Man charged with hiring hit man to kill family
May 21, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A father told a would-be hit man he’d have no regrets about having his family killed — even his 7-year-old daughter — but he did have some requests, authorities said.
John Orlowski wanted his estranged wife and mother-in-law shot twice in the head, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit. For his little girl, Orlowski wanted one shot to the chest so she could have an open casket, court records said.
Orlowski appeared in federal court Monday, charged in an attempted murder-for-hire plot uncovered last week when the mother of the gang member who was asked to do the killing called the FBI. Read more
Bride turns down “dark” groom
May 20, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Turned down for marriage due to his dark complexion, an Indian man staged a hunger strike outside his would be bride’s house for two days before she finally relented, an official said Saturday.
Saral Prasad, the 23-year-old groom in eastern Bihar state, said he would not budge from the girl’s village home after she refused to marry him earlier this week in an arranged marriage because he was too dark. Read more
Woman accused of exposing herself to 13-year-old
May 19, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A 33-year-old woman has been jailed on allegations she exposed herself to her 13-year-old neighbor and made him touch her, police said.
Michelle Seddon, unemployed and disabled, was booked into the Washoe County Jail on Thursday on suspicion of lewdness with a child, authorities said.
According to a police report, the charge stems from incidents in March that occurred in her Booth Street apartment where she lived with her girlfriend. Read more
Accused Impersonator Freed in Rape Case
May 11, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
BOSTON – A woman who had sex with her boyfriend’s brother in her darkened room late one night claimed she was raped, saying the man tricked her into the act by impersonating her boyfriend.
But Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court disagreed Thursday, citing a half-century-old state law that says it is not rape when consent to sexual intercourse is obtained through fraud or deceit. Read more
Panty-clad man tries robbery with lighter
May 10, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A thief covered his face with a pair of blue women’s underwear and used a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter in a botched robbery of a convenience store, police said. “I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried,” State Police Sgt. T.C. Kearns told The Journal in Martinsburg.
The cashier at first thought it was a joke and refused to give the man any money, so he ran to a Jeep Cherokee and drove away at about 4 a.m. Wednesday, Kearns said. Read more
On duty cop rapes man in the park
May 8, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The lawyer for a Philadelphia police officer accused of sexually assaulting a man says the Police Department’s account of events isn’t completely accurate.
Police say 40-year-old Officer Michael Paige pulled over a car in Fairmount Park on March 16th. Police say he then took one of car’s two male occupants to a secluded area of the park and had “non-consensual sexual activity” with him. Read more
Psychiatrist accused of molesting
April 26, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) -
Dr. William Ayres’ specialty was child psychiatry, which meant it was perfectly routine for him to be alone and behind closed doors with boys.
During a more than 40-year career in which he rose to the top of his profession, he took advantage of that to molest numerous patients, authorities say. Read more
Dutch coffee shops say cannabis smoke here to stay
April 25, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Could a smoking ban spell the end of Amsterdam’s world famous coffee shops, where smoking cannabis is one of the main attractions?
No chance, says local conservative politician and coffee shop owner Michael Veling.
The Dutch may well follow other European countries in banning tobacco smoking in restaurants, cafes and bars, but Veling says it should still be possible to smoke dope. Read more
Obama Makes Vow to End Iraq Conflict
April 20, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
A woman’s tearful plea to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) to end the Iraq war momentarily caught him off guard Friday at a New Hampshire town hall meeting.
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7 Year-Old Boy Finds $8,900 Worth of Crack Cocaine in his Jacket Pocket
April 19, 2007 by info · Leave a Comment
Tampa, Florida — Tampa Police are investigating drugs found at Forrest Hills Elementary School.
Yesterday officials from the school contacted Tampa Police about a 7-year-old who brought the drugs to school. When the first grader found the drugs, he notified his teacher. Read more
