Daily Rotten Archives January 6, 2005 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Cop allegedly beats mom into coma Lynn Daily Item | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Suspended Peabody police officer George Sideris, charged with hitting his mother and putting her in a coma, has been released from custody but is prohibited from seeing his mother... Sideris, 33, of 9 Ellsworth Road, Peabody, has been indicted on charges of assault and battery on an elderly person causing serious bodily injury and three counts of assault and battery in connection with the beating of his 73-year other mother, Melpomeni Sideris, on and before Thanksgiving Day." Read article... Mom allegedly kills adopted toddler Gadsden Times | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Etowah County authorities have charged a Gadsden woman with capital murder in the 2003 death of her adopted 16-month-old girl. Sheriff James Hayes said Tonya Cate, 29, was taken into custody at her home Monday and is accused of killing Serena Cate in September of 2003... Test results showed the toddler, who had been adopted by Cate and her husband, died from blunt force trauma to the head." Read article... Dad allegedly beats monthold baby KNBC-TV 4 Los Angeles | Submitted by: Travis Bickle "The parents of an infant treated at an urgent care center for multiple fractures and human bite marks remained jailed Tuesday on suspicion of felony child endangerment, authorities said. The boy - who was born one month ago - is in critical condition at Children's Hospital in Mission Viejo. His parents - Andrew David Fusco, 20, and Megan Michelle Martinez, 19 - took him Monday to the urgent care center in Lake Forest, said Orange County sheriff's representative Jim Amormino. The child suffered 'multiple fractures, multiple human bite marks and was the victim of a severe beating,' Amormino said." Read article... Mom suicides, toddler starves for 96 hours Bowling Green Daily News | Submitted by: marc427 "The body of Carolyn Carter was discovered at her home at 231 N. Campbell Road on Tuesday morning, apparently a victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Her son, Cleveland Cavazos, was found alone in the house, suffering from possible dehydration and was taken to The Medical Center, where he was listed in good condition. Deputy Coroner Harold Sanson said that neither had been seen outside in over a week, and that Carter had been dead for at least three days." Read article... Convicted torturer/murderer faces extradition WGCL-TV 46 Atlanta | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "An Ethiopian man suspected of torturing and murdering dissidents while serving as a leader in a military dictatorship in Ethiopia during the 1970s was arrested Tuesday by federal agents. Kelbessa Negewo, 54, remains in federal custody and will face a hearing before an immigration judge as part of deportation proceedings in the next several weeks... Officials allege that during the 1970s Negewo was part of a military dictatorship that ruled Ethiopia. They say that in his role as chairman of a special government unit, he was responsible for having numerous civilians - mostly students - incarcerated, tortured and executed by firing squad... Once he is back in Ethiopia, he faces life in prison, which he was sentenced to following his conviction in absentia in April 2002. The Ethiopian government convicted Negewo for numerous human rights violations, including torture and 13 killings." Read article... Gimps abandoned in stairwell during school fire WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore | Submitted by: clementine "When a Carroll County high school had an emergency evacuation, everyone got out except for two students who were confined to wheelchairs. They were abandoned in the stairwell on the second floor... Jeremy Freeze, 16, has cerebral palsy. His parents, Cassie and Tom, said what happened to their son at Westminster High recently could have killed him... Jeremy wasn't alone waiting in the school stairwell as it filled with smoke. Robin Miller's son Brian, the only other child in the school with a wheelchair, was with him... 'You can't just pick these kids and say let's leave them behind and come back and get them just because they're hard to get out,' Robin said... WBAL-TV 11 News contacted the superintendent of the Carroll County school system several times on Tuesday, but never got a clear answer as to how the policy could be like this or what's being done to change it." Read article... and This article... Man immolated in Acapulco San Francisco Chronicle | Submitted by: Es Mi Mundo--Telemundo "A 28-year-old man died after being doused with gasoline and set on fire in a crime-stricken neighborhood in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Authorities on Tuesday said the victim, who died quickly from severe burns, had been identified by his wife... Witnesses said a group of youths carried out the burning and that nobody intervened." Read article... Churches prepare for military draft Beliefnet | Submitted by: clementine "Draft officials urged the [Church of the Brethren] to dust off long-standing 'alternative service' programs that allow conscientious objectors to serve in two-year domestic service projects in lieu of military service. In a meeting Dec. 10, the church's council voted to 'maximize our efforts' on alternative service... Selective Service officials have insisted there are no plans to reinstate the draft, and said Alternative Service Director Cassandra Costley stopped by the Brethren Service Center simply because she was in the area... Brethren leaders also agreed to meet in March with other Anabaptist churches that oppose military service. The meeting in Elgin, Ill., will bring together six Brethren and Mennonite groups to discuss 'how to prepare for alternative service opportunities.'" Read article... Army Reserve head deeply concerned MSNBC | Submitted by: Mandrake "The U.S. Army Reserve, tapped heavily to provide soldiers for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is 'degenerating into a "broken" force' due to dysfunctional military policies, the Army Reserve's chief said in a memo made public Wednesday. 'I do not wish to sound alarmist. I do wish to send a clear, distinctive signal of deepening concern,' Lt. Gen. James Helmly said in a Dec. 20 memo to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker... Helmly said Pentagon reluctance to issue orders calling reservists to active duty 'in a timely manner' resulted in more than 10,000 reserve soldiers getting as little as three to five days notice before being compelled back into uniform." Read article... Pentagon won't feed Iraqi police dogs WYFF-TV 4 Greenville | Submitted by: clementine "The commander of an Army Reserve detachment in Iraq is begging friends back home to send food for Iraqi police dogs. Capt. Gabriella Cook said in e-mails that the 13 dogs at the Iraqi Police Academy in Baghdad are living on table scraps and garbage. She said some of the dogs are sick - and there's no way to get real dog food. Cook's unit - the 313th Military Police Detachment, based in Las Vegas - arrived in the Iraqi capital last month. A Nevada veterinarian estimated that each of the police dogs needs 40 pounds or more of dry food per month... One of Cook's friends said it would cost $50 to mail a 30-pound bag of dog food to Iraq." Read article... North Koreans told to save leader's portraits Wire Services | Submitted by: Democracy is Dead "North Korea has ordered its citizens to be ready for a protracted war against the United States, issuing guidelines on evacuating to underground bunkers with weapons, food and portraits of leader Kim Jong Il... [The 33-page manual Detailed Wartime Guidelines] urged the military to build restaurants, wells, restrooms and air purifiers in underground bunkers, which government offices and military units will move into if war breaks out. When North Koreans evacuate to underground facilities, they should make sure that they take the portraits, plaster busts and bronze statues of Kim and his parents so that they can 'protect' them in a special room, the guidelines say." Read article... Euthanasia gift certificate just a joke Newsday | Submitted by: clementine "A one-time Idaho House of Representatives candidate won't face criminal charges after mailing his Republican Primary opponent a fake certificate for one visit to Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Mike Adams resigned Tuesday as a precinct committeeman in Bonneville County and will no longer be the county's voting representative on the state GOP central committee... Adams admitted sending the certificate. He apologized and said it was meant only as a joke, but [Ann Rydalch] clearly didn't see it that way. Rydalch said she was 'scared to death,' when the certificate arrived in the mail." Read article... Street gang linked to al Qaeda Boston Herald | Submitted by: Bung Holio "MS-13, which stands for La Mara Salvatrucha, is an extremely violent organization with roots in El Salvador, and boasts more than 100 'hardcore members' in East Boston who are suspected of brutal machete attacks, rapes and home invasions... In recent months, intelligence officials in Washington have warned national law enforcement agencies that al-Qaeda terrorists have been spotted with members of MS-13 in El Salvador, prompting concerns the gang may be smuggling Islamic fundamentalist terrorists into the country... 'MS-13 is the most dangerous gang in the area,' [Detective Joseph Fiandaca] said. 'They are big. They are mobile. Now they have a terrorist connection.'" Read article... Cuckold allegedly slashes wife, lover, self San Diego Union-Tribune | Submitted by: Nosy gal "A man stabbed his wife and the man he thought she was having an affair with, then slit his own throat and nearly severed his left arm Monday night, police said. All three were expected to recover, said Escondido police Lt. David Mankin... Ramon Ruiz, whose age was unavailable yesterday, suffered several stab wounds, Mankin said. The injured woman, 22, was treated for a cut on her left hand, he said... Officers found Rogelio Gutierrez Lopez, 28, with severe injuries to his throat and arm, Mankin said." Read article... Schoolteacher allegedly sucks off student, 13 Bristol Herald Courier | Submitted by: Darth Suffer "A Virginia Middle School teacher has been accused of having oral sex with one of her 13-year-old students. Melissa Michelle Deel, 32, of 829 Taylor St., Bristol, Tenn., was charged with felony carnal knowledge and taking indecent liberties with the boy. Deel, who has been suspended, taught eighth-grade ancient world history and contemporary world issues. The boy, accompanied by his parents, went to the city Police Department two days before Christmas and told investigators the incident occurred sometime in December. The boy said Deel parked her car on the street at his home. He got into her car, and she performed oral sex on him, according to police records." Read article... Satan cornered in basement, tasered, dies WEWS-TV 5 Cleveland | Submitted by: Ted Bundy "A 50-year-old Akron resident called police at about 6 a.m. Wednesday after an intruder broke into her home. The Triplett Boulevard homeowner told officials that she yelled, 'Who is it?' and the intruder responded, 'the devil.' When police arrived they followed a trail of blood to the basement, where the intruder was found hiding behind the furnace. The man did not surrender and repeatedly told police that he had a gun, officials said. The man was able to pull out the probes on the officers' Tasers and fight off the effects, but he was finally subdued and handcuffed... The man was taken by ambulance to an area hospital, where he later died." Read article... Murders now commonplace in Cancun Reuters | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A wave of grisly murders has hit the Mexican holiday resort of Cancun, with 13 dead bodies discovered in less than two months. Prosecutors said on Tuesday the latest victim surfaced on the weekend when a construction worker stumbled on the body of a local man bound hand and foot and apparently suffocated in wasteland near a main highway. A local justice official said it was unclear if there was a connection with a dozen other murder victims found in recent weeks - five that had been tied up and shot in the head, four whose charred bodies were found in the burned remains of a car, and three that had been tied up and suffocated... police in nearby Playa del Carmen earlier this month arrested a 25-year-old man found cooking and eating the body of a young man he had killed with blows to the head." Read article... Mexico publishes how-to guide for illegals San Diego Union-Tribune | Submitted by: mexican't "The Mexican government is distributing a comic-book guide that warns would-be migrants about the perils of crossing illegally into the United States and offers tips to stay safe... About 1.5 million copies of the pocket-size book titled Guide for the Mexican Immigrant were published by Mexico's Foreign Relations Department... 'Crossing a river can be very risky, especially if you cross alone and at night,' the booklet warns. 'Heavy clothing becomes heavier when wet, and this makes swimming or floating difficult.'" Read article... Man allegedly starves dog to induce cannibalism AZ Central | Submitted by: Simon Bar Sinister "A 19-year-old man is accused by Yavapai County sheriff's investigators of starving his dog after she gave birth to eight puppies. The sheriff's office alleges Rimrock resident Danny Gene Lane didn't want to care for the puppies. So, it says he allegedly starved his dog in hopes she would turn on her puppies." Read article... Dog digs up child porn KCBA-TV 35 Salinas | Submitted by: Bubba Joe "A curious dog is being credited with literally digging up new evidence against a convicted child molester in Ventura County. The bloodhound dug up Polaroid pictures and two videotapes in the backyard of a home in Oxnard. The new resident of the home called police who were able to identity the three-year-old girl in the pictures, which were taken eleven years ago. Detectives say the videotapes show a former resident of the home engaging in sex acts with the child. Authorities have identified him as Jack Sobonya, a convicted sex offender who's currently at Atascadero State Hospital. Investigators believe Sobonya molested the little girl at his mother's home in Ojai in 1993." Read article... Counties face yet another e-voting deficiency KVIA-TV 7 El Paso | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "County clerks trying to prepare for February First school board elections have been told not to clear general election voting results from machines because of a pending lawsuit. Bernalillo County Clerk Mary Herrera says that puts her in a big bind. She may ask for a court order allowing her to erase the November Second election data. Green and Libertarian candidates are appealing a district court ruling upholding the state canvassing board's decision to make them pay more than $1 million in advance for a statewide recount of presidential votes... the secretary of state advised clerks to hold off on clearing the machines." Read article...