01/31/2002 08:54:23 Officer DENNIS McNAMARA (43) - killed in the line of duty Thomas James Campbell - arrested for murder UPPER DARBY, Pennsylvania Suspect in police shooting was member of Pagans bike gang --(AP)--A member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club fatally shot a police officer Wednesday night and was captured hours later when he wrecked his car, police said. Upper Darby cop slain; suspect tied to Pagans--(Philadelphia News)--An Upper Darby police officer was slain in the line of duty last night after he was shot in the face by a Pagan motorcycle gang member, police said. Police officer shot to death in Upper Darby--(Philadelphia Inquirer) _______________________ 01/31/2002 08:51:03 Noelle Bush - charged with prescription drug fraud TALLAHASSEE, Florida Governor's Daughter To Be Arraigned On Fraud Charges--(WPLG)-- Gov. Jeb Bush's daughter will be arraigned today on charges of prescription drug fraud. If Noelle Bush, 24, is convicted, she could face up to five years in prison and be fined up to $5,000. Medication taken before crash, Police: There was no reason to test Gov. Bush's daughter for impairment--(Tallahassee)--Noelle Bush, daughter of Gov. Jeb Bush, told Tallahassee police after a September 2000 car crash that she'd taken prescription medication before the wreck. Noelle Bush Took Medication Before 2000 Crash--(WKMG) _______________________ 01/31/2002 08:45:19 MIAMI, Florida Parents plead for crash witnesses--(Miami Herald)--The oncoming lights. That's the last image Victoria Marsden remembers just as a car plowed into her and her best friend Victoria Ellis as they crossed South Beach's Ocean Drive last weekend. Police Searching For Hit-And-Run Driver; Girl Visiting On Student Visa Critically Injured, Friend Hurt--(WPLG)--A young woman visiting South Florida on a student visa, remains in critical condition after being run down by a hit and run driver. _______________________ 01/31/2002 06:44:00 CHRISTA WORTHINGTON (46) - found fatally stabbed in her home on Cape Cod 01/06/02 TRURO, Massachusetts Probe of writer's slaying focuses on possible last beau--(Boston Herald)--Investigators have used the telephone records of slain fashion writer Christa Worthington to track the single Truro mother's friends and question them about a possible romance she may have had in the last days of her life, a source told the Herald. Murder on Cape Cod - Worthington case discussion--(Cn2000) _______________________ 01/31/2002 06:14:22 HUNTSVILLE, Texas Texas executes man for slayings--(AP)--A Port Arthur parolee convicted of fatally stabbing his wife and stepson almost 10 years ago was executed Wednesday night, insisting on his innocence until the end. "I just want to let everyone know this here is a tragedy," Windell Broussard, 41, told witnesses. "What happened to Dianna, what happened to Corey, what's happening to me is a tragedy." _______________________ 01/31/2002 06:12:49 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio Teen faces 692 Net porn charges --(Cincinnati Enquirer)-- A 15-year-old who police called a “computer genius” faces 692 felony charges, accused of running what authorities describe as an Internet child pornography ring. Authorities allege that the boy, who is from the Independence area, traded pornographic images of children with visitors to his Web site. _______________________ 01/31/2002 06:12:02 DETROIT, Michigan Trapp family worries that killer will go free --(Detroit Free Press)-- Family members of former Detroit Piston George Trapp say they are outraged because they've been told by Detroit police that the man accused of fatally stabbing Trapp will not face criminal charges. _______________________ 01/31/2002 06:11:12 SALEM, Oregon Thief Breaks into Bank with Backhoe--(AP)--The person who drove a backhoe through a wall at the Food Industry Credit Union in Salem wasn't doing construction work, they were robbing the bank. _______________________ 01/31/2002 05:26:47 JENNIFER (34) and ABBY(6) BLAGG - mother and daughter missing since 11/13/01 GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado FBI is helping investigate missing mother, daughter--(Daily Sentinel)--If anything is falling through the cracks in the Mesa County Sheriff's Department's investigation of the disappearance of Jennifer and Abby Blagg, it has a pretty good safety net to catch it. _______________________ 01/31/2002 05:20:09 HACKENSACK, New Jersey Rearrest of Convicted Killer Raises Concerns About Missed Warnings--(NY Times)--After admitting in 1988 that he had murdered a former girlfriend and stabbed another woman, Edwin Snelgrove wrote to a New Jersey judge about violent sexual fantasies that started when he was a second grader. He described images of strangling or hitting a woman on the head, carrying her limp body to a bed and "arranging her arms and legs in some kind of seductive pose." _______________________ 01/31/2002 05:18:36 COLUMBIA, Maryland Cousin testifies against Moore--(Baltimore Sun)--A few weeks after 14-year-old Ashley Nicole Mason's bloody body was found in woods behind a Columbia Pizza Hut, Frederick James Moore told his teen-age cousin, "we" killed her, the cousin testified yesterday. _______________________ 01/31/2002 05:15:13 PAKISTAN New Message Threatens Execution of U.S. Reporter--(NY Times)--A new, more menacing e-mail message apparently from the group claiming to have kidnapped a Wall Street Journal reporter in Pakistan was sent to news organizations yesterday threatening to execute the reporter, Daniel Pearl, within 24 hours and to target all American journalists who do not leave Pakistan in the next three days. _______________________ 01/31/2002 05:13:07 PRINCE GEORGE'S County, Maryland Police Arrest Man Sought In Assaults Lanham Woman Was Beaten Repeatedly --(Washington Post)--A Prince George's County man who authorities have accused of abduction, sexual assault and attempted murder for allegedly trying twice to kill his ex-girlfriend in October was arrested Monday at an undisclosed location, police said. _______________________ 01/31/2002 05:10:12 PRINCE GEORGE'S County, Maryland Md. Trooper Kills Man After Chase, Confrontation--(Washington Post)--A Maryland State Police trooper shot and killed a man in Prince George's County yesterday afternoon after the man reversed the minivan he was driving and slammed it into the officer, pushing him to the ground and seriously injuring him, authorities said. _______________________ 01/31/2002 05:07:00 JANICE HAGERTY; JENNIFER BRAGG CAPOBIANCO; CHERYL TROY; ROSE MANFREDI; LOUIS JAVELLE; PAUL MARCEAU; and CRAIG WOOD - Shot to death Michael McDermott - Charged with 7 counts of first-degree murder BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts Coakley will take role in slayings case--(Boston Globe)--Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley, who helped prosecute British au pair Louise Woodward on charges that she shook a baby to death, will return to the courtroom this spring to help try another high-profile case. In an unusual move, Coakley yesterday notified the court that she would join two of her office's prosecutors for the trial of Michael McDermott. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:56:31 BROOKLYN, New York She Tells of Plot To Kill 1st Hubby --(NY Daily News)--A Brooklyn mother testified yesterday she and the ex-con who became her second husband plotted to rub out her first husband because their sizzling affair was out of control. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:50:17 BULLITT County, Kentucky Neighbors' feud turns deadly --(Courier-Journal )--A decade-long property dispute between two Bullitt County neighbors ended in a shootout across a barbedwire fence Tuesday, leaving one man dead and another in serious condition. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:47:25 FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida Man charged in machete murder of roommate near Lauderdale--(Sun-Sentinel)-- Homicide detectives Wednesday afternoon charged a man with the murder of his 68-year-old roommate at the home they shared near Fort Lauderdale. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:46:04 SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts 12-year-old defendant acts age --(The Union-News)-- On his way into court yesterday morning, the murder defendant paused briefly in the doorway, checking to see if his shirt was tucked in. In the courtroom he swiveled in his chair, grinned at his mother, and twisted his mouth into a slight funny face directed at her. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:44:51 ANASTASIA KING (20) - mail-order bride found murdered Daniel Kristopher Larson (21) - admitted to murder Indle King - charged with first-degree murder in his wife's death EVERETT, Washington Murder freely admitted; Key witness in King murder trial testifies--(Everett Herald)--Daniel Larson is a convicted sex offender and thief, a man who by his own admission used a necktie to choke the life out of a 20-year-old Mountlake Terrace woman. On Wednesday, he sat in a Snohomish County courtroom and began telling a jury that his former landlord, Indle Gifford King Jr., 40, ordered the killing. King divorce lawyer gives her testimony --(Everett Herald)--The husband of a murdered mail-order bride frequently told his divorce lawyer that he didn't know the whereabouts of Anastasia King, even as he was preparing to join her in Kyrgyzstan in August 2000, a witness testified Tuesday. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:42:13 KIMBERLY (35); BRADLEY (7); and JILL (5) CAMM - shot to death at their home David Camm - former state trooper accused of murdering his wife and children NEW ALBANY, Indiana Testimony shows Camm still cheated--(Courier-Journal)--About 10 days before his wife and children were killed, David Camm told Indiana State Trooper Shelley Romero that his life was perfect. Then he tried to proposition her for sex, she testified yesterday in Floyd Superior Court. Two of Camm's ex-lovers testify at his trial--(Courier-Journal)--Testimony in the murder trial of former Indiana state trooper David Camm focused yesterday on his extramarital sexual relationships and on episodes of violence involving women in his life. Camm's Ex-Lovers Testify At Trial--(WLKY) _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:37:09 MIAMI, Florida 11-year-old charged in shooting death of playmate in Miami--(Sun-Sentinel)-- Police on Wednesday charged an 11-year-old boy with manslaughter in the shooting death of a 10-year-old playmate at an apartment complex in north Miami-Dade County. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:36:10 CRESTVIEW, Florida Jury recommends death for murder of Panhandle mother, child--(AP)--A jury recommended Wednesday that an Army veteran of the Persian Gulf War again receive two death sentences for the stabbing murders of an Air Force hospital technician and her baby. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:34:48 THUNDER BAY, Ontario CANADA Dead twins had previous injuries; Babies suffered broken bones, viral infections, claims lawyer for grandfather--(Edmonton Journal)-- The lawyer for a man charged in the deaths of his twin baby granddaughters said the three-month-old girls died because of injuries they suffered before his client took custody of them. Jerome "Jerry" Kerrigan has been charged with criminal negligence causing the deaths of three-month-old Angel and Shaniece Kerrigan-Kinahan. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:31:35 MACAPA, BRAZIL Blake's killer 'high on heroin' --(New Zealand Herald)--The lawyer for Sir Peter Blake's killer claims Ricardo Colares Tavares was high on heroin and marijuana when he sneaked aboard Seamaster in the Amazon River and shot the explorer twice in the back. Random shots killed Blake--(New Zealand Herald)--A masked Brazilian bandit fired two shots blind into Sir Peter Blake's cabin on Seamaster, killing the yachting legend almost instantly as he had his back turned while trying to fix his jammed rifle. Court hears how yachtsman lost battle with pirates--(Guardian) _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:27:36 COOLOCK, IRELAND Dad apologised to daughter (5) before strangling her, trial told --(Irish Independent)-- A father of two kissed his five-year-old daughter and said: "I'm sorry", before strangling her to death with a length of pyjama cord, a murder trial jury heard yesterday. Moments earlier, Nicole Byrne had sat on her father's lap and gave him a cuddle, according to a statement from the accused, James Joseph Byrne, read out in the Central Criminal Court. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:26:14 WERRIBEE, Victoria AUSTRALIA Wrestler accused of husband's murder--(Herald Sun)--A professional wrestler accused of persuading two men to kill her husband stood to inherit $1 million from his death, a court heard yesterday. While most of Australia watched the opening ceremony of Sydney's Olympics on September 15, 2000, Paul Parsons was being bashed in the head with an iron bar in his Werribee home, a Supreme Court jury heard. _______________________ 01/31/2002 04:23:54 CALGARY, CANADA Worried mom traces daughter's footsteps--(Calgary Herald)-- Each day, Barbara Eyapaise's mother marks an "X" on the calendar to record another day her daughter has been missing. There are 13 marks today -- and as the rows on the calendar grow longer, hope the 24-year-old will be found safe grows dimmer. _______________________ Search our Crime News Archives | Archive Index List Return to Top | Return to News Home Suggest a News Story URL | Contact Webmaster