11-year-old boy home alone fends off intruders with a machete
MEBANE, N.C. — Authorities say an 11-year-old armed with a machete thwarted a three-person home invasion in North Carolina.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday that the boy was home alone in Mebane when a woman knocked on the door. About the same time, a man entered the home by breaking a window, grabbed the homeowner’s pellet gun and forced the child into a bedroom closet.
The child got a machete and struck the intruder in the back of the head. The man kicked the boy in the stomach and in the side of the head.
The intruder, the woman and a second man standing at a car fled when the intruder realized he was bleeding.
Authorities say 19-year-old Jataveon Dashawn Hall faces charges that include kidnapping when he’s released from a hospital.
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Teen arrested for stabbing principal during 8th grade graduation rehearsal
A teen was arrested for stabbing a principal during an 8th grade graduation rehearsal in New Jersey Friday morning, local authorities said.
The 14-year-old student used a folding knife to attack the principal about 9:30 a.m. inside the Washington School gymnasium in Rutherford, where he was leading the rehearsal, police said.
The teen struck the principal several times in the chest, then turned around, dropped the knife and placed his hands in the air, according to Rutherford police.
The principal, who works at a separate school in the same town — and who was identified by Northjersey.com as Kurt Schweitzer — wasn’t seriously injured in the attack, cops said.
A nearby teacher intervened and walked the teen suspect outside, where cops arrested him.
The student is facing aggravated assault and unlawful weapon possession charges.
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Months after his mom stabbed him, 6-year-old boy dies after collapsing at school
WOODSTOCK, the Bronx — A 6-year-old boy who had been stabbed by his mom in April collapsed at his school Friday morning and died at the hospital, according to a source.
The child collapsed while waiting in a lunch line at the Port Morris School on Friday and was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln by EMS, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.
“I’m heartbroken by this tragic loss of a student, and my thoughts are with the family and school community,” Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said. “We are working in partnership with City agencies as they investigate, and are providing additional guidance counselors and support to the school for as long as needed.”
The call came in at 11:37 a.m. Friday for an unconscious individual at the school.
The boy and his sister were allegedly stabbed by their mother in April near Washington Avenue and Brook Avenue in Morrisania.
The woman, Shanice Martin, 24, was charged with assault, child abandonment, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon.
She was taken to a local hospital for psychiatric evaluation; she is awaiting trial.
Her children were treated at a hospital and released.
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Man busted in death of LI camp counselor he stabbed over 100 times
MERRICK, N.Y. — Police have arrested a man wanted in connection to a deadly stabbing in a Long Island home earlier this month.
Ryan Lindquist, 21, was arrested Friday, police said. He faces a second-degree murder charge.
Evan Grabelsky, 32, was found stabbed to death inside his Elliot Street home in Merrick around 11:45 p.m. on June 1.
Grabelsky, who police said had been stabbed “over 100 times” died at the scene.
According to police, he also had some defensive wounds on his arms and body and it appeared “he was trying to get away.”
Police said Saturday that Grabelsky and Lindquist had been involved in a romantic relationship and knew each other for about two years after meeting through a social media app.
Grabelsky had multiple jobs, including a position as a camp counselor at Camp Iconic.
The brutal attack rocked residents in the community, who told reporters the neighborhood was quiet.
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Detective calls for execution of LGBT people in church sermon
A Tennessee sheriff’s detective gave a church sermon calling for the government to arrest and “speedily” execute LGBT people.
The Knox County Attorney General’s Office said it is probing the lecture Knox County Sheriff’s Detective Grayson Fritts gave to his congregation at Scripture Baptist Church on June 2, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported Wednesday.
“God has instilled the power of civil government to send the police in 2019 out to these LGBT FREAKS and arrest them,” Fritts can be heard ranting in a video of the hour-long sermon titled “Sodomite Reprobates.”
“Have a trial for them, and if they are convicted then they are to be put to death… do you understand that? It’s a capital crime to be carried out by our government.”
Fritts referenced his law enforcement career multiple times during the sermon telling his congregation “such arrests and executions should be carried out by our government, not Christians … unless you’re a policeman.”
A few days before delivering the sermon, Fritts a 20-year county employee, requested early retirement from the sheriff’s department and is now on paid leave until it takes effect July 19, Sheriff Tom Spangler said.
“I want to be very clear that it is my responsibility to ensure equal protection to ALL citizens of Knox County, Tennessee under the law, my oath and the United States Constitution without discrimination or hesitation,” Spangler said. “Rest assured that I have and will continue to do so.”
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New Jersey woman found dead at her home during lunch break
A 26-year-old New Jersey woman was found dead in her apartment — after neighbors recalled hearing faint screams and furniture moving, according to reports.
Carolyn Byington had left work to go home for lunch on Monday but never returned, prompting coworkers to ask cops to do a wellness check, ABC 7 reported.
She was found dead in her apartment in Plainsboro just before 6 p.m., the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Authorities did not say how she died.
Neighbors in the Hunters Glen apartment complex told ABC they recalled hearing faint screams and the sound of furniture being moved — but it’s unclear if anyone called 911.
They said they hadn’t seen anyone leave the apartment.
Other residents told News 12 they heard the screams coming from Byington’s apartment around 1 p.m.
Byington’s death was ruled a homicide and authorities are investigating.
She worked at Engine, a marketing firm in Princeton.
“Engine is in mourning over this shocking, senseless tragedy,” the company said in a statement. “Carolyn was deeply cared about by her colleagues. We extend our heartfelt thoughts and prayers to her family and friends.”
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Teen shot to death in front of his father while trying to sell Xbox
GARY, Ind. — A 16-year-old Indiana boy was shot and killed Thursday while attempting to sell his Xbox.
The teen, identified as Johnny Peluyera, of Gary, was with his father when they met up with two men near 51st and Maryland streets to sell the teen’s Xbox. They arranged the meeting using an online sales app.
The boy’s father said he knew something wasn’t quite right. He spotted a gun and tried to warn his son, but the teen was shot in the back as he tried to run back to his father’s car.
Peluyera was pronounced dead shortly after.
His mother, Kelly Arroyo said she can’t believer her son is gone. She said he was a wonderful kid who loved video games and cars. He had just gotten his license and was about to get his own Trans Am.
His parents and sister were heartbroken.
“I just completely don’t understand,” his mother said. “I don’t understand how somebody, over an Xbox, can take somebody’s life.”
The men were described as two black males in their late teens to early 20s. No further description was provided. Police believe the men are from the area, and are asking for the public’s assistance.
Anyone with information is asked to call police.
Police want the public to remember to always meet at a safe place — like a police department’s parking lot — when dealing with online sales.
Peluyera was set to be a junior at Merrillville High School in the fall.
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Grandparents thwart man’s attempt to abduct 6-year-old girl from apartment
LEBANON, Ind. – Police arrested a man accused of trying to take a little girl from her grandparents’ Indiana apartment.
Last Monday night, 37-year-old Benjamin Dillon broke busted through the front door and a bedroom door inside the apartment and threatened to take the girl, claiming she was his daughter, Lebanon police said.
Police said the 6-year-old girl and her grandmother were sleeping in a back bedroom when he forced his way in.
“I was sound asleep in my bedroom and this guy came kicking in and said, ‘You have my daughter,’” recalled grandmother Patty Roth.
“I was nervous, very nervous. I was shaking so bad,” said Roth.
Roth told WXIN Dillon was determined to take her granddaughter, but her husband got Dillon out of their apartment. When police showed up, Dillon became aggressive. According to the police report, he threatened officers and ended up fighting them. Officers used a Taser multiple times.
“I don’t understand why he picked our apartment. I’ll never figure that one out,” said Roth.
The girl’s grandparents believe Dillon was on drugs. Court records show Dillon has been in trouble before, already arrested twice so far this year on drug charges.
“I hope he gets the help he needs and I hope he gets himself back on his feet,” said Roth.
The 6-year-old girl told police she wasn’t hurt, just scared. The girl’s grandmother warned the stranger to stay away from her family and her home.
“I wouldn’t want him walking back in my apartment again. He will regret it the next time,” she said.
Dillon faces a long list of charges including burglary, battery on a law enforcement officer, and intimidation.
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Jury Finds Oklahoma Man Guilty of Holding Stepdaughter Captive for 19 Years, Fathering 9 Kids With Her
A 64-year-old man accused of abducting his stepdaughter and holding her captive for 19 years in Mexico and elsewhere while fathering her nine children has been found guilty of kidnapping and other charges.
A jury found Henri Michelle Piette guilty June 6 on federal charges of kidnapping and travel with intent to engage in sexual act with a juvenile, according to federal court records in Muskogee, Oklahoma, about 122 miles (196 kilometers) east of Oklahoma City. No sentencing date was set, but Piette faces up to life in prison on the kidnapping conviction.
Piette still faces state charges of first-degree rape of a victim under age 14, child abuse by injury and two counts of lewd molestation, according to Wagoner County court records. A hearing in that case is scheduled Aug. 7.
A federal grand jury indicted Piette in December 2017 for allegedly kidnapping Rosalynn Michelle McGinnis in 1997 when she was about 11 years old and traveling with the intent to have sex with her. Federal prosecutors said she gave birth to the first child in 2000 when she was 15.
The Associated Press generally doesn’t identify people who say they have been sexually abused, but McGinnis has discussed her case publicly.
Prosecutors say the victim was kidnapped from her home in eastern Oklahoma where she had been living with her mother, who had been in a relationship with Piette. She conceived two children with Piette while she was younger than 18 and another seven after she turned 18, officials said.
She managed to escape from Piette with her children in July 2016 and went to the U.S. Consular General’s Office in Nogales, Mexico, where she secured passports for herself and the children so they could enter the U.S.
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Nurse accused of killing 8 babies rearrested for attempted murder
A nurse in England accused of killing eight babies and attempting to kill at least six others, was rearrested Monday for the attempted murder of three more, police said.
Authorities in Cheshire announced on Thursday that “a healthcare professional” was taken into custody again as part of an “ongoing investigation” against them.
Local media outlets, including the BBC, identified the professional as Lucy Letby, a nurse who was first arrested in July 2018 on suspicion of murder as investigators connected her to the deaths of eight babies, and attempted deaths of another six infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Police said the suspect was rearrested on Monday for allegedly trying to kill another three babies.
Authorities are investigating the deaths of 17 babies between 2015 and 2016, and another 16 non-fatal collapses in the hospital’s neonatal unit from March 2015 to July 2016, the BBC reported.
“This is an extremely difficult time for all the families and it is important to remember that at the heart of this there are a number of families seeking answers as to what happened to their children,” Paul Hughes, detective inspector of the Cheshire Constabulary, said in a statement.
“We remain committed to carrying out a thorough investigation as soon as possible and I want to reassure people that we are doing everything we can, as quickly as we can, to identify what has led to these baby deaths and collapses.”
Letby had been on bail since last July. Police confirmed the suspect “has been bailed pending further enquiries.” A spokesperson for the Countess of Chester Hospital told the BBC it was “cooperating fully” with police.
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