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Man convicted of murder in Westfield player's death

A Houston man was convicted of murder Thursday in the shooting death of a high school football star last year.

Emile "Rusty" Anthony Lewis, 20, showed little emotion as state District Judge Mike Anderson announced the jury's verdict.

He faces up to life in prison.

The eight-man, four-woman jury heard opening statements in the trial's punishment phase late Thursday and are expected to hear closing arguments this morning. Then… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 27, 2008 at 12:47am — 1 Comment

Unreasonable Child Support & Demands. DO YOU THINK RUSSELL WAS HUSTLED? WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS.

Looks like Russell Simmons is the latest music mogul to be taken to the bank for child support following his recent divorce from Kimora Lee Simmons. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Simmons will be ordered to pay $480,000 per year (or $20,000 per kid/ month to be exact.)

Kimora will maintain sole custody of their two children, Ming Lee and Aoki Lee with Russell will be “granted” visitation every eighth week. In addition, Russell… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 26, 2008 at 12:14pm — 25 Comments

Man convicted in grad student's rape, torture

NEW YORK (AP) -- An ex-convict was found guilty Tuesday in the rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student who survived 19 hours of nightmarish sadism in which he scalded her with boiling water and attempted to blind her before trying to burn her to death.Robert Williams was convicted of attempted murder, rape, kidnapping, arson and other charges in the attack, which was so prolonged and agonizing that the victim begged her tormentor to… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 25, 2008 at 1:08pm — 11 Comments

Teen killed, 3 injured in drive-by shooting on South Side

A 17-year-old boy was killed and three men injured Monday night when four males in a van opened fire on them in an apparently gang-related drive-by on the South Side.

About 7:20 p.m., the four men were walking in the 6800 block of South Indiana Avenue when four men in a newer model silver van began shooting, according to police News Affairs Officer David Banks.

Jason Edwards, 17, of the 6800 block of S. Indiana Ave., was shot at 6847… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 24, 2008 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

2 sentenced in gang rape, prostitution of girl

Prison cells await two more people who have been sentenced for their roles in the 2005 gang rape and prostitution of a 15-year-old El Mirage girl.

Ryan Lia Rasmussen, 29, also known as "Hawaiian Ryan," and Mark Anthony Grayned, 22, both of Phoenix, will join four other people who have been imprisoned in the case.

Rasmussen was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison, while Grayned received a seven-year stretch. The two men, who are… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 23, 2008 at 11:15pm — 1 Comment

Bangas kill teen in Chicago funeral procession

A 19-year-old man was fatally shot Monday afternoon during an apparent gang-related attack on a funeral procession on Chicago's Southwest Side, an incident that briefly led authorities to lock down the hospital where the victim was taken for fear of more gang violence.

The victim, Issac Sauceda, 19, was shot about 1:40 p.m. in the 5800 block of South Archer Avenue, in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood, according to the Cook County medical… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 23, 2008 at 11:08pm — 8 Comments

Brooklyn teen killed in mob beatdown

The family and friends of a 19-year-old Brooklyn student who was beaten to death in East Flatbush by a group of ten men are calling for justice.

Darcy Antoine had received a football scholarship to Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh but a decision to take a semester off and come back to New York ended his life.

"I was mad at first, mad at god, why didn't you protect him, he was so good, he never hurt anybody," said Magdalah… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 23, 2008 at 5:28pm — 4 Comments

Three teens will face trial in Mt. Clemens beating

Three teenagers will face trial in the brutal beating of a motorist earlier this month on North River Road in Mt. Clemens, a Macomb County district judge ruled this afternoon.

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One of the teens, who originally faced a felony charge of inciting a riot, had another felony added: attempted murder. That teen, Steve Lincoln, allegedly stomped and kicked the victim in the head.

That came after a 16-year-old, who… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 23, 2008 at 5:22pm — No Comments

Memphis Man Charged in Shooting of Pregnant Woman and Man

MEMPHIS, TN – Memphis police say a man has been charged in the shooting of a pregnant woman and a man at a Memphis apartment complex.

According to investigators, the shooting happened around 4:17 p.m., Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at an apartment complex on Rainey.

Police say when they arrived on the scene they noticed that the windows of a Ford Taurus had been shot out. Officers also discovered that an apartment, directly behind the… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 21, 2008 at 7:03pm — 2 Comments

2 Jailed in Killing of T.I.'s Friend

More than two years after a gunbattle on Seymour Avenue killed one member of an Atlanta rapper’s entourage and injured three others, two local brothers have been arrested and indicted for murder.

Details have finally emerged that patrons at an after-hours party became enraged with rapper Clifford Harris – who goes by the stage name T.I.– and his entourage, and that rage quickly escalated and… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 20, 2008 at 12:00am — 10 Comments

KANYE TO PERFORM AT NIKE+HUMAN RACE CONCERT: Kelly Rowland to sing in Paris as part of worldwide running event.

*Kanye West will headline a concert in Los Angeles following the grand finale of the 25-city Nike+Human Race, the world’s biggest one-day running event taking place on Aug. 31.

"This race is bringing together hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world to run and listen to some great music while serving a higher cause, and I’m excited to perform in L.A. as part of the grand finale,” West said in a… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 19, 2008 at 4:24pm — 1 Comment

Fredricks Smith to spend life in jail for drive-by death of Darryl Lance Weaver Jr.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Usually when a person convicted of murder stands for sentencing, he or she manages to at least mumble out some sort of apology to the victim's family.

Fredricks Smith had nothing to say before he was sent to prison for life in the fatal drive-by shooting of 17-year-old Darryl Lance Weaver Jr. in March 2007.

Weaver's father said Smith's silence proves his guilt.

"He deserved what he got," said Weaver,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 2:35pm — 8 Comments

Police chase ends in fiery CBD crash, 13 cars damaged

A car chase in the Central Business District that started shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday when two people believed to be transporting drugs in a black Chevrolet Trailblazer ran a stop sign at Canal and S. Robertson streets, ended soon thereafter with 13 damaged "civilian" cars, a fiery crash at the intersection of Poydras Street and St. Charles Avenue -- and the arrest of two boys.

A few people complained of minor injuries, but no one appeared… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 2:33pm — 3 Comments

WILL.I.AM'S OBAMA SONG NABS EMMY: 'Yes We Can' honored with first-ever award for Best New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment.

*Will.i.am's video for the "Yes We Can Song," an ode to presidential candidate Barack Obama, was honored with the first-ever Emmy Award for Best New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment.

The new category, which recognizes innovative production techniques and the use of media enhancement to support content, was handed out Friday evening at the 35th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony in New York… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 1:50pm — No Comments

BOSTON WINS NBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Celtics drub LA Lakers 131-92 in game 6; Pierce named series MVP.

*Hail to the champs and boo to the chumps. On their way to winning a 17th world championship, the Boston Celtics (champs) annihilated the Los Angeles Lakers (chumps) 131-92 Tuesday night.

The Celtics won game 6 of the 7 game series, 4-2 and in doing so, brought the coveted O'Brien trophy back to Bean town for the first time in 22-years

Boston, obviously a more superior team, took control of the game in the second quarter… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 18, 2008 at 1:25pm — 2 Comments

Investigators Arrest 39 Suspects in Drug Ring, Search for Two More

KSDK -- Investigators from several agencies arrested nine additional people on Monday as part of a round-up of 39 suspects in a crack cocaine ring.

Investigators said they were still looking for suspects Eddie Jackson, 53, and Jewel Allen, 31, both from St. Louis.

The suspects are accused of distributing multiple kilos of cocaine and crack cocaine in the St. Louis area between August 2006 and June 2007.

If convicted,… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 16, 2008 at 12:00pm — 16 Comments

Snoop Doggs wife arrested for DUI in S. Calif.

This image provided by the Fullerton Calif. Police Department shows Shante Broadus, wife of rapper Snoop Dogg, after her arrest for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol in Fullerton, Calif. early Saturday, July 14, 2008. Lt. Craig Brower says officers stopped Broadus, 32, at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday and took her to jail. She was cited for a misdemeanor DUI and then released pending a court… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 15, 2008 at 12:15pm — 15 Comments

Six charged in Germantown home invasion

Jeremy J. Munson, 19, Curtis E. Hayes, 29, Jeremiah Hoskins, 20, Robert L. Gilliam, 47, Calvin White, 39 and Cameron White, 31, all of Memphis, face charges of aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and evading arrest.

Five of the men were taken into custody in North Memphis Thursday morning, and one other suspect was arrested overnight.

Police are still searching for one suspect.

The men are accused in a home… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 14, 2008 at 12:19am — 24 Comments

Cop charged with raping prisoner in squad car

An Atlanta police officer was indicted Friday on charges he sexually assaulted a woman in the back of his patrol car while on duty in July 2004, authorities said.

Wayne Longe, also a sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve, was charged with sexual assault on a person in custody and violation of oath of office, according to the Fulton County District Attorney's Office.

The incident happened on July 1, 2004 at Anderson Park in northwest… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on June 13, 2008 at 11:17pm — 11 Comments