Baby Left With Stranger At Lodi Gas Station:
A woman left her newborn baby with a stranger at a gas station and then left, police said Monday.
Police said around 12:15 p.m., a woman at the Arco gas station at 800 E. Kettleman Lane handed a Chico State student a bundle in a green towel and then went away.
Police said a six-pound baby boy was wrapped in the towel.
The student took the baby to Lodi Memorial Hospital, police said.
The baby appears to be fine, police said, and has been named "Mercury."
Hospital officials said the baby was six or seven hours old.
Before walking away, the woman said, "I can't deal with this," the student said.
The baby's mother is described as a Hispanic female, about 23 to 28 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 135 pounds. She had brown hair in a ponytail, and had a pierced lower lip and was wearing black clothing, police said.
The student said she was driving a gold car, possibly a Hyundai, police said.
The mother could face felony abandonment charges, police said, because the baby was not taken to a safe center.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Police: Mother Says She Killed Daughter Over Crying
A mother charged with killing her 4-year-old daughter told police she did it because the child wouldn't stop crying, police said Tuesday.
The mother was arrested and taken to police headquarters for questioning after police said they found her daughter dead on the couch in an apartment on the 4600 block of East Houston Street.
The 22-year-old mother called emergency crews Tuesday afternoon to report she had suffocated her girl.
Nobody else was at home when the child died, the woman said.
Investigators were searching the apartment and said they were questioning family to determine if anything else drove the mother to kill her child.
The mother will be charged with capital murder.
A mother charged with killing her 4-year-old daughter told police she did it because the child wouldn't stop crying, police said Tuesday.
The mother was arrested and taken to police headquarters for questioning after police said they found her daughter dead on the couch in an apartment on the 4600 block of East Houston Street.
The 22-year-old mother called emergency crews Tuesday afternoon to report she had suffocated her girl.
Nobody else was at home when the child died, the woman said.
Investigators were searching the apartment and said they were questioning family to determine if anything else drove the mother to kill her child.
The mother will be charged with capital murder.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Police: Fake Cab Driver Raped Girl
A registered sex offender is facing charges in connection with the sexual assault of a mentally disabled teen.
Police said 25-year-old Gerald Terry pretended to be a taxicab driver and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in the cab in October.
Police said the teen took the cab to travel from a North Haven school to her Naugatuck home.
A police investigation determined that Terry subleased the cab without the knowledge of the managers of the cab company.
Terry, at the time of the alleged assault, was a registered sex offender and was wanted on charged of violation of probation, according to police.
He is facing charges of sexual assault, kidnapping and interfering with a police officer. He was formally charged on Dec. 7 and was given an additional bond of $300,000.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Brunswick Man Dies After Toddler Grabs Gun
A 22-year-old man died after he was shot in the head in a Brunswick recording studio Tuesday night, and police said the shot was fired when a 35-month-old picked up a gun.
According to the Brunswick Police Department, Curtis Gabriel Collins was shot about 8:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of Stonewall Street. He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors said he could not be revived.
Investigators said Collins was shot when a child grabbed a loaded gun on a table. The gun went off, hitting Collins as he sat on a nearby sofa.Although authorities have called the shooting accidental, Collins' family said something about their loved one's death doesn't seem right.
Collins' family said the 22-year-old was doing what he loved when he died. They said he was working on a CD at a recording studio, trying to make it in the music industry.
"He was good-hearted person. He liked to make people laugh. He loved to sing and dance," said Valas Thorpe, Collins' fiancé, who is due to give birth to their child in February.
Brunswick Police Chief Edna Johnson said the gun found by the hands of a curious toddler did not belong to Collins.
"Obviously, someone wasn’t watching and the child was able to play with the gun and the gun discharged," Johnson said.
She had a strong message for people in her city who have guns and children.
"We recommend to every resident, make sure that you have your guns and loaded weapons in a locked, secure place that's away from any child. When we do that, we have a more secure home and secure environment," said Johnson.
"I can't see how a 2-year-old could pull the trigger," Thorpe said.
She said her fiancé's shooting death makes no sense and that she has a lot of unanswered questions.
Collins' family members said they do not know the toddler involved, but said they believe the child was the son of a friend.
The case -- the 16th homicide of 2007 in Brunswick -- remains under investigation by police.
A 22-year-old man died after he was shot in the head in a Brunswick recording studio Tuesday night, and police said the shot was fired when a 35-month-old picked up a gun.
According to the Brunswick Police Department, Curtis Gabriel Collins was shot about 8:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of Stonewall Street. He was rushed to a hospital, where doctors said he could not be revived.
Investigators said Collins was shot when a child grabbed a loaded gun on a table. The gun went off, hitting Collins as he sat on a nearby sofa.Although authorities have called the shooting accidental, Collins' family said something about their loved one's death doesn't seem right.
Collins' family said the 22-year-old was doing what he loved when he died. They said he was working on a CD at a recording studio, trying to make it in the music industry.
"He was good-hearted person. He liked to make people laugh. He loved to sing and dance," said Valas Thorpe, Collins' fiancé, who is due to give birth to their child in February.
Brunswick Police Chief Edna Johnson said the gun found by the hands of a curious toddler did not belong to Collins.
"Obviously, someone wasn’t watching and the child was able to play with the gun and the gun discharged," Johnson said.
She had a strong message for people in her city who have guns and children.
"We recommend to every resident, make sure that you have your guns and loaded weapons in a locked, secure place that's away from any child. When we do that, we have a more secure home and secure environment," said Johnson.
"I can't see how a 2-year-old could pull the trigger," Thorpe said.
She said her fiancé's shooting death makes no sense and that she has a lot of unanswered questions.
Collins' family members said they do not know the toddler involved, but said they believe the child was the son of a friend.
The case -- the 16th homicide of 2007 in Brunswick -- remains under investigation by police.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Irvin Ramirez Guilty of Murder
A jury has found 25-year-old Irvin Ramirez guilty of the murder of Danielle Gorectke.
It took the jury of six women and six men about two and a half hours to reach a verdict. They found Ramirez guilty of first-degree murder, guilty of attempted second-degree sexual assault, and not guilty of robbery.
Ramirez stood trial for the murder of the 23-year-old UW-Stevens Point student in La Crosse January 21. Gorectke was in La Crosse celebrating her sister's birthday. She was found dead at Christ Covenant Church in La Crosse.
During the prosecution's closing arguments Friday morning, La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke said the story Ramirez told about the night Gorectke died is "ridiculous." Gruenke says Ramirez took Gorectke to Christ Covenant Church on County Road B because it is isolated, and then attacked her after she ran to the steps of the church.
Ramirez testified Thursday he found Gorectke near downtown La Crosse already assaulted. He tried to help her, but eventually left her after he panicked. Gruenke says his story doesn't match the evidence. "His story didn't explain her fingerprints in his car, on the inside of the window," Gruenke said. "It didn't explain the blood on the blue jeans. It didn't explain his DNA on her upper lip."
Defense attorney Ronald Benavides spoke for about 50 minutes during his closing arguments. Benavides said Gorectke died brutally, but that doesn't mean Ramirez is to blame. He says there were no witnesses to the beating, and no evidence of sexual assault, like semen. Benavides says if Ramirez beat Gorectke, his hands should have been more badly injured, and no blunt objects that could have been used for beating her have not been found. Benavides says if Gorectke was beaten so severely that she was paralyzed, why wouldn't have Ramirez sexually assaulted her. Benavides also says there simply was not enough time for Ramirez to inflict 25 serious injuries on Gorectke.
Benavides says Ramirez's decision to leave and injured Gorectke in downtown La Crosse, where he says he found her, was stupid, but Benavides says Ramirez was drunk at the time, and was worried about his status as an illegal immigrant. Benavides says Ramirez admits to lying to police initially about meeting Gorectke, but he has sincerely apologized and told the truth.
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Guilty of murder, and also an illegal immigrant. This man is full of lies, like where he said that he was drinking, and he didn't want to take her to the hospital because he was worried about his status as an illegal immigrant. This guy's pathedic. At least they got another person guilty of murder, that is one less person off the sidewalks, the streets, the alleys, wherever that are hurting, and killing people. Tell me what you think!
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