Autistic man ‘tortured and murdered by stepbrother before being frozen and buried in the woods’
The body of an autistic man has been found buried in the woods after he was allegedly tortured and murdered by his stepbrother. Matthew Graville, 27, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, had not been seen since June 30. Police discovered his body on Monday buried off a remote highway following a tip-off. His stepbrother Jeffrey Vogelsberg, 28, was [...]
Back to school nerves? Substitute teacher ‘shows up drunk to first day of class’
A substitute assistant middle school teacher was arrested Monday for showing up drunk on the first day of school, police said. Jaqueline J. Barnes, 50, apparently showed up to Stone Hill Middle School in Virginia acting erratically. She was arrested, and later charged with public drunkenness. Students were flocking to the school in Ashburn, Virginia, [...]
Lynn Benson, Disgruntled Worker, Drove Bulldozer Into His Office At Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
Lynn Benson isn’t going to take it any more. After a long day at the office, some people are ready to doze, but Lynn Benson was apparently ready to bulldoze. Police in Houston arrested Benson, 52, Monday evening after he allegedy boarded a bulldozer and drove it into his place of employment, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. In the [...]
Child porn suspect found working at the Evergreen State Fair
PUYALLUP, Wash. — A woman facing child pornography charges was found working at the Evergreen State Fair, and now local parents are asking why background checks didn’t catch the woman before she was hired. The answer is that not all background checks are created equal. The state fair only looks at criminal convictions, which is [...]
Inbreed religious sect could face 20 years for alleged beard cutting hate crimes
CLEVELAND — Prosecutors will begin laying out their case Tuesday against 16 people charged with federal hate crimes in hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio. A jury was seated Monday for what’s expected to be at least a two-week trial for members of a breakaway Amish group from eastern Ohio, including its 66-year-old leader [...]
Serving Soldiers Planned To Bring Down U.S. Government
LUDOWICI, Ga. — Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge Monday. Prosecutors in rural Long County, near the sprawling Army post Fort Stewart, said [...]
Two deputies shot in traffic stop
RANDLEMAN —Authorities have apprehended a shooting suspect in an incident involving two Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies who were wounded during a traffic stop on the exit ramp to U.S. 220 Bypass South at U.S. 311 this afternoon about 2:30 p.m., according to Randolph County 911 officials. Jamey Lee Ashley, 36, no known address, was stopped by [...]
Gold Digger, 23, charged for threatening to take down plane in fight with 69-year-old politician husband
A 23-year-old woman was charged with causing a disturbance on a flight by arguing with her husband, a 69-year-old Canadian senator. Saskatoon Police spokesperson Alyson Edwards said the Thursday night incident began as a verbal argument “of a domestic nature” between Maygan Sensenberger and Manitoba Senator Rod Zimmer, according to the Canadian Press. It escalated as [...]
Man goes berserk, starts fire at neighbors’ home
BUCKLEY, Wash. – A man went berserk, smashing the windows in a neighbor’s house then starting a fire there Saturday before fleeing the scene, officials said. About three hours later he turned himself in to police, who transferred him to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he is now listed in satisfactory condition. The incident began at [...]
Fugitive hiding out in Mexico for 12 years is arrested ‘for giving drugs to underage girls to entice them to have sex’
An accused sex offender who fled the U.S. to Mexico 12 years ago to evade trial, has been apprehended south of the border. Wesley Thomason, who had lived in Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested in November 2000 for ‘enticing underage girls with illegal drugs to have consensual sex with him, and unbeknownst to the girls, he [...]
Man tries to abduct 10-year-old girl Lynden
LYNDEN, Wash. — A 10-year-old girl was injured after she escaped an attempted abduction Friday afternoon, police said. According to the Lynden Police Department, the incident happened near the intersection of 4th Street and Liberty. Officers responded to the scene after receiving a report before 4 p.m. of a man who tried to abduct a girl. [...]
A woman went to the market with the intent to shoot and kill as many men she can – wounding three men
GIG HARBOR, Wash. — A 20-year-old woman accused of wounding three men in a shooting at a Gig Harbor store Saturday told detectives she hated men and wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone before taking her own life, according to charging documents filed Monday. Laura K. Sorenson is now facing two [...]
Man arrested for ‘shooting at mosque as 500 Muslims prayed inside’
A 51-year-old man has been arrested for shooting at a mosque near Chicago while hundreds of worshipers prayed inside. David Conrad, from Morton Grove, Illinois, used a pellet rifle to fire multiple shots at the Muslim Education Center mosque neighbouring his house, just after 8.30pm on Friday. One of the shots narrowly missed a security guard stationed [...]
‘Cops foil’ another Aurora massacre after arrest of man trying to smuggle guns and knives into screening of Dark Knight Rises
A man who was trying to smuggle guns, ammunition and knives into a late-night showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Ohio has been arrested. Authorities said the manager of Regal Cinema in the Crocker Park shopping center, Cleveland, became suspicious of Scott A. Smith, 37, who allegedly tried to bring a satchel into a 10pm Saturday [...]
3′s not enough, must make more: Three children found wandering along highway after mom left them home alone ‘so she could go and have sex with the neighbour’
A mother from New Port Richey, Florida has been arrested for child neglect after leaving her three young children at home alone while she went to a neighbour’s house for sex. Crystal Rusaw’s children, who range in age from four to just 10 months, were found trying to cross a nearby highway after wandering out [...]
Medford woman gives burglary suspect a major beat-down
A Medford woman who arrived home early Sunday morning to find a burglar in her bedroom, punched, kicked and bit the man, subduing him until police arrived. Kathlene Brown, 41, of the 600 block of North Berkeley Way, had just gotten off work from delivering pizzas at about 12:35 a.m. when she found her front [...]