9-year-old to face 5 murder charges in deadly Illinois fire
EUREKA, Ill. – A prosecutor says a central Illinois 9-year-old will be charged with five counts of first-degree murder in connection with a mobile home fire that killed five people.
Woodford County State’s Attorney Greg Minger tells the Journal Star the juvenile also will be charged with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated arson.
The April 6 fire near the village of Goodfield killed a 1-year-old, two 2-year-olds, a 34-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman.
Minger would not reveal other details about the suspect, including a possible relationship to the victims.
Minger said charges were expected to be filed Tuesday.
He said the child, if convicted, could be placed on probation for at least five years but not beyond the age of 21. Therapy and counseling would be likely.
via: https://fox2now.com/2019/10/08/9-year-old-to-face-5-murder-charges-in-deadly-illinois-fire/
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Singer, reality TV star Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris says $750K worth of jewelry stolen from Lamborghini
ATLANTA — The reality television star and wife of rapper T.I. says more than $750,000 in jewelry was stolen from her Lamborghini outside an Atlanta bar.
Tameka “Tiny” Harris told Atlanta police she left wedding rings, watches and stud earrings in a blue velour bag on the center console of her 2019 Lamborghini SUV.
Atlanta police investigator James H. White III said Harris told officers she parked her car around 8:45 p.m. Sunday and discovered the items missing about an hour later. A preliminary police report says the estimated value of the stolen items exceeds $750,000.
Officials told WSB-TV that security near the bar didn’t see anything suspicious.
Harris was part of the R&B group Xscape and starred in “The Family Hustle” alongside Clifford “T.I.” Harris.
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Barclays exec says he killed wife after she mocked his erectile dysfunction
The British Barclays bank executive who beat his wife to death with a crowbar tearfully testified Monday that he “killed the woman I love” after she taunted him about his erectile dysfunction.
David Pomphret, 51, said during his trial in Liverpool Crown Court that he felt “terrible” about hitting wife Ann Marie Pomphret over the head with the tool more than 30 times at their Cheshire home in 2018.
“I killed the woman I love. It’s a horrible thing to do,” he testified, according to the Manchester Evening News.
“She ranted at me for being a bad parent, calling me f–ing useless,” David said. “Called me limp and useless. Bit embarrassing — we have been having, I have been having, erectile dysfunction. I was not performing very well.”
The couple of 22 years had gotten into a fight after David went to their stables to pick up some tools for a DIY project, which apparently angered his wife, who suffered from autism and had been undergoing cancer treatment.
Ann Marie, 49, allegedly shouted that he was “f–ing crazy” and “just going to create more s–t,” before turning on their teenage daughter and criticizing her over her clothes, which she found too revealing, David told the court.
At one point, she slapped David across the face. He grabbed the hood of her coat — then blacked out.
The next thing he remembered was “standing at the side of her body.”
“There was blood on my hands and the crowbar,” he said. “She was on the floor.”
After the attack, David said he “stupidly” tried to cover up his tracks, washing his hands and the crowbar and burning his blood-covered sweatshirt.
Prosecutors allege David, who is charged with murder, intended to kill his wife. But his defense lawyers argue he suffered a “loss of self control” consistent with manslaughter.
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Mom intentionally drove in front of UPS truck, killing 10-year-old daughter
An Ohio mom allegedly drove in front of an oncoming UPS truck on purpose — killing her young daughter and injuring her son, authorities said.
Kia Ferguson, 37, was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury in connection to the deadly collision in January on Interstate 90 in Mentor, news station WOIO reported.
She pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and other charges.
Police said the mom “intentionally pulled in front of the semi-truck” before the vehicle slid down an embankment.
Her daughter, Jia, died at the scene while her 6-year-old son required treatment in the intensive care unit at Cleveland’s MetroHealth Hospital, WOIO reported.
Authorities declined to comment on the evidence used to indict the mom for purposely causing the crash, Cleveland.com reported.
Ferguson has been released on bond and is expected to appear in court next on Oct. 23.
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Florida man arrested for trying to get alligator drunk
A Florida man was reportedly arrested for trying to get an alligator drunk after his pal captured the reptile.
Timothy Kepke, 27, of Hobe Sound allegedly fed some beer to the animal, which also bit him, on Aug. 26 in Palm City, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report obtained by TC Palm.
Moments earlier, Kepke told police, Noah Osborne, 22, caught the gator with his bare hands, the report said.
Kepke told authorities he had consumed a few beers that day, but claimed he wasn’t intoxicated during the incident.
After the beer feeding, which was recorded, the duo released the animal back into the wild, Kepke told officers.
Authorities obtained the video, though it’s unclear how, and on Sept. 17 confronted Kepke at his home, where he copped to the crime.
A woman who was with the two men confirmed Kepke’s account with police on Sept. 21, the report said.
Both Kepke and Osborne were arrested on Oct. 3 and charged with unlawfully taking an alligator.
via: https://nypost.com/2019/10/07/florida-man-arrested-for-trying-to-get-alligator-drunk/
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Mom charged after leaving baby to die in car while she went ‘dumpster diving’
An Alabama mom was reportedly charged with murder in the death of her 13-month-old baby who she left alone in a car for 8 hours on Saturday.
Elizabeth Anne Case, 36, took her son with her about 10 p.m. Friday while she was “dumpster diving” in Limestone and Madison counties, according to AL.com.
Case, who has a history of drug use, returned to her East Limestone Road home at about 5:40 a.m. Saturday and left her child inside the locked car, the report said.
Later that day around 1:30 p.m., the infant’s grandmother came over and woke up Case when she couldn’t find her grandson.
They found the baby inside the car and Case placed him into the shower before the grandmother called 911.
The duo then took the boy into the car and met local police at a nearby recreation center.
The baby was declared dead at Athens-Limestone Hospital.
Before her murder charge, police said the Case had been out on bail for a robbery charge.
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College student pleads guilty to killing bestie, says she was ‘doing cocaine with the devil’
A Virginia college student told police she was “doing cocaine with the devil” when she flew into a psychotic rage and fatally knifed her best friend and roommate more than 30 times, a report said.
Luisa Ines Tudela Harris Cutting, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday to the Jan. 24 slaying of Alexa Cannon and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the Roanoke Times reported.
Cutting admitted to stabbing Cannon to death in the off-campus apartment that the two students shared near Radford University in Southern Virginia.
Cutting had been binging on a cocktail of drugs — including cocaine, mushrooms, Adderall, Xanax and marijuana, according to the report.
During her confession to police, Cutting allegedly spouted rambling statements about the apocalypse and said the Hail Mary prayer a number of times in Spanish, according to the report.
She also repeatedly tried to shove her entire hand in her mouth, the newspaper reported.
During her sentencing Monday, Cutting offered a brief statement, asking for forgiveness and expressing regret for the killing.
“There are no words for this tragedy and my heart is filled with sorrow and grief,” she said.
Prior to the killing, Cannon shared glowing social media posts about Cutting, saying she was her best friend.
A post on Cannon’s Facebook page from July 2018 read: “So incredibly proud of my best friend, Luisa Cutting for becoming Latinos Student Alliance’s President! I know you’re going to be amazing with everything you do! Love you more!!”
“Love you so so much,” Cutting wrote in response to Cannon’s Facebook post.
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Utah man accused of sodomizing 11-year-old girl while giving her tattoo
SALT LAKE CITY — A 24-year-old man was arrested Sunday after police said an 11-year-old girl told them the man sodomized her while giving her a tattoo, KUTV reported.
KUTV reported a concerned grandmother contacted police after her granddaughter said another girl had been assaulted by Michael Easley.
Police said the victim initially denied anything happened. Her friend said they were at Easley’s home and that the man had been giving the 11-year-old a tattoo. The girl eventually told police she had gone to his house for marijuana and cigarettes, according to the probably cause statement.
Easley is facing charges of sodomy on a child, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and unlawful tattooing of a minor, police said. He is currently being held without bail.
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Alex Trebek says his pancreatic cancer may mean the end of his time at ‘Jeopardy!’
After months of battling pancreatic cancer, Alex Trebek is hinting that his long tenure as host of “Jeopardy!” may be nearing an end.
Trebek told CTV he has begun to get sores inside his mouth from the chemotherapy, which makes it difficult to enunciate. He sometimes hears himself slurring his words on the quiz show, he said.
“I will keep doing it (the show) as long as my skills do not diminish, and they have started to diminish,” he told CTV’s Lisa LaFlamme in an interview Friday.
As “Jeopardy!” host, Trebek has graced millions of living rooms for 35 years and more than 8,000 episodes — the most by a presenter of any single TV game show.
In March, he announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which has a 5-year survival rate of 9%. Last month he revealed he’d be undergoing another round of chemotherapy.
In the CTV interview, Trebek said he regrets being so public with his battle with cancer. His outspokenness about the disease has encouraged many people to lean on him as a source of strength and optimism in their own battles, even while he undergoes his own, he said.
He told LaFlamme he doesn’t think he can take on so much of others’ pain.
“I don’t know if I’m strong enough or intelligent enough to help alleviate some of that despair, so it’s tough on me,” he said.
But Trebek is facing his diagnosis head on, saying he is not afraid of death.
“The thought of the pancreatic cancer does not frighten me,” he told LaFlamme. “I’m 79 years old. So, hey, I’ve lived a good life, a full life, and I’m nearing the end of that life. I know that.”
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Woman catches ‘priceless’ video of a man breaking into her car
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KPTV/Meredith) – An Oregon woman said her dash camera captured the moment a man broke into her car and then ran away after he realized he was being recorded.
The woman said she wants to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, but she wants his face to get as much attention as possible.
She said the dash camera caught the man getting into her car just after midnight Tuesday in Beaverton. After he noticed the camera, the suspect hurried out of the car.
“I laughed so hard at the shock on his face when that light came on,” the woman said. “It was priceless. I couldn’t stop laughing, I played it over and over.”
There appears to be other people outside the vehicle who also run away.
She didn’t realize she’d left the front door unlocked until she found it wide open. The glove box and center console were open too.
She said this kind of thing is exactly why she bought the camera in the first place. For anyone interested, that camera is called an Owlcam, which retails for about $300.
“You set off an alarm and it scares them away, you’ve kept your thing, but you don’t have any proof of who did what. I want to know who, so that’s why I got it,” she said. “I just wanted to make sure I got a really good look at him.”
Beaverton Police are looking into the break-in.
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