Wednesday, June 8, 2011

CRIME BRIEFS: CASEY ANTHONY, PEDO-ATRICAN, MORE!

* CASEY WILL BE HAMMERED BY FORENSICS: Party Mom will be dissected by criminal scientists this week, according to CNN. On Tuesday, jurors were told that a trained dog alerted cops to the smell of human remains in the swinging 25-year-old Floridian's car. An investigator testified: "He (the dog) started indicating in the rear of the vehicle  I could tell he was working something." Anthony faces the death penalty if convicted in the June 2008 murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.
CASEY ANTHONY MURDER TRIAL
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* DODGY INSURANCE AGENT KILLS TWO FRAUD INVESTIGATORS: Cowardly John Melvin Lavergne was coming apart. Louisiana insurance fraud investigators were hot on his trial, and

MISSING2: MICHELLE LE CASE RECLASSIFIED A HOMICIDE

THE FAMILY of a California nursing student who vanished 11 days ago are praying for her return--even though cops fear she's dead. Michelle Le, 26, was last seen leaving a Hayward, Calif. hospital May 27--her car was later found locked blocks away. Forensics have forced detectives to classify the case as a homicide, including surveillance, cell phone records and evidence garnered via search warrants. But her family is not having it.
Her father Son Le said: "To us, if you call something murder case, you have to have a body." He added the family has been kept in the dark

SOUTH PARK NUT ISAIAH KALEBU BARRED FROM TRIAL

A MAN'S TRIAL for rape and murder had to take place without him present in court l after he repeatedly disrupted proceedings with profane outbursts. Isaiah Kalebu, 25,  from the South Park area Seattle, was removed from the courtroom  and restrained in a different room in the courthouse.  King County Superior Court Judge Michael Hayden took the unusual action when Kelebu ignored directions to remain silent during proceedings and continually yelled expletives.
Crazy Kalebu was able to watch the trial via

MISSING1: NO NEW LEADS IN LAUREL SPIERER HUNT

DESPITE the efforts of friends and celebrities alike, cops in Indiana have found no new leads in the mysterious disappearance of sophomore Lauren Spierer, 20, of Westchester, New York. The pretty blonde was last seen walking barefoot for a pal's place Friday night. Celebs like Denise Richards, Brittany Snow and Ryan Seacrest are spreading the word but so far no luck. Cops fear foul play.


BARBIE, SKIPPER, KEN BUSTED IN GREENPEACE PROTEST

BARBIE and her friends are sure keeping up with the times. The beloved doll, along with on-again off-again beau Ken and little pal Skipper were arrested at toy giant Mattel's California HQ. The were protesting the degradation of the rainforest they say is caused by Mattel.

VOODOO MOM MARIE LAURADIN SET DAUGHTER ABLAZE

"SICKENING"
A VOODOO loving mom who set her six-year-old daughter on fire to rid her of evil spirits in an "unspeakable act of savagery" has been sentenced to 17-years behind bars.
Marie Lauradin sprayed her daughter Frantzcia with rum and then set her alight, permanently scarring her face and leaving life threatening burns over 25 per cent of her body for a ceremony led by Sylvenie Thessier in her New York apartment. She admitted to stripping the child naked and pouring an accelerant over her head and in a circle on the floor  - a voodoo rite known as "loa."
Justice Richard Buchter told her: "The only demonic presence this child had to worry about was her mother. It's sickening to think of a mother committing such an unspeakable act of savagery."

JAMES ARTHUR RAY'S TRIAL MUST CONTINUE: JUDGE


SELP help guru James Arthur Ray will continue to stand trial for the death of three people in an Arizona sweat lodge after a judge refused a bid by his attorneys to cut his manslaughter trial short.  Kirby Brown, James Shore and Liz Neuman all died at his "Spiritual Warrior" retreat and the bestselling author of The Secret is accused of being reckless in their deaths.
Prosecutors say Ray conditioned participants through breathing exercises, sleep deprivation, a 36-hour fast and lectures to ignore their bodies' signs of danger.
And as a result in the huge temperatures in the lodge, they died of dehydration.  But Ray's attorneys argued that prosecutors hadn't proved their case and that Ray had no legal duty to check on participants during the sweat lodge ceremony and they moved for the case to be thrown out of court.

BRANDON BISHOP BEAT TODDLER 'TO TOUGHEN HER UP'

EVIL
SHE  was punched, kicked, choked, picked up and dropped to the floor and by the time he was done she was missing clumps of hair.
Evil Brandon Bishop told cops his fiance Candance Watts' daughter "thought she was a princess" and she needed to have a "tougher upbringing." According to a criminal complaint, Bishop said he didn't want to kill the girl but he allegedly told police in Allentown, PA, that when he was punching the girl, he felt like another person who may have been trying to kill her.
Bishop told police in addition to beating the child, he would "choke her or suffocate her by covering her mouth with his hands for 30 seconds to a minute," The Morning Call reported.

WESLEY SNIPES HAS TAX EVASION APPEAL THROWN OUT

LOSER
BLADE star Wesley Snipes has had his appeal regarding his conviction and prison sentence for tax evasion kicked out by the supreme court.
The one time Hollywood bigwig was convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income tax returns during 1999-2001and began his three year sentence in December at a federal minimum security prison.
It was alleged that he earned in the region of $40 million and paid no income tax during the six year period in question. 
Eddie Kahn and Douglas Rosile, the men who reportedly told Snipes he didn't have to file tax returns from 1999 to 2005, were also convicted of felony tax fraud and conspiracy in 2008. 

WILLIE NELSON ON THE ROAD AGAIN AFTER DRUG BUST

SMOKER
COUNTRY legend Willie Nelson may not have Sweet Memories of his drug bust but after striking a plea deal he can get On The Road Again. 
Unsurprisingly given his well known love of the reefer, cops found marijuana on his tour bus last year at a border checkpoint. 
He was originally charged with possession but according to TMZ the singer struck a plea deal in his marijuana case and will not have to do any hard time.
Sources close to Nelson said that the singer agreed to plead no contest to misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia rather than possession which could have seen him end up behind bars.