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Man freed in Dookhan case charged in Brockton murder - Boston Globe
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Man freed in Dookhan case charged in Brockton murder
Boston Globe
BROCKTON -- A man charged with committing a murder here Tuesday afternoon would have been behind bars, but he was free because his drug dealing conviction had been tossed out after it was discovered that disgraced state chemist Annie Dookhan ...
Man freed in drug lab scandal faces murder chargeBoston.com
Brockton, Mass. murder suspect connected to state drug lab scandal - NECN.comNECN
Dookhan lab scandal put Brockton slaying suspect back on streetEnterprise News
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Judge Blocks Ark. Abortion Ban—For Now
A federal judge granted a request today to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a motion for preliminary injunction in a lawsuit that the ACLU of Arkansas and the Center for Reproductive Rights...
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Dad who pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in death of 4-year-old son sentenced to 5 years in prison (Salyersville, Kentucky)
Even US states that boast that they're "conservative" or "law and order" don't really care if a father kills a young child. Five freaking years??? And that for a guy who shows no remorse.
The confessed killer dad is JAMES GARCIA.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f6a4cf0879e34cbba9f72a20471ec85c/KY--Child-Death
Father who pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in death of son sentenced to 5 years in prison THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 17, 2013 - 9:19 am EDT
SALYERSVILLE, Kentucky — An eastern Kentucky judge has rejected a plea deal and sentenced an eastern Kentucky man to five years in prison in the death of his son.
WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/15SQeFz) reports the sentenced was handed down on Thursday to James Garcia in the death of 4-year-old Cameron Mullins. A coroner's report said the boy died of blunt force trauma.
Garcia was originally charged with manslaughter, but entered a plea to reckless homicide in which prosecutors recommended a 16-month sentence.
The judge decided not to take the recommendation, saying Garcia hasn't shown any remorse. She sentenced Garcia to the maximum under sentencing guidelines for the crime.
The confessed killer dad is JAMES GARCIA.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f6a4cf0879e34cbba9f72a20471ec85c/KY--Child-Death
Father who pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in death of son sentenced to 5 years in prison THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 17, 2013 - 9:19 am EDT
SALYERSVILLE, Kentucky — An eastern Kentucky judge has rejected a plea deal and sentenced an eastern Kentucky man to five years in prison in the death of his son.
WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/15SQeFz) reports the sentenced was handed down on Thursday to James Garcia in the death of 4-year-old Cameron Mullins. A coroner's report said the boy died of blunt force trauma.
Garcia was originally charged with manslaughter, but entered a plea to reckless homicide in which prosecutors recommended a 16-month sentence.
The judge decided not to take the recommendation, saying Garcia hasn't shown any remorse. She sentenced Garcia to the maximum under sentencing guidelines for the crime.
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Dad arrested for beating 6-year-old son (Scottsbluff, Nebraska)
Dad JOSEPH HAFNER says he was "stressed" because he was taking care of five kids. That's why he smashed his 6-year-old son into the ground and beat him.
http://www.starherald.com/news/local_news/father-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges/article_645d53a2-be9b-11e2-ab84-001a4bcf887a.html
Father arrested on child abuse charges
Posted: Friday, May 17, 2013 4:00 am
By MAUNETTE LOEKS New Media Editor
Scottsbluff Police arrested a Scottsbluff man Tuesday on charges of abusing his 6-year-old boy after the boy denied taking a key.
Joseph Hafner, 40, has been charged with committing child abuse with intent, a Class IIIA felony. He was arraigned on charges Wednesday in Scotts Bluff County Court and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 21.
Scottsbluff Police arrested Hafner on Tuesday after receiving a report that Hafner’s 6-year-old son had told staff at his school that his dad had smashed his face to the ground and spanked his lower back. In a forensic interview at CAPstone, the boy told police he had suffered a bloody nose after his dad slammed him to the ground in the family’s kitchen.
The boy had several contusions and red marks on his back and bruising, including bruising on his upper left shoulder and a bruise on his right forearm. A Regional West Medical Center emergency physician told police the boy appeared to have also suffered injuries on his right arm that were consistent with being grabbed.
Police contacted Hafner at his wife’s business. When he told Hafner why he wanted to speak with him, Hafner allegedly admitted the abuse, telling police “that he ‘did it’ and he should arrest him now.” Hafner complied with a request to come to the police department for questioning. During questioning, he told police he had been under a tremendous amount of stress and had been home with his son and four other children after the funeral of the couple’s stillborn child. He had been looking for a key to a garage and had questioned the children. The boy had denied taking the key, but Hafner said “lost it,” the affidavit says, and he picked the child up and threw him onto the kitchen floor. During the throw, the child struck his nose and mouth. Hafner also told police he had struck the child on the small of his back before realizing he was out of control and going into the basement of the home.
Hafner is being held on a $75,000 bond.
http://www.starherald.com/news/local_news/father-arrested-on-child-abuse-charges/article_645d53a2-be9b-11e2-ab84-001a4bcf887a.html
Father arrested on child abuse charges
Posted: Friday, May 17, 2013 4:00 am
By MAUNETTE LOEKS New Media Editor
Scottsbluff Police arrested a Scottsbluff man Tuesday on charges of abusing his 6-year-old boy after the boy denied taking a key.
Joseph Hafner, 40, has been charged with committing child abuse with intent, a Class IIIA felony. He was arraigned on charges Wednesday in Scotts Bluff County Court and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 21.
Scottsbluff Police arrested Hafner on Tuesday after receiving a report that Hafner’s 6-year-old son had told staff at his school that his dad had smashed his face to the ground and spanked his lower back. In a forensic interview at CAPstone, the boy told police he had suffered a bloody nose after his dad slammed him to the ground in the family’s kitchen.
The boy had several contusions and red marks on his back and bruising, including bruising on his upper left shoulder and a bruise on his right forearm. A Regional West Medical Center emergency physician told police the boy appeared to have also suffered injuries on his right arm that were consistent with being grabbed.
Police contacted Hafner at his wife’s business. When he told Hafner why he wanted to speak with him, Hafner allegedly admitted the abuse, telling police “that he ‘did it’ and he should arrest him now.” Hafner complied with a request to come to the police department for questioning. During questioning, he told police he had been under a tremendous amount of stress and had been home with his son and four other children after the funeral of the couple’s stillborn child. He had been looking for a key to a garage and had questioned the children. The boy had denied taking the key, but Hafner said “lost it,” the affidavit says, and he picked the child up and threw him onto the kitchen floor. During the throw, the child struck his nose and mouth. Hafner also told police he had struck the child on the small of his back before realizing he was out of control and going into the basement of the home.
Hafner is being held on a $75,000 bond.
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Accused killer dad defends his actions (Sacramento, California)
Dad ALIAS MCLAUGHLIN admits he shoved the baby's mother and yelled at her while the baby was crying. And that he has "anger management" issues.
But not that he threw the baby and killed her. Um, right. Somehow the baby received a fatal blunt force trauma injury to her head all by herself.
http://www.news10.net/news/article/245398/2/Accused-Sacramento-father-I-didnt-know-what-to-do
Father accused in his baby's abuse death defends actions from jail
8:14 PM, May 16, 2013
Leigh Paynter
SACRAMENTO, CA - Three weeks ago, Alias McLaughlin was a new father. Now, he's a suspect in his baby's death.
"I was actually accused of murdering my own little girl and now, well, here I am," McLaughlin said from Sacramento County Jail.
Sacramento police believe McLaughlin violently shook and threw his newborn daughter last Friday after the baby woke up crying. In a jailhouse interview, McLaughlin said he never hurt his daughter, but was trying to stop her from choking on milk.
"We [the child's mother and McLaughlin] specifically saw her aspirate with milk in her throat," said McLaughlin. "But they're telling us there was no milk or fluid in her lungs."
At one point, McLaughlin said his daughter started gasping for air.
"I didn't know what to do. I was going out of my head. I was freaking out. So I went outside to have a cigarette and talked to my girlfriend, and she said we should call 911."
McLaughlin said he didn't want to wait for paramedics, so he performed CPR on his daughter three times. When the little girl finally arrived at UC Davis Medical Center, she wasn't breathing and appeared to have injuries. Doctors called police.
The coroner's report says the baby died of blunt force trauma to her head.
McLaughlin's girlfriend also told police it was McLaughlin who shook their child and threw her down on the ground. When she tried to protect their daughter, she claimed McLaughlin attacked her.
From jail, McLaughlin said he never hurt his child, but does admit to shoving his girlfriend.
"I was going like that, grabbing her and pushing her, 'Why were you not giving her the bottle?'" McLaughlin said he yelled at his girlfriend while the baby was crying.
McLaughlin says he attended anger management classes in the past.
News10 efforts to reach the baby's mother at the home the couple shared were unsuccessful.
McLaughlin faces murder charges for his daughter's death, but says he doesn't understand what happened that night or what he could have done differently.
"I didn't mean to do anything. I just wanted to take care of her," he said. "That's all. That's all I wanted to do was take care of my daughter."
McLaughlin wears a padded suit for his own protection and has seen a psychiatrist while in jail, according to officials.
But not that he threw the baby and killed her. Um, right. Somehow the baby received a fatal blunt force trauma injury to her head all by herself.
http://www.news10.net/news/article/245398/2/Accused-Sacramento-father-I-didnt-know-what-to-do
Father accused in his baby's abuse death defends actions from jail
8:14 PM, May 16, 2013
Leigh Paynter
SACRAMENTO, CA - Three weeks ago, Alias McLaughlin was a new father. Now, he's a suspect in his baby's death.
"I was actually accused of murdering my own little girl and now, well, here I am," McLaughlin said from Sacramento County Jail.
Sacramento police believe McLaughlin violently shook and threw his newborn daughter last Friday after the baby woke up crying. In a jailhouse interview, McLaughlin said he never hurt his daughter, but was trying to stop her from choking on milk.
"We [the child's mother and McLaughlin] specifically saw her aspirate with milk in her throat," said McLaughlin. "But they're telling us there was no milk or fluid in her lungs."
At one point, McLaughlin said his daughter started gasping for air.
"I didn't know what to do. I was going out of my head. I was freaking out. So I went outside to have a cigarette and talked to my girlfriend, and she said we should call 911."
McLaughlin said he didn't want to wait for paramedics, so he performed CPR on his daughter three times. When the little girl finally arrived at UC Davis Medical Center, she wasn't breathing and appeared to have injuries. Doctors called police.
The coroner's report says the baby died of blunt force trauma to her head.
McLaughlin's girlfriend also told police it was McLaughlin who shook their child and threw her down on the ground. When she tried to protect their daughter, she claimed McLaughlin attacked her.
From jail, McLaughlin said he never hurt his child, but does admit to shoving his girlfriend.
"I was going like that, grabbing her and pushing her, 'Why were you not giving her the bottle?'" McLaughlin said he yelled at his girlfriend while the baby was crying.
McLaughlin says he attended anger management classes in the past.
News10 efforts to reach the baby's mother at the home the couple shared were unsuccessful.
McLaughlin faces murder charges for his daughter's death, but says he doesn't understand what happened that night or what he could have done differently.
"I didn't mean to do anything. I just wanted to take care of her," he said. "That's all. That's all I wanted to do was take care of my daughter."
McLaughlin wears a padded suit for his own protection and has seen a psychiatrist while in jail, according to officials.
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Sample 150 craft beers from local homebrewers at Oak Cliff's Brew Riot - Pegasus News
Sample 150 craft beers from local homebrewers at Oak Cliff's Brew Riot
Pegasus News
OAK CLIFF — For the last four years, Brew Riot has brought together some of the region's best and brightest hopmasters to show Dallas what they have been concocting in their closets and garages. On Sunday, May 19, Brew Riot will for the fifth year ...
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Dana Beyer: Questions From Readers About Anti-Trans Violence
Anti-trans violence is not going away anytime soon. My last blog post on anti-trans violence touched on issues that deserve far greater consideration than I'm capable of providing in one post, so this time I'm responding to some comments I've received over the past week.
Dana Beyer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-beyer/
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Dad acused of murdering 6-week-old son (Waipahu, Hawaii)
Dad is identified as JOEL ASUNCION. No explanation as to why a guy with his violent criminal history was allowed access to a baby. Also notice that there is ZERO mention of a mother in this home. What happened to Mom?
http://www.khon2.com/2013/05/16/father-accused-of-murdering-6-week-old-son/
Father accused of murdering 6-week-old son
By Tammy Mori
Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 4:55 pm
Published: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:24 pm
A father is behind bars for allegedly killing a 6-week-old baby. Sources tell KHON2 the baby was his own son.
Paramedics were called to the Mokuola Vista apartment building in Waipahu at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
They found 6-week-old Gabriel Membrere unconscious. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The Medical Examiner’s office is releasing little information about the extent of the baby’s injuries, but say he suffered trauma to his head.
A next door neighbor — who did not want to be identified — said she heard yelling coming from the apartment.
“I just threw the trash bag and was walking over here and I didn’t want him to see me,” the neighbor said. “He kept shouting and shouting and saying a bad word. I thought he was drunk.”
The baby’s father, identified as 38-year-old Joel Asuncion, is now being held for murder in the second degree. He turned himself in to Honolulu Police Wednesday night.
Asuncion has a criminal history including felony charges for burglary and theft, and misdemeanor charges for family abuse.
The Department of Human Services offered condolences to the family and said deaths like this are a reminder “…that the entire community needs to be vigilant and report suspected abuse…”
They say for confidentiality purposes, they are unable to confirm if Asuncion has other kids or if anyone from the Asuncion-Membrere family had been previously investigated by Child Protective Services.
“That is sad. If you can’t take care of your child then you shouldn’t be having a child,” neighbor Connie McKeague said. “To have a child is a blessing.”
Police and the Medical Examiner’s office are continuing their investigation into the murder of the baby boy.
http://www.khon2.com/2013/05/16/father-accused-of-murdering-6-week-old-son/
Father accused of murdering 6-week-old son
By Tammy Mori
Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 4:55 pm
Published: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 12:24 pm
A father is behind bars for allegedly killing a 6-week-old baby. Sources tell KHON2 the baby was his own son.
Paramedics were called to the Mokuola Vista apartment building in Waipahu at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
They found 6-week-old Gabriel Membrere unconscious. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The Medical Examiner’s office is releasing little information about the extent of the baby’s injuries, but say he suffered trauma to his head.
A next door neighbor — who did not want to be identified — said she heard yelling coming from the apartment.
“I just threw the trash bag and was walking over here and I didn’t want him to see me,” the neighbor said. “He kept shouting and shouting and saying a bad word. I thought he was drunk.”
The baby’s father, identified as 38-year-old Joel Asuncion, is now being held for murder in the second degree. He turned himself in to Honolulu Police Wednesday night.
Asuncion has a criminal history including felony charges for burglary and theft, and misdemeanor charges for family abuse.
The Department of Human Services offered condolences to the family and said deaths like this are a reminder “…that the entire community needs to be vigilant and report suspected abuse…”
They say for confidentiality purposes, they are unable to confirm if Asuncion has other kids or if anyone from the Asuncion-Membrere family had been previously investigated by Child Protective Services.
“That is sad. If you can’t take care of your child then you shouldn’t be having a child,” neighbor Connie McKeague said. “To have a child is a blessing.”
Police and the Medical Examiner’s office are continuing their investigation into the murder of the baby boy.
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Mom Who Chased Down Abductor Says 'Mother's Instincts' Kicked In
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Melissa Torrez didn't even think when teenagers in her apartment complex said a man had just grabbed her 4-year-old girl and drove...
AP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emma-mustich/
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Boiling water murder: Daly City ex-wife gets 16 years to life in prison - San Jose Mercury News
Boiling water murder: Daly City ex-wife gets 16 years to life in prison
San Jose Mercury News
REDWOOD CITY -- Jesusa Tatad was called vile, hateful, selfish and urged to seek divine mercy Friday before being sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for murdering her ex-husband by dousing him with boiling water as he slept. Tatad dropped her head ...
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Cyber crime complaints drop 43 percent in Ohio - Toledo Blade
Cyber crime complaints drop 43 percent in Ohio
Toledo Blade
DAYTON, Ohio -- Internet-related crimes cost Ohio consumers nearly $1 million less last year than in 2011 and complaints about online scams dropped nearly 43 percent, according to a new report. The state's top law-enforcement officer called those ...
Washington ranked among top 10 for Internet crimeKOMO News
Cyber-Criminals Stole $500 Million in Internet Crime in 2012PC Magazine
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Hostage-Taker Used Fake Gun In Standoff: Police
TRENTON, N.J. -- Authorities say the gun used in a 37-hour standoff between New Jersey police and a man holding three children and two dead...
AP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/
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Bad News For Mobster's Girlfriend
BOSTON — The longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger lost her bid to reduce the eight-year prison sentence she received for helping Bulger...
AP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/
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New Leads In Case Of Missing British Girl
LONDON -- British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the Briton who disappeared six years ago in Portugal...
AP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/simon-mccormack/
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Murder charge stuns some fans of "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" - CNN
The Independent
Murder charge stuns some fans of "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker"
CNN
(CNN) -- To New Jersey prosecutors, Caleb Lawrence McGillvary is simply a murder suspect, and a dangerous one at that. But to at least some of the thousands of fans who know him as a hero for using a hatchet to stop another man's attack on two people ...
Internet celebrity 'Kai' arrested as suspect in elderly man's murderFox News
Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker, arrested on suspicion of murderLos Angeles Times
Kai 'The Hatchet Hitchhiker' Is Accused Of MurderNPR (blog)
The Independent -The Guardian
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'Foolish' -- but was it a crime? Investigations into IRS will probe whether ... - Fox News
'Foolish' -- but was it a crime? Investigations into IRS will probe whether ...
Fox News
The outgoing IRS commissioner claimed Friday that his agency's practice of singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny was "foolish" and "horrible" -- but not illegal. That determination, however, is up to the Justice Department to make as it ...
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New Suspects Found in McCann Case
And the search for Madeleine McCann is on again: Police have produced a new list of suspects in the case of the toddler who went missing in Portugal in 2007, following a lengthy and expensive new review, the Telegraph reports. "There is more than a handful of people of interest...
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Horrific video of 1000s of (former Soviet) Georgians rioting against gays - AMERICAblog (blog)
AMERICAblog (blog)
Horrific video of 1000s of (former Soviet) Georgians rioting against gays
AMERICAblog (blog)
It's a horrific video. Thousands – perhaps tens of thousands – of former-Soviet Georgians rioting in the streets of Tbilisi, attacking a small handful of gay rights protesters holding a rally for the International Day Against Homophobia. The video is ...
Thousands of anti-gay protesters riot in Georgia: Chaos on streets as Orthodox ...Daily Mail
Anti-Gay Riot in Georgian CapitalInstitute for War and Peace Reporting
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Proctologist Prescribes Oral Sex To Treat Gag Reflex
Dr. Deep Throat, I presume? J. Peter Zegarra, a California doctor, has been publicaly reprimanded by the state's medical board after he told a patient...
The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andres-jauregui/
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David A. Love: Florida's Timely Justice Act Is Neither Timely Nor Justice
The bill -- passed by the Florida legislature and now awaiting the signature of Governor Rick Scott -- would expedite the death penalty process in the Sunshine state.
David A. Love
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-a-love/
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