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Ohio Women Charged in Assault on 71-Year-Old Walmart Greeter
By David Lohr - AOL NewsA woman and her adult daughter have been charged with assaulting and threatening an elderly department store greeter in northeastern Ohio after what authorities report was a wild episode of extreme customer dissatisfaction. According to police, Ashley Jackson, 21, and her mother, Toni Duncan, 49, were shopping Saturday at a Walmart in Elyria, southwest of Cleveland, when they became angry after a customer service employee did not assist them to their satisfaction in reloading a gift card and sending a money order. Elyria Police Dept. Toni Duncan, left, was charged with assault and ...
Scout's Dishonor: Florida Mom Arrested in Fight Over Girl Scout Cookies
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsSell the most Girl Scout Cookies and you might get a merit badge. Attack someone in an argument over Girl Scout Cookies and you'll see a police badge. Police in Florida say a Collier County mom earned a demerit when she assaulted her roommate in a dispute over Thin Mint cookies. Hersha Howard, 31, is accusing of waking up her housemate on Feb. 20 and blaming the woman for eating her Girl Scout cookies, the Naples Daily News reports. ...
Scott Brown Tells '60 Minutes' He Was Molested as Child
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsMassachusetts Sen. Scott Brown has decided the time is right to publicly reveal a secret he has kept inside for many years. In an interview scheduled to air on CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday, the Republican congressman reflects openly for the first time on his childhood hardships, including episodes of abuse from his stepfather and being sexually assaulted by a camp counselor when he was 10 years old. "Fortunately, nothing was ever fully consummated, so to speak," Brown told correspondent Leslie Stahl. "It was certainly, back then, very traumatic." Brown also mentioned that he has never ...
Detroit Police Hunt Serial Rapist, Release 3 Sketches
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsDetroit police hunting a serial rapist they say has preyed on eight women since Jan. 1 have released three sketches of a suspect they hope will lead to an arrest. "We want to stop this madness as soon as possible," Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. said at a news conference Monday. Seven women have been sexually assaulted and an eighth was a victim of an attempted rape since the year began, police said, according to the Detroit Free Press. The victims are all black women ranging in age from 17 to 33, police said. The attacker is described as a black man, about 5 feet 9 inches ...
Prosecutors: Weather Anchor Heidi Jones Wanted Attention
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe New York City meteorologist accused of lying to police about being assaulted appeared in a Manhattan court today as prosecutors presented documents alleging that she faked her story for attention. Dressed in a dark dress suit, Heidi Jones briefly appeared before Criminal Court Judge Lynn Kotler with her attorney, Paul Callan. Jones said nothing as she listened to Assistant District Attorney Shanda Strain detail the case against her, which could earn her up to a year in prison. The 37-year-old WABC-TV weather anchor and occasional forecaster on "Good Morning America" went to police on ...
Woman Arrested in Christmas Tree Attack
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsOn Christmas Eve, some people deck the halls -- others apparently deck their folks. Police in Connecticut say Francheska Terrero attacked her parents with a Christmas tree early on Dec. 24. At around 12:30 a.m., West Hartford police received a call from a mother who claimed her 19-year-old daughter had hurled a tannenbaum at her father, NBCConnecticut.com reports. ...
Kevin Alexander Arrested Prior to Being Released by Broncos
By Dennis J. Georgatos - AOL NewsENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Denver Broncos linebacker Kevin Alexander was arrested Monday for investigation of assault and battery of his girlfriend, police in suburban Aurora said. Later in the day, Broncos interim coach Eric Studesville said that Alexander had been released. Team officials said Alexander's release was a football decision that had nothing to do with his arrest. Defensive back Chevis Jackson was signed to fill Alexander's roster spot. Alexander, 23, was taken into custody soon after police were called to an apartment complex by his girlfriend. He posted $2,000 bond and was issued a ...
Woman Samaritan Helps Save Cop From Beating
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(Dec. 15) -- When the going gets tough, it's time to help out your local police officer. An Ohio cop is thankful for the community spirit of a woman who helped save him from a violent assault during a routine traffic stop. Jonathan Seiter was locked in a scuffle with a driver last weekend after a discussion about a missing headlight turned violent. The fight, captured on a camera sitting on Seiter's dashboard, went on for more than a minute, with the assailant grabbing for Seiter's stun gun. Then, a passing woman appeared out of nowhere. She beat the assailant about the head and soon Seiter ...
Police: 7 Arrested in Brutal Anti-Gay Attacks in NYC
By Carl Franzen - AOL NewsNEW YORK (Oct. 8) -- Seven suspected members of a Bronx, N.Y., street gang have been arrested and charged with anti-gay hate crimes for sadistic sexual attacks on two 17-year-old boys, including one aspiring gang member, and a 30-year-old man, police say. The beatings -- which involved two episodes of sodomy, with a broom handle and bat, respectively -- were reportedly sparked after the suspects cornered the teen who wanted to join their gang (who they had already beat as a part of an initiation ritual) and tortured him further into revealing that he and the other teen had engaged in gay sex ...
Stonewall Inn Anti-Gay Beating: What Constitutes a Hate Crime?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 5) -- In the early hours of Sunday morning, two presumably straight men beat up a gay man in the bathroom of the Stonewall Inn, New York's most iconic gay bar, famed for the 1969 riots against police persecution that many credit with kicking off the modern gay rights movement. As the victim, Benjamin Carver, described the incident, his two attackers were in the bathroom when Carver went to relieve himself. One said, "Don't pee next to me, f-----," and they demanded money from Carver before attacking him. Matthew Francis and Christopher Orlando were promptly arrested and have been ...
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