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SHAME: Detroit Pastor Marvin Winans Carjacked, Robbed While Pumping Gas, Pants Ripped to Shreds

May 16, 2012 By 2 Comments

SHAME:  Detroit pastor Marvin Winans was robbed and carjacked while pumping gas this afternoon. Winans, who leads the Perfecting Church, told Local 4, “he went inside the gas station to pay when he noticed a group of young men hanging inside the store not buying anything. He said he thought it was strange, but he went about his business.” He was then jumped by four men when he came out of the convenience store.

Winans suffered several cuts and bruises to his face, hands and arms. His pants were also torn to shreds.

“I was on the ground and then they went to kicking me and trying to get the money out of my pocket,” said Winans. “When I stood up I called on Jesus, I said ‘Jesus’, and they started running. I got up and my car was gone.” The attackers were able to steal his 2012 QX56 purple Infinity sedan and his wallet. Source

It’s a damn shame that these thugs would rob even a pastor. Reaction on Twitter:

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Mary Richardson Kennedy, Estranged Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Found Dead in Apparent Suicide in Barn

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Mary Richardson Kennedy, Estranged Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Found Dead in Apparent Suicide in Barn (Getty Images)

Mary Richardson Kennedy, 52, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., hanged herself in a barn behind her Westchester home Wednesday. Kennedy, the mother of four children, was the second wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. Mary Richardson Kennedy was an architect and a designer. She fought alcohol and drugs.  She had two high-profile arrests around the time her husband filed for divorce in 2010. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday.

 

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Daniel Holt and Wife Erica Holt Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Natchez MS

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

NATCHEZ MURDER-SUICIDE:  Daniel Holt shot and killed his wife, Erica Holt, while she was at an Exxon gas station on Homochitto Street and John R. Junkin Drive early Wednesday in Natchez, Miss. Daniel Holt then fled the scene and was found by police after he wrecked his car, the Natchez Democrat reports. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest after the police approached his vehicle. Erica Holt was pronounced dead from multiple gunshot wounds at the Natchez Regional Medical Center.

There was a history of domestic violence with this couple. Erica Holt’s murder could have been prevented. How many more murder-suicides do we have to hear about before the alarm is sounded and domestic violence is taken more seriously? Just yesterday, Tonya Thomas killed her four kids and herself in an apparent quadruple murder-suicide in Port St. John, Fla. Last week Amy Freeman Burton and her daughter Ainsley Freeman died in a murder-suicide in Pleasanton, Calif.

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Miguel Fuentes, Three Other Guardian Angels, Stabbed Trying to Stop Red Line Robbery on Chicago’s Near North Side

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Miguel Fuentes, Three Other Guardian Angels, Stabbed Trying to Stop Red Line Robbery on Chicago's Near North Side (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

SHAME:  Four Guardian Angels were stabbed in Chicago trying to stop a robbery Tuesday night after seeing a man pistol-whip a rider on a Red Line train on the Near North Side, the Chicago Tribune reports. Thankfully, the four members of the volunteer patrol, , including local chapter leader Miguel Fuentes, suffered minor cuts during the confrontation, but it speaks to a bigger problem of crime in the city.

The Guardian Angels were on the platform, waiting to get on a train, when they spotted a man hitting a passenger and taking his iPhone 4S, police said. They intervened and a second man pulled a knife and cut three of the Guardian Angels on their arms and the fourth on the head, authorities said. The robbers ran off and grabbed a cab, police said.

Miguel Fuentes, the head of the local Guardian Angels chapter, said he had spotted one of the robbers standing suspiciously close behind the passenger on the northbound train.

“As the train’s pulling up, I noticed (the robber) hovering around (the victim) from behind. So the passenger had no clue,” Fuentes said hours after the attack left him with 17 stitches in his right arm.

As the train pulled to the stop, Fuentes said he saw the robber pull a handgun and hit the passenger from behind. “People get up, they start running. . .They’re screaming. The train still hadn’t made a complete stop,” Fuentes said.

Fuentes said he grabbed the robber’s arm as he was fleeing the train and tucking the pistol into his waistband. The robber managed pulled away and ran toward the turnstile, where the three other Guardian Angels were waiting. Source

Jesus take the wheel. These stories are neither popular or being covered by the mainstream media with any sense of urgency, but we will continue to shed light on the crime wave that is consuming this country in certain pockets.  The Guardian Angels volunteer security organization was founded by Curtis Sliwa.

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Four Members of Guardian Angels, Founded by Curtis Sliwa, Stabbed in on Chicago's Near North Side (Wikipedia)

Background on the Guardian Angels:

In May 1977, Sliwa created the “Magnificent 13,” a group dedicated to combating violence and crime on the New York City subways. At the time, the city was experiencing a crime wave. The Magnificent 13 grew and was renamed the Guardian Angels. The group’s actions drew strong reactions, both positive and negative,[1]from the police, public officials, residents and the media. Throughout the early 1980s the group’s distinctive uniform, a military type red beret and white insignia t-shirt, became recognizable as the group grew and courted media attention.

In the early 1980s, he became active in Buffalo, New York and was often critical of local police policies and practices.[2] Sliwa continues to act as the President of the organization and oversees its worldwide operations. His wife, Mary, is Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer. He frequently visits chapters throughout the world and graduates new chapters. As of 2011, Sliwa states that the Guardian Angels operate in nine countries and 82 cities around the world, with approximately 5,000 members. Sliwa went on to become a populist conservative radio talk show host. Source

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Tonya Thomas Kills Self, Four Children in Quadruple Murder-Suicide in Port St. John FL

May 15, 2012 By 8 Comments
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Tonya Thomas Kills Self, Four Children in Quadruple Murder-Suicide in Port St. John FL (Brevard County Sheriff's Office)

PORT ST. JOHN MURDER-SUICIDE:  Tonya Thomas (Tanya Thomas)  fatally shot her four kids, ages 12 to 17, and then turned the gun on herself in an apparent quadruple murder-suicide early Tuesday morning as the SWAT team surrounded her home, located at 7245 Bright Avenue, Port St. John, FL. The children have been identified as Pebbles Johnson, 17; Jaxs Johnson, 15; Jazlin Johnson, 13; and Joel Johnson, 12.

Three of the children had gone to a neighbor’s front door before dawn to say their mother had shot them. The mother then called the children back to the house and killed them, Goodyear said.

“From what the neighbors said, she was very calm. She walked out and called them back. They turned around and walked back to the house,” Goodyear said. The neighbor then heard gunshots and called 911.

Another neighbor told deputies that Thomas sent a text message in the middle of the night saying she wanted to be cremated with her children. ”He didn’t see the text until he woke up this morning,” Goodyear said. Source

Why would this woman do this to her kids and herself? Why? Where is the father of the children? Seems to me Tonya Thomas may have found herself in a desperate place. That’s no justification for killing yourself and your children, but something went wrong somewhere. According to media reports, the children were characterized as troublesome by neighbors. One son, Jaxs Johnson had recently been arrested on a domestic violence charge. Tonya Thomas was 16 when she had her first child. She was a baby having a baby. She was separated from the father of her children, the New York Post reports.

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Tonya Thomas Kills Her Four Kids shown here, and then herself. Clockwise from top left: Pebbles Johnson, 17, Jaxs Johnson, 15, Joel Johnson, 12, Jazlin Johnson, 13. (Brevard County Sheriff's Office.)

UPDATE#1 (05/15/12):  Statement from school district: “Brevard Public Schools is saddened to learn of the tragic deaths of four of its students. The police have released the students’ names and crisis teams/grief counselors have been sent to the respective schools to help students, faculty and staff deal with this heartbreaking news. The district asks that you please respect the enormity of this loss and do not attempt to call or go on school campuses regarding this situation.

This is a police matter and all issues related to the specifics of this case should be directed to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Department.  Please contact District Communications with any other questions.”

UPDATE#2 (05/15/12):  ABC News is reporting that the family has a history of domestic violence and in April, Jaxs Johnson threw a bicycle through a window in the house and threatened his mother. The police report said the next day, when she woke him up for school, he kicked and punched her repeatedly, she pushed back and they began to scuffle.

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Prayer vigil planned for Wednesday night

First Baptist Church of Port St. John, located less than two miles from the shooting,  will host a community prayer vigil Wednesday at 7 p.m. The vigil is open to the public at the church’s main sanctuary, at 3900 Fay Blvd. 

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Darius McClinton-Hunter, Son of LA Angels Torii Hunter, Arrested on Sexual Assault Charge

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Darius McClinton-Hunter, Son of LA Angels Torii Hunter, Arrested on Sexual Assault Charge (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Los Angeles Angels’ Torii Hunter was placed on the restricted list Monday after his teenage son, Darius McClinton-Hunter, was arrested for sexual assault of a child. The town of Prosper, TX, issued a news release announcing the 17  year old’s arrest, along with four others, during a monthlong investigation of sexual assault of a child, which is a second-degree felony. The town of Prosper has been in the news lately, particularly with the drama erupting in the bitter divorce of Deion Sanders and his estranged wife, Pilar Sanders. Darius Hunter, who lives in McKinney,  played on the Prosper High football team last season, along with his two brothers. More charges are forthcoming.

Torii Hunter’s tweet:

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VIDEO: U.S. Soldier Brutally Beaten by Four Men in South Tampa Neighborhood

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

SOLDIER BRUTALLY BEATEN:  Tampa police need your help finding four men who beat a young U.S. Army soldier earl Sunday morning at the intersection of Iowa Street and Renellie Drive as he walked home after his car broke down. The violent beating was caught on camera. The soldier is assigned to MacDill Air Force Base and lives near Dale Mabry Highway and Interbay Boulevard.

The soldier’s beating was caught on a neighbor’s motion-activated security camera. A group of three men attacked him after asking him to borrow a dollar. When he reached into his wallet, he was punched. The victim said three of the men were black, one possibly Hispanic, and were in their late teens or early twenties. If you have any information, please contact the Tampa Police Department at 813-354-6600.

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Todd Waingrow Kills Estranged Wife Leslie Waingrow, Self in Apparent Murder-Suicide in West Toledo

May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Todd Waingrow Kills Estranged Wife Leslie Waingrow, Self in Apparent Murder-Suicide in West Toledo (Facebook)

WEST TOLEDO MURDER-SUICIDE: Todd Waingrow and estranged wife Leslie Waingrow, 32, were found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide in their West Toldeo, Ohio, home. Police went to the home, located in the 3900 block of Burnham Avenue, after relatives were unable to contact Leslie Waingrow or her estranged husband. The Toledo Blade reports the couple had been arguing Friday night, police said. Todd Waingrow, 39, shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself. This alarming trend continues. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Leslie Waingrow and Todd Waingrow. This is not the way to solve your problems. The couple married in 2005.

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Michael Grindrod and Wife Sara Grindrod Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in North Fort Myers

May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Michael Grindrod and Wife Sara Grindrod Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in North Fort Myers (Facebook)

NORTH FORT MYERS MURDER-SUICIDE:  Sara Grindrod and her husband Michael Grindrod were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in their Fort Myers home Friday. The News-Press reports the incident was domestic-violence related and Michael Grindrod committed suicide after killing his wife. They leave behind two young sons.

 

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Susan Beran and Elderly Mother Florence Beran Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide in Stamford CT Home

May 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

STAMFORD MURDER-SUICIDE:  Susan Beran, 57, shot and killed her elderly mother, Florence Beran, in their Stamford, Conn., home Friday. Police were dispatched to 1412 Long Ridge Road Friday for a welfare check of the residents when they found Florence Beran, 85, dead from a gunshot wound downstairs and Susan Beran dead in an upstairs bedroom from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The utilities in the home had been shut off for about a year and the home was in a deplorable condition. Florence Beran was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Stamford police believe Susan Beran was caring for her mother.

 

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