Daily Rotten Archives January 15, 2005 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Girl allegedly carved up for witchcraft Melbourne Herald Sun | Submitted by: heystoopid "A teenage boy and a woman are being held in connection with the killing of a nine-year-old girl, whose tongue and genitals were removed for witchcraft while she was still alive... The body of the girl, reported missing on January 2, was found under a tree in the Ezineshe Nature Reserve in South Africa's eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal yesterday, police spokesman Captain Tienkie van Vuuren said. A 14-year-old boy told police he was present when she was killed by a 45-year-old woman, who wanted to give her body parts to a witchdoctor for potions and spells as traditional 'muti' medicine, Van Vuuren said. 'According to the boy, she was alive while she was mutilated and was left under the tree to die of her injuries,' Van Vuuren said." Read article... Mom allegedly murders slutty preteen Birmingham News | Submitted by: Little Red "A Wylam mother told police she poured bleach down her daughter's throat and sat on her after the 12-year-old told her she had sex, a detective said... [Tunisia Archie] is charged with capital murder. The medical examiner ruled that Jasmine Archie, a Bush Middle School pupil, died from asphyxia... Archie was disturbed, [Detective Warren Cotton] said, because 'her daughter told her that she was no longer a virgin.' Archie confronted her daughter and there was a struggle in Jasmine's bedroom. Archie told Cotton that she poured a cup of bleach into Jasmine's mouth. Jasmine vomited. 'She told me that she sat on her chest until she stopped breathing,' Cotton said... Jasmine's brother, Jacorey, 9, was made to stand in a corner and watch the entire episode. Archie 'told him that if he shed a tear that she was going to kill him, too,' Cotton testified." Read article... Foster parents get 3 years for killing toddler Guardian | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A wealthy married couple were yesterday jailed for killing a three-year-old boy, whom they were hoping to adopt, after forcing him to eat salt as a punishment. Ian and Angela Gay made Christian Blewitt, who was starting a new life with the couple after being mistreated by his natural mother, eat four teaspoons of salt after they became angry at his behaviour... Christian was admitted to Russells Hall hospital in Dudley, in December 2002, six weeks into a trial placement with the Gays at their home in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Tests found he had excessive levels of sodium in his blood and CT scans established he had suffered brain damage. He died four days later." Read article... Man allegedly beats toddler to death ABC TV affiliates | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "27-year-old Desi Lainez is charged with a brutal and unimaginable crime. Police say he killed his girlfriend's two-year-old son because the toddler was making too much noise. Investigators say Lainez struck little Luis Moreira in the stomach with such force that the boy suffered severe internal injuries. Lainez and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Idalia Rivas live in Bayshore, where relatives say they are raising two children together." Read article... Dad allegedly breaks baby bones El Paso Times | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A Las Cruces infant remained on life support and in critical condition Friday at the University of New Mexico Hospital with head and other injuries allegedly caused by her father. The father, Eliazar Urruita-Quinones, 32, is charged with three counts of intentional child abuse resulting in death or great bodily harm... Diana Urruita, who turns 6 weeks old today, was flown Wednesday to Albuquerque, where medical personnel discovered brain injuries, broken legs and broken ribs they said were caused by abuse." Read article... Man allegedly feeds mom to pit bulls Reuters AlertNet | Submitted by: Burgermeister Meisterburger "A Brazilian man arguing with his 88-year-old mother threw her into a neighbors' yard where two pit bulls mauled her to death, police said on Friday. Painter Luiz Polidoro, 48, picked up his mother Maria and pitched her over the yard wall during an argument on Thursday afternoon at her house. Two pit bulls tied up in the neighboring yard then savaged her and she died later in hospital, a police spokesman said... Polidoro told police his mother had jumped over the wall on her own. The newspaper said he had tried to rescue her. When police arrived, he was cradling the blood-soaked woman." Read article... 1M Rwandans to be tried for genocide Guardian | Submitted by: Darren W. "One million Rwandans - an eighth of the country's population - are expected to be tried for alleged participation in the 1994 genocide, an official said yesterday. Domitilla Mukantaganzwa, executive secretary of the National Service of Gacaca Jurisdictions, said the trials, which will be conducted in traditional gacaca village courts, could start next month... The new estimate of one million indicates the vast scale of the task of bringing to justice those suspected of participating in the killings of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus massacred in Rwanda between April and June 1994... There are 80,000 people languishing in jail and it is believed many could die before their cases are heard at the current slow pace." Read article... Man allegedly murders roommates with machete Sky News | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A Ghanaian man [Gabriel Boakye-Dankwa] has appeared in court charged with murdering two men and trying to murder a third in an alleged machete attack... All three victims and the accused lived at the same guest house in Bedford where the attack took place late on Thursday. The two dead men, both Polish, have yet to be identified. Each suffered head injuries... The third victim, a Portuguese man, is still in a critical condition at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. He is alleged to have been chased down the street and attacked from behind in the entrance to a public house." Read article... Fun guy apparently suicides over molestation inquiry Warren Tribune Chronicle | Submitted by: Ted Bundy "The suicide of a Newton Falls man last week came just hours after Newton Falls police learned of allegations implicating him in the sexual molestation of at least five youths, investigators said. The Trumbull County Coroner's Office ruled the death of Gary L. Mason, 52, 817 Arlington Road, as suicide caused by a fatal, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head... Mason had lived in Newton Falls since 1978, was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 246 in Garretsville, an American Coaster Enthusiast, and participated in the Newton Falls Dart League." Read article... Christian school principal convicted of fucking pupil WKMG-TV 6 Orlando | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "The principal of a small Christian school was convicted of sexually molesting a female student. The Rev. Jerry Lee Pitts, 38, was found guilty Thursday of lewd and lascivious battery and molestation. He faces up to 15 years in prison... Pitts started a sexual relationship with a former Living Water Academy student who was 15 at the time. The girl is now 17. The victim testified that she started attending the school in March 2002. Shortly afterward, Pitts sexually assaulted her in his wife's office, in a trailer parked on school grounds and in the computer lab... Two women testified that Pitts also raped and molested them at about the same age as the victim, and never reported it to the police." Read article... More charges against alleged kidfucking teacher KNSD-TV 7 San Diego | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Prosecutors filed eight new lewd conduct charges Friday against a female English teacher accused of having sex with two male middle school students. The new complaint against Sarah Suzanne Bench-Salorio, 28, of Orange brings to 28 the number of counts against her... The Orange Unified School District is considering revoking the charter of Santiago Middle School, saying its administrators were warned about the teacher and failed to protect students." Read article... Man claims preteen tried to fuck him Frankfort State Journal | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Darrell Everman admitted to jurors he touched the breasts of two underage females a long time ago, but said the 12-year-old who spent nights with him tried to coerce him into having sex. Everman, testifying on his own behalf Thursday, continued denying a female relative's claims that he'd raped and sexually abused her for years. Everman, 69, of 319 Magnolia Ave., is standing trial on sex crime charges ranging from 1972 through 2003... Four females, one related to him, testified for the prosecution that Everman sexually violated them in some manner when they were 12 or younger." Read article... Cop allegedly tried to fuck teen whore KVBC-TV 3 Las Vegas | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A Metro officer is under arrest, accused of trying to lure a 14 year old girl into sex... [Detective George Godfrey] reportedly met the girl about a month ago when he arrested her on prostitution charges. Godfrey is charged with three felonies - using technology to lure children, burglary with intent to commit a felony, and attempted statutory sexual seduction. The police report shows Godfrey told the girl he 'had connections in the porn industry' and when she was released from jail, she could call him." Read article... Judge allegedly fucked coworker at courthouse WLWT-TV 5 Cincinnati | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A judge was indicted Friday on 13 charges including sexual battery and retaliation. Judge Dallas Powers was indicted based on evidence compiled during a four-month-long investigation into allegations of improper conduct at the Warren County Courthouse... Investigators believe Powers and court employee Libbie Gerondale engaged in sexual conduct at the courthouse during business hours. They also believe that Powers encouraged and permitted Gerondale to be paid for hours, including overtime, that she did not work. Another employee accused Powers of sexually assaulting her." Read article... Counselor allegedly fucked camper, 16 WTEV-TV 47 Jacksonville | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Twenty-five year-old Morgan Brown is being held in the Lake County Jail on charges she had sex with a 16-year-old boy at the Rivendale Boys Ranch in Umatilla. Brown admitted she had consensual sexual intercourse with the teen in her office at a park in Eustis. She also admitted to having relations in other locations outside Lake County... A towel from a bathroom next to Brown's office was collected as evidence." Read article... Armed pilot allegedly drunk KNSD-TV 7 San Diego | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "An AirTran pilot is jailed in Las Vegas after a federal screener smelled alcohol on his breath as he tried to board a flight bound for Atlanta. A spokesman for the airline said Oliver Paul Reason failed a breathalyzer test administered by police when he was removed from the cockpit Wednesday night. Reason was also armed at the time, under a federal law allowing some pilots to carry firearms." Read article... Vatican claims Hitler tried to kill pope CNN | Submitted by: Jaydoc "Adolf Hitler gave one of his generals a direct order to kidnap Pope Pius XII during World War II but the officer did not obey, Italy's leading Roman Catholic newspaper reported. Avvenire, which is owned by the Italian Conference of Roman Catholic bishops [natch], said new details of the plot had emerged in documents presented to the Vatican in favor of putting the controversial wartime Pontiff on the road to sainthood... Avvenire said Hitler feared the pope would be an obstacle to his plans for global domination and because the dictator wanted to eventually abolish Christianity and impose National Socialism as a sort of new global religion... It said that in 1944, shortly before the Germans retreated from Rome, SS General Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff, a senior occupation officer in Italy, had been ordered by Hitler to kidnap the pope." [How very convenient.] Read article... Accused captor claims 18 split personalities WNCN-TV 17 Raleigh | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "The woman accused of taking three hostages at the Caterpillar plant in Clayton on Nov. 2, has told doctors she hosts 18 personalities... Mental health experts at [Dorothea Dix Hospital] found [Pam Arizona], 55, of Raleigh competent to stand trial on charges of first-degree kidnapping and making a false bomb report... Arizona is charged with marching into the Caterpillar plant on U.S. 70 with a borrowed shotgun and taking three hostages, including two female security guards. Arizona told them she had a bomb in the building; management evacuated 300 employees to a nearby school and closed the plant for two hours. Arizona told sheriff's deputies she was trying to settle a score after Caterpillar management fired her friend Sharon Palmer. One of the hostages, O'Neil Simmons, had been charged with first-degree sexual offense and assault against Palmer." Read article... Nonprofit settles sexual harassment suits WRAL-TV 5 Raleigh | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "The chief financial officer and two other former employees of a defunct low-cost-housing provider have settled lawsuits accusing Project Homestead's founder of pressuring them to have sex... Randolph Mitchell, Robert Donnell Jr. and Mischell Sinclair filed separate lawsuits against the Rev. Michael King and Project Homestead in 2003... King, who founded Project Homestead in 1991 and was its president, committed suicide in December 2003, shortly after authorities began a criminal investigation into the nonprofit... [Randolph Mitchell] was the first of the three to file a lawsuit in May 2003. He said he quit Project Homestead after he refused to have sex with King and because he was concerned that King was having sex with other Homestead employees." Read article... Alleged dog lady charged with animal cruelty Honolulu Star-Bulletin | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Dog breeder Lucy Kagan was served Wednesday with penal summons charging her with 25 counts of cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor, prosecutors confirmed. The charges stemmed from an investigation that began more than 1 1/2 years ago after firefighters and police responding to a report of a kitchen fire at Kagan's Hawaii Kai townhouse in May 2003 discovered the animals in kennels, surrounded by trash and feces. A Hawaiian Humane Society investigator at the time described the kennels as 'filled with feces, urine and infested with insects, including cockroaches, flies, spiders and other pests.' ... Kagan has denied mistreating the animals and said she took good care of them." Read article... Archeologists unhappy with Babylon base BBC | Submitted by: ...what are we doing? "Coalition forces in Iraq have caused irreparable damage to the ancient city of Babylon, the British Museum says. Sandbags have been filled with precious archaeological fragments and 2,600 year old paving stones have been crushed by tanks, a museum report claims. The US Army says the troops based in the city, some 50 miles south of Baghdad, are well aware of its historical significance... American troops occupied the site in April 2003, initially to protect it from looters and vandals... US military spokesman Lt Col Steven Boylan said the base, which has around 6,000 troops under Police command, is needed to 'further defeat terrorists and insurgents.'" [Further defeat them, you say?] Read article... Pentagon caught lying about fired gay translators Wire Services | Submitted by: Angie "The number of Arabic linguists discharged from the military for violating its 'don't ask, don't tell' policy is higher than previously reported... Between 1998 and 2004, the military discharged 20 Arabic and six Farsi speakers, according to Department of Defense data obtained by the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military... The military previously confirmed that seven translators who specialized in Arabic had been discharged between 1998 and 2003 because they were gay." Read article... McDonald's customer swallows needles, sues New Jersey Online | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A North Bergen woman has filed a lawsuit against McDonald's, claiming she swallowed three inch-long needles while eating a Crispy Chicken Sandwich at a Bergenline Avenue restaurant. Beatriz Bermeo spent three days at Palisades Medical Center, where the three needles were surgically removed from her digestive tract after she ingested them on Dec. 29 at the McDonald's near 60th Street, said her attorney... Halfway through the sandwich, she felt pain in her mouth and esophagus, and, unable to speak, she began clutching her throat because she thought she was choking, [attorney Rosemarie Arnold] said. Her husband performed the Heimlich maneuver, but seeing she was still in distress, opened her mouth, saw two needles and pulled them out, Arnold said." [Whatever happened to the practice of mastication?] Read article... and This article... Casualties mount at amateur fireworks show Cleveland Scene | Submitted by: Jesus H. Tap-Dancing Christ "The giant mushroom clouds billowing over Harding Park were the first sign that something was wrong... Eighteen-year-old Nicole Pringle saw a single white streak, much too close to the ground. A rocket landed in a nearby parking lot, while sparks from others rained down on the tennis court. Patrick McDowell watched a projectile with an orange trail shoot into a tangle of people. 'I saw people flying backwards,' he would later write in a police report. Rebecca Reuff, at the fair with her son, described 'debris flying everywhere. People rolling, running, moaning, and screaming.' ... An errant shell exploded next to the Fox family. 'It felt like somebody hit me upside the head with a two-by-four,' Fox recalls. Both his eardrums were blown out... 'Fifteen years in the field artillery, and I have to go out to a park to get blown up.'" Read article...