Monthly Archives: November 2009
Police say nurse videotaped sex abuse of patients under anesthesia
By Calvin Palmer A nurse anesthetist in Georgia is being held in jail without bond after videotapes he took of patients under anesthetic showed one of his victims to be a juvenile. Paul Patrick Serdula, 47, of Marietta, was arrested … Continue reading
U.S. Census worker staged his death to look like murder
By Calvin Palmer A U.S Census worker found hanged with “fed” scrawled on his chest was not the victim of anti-government sentiment, according to police. Bill Sparkman, 51, commited suicide but staged his death to look like murder so that … Continue reading
Three university lacrosse team players charged with sexual assault of student
By Calvin Palmer Three Sacred Heart University lacrosse players have been charged in connection with the sexual assault of a female student. Nicholas Travers, 18, of Smithtown, New York; Zachari Triner, 18, of Marshfield, Massachusetts; and Timothy Sanders, 19, of … Continue reading
Pittsburgh Steelers fan charged with killing puppy before game
By Calvin Palmer A Pittsburgh Steelers fan is in jail today after allegedly kicking his girlfriend’s puppy to death because it would not behave before the start of yesterday’s televised game against the Kansas City Chiefs. William Woodson, 22, of … Continue reading
Knox’s hatred of room mate triggered ‘an unstoppable crescendo of violence’
By Calvin Palmer The hatred American Amanda Knox harbored for British exchange student and room mate Meredith Kercher led to “an unstoppable crescendo of violence” that resulted in the British girl’s murder, an Italian court heard today. Chief prosecutor Giuliano … Continue reading
Man weighing 800 pounds dies after spending seven months in a recliner
By Calvin Palmer Firefighters and EMS personnel had to dismantle the chair of an obese South Carolina man after he became literally welded to the recliner in which he had spent the past seven months. Claude Daniel Tillman Webb, 33, … Continue reading
Student out collecting frogs shot dead by hunter
By Calvin Palmer A Virginia college student out collecting frogs for a biology class was shot dead yesterday by a hunter who mistook her and her classmates for deer. A Ferrum College spokeswoman says three students were collecting frogs yesterday … Continue reading
Guede tells court of ‘piercing scream’ after Knox and Kercher argued
By Calvin Palmer Rudy Guede, convicted last year of killing British exchange student Meredith Kercher, today addressed a court in Italy as he launched his appeal against his 30-year prison sentence. Guede, 22, told the court in Perugia he heard … Continue reading
Six held after dying woman found in street with one of her hands cut off
By Calvin Palmer Six men are being questioned by police after a young woman was found in a London street with severe head injuries and one of her hands cut off. The 26-year-old woman was found by passersby lying in … Continue reading
