TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: Crime

  • Scott Dyleski

    Scott Dyleski

    16-year-old male arrested in brutal Vitale slaying:

    I wasn’t going to do anything about the brutal murder of Pamela Vitale, wife of well-known defense attorney Daniel Horowitz.

    It’s such a high-profile case, I felt that it was going to be over-blogged. That was until they arrested a suspect, one 16-year-old Scott Dyleski. Here’s what piqued my interest in this…

    Authorities believe Dyleski killed Vitale, 52, on Saturday by striking her 39 times in the head with a piece of crown molding, then carved some kind of gothic signature into her back, the source said.

    Now, read that with a grain of salt. We all know how people unfamiliar with the goth scene mistakenly assume something is goth when it isn’t. But after seeing the kid, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was.

    One student who knows Dyleski said the teenager was a typical kid until the eighth grade, when his personality and demeanor darkened noticeably.

    I’m curious as to know why.

    The motive for the killing appears to stem from a credit-card theft scheme allegedly carried out by Dyleski and another teenage friend, who has not been implicated in the killing, one source said on condition of anonymity.

    Investigators believe Dyleski and his friend planned to start a marijuana-growing operation, with Dyleski in charge of raising money, one source said. Dyleski is believed to have stolen credit card bills from several mailboxes and used the cards to order supplies, the source said.

    According to the article, sources are saying Dyleski will be tried as an adult. Instead of doing maybe two years in juvenile detention for fraud, he could be looking at least life behind bars.

    I’ll be posting more on Scott Dyleski as more details become available.

    Nod to Steve Huff.

  • Dr. Broom Strikes Back

    Dr. Broom Strikes Back

    McGill cuts its season short:

    Just another article about McGill University canceling the remainder of their football season but check out some of these quotes from the players and coaches…

    Mr. McMann, the head coach, acknowledged yesterday that his players’ hazing went too far, but he was disappointed with the university’s punishment.

    “I feel very upset for the players,” he said when reached at his office. “I understand where the university is coming from. They need to make a strong statement. But I don’t like it. I think the players have been punished enough.”

    Punished enough? Have the players had their asses probed with broomsticks? Well, actually they have…

    Team quarterback Matt Connell also expressed anger over the findings, saying the hazing ritual dates back years, and all the rookies except the complainant went along with it.

    “It happened to me. It’s a quick part of initiation,” he said, scoffing at the revelations of nudity.

    “It’s football. You’re naked together 24-7 in the locker room,” Mr. Connell said. “Everyone’s naked together all day.”

    Um….yeah. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything that sounded gayer. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. This guy sounds like he’s so far in the closet he’s finding Christmas presents.

    Anyway, the “It happened to me” defense is so wrong. That’s like saying “Well I was raped so it’s ok for me to be a rapist”.

    And all over a game that children play.

    Tip to AdC.

  • The Continuing Odyssey of Dr. Broom

    The Continuing Odyssey of Dr. Broom

    McGill cancels football season after investigation confirms hazing:

    McGill University has canceled the remainder of its football season in the wake of a report that confirmed hazing had indeed occurred after a rookie player alleged that he was anally probed in a hazing ritual known as Dr. Broom…

    The university said its investigation concluded that “serious hazing including threats and intimidation, by comments and actions and by the use of demeaning, stereotyped epithets” did occur during Rookie Night on Aug. 27.

    Interim provost Anthony Masi said contrary to some reports, there was no evidence of sodomy. But the university said the investigation “shows that the event did involve nudity, degrading positions and behaviours, gagging, touching in inappropriate manners with a broomstick, as well as verbal and physical intimidation of rookies by a large portion of the team.”

    “This behaviour of the football team has stained the reputation of the McGill Redmen, McGill Athletics, and the university,” the university said in a release Tuesday.

    The University also said that they would be taking disciplinary actions against certain unnamed individuals.

    I applaud the University for canceling the rest of the season but when the team has a 1-5 record it would almost be punishment enough to make them play out the rest of the season.

    No word yet on if criminal charges will be filed.

  • Esmie Tseng’s Dad Speaks Out

    Esmie Tseng’s Dad Speaks Out

    If tried as adult, daughter “doomed”: (Log in info)

    Kind of a fitting headline, don’t you think? Anyway, Esmie Tseng’s father has spoken out against his daughter being tried as an adult…

    “If my daughter is tried and penalized with hardened criminals and recidivists, she will be doomed,” Tao Tseng said in the statement. “I have already been deprived of my wife. I am afraid I will not survive the loss of my daughter, a more devastating blow.”
    Tao Tseng released the statement after a group that had organized to support his daughter asked him to comment, said Robin Scully, Tao Tseng”s attorney. The group, Concerned Citizens for Esmie, has a Web site at www.esmie.com .

    “He is obviously very, very concerned about his daughter,” Scully said of Tao Tseng. Scully said he was providing Tao Tseng with legal guidance and keeping him updated on the case. “He wants the best for her and wants her to be tried in juvenile court.”

    In the statement, Tao Tseng said he was deeply saddened by the tragedy, but that he continued to love and care for his daughter and will do so for the rest of his life.

    “If Esmie becomes a part of the adult criminal system, it will simply be another tragedy because her wonderful gifts and talents will without question be forever lost,” he said. “She has far too much to give to the world for that to happen.

    “My duty as a husband has been abruptly terminated. I am hanging on only because my duty as a father has yet to be performed.”

     

    Esmie Tseng was due in court today. A ruling on whether she will be tried as an adult may not be for another two to three months.

  • Devin Moore Sentenced to Death

    Devin Moore Sentenced to Death

    Man Gets Death for Killing Three in Ala.:

    Devin Moore, the 18-year-old who was convicted of killing two police officers and a dispatcher, was sentenced to death.

    If you remember, Moore’s attorneys tried blaming his actions on Grand Theft Auto. But the defense attorneys are already looking to appeal on the grounds that the video game “evidence” was excluded, and the fact that the jury was all white while Moore is black. 🙄

    An all-plaid jury would have convicted him. He killed three cops. He deserves to die.

    Take that, Jack Thompson.

  • Dr Broom’s Party House

    Dr Broom’s Party House

    Playboy names McGill as a Top 10 Party School:

    How’s this for timing? McGill University has been named the only Canadian University in Playboy Magazine’s Top 10 Party Schools.

    In case you’ve forgotten, McGill University is in the middle of a hazing scandal where a rookie football player has accused veteran players of anally probing him with a broom handle in a ritual known as “Dr. Broom”.

    I never knew that sexual sadism was one of Playboy’s requirements for a party school.

  • Esmie Tseng Still Blogging

    Esmie Tseng Still Blogging

    Once again I’m late to the party, but hey I run three websites, so sue me.

    Anyway, it appears that Esmie Tseng is still updating her LiveJournal through a friend of hers on the outside. Here is a copy of her friends only entry dated 9/2/05…

    Hey, Kids—
    Missing you all lots. If you could, Lex, pass this on to the rest of the BVN masses…

    How much drama am I missing out on? If at all possible, fill me in a little…

    The basics are here. Food is great—the JDC is sure to keep our appetites filled to the top.

    A substitute for love? Humans are simple creatures…am I wrong?

    Walls are so bare. No color here, and you know I love those colors…

    The staff is pretty cool. Like mommies and daddies. I’m at a sleep over. I get my own room.

    The nice thing is that there is such a variety of people. I can hear and feel the heart and soul, and I just want to grab each one for a typical philosophical discussion.

    Court is September 13, 2005. There are so many weird and basic restrictions here. Toilet paper, lights, individual voice are all so oppressed…

    I have never been one to complain but it’s almost as though we’re considered less human in the bland walls of the JDC. Humans need to feel to accomplish any of their potential, and if taking that away/limiting that right is called justice, then…? I don’t understand how one can ever assert that what we call punishment is as productive as society has so strongly established.

    Do we become better people after a sentence? How many of us truly learn from our mistakes? Can we really justify assigning the same punishment to two different offenders, so easily and obviously different in history, mindset, loves, habits, intelligence, physique, hindsight, reasoning, Etc.?

    I just don’t understand how society has so easily dumped on its own. All of which are so unique and deserving of any opportunity in such a vast world into such a blue and basic bucket? It seems redemption is an aspect impossible to achieve, no matter which end of the spectrum of extremity that the crime is on. We all have such varying degrees of motive and passion and such, but it just seems that diversity has been ignored.

    I hope I’m blind and only have seen some of this world’s existence. I hope.

    <3 Esmie

    This does not sound like someone who either stabbed their mom to death or someone who is incarcerated. Not that I’m a professional or anything, but this seems very sociopathic to me.

    Nod to The Cellar for the tip.

  • Formal indictments in Donna Hazing

    Formal indictments in Donna Hazing

    Teens face judge for formal indictment in Donna hazing case:

    The four former players of the Donna High School football team that were indicted for felony sexual assault and indecency with a child appeared before a judge today and were formally arraigned…

    Derick Anthony Castillo, 18; Jacob Leal, 17; Manuel Josue Rivera, 19; and Raynardo Jaime Magallanes, 19, appeared separately with their attorneys before 332nd state District Judge Mario Ramirez. All pleaded not guilty to accusations they sexually assaulted five teenage boys under the age of 17 during four separate incidents from Aug. 7, 2004, to Feb. 15, 2005. They were indicted on the charges Sept. 8 and each now faces an Oct. 11 pre-trial hearing date.

    The charges stem from a hazing incident where the four are accused of assaulting freshmen ages 14 and 15 by slapping around their genitals and trying to insert their latex-gloved fingers into their asses. I can’t wait to hear the defense.

    Tip to ADC.

  • The Ongoing Saga of Dr. Broom

    The Ongoing Saga of Dr. Broom

    McGill footballers apologize to rookie for hazing: (Log in info)

    Members of the McGill University Redmen football team, including indefinitely suspended member James Poston and 20 team veterans, have sent a formal letter of apology to the unnamed victim of the “Dr. Broom” hazing ritual…

    “It was never mine or the team’s intention to humiliate or ostracize any member of our team brotherhood,” the letter from Mr. Poston says. “The long-standing ritual is designed to be a team bonding experience which all members of the team underwent, it is not designed to be a hazing ritual driving new team members away.

    There’s a long-standing ritual of anally probing someone with a broomstick? How is that designed to be a team bonding experience? I guess along the lines of “We all share this horrible shame and let’s never speak of it again.” kind of bonding experience.

    They say it’s not designed to be hazing. Right. And Jack the Ripper’s knife was designed to cut the crust off of bread. The letter continues…

    “However, we fully [accept] that the emotional and psychological stress it induces may not be the best way to forge relationships with new team members.”

    YA THINK?

  • The Further Adventures of Dr. Broom

    The Further Adventures of Dr. Broom

    McGill won’t act until hazing investigation over:

    No real news out of McGill University in Canada. Just that the administration is saying that no further disciplinary action will be taken until their internal investigation is completed. What I found interesting was this quote from team captain Matt Connell…

    The captain of the McGill Redmen, quarterback Matt Connell, called the player’s allegation a “complete lie,” although he did say rookies were taken to the squash courts.

    Connell told the Montreal Gazette he feels it’s unfair to scapegoat one player.

    “(The initiation) was a team event, 98 per cent of the team was there and everyone was partaking. What we’ve been reading in the media has been one-sided, allegations from one individual, guarantee we’ve learned a hard lesson and have paid a big enough price already.”

    Connell said the headlines have taken a toll on the team.

    “Personally, I’ve been one of the people targeted and I haven’t been able to make one class this week,” he said.

    “I’ve been dealing with the press non-stop. It’s been difficult, but at least with football, it’s a few hours to clear our minds.”

    Saying that the rookies were taken to the squash court and nothing happened is kind of like Jeffrey Dahmer saying “I lured those men back to my house, but I have no idea how they ended up in my fridge.”

    And the allegations may be from one individual, but how many more over the years have been too afraid to come forward. I mean, we’ve already heard previously how the victim was even warned about “Dr. Broom”. And boo freakin’ hoo that you haven’t been able to make it to class. The poor rookie has dropped out of McGill because of what your team allegedly did.

    You know, I wonder if Mr. Connell had to endure any probing from Dr. Broom when he was a rookie.