Jury Sentences Abdool To Death:
The jury that convicted Dane Abdool of setting his girlfriend on fire has recommended the death penalty.
Abdool was convicted of killing Amelia Sookdeo by wrapping her in duct tape, dousing her in gasoline and setting her on fire.
The story isn’t over yet as the judge has final discretion on sentencing.
MySpace Hook-Up With Teen Lands Atlanta Man In Jail:
22-year-old Nehemiah Musa Wells was arrested this past Wednesday for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl he met on MySpace.
The girl’s father found Wells hiding in the girl’s bedroom.
The arrest warrant says Wells first met the girl at her home on November 1st and engaged in sexual intercourse with the girl without her consent at the time.
So he’s a child rapist too.
But again 13 is below the minimum age for MySpace but there are no safety checks in place to keep a 13-year-old off of MySpace because none exist. Unless you want to count parents as a safety check.
Tracey Hermann, 21, and James Sargent, 23, are charged in the child neglect death of their 5-month old son Benjamin Sargent. They’re accused of leaving the baby strapped in a car seat, in his crib for 8 days while, among other activities, played video games.
Should this reflect on gamers as a whole? Hell no it shouldn’t. This should only reflect on two ‘people’ who didn’t give a damn about their own son. Video games weren’t the only thing they did for 8 days and if they didn’t play video games they would have done something equally as trivial instead of caring for their own child.
Pr. George’s Police Suspect Online Prowler in Six Rapes:
Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland are saying that a serial rapist is using craigslist among other websites to find his victims. So far he’s committed six rapes in the county which began in August.
Allegedly he meets women online to set up sexual encounters then rapes his victims.
Police said they want to know whether others have been assaulted and ask that anyone with information call 301-772-4908.
I’m not going to criticize someone’s lifestyle but if you’re someone who is into what the article calls ‘sex dates’ you may want to rethink your choices for your own safety.
Looking Into The World Of Online Prostitution In Charlottesville:
This is a great story from WCAV in Charlottesville, Virginia about craigslist prostitution in their area. I realize it was probably done for ratings sweep’s week but it’s still a great story nonetheless.
They interviewed a craigslist prostitute over the phone. Here’s just a sample of what really caught my attention…
Mark: Do you have any kids?
Alecia: uh huh.
Mark: What do you tell them when you’re leaving the house?
Alecia: I’m going to work. I do what I do right now so that they won’t have to.
Yep, no victims there.
But what was even more shocking to me was the police department’s’ response to this.
We contacted Albemarle County and Charlottesville Police to get their reaction. Albemarle County Police say they were unaware of the website and would look in to it. Charlottesville Police said they would get back to us.
What rock are they living under?
craigslist had its usual response…
Craigslist does ban illegal activity in their terms of use. After contacting them they say they do everything they can to prevent anything illegal on their website but it’s impossible to review each of the more than 30 million free postings submitted each month.
Translation: We don’t care.
Corning man apprehended in MySpace sex sting:
32-year-old Benjamin Dennis of Corning, California was arrested for trying to solicit sex from a 13-year-old over the internet. Except that the 13-year-old was actually an investigator from the Tehama County district attorney’s office.
The fake 13-year-old even has its own MySpace.
And lose the soul patch you tool.
Man gets 40-60 years for abusing daughter:
48-year-old William Pattison of Milford, Michigan was convicted and sentenced to 40-60 years in prison for first-degree criminal sexual conduct and pandering.
Pattison started sexually abusing his daughter when she was 4 to 5 years old then pimped her out on craigslist as an adult.
Pattison is also accused of sexually abusing another female relative who is the mother to another one of his kids.
But hey prostitution is a victimless crime remember. There’s no human trafficking involved at all.
That was sarcasm in case you couldn’t tell.
Report: Accused killer of Randolph teen had mental defect:
Instead of going for an insanity defense the attorney for accused killer Jonathan Zarate is now going for a diminished capacity defense. Here’s the difference…
A defendant deemed to be insane at the time of a crime in New Jersey cannot be held criminally responsible. A person found guilty of committing a murder, but found to have diminished capacity, or a mental defect or impairment, is merely convicted of a lesser offense than murder.
For those of you new to the site then 18-year-old Jonathan Zarate killed his 16-year-old neighbor Jennifer Parks, dismembered her body, then hid her body for 24 hours, and then tried to dump her body into the Passaic River.
Basically, this kind of defense admits guilt but tries to get a reduced sentence other than a murder sentence.
The prosecution, however, subscribes to the common sense theory…
Office Executive Assistant Prosecutor Robert Lane said the report will be reviewed over the next week to see if the office wants to hire its own expert. But Lane told Judge Salem Vincent Ahto that Jonathan Zarate’s mind appeared clear when he scrubbed up the crime scene, cut off the girl’s legs to cram her body into a steamer trunk and tried to toss the trunk over a bridge into the Passaic River.
The only mental defect Zarate has is that he’s a raving psychopath.
The judge wants the trial to start on April 17th but Zarate’s attorney, Anthony Fusco, said he won’t be ready. How much more time does he need? It’s been almost 3 years since Jennifer Parks’ death. Get on with it already. Doesn’t the victim’s family have the right to a speedy trial too?
Nod to Keb.