A Stockholm bus driver has been sentenced to community service after having been caught robbing a sleeping passenger on a night bus. … Read More
Prosecutor may seek death penalty in Cleveland kidnapping case
A US prosecutor warned Thursday that he will seek to press charges that carry the death penalty against a man accused of kidnapping three women, raping them and forcibly ending their pregnancies. Ariel Castro, a 52-year-old unemployed bus driver, has already been charged with kidnapping and raping…
Cleveland police face scrutiny following three Ohio women’s rescue
The three women who were found living captive in a west side residential neighborhood, Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus, were held for about a decade by the suspect, Ariel Castro, 52, evidently with the assistance of his brothers, Pedro Castro, 54, and Onil Castro, 50.Since the three were freed by neighbors who contacted police and broke down the home’s front door, more individuals are coming forward with stories of odd events, and phone calls to police that failed to lead them to the trio’s location.Rescued with the three women on Monday was a 6-year-old girl, who police have said is Berry’s daughter. In a disturbing development, authorities believe she would have been conceived and born during Berry’s captivity.Israel Lugo, a neighbor, tells Reuters that she had called the police in November of 2011 after his sister saw a girl at the house holding a baby and crying for help. And yet, according to Lugo, police officers came and banged on the door several times but left after no one answered.Another local resident, Anthony Westry, has stated that a little girl could often be seen peering looking out of the attic window of Ariel Castro’s home.”She was always looking out the window,” Westry told Reuters. Castro, a local bus driver, would take her to the park to play very early in the morning, “not around the time you would take kids to play,” he added.Perhaps even more surprising is that Children and Family Services authorities with the city were at the Castro residence in January of 2004 following a report of a child having been left on a school bus.According to Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, members of the agency “knocked on the door but were unsuccessful in connection with making any contact with anyone inside that home.” According to police, Ariel Castro was extensively interviewed during an investigation into that incident, though no criminal intent was determined.Other details slowly being revealed include one neighbor who claims he saw a naked woman crawling on her hands and knees in the backyard a few years ago. According to CBS News, another neighbor had heard pounding on the home’s doors, and noticed plastic bags placed over the windows.Whether local police were guilty of any negligence remains to be seen, as the FBI continues to investigate the Castro house, and authorities continue to collect details regarding the case. Neighbors also wonder whether there was more they could have done, in light of what turned out to be critical clues to the three women’s captivity.Neighbor Joe Popow told Reuters that he found it chilling to have known Ariel Castro.”After all this has happened, I think, Oh my God, what did I miss? This person came to my house,” he said. … Read More
3 US women missing for decade rescued after daring escape
Michele Knight went missing in 2002 at the age of around 19, Amanda Berry disappeared in 2003 at age 16, and Gina DeJesus went missing a year later at age 14. Three brothers are in police custody in connection to the incident. Police in Cleveland said the suspects are Hispanic brothers aged 50, 52 and 54, but only one of them lived in the house on Seymour Avenue where the women were found. One of the suspects was named as Ariel Castro, a school bus driver. Julio Castro, who owns a nearby shop, confirmed that his nephew had been arrested. Police said a 6-year old was also found at the home. No further details have been released by police, but a relative of Berry said that she told her she had a daughter. The women were discovered by a neighbor after a dramatic bid for freedom by Berry on Monday, who attempted to flee the house after her alleged captor went out, and was seen by a neighbor.“I see this girl going nuts trying to get outside,” Charles Ramsey, who lived in a neighboring property, told reporters. “She says: ‘Help me get out, I’ve been here a long time.” Ramsay thought at the time it was some kind of domestic violence dispute, and kicked in the house’s locked door to free her. “Lucky on that door it was aluminum. It was cheap. She climbed out with her daughter,” he said. Berry then asked Ramsay to call 911. The police operator initially did not believe that Ramsey had found Amanda Berry, until she spoke into the phone. In her frantic call, which has been released to the media, she told the operator, “I’m Amanda Berry, I’ve been kidnapped. I’ve been missing for 10 years. I’m here now.” Community rallied for Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus; Activist calls it ‘miracle’ bit.ly/11dSuFF — ILEANA RIVEROS (@lleanaNYC) May 7, 2013 Ramsey said that he had shared barbeques with Ariel Castro and has never suspected a thing. “There was nothing exciting about him…well, until today,” he said.Police picked up Castro at a nearby McDonalds after Ramsey gave them a description of his car. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson told reporters he was thankful that the three girls have been found alive, adding that “We have many unanswered questions regarding this case and the investigation will be ongoing.” In this article from 2003 Amanda Berry’s mother said she thought her daughter might be held captive. web.archive.org/web/2004080316… — Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) May 7, 2013 The girls’ families reacted with delight and shock at the news of their discovery.“In all this time, 10 years, nobody never figured nothing about where she was at and this has come to an end and its right here on Seymour,” Gina DeJesus’ uncle said.Berry’s mother, Louwana, died three years after her daughter’s disappearance, which had taken a terrible toll on her health.Doctors have said the girls are in a fair condition and are being kept in hospital for observation. “This isn’t the ending we usually hear to these stories. We’re very happy,” Dr. Gerald Maloney said at a news conference. NEW PIC: @actionnews19 pic of Amanda Berry, sister/child in hospital. Amanda Berry found alive, disappeared 10yrs ago twitter.com/NewsBreaker/st… — NewsBreaker(@NewsBreaker) May 7, 2013 Amanda Berry was last heard from on April 21, 2003, when she phoned her sister to say she would be getting a lift home from Burger King. Gina DeJesus was on her way home from school when she went missing in 2004, while Michele Knight – who was older than the two others at 19 when she disappeared – was thought to have run away. Tears run down face of Amanda Berry’s Burger King coworker hearing about rescue 5.wews.com/kM1QH — WEWS NewsChannel5 (@WEWS) May 7, 2013 Their cases were reopened last year after a prison inmate told authorities that he thought he knew where she was buried in Cleveland. He received a four-and-a-half year sentence for giving police false information. … Read More
UKIP the agenda of Hate
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Man angry over Boston bombings breaks jaw of ‘f*cking Muslim’ Iraq war veteran
A 39-year-old Muslim cab driver who served in the Iraq war says that an executive from an aviation company accused him of being a jihadist and broke his jaw in what activists are calling a hate crime. Mohamed A. Salim told The Washington Post that Emerald Aviation President Ed Dahlberg attacked him…
AMD Catalyst 13.4 (WHQL), 13.5 (Beta) ready for download
AMD has released two new sets of drivers for Radeon graphics card owners, namely Catalyst 13.4 and 13.5b2. The former driver bundle is WHQL-certified while the latter remains in beta; however, both offer the usual crop of bug fixes and performance improvements. … Read More
