Family begs judge to send dad to prison

Family member after family member stood up and railed against Ronald A. Dority at his sentencing Friday, telling Erie County Common Pleas Judge Tygh Tone that Dority must go to prison for the brutal kidnapping of his estranged wife.

The words carried weight with Tone, who sentenced the 44-year-old Bellevue man to 12 years in prison. He faced a maximum of 23 years behind bars.

Dority terrorized his now ex-wife Beth the night of June 16. He broke into her Herr Road home in Margaretta Township, where he found Beth in bed and choked her, according to police. He then dragged her to the garage, wrapped a chainsaw chain around her wrists, pushed her into a Chevrolet Suburban, then drove her around until he needed to stop for gas...

Boston University med student arrested in Craigslist slaying

A Boston University medical student was arrested Monday in the shooting death in a hotel of a masseuse and the robbery of another woman who both advertised their services on Craigslist.

Phil Markoff, 22, was arrested during a traffic stop Monday afternoon on Interstate 95 in Walpole, south of Boston, Police Commissioner Ed Davis said at a news conference to announce the arrest. He is also suspected of being connected to an assault on a Las Vegas exotic dancer in Rhode Island last week.

"We are very, very happy to have this man off the street in such a timely way," Davis said...

Husband, his girlfriend charged with wife's murder

OCALA – Marion County sheriff's investigators say Heather Strong died inside a storage trailer near McIntosh on Feb. 15. Her killers tied her with duct tape to an office chair and suffocated her with a plastic bag over her head.

The 26-year-old Citra woman's husband, Joshua Damien Fulgham, and his girlfriend, Emilia Carr, told detectives the terrible story of her killing, according to a Sheriff's Office report. Both were arrested Tuesday night on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping.

They lured Strong to the trailer behind Carr’s mother's home, at 5500 N.W. 219th St. Road in Boardman, where they bound her to the chair using duct tape. Then Carr placed a plastic bag over Strong’s head and tried to break her neck, according to Detective Donald Buie's report.

That attempt failed. Then Carr and Fulgham together suffocated Strong with the plastic bag...

Prosecutor: Brockton suspect planned ‘mass murder’

Luke’s first victim was identified in court as Selma Goncalves, 20, a Cape Verdean immigrant. Her sister’s name is being withheld because the Herald does not publish the names of victims of alleged sexual assault. Family members said she is in critical but stable condition.

The second victim is identified as Arlindo Goncalves, 72, a homeless man who is not related to the two sisters.

His niece tells the Herald he was just trying to get by in life by redeeming cans he collected...

Anderson University student reports kidnapping, sexual assault

An Anderson University student told police that two men kidnapped her as she walked near campus early this morning and then sexually assaulted her, according to the Anderson Police Department.

The 18-year-old woman was treated at AnMed Health and released, said police spokesman C. Randall Williams.

Students have been notified of the incident and were urged to call a campus safety officer for an escort if they planned on going out alone after dark, said university spokesman Barry Ray...

Owensboro man gets 40 years for child rape

A Kentucky man convicted of a federal charge stemming from the abduction and rape of an 11-year-old West Virginia girl will spend 40 years in prison.

U.S. Attorney Sharon Potter says 29-year-old Joshua Ridings of Owensboro, Ky., will be on supervised release for the rest of his life when he completes his prison sentence.

U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp Jr. sentenced Ridings today...

‘Crazy’ soldier sought in rape of two women

Authorities are asking the public’s help in finding a Fort Lewis Stryker brigade soldier accused of kidnapping and torturing two women this month, and then trying to hide the crimes by setting fire to his Parkland home after the second victim escaped.

Staff Sgt. Nathan Ryan Smith, a 29-year-old Iraq veteran, has been charged in a warrant with two counts of first-degree kidnapping, four courts of first-degree rape, attempted rape, felony harassment, destroying evidence and first-degree arson.

The Army considers Smith absent without leave since Monday, Fort Lewis spokesman Joe Kubistek said. A cavalry scout with the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, he had been at the post since July 2006....

Man allegedly beat girlfriend, children

A benign request made by a 4-year-old boy sent Angel Garcia into a violent rage Wednesday night inside the second-floor apartment Garcia shares with the boy's mother, according to authorities.

Garcia allegedly became enraged when his girlfriend's son asked to go to the bathroom, said New Bedford police spokesman Jeffrey Silva.

Garcia, an unemployed 32-year-old who was born in Puerto Rico, told the child to relieve himself in his pants, then punched the boy in the face, Silva said.. When the boy's mother, who is three months pregnant, came to his aid, Garcia allegedly beat her as well, and when the couple's 1-year-old son started crying, Garcia turned his attention on the toddler, unleashing a brutal assault on his son...

Man Killed Girlfriend, Went To Party In Her Car

A man indicted on murder and kidnapping charges in the death of his on-again, off-again girlfriend went to a party after her death, driving her car, police said.

Vincent George Brown Jr., 39, is serving 13 months in a state prison for violating his probation in an unrelated drug case. Tampa police have a warrant to charge him in the Nov. 15 strangulation of Jennifer Johnson, 31.

A grand jury indicted Brown on felony first-degree murder and kidnapping charges Thursday. The indictment was unsealed today because of the arrest warrant...

Marietta Man in Custody For Sexual Abuse Charges

Last night Marietta police were searching the home of a man accused of sexual abuse.

Officers say not only did they find evidence of sexual abuse but they also found two young boys inside the home.

The investigation started last night, after a victim contacted police....

Batterer charged in deaths of his mom, ex

A chronic domestic batterer murdered his ex-girlfriend, dressed up her body and put makeup on her face, leaving a twisted love note in blood on the wall after killing his own mother during a weekend rampage in New Bedford, authorities said yesterday.

Gary Anthony Gomes, 35, of New Bedford was held without bail yesterday in New Bedford District Court on two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping.

On Tuesday, authorities discovered the bodies of Katherine Gomes, 61, the suspect’s mother, and his former girlfriend Robyn N. Mendes, 48, both stabbed to death...More Here...