TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: Crime

  • Dane Abdool just panicked, that’s all

    Murder trial hears how girl, 17, was burned to death:

    Previously we’ve seen Dane Abdool try to claim that the burning death of his girlfriend, Amelia Sookdeo, was an accident.

    Yeah, right. I’m sure he bound her in duct tape and doused her in gasoline by accident. He claims he was just trying to scare her.

    However, during his trial, two witnesses claim that Abdool tried to hire them to kill Amelia after she told Abdool she was pregnant.

    Two teenagers testified Thursday that Abdool at one point contacted them about killing Amelia because of the pregnancy. He offered one $400 to do it.

    “I told him he was crazy,” said Julian Pinnock, who was 17 at the time. “I figured he was some spoiled rich kid.”

    The tragedy of all this, prosecutors said, was that Amelia was not pregnant.

    Abdool’s lawyer also claims he ‘panicked’ and left Amelia’s body in a ditch…

    Defense attorneys told jurors that Abdool was there when Amelia died but it was an accident.

    He panicked afterward, leaving her and went to wash his car, said Abdool’s attorney Trish Cashman.

    I’m sure he wasn’t trying to cover anything up by washing his car.

    I really hope the jury isn’t that stupid.

  • Frankie Brewster pleads guilty

    Fourth pleads guilty in Megan Williams case:

    Frankie Brewster has pleaded guilty to the charge of second-degree sexual assault. Brewster is just one of many that were indicted in the kidnap and torture case of Megan Williams.

    Brewster forced Williams to perform oral sex on her.

    Charges of assault during the commission of a felony, kidnapping/holding hostage and conspiracy were dropped in exchange for the plea, Abraham said.

    Brewster is looking at 10 to 25 behind bars.

  • Courtroom skulduggery in Marshfield

    MARSHFIELD STUDENT GUILTY ON ONE CHARGE IN SCHOOL MURDER PLOT:

    Things are rotten in the state of Massachusetts.

    There were some courtroom shenanigans in the conviction of Joe Nee. Originally the judge wanted to convict Nee on all three charges then things got weird…

    Hours earlier, Judge Charles Grabau said that the prosecution had proven its case on all three charges against Nee. But Grabau changed his mind after hearing closing arguments.

    After Grabau announced that he intended to find Nee guilty on all three charges, the 21-year-old’s family members began crying in the courtroom at Plymouth Superior Court. Nee hugged his mother to comfort her.

    But defense attorney Thomas Dreschler interrupted the scene, objecting that the judge had not heard closing arguments. Grabau said there had been a misunderstanding and that he would reconsider his verdict after hearing from both sides.

    Then Grabau only convicted Nee on one of the charges. I doubt Dreschler’s closing argument could have been that powerful to sway the judge into dropping two of the charges.

    In my opinion everyone involved in handling this case from the judge, to the prosecution, to the defense, and especially Nee’s father. head of the Boston police union should be investigated.

  • NIU gunman’s identity confirmed

    Elk Grove man identified as gunman in NIU killings:

    The identity of the NIU gunman has been confirmed that he was, in fact, Steven P. Kazmierczak.

    Some people are saying that it’s ironic that Kazmierczak would commit such a horrific travesty considering he was active in the fields of criminal justice and sociology.

    He co- author a published study on prison policy, entitled “Self-injury in Correctional Settings: ‘Pathology’ of Prisoners or of Prisons?”

    According to that paper, Kazmierczak had study interests in “corrections, political violence, and peace and social justice.” At the time he was also said to be writing a paper about the role of religion in the early formation of U.S. prisons.

    He also served as vice president of NIU’s Academic Criminal Justice Association and was on the board of a college chapter of the American Corrections Association, which studied jailing policy and the justice system, according to related Web sites.

    Personally, I don’t think it’s ironic at all. It sounds like he had a soft spot in his heart for criminals rather than victims. It’s obvious that he didn’t care about victims at all since he made so many of his own.

  • 6th NIU victim dies

    Former Student Guns Down 6 in Attack at Northern Illinois University; Kills Self:

    A 6th student has died from the cowardly attack at NIU. The gunman has yet to be named but some of the victims have been identified.

    DeKalb County Coroner Dennis J. Miller released the identities of four of the victims: Daniel Parmenter, 20, of Westchester; Catalina Garcia, 20, of Cicero; Ryanne Mace, 19, of Carpentersville; and Julianna Gehant, 32, of Meridan.

    My thought, prayers, and condolences go out to the friends and families of the victims.

    UPDATE: Thanks to Steve Huff the gunman has been unofficially named as Steve Kazmierczak with the motive of a failed relationship is possible.

  • 5 dead at NIU, gunman takes own life

    6 shot dead, including gunman, at Northern Illinois University:

    The gunman from NIU was a former student. His identity has still not been released. He killed 5 people before taking the coward’s way out by killing himself. 16 others were wounded.

  • NIU Gunman dead

    Reports: Several people shot at Northern Illinois University:

    CNN is reporting that the NIU gunman is dead.

    It’s unknown at this time if he was shot by police or if he took the coward’s way out.

  • Shots fired at NIU

    At least two injured in shooting at NIU

    Two people have been wounded by a gunman at Northern Illinois University.

    The shooter is allegedly a white male with a shotgun and pistol and supposedly he’s been taken down.

    As usual, as soon as I have more details and time permits I’ll post more.

    February, it’s the new April.

    This is not the first time NIU has been mentioned on this site. Back in December NIU was in lockdown over threats found in a women’s restroom.

  • E.O. Green Junior High victim declared brain dead

    Oxnard student declared brain dead:

    Lawrence King is the 15-year-old who was shot at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California on Tuesday. Yesterday he was declared brain-dead and as of the time of the article was being kept alive on a ventilator for organ donation.

    The suspect has yet to be named because of his age but will more than like be charged as an adult with first-degree murder.

    Some people are claiming that the motive for the shooting was because Lawrence King declared that he was gay.

    The teenager sometimes wore feminine clothing and makeup, and proclaimed he was gay, students said.

    “He would come to school in high-heeled boots, makeup, jewelry and painted nails — the whole thing,” said Michael Sweeney, 13, an eighth-grader. “That was freaking the guys out.”

    If that is, in fact, the motive then two lives have been ruined forever just because the gunman is a petty ball of hate.

  • Joe Nee convicted

    Man Found Guilty In School Attack Plot:

    Joe Nee, the ringleader of the plot to attack Marshfield High School, was convicted today of conspiracy to commit murder.

    It’s not time to celebrate just yet seekers of true justice. The article states that this was the only charge he was convicted of. Nee was looking at charges of promotion of anarchy and threatening to use deadly weapons at school. The article doesn’t specify if he was found innocent of those charges or not.

    Tobin Kerns, who in my opinion had nothing to do with the plot after he sought help, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and threatening to use deadly weapons at school. He was sentenced to 10 months in jail.

    If this is the only charge that Nee is convicted of he probably won’t see that much time. Personally, I’ll be surprised if he even sees the inside of a jail because of his connections.