Man Gets 75 Years for Mugging 101-Year-Old
A man in New York City who mugged a 101-year-old woman on her way to church has been sentenced to seventy-five years in prison. Jack Rhodes, a resident of Queens, was sentenced on Wednesday after being convicted of victimizing three women. One of the women is Rose Morat, who is now 103. Authorities said that [...]
Suspect in Stolen Cell Phone Picture Turns Self In
A teenager from Philadelphia who used a stolen phone to take a picture of himself didn’t realize it would be sent to the owner’s computer, and has turned himself in. Eighteen-year-old Kadeem Cook went to the authorities on Thursday night. Cook is the primary suspect in an October armed robbery case. The victim’s cell phone, [...]
Rings Stolen from Ohio Shop Just Brass
An Ohio jeweler says that the thieves that stole rings from his store will be surprised when they try to sell them – the rings are made of brass. He says the rings stolen are worth barely twenty-five cents apiece, and that the real versions of the rings are safely locked away. He says that [...]
Arkansas Jury Chooses Life Sentence in TV Anchor Death
Curtis Lavelle Vance, age twenty-nine, escaped a death sentence and instead is currently facing life in prison without parole for the rape, robbery, and murder of Anne Pressly. The twenty-six-year-old anchor was attacked in her home in Little Rock on October 20th, 2008. She did not regain consciousness, and died five days later. Vance was [...]
NY Man Holds Seven Hostage at Gunpoint
A man who held seven people hostage at gunpoint overnight in an apartment building in Syracuse, New York, has been found dead. Police responded to a call about an armed robbery when shots were fired at them from a second-story apartment. No officers were injured. Authorities say that seven people were being held hostage in [...]
Robbery Victim Identifies Suspect Via Yearbook
A Pennsylvania man who was robbed of his jacket, cell phone, keys, and three hundred dollars realized that the person who stole from him looked familiar. Upon returning home to check a school year book, the victim identified thirty-year-old Anthony Williams for Erie police. Williams was later arrested on charges of robbery, terroristic threats, and [...]
Man Can Sue Store he Robbed
A Michigan judge has said a man who claims he was chased, shot, and beaten by workers at a store he robbed can sue the men if he comes up with ten thousand dollars in two weeks. Scott T. Zielinski is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence after being convicted of unarmed robbery for holding [...]
Burglar Gets Prison in Cop-Shoots-Cop Chase
A man has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison for breaking into the car of an off-duty New York City police officer who was later killed in a friendly fire shooting. Miguel Goitia was sentenced on Wednesday in a court in Manhattan. He pled guilty to criminal mischief in September. Officer [...]
Man Robs Bank, Turns Himself In
A man recently robbed a bank in Michigan, got away with it, and subsequently turned himself in. Michigan state police reported that a forty-year-old resident of Comstock Park called 9-1-1 after the robbery and confessed to it. According to the Sheriff’s Department of Kent County, the man said “I’m the one that robbed the bank, [...]
Ga. Executes Man for Store Manager Killing
The man who shot and killed a pizza store manager during a robbery in 1994 has been executed by lethal injection. Mark Howard McClain was executed on Tuesday at a state prison roughly fifty miles south of Atlanta, Georgia, after he exhausted his appeals and his bid for clemency was rejected. He was pronounced dead [...]