Daily Rotten Archives January 19, 2005 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 Man commits autodecapitation Hazlet Independent | Submitted by: ...in dreams "Two juveniles came upon a gruesome discovery Saturday night when they saw a man who had apparently committed suicide and, in the process, was decapitated. The body of Wolfgang Persieck, 50, of Union Beach, was spotted by the two teens, ages 14 and 17, as they rode through the back parking lot of the Hazlet Multiplex Cinemas... According to [Detective Sgt. Howard Nuss], Persieck decapitated himself by using three separate ropes, tying one end of each around a light post in the back parking lot of the theater located on the northbound side of Route 35, and the other around his neck. Once the ropes were secure, Persieck got into his 2004 Ford Explorer and started to drive. His head was found approximately 100 feet from his body, Nuss said." Read article... and This article... Man commits autodecapitation South London Press | Submitted by: optional "Daniel Watson, 31, tied a rope around his neck and attached the other end to a tree near the grounds of Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. He then climbed into his car and began to drive away. As the cord tightened, his head was torn from his body, killing him instantly. Sports centre staff were alerted to the gruesome suicide on January 6 when they heard Mr Watson's blue Metro hurtling down a grass bank and smashing into a tree. They rushed to the scene and discovered the headless torso. Mr Watson was engaged to be married and had returned from a trip to Thailand weeks before the tsunami struck. His family said the shock of watching TV pictures of the disaster left him depressed and frustrated." Read article... Murder-suicide sex cult victim confession video KVOA-TV 4 Tucson | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Ten days ago, Ricky Rodriguez murdered 51-year old Angela Smith in a Tucson apartment. Within hours, he killed himself... In the video, Ricky Rodriguez sits in his apartment, and from his kitchen table, documents his plan - to hunt down and kill several members of a religous sect he claims sexually abused him and other children... As a toddler, it been reported that Rodriguez was being groomed to lead the group, but he managed to break away several years ago. Leaders of the sect have admitted publicly that as of 1986 the rules were changed to ban sex with minors... Angela Smith's body was discovered in Rodriguez's apartment on Sunday, two days after the videotape was recorded. Her throat had been slashed. Rodriguez shot himself in a parked car in Blythe, California that same day." Read article... Teen claims he killed dad over incest Virginian-Pilot | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "It was the evening of May 4, 2003, and the fourth and last time Forrest G. Cubbage would force his son to perform oral sex, Shane Cubbage testified. This last time, the father went even further, Cubbage said. 'You know you like it,' Cubbage recalled his father saying. 'You know it feels good.' ... Cubbage, 16 at the time of the killing, entered a conditional plea of guilty in October to first-degree murder. The conditional plea will allow him to appeal certain pretrial rulings to a higher court... The 18-year-old is being sentenced this week for shooting his father in the back of the head in the family's home... According to Shane Cubbage, the killing came after his father had sexually abused him on four occasions in their home and ordered him to make at least 10 episodes of a homemade sex video." Read article... Shanley now facing only one accuser Las Vegas Sun | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "The criminal case against a defrocked Roman Catholic priest at the center of the Boston Archdiocese sex scandal now hinges on the allegations of a single accuser. Prosecutors formally dropped a third accuser on Tuesday, leaving just one from the original four alleged victims of Paul Shanley... Prosecutors already had dropped two other accusers from the case, and removed the third because they have been unable to find him since a hearing in October when he had difficulty remaining composed to testify." Read article... Cop pleads guilty to molesting girl, 13 Palm Springs Desert Sun | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A former Palms Springs police officer accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl pleaded guilty Tuesday just as jury selection was starting for his trial on six felonies. Robert Chavez, who had previously pleaded not guilty to six felony counts of a lewd act with a child under 14, changed his plea Tuesday, Deputy District Attorney Kirsten Seebart said... The girl testified at Chavez' preliminary hearing that she and the then-officer kissed on several occasions, that he touched her sexually and that he performed a sex act on her. Two of the kissing incidents took place while the victim was riding along with Chavez in Palm Springs police vehicles, Seebart confirmed." Read article... Prosecutor charged with meth, coke, gun possession KCBD-TV 11 Lubbock | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A Panhandle District Attorney will enter rehab after pleading not guilty to federal drug and weapons charges. Rick Roach serves as D.A. for Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts and Wheeler counties. He appeared in an Amarillo courtroom Tuesday morning. Roach was indicted in Lubbock Federal Court last week on possession of meth, cocaine and unlawful possession of weapons by a drug addict. If convicted, he faces up to 51 years in prison." Read article... Conviction stands against would-be hitman client Macon Telegraph | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A federal jury in Brunswick found Dr. Carl M. Drury Jr. guilty in 2002 of using the telephone to hire a federal agent posing as a hit man to kill Mary Drury... Drury's appeal included the argument that intrastate telephone calls he made to the purported hitman did not constitute the federal crime of using interstate commerce to arrange a killing... Drury's cellphone calls, even though within the state, were routed across the state line to a switching center in Florida." Read article... Man allegedly murders girlfriend, children Seattle Times | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Herbert Riggins, 48, who is charged with two counts of aggravated first-degree murder and attempted murder, was unconscious and in a drug-induced coma when police were called to the tiny apartment of his ex-girlfriend on Jan. 21, 2003, court documents say. In the apartment were the bodies of 13-year-old Jamare Johnson and 9-year-old David Rodriguez. Their mother, Kathy Johnson, with whom Riggins had a seven-year relationship, had been attacked and left for dead... Riggins attacked Johnson with a hammer and a Buck knife as she slept, [prosecutor Hugh Barber] said. 'He then turned his attention and his tools to Kathy's sons.'" Read article... Ex-NFL athlete allegedly tried to kill cops ESPN | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "Former Oakland Raiders center Barret Robbins was charged Wednesday with three counts of attempted felony murder... According to the report, Robbins beat Officer Colin Pfrogner to the floor, picked up Detective Mark Schoenfeld and slammed him into one wall and then another, then grabbed Detective Mike Muley by the face and rammed his head into a corner. Robbins then grabbed Muley's forearms, and Muley shot Robbins twice in the torso, the report said. The former player dropped to his knees, grabbed his chest, snarled and growled again, swore at the officers and slapped Muley's gun out of his hand." Read article... and This article... Man arrested for alleged pyrotropism WAVE-TV 3 Louisville | Submitted by: Reid Fleming "A man made his way inside the factory where burning magnesium prompted the evacuation of thousands of people and tried to fight the blaze with a fire extinguisher, authorities said... Investigators believe [Joshua D. Kirkwood] reached the factory by riding a bicycle to a nearby set of railroad tracks, [police detective Terry Sollars] said. 'He left his bike there, went across the tracks and made his way through the brush into the plant,' Sollars said. 'He made it into the building, the one that was on fire. When they found him he didn't seem to want to leave.'" Read article...