Six Kern County sheriff’s deputies and a sergeant, who last week were involved in a violent confrontation with a man who was struck numerous times with batons before he died, have returned to their regular jobs, officials said Tuesday. … Read More
Farmer Faces Over 2 Years Jail, $10K Fines for Feeding Community
Raw milk drinkers are outraged that Wisconsin DATCP is bringing criminal charges against a farmer who serves a private buying club. Do citizens have a right to contract with a producer and grow food to their own standards? That is what is at stake in this case. – Kimberly Hartke, Publicist Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund … Read More
Woman, child killed in developing New Jersey hostage situation
“A small army” of police have surrounded the South Trenton home, according to state news website nj.com. Authorities familiar with the situation told nj.com that the man, who has barricaded the house, is suspected of killing his wife and one of their children.Police were called to the home at about 3:30 pm for a “well-being check,” local media report. Once inside the home, police found the partially decomposed body of the man’s wife.The man is then reported to have pulled out a gun, signaling to police that he was taking his children hostage in the situation.Neighbors told local media that the couple, who moved to the block two months ago, has four children. While two or three of the children are thought to be alive in the house, one was reportedly killed.Negotiators from the city and the state are trying to get the man out of his house without a fight, Mercer County First Assistant Prosecutor Angelo Onofri told nj.com.DETAILS TO FOLLOW … Read More
‘Mounting evidence’ links Tsarnaev brothers to earlier triple homicide
Forensic evidence from the crime scene matched the brothers’ DNA, and cell phone records put them in the area of the murders on the date they occurred, officials told ABC News.In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, authorities in Middlesex County began to investigate the link between Tamerlan and Brendan Mess – one of the three men killed in the triple homicide.Mess and two other men were found in a Waltham, Massachusetts residence with their throats slit and their bodies covered with marijuana on September 11, 2011. Tamerlan and Mess were once roommates and practiced boxing and martial arts together.The officials stressed that until more definitive DNA testing is complete, it is still too early to bring an indictment against the surviving suspect, Dzhokhar. The cold case was made active again once the victims’ family and friends saw the Tsarnaev brothers’ photos in the media. It was then that they were reminded of Tamerlan’s behavior after the murders. He did not attend Mess’ funeral and disappeared from the martial arts gym where the men had sparred together.A spokesperson for Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan declined to comment on the brothers’ possible involvement. Miriam Conrad, one of the attorneys representing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, also declined to comment through her legal assistant.Tamerlan, the deceased suspect, was buried in a Virginia cemetery, according to a death certificate released Friday. The document says that he was shot by police before being run over and dragged by a motor vehicle. The cause of death was gunshot wounds of the torso and extremities and blunt trauma to the head and torso. He was pronounced dead at 1:35am on April 19. The news comes after a week of protests outside the funeral home which was keeping his body. The funeral home struggled to find a cemetery to accept the suspect’s body. He has been buried at Al-Barzakh Cemetery in Doswell, Virginia, imam of the Virginia Islamic Center, Ammar Amonette, told Reuters. He added that he disapproved of the decision to bury Tamerlan at the Muslim cemetery.“It was done by individuals without our knowledge or consent…we are quite upset. It’s affected thousands of Muslims and we were not consulted. It has nothing to do with us,” he said.Tamerlan’s younger brother, 19-year-old Dzhokhar, is being held in a prison west of Boston after being charged with crimes which carry the death penalty. The bombings killed three people and injured 264 others on April 18. … Read More
Florida 3-year-old fatally shoots himself with concealed permit holder’s gun
A 3-year-old boy died in Florida on Tuesday after police said he shot himself to death with his uncle’s gun. Detectives for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said that 3-year-old Jadarrius Speights had found a 9mm gun in a backpack owned by his 29-year-old uncle, Jeffrey Walker….
Florida couple arrested during drug bust for mistreating 47 dogs
A drug investigation led sheriffs officials in Polk County, Florida to discover 47 dogs kept in horrible conditions by a local couple. The Lakeland Ledger reported on Monday that 49-year-old Randall Huggins and 55-year-old Bernice Walskey were arrested on May 3 on 40 counts apiece of confining an…
Florida 13-year-old shot 6-year-old sister playing hide-and-seek
Homicide detectives in Broward County, Florida are talking with a 13-year-old boy who they believe shot his 6-year-old sister. According to NBC Miami, the shooting occurred just before 7 p.m. in Oakland Park on Saturday night. “They were playing hide and go seek. I don’t know how it…
