DRACULA DISMEMBERMENT MONSTER GUILTY

MEET MONSTER

UPDATE: A Brooklyn  federal jury found Dmitriy Yakovlev, 43, guilty of the murders and identity thefts of Irina Malezhik and Viktor Alekseyev. The remains of Malezhik, a Russian-language translator were never found; Alekseyev disappeared in December 2005, and his body was found in New Jersey in 2006.
Yakovlev was also found guilty of stealing the identity of a third Brooklyn resident, Michael Klein, who disappeared in November 2003.MORE FROM CNN

A BROOKLYN man accused of the so-called Dracula murders will soon learn his fate. A jury has begun deliberations in the trial of Russian immigrant Dmitriy Yakovlev who is accused of killing two people and stealing their identities. When they were dead, Yakovlev would loot their assets.

COFFEE TIME CHAOS AS WOMAN DRIVES INTO STORE

BOY did she need her caffeine fix:

So much so that Joan Herrity, 42, came smashing into this shop just outside of Boston, crashing into soda machines and tearing down the rear wall. 
Amazingly no one was injured in the early morning minivan raid, but staff were somewhat shocked by the incident.
Cohasset police Lt. William Quigley who has not pressed charges yet said Herrity: "Was attempting to apply the brakes and it just wasn't happening,"
He added that they have seized the minivan as evidence and specialists will look at it to see if there are issues with the brakes.

TENNESSEE BODY IS MURDERED OHIO SENIOR: COPS

STILL LOOKING FOR GLADIS

ACCUSED KILLER

COPS say a body discovered near Chattanooga, Tennessee is that of a missing elderly Ohio man. Investigators have frantically been searching for Richard Russell, 84, and his wife Gladis, 85, since the couple vanished more than a week ago. Dental

ROSEANNE BARR DRIVING PEOPLE NUTS - AGAIN

Nuts

CHUBBY comedienne Roseanne Barr is driving authorities nuts by digging dirt on her Hawaii macadamia nut farm.
The multi-millionairess, who recently announced plans to appear on a Lifetime reality show set on the property has been creating trials on the 46-acre spread.   
But Hawaii County says illegal work was done and a grading permit is needed to move more than 100 cubic yards of earth.
Neighbor Roree Oehlman says all-terrain vehicle trails have been bulldozed on Barr's property in Honokaa and She filed a complaint about the work "in the interest of public safety."
It is not known whether Barr has responded.

MEET RODNEY, THE WORLD'S DUMBEST CRIMINAL

"THE MOST STUPID CRIMINAL I'VE EVER SEEN"

OK. Let's just be upfront about this: Rodney Knight is not going to Harvard. The criminal mastermind's most recent caper was breaking into a home owned by a Washington Post editor. Fair enough. He nicked two laptops, cash and a new coat. Rodney, 19, 0f Arlington, Virginia will not be fleeing the country and living out his days surrounded by bikini-clad beauties in the Caribbean.
But the swaggering arch-criminal--we did mention he's wasn't valedictorian?--got home, used one of the stolen computers and took a photo of himself in the stolen coat, flashing the cash he'd stolen. G.A.N.G.S.T.A! He then posted the picture on the editor's son's Facebook page. Taunting. Now, cops

NO SECRETS: JAMES ARTHUR RAY'S TRIAL BEGINS

The lodge

Killer?

SELF help guru and author of The Secret, James Arthur Ray faced court for the first time yesterday for the manslaughter of three people in an Arizona sweat lodge.
Ray told participants that they would find spiritual enlightenment in the lodge -- made of willow trees and branches, and covered with tarpaulins and blankets.
Instead Kirby Brown, 38, James Shore, 40, and  Lizbeth Marie Neuman, 49 died and a further 15 fell ill after entering the entering the extremely hot lodge which had stones in the middle that Ray poured water on.   

MAD MARNI DENIED MURDER TRIAL MAKEOVER

BAT-SHIT CRAZY

HOTTY

MAD Marni Yang was denied a makeover for her murder trial yesterday, where she stands accused of   killing ex-Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle's pregnant gal pal.
Lawyer's for the 43-year-old claimed: "She looks frankly like a crazy woman," because of graying hair which now reaches down to her waist. "Her appearance has declined," legal eagle William Hendrick said while also who also wants his client to be allowed to wear make-up.
But Windy City Judge Christopher Stride denied the request saying he didn't think she looked unkempt, adding her behavior in court had been exemplary. 
“If having gray hair means you are crazy," he said

CHRISTINA AGUILERA'S BOOZE-A-RAMMA ENDS IN JAIL

STILL DIRRTY?

AN X-TREMELY hammered Christina Aguilera was detained for her safety after her latest fling was busted on suspicion of drunk driving, California cops say. The 30-year-old one-time, present and future dirrty girl was a passenger in a car stopped in early morning hours.

"The driver, Matthew Rutler, was determined to be driving while under the influence of alcohol and arrested," a press release from the LA County Sheriffs said.

Seems the "Beautiful" bodacious bottle blonde was plastered too and, in the polite words of the PO-LICE "not capable of taking care of herself" but was "very cooperative, not belligerent in any way."
Technically, X-Tina, who recently divorced unattractive record executive

WHY STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T OWN GUNS

ALLEN JONES

RESPONSIBLE ONE

A CRAZY shooting ended up with two members of the same family injured in what cops are calling an "bizarre accident."
Walking back to his house Allen Jones took his fell over with his .40 handgun blasting himself in the leg.
But when his Aleisha who came to his aid their two-year-old son ran out with her picked up the weapon and brandished it at them.
As his mother struggled to get the gun from him, he shot her in the neck.
Cops think the boy probably thought it was toy.  
Major Anthony Lowery of Alabama's where else Baldwin County Sheriff's said: "The story sounds a little bizarre perhaps.

TAXI TO JAIL: BANK ROBBER HIRES GETAWAY CAB

WHERE YA GOIN'?

A CRAZY robber held up a bank and used a taxi as a getaway car according to Pittsburgh cops.
Arriving in the PNC branch in the cab he allegedly told the driver to wait outside while he went insider and then give him a ride when he came out.
What he didn't tell him was that he was going to hold it up.
Seemingly without a care in The World he casually handed a note to the teller, saying he had a gun and wanted money, which the teller duly handed over.
After that he got back in the cab and told the driver, who was

INDY MAN SUES STRIP JOINT FOR FLYING STILETTO

A LIKENESS OF JAKE

THAT shoe hurt! An open-mouthed stage-door Johnny and an overzealous stripper can be a recipe for disaster. Just ask ill-fated Jake Quagliaroli, 34, of Indianapolis. Our Jake was peaceably enjoying a performance at PT's Showclub--a strip joint--in Lawrence, Indiana when tragedy struck and he was hit in the mouth by a shoe flying off a dancer's foot.

"He was hit by a stiletto with a very solid heel. When he was hit, he was bleeding from the mouth," said Jonathan Little, Quagliaroli's mouthpiece.

The shoe came off during a pole dance hitting Jake in the face minutes after getting money out of an ATM.

TWO WOMEN BUSTED IN GRUESOME GALLUP SLAYING

LARITA SMITH

GALLUP, New Mexico cops have arrested two women in the grisly slaying of Colleen Lincoln, 18, following the sickening discovery of bones and a fractured skull.
Cops say Lincoln had been missing since before the Christmas holidays but her remains were only discovered in a wash Feb. 16. Charged are Larita Smith, 21, and a 17-year-old minor.
Detectives believe Lincoln was lured to a popular drinking spot by three women where they tried to rob her.

“At this time, we have two of the young females in custody," Chief Deputy District Attorney James Bierly said.  "We're still searching for the third and hope to have her in custody before too long."

Detectives say the trio wanted Lincoln’s shoes, money and cell phone and

LAW & ORDER STALKER'S JAIL VOW: I'LL KILL MYSELF

'I LOVE HER'

TERRORIZED

THE STALKER of Law & Order star Kathryn Erbe has vowed to kill himself if he is sent to prison. Obsessed Charles Nagel of Philadelphia will undergo a full psychiatric evaluation--good idea!--to determine his headspace. A letter from the troubled man was given to Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein. His wife, Fay Weyman, told the New York Daily News he made the comment under stress.
She explained: ""That if he had to go to jail he'd kill himself."

FEDS LAUNCH BLITZ FOR ELUSIVE EAST COAST RAPIST

COPS ARE launching a massive manhunt to bring to justice the elusive "East Coast Rapist." The twisted sicko has attacked at least 12 women--probably more--and eluded capture for at least 14 years. Aided by local police departments the FBI is beginning a massive media blitz in states from Virginia to Connecticut. A trio of composites will appear on billboards and the images can also be seen on Facebook, Twitter and a new  WEBSITE here.

ESPN STAR'S WIFE: "I'M NOT A VICTIM OF ABUSE"

ESPN star writer Howard Bryant can breathe easy: his wife is standing by him. The author and talking head was arrested and charged in what cops call "a violent domestic attack" outside a Massachusetts pizza shop.

But Veronique Bryant tells the Boston Herald: “I’m not a victim of abuse — never been. Not now. Not ever. They (cops) immediately started to use force on Howard. They didn’t even ask what was going on. We were sitting in the car together and there was not a fight going on at that moment. The witnesses overreacted."

Bryant, 42, pleaded not guilty to domestic assault and battery, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest. He was released on personal