old Krystal Skinner in March 2008, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said. The prosecutor's office tried Whye previously and he was sentenced to life plus seven years in 2011, but appealed the decision in 2013. Skinner was trying to end her relationship with Whye, when in the spring of 2008 he stabbed her 30 times in the hallway of her apartment home in Lindenwold. Their son, John, who was just 2 at the time, was there when Skinner was stabbed and he was left there with her body, police said. Police said the boy was found sitting next to his mother's body, stroking her hair. - (Black-on-white) |
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Two dead after officer-involved shooting, fire, in Tabor City  ABOR CITY - A man wanted for murder in Loris, S.C., was shot and killed by two Columbus County Sheriff's deputies this morning following a chase and shootout, authorities said. An unidentified person also was found dead this morning following a house fire that appears to have been set during lawmen's pursuit of the suspect, officials said. Dion Julius Brown, 22, of Miller Road in Tabor City, was killed after 2 a.m. by deputies after Brown fired a gun at them. Police had been looking for Brown after an armed robbery Sunday at Hill's grocery store in Loris, S.C. Mack Norris of Tabor City, the store's assistant manager, was killed during the break-in. Brown was a former employee of the grocery store, a search warrant obtained by the Columbus County Sheriff's Office said. Warrants had been obtained Monday charging Brown with murder, armed robbery, burglary in the second degree, and possession of a weapon while in the commission of a felony robbery, said Chief Saundra Rhodes of the Horry County Police Department. Detectives in Horry County learned that Brown was in the Tabor City area and sought assistance from the Columbus County Sheriff's Office in locating him, District Attorney Jon David said. - (Black-on-white) |
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Man charged with corpse abuse in death of woman found torched in Fairfield  Alabama - Fairfield police have charged one man and arrested another in connection with the case of a Pinson woman found dumped and torched on April 19. Kenneth Childers, 27, is charged with Abuse of a Corpse, said Fairfield Police Chief Leon Davis. Childers is being held in the Jefferson County Jail. Megan Elizabeth Monroe, 22, was found dead around 11:30 a.m. that Saturday behind the empty house in the 500 block of 40th Street. Firefighters found her body when they responded to a fire call behind the house. Davis has said that police believed she died elsewhere and was dumped behind the house where she was found. - (Black-on-white) |
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Black arrested for murder of White man tied up and shot dead in alley  INDIANAPOLIS — Police have made an arrest in the case where a man was tied up and shot to death but wasn’t immediately identified. Kevin Coughlin, 55, was found shot to death in an alley on April 23. Police released a sketch of him, hoping someone could identify him. On Friday, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officials announced the arrest of 22-year-old Anthony Spearman. Spearman was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder. IMPD officials said they believe Spearman killed Coughlin as part of a robbery. - (Black-on-white) |
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White man victim of black gang warfare in Charleston, VA    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It didn't take long for charges to be re-filed against two men accused in a shootout on Charleston's West Side. During a hearing Thursday afternoon, Magistrate Tim Halloran said there was no probable cause in the case against Kenneth Gooden and Carlos Short. He dismissed the charges of malicious wounding that the men were facing. Charleston Police have re-filed the charges in the case and are going to the jail to re-arrest the men. They will be taken to magistrate court to be re-arraigned on the charges. Both were arrested last week after a shootout on Glenwood Street in Charleston. Craig Tolley, an innocent bystander, was hit by one of the bullets. Larry Alderman was also arrested in connection with the case. He is charged with obstructing justice. - (Black-on-white) |
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Black man convicted of killing child charged with murder of missing White woman Shannon Rippy  WILMINGTON, NC -- The search for a missing woman ended last night, but not the way family and friends had hoped. Last night police accused James Bradley, who was convicted of a 1988 murder, of killing Shannon Rippy Vannewkirk. She was last seen alive April 5 at the Husk bar in downtown Wilmington. After countless prayers, more than 20 days of searching and more than 1,000 hours of detective work, police now believe they have found Vannewkirk. "Our gut told us early on this was not going to be a good outcome," Police Chief Ralph Evangelous said at a Wednesday morning news conference. Tuesday morning investigators discovered human remains off Hoover Road in Hampstead. "We are waiting on confirmation of those remains from the medical examiner's office," Evangelous said. Bradley has been charged with murder before. According to a 1988 story in the Fayetteville Observer, Bradley killed his 8-year-old stepdaughter by beating and strangling her. - (Black-on-white) |
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Sixth black teen sentenced in case of beating of White man CINCINNATI —It's taken almost two years, but the case involving the teens who beat up a man because they were bored is finally over. Thursday morning, a judge sentenced the final 16-year-old -- convicted in the beating of Pat Mahaney in North College Hill -- to probation and mental health treatment. Officials said six teenagers beat Mahaney in August 2012 until he lost consciousness and then continued until a neighbor called police. "This was a horrible, horrible, brutal, hideous incident," Hendon said. Mahaney died 11 months later from causes unrelated to the attack. The teen didn't respond to Hendon's questions in court. - (Black-on-white) |
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White 76-year-old woman beat, robbed in Shaker Hts. by black man  SHAKER HEIGHTS, OH - Shaker Heights Police are looking for a suspect accused of attacking and robbing a 76-year-old woman. Police Chief D. Scott Lee reports that on April 15, 2014, around 10 p.m., a 76-year-old woman was "brutally assaulted" during a robbery near Lee Road and Scottsdale. Officers say that the suspect repeatedly punched the woman and knocked her to the ground. The Shaker Heights Police Department was able to secure enough information to create a composite drawing of the suspect. The public is asked to look at the sketch and give the police any information that would be instrumental in locating the suspect. - (Black-on-white) |
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| Video: Black Teens Assault White Student on School Bus This week near Dover, Delaware, a viral video appears to show another instance of black-on-white violence among high school students. The shaky cell phone video shows a group of black teenage boys punching, knocking down, and kicking a white teenage boy, leaving him dazed and confused on the school bus floor. - (Black-on-white) - (Drudge link) |
Millsboro black man gets life for rape, murder of 70-year-old White woman  GEORGETOWN – A handyman who pleaded guilty to raping and killing a 70-year-old woman in his neighborhood got two life sentences and an additional 75-year sentence. Michael D. Purnell, 45, was convicted in March of second-degree murder, first-degree rape, burglary and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony. Purnell was arrested in November 2011 after neighbors discovered Dorothy L. Gudger, 70, of the Oak Orchard area, dead in her home. Police said Purnell, who’d done repair work for Gudger, raped her on Oct. 31, 2011, then strangled her with a belt and suffocated her with a plastic bag. At the time, Purnell was a registered sex offender with several previous criminal convictions, including ones on charges of identity theft and escaping from work release. The month before he killed Gudger, he’d been convicted of felony theft from a senior citizen in Kent County, court records show, but a two-year prison sentence for that crime was suspended in lieu of a year of probation. - (Black-on-white) |
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FAIRFIELD — A second man has been charged in the April 19 death of a Pinson woman. Nathaniel Fortune, 31, of Birmingham was charged with abuse of a corpse in the death of 22-year-old Megan Elizabeth Monroe, whose body was discovered April 19 burned behind an empty house in Fairfield. It’s believed Monroe died somewhere else and was dumped behind the house. A cause of death has not been ruled. Earlier this week, 27-year-old Kenneth Childers was charged with abuse of a corpse. Fortune was arrested Tuesday when police conducted a search warrant at a home in West End. He was in the Jefferson County Jail on Wednesday.
"They were sorry, not only because they got in trouble (but) because they're not bad people," said Latasha Alford, whose twin sons were charged in the attack.