Marlene R. Litten, Author at Capital Berg

Michigan Dad to Be Sentenced in the Beating Death of 3-Year-Old Infant

June 26, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

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Michigan dad told judge that he buried the body in a shallow grave.

On the 14^th of June, Khairy Simon, a 27-year-old Michigan dad, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and absconding evidence. The man has been accused of being an accessory to the murder of his 3-year-old son. Simon was persuaded to testify against his 29-year-old girlfriend, who, allegedly, beat the child during potty training.

Michigan Dad Transported Baby’s Body and Buried It Next to Home

According to court documents, in May 2015, Khairy Simon and Erika Finley, Simon’s 29-year-old girlfriend, had been taken into custody and charged with murder.

The authorities began suspecting the couple after the Department of Health and Human Services was sent to investigate claims of domestic violence. Apparently, one of the couple’s children came to school with bruises on his body.

Following the investigation, the authorities took the boy and another child away from Simon and his girlfriend and placed them in protective custody.

Several weeks later, Simon and Finley were arrested and charged in the disappearance and murder of 3-year-old Kimora Simon, the couple’s youngest child.

During questioning, Simon told the investigators that his girlfriend lost her temper while attempting to potty train the infant and hit her with a closed fist. He also told the investigators that Finley used an extension cord to punish the infant.

Allegedly, the infant’s injuries were so severe that little Kimora passed away later that evening. During his trial, the judge asked Simon why he didn’t intervene. The accused said that he was afraid of his girlfriend, who’s two times bigger than he is.

Conclusion

After Kimora passed away, the Michigan man allegedly placed the body in a backpack and carried it several miles from home. He then dug up a shallow grave and placed the infant there. The authorities have been unable to find Kimora’s body. A police spokesperson said that the child’s body was probably taken apart and eaten by wild animals.

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Ohio Man Sentenced for Trying to Seduce Teenage Boy with Naked Pictures and Chicken Alfredo

June 20, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

The Ohio man wanted to offer the teen a chicken Alfredo dish in exchange for sex.

On Monday, an Ohio judge sentenced 23-year-old Albert Maruna to six days in prison after finding him guilty of having tried to lure a teenage boy to have sex with Sprite and chicken Alfredo. The Ohio man told the teen that he wanted to be his husband one day.

Ohio Man Asked Teenage Boy to Wear a Jock Strap, Authorities Declared

As part of his sentencing, the Ohio man will have to spend the next week in the Mahoning County jail and an additional 120 days on house arrest. Considering the nature of the charges, Albert Maruna will also have to register as a Tier1 sex offender.

According to court documents, last year, around December, Maruna met what he thought to be a 15-year-old boy through an online dating application. The teenager, who was, in fact, an undercover police officer, told the Ohio man that he’s very eager to meet him, although he did mention that he’s only 15.

Apparently, the Ohio man, who was 22 at the time, told the undercover police officer that age is just a number for him.

Before agreeing to meet him, Maruna sent the undercover agent naked pictures of him. Not only that, but he confessed his feeling toward him. The police report mentions something about the Ohio man wanting to wed the boy.

However, when he met with what he thought was a teenage boy, Maruna was more than surprised to discover that the individual was a police officer and that he’s under arrest.

Conclusion

At the time of Maruna’s arrest, the authorities found in his car a MacBook, several flash drives, an iPhone, a bottle of lubricant, a bottle of Vaseline, Sprite, and a chicken Alfredo dish.

The twisted man even asked the boy to wear of jock strap during their meeting.

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Tennessee Man Stops Woman From Stabbing Wife by Squiring Ketchup on Her

June 7, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

Tennessee man managed to save his wife by squirting ketchup on the home invader.

Apparently, ketchup doesn’t only go well with greasy fries or burgers; it’s also a great way to save a loved one’s life. A Tennessee man managed to stop this angry neighbor from stabbing his wife by squirting ketchup on her. Authorities are still trying to figure out why the woman attacked the couple.

Woman Got Angry After Man ‘Attacked’ Her with Ketchup Bottle

According to Murfreesboro authorities, the incident, which reportedly occurred on the 31^st of May, involved Shalonda Latrice Shepard, a woman who apparently had a beef with her next-door neighbors.

The man told the authorities that at 2:45 a.m., Shalonda knocked on their front door. When the two opened the door to see who it is, the angry women threw a bowl of sugar at the Tennessee man’s wife.

She then took out a knife and assaulted his wife. While Shalonda was stabbing his wife, the man went to the kitchen to retrieve something he could use to fight off the berserk neighbor.

Now, instead of a grabbing a knife or some blunt instrument, the man grabbed a bottle of ketchup and returned to where his wife was struggling with Shalonda.

According to the police report, after the individual emptied the bottle’s contents on Shalonda, the woman stopped stabbing his wife, looked straight at him and told them that ‘she’ll take care of them.’ Shalonda left the house and returned to her apartment.

The Tennessee man called the authorities who assessed the woman’s condition before transporting her to the hospital. Fortunately, the wounds were non-life-threatening. The ER doctors said that the woman had cuts on her stomach, back, and left elbow.

Conclusion

Shalonda was taken into custody later that day and charged with criminal trespass and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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New Hampshire Man Questioned in Roommate’s Suicide

May 31, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

New Hampshire man bought a gun for his suicidal roommate.

New Hampshire authorities are conducting an investigation into the suicide of a 19-year-old man whose body was discovered last week. Police sources say the man’s roommate, 19-year-old New Hampshire man, could have instructed him on how to commit suicide.

New Hampshire Man Taught Roommate How to Hold Gun

At the beginning of the week, the authorities arrested 19-year-old Parker Hogan in connection with the suicide of Michael Buskey, his roommate.

According to the authorities, Hogan is suspected of having facilitated Buskey’s suicide by providing him with a firearm and pen and paper for his suicide letter.

Based on the suspect’s affidavit, Hogan was well aware of the fact that his roommate was struggling with depression.

However, as the authorities revealed, the 19-year-old man was lately pondering suicide as he was expected to show up in court. Buskey was afraid of going to prison.

As Hogan revealed, several days before Buskey committed suicide, he helped him research suicide methods such as gun angles.

The day before Buskey’s suicide, the New Hampshire man brought a firearm home and went to the woods with him for target practice.

The next day, Buskey went alone into the woods but not before instructing Hogan to give the farewell letter to his mother and to contact the authorities.

According to Hogan’s confession, the New Hampshire man left the house to search for his roommate after hearing a loud bang.

Apparently, Hogan collected the items from the crime scene and returned to his apartment. He told the authorities that Buskey was holding a cellphone with a song on repeat. Hogan called the authorities and Buskey’s father the following dead.

Conclusion

The authorities retrieved the man’s body later that day. A coroner ruled Buskey’s death as a suicide. Hogan was arrested at the beginning of the week and charged.

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Las Vegas Teen Arrested After Shooting His Parents

May 25, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

The Las Vegas teen fatally shot his father before turning his gun on his mother.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says that a 15-year-old boy murdered his father and severely injured his mother on Thursday morning. The Las Vegas teen was taken into custody later that after an armed confrontation with his wounded mother. Authorities are now trying to determine how the teenagers got the gun.

Las Vegas Teen Fatally Shot His Father in the Garage

According to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson, on Thursday morning, at 10:45 a.m., a woman called 911 to report a shooting at the 9900 block of Barrie Drive Reef.

Minutes later, law enforcement officer cordoned the area and evacuated the victims. Based on the police report, upon entering the house, the first responders found a wounded woman and another male victim in the garage. Unfortunately, the male was pronounced dead at the scene.

Subsequently. the coroner ruled the man’s death as a homicide, cause being a gunshot wound to the head.

After the victims were discovered, the authorities arrested a 15-year-old boy several miles from the woman’s house.

The teenager appeared to have been wounded by a firearm. Both victims were taken to the hospital for emergency surgery. A hospital’s spokesperson declared the woman and the boy are expected to live.

According to the woman’s statement, the 15-year-old boy, who’s her son, went into the garage that morning and shot his father in the head.

After gunning down the man, the boy went inside an opened fire on her mother. However, the woman managed to grab another gun and to shoot him.

Conclusion

The Las Vegas teen ran into the street where he collapsed. A doctor that was passing by the area dressed his wounds before calling the authorities.

At the moment, the authorities are trying to establish how the boy obtained a weapon and what drove him to gun down his parents.

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Michigan Teen Arrested after Hammering Her Verbally Abusive Father to Death

May 21, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

The Michigan teen used a similar hammer to murder her fat-shaming father.

An 18-year-old girl was arrested and charged with murder after she hammered her father to death. The victim often fat-shamed the teenagers, authorities declared. Court records revealed that the girl was sent to rehab after she stabbed her friend. She was 13 at that time.

Michigan Teen Had a Tense Relationship with Her Biological Father

On the 14^th of May, Mt. Morris Township police arrested 18-year-old Ameera Corena Stokes, a Muncie resident, and charged her with one count of first-degree murder.

Based on the police report, the girl used a hammer and a knife to murder Donald Stokes, her 53-year-old biological father.

Gretchen L. Brasher, Ameera’s mother, told the authorities that the teen always had a tense relationship with her father.

According to the police report, Ameera had a slight weight issue since she was a child. Donald, her father, would often humiliate the teen by making remarks on her belly.

Brasher confirmed that her husband verbally abused the Michigan teen on a daily basis.

On the day of Donald’s death, the two argued about Ameera’s diet. The teen’s mother declared that the man would often offer Ameera a fruit for dessert whereas the rest of family would indulge in sweets.

Allegedly, the Michigan teen lunged at her father and hit him repeatedly in the head with a hammer. She also stabbed Donald several times in the chest with a kitchen knife.

Conclusion

Brasher contacted the authorities after she found Donald lying on the floor. The victim was declared dead at the scene.

Stokes was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder. She was later processed and taken to the Genesee County Jail.

Ameera’s mother revealed that this wasn’t the first time the Michigan teen attacked someone. Mt. Morris Township Police confirm that Stokes was enrolled in a rehabilitation program in 2013 after she stabbed her friend.

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Illegal Mexico Immigrant Said Voices Told Him to Shoot People

May 18, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

The illegal Mexico immigrant was tormented by homicidal voices.

Following a week-long investigation, Kansas City police officials managed to identify and arrest an illegal Mexico immigrant who gunned down several people. Among the victims was Russell Fisk, a popular tattoo artist, who was discovered dead inside his car.

Illegal Mexico Immigrant Arrested Four Times by Border Patrol Agents

On Thursday, authorities zeroed down on Arnoldo Pompa-Rascon, an undocumented immigrant, who allegedly shot three people, killing one.

Based on the police report, the illegal Mexico immigrant shot his first victim at the beginning of the week.

The victim, later identified as 30-year-old Russell Fisk, a Black Card Tattoo employee and popular tattoo artist. Fisk’s body was found in his BMW, with a single gunshot wound to the head.

After gunning down Fisk, Pompa-Rascon, who was driving a silver sedan, rode to Clay County, where he assaulted another man.

According to the authorities, Pompa-Rascon approached the individual and asked him something in Spanish. The victim walked away, as he did not understand Pompa-Rascon’s question.

The illegal Mexico immigrant opened fire, wounding the man in the leg. His victim returned fire, but it’s not clear if the aggressor was hit.

A second victim was struck in the chest by the illegal Mexico immigrant while riding his motorcycle.

Conclusion

On Thursday, around noon, a homeowner contacted the authorities to report that someone was attempting to steal his car. The man declared that he saw Pompa-Rascon’s silver sedan in front of his house.

The individual was taken into custody shortly after being held at gunpoint by the homeowner.

During his police interview, Pompa-Rascon declared that he shot all those people because the voices inside his head told him to do it. More than that, the individual told the detectives that his ‘magic’ gun wouldn’t go off if his victim was a ‘good person.’

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South Carolina Man Nabbed by Feds in Murder-for-Hire Plot

May 9, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

South Carolina man hired hitman to shoot black neighbor and hang his body from tree.

A team of undercover FBI agents recently foiled a South Carolina man’s plan of ‘ghosting’ his African-American neighbor. According to the case report, the South Carolina man planned on paying a hitman $500 to have the man living next door killed with an untraceable weapon.

South Carolina Man Wanted to Place a Flaming Cross on Neighbor’s Lawn

On Tuesday, Brandon Lecroy of Hodges was formally charged with making criminal solicitations. According to the authorities, the South Carolina man was under scrutiny for some time due to his overtly racist attitude towards his next-door neighbor.

In early March 2018, Lecroy set in motion a fiendish plan to have his African-American neighbor removed and his body mutilated. To this end, the man contacted a hitman, using a white supremacist chatroom. Little did he know that the man who should have carried out the murder was, in fact, an undercover federal agent.

After contacting the hitman, Lecroy shared the detail of his plan. The man employed to do the job was to purchase an untraceable 9-mm gun. Subsequently, he was to gun the victim inside his home and afterward hang his body from a tree.

Moreover, the South Carolina’s court documents reveal that he was also planning on lighting up a makeshift cross, which should have been placed on the victim’s front lawn.

Conclusion

For doing his dirty work, Lecroy promised the hitman $500, with a $100 down payment. The sum offered in advance should have covered for the weapon and anything the murderer needed to carry out the job.

Fortunately, Lecroy was taken into custody and charged with soliciting criminal services and attempted murder. He was booked into county jail.

Should the jury find the South Carolina man guilty, he could face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to a quarter of a million dollars.

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Medical Officer Subdued Suspect Attacking Police Officer

April 23, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

A medical officer body-slammed a woman attacking a police officer.

An off-duty medical officer was commended by the Portage Police Department after she managed to subdue a suspect who attacked a police officer. The suspect and his accomplice have been arrested and charged with resisting arrest and battery to a law enforcement officer.

Medical Officer Helped Unconscious Law Enforcement Agent

On Sunday, Vanessa Guerra, a Divine Savior Hospital medical officer was returning home from her shift when she spotted a scuffle between two police officers and two suspects.

According to the police report, the law enforcement agents, identified as Sergeant Eric Walters and Officer Brian Lowenhagen were serving an arrest warrant when they’ve got jumped by two individuals.

Police Chief Ken Manthey of the Portage Police Department declared that the suspects, Jacob R. Hellenbrand and Olivia J. Boomsma, both 21 and from Waunakee, were wanted for violating their paroles.

Based on the police report, Boomsma and Hellenbrand were caught near a convenience store. While Walters attempted to restrain the female suspect, somehow Hellenbrand got loose and kicked the police sergeant in the head and right side of the face.

Lowenhagen declared that the impact was so powerful that his partner fell unconscious on the ground. After Hellenbrand knocked out Walters, Boomsma attacked the second police officer. During the scuffle, the woman yelled at Lowenhagen that she has a knife concealed in her pockets and that she’s not afraid to use.

Meanwhile, Guerra, who was returning home from her shift, observed Lowenhagen struggling with Boomsma. That’s when she charged towards the suspect and body-slammed her into a wall, allowing Lowenhagen to tackle the suspect and Walters to regain consciousness.

Conclusion

In a matter of seconds, both suspects were subdued. Guerra treated both Walters and his partners for non-life-threatening injuries.

While commenting on the Sunday episode, chief Ken Manthey commended Guerra for her bravery.

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Spider Man Window Washer Sentenced to a Century Behind Bars for Child Porn

April 19, 2018 By Marlene R. Litten

Spider Man window washer sentenced to prison for molesting children.

A man from Nashville was recently found guilty and sentenced to 105 years in prison after the authorities discovered that the man was a child sexual predator. Dressing up as Spider Man, the convicted man, who was a window washer, took sexually explicit pictures of two minors and uploaded them to the Internet.

Spider Man Window Washer

Last week, 36-year-old Jarratt A. Turner, the window washer who would dress up like comic book hero Spider Man while working at a children’s hospital, has been sentenced to 105 years in prison for child pornography.

According to court documents, Turner, who’s been employed by a cleaning company to sanitize the windows of a local children’s hospital managed to gain the trust of two families. After befriending them, Turner convinced them to allow him to babysit.

Allegedly, the Spider Man window washer contacted the families sometime between October 2014 and May 2015.

After winning the families’ trust, the man took sexually explicit pictures of the two children he offered to babysit, a 12-year-old and a 31-month-old infant. Turner’s online activity suggest that the suspect made recordings of him sexually abusing both infants and using his position at the cleaning company to stalk and take pictures of six more infants at the hospital.

The authorities noted that Turner would use Wi-Fi networks to upload and disseminate material. This method helped him keep below the radar for some time.

After serving a house search warrant, the authorities found child pornography on both Turner’s phone and computer.

Conclusion

Even more sickening is the fact that every material Turner uploaded online was accompanied by an equally reprehensible description, including one in which he told his readers about how much he enjoys spending time with his nephew and other children.

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Michigan Dad Transported Baby’s Body and Buried It Next to Home

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Ohio Man Asked Teenage Boy to Wear a Jock Strap, Authorities Declared

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Woman Got Angry After Man ‘Attacked’ Her with Ketchup Bottle

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New Hampshire Man Taught Roommate How to Hold Gun

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Las Vegas Teen Fatally Shot His Father in the Garage

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Michigan Teen Had a Tense Relationship with Her Biological Father

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Illegal Mexico Immigrant Arrested Four Times by Border Patrol Agents

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South Carolina Man Wanted to Place a Flaming Cross on Neighbor’s Lawn

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Medical Officer Helped Unconscious Law Enforcement Agent

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Spider Man Window Washer

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