Missouri -- Thanks to a drop of blood, police believe they've solved a violent crime that occurred more than eight years ago in Clayton, bnd.com reports.
And now, a 38-year-old St. Louis man faces charges for robbing and sexually assaulting a woman in 1999.
Police say the woman was talking on the phone when she was grabbed from behind. Wearing a pillowcase over his head, the assailant tried to sexually assault her.
Fighting back, she bit the suspect so hard it drew blood. That turned out to be vital to the case.
Late 2006, the blood sample was entered into a DNA index system - something which eventually led police to the suspect, who was on probation for another crime.
Showing posts with label phone. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
What a dork!
How's this for "service"? Guess nothing really can surprise me anymore.
Story:
Florida -- A woman walked into a Cape Coral gas station around 1:45 a.m. Thursday and told the clerk she had been kidnapped and asked him to call police.
The clerk, an employee of BP, refused. "He told her if she wanted to call 911, she would have to do so herself and handed her the phone," a police officer reported. "She refused to call, stating her boyfriend was watching her. She told the clerk that she and her boyfriend were fighting."
The clerk still refused, but the woman was able to convince her 23-year-old boyfriend, of Pickerington, Ohio, to make a stop at another gas station nearby.
The clerk at that station, Mobil on the Run, agreed to call police.
Source
Story:
Florida -- A woman walked into a Cape Coral gas station around 1:45 a.m. Thursday and told the clerk she had been kidnapped and asked him to call police.
The clerk, an employee of BP, refused. "He told her if she wanted to call 911, she would have to do so herself and handed her the phone," a police officer reported. "She refused to call, stating her boyfriend was watching her. She told the clerk that she and her boyfriend were fighting."
The clerk still refused, but the woman was able to convince her 23-year-old boyfriend, of Pickerington, Ohio, to make a stop at another gas station nearby.
The clerk at that station, Mobil on the Run, agreed to call police.
Source
Saturday, August 04, 2007
More food fighting
Kansas -- A pizza delivery guy went to an address in Wichita shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday to deliver an order but he was told no one there had ordered a pizza.
As the delivery man returned to his car, a man with a metal rod approached him and demanded his wallet and the pizza.
The man began swinging the rod, but the delivery man fended him off. "He was able to defend himself with hot pizza," a police spokesman said.
The robber fled, but police traced the phone number used to order the pizza to a nearby home, where they said they found a 24-year-old man hiding in a closet and arrested him.
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As the delivery man returned to his car, a man with a metal rod approached him and demanded his wallet and the pizza.
The man began swinging the rod, but the delivery man fended him off. "He was able to defend himself with hot pizza," a police spokesman said.
The robber fled, but police traced the phone number used to order the pizza to a nearby home, where they said they found a 24-year-old man hiding in a closet and arrested him.
Source
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
A kid will remember
It could be wise to reflect on this story, next time an adult wonders if a child simply makes up a story. We may begin to wonder since a child seemingly remembers so many details.
Yes, a few kids make up a story to get attention, or cover up something else. Most however, do not.
Story:
On a Monday night in January, Mitchell Hults received a phone call from his friend's dad. "He called me and asked if I'd seen Ben or if Ben had been on the bus," says Mitchell, 15, of Beaufort, Mo.
Mitchell had seen Ben Ownby on the school bus. He also saw something unusual when Ben got off the bus -- a strange white pickup truck.
"I know pretty much all the cars that come down here," Mitchell says of the rural area in which he lives.
Mitchell told Ben's dad, and then the police, about the white pickup. He remembered it was a Nissan, and even knew the places where the truck had dents and rust. He also remembered what his friend was wearing when he disappeared.
Ben, 13, had been kidnapped, but was found by police four days after his abduction, along with Shawn Hornbeck, 15, who vanished four years ago. Michael Devlin was arrested for kidnapping Ben and Shawn, and is in jail awaiting trial. Mitchell's description was a huge help, and two officers recalled it when they saw Devlin's truck.
It may seem surprising that a kid could remember so many details. But safety instructor Tom Patire wasn't surprised. "Adults have so much going through their minds, they get mixed up in the description," Patire says, whereas a kid will remember.
Source
Yes, a few kids make up a story to get attention, or cover up something else. Most however, do not.
Story:
On a Monday night in January, Mitchell Hults received a phone call from his friend's dad. "He called me and asked if I'd seen Ben or if Ben had been on the bus," says Mitchell, 15, of Beaufort, Mo.
Mitchell had seen Ben Ownby on the school bus. He also saw something unusual when Ben got off the bus -- a strange white pickup truck.
"I know pretty much all the cars that come down here," Mitchell says of the rural area in which he lives.
Mitchell told Ben's dad, and then the police, about the white pickup. He remembered it was a Nissan, and even knew the places where the truck had dents and rust. He also remembered what his friend was wearing when he disappeared.
Ben, 13, had been kidnapped, but was found by police four days after his abduction, along with Shawn Hornbeck, 15, who vanished four years ago. Michael Devlin was arrested for kidnapping Ben and Shawn, and is in jail awaiting trial. Mitchell's description was a huge help, and two officers recalled it when they saw Devlin's truck.
It may seem surprising that a kid could remember so many details. But safety instructor Tom Patire wasn't surprised. "Adults have so much going through their minds, they get mixed up in the description," Patire says, whereas a kid will remember.
Source
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Hazards at work, 32
Story 1:
A 15-year-old girl punched her teacher 10 times in the face and chest Tuesday morning after the teacher tried to take her cell phone away, police and MPS officials said.
A stricter ban on cell phones went into effect last month in Milwaukee Public Schools after several students used their phones to call outsiders to participate in fights.
Police said the student at Fritsche Middle School's LEAP program was talking on the phone during class when the teacher, a 54-year-old female, tried to confiscate it.
She wound up with a "chipped tooth and pain and redness in the face," an MPS spokeswoman said.
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Story 2:
Another Philadelphia schoolteacher has been the victim of a vicious attack by students.
Joseph Smith, a teacher at the Deburgos School in North Philadelphia, said on Thursday he was attacked by a 14-year-old girl.
"Our kids have no belief and respect, no respect. There's no respect for authority," Smith said.
He was attacked after he said a 14-year-old female student grabbed a classroom phone to make prank calls and refused to stop. Smith said the girl hit him with the telephone and then hit him again with a dictionary, before more students joined in on the attack.
The attack comes a week after a Germantown High School teacher had his neck broken allegedly by two students.
Another teacher told NBC 10 News that his jaw was broken by a student at West Philadelphia High School in November.
The beatings come as a new report on violence in Philadelphia schools is released.
Source 1
Source 2
A 15-year-old girl punched her teacher 10 times in the face and chest Tuesday morning after the teacher tried to take her cell phone away, police and MPS officials said.
A stricter ban on cell phones went into effect last month in Milwaukee Public Schools after several students used their phones to call outsiders to participate in fights.
Police said the student at Fritsche Middle School's LEAP program was talking on the phone during class when the teacher, a 54-year-old female, tried to confiscate it.
She wound up with a "chipped tooth and pain and redness in the face," an MPS spokeswoman said.
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Story 2:
Another Philadelphia schoolteacher has been the victim of a vicious attack by students.
Joseph Smith, a teacher at the Deburgos School in North Philadelphia, said on Thursday he was attacked by a 14-year-old girl.
"Our kids have no belief and respect, no respect. There's no respect for authority," Smith said.
He was attacked after he said a 14-year-old female student grabbed a classroom phone to make prank calls and refused to stop. Smith said the girl hit him with the telephone and then hit him again with a dictionary, before more students joined in on the attack.
The attack comes a week after a Germantown High School teacher had his neck broken allegedly by two students.
Another teacher told NBC 10 News that his jaw was broken by a student at West Philadelphia High School in November.
The beatings come as a new report on violence in Philadelphia schools is released.
Source 1
Source 2
Monday, March 12, 2007
Multiple strategies
Research has clearly shown that your odds increase if you use multiple strategies in defending yourself. Here's a great example.
I would also like to praise this young woman for her will to fight back, and by doing so, getting this perpetrator off the streets.
Story:
California -- A 33-year-old man, whose injuries matched those inflicted by a woman on an attacker who attempted to rape her, was arrested Tuesday.
On Saturday at approximately 3:45 p.m. a man entered a model home and asked the 19-year-old woman working there if he could use the bathroom.
The man exited the bathroom and after mumbling a few words to the victim, lunged at her, grabbing her by the neck.
As she fought back, the young woman was thrown into a back office where her pants were ripped as the attacker attempted to remove them.
Fighting the attacker off, she managed to dial 911 on a desk phone and her screams were heard. The man ripped the phone from the wall but the call was responded to by Apple Valley deputies.
They found the woman bleeding and suffering from injuries to the head and neck. She had stopped her attacker by kicking and scratching him. She had also bit the attacker’s index finger before he fled.
Source
I would also like to praise this young woman for her will to fight back, and by doing so, getting this perpetrator off the streets.
Story:
California -- A 33-year-old man, whose injuries matched those inflicted by a woman on an attacker who attempted to rape her, was arrested Tuesday.
On Saturday at approximately 3:45 p.m. a man entered a model home and asked the 19-year-old woman working there if he could use the bathroom.
The man exited the bathroom and after mumbling a few words to the victim, lunged at her, grabbing her by the neck.
As she fought back, the young woman was thrown into a back office where her pants were ripped as the attacker attempted to remove them.
Fighting the attacker off, she managed to dial 911 on a desk phone and her screams were heard. The man ripped the phone from the wall but the call was responded to by Apple Valley deputies.
They found the woman bleeding and suffering from injuries to the head and neck. She had stopped her attacker by kicking and scratching him. She had also bit the attacker’s index finger before he fled.
Source
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Hazards at work, 26
A recent attack on a nurse at Marquette Branch Prison suggests officials are classifying dangerous criminals as low-risk to save money, a union leader said.
State police are investigating reports that a 57-year-old rapist assaulted the female nurse on Saturday during an examination for abdominal pain.
The prisoner choked the nurse and threatened her with a razor blade he had concealed in his mouth.
The woman fought back and knocked a phone off the hook, setting off an alarm. Corrections officers subdued the inmate.
The man was assigned to the prison's minimum-security Trusty Division, despite six criminal sexual conduct convictions.
Source
State police are investigating reports that a 57-year-old rapist assaulted the female nurse on Saturday during an examination for abdominal pain.
The prisoner choked the nurse and threatened her with a razor blade he had concealed in his mouth.
The woman fought back and knocked a phone off the hook, setting off an alarm. Corrections officers subdued the inmate.
The man was assigned to the prison's minimum-security Trusty Division, despite six criminal sexual conduct convictions.
Source
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Three assault cases
Canada -- The 23-year-old was one of three women attacked during the weekend in places where woman should feel safe: the quiet residential street of carefully tended gardens; an apartment stairwell; and a telephone booth at a major intersection in Scarborough.
In all three cases, the women punched, scratched, kicked and screamed until their attackers fled.
Source
In all three cases, the women punched, scratched, kicked and screamed until their attackers fled.
Source
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Payphone
When using a payphone it's a common habit to face away from the door (or people) - facing the phone. This is a bad habit!
Try instead to have your back against the wall/phone. Yes I know this may make the conversation feel less "private", but you will be a much harder target to hit.
I suggest you begin to watch how people act when they're on a payphone or a cellular phone in public. Then you will see how easy it is for a criminal to set many of these people up for an assault or a theft.
Story:
Toronto, Canada -- Police are investigating after a 36-year-old woman was pulled from a payphone and sexually assaulted in the city’s east end early Saturday morning.
The victim was using a payphone at about 5:30 a.m. when a man grabbed her from behind and dragged her to a nearby grassy area, where she was forced to the ground and sexually assaulted, police said.
The woman fought with her attacker before he fled.
Source
Try instead to have your back against the wall/phone. Yes I know this may make the conversation feel less "private", but you will be a much harder target to hit.
I suggest you begin to watch how people act when they're on a payphone or a cellular phone in public. Then you will see how easy it is for a criminal to set many of these people up for an assault or a theft.
Story:
Toronto, Canada -- Police are investigating after a 36-year-old woman was pulled from a payphone and sexually assaulted in the city’s east end early Saturday morning.
The victim was using a payphone at about 5:30 a.m. when a man grabbed her from behind and dragged her to a nearby grassy area, where she was forced to the ground and sexually assaulted, police said.
The woman fought with her attacker before he fled.
Source
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Nose job
I say well done to this brave kid!
Dangerous though - you never know if a weapon (or back-up) is at hand.
Anyhow, a solid punch to the nose is a good deterrent in many cases. This is even more true when it comes as a total surprise!
Story:
A 12-year-old karate champion told today how he turned the tables on a would-be mugger when he unleashed his martial arts skills on the yob.
Jake Oliver was walking back to his home in Hartcliffe, Bristol, on Saturday morning when he was confronted by the balaclava-clad thug. The stocky, 5ft 10ins, assailant had leapt out from behind a bush and demanded Jake's phone.
But the unruffled youngster - who won a gold medal at a national karate championships last year - refused and delivered a karate chop, which broke the man's nose.
Source
Dangerous though - you never know if a weapon (or back-up) is at hand.
Anyhow, a solid punch to the nose is a good deterrent in many cases. This is even more true when it comes as a total surprise!
Story:
A 12-year-old karate champion told today how he turned the tables on a would-be mugger when he unleashed his martial arts skills on the yob.
Jake Oliver was walking back to his home in Hartcliffe, Bristol, on Saturday morning when he was confronted by the balaclava-clad thug. The stocky, 5ft 10ins, assailant had leapt out from behind a bush and demanded Jake's phone.
But the unruffled youngster - who won a gold medal at a national karate championships last year - refused and delivered a karate chop, which broke the man's nose.
Source
Monday, May 08, 2006
A great initiative
Scotland -- Free phones are being installed in eight hospitals in Strathclyde in an attempt to encourage victims of violence to contact police.
The pilot scheme funded by the Violence Reduction Unit will see phones located in A&E wards in the coming weeks.
Karyn McCluskey, of the VRU, said the trauma of violence and the ban on mobile phones in hospitals made it difficult to report violent crime.
Source
The pilot scheme funded by the Violence Reduction Unit will see phones located in A&E wards in the coming weeks.
Karyn McCluskey, of the VRU, said the trauma of violence and the ban on mobile phones in hospitals made it difficult to report violent crime.
Source
Friday, March 31, 2006
Phony art?
Is a telephone the new weapon of choice amongst the rich and famous? Phone-jutsu anyone?
Top model Naomi Campbell has seemingly made it a trademark to attack people with a phone. The actor Russel Crowe has also been seen "going medieval with a telephone".
Well, I guess the tea was too hot or maybe the ignorant low-life forgot to bow to her highness, so it was probably just a case of self-defense...
Better still - the houskeeper probably just hurled herself onto the phone - inflicting the damage so that she could sue "poor" Naomi Campbell!
Story:
Naomi Campbell was charged with assault yesterday, after apparently hurling a mobile phone at the back of her housekeeper's head, causing an injury that needed four stitches.
It's unclear whether or not Naomi Campbell added a few Russell Crowe-style flourishes to the reported attack, like throwing a vase or standing in an elaborate karate stance.
Source
Top model Naomi Campbell has seemingly made it a trademark to attack people with a phone. The actor Russel Crowe has also been seen "going medieval with a telephone".
Well, I guess the tea was too hot or maybe the ignorant low-life forgot to bow to her highness, so it was probably just a case of self-defense...
Better still - the houskeeper probably just hurled herself onto the phone - inflicting the damage so that she could sue "poor" Naomi Campbell!
Story:
Naomi Campbell was charged with assault yesterday, after apparently hurling a mobile phone at the back of her housekeeper's head, causing an injury that needed four stitches.
It's unclear whether or not Naomi Campbell added a few Russell Crowe-style flourishes to the reported attack, like throwing a vase or standing in an elaborate karate stance.
Source
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