Wednesday, January 07, 2004

 

News Across the Country ...

From the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News: Teen trips purse-snatch suspect
A 14-year-old Miamisburg girl is being commended by Miami Twp. police for her quick thinking and bravery in helping a group of residents make a citizens arrest.

Morgan Ruppert spotted a purse snatch suspect running in her direction, being chased by a group of residents, when she instinctively ran toward him. She reached out and grabbed at the purse strings of the stolen purse, and gave the running man a hefty kick in the shins.

It caused him to trip, and he fell to the ground, where the men chasing him pinned him down and held him until police arrived.

Also from Dayton: Husband shot wife in argument about $600, police chief says
An 85-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his wife at their German Twp. home Sunday evening.

Emory C. Atkins is accused of shooting his wife, Vatura A. Atkins, 79, twice in the head at about 5:15 p.m. during a heated argument about missing money, according to German Twp. police. Atkins said he found $600 missing from a bank box at the residence and began arguing with his wife about the cash, said police chief W.L. Wilcox. "At some point he grabbed a revolver and shot her," Wilcox said.
From the Bakersfield Californian: Caregiver pleads no contest
A 38-year-old Bakersfield woman pleaded no contest Tuesday to second-degree murder in connection with the Aug. 4 beating death of a toddler in east Bakersfield. Coyetta Cooper entered the plea on the condition she be sentenced to no more than 15 years to life in prison.
The murder charge stems from the death of Raymonte Devon Bailey, 22 months, who was one of five children Cooper cared for in an apartment on the 3400 block of Edison Highway.
The investigation into Raymonte's death also led to seven child molestation charges against her husband, Keithen Cooper, 43. The charges allege he repeatedly engaged in various sexual acts with five children between 1993 and 2000. Four of those children were no longer with the Coopers in 2003. Keithen Cooper is also charged with child abuse in the case of a 3-year-old boy who suffered second-degree scalding burns in April.

From the Houston Chronicle: Former judge barred from office seeks DA job
Four months after a state panel removed him from the bench, former District Judge Terry Canales is running for district attorney.
The state Commission on Judicial Conduct ruled in September that Canales should be removed from the bench and barred from holding judicial office in Texas.
According to the panel's unanimous opinion, Canales sometimes engaged in inappropriate, unsolicited, sexually suggestive behavior in his chambers, including forcibly kissing and fondling two young women.

posted by Anne 1/07/2004 05:02:00 AM