Archive for July, 2008

Published by Fred Guerra on 25 Jul 2008

Woman Killed in St. Louis Park Shooting

A woman who worked at an assisted-living home in St. Louis Park was shot to death Thursday in the parking lot outside her workplace in what officials called the deadly culmination of a domestic dispute.

Police quickly arrested a 50-year-old man they said knew the victim, who was shot about 3 p.m. outside Sholom Home West, 3620 Phillips Pkwy. in St. Louis Park.

A woman who worked at an assisted-living home in St. Louis Park was shot to death Thursday in the parking lot outside her workplace in what officials called the deadly culmination of a domestic dispute.

Police quickly arrested a 50-year-old man they said knew the victim, who was shot about 3 p.m. outside Sholom Home West, 3620 Phillips Pkwy. in St. Louis Park.

Star Tribune

Published by Fred Guerra on 24 Jul 2008

Hauling Victims Into Court in Cuffs is Rare, Activists Told

By Geoffrey Fattah
Deseret News

Published: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:11 a.m. MDT

Domestic violence activists say they have been assured by the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office that hauling domestic violence victims to court in handcuffs has not been, nor will be, a common practice.Advocates expressed concern earlier this month when they received word that Lohra Miller’s office had sought a material witness warrant for the arrest of a domestic violence victim to compel her to testify at a preliminary hearing.

Deseret News

Published by Fred Guerra on 23 Jul 2008

Bale Arrested and Released; Denies Assault

LONDON (AP) — Christian Bale has denied allegations of assault made by his mother and sister, hours after he was arrested, questioned by London police and released.

The 34-year-old star of “The Dark Knight” spent four hours at a police station, but was not charged. British media had reported that Bale’s mother and sister complained he had assaulted them at the Dorchester Hotel in London on Sunday night.  Representatives for Bale released a statement today denying that an assault took place.

MSN.com

Published by Fred Guerra on 23 Jul 2008

Prosecutors: Man Killed Teen Mom to Cover up Relative’s Rape

EDINBURG - A man accused of fatally shooting his 16-year-old girlfriend, burning her body and then abandoning her infant child on the side of a busy Weslaco road nearly two years ago stood before a jury Monday.

Prosecutors allege Samuel Villarreal, 40, killed Aida Mae Rodriguez in November 2006 because she had walked in on him at their Mercedes apartment as he raped a then 13-year-old relative.  But Villarreal’s defense attorneys denied Monday their client played any role in Rodriguez’s death.

The Monitor

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