Couple arrested for locking 6 childers in U-Haul

A Pensacola man appeared in a Mississippi courtroom Wednesday to face charges that he and his girlfriend locked six children in the back of a U-Haul truck destined for California, authorities said.

A deputy pulled the couple over about 5 p.m. Monday on Interstate 10 near Gulfport, Miss., after a witness saw Feadora W. Brown, 34, and her boyfriend, Mario A. McGill, 22, load six children into the back of the moving van.
Brown said they left Pensacola about 1 p.m., the arrest report said.
Brown initially told the arresting deputy that they were driving to Houston, said Maj. Ron Pullen of the Harrison County Sheriff's Office. After further questioning, Brown said the couple were taking the children to their father's house in California, Pullen said.
The back of a moving truck isn't an ideal place for children, or anyone, to travel because of the lack of ventilation or air conditioning, Pullen said.
"They're not made for passengers," he said. "That's a cargo area, and there's no restraint system for seat belts, or seats at all."
The children were unharmed, Pullen said.
The couple have been charged with six counts of child endangerment. If convicted on each count, Brown and McGill face up to 36 years in jail and $6,000 in fines. more

Cop arrested while making drug deal in uniform

BOSTON (myfoxboston) - An MIT police officer was busted for allegedly picking up a package of 400 prescription painkiller pills while in uniform, the district attorney's office said Saturday. Joseph D'Amelio, 38, of East Boston, was arrested when he picked up the pills after they were delivered to an East Boston auto garage. Police said D'Amelio pulled up to Advanced Automotive on London Street in his official marked MIT vehicle at about 6 p.m. to pick up the drugs. Police said the package contained 340 80 milligram OxyContin tablets and 30 milligram Roxycodone tablets. Police also seized $12,000 in cash. more

Long island teacher rearrested for writing letters to male student

Long Island teacher's obsession with her former student has gotten her busted for a third time.
Heather Kennedy, 26, was sentenced on Friday to six months time served for bedding the 16-year-old boy last year - once having sex in his car in the parking lot at Wantagh High School, where she was his math teacher.
Early Saturday cops swooped in and rearrested Kennedy at her Massapequa home, accusing her of writing the teen from jail, a violation of an order of protection taken out against her.
Kennedy was arraigned Saturday and released on $15,000 bail. She now faces an additional year behind bars.
"This defendant disgraced not only her school, but her community and the entire teaching profession," said Nassau County Assistant District Attorney Jaime Johnson.
Kennedy sent three handwritten letters to the boy from August to December, prosecutors said.
Kennedy's lawyer, Steven Zimmerman, argued that authorities became aware of the letters months ago, but didn't act on them until Saturday.
Nassau County cops said they didn't learn of the letters until Friday night and made the arrest several hours later.
The former teacher, who is still on probation for the trysts, is no longer hot for student, Zimmerman said.
"Heather's taken responsibility for her actions," he said. "She said that the romance isn't a viable situation and she's moved on."
Kennedy was first arrested in March of last year after her young lover confessed that the two had had sex in the car. more

Robbery Suspect caught waiting for a pizza

BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Police arrested a woman suspected of robbing a small variety store in Maine.
Just after noon on Monday, 48-year-old Mary Gorsuch of Biddeford is believed to have entered Paul's Variety on Alfred Street and demanded money from the clerk, claiming she would "blow [the clerk's] head off" if she didn't comply.
The clerk gave Gorsuch several hundred dollars, and then watched her walk across the street to a pizza parlor. The clerk called 911, gave police a description of the suspect and told them she had just entered the pizza shop.
Officers found Gorsuch waiting for a pepperoni pizza she had ordered. She was taken into custody and charged with robbery.
Despite the suspect's threat, no weapon was located and there were no injuries. It is unclear whether a weapon was shown at anytime during the incident.
Gorsuch was already on federal probation for armed robbery of a banking institution in the Bangor area. Police expect that probation will be revoked.
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Man killed girlfriend when she told him he could not have anymore beer

FORT LAUDERDALE - A Fort Lauderdale man said he killed his girlfriend in an argument over beer and then tried to have sex with her corpse, according to an arrest warrant police released today.Robert Conde, 41, was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of Ruth Ann Trueblood, said police spokeswoman Detective Yvette Martinez.According to the arrest report:Conde told police he and Trueblood were drinking together outdoors when she told him he couldn't have more beer. He told police he got upset and beat her up, saying she was on her back defenseless as he punched her several times in the face until he knew she was dead.
Conde took off her pants and unsuccessfully tried to have sex with her, the arrest report said he told police. He then covered her up and lay next to her. more

Man charged with breaking into a womans home to steal her underwear

A 20-year-old Boise man is charged with felony burglary after police say he was caught trying to steal womens underwear out of a Northwest Boise residence Wednesday night.
Cameron Ray Sanchez is being held in the Ada County Jail and will make his initial court appearance later Thursday.
Boise police were called to a residence in the neighborhood just southwest of the State Street/Veterans Memorial Parkway intersection at 9:50 p.m. Wednesday by a woman who said she came home to find a man crawling out her bedroom window.
The woman told police she thought the man was Sanchez, who was a neighbor. Police tracked down Sanchez at a nearby residence and interviewed him. Police say they did not find any of the woman’s underwear in Sanchez' possession, but did find some undisclosed evidence which led them to suspect that was why he broke in.
Sanchez was then arrested and booked into the jail on the burglary charge. more

Son caught masterbating hits mom in face

DADE CITY -- It all started about 7 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said, when a mother looked outside and saw her 19-year-old son masturbating in the back yard.
The mother yelled. The son, Antwan L. Grandberry, 19, walked around to the front of the house on 13th Street in Dade City and rang the doorbell, according to a Dade City Police report. The mother answered and began cursing and yelling at Grandberry, who then punched his mother in her face, the report said.
Grandberry, who is listed as unemployed, was arrested on a domestic battery charge and is being held in the Land O'Lakes. more