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You may now kick the bride
WHO: Dentist David W. Wielechowski, Christa Vattimo
WHAT: A newlywed couple spent the night in separate jail cells -- she in her wedding gown -- after police said they brawled with each other, then members of another wedding party, at a suburban Pittsburgh hotel.
WHEN: April 29, 2008
WHERE: PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania
WHY: The fight started Saturday night after a reception when he knocked her to the floor with a karate kick in the seventh-floor hallway of a Holiday Inn, according to police. It escalated when she attacked two guests from another wedding party who came to her aid, police said. The melee moved to an elevator and then to the lobby, where the couple threw metal planters at the two guests of the other party, causing minor injuries, police charged. "It was pretty wild," Ross police Sgt. Dave Syska said. Dentist David W. Wielechowski, 32, of Shaler, and Christa Vattimo, 25, had married a month earlier in the Bahamas but repeated their vows Saturday at a reception for 150 guests. They were checking into their room when the argument began, police said.
HOW: Authorities charged them both with simple assault, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, and the bride with an additional count of public intoxication. They face a May 7 preliminary hearing. A district judge considered issuing a restraining order against Wielechowski, but his new bride declined the measure. The couple declined comment upon their release Sunday morning.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
April 22, 2008
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Mental evaluation sought for teen in school bomb plot
WHO: Ryan Schallenberger
WHAT: A prosecutor urged a mental health evaluation for a teenager whose alleged plot to bomb his high school was foiled when his parents discovered he had ordered explosive materials on the Internet.
WHEN: April 22, 2008
WHERE: CHESTERFIELD, South Carolina
WHY: Ryan Schallenberger, 18, was arrested Saturday after his parents called police because he had ordered 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate, which they retrieved after getting a delivery notice from the postal service, authorities said. His parents had sought help earlier in the week from mental health experts when he slammed his head into a wall, but the clinic offered no help, authorities said Monday. His parents took him to a hospital.
HOW: Schallenberger was not badly injured, though he made a 4-inch indentation in the wallboard, according to prosecutor Jay Hodge, who said he would request at a bail hearing Tuesday that the teen undergo a mental health evaluation. A spokesman for the mental health clinic would not confirm or deny any contact with Schallenberger's family, citing state law. Ammonium nitrate is an explosive commonly used as fertilizer and was employed in the deadly 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Authorities said Schallenberger bought the ammonium nitrate off eBay. Police said they discovered a hate-filled journal lauding the Columbine killers, an audiotape to be played after Schallenberger died during his rampage and a year's worth of plans for the bombing that included a hand-drawn map of the school. "He's just a soft-spoken little kid," Hodge said at a brief hearing Monday, adding that Schallenberger threatened to do something "very violent."
Mental evaluation sought for teen in school bomb plot
WHO: Ryan Schallenberger
WHAT: A prosecutor urged a mental health evaluation for a teenager whose alleged plot to bomb his high school was foiled when his parents discovered he had ordered explosive materials on the Internet.
WHEN: April 22, 2008
WHERE: CHESTERFIELD, South Carolina
WHY: Ryan Schallenberger, 18, was arrested Saturday after his parents called police because he had ordered 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate, which they retrieved after getting a delivery notice from the postal service, authorities said. His parents had sought help earlier in the week from mental health experts when he slammed his head into a wall, but the clinic offered no help, authorities said Monday. His parents took him to a hospital.
HOW: Schallenberger was not badly injured, though he made a 4-inch indentation in the wallboard, according to prosecutor Jay Hodge, who said he would request at a bail hearing Tuesday that the teen undergo a mental health evaluation. A spokesman for the mental health clinic would not confirm or deny any contact with Schallenberger's family, citing state law. Ammonium nitrate is an explosive commonly used as fertilizer and was employed in the deadly 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Authorities said Schallenberger bought the ammonium nitrate off eBay. Police said they discovered a hate-filled journal lauding the Columbine killers, an audiotape to be played after Schallenberger died during his rampage and a year's worth of plans for the bombing that included a hand-drawn map of the school. "He's just a soft-spoken little kid," Hodge said at a brief hearing Monday, adding that Schallenberger threatened to do something "very violent."
Friday, April 18, 2008
April 18, 2008
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Witness: Teens at ranch said any age OK to marry
WHO: Angie Voss
WHAT: A child protection supervisor testified Thursday that she encountered several pregnant teen girls at a polygamist ranch who called each other "sister wives" and who believed it was acceptable to be "spiritually united" with a man at any age.
WHERE: SAN ANGELO, Texas
WHEN: Fri April 18, 2008
WHY: "It was the belief that no age was too young to be married," said Angie Voss, a supervisor for investigation at Texas Child Protective Services. Thursday's hearing was aimed at determining who gets custody of more than 400 children who were removed from the YFZ (Yearning for Zion) Ranch in an April 4 raid. The hearing took longer than expected because of objections from some of the 350 attorneys representing the children.
HOW: Voss said about 130 of the children removed were under the age of 4 and that girls as young as 13 had conceived children at the ranch.
Boys were also removed from the ranch, Voss testified, because "I believe that the boys are groomed to be perpetrators." "I was concerned," Voss said of her visit to the ranch. "It was a scary and intimidating environment. I was afraid. I saw men all over." She said she saw men in a guard tower looking down on them as they entered the ranch, and men escorted the women to the schoolhouse for the interviews.
Witness: Teens at ranch said any age OK to marry
WHO: Angie Voss
WHAT: A child protection supervisor testified Thursday that she encountered several pregnant teen girls at a polygamist ranch who called each other "sister wives" and who believed it was acceptable to be "spiritually united" with a man at any age.
WHERE: SAN ANGELO, Texas
WHEN: Fri April 18, 2008
WHY: "It was the belief that no age was too young to be married," said Angie Voss, a supervisor for investigation at Texas Child Protective Services. Thursday's hearing was aimed at determining who gets custody of more than 400 children who were removed from the YFZ (Yearning for Zion) Ranch in an April 4 raid. The hearing took longer than expected because of objections from some of the 350 attorneys representing the children.
HOW: Voss said about 130 of the children removed were under the age of 4 and that girls as young as 13 had conceived children at the ranch.
Boys were also removed from the ranch, Voss testified, because "I believe that the boys are groomed to be perpetrators." "I was concerned," Voss said of her visit to the ranch. "It was a scary and intimidating environment. I was afraid. I saw men all over." She said she saw men in a guard tower looking down on them as they entered the ranch, and men escorted the women to the schoolhouse for the interviews.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
April 15, 2008
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Rape a child, pay with your life, Louisiana argues
Who: Patrick Kennedy
What: He is not a killer, but the state of Louisiana is determined to execute for his crime.
When: April 15, 2008
Where: ANGOLA, Louisiana
Why: The New Orleans native faces that reality as he sits on death row at Louisiana's maximum security prison, the largest prison in the nation. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, or Angola Prison, is the size of Manhattan and surrounded on three sides by the Mississippi River.
Unlike the 3,300 inmates awaiting execution nationwide including the 94 other men at Angola Kennedy, 43, is a convicted rapist. The victim was his 8-year-old stepdaughter.
How: For the first time in 44 years, a state is preparing to execute a man for a felony other than murder. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether Louisiana can use capital punishment in child rape cases. The constitutional question before the justices is whether the death penalty for violent crimes other than homicide constitutes "cruel and unusual" punishment. The high-profile examination of the death penalty also raises anew a national debate over selective prosecution and race.
Rape a child, pay with your life, Louisiana argues
Who: Patrick Kennedy
What: He is not a killer, but the state of Louisiana is determined to execute for his crime.
When: April 15, 2008
Where: ANGOLA, Louisiana
Why: The New Orleans native faces that reality as he sits on death row at Louisiana's maximum security prison, the largest prison in the nation. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, or Angola Prison, is the size of Manhattan and surrounded on three sides by the Mississippi River.
Unlike the 3,300 inmates awaiting execution nationwide including the 94 other men at Angola Kennedy, 43, is a convicted rapist. The victim was his 8-year-old stepdaughter.
How: For the first time in 44 years, a state is preparing to execute a man for a felony other than murder. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether Louisiana can use capital punishment in child rape cases. The constitutional question before the justices is whether the death penalty for violent crimes other than homicide constitutes "cruel and unusual" punishment. The high-profile examination of the death penalty also raises anew a national debate over selective prosecution and race.
Friday, April 11, 2008
April 11, 2008
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Teachers say district fails to act after students hit them
Who: Two teachers
What: Two teachers at a Baltimore, Maryland, high school say they were attacked by students, and one says such assaults are commonplace, according to CNN affiliate WBAL.
When: Thu April 10, 2008
Where: Baltimore, Maryland, high school
Why: The school district says it is investigating and will take appropriate action, but both art teacher Jolita Berry and English teacher Marc Standish say the administration has failed to protect and support them. "I looked over, and her friends were cheering her on. And before I knew it, she hit me in the face," Berry told WBAL. She showed the station a cell-phone video depicting what she said was a student beating her last Friday.
How: Berry said her principal told her she brought the attack on herself. "On one hand, she told me that she is sorry that this happened to me," Berry told WBAL. "But then she turned right around and told me that telling a student that I was going to defend myself was a trigger word. I triggered them."
Teachers say district fails to act after students hit them
Who: Two teachers
What: Two teachers at a Baltimore, Maryland, high school say they were attacked by students, and one says such assaults are commonplace, according to CNN affiliate WBAL.
When: Thu April 10, 2008
Where: Baltimore, Maryland, high school
Why: The school district says it is investigating and will take appropriate action, but both art teacher Jolita Berry and English teacher Marc Standish say the administration has failed to protect and support them. "I looked over, and her friends were cheering her on. And before I knew it, she hit me in the face," Berry told WBAL. She showed the station a cell-phone video depicting what she said was a student beating her last Friday.
How: Berry said her principal told her she brought the attack on herself. "On one hand, she told me that she is sorry that this happened to me," Berry told WBAL. "But then she turned right around and told me that telling a student that I was going to defend myself was a trigger word. I triggered them."
Thursday, April 10, 2008
April 10, 2008
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Hollywood heavyweight behind threat, writer testifies
Who: Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants.
What: A former reporter testified Wednesday that she believed one-time Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz was behind at least one threat on her life.
When: april 10, 2008
Where: LOS ANGELES, California
Why: The testimony came during the wiretapping trial of private investigator Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants. Anita Busch recalled that in June 2002 she found a dead fish with a rose in its mouth on her car along with a sign reading "stop" and a bullet-sized hole in the windshield.
How: Busch said she believes Ovitz and Pellicano had orchestrated the threat because she and reporter Bernard Weinraub had written articles in the New York Times detailing alleged financial troubles at Ovitz's Artists Management Group while it was in talks to be acquired.
"You believe (Ovitz) was the client who hired Mr. Pellicano to put the fish on your car?" asked attorney Chad Hummel, who represents one of the defendants, former Los Angeles police Sgt. Mark Arneson.
Hollywood heavyweight behind threat, writer testifies
Who: Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants.
What: A former reporter testified Wednesday that she believed one-time Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz was behind at least one threat on her life.
When: april 10, 2008
Where: LOS ANGELES, California
Why: The testimony came during the wiretapping trial of private investigator Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants. Anita Busch recalled that in June 2002 she found a dead fish with a rose in its mouth on her car along with a sign reading "stop" and a bullet-sized hole in the windshield.
How: Busch said she believes Ovitz and Pellicano had orchestrated the threat because she and reporter Bernard Weinraub had written articles in the New York Times detailing alleged financial troubles at Ovitz's Artists Management Group while it was in talks to be acquired.
"You believe (Ovitz) was the client who hired Mr. Pellicano to put the fish on your car?" asked attorney Chad Hummel, who represents one of the defendants, former Los Angeles police Sgt. Mark Arneson.
Monday, April 7, 2008
April 7, 2007
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Woman gets death sentence in fetus-snatching murder
Who: Lisa Montgomery
What: A woman convicted of murdering an expectant mother and kidnapping the baby from her womb received a federal death sentence.
When: Fri April 4, 2008 at 2:01 p.m.
Where: WASHINGTON
Why: U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner handed down the sentence in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday. Lisa Montgomery becomes only the third woman on federal death row. Montgomery was convicted in October of the gruesome 2004 killing of Bobbie Jo Stinnett. The 23-year-old woman was found strangled in her rural home in Skidmore, Missouri. Her womb was cut open and the unborn child was missing.
How: A nationwide search and intense media coverage followed. Montgomery was found in neighboring Kansas, where she had claimed the baby, which survived, as her own. Prosecutors claimed at trial that Montgomery had first contacted Stinnett on the Internet, through their mutual interest in breeding rat terrier dogs, and later went to Stinnett's house.
Woman gets death sentence in fetus-snatching murder
Who: Lisa Montgomery
What: A woman convicted of murdering an expectant mother and kidnapping the baby from her womb received a federal death sentence.
When: Fri April 4, 2008 at 2:01 p.m.
Where: WASHINGTON
Why: U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner handed down the sentence in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday. Lisa Montgomery becomes only the third woman on federal death row. Montgomery was convicted in October of the gruesome 2004 killing of Bobbie Jo Stinnett. The 23-year-old woman was found strangled in her rural home in Skidmore, Missouri. Her womb was cut open and the unborn child was missing.
How: A nationwide search and intense media coverage followed. Montgomery was found in neighboring Kansas, where she had claimed the baby, which survived, as her own. Prosecutors claimed at trial that Montgomery had first contacted Stinnett on the Internet, through their mutual interest in breeding rat terrier dogs, and later went to Stinnett's house.
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