By Calvin Palmer
The Connecticut woman held hostage by her ex-husband since 9:00 a.m. today escaped from her captor this evening as the house was surrounded by police and a SWAT team.
Nancy Tyler was debriefed by police and was taken away in an ambulance to St Francis Hospital in Hartford.
Twenty minutes later, power was cut to [...]
July 7, 2009
Shots fired after woman hostage escapes from her captor
July 7, 2009
Oklahoma couple held after remains of daughter, 11, found in storage unit
By Calvin Palmer
An Oklahoma couple is being held in Hill County Jail in Montana, after being charged in their home state with unlawful removal of a body after the remains of their 11-year-old daughter were found in a storage unit in Oregon.
Abel Wolf, 35, and Denise Wolf, 40, were being held without bail after their [...]
July 7, 2009
Racist graffiti at fire station angers chief
By Calvin Palmer
It is more a case of backlash than backdraft within Houston Fire Department these days following the discovery this morning of racist graffiti scrawled on the door of the female quarters at Intercontinental Airport’s Fire Station 54.
The discovery by two female firefighters – one black and one white – as they reported for [...]
July 7, 2009
Throwing fan out of the ball game leads to $10,000 payoff
By Calvin Palmer
A baseball fan is $10,000 richer thanks to a settlement in the lawsuit he brought against the New York Yankees and New York City.
Bradford Campeau-Laurion, 30, claimed he was ejected from the Yankee Stadium by a police officer because he left his seat to use the bathroom during the playing of God Bless America.
The [...]
July 7, 2009
Serial killer shot dead by police
By Calvin Palmer
Residents of Gaffney, South Carolina, can once again rest easy. The serial killer who terrorized the community was shot dead by police in North Carolina yesterday.
Patrick Tracy Burris, 41, was shot by officers investigating a burglary in Gastonia, 30 miles from where the killing spree that claimed five lives started on June 27.
Bullets [...]
