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Friday, October 14, 2011

Crime Q&A: Murder trial of slain CSUS student's roommate starts Oct. 20

A Sac State student was killed in 2009 in his dorm room by his roommate. What happened to that roommate?

– Jays, Sac

Quran Muhammed Jones, 21, is in Sacramento County jail, accused of murder in the 2009 beating death of his roommate, Scott Gregory Hawkins, 23. According to Sacramento Superior Court online records, his trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 20.

According to a story in The Bee, Jones pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity in November 2010. He will still undergo a regular trial. If he's convicted, a jury would then have to decide whether he could understand right from wrong and the consequences of his behavior.

What is going on with the molestation charges against the Rio Linda pastor Tom (Tommy) Gene Daniels?

– SassyMommy, Sacramento

Tommy Gene Daniels, 49, remains in Sacramento County jail in lieu of $4.5 million bail. He is charged with committing lewd or lascivious acts with children under the age of 14, and according to Sacramento Superior Court online records, his trial is to begin Oct. 27.

Daniels, a Citrus Heights resident and senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Rio Linda, was arrested Dec. 9, 2010. He and his wife had been employed as foster parents and day-care providers.

The alleged acts took place between 2002 and 2007 and involved girls ranging from 5 to 13 years old, according to court papers and testimony. Daniels has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

There was a murder of a guy I went to high school with at a Valero gas station on Florin Perkins/French and Florin Road over a drug deal gone wrong. It has to have been four to eight years ago. Was the murderer and thief ever caught?

– Wondering in Sacramento

Four men are in state prison for their involvement in the murder of Clifford Thomas Owens, 22, of Sacramento.

According to stories in The Bee, Owens was shot in the head on the evening of July 26, 2005, during a struggle over a backpack at a Valero gas station in the 8400 block of Florin Road.

Owens' assailants, all in their late teens at the time, reportedly lured him to the station with an offer to purchase marijuana from him.

Juries convicted Daniel Perez, the shooter, and Adrian Frank Andrade of murder. Perez, now 23, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole and is in Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Andrade, 23, was sentenced to 25 years to life and is in Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City.

Christopher Leo Moyo, 23, and Michael Troy Montano, 25, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter. Moyo is serving an 11-year sentence at Soledad Correctional Training Facility in Soledad. Montano was sentenced to 12 years and is at High Desert State Prison in Susanville.

– Cathy Locke

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Crime & Punishment: A tearful day at Anthony trial

Join us next week for the latest in all the biggest stories including Syria, Libya, and the Casey Anthony trial. Editor's note: Gary Tuchman reports on a an emotional day of testimony in the Casey Anthony trial.

Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Weeknights, 10 ET

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Watch the Casey Anthony trial live on your iPhone

By Chenda Ngak Topics Wired for Women Watch the Casey Anthony trial live on your iPhone (Credit: itunes) (CBS) - Those of you who are missing the Casey Anthony trial can now take the courtroom drama with you. An iPhone app covering the murder case launched today at the App Store. Casey Anthony Trial features live streaming coverage and is one of the few ways that crime-lovers can watch the trial in real-time.

Pictures: Casey Anthony personal photos

FYI, this isn't the only iPhone app that covers the trial. Hearst Television launched the Casey Anthony Updates in May.

Both apps feature transcripts, news feeds and videos. Casey addicts and bored people alike can now keep up with the progress of the trial.

Complete coverage of the Casey Anthony trial at Crimesider

The Casey Anthony story became a national obsession when reports of missing 2-year-old Caylee Anthony broke in the summer of 2008. Since then, there have been many twists that led up to the arrest of the little girl's mother. It took her a month to report that her daughter was missing. She is currently on trial for first-degree murder. 


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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Northwest News: 7-year-old Anchorage girl beaten unconscious during bike theft; brutal rape, murder trial begins in ...

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Good Tuesday, Pacific Northwest news readers.

We have two stories to share today, both reports of crimes that are perplexing in their brutality.

But first, The Rules: we scan loads of papers, television networks and Web sites around the region for articles, you peek at the snippets below (in italics) and click on the links to read the full stories before coming back to sign our guest book. Mind your Ps and Qs when you leave comments here on OregonLive.

Okay, we're going to get right to the Alaska crime story that is making us fume. In a nutshell, a 7-year-old girl was beaten unconscious Sunday by a man after she refused to give him her bicycle:

Neighbors say the man, 32-year-old neighborhood resident Byron Edward Syvinski, had reportedly taken a bag from a 17-year-old boy and rifled through its contents then given it back. When the boy’s father told Svvinski to leave, he punched the father in the face and head with a closed fist.

Svyinski then walked down the road, where he encountered the girl and initially tried to force her off her bike. Witnesses say he then punched her, knocking her to the ground where she lost consciousness, then punched her several more times while she was lying on the ground. Svyinski also went through the girl’s pockets, but witnesses didn’t see him take anything from her.

Upon arrival police ordered Svyinski to the ground. He became so combative that he had to be restrained with handcuffs on both his wrists and ankles, and was transported to a hospital.

Credit for the story goes to KTUU.com, an Anchorage television station website. But Gawker's take was pretty interesting, too. Glad this fellow is in custody.

So is Isaiah Kalebu, who is standing trial in Seattle this week in connection with the brutal 2009 rape and murder of Teresa Butz and the rape and attempted murder of her partner.

The Seattle Times took readers to the night of the crime with stirring testimony from Jennifer Lutz, a neighbor who witnessed the women attempt to escape their assailant:

Lutz called for help, pleading with 911 operators to hurry as she watched her neighbors offer aid to the two victims.

Testifying in court Monday, Lutz recalled seeing Butz's body on the ground and her partner's screams of devotion as the partner was loaded into an ambulance.

Lutz was the first witness to testify Monday at the start of the trial of Isaiah Kalebu, 25, who is accused of the attack.

Before you go, check out more news with a Northwest focus here:

» Front pages from 18 newspapers in Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Washington and British Columbia.

» Stories from today's edition of The Oregonian.

» More of our headline picks from Northwest news sources.



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