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Man charged in tire shop shooting

January 26th, 2012 - Comments »

LA PALOMA, Texas — Report states a Mexican national was arraigned Thursday on a murder charge in connection with a slaying in La Paloma that authorities believe was over a debt of $10,000 in truck tires.

San Benito Police and Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Pedro Rodriguez, 23, late Wednesday in a San Benito Walmart. Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio said Rodriguez, who is facing a murder charge, had called police to turn himself in.

Former dance teacher found guilty of sex assaults

January 26th, 2012 - Comments »

Stacey Aldridge

AUSTIN, Texas — A 44-year-old former Austin hip-hop dance instructor was found guilty Thursday by a Travis County jury for sexually assaulting two teenagers after a night out in 2010.

Stacey Aldridge was convicted of two counts of sexual assault and acquitted of one count and faces up to 20 years in prison for each conviction. The sentencing phase in state District Judge Mike Lynch’s court continues today.

“The defendant befriended, he manipulated, he groomed and then he incapacitated these teenagers, and then he assaulted them,” prosecutor Mark Pryor said during closing arguments.

Suspect sought in attack that left victim in coma

January 25th, 2012 - Comments »

FORT WORTH, Texas — Police are in search of a third suspect in a New Year’s Day assault that left a man in a coma.

According to a new release issued Tuesday, police responding to fight call about 2:30 a.m. found a man lying on the ground and unresponsive outside a Fina gas station in the 4200 block of Miller Avenue.

The release stated a fight between two men “escalated to a violent aggravated assault where two more adult males caused serious bodily injury to the sole individual who began fighting for his life.”

Man arrested in March slaying of prostitute

January 24th, 2012 - Comments »

Jonathan David Stephens Photo: Houston Police Department/HC

HOUSTON, Texas — Investigators arrested and charged a 26-year-old man with murder in the slaying of a 44-year-old prostitute whose nude body was found face down in a roadside ditch in east Houston last March.

Police found the body of Rachel Michelle Burrell next to a cemetery and near a sign that read “no dumping.” Clothing was thrown on top of the woman, who authorities later determined was beaten and strangled.

Burrell has a criminal record dating to the early 1990s with nearly 30 arrests, almost half of which were for prostitution.

Men accused of stealing, burning car

January 24th, 2012 - Comments »

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Authorities said two men were arrested by Brownsville police Monday and that investigators are still searching for a third accomplice for allegedly stealing and torching a vehicle.

Jaime Antonio Esparza, 21, and Mario Aurelio Colon, 23, are facing charges of theft of a motor vehicle and engaging in organized criminal activity.

Police spokesman J.J. Trevino said Esparza also implicated himself in three other home burglaries upon arrest. He faces additional charges of three counts of burglary of a habitation.

Two men shot during robberies in Cleveland

January 24th, 2012 - Comments »

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The law enforcement officials say that two robberies that took place left two Cleveland man hospitalized after being shot, according to the reports.

The first shooting victim was a 25-year old West side man who was shot in a driveway in the 7500 block of Denison Avenue where the Cleveland police and the medic personnel were called to respond.

Cleveland police investigators say that the shooting incident stemmed from a robbery that took place at around 12:30 a.m. early Tuesday morning, according to the reports.

Wooster man wanted for murder arrested in Mississippi

January 24th, 2012 - Comments »

WOOSTER, Ohio – Reports say that the man who shot and killed a 21-year-old officer was arrested Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force Akron Division and the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Mississippi.

The 23-year-old Wooster man was wanted for murder by the Wooster police in connection with the shooting death of 21-year-old Clifford Johnson, according to the Wooster Police Department.

The shooting took place on the evening of December 10, 2011. He was shot in the front yard of a house on East North Street. The responding officers and medic personnel found him lying on the ground with a single gunshot wound to his back, according to the reports.

Cincinnati Police Officer Accused Of Threatening Woman

January 23rd, 2012 - Comments »

EVANSTON, Ohio – Reports say that a Cincinnati Police officer who is accused of assaulting an Evanston woman in her home was arrested and appeared before the judge Monday, according to the reports.

Cincinnati Police Officer Ronald Kiner

Cincinnati Police Officer Ronald Kiner had served the force for twelve years and  is now facing an aggravated burglary charges in connection with the incident that took place at a residence of an Evanston woman  in the 3000 block of Paul Street who called the police, reports say.

18-year-old killed during apparent burglary had history of theft

January 23rd, 2012 - Comments »

DAYTON, OhioPolice in Dayton say that the 18-year-old girl who was shot and killed in an alleged home-invasion had a troubled past  that includes theft and was probably involved in a burglary about a block away prior to her shooting death, according to the reports.

The family members of the 18-year-old Rovena Turner expressed their side in saying that the teen, even though she had a troubled past will never commit things against her family. They say that some people who were inside the home were a family.

Police search for robbery suspect in Monroe County

January 23rd, 2012 - Comments »

MONROE TOWNSHIP, Ohio– The law enforcement officials in Monroe Township say that an armed robbery took place early Monday morning in a local gas station where the robber was able to escape with an undisclosed amount of money, according to the reports.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says that the man who was armed with a handgun entered the Sunoco Gas Station at 15522 South Telegraph Road at Dunbar Road and directly approached the teller of the business.

The armed robbery took place at around 5 a.m. early Monday morning. Reports indicated that the teller was threatened and that the suspect demanded money from the teller.