APNewsBreak: Craigslist slaying suspect indicted on assault charges in RIOctober 7th, 2009 APNewsBreak: Craigslist suspect indicted in RIPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former Boston University medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist has been indicted on charges that he assaulted a stripper in Rhode Island.
Arraignment set for 7 men indicted in slaying of Fla. couple with 13 adopted childrenAugust 13th, 2009 7 men to be arraigned in slaying of Fla. couplePENSACOLA, Fla.
Dallas police add new charges against pair accused of keeping 3 emaciated children in bathroomAugust 11th, 2009 More charges in Texas starvation caseDALLAS —A couple accused of keeping three emaciated children in a Dallas hotel bathroom for at least nine months face additional charges. Dallas County Jail records indicate the children's mother, Abneris Santiago, now faces three charges of injury to a child.
Minn. woman accused of starving 10-year-old developmentally disabled daughterAugust 4th, 2009 Minn. mother accused of starving disabled daughterSANDSTONE, Minn. — A Minnesota woman is accused of starving her developmentally disabled 10-year-old daughter, who died in 2006.
Woman accused of confining children to hotel bathroom writes of enduring 'a thousand beatings'July 24th, 2009 Family aches for kids found starving in bathroomDALLAS — In letters to her mother from jail, a woman accused of starving three of her children in a hotel bathroom for at least nine months says she felt so hopeless and ineffective that she was willing to endure "a thousand beatings."
Ruth Leon said she began receiving the letters from her daughter, Abneris Santiago, shortly after her daughter's arrest earlier this month in Texas. The letters, Leon said, offer a glimpse at what became of her daughter and grandchildren after they left Florida without word and headed west with her daughter's boyfriend, Alfred Santiago.
Family members of starving children found in Dallas hotel bathroom say they want custodyJuly 23rd, 2009 Family wants custody of starved kids kept at hotelDALLAS — The aunt of three emaciated children forced to spend day and night in a hotel bathroom in Texas for at least nine months said Thursday that she and their grandmother want custody of the youngsters, who were placed in foster care together. Sonia Santiago, the sister-in-law of the children's mother, said Abneris Santiago has been deceiving family members about her life in Texas since moving from Florida with her boyfriend in late 2006.
3 starved kids rescued from Texas motel vomited when fed by protective workersJuly 22nd, 2009 DALLAS - Three children found locked inside a Love Field area motel bathroom in Texas this month were so emaciated that they vomited when child protective workers first tried to feed them. Court records reveal that the starved children were in such a bad condition that their ribs protruded, their cheeks and eyes sank into dark hollows, and their lips were dry, swollen and cracked.
Pranksters dupe Fla. couple into believing there's a hotel gas leak, room gets trashedJuly 9th, 2009 Prank leads Fla. couple to trash hotel roomORLANDO, Fla.
Children found in locked tool shed behind unlicensed Texas daycare center, authorities sayJuly 2nd, 2009 Kids found in shed behind Texas daycare centerSEALY, Texas — A Texas couple were arrested after a state inspector found several children locked in a tool shed behind an unlicensed daycare center. State officials said the children were surrounded by lawn equipment, gasoline and insecticide when they were found Wednesday morning.
AP source: Indicted billionaire R. Allen Stanford en route to Texas on fraud chargesJune 22nd, 2009 AP source: Indicted billionaire headed to TexasWASHINGTON — A law enforcement official says indicted billionaire R. Allen Stanford is en route to Texas to face charges that he ran a $7 billion swindle.
Pendergest-Holt indicted on 2 counts in Stanford caseMay 12th, 2009 Executive indicted on 2 counts in Stanford caseHOUSTON — A federal grand jury in Houston has indicted the chief investment officer for Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford's companies, alleging she obstructed the government's investigation in a fraud case.
Texas couple accused of shooting man, 2 young kids off-roading near their propertyMay 9th, 2009 Texas couple accused of shooting man, 2 kidsHOUSTON — A couple has been accused of opening fire and wounding four people — including a 7-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl — who they mistakenly thought were trespassing on their property. The victims, who were off-roading near a residential area about 40 miles northeast of Houston, were struck with shotgun pellets late Thursday after stopping their vehicles near the Trinity River so the children could go to the bathroom, said Liberty County Chief Deputy Ken DeFoor.
Mississippi prisoner indicted in Texas on capital murder charge in truck stop slayingMay 6th, 2009 Miss. inmate indicted in truck stop death in TexasPAMPA, Texas — A Mississippi prisoner has been indicted in Texas in the death of a woman linked to a string of slayings at truck stops in several states. Thirty-two-year-old John Robert Williams was indicted Thursday on a capital murder charge in the death of Vickie Helen Anderson.
Texas death row inmate, 2 relatives indicted on charges of sneaking cell phones into prisonMay 2nd, 2009 Texas death row inmate indicted in cell phone caseAUSTIN, Texas — A Texas death row inmate and two relatives have been indicted for allegedly smuggling cell phones into a prison which led to a statewide lockdown. Special Prosecutions Chief Gina DeBottis tells the Austin American-Statesman that 30-year-old Richard Lee Tabler, his mother Lorraine Tabler and his 36-year-old sister Kristina Martinez were indicted Friday on charges of possessing contraband in a state prison.
Furnace repairman accused of poking holes in bathroom wall to peep at showering womanMay 1st, 2009 Repairman accused of peeping at woman in showerEAU CLAIRE, Wis. — A furnace repairman was accused of poking holes in a bathroom wall where he was working in order to invade a woman's privacy.
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