May 9, 2009

Fugitive Zinkhan’s body found in woods

By Calvin Palmer
The body of the University of Georgia professor suspected of killing three people was found today.
Police with dogs searching a wooded area in Bogart, Clarke County, found the body of marketing professor George Zinkhan 1.3 miles from where he abandoned his red Jeep Liberty.
The body was taken away at 1:45 p.m. and will [...]

May 9, 2009

Boy, 7, dies from his wounds in Texas ‘trespass’ shooting

By Calvin Palmer
One of four people shot by a Texas husband and wife for allegedly trespassing on their property in Liberty County died this morning at Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center, police said.
Seven-year-old Donald Coffey Jr was riding with his father on Thursday evening near a Trinity River levee when property owners Gale and Sheila [...]

May 9, 2009

Troops sodomize pygmies to gain “supernatural powers”

By Calvin Palmer
A human rights group today accused government troops of sodomizing pygmies in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The troops commit the act in the belief they will gain supernatural powers.
“Some soldiers from the 85th Brigade sodomised three male pygmies to gain supernatural powers and protection in Kisa village in Walikale territory,” [...]

May 9, 2009

Mother posted sex for sale ad to get revenge on neighbor’s daughter

By Calvin Palmer
A dispute between two nine-year-old New York girls led the mother of one to post an ad on Craigslist offering sex and giving contact details for the mother of the other girl.
Suffolk County police have arrested Margery Tannenbaum, 40, of Hauppauge on Long Island, and charged her with aggravated harassment in a plot [...]

May 9, 2009

Three shot dead in SUV shortly after leaving St Louis nightclub

By Calvin Palmer
Three men were shot dead yesterday shortly after leaving a nightclub in downtown St Louis when their SUV stopped at a stoplight.
Another vehicle drew alongside and two people fired at least 14 shots at the red SUV, police said.
It appears the shooters were targeting the men in the SUV. All three victims were [...]

May 9, 2009

Texas mother of nine gets 10 years in jail for storing dead fetus in fridge

By Calvin Palmer
A 28-year-old Texas mother of nine arrested after police found a dead fetus stored in the refrigerator of her filthy home was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison.
Gloria Ramirez, who is eight months pregnant, looked down as the sentence was read.
A  jury in Lubbock sentenced her to 10 years for the one [...]

May 9, 2009

Police enter siege house and find gunman dead

By Calvin Palmer
The siege of the gunman suspected of shooting three New Zealand police officers ended today after police entered the house in Napier and found Jan Molenaar’s dead body barricaded in a room at the back of the house.
Fearing that the 51-year-old former army reservist had rigged the house on Chaucer Road with explosives, [...]