Archive for 2008
Beaten to Death: Imani Jennings
Posted in Abuse, Child Abuse, Project New Era on November 24, 2008 by projectnewera
*Editor’s Note: Sad. Imani was beaten to death by her….well, take a guess. I swear, some of you women need to quit believing that having a half of a man is better than having NO man at all. RIP, Imani!
Original Article Found at Syracuse Online
Syracuse, NY — Relatives told 18-year-old Cherron Patterson and her 15-year-old boyfriend, Anthony Weakfall, earlier this year that they were spanking Cherron’s baby too hard, according to the baby’s maternal grandmother.
On Sunday, relatives said they wished they had done more to protect 20-month-old Imani Jennings.
“I saw (Weakfall) spanking the baby (in the past),” said Amy Patterson, Cherron’s mother and Imani’s maternal grandmother. “Any place where Imani had bare skin, they’d smack her. They’d smack her till she screamed and then tell her to shut up. I told Cherron that he (Weakfall) has no business putting his hands on that baby. It’s not his child.”
Still, she never thought her granddaughter’s story would end like this.
On Sunday, Imani Jennings’ relatives and members of Mothers Against Gun Violence held a candlelight vigil outside the 124 Fage Ave. home where Syracuse police said Weakfall beat the girl to death over a potty-training accident.
“I just want to know why,” said Imani’s father, Lee Jennings Jr., 20, of 607 Park St.
He said he had admonished Cherron Patterson in the summer of 2007 for slapping their daughter in the head to discipline her.
“She would slap her, pop her in the forehead, like no ordinary slap,” Jennings said. “She went beyond a disciplinarian.”
But after he stopped dating Cherron a year ago, he never suspected that she or Weakfall was abusing the toddler, Jennings said.
“I had no idea,” Jennings said.
Police said Weakfall spent nearly an hour Friday beating the toddler with a metal rod, a cable cord, bedsprings and his fists. He then left to attend Corcoran High School.
Weakfall — who was charged Saturday with murder — was being held Sunday in Hillbrook Detention Center.
Cherron Patterson, a Fowler High student, was not home when her daughter was killed, police said. But police charged the woman with assault and endangering the welfare of her child in a prior incident involving Imani. Patterson, who is six months pregnant, is being held in the Justice Center Jail.
Murdered: Judilianna Lawrence
Posted in Crime, Mental, Murdered, Project New Era on November 22, 2008 by projectnewera
Original Article Found at ABC News
A veteran of the Iraq War who brags on his Web site that he can “kill without mercy or reason” has been arrested and charged with the murder of a mentally disabled 19-year-old Colorado girl he befriended on MySpace.
Spc. Robert Hull Marko (male, pictured above) was arrested Monday, on his 21st birthday, and charged with first-degree murder and sexual assault in the death of Judilianna “Judi” Lawrence. He’s being held without bond at the El Paso Sheriff’s Office Criminal Justice Center.
El Paso Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Robert Jaworski said Marko, who returned from Iraq in February, led police Monday to what authorities are nearly certain was Lawrence’s body. The body was found in a wooded area nearly three miles off the paved portion of Old Stage Road, which later turns into a dirt road.
The sergeant was one of more than two dozen members of a search and rescue team that tacked rough terrain Monday in a rural area of the front range of the Rocky Mountains on horseback and ATVs.
Lawrence’s family could not be immediately reached for comment today. On Monday, her mother and sister described her as a “sweetheart” who loved cartoons and hoped to be a veterinarian.
Her older sister, Evia Lawrence, said she had warned Lawrence, the middle of three sisters, not to meet people over the Internet, but said Monday that her sister could be “hot-headed.”
The missing teen, who was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in grade school, was supposed to board a bus for school where she attends special education classes. She and her classmates were heading on a bowling trip, but Lawrence didn’t show up.
Instead, her family and police said, she met up with Marko whom she had struck up a friendship with over MySpace, unbeknownst to her mother or sisters.
When Judi didn’t come home, her sister hacked her Myspace to find out why. Judi had debilitating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and learning disabilities, but that didn’t stop her from having a bubbly personality and a bright outlook. It also didn’t stop her from looking for a boyfriend. It quickly became evident by Judi’s private messages that she was meeting Marko, who she knew as “Rex290″, instead of going on her school trip. At first, it appeared she’d just run away.
Judging by the comments on Marko’s page, it looks like he and Judi had started commenting back and forth and probably messaging each other in July. Marko had already been to Iraq and back as a mortarman in the Army. No doubt he saw some shit while he was there, and Marko already had what the Army called an “overactive imagination” for which he had gotten some “additional counseling” after his return from Iraq in February.
Marko arranged to meet Judi on Friday. He took her into the woods and engaged in what he called “rough sex” (and what everyone else would call rape) with the girl. Then Marko blindfolded Judi and gagged her. He stood her against a tree, pulled his knife, and cut her throat. Bleeding, Judi was able to get free. As she tried to run away, Marko followed her down the hill, death in pursuit of his disabled, vulnerable victim.
When Judilianna fell, Robert Marko calmly assessed the blood, knew she would bleed out and die, and left her there, on the forest floor, alone.
Marko hid the blindfold and gag in a nearby ravine, and went back to his barracks to hide his bloody shirt. By then, Fort Carson had already been asked to provide the name of the soldier who had a date with Judi. On his Myspace, his uniform read “Marko”. Fort Carson officials knew who Marko was; his unit had the highest casualties of any Ft. Carson unit in Iraq in 2007. Marko was due in October for further psych testing, the kind reserved for soldiers not faring well emotionally after a war tour.
Robert Hull Marko is the sixth soldier from his brigade to be charged with or convicted of murder since returning from Iraq. In no way is this a slight on our soldiers – but it does make one wonder what is happening to our young men. Marko may not have been fit for duty in the first place, but it certainly appears that his problems only got worse after he came home.
Certainly Marko’s online presence indicated some serious mental and emotional concerns, especially with regard to sex and death. He repeatedly posted to an adult site looking for a “pain slave” for a sexual relationship, preferably one where his slave had no limits (this link is adult in nature.) He also administrated this sad little forum about his Black Raptor game – the game that some of his friends say he believed was real.
Endangered Missing: Zenyetta Ra
Posted in Missing, Project New Era on November 21, 2008 by projectnewera
*Editor’s Note: Stories like this serve as the catalyst for the launch of Project New Era. I was visiting one of my absolute FAVORITE blogs today called Black & Missing when I came across this story regarding a cute little girl by the name of Zenyetta Ra. Zenyetta resides in Tampa, Florida and actually went missing around the same time as Caylee Anthony did. The two girls are less than 100 miles apart from one another, yet Caylee is receiving way more attention than Zenyetta is. Anyone care to take a guess as to why? It’s highly unfortunate how little emphasis is placed on the black life, how our young girls and boys are literally taught by the media that they don’t matter. I don’t say any of this to take away from Caylee Anthony or anything that her family may be going through at this time but it’s sickening to know that when it comes to this thing that we call “life,” if the word “black” precedes it, it always seems to depreciate in value.
ZENYETTA KIERSTON ALEXANDRIA RA is a 3 year old black female with brown eyes and black hair. She weighs 40 lbs (18 kg) and is 3’0 (91 cm) in height.
She has been missing since Wed, August 27, 2008 (86 days) from Tampa, FL.
Please notify Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (Florida) 1-813-247-8200 if you have any information concerning the case of ZENYETTA KIERSTON ALEXANDRIA RA.
Further information: The child was last seen at home on August 27, 2008. She is believed to be in the company of her mother, Arayia Ra (pictured below).
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Murdered: Davonn Dupree
Posted in Crime, Missing, Murdered, Project New Era on November 21, 2008 by projectnewera
*Editor’s Note: When you’re a runaway, many tend to think that you don’t matter. What we all have to remember is that no matter what our opinions of runaways may be, in MANY (not all) cases, this child is loved and missed by somebody. Sure, there are children who run away because they feel that it’s their only option for safety in escaping abuse. But we also have to remember the ones who run away and leave behind families who love them. I am in no way assuming anything about the family of Davonn but it’s highly unfortunate that this is the outcome to her decision. It should also be noted that in the article, the police officer gives ways as to how someone can be listed as endangered. Up until this case, I had never heard of such things. When I think of other cases involving those who are not African American, I don’t recall any of those ‘reasons’ coming up. They’re automatically considered “endangered.” Something to think about. RIP, Davonn!
Original Article Found at Washington Post
The homicide victim found in a Montgomery County stairwell this week was a 14-year-old Virginia girl whose family reported her as a runaway in late October, authorities said yesterday.
Davonn Denise Dupree of Springfield died of multiple injuries, according to Montgomery police. Her body was found in an apartment building in the Briggs Chaney area of Silver Spring. Two men were seen carrying what appeared to be a body into the building.
Dupree was a student at South County Secondary School in Lorton, according to Fairfax County schools spokesman Paul Regnier. A family member reported her missing to Fairfax police at 10 p.m., Oct. 29, said Fairfax Officer Don Gotthardt, a police spokesman. Gotthardt said Dupree was last seen “almost immediately” before the family member made the report, but police did not discuss the details surrounding her departure.
Fairfax police said Dupree was not believed to have been endangered at the time of the report, which is why a news release was not issued. Her name was entered in national and state law enforcement databases, as is the protocol with missing persons, Gotthardt said.
“There is a distinction between when the officer takes a report simply [as] ‘missing runaway’ and ‘endangered,’ ” Gotthardt said. “This child was not declared endangered by the reporting party.”
Gotthardt said factors such as weather conditions, medical history and who the person was last seen with go into the determination of declaring someone “endangered.”
Montgomery police said that they initially held off publicly identifying the body, hoping that doing so would aid in their investigation, but that the risk of disclosure harming the case had passed. They continue to probe Dupree’s death and have released few details of how it happened.
About 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, police received calls about suspicious activity in the 13900 block of Castle Boulevard. Police and paramedics responded, but Dupree was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kidnapped/Ran Over: Carlton Bell
Posted in Project New Era, Ridiculousness on November 21, 2008 by projectnewera
Original Article Found at Carlton Bell’s Memorial site
Investigators continue to piece together a bizarre kidnapping case that turned deadly Tuesday, while family sits in shock.
Tucson police believe Carlton Bell, 26, was first kidnapped then ran over.
It happened around 10:30 Tuesday night near the intersection of Fort Lowell and Alvernon.
Police say he was either thrown out by his kidnappers or he jumped out of their moving vehicle. That’s when witnesses say an SUV ran him over.
Investigators don’t believe that driver, William Lickliter, 42, was involved in the whole ordeal but he allegedly took off. Police later found him and arrested him for leaving the scene of a deadly accident.
Now police are still looking for who’s responsible for the abduction and family members still have a lot of unanswered questions.
On Friday, family members pulled out the photo albums as they laughed and remembered the good times.
Carlton’s brother, Corey Bell says they were very close.
“My memories are snapshots, vivid pictures of what we’ve done together…our life together,” Bell said.
He says his brother was a realtor here in Tucson, who one day wanted to open his own company.
His sister, Catherine Rochez, says it still doesn’t seem real.
“It’s still not a reality. Tomorrow, I think he’s going to walk through the door and say, ‘It’s all a joke,’” Rochez said.
But they know this nightmare is real.
“You never know when you’re going to lose somebody, never. And when it happens, you wish you could turn back the hands of time,” Rochez said. “Carlton was such good person, he had a big heart,” she added.
“He loved God. He loved his family. He loved his wife,” Bell said.
And they say he loved joking around.
“In our family, when you come home, you’re supposed to give each other a hug and say, ‘I love you,’” Rochez laughed.
Instead, Carlton would say ‘olive juice.’
She said that was his way of saying it.
“So yeah, I’m going to remember that,” she laughed.
The family has set up a fund, for his wife and 4-year-old daughter. You can make a donation at any Wells Fargo branch, under the ‘Carlton Bell Memorial Fund.’
Murdered: Alicia Fruge
Posted in Murdered, Project New Era, Ridiculousness on November 19, 2008 by projectnewera
*Editor’s Note: This young lady was murdered by the father of her child before he actually turned the gun on himself. Murder/suicide. Now this child will grow up without parents. RIP.
Original Article Found at NOLA
Kenner Police are investigating a murder-suicide involving a man and his estranged girlfriend that occurred early this morning in the front yard of her residence in the 3400 block of East Louisiana State Drive, according to spokesman Shaun Watson.
Police said Jason Alexander, 26, of New Orleans, apparently shot 22-year-old Alicia Fruge twice in the face and then shot himself in the head in the front yard of Fruge’s residence. Police recovered a 9 mm Glock pistol on the scene, which is believed to have been used in the incident.
Watson said Kenner Police responded to a call shortly before 3 a.m. from Fruge’s aunt who heard gunshots outside of the residence she shared with Fruge and Fruge’s one-year-old child.
According to police, friends of Fruge said Alexander had been harassing her the entire evening by calling her on her cell phone, then confronted her at Harrah’s Casino in New Orleans. Police believe Alexander went to Fruge’s home and waited for her to return.
Police located Alexander’s vehicle parked around the corner on East Loyola Drive. The vehicle has been impounded pending a search warrant for any additional evidence, said Watson.
There had been no reported incidents of domestic violence between the two, he said.
Detective Robert McGraw is in charge of the investigation.
Chief Steve Caraway encouraged anyone with information on this incident to call the Kenner Police Department at 504.712.2222 or Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111.
Found Dead: Erika Yancey
Posted in Missing, Project New Era, Unsolved Murder on November 19, 2008 by projectnewera
*Editor’s Note: I found out about this story while working out at the gym. Apparently, Erika Yancey went missing and the manager at her apartment community found a trail of blood. He/She notified the police. Upon further investigation, the police noticed that, b/c of the way the blood was dispursed in the area, it was a struggle. Shortly after, her car was found with a body inside. There is currently an autopsy being performed to confirm that it is indeed the body of Erika Yancey. Sadly, the article posted below is the only one that I was able to find regarding this case.
Original Article Found at WJLA
HERNDON, Va. – The discovery of a blood trail at a Herndon apartment complex has led Fairfax County (web|news) police to launch a search for a woman believed to be missing.
Erika Yancey, 22, was last seen about 8:15 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the area of Dulles International Airport (web|news), where she dropped her roommate off.
Her car is also missing. It’s a gray 2007 Hyundai Elantra, displaying Virginia tags KGZ4951.
Investigators launched their search after the property manager at the Camden Dulles Station apartments in the 2300 block of Dulles Station Boulevard called to report a possible blood trail leading from the parking lot to a dumpster.
Investigators say the discovery led detectives to determine that Yancey was missing.
“To detectives, it’s rather obvious there was some kind of struggle that took place between her car and the dumpster,” Fairfax County police Ofc. Don Gotthardt said. “That, combined with the fact that she’s now missing, as well as her car, is very troubling.”
The news has been unsettling to her neighbors.
“It’s petrifying and scary, very scary,” said Michelle Ross.
“It could me, it could be her, it could be any of us,” said Tootie Renfro.
Police described Yancey as a black female, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 125 pounds. She has short, dark hair, possibly with blonde highlights, police said. She might be wearing a navy blue and gray, American Eagle sweatshirt and gray JB sweatpants.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS/8477, online at www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text “TIP187″ plus your message to CRIMES/274637 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.
Murdered: Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak & Sgt. Jan Pawek Pietrzak
Posted in Abuse, Found Dead, Hate Crime, Murdered, Project New Era, Sexual Assault, Torture on November 13, 2008 by projectnewera
*Editor’s Note: Before I catch any “flack” about having someone who is not African-American on the site, let me preface by saying that THIS was, in my humble opinion, a hate crime. Hate crimes are becoming far more common than ever and I’m afraid the statistics involving hate crimes will only increase now that we have elected Barack Obama as president. The victims, as shown in the photo, were an interracial couple murdered by FOUR BLACK men. This story is absolutely heart wrenching. It is said that Quiana was in the process of writing Thank You notes (for the wedding) when the accused came into the house, tortured both victims and raped her before killing them both, execution style. Why?
Original Article Found at NBC San Diego
Court records indicate four Marines acknowledged they had roles in the robbery, sexual assault and murder of a Camp Pendleton-based Iraq veteran and his wife last month in Riverside County.
Pvt. Kevin Darnell Cox, 20, of Tennessee; Pvt. Emrys John, 18, of Maryland; Lance Cpl. Tyrone Miller, 20, of North Carolina; and Pvt. Kesuan Sykes, 21, of California face murder charges in connection with the case.
The four were charged Tuesday with the execution-style slayings of Marine Sgt. Jan Pawek Pietrzak and Quiana Faye Jenkins-Pietrzak. The couple, who were originally from New York, were found gagged, tied and shot in the head on Oct. 15 in the living room of their home in Winchester. Sheriff’s deputies were called after the sergeant failed to show up for work.
The couple’s home was ransacked and jewelry and other items were taken. A fire was set, apparently in an effort to destroy evidence. The Camp Pendleton-based Marine sergeant and his wife were tortured before they were shot execution-style, according to a published report.
Investigators said they believe the motive was financial in nature.
Pietrzak’s mother, Henryka Pietrzak-Varga, prepared herself the possibility that her son could die in Iraq, but, in her words, “to die like this, in their own home? They were good kids. They didn’t deserve to die like this.”
The couple married in August and had been living off-base in Winchester in a five-bedroom home they recently purchased that had been foreclosed, according to the paper.
Add’l Articles:
NY Daily News (Various Articles)
Victim’s Mother Makes Plea to Obama
Follow Up to Murderers
Murdered: Kennah Wilson & Unborn Child
Posted in Crime, Murdered, Project New Era on November 13, 2008 by projectnewera
Original Article Found at Mercury News
OAKLAND — Kennah Wilson, 18, was seven months pregnant and excited about becoming a new mother. She already knew she would name her baby girl Kamilah Donyea and had selected the color scheme for her upcoming baby shower.
On Friday evening Wilson, was outside of her East Oakland apartment telling friends and neighbors to save the date for her Oct.12 baby shower when gunmen opened fired on the group.
There in front of the building at 8200 block of MacArthur Boulevard and where about 30 other people were standing Wilson and her unborn child’s life were suddenly cut short.
Police are classifying both deaths as homicides, bringing the total this year to 94.
In addition, four others were wounded including two 15-year-old boys, a 20-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman. All live in Oakland and police were not sure if any of them were related.
Lead investigator Sgt. Lou Cruz on Saturday called the carnage “a devastating act of violence,” adding it was fortunate no one else was hurt.
Police said that block of Mac Arthur Boulevard been the site of previous deadly shootings.
On June 30, 24-year-old Zaire Washington was shot to death on the street outside the same apartment building. That shooting was also close to where Shaneice Davis, 21, was fatally wounded by an errant bullet as she slept in her apartment in April. She was hit by a bullet fired at a group of men attending a memorial service for another slaying victim on the street outside her home.
Missing: Tecora Young
Posted in Missing, Project New Era on November 13, 2008 by projectnewera
Cherokee County Deputies are searching for a missing 77-year-old woman last seen at a relative’s birthday party on Oct. 18, according to a release from the sheriff’s office issued on Thursday. A family is frantic with worry after their 77 year old cousin leaves a birthday party and never made it home.
Investigators say Tecora Young’s family last saw her on October 18th at a relatives home on Estelle Road in Gaffney. Young was in town visiting from Asheville for her Aunt’s birthday.
Young’s family says the 77 year old is in good health and would not just up and disappear. The family says they have driven through town looking for her, but so far her disappearance is still a mystery.
“It’s under God’s control but I wish if someone or anyone has seen her I truly wish they call,” Annie Huey said. Huey is worried something happened to her cousin.
Tecora Young is described as a black woman, 5’10” and 200lbs. She is possibly driving a dark green 2002 Buick Century with North Carolina tags, no. TWD 6400.
Anyone with information about Young and her whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 864-489-4722 or CrimeStoppers at 864-489-CRIME.
Murdered: Shaneice Davis
Posted in Found Dead, Murdered, Project New Era, Ridiculousness on November 13, 2008 by projectnewera
Original Article Found at KTVN
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – A 21-year-old Oakland woman who was hit by a stray bullet as she slept in her bed has died.
Authorities say Shaneice Davis was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon after being taken off life support.
Police say the stray shot went through her apartment wall and struck her while she slept in her bed late Monday night.
She is a mother of a 1-year-old daughter, who was not in the apartment at the time.
The shot was 1 of several fired during a fired in a barrage of rounds at a group of teens attending a memorial for another shooting victim.
Three men at the memorial were also hit by the gunfire. They are expected to recover from their wounds.
Murder Mystery Solved: Edwina Jackson
Posted in Justice, Murdered, Project New Era on November 13, 2008 by projectnewera
Original Article Found at Palm Beach Post
FORT PIERCE — A Burger King value meal proved the undoing of 17-year-old Alden Benjamin White, who was convicted Friday of killing a 30-year-old Port St. Lucie woman and wounding her fiancé in a brash drive-by shooting last summer.
White, who was 16 and a resident of Cocoa when the shooting occurred near 29th Street and Avenue B in Fort Pierce, shook his head and glanced nervously at his mother, sister and girlfriend as the verdict was read at 4 p.m. His sister sobbed uncontrollably and left the courtroom, while his mother wept silently.Six jurors deliberated two hours before finding the teen guilty of second-degree murder and attempted murder in the execution-style slaying of Edwina Sheree Jackson and the shooting of Ricardo Thomas, who has recovered.
Prosecutors offered no motive for the crime – speculating outside the courtroom that White may have encountered Thomas at a rap concert in Cocoa – but they argued a time-stamped Burger King receipt and White’s DNA found on a chewed straw in the attackers’ car linked him and an accomplice to the couple’s shooting.
Defense attorney Christopher Beres argued that the straw and DNA could have been left in the car anytime before the shooting, but Assistant State Attorney Daryl Isenhower said ice was still melting in a cup near the straw – part of a Burger King Whopper meal bought in Cocoa 90 minutes before the crime.
Follow Up Regarding 2nd Suspect, Jarrell Bookhart
Murdered: Rikia Ross
Posted in Murdered, Project New Era on November 13, 2008 by projectnewera
Original Article Found at AJC
A man approached a parked car in Clayton County and opened fire Tuesday night, killing a teenage girl and wounding another, police said. But a man inside the car returned fire, killing the assailant.
The dead girl was identified as Rikia Ross, 16, of Riverdale. She died at Southern Regional Hospital.
Police said the assailant, LaShawn Minor, 34, of Atlanta, approached the car on Bellwood Lane in Riverdale, wearing a bandanna on his face. He began firing and hit Ross and an unidentified 15-year-old girl, who was wounded in the hand.
An adult male passenger, whose name was not released, returned fire and Minor fell dead in front of the car with the bandanna still on his face, said Clayton police Lt. Rebecca Brown.
Brown said the shooting of Minor was ruled self-defense. Police said the motive appeared to be robbery, but the case was still under investigation.
Raped & Murdered: Dymia Woody
Posted in abduction, Found Dead, Murdered, Project New Era, Ridiculousness,Sexual Assault on November 6, 2008 by projectnewera
Original Article Found at Fox Carolina
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The Greenville County Coroner’s Office said a missing girl whose body was found in a closet in a vacant home was sexually assaulted and then suffocated.
The body of 8-year-old Dymia Woody was found in a mobile home at 104 Carly Drive late Monday night.
The discovery was made by a search dog that was helping locate the girl after her mother reported her missing around 10:30 p.m. Monday.
Deputies said the dog found an open door on the vacant mobile home, went inside and found Woody’s body inside a closet.
The coroner’s office said Woody died from asphyxiation because of a breathing obstruction. They said there were also visible signs of sexual assault on Woody’s body.
The coroner’s office said they are being vague about the circumstances surrounding the girl’s death to protect the integrity of the investigation.
Deputies spent much of Tuesday morning collecting DNA and clothing samples from people in the community.
Residents said they are shocked and that Woody was not the type of child to stay out too late. They describe their neighborhood as tight-knit, where everyone knows each other.
“This is horrible,” said Renee Woody, Dymia’s mother. “I wouldn’t wish this on anybody, and I don’t know why this happened. I just want answers. That’s all.”
As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, deputies had not made an arrest in the case.
Stay with FOX Carolina and foxcarolina.com for the latest information.
RIP: Adrian Clay aka Shari Campbell
Posted in Hate Crime, Project New Era, Unsolved Murder on November 6, 2008 by projectnewera
*Editor’s Note: Hate crimes are NOT acceptable! May Adrian rest in peace!
Original Article Found at KSAT
SAN ANTONIO — Friends of a man found beaten and stabbed to death one week ago are calling his death a hate crime.
Adrian Clay, also known as Shari Campbell, was popular in San Antonio’s gay community, friends said. Clay would dance at drag competitions and fundraisers, spending a lot of his time to raise money for AIDS awareness and research, said friend Alexis Vallerio.
“He was like the class clown,” she said. “He was there to bring people up when they were sad, (he) was there to give a helping hand whenever we needed him.”
Vallerio, along with other friends of Clay, believe he was the victim of a hate crime when he was found dead on the 4800 block of Presa Road near a bar called The Boss.
Clay was dressed in drag as he left the bar about 2 a.m., friends said, and was found bleeding and unconscious near the bar. Clay was taken to the hospital, but later died of his injuries.
Friends of Clay are asking anybody with information to contact Crime Stoppers. A benefit fundraiser is also scheduled for Thursday evening at the Silver Dollar Night Club at 1422 North Main Ave.
Police said they have not classified Clay’s death as a hate crime because they have no motives or suspects.
Anybody with information about Clay’s death is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 210-224-7867.
Youtube Clip
Don’t Have Kids Then
Posted in Project New Era, Ridiculousness on November 4, 2008 by projectnewera
*Editor’s Note: I am absolutely SICK of women having children and then after the 9 months is up, deciding “Oh wait…I don’t REALLY want to be a mother!” It’s called BIRTH CONTROL, CONDOMS, ABSTINENCE! I get tired of irresponsible mothers. When you become a mother, your child is your FIRST obligation (or at least it should be). If you don’t want any obligations that don’t include putting on a freakum dress and poppin’ bottles of Patron all night, then by all means, leave the baby making to those who are actually READY for the responsibility. Occurrences like these are happening far too often! And quite frankly, PNE is sick of writing about them!
Original Article Found at WLTX
Union County (WSPA) — Two Union women face child neglect charges after police say they left their five children – ages 8 to 1 – home alone while they went to a party in another town.
Gale Lindeman, 26, and Mikicia Byrd, 25, were arrested Friday and charged with unlawful conduct toward a child. According to Union Public Safety reports, the incident occurred on October 18th. At 11:15pm an officer was called to Rose Hill Garden Apartments for a separate incident when he found the women’s five children had been left alone.
A 7-year old girl told the officer her mother had left around 8:00pm to go to a party in Spartanburg. The girl was left with her younger siblings, ages 3 and 1, and two other children, ages 8 and 4. Police reports say Lindeman’s mother came home 30 minutes later and told the officer she thought her daughter was watching the children.
The woman called Lindeman and let the officer speak to her. He says Lindeman told him she thought her mother was watching the children.
Chief Sam White says the children were placed in emergency protective custody and taken by DSS. He says it took the investigator several days to determine who was telling the truth about who was supposed to be watching the children, which is why the women were not arrested until Friday. Both women are out of jail on bond.
Byrd’s daughter told the officer her mother had left them alone several times.
Stabbed to Death: Courtland Jones
Posted in Project New Era, Ridiculousness on November 1, 2008 by projectnewera
Original Article Found at KATV
A Monticello man and his daughter face first-degree murder and assault charges after police say they stabbed a teenage boy to death over a July 4th fireworks accident.
Police say 48-year-old Clarence Ammons and 19-year-old Alicia Ammons attacked 15-year-old Courtland Jones after the teen shot an 8-month-old child with a bottle rocket or a roman candle. Jones suffered at least one stab wound to his neck during the fight.
Police say Jones died Saturday at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Officers at the scene of the stabbing found three knives, one soaked in blood.
Alicia Ammons’ sister, Shene Ammons, said Jones’ death is tragic but she defended her sister’s actions. She says her sister’s was simply protecting her baby.
Arkansas State Police investigators say both Ammons are accusing the other of being Jones’ killer. Both are being held in the Drew County jail on $100,000 bond.
Murdered: Daniel Brandt
Posted in Murdered, Project New Era, Ridiculousness, Unsolved Murder on November 1, 2008 by projectnewera
*Editor’s Note: The internet is NUTS! Seriously! People, be careful about who you agree to meet here!
Original Article Found at NY Daily News
A popular Brooklyn car salesman was lured to his death after he went to Coney Island for a date with a woman he met online, cops said.
Daniel Brandt, 24, who worked at an Infiniti auto dealership, thought he was going to meet the new girlfriend at the Sea Rise apartment complex there.
Instead, he was confronted by two armed men around 1 a.m., police said.
“He had been in a conversation with a woman and he was going to meet her,” a police source said. “He thought he was hooking up with the female.”
The source said Brandt was lured up to the fourth floor of the tower, where the gunmen robbed him of his cash and other property then shot him once in the head.
Medics rushed the victim to Coney Island Hospital but he could not be saved, police said.
“I just want to know who killed my son and why,” said heartbroken mom, Courtney Brandt, 41. “He’s the sweetest man you’ll ever know.”
“He was all I had,” added his grandmother, Corrine Brandt, 87, at the Williamsburg apartment she shared with him. “It just won’t be the same.”
Police sources said investigators are still trying to determine whether Brandt was set up by the mystery woman or if he was the unlucky victim of a pair of opportunistic attackers.
Cops were hunting for the killers and the woman, but no arrests had been made.
“He was very trustworthy, and that’s what got him killed,” said Kim Fuller, 49, a family friend.
Until recently, Brandt had been a salesman at Infiniti of Manhattan but had moved on to another dealership selling the high-end vehicles, a friend said.
On his MySpace.com page, Brandt also described himself as a party promoter and part-time model.
Murdered: TJ Darrisaw
Posted in Murdered, Project New Era on November 1, 2008 by projectnewera
Original Article Found at Yahoo! News
SUMTER, S.C. – An ex-convict who thought he was being robbed gunned down a 12-year-old trick-or-treater, spraying nearly 30 rounds with an assault rifle from inside his home after hearing a knock on the door, police said Saturday.
Quentin Patrick, 22, is accused of killing 12-year-old T.J. Darrisaw on Friday night. T.J.’s 9-year-old brother, Ahmadre Darrisaw, and their father, Freddie Grinnell, were injured but were released after being treated at a hospital.
The family attended a Halloween celebration in downtown Sumter, 45 miles east of Columbia, then stopped at Patrick’s house because the porch light was on, police said. Another sibling was with them, but wasn’t hurt.
Police said at least two of the boys were wearing ghoulish masks when they knocked on the door. The boys’ mother and a toddler stayed in the car nearby.
Patrick emptied his AK-47, shooting at least 29 times through his front door, walls and windows after hearing the knock, Police Chief Patty Patterson said.
He told police he had been robbed and shot in the past year.
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