May 22, 2013

Cleveland Kidnaps Suspect Will Plead Not Guilty, Lawyer Says

“The initial portrayal by the media has been one of a ‘monster’ and that’s not the impression that I got when I talked to him for three hours,” attorney Craig Weintraub tells Cleveland’s WKYC-TV. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us News

Police ID suspect in New Orleans mass shooting

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police late Monday identified a 19-year-old man as a suspect in the shooting of about 20 people during a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, saying several people had identified him as the gunman captured by surveillance camera videos. Top Headlines

2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Police stormed a New Jersey home early Sunday and fatally shot a registered sex offender who had held his girlfriend’s three children hostage, ending their 37-hour ordeal and recovering the bodies of the captives’ mother and another sibling, authorities said. Top Headlines

2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A registered sex offender who barricaded himself for days in a home with his girlfriend’s three children was shot to death Sunday as police rescued the captives and recovered the bodies of their mother and another sibling, authorities said. Top Headlines

2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The bodies of a woman and her 13-year-old son were found after a dayslong standoff, and her boyfriend was killed as officers stormed the home to rescue three other children he had been holding captive, authorities said Sunday. Top Headlines

DNA test shows Ohio kidnap suspect fathered girl

CLEVELAND (AP) — As relatives of the Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect recounted claims of his unnerving paranoia and violent outbursts, DNA testing confirmed the man accused of holding three women captive for nearly a decade is the father of a 6-year-old girl who also escaped from the house. Top Headlines

Cleveland Kidnapping Suspect Could Face Thousands Of Charges

The local prosecutor reportedly may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro, and also might file charges for every day of kidnapping and every act of sexual violence, among other offenses. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us News

Prosecutor: Suspect lured Ohio captives into car

CLEVELAND (AP) — Ariel Castro was ordered held on $ 8 million bail Thursday as prosecutors laid out more of their case against the man accused of imprisoning three young women, saying he lured them into his car, beat them repeatedly over a decade and used them “in whatever self-gratifying, self-serving way he saw fit.” [...]

Suspect in Ohio kidnappings due in court Thursday

CLEVELAND (AP) — Three women found alive after a decade in captivity endured lonely, dark lives inside a dingy home where they were raped and allowed outside only a handful of times in disguises while walking to a garage steps away, investigators say. Top Headlines

Suspect in Ohio kidnappings due in court Thursday

CLEVELAND (AP) — Three women found alive after a decade in captivity endured lonely, dark lives inside a dingy home where they were raped and allowed outside only a handful of times in disguises while walking to a garage steps away, investigators say. Top Headlines