Man Beats, Chokes, Holds Knife To Woman’s Throat; Also Spit On And Threatened To Kill Her Children
October 2, 2011 by admin
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Northbrook, ILL – A Northbrook area man is being held on $300,000 bond after he was charged with beating and choking a woman, holding a knife to her throat, and spitting on and threatening to kill her children, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Saturday.
Francisco Tirado, 27, of the 3700 block of Salem Walk [...]
Man Threatens To Kill 2 Women and 2 Children Because One Of The Women Refused To Get Off The Phone
September 25, 2011 by admin
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ALLEGAN — An Allegan man accused of threatening to kill two women and some children Wednesday after he became angry that one of the women was tying up a home phone line was arraigned Thursday in Allegan County District Court, police said.
Brian Scott Foster, 20, is charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous [...]
Man Charged For Raping Unconscious 16-Year-Old Girl
August 21, 2011 by admin
Filed under Self Defense Advice & News
Van Nuys, CA – A 33-year-old Van Nuys man was arrested Thursday after his DNA was allegedly linked to the 2002 rape of an unconscious 16-year-girl in a South Glendale motel, police said.
The Tri-Cities Fugitive Apprehension task force arrested Armen Shakhbazyan about 5 p.m. Thursday after tracking him to an auto body shop in Van [...]
Husband Charged With Attempted Murder In Stabbing Of Wife
July 5, 2011 by admin
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CARPENTERSVILLE — Bail has been set at $2 million for a 52-year-old Carpentersville man accused of trying to murder his wife over the Independence Day weekend. But the wife has been released from Sherman Hospital in Elgin after being treated for a knife wound.
Police Cmdr. Timothy Bosshart said Jesus Guerrero, of 508 Elm Ridge Road, [...]
Man Forcibly Takes Girlfriend Out Of Store, Charged With Kidnapping
March 31, 2011 by admin
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AVON PARK, FL – A Sebring woman was forced from a Dollar General store by a Moore Haven man with whom she has two children, and pushed into a white Buick parked in the store parking lot, authorities said.
The store is located at 906 U.S. 27 S., in Avon Park.
Avon Park police were called [...]
Man Beat, Stabbed And Stomped On Head Of Woman He Met On Match.com
March 12, 2011 by admin
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LAS VEGAS, NV – In a cautionary tale for online daters, a man already in the Clark County Detention Center on an Arizona murder warrant alleging that he killed an ex-girlfriend has been indicted in Las Vegas in the attempted murder of another.
In a Clark County Grand Jury indictment unsealed Friday, Wade Mitchell Ridley, [...]
Man Admits To Kidnapping And Raping Estranged Girlfriend
March 8, 2011 by admin
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Sterling Heights, MI – A Sterling Heights man quietly pleaded guilty Friday to kidnapping and raping his estranged girlfriend on New Year’s Day 2010.
Brandon Jay Smith quietly admitted in Livingston County Circuit Court that, “yes,” he kidnapped the South Lyon woman by forcing her into his grandmother’s vehicle as she arrived for work at [...]
Convicted Rapist Sat Smiling Throughout a Hearing Where His Victim Sobbed
February 10, 2011 by admin
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By Betty Ann Adam, The StarPhoenix
A convicted violent sex offender sat smiling throughout a hearing Wednesday where a woman he raped sobbed while reading a victim impact statement.
Crown prosecutor Michael Segu argued Ian Andrew Gamble, 24, should be sentenced to a total nine years in prison for two sexual assaults causing bodily harm that he [...]
Jury Finds 2 Guilty in Violent Rape After Night Out at Nightclub
January 22, 2011 by admin
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An Orange County jury Friday found two men guilty of a violent rape on a young woman following a night out at the Roxy Nightclub in April 2009.
The attacks came after the victim said she was given a ride in a car used by the defendants when the club closed. She said both Juan Andre [...]
18 Year-Old Gets 30 to 60 Years In Rape, Assault of Elderly Woman
January 7, 2011 by admin
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A man accused in the rape and assault of an elderly Detroit woman was sentenced today to serve 30 to 60 years in prison, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the prosecutor’s office, Maurice Randall, 18, was convicted Dec. 14 on charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, first-degree home invasion and assault with [...]

