Category: Violent Crimes

Female Fulton County Jailer Convicted of Assaulting Handcuffed Inmate An article: Atlanta Crime Examiner reports that a female Fulton County jailer has been convicted of using excessive force against a handcuffed inmate. Apparently, the woman hit the inmate with a milk crate and has been charged with a felony as a result. Atlanta’s federal court determined…

NYC Personal Assistant Convicted in Ex-Punk Manager Killing An article discusses that the personal assistant of a punk-rock icon and celebrity real estate broker was convicted of beating her boss to death with a piece of gym equipment. The jury on the case spent less than a day reaching a second-degree murder verdict. Prosecuting attorneys said the…

Bond Denied for Suspect in Cobb Shooting Spree A Cobb County judge ordered the suspect in a shooting spree at a Kennesaw truck rental company to be held without bond. An official of the company, Penske Truck Rental, and Leasing, said that four of the five shooting victims were employees, and one was a customer….

According to a report, a 21-year-old man has been arrested for murder and aggravated assault in Atlanta. The man is considered the only suspect in a shooting that took place on the campus of Spelman College on September 3, 2009. Apparently, police believe the man fired six shots into a large group of people, and…

Brooklyn Assault Puts Student in a Coma: CrimeStopper Tip Leads Police to an Arrest In a story reported that a 22-year-old, male student from Pratt Institute suffered severe head injuries during an August 6, 2009, Brooklyn assault, and was placed into a medically induced coma as a result. Due to an anonymous tip from local…

In what may be looked at by some as a desperation shot or even a “hail mary” attempt, the defense lawyers of a convicted hit-man called in a neuropsychologist and director of the Shepherd Center in Atlanta to testify that the convicted man functions at the level of a 12-year-old child. Additionally, the report stated that the…

Queens Violent Crime Kills Landlord In a report from February, 11th stated that Rosario Prestigiacomo, 64 was killed with a knife while inside his apartment in Ridgewood on Green Ave. According to police reports, Prestigiacomo was the landlord there and family relatives said that he owned the apartment. Police were investigating and did not know if Prestigiacomo…

New York DWI Manslaughter Leaves One Alive In a story on February 9th, that a woman who described herself as the mother of New Jersey officer Martin Abreu, 25, was placing the blame for the car accident on the dead female victim and the other pedestrian who was seriously injured. Abreu is accused of driving under…

Bronx Violent Crime Shooting on Sidewalk Injures Pedestrians On February 11, 2009, two men began shooting at each other outside the entrance to Gun Hill Rd. No. 5 train station is located at the busy intersection of DeWitt Pl. and East Gun Hill Rd. Occurring just before 9 a.m. the sidewalks were full of people…

DWI of Cop Killer May Go Back for Life A report stated that a convicted NYPD cop killer has to go back to prison to finish his remaining 25 to life sentence for violating his parole. Albert Victory, 68, was convicted in 1968 for the murder of NYPD officer, John Varecha, outside a disco located…