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Melvin L. Jackson Arrested For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Woman On Sidewalk.

There’s just no excuse for sexual , least of all necrophilia.

Tell that to Kansas City resident Melvin L. Jackson, who was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in broad daylight — then telling police, “I thought that lady was dead.”

The Kansas City Star reports that the victim told police she felt dizzy and lost consciousness. When she awoke a witness was yelling for help, and for Jackson to get off of her.

The victim said she had no memory of the assault but noted that her underwear had been removed.

According to Fox 4, witnesses flagged down a patrol car and said they saw the woman curled up in the fetal position with Jackson on top of her with his pants and underwear around his ankles, having sex with her.

When police tried to interview Jackson, 49, he allegedly blurted, “Did that lady say I did something to her?”

He later stated, “I have the right to remain silent,” according to court records, The Pitch reports

Whitey Bulger Arrested: Infamous Mob Fugitive Caught In Santa Monica.

James “Whitey” Bulger, the infamous Boston mob boss, has been arrested, the Los Angeles Times reports.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Bulger was caught without incident by the FBI in Santa Monica.

Bulger vanished from Boston in 1995. After he disappeared, he was charged with 19 counts of murder.

Just days ago the FBI launched a media blitz to find the 81-year-old Bulger.

More from the Associated Press:

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list for his alleged role in 19 murders, was captured Wednesday near Los Angeles after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said.

Bulger, 81, was arrested in the early evening at a residence in Santa Monica, said a law enforcement official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the case. The arrest was based on a tip from the recent publicity campaign that federal authorities had regenerated, according to the official.

Bulger will make an appearance in Los Angeles federal court Thursday. He faces a series of federal charges including murder, conspiracy to commit murder, narcotics distribution, extortion and money laundering.

The FBI informed Santa Monica police late Wednesday about the arrest, said police Sgt. Rudy Flores. The FBI had been conducting a surveillance operation in the area where the arrest was made, Flores said. He gave no details of the arrest.

Bulger was the leader of the Winter Hill Gang when he fled in January 1995 after being tipped by a former Boston FBI agent that he was about to be indicted. Bulger was a top-echelon FBI informant.

Over the years, the FBI battled a public perception that it had not tried very hard to find Bulger, who became a huge source of embarrassment for the agency after the extent of his crimes and the FBI’s role in overlooking them became public.

Prosecutors said he went on the run after being warned by John Connolly Jr., an FBI agent who had made Bulger an FBI informant 20 years earlier. Connolly was convicted of racketeering in May 2002 for protecting Bulger and his cohort, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, also an FBI informant.

Bulger provided the Boston FBI with information on his gang’s main rival, the New England Mob, in an era when bringing down the Mafia was one of the FBI’s top national priorities.

But the Boston FBI office was sharply criticized when the extent of Bulger’s alleged crimes and his cozy relationship with the FBI became public in the late 1990s.

He has been the subject of several books and was an inspiration for the 2006 Martin Scorsese film “The Departed.”

During his years on the run, the FBI received reported sightings of Bulger and his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, from all over the United States and parts of Europe. In many of those sightings, investigators could not confirm whether it was actually Bulger who was spotted or simply a lookalike.

But in September 2002, the FBI received the most reliable tip in three years when a British businessman who had met Bulger eight years earlier said he spotted Bulger on a London street.

After the sighting, the FBI’s multiagency violent fugitive task force in Boston and inspectors from New Scotland Yard scoured London hotels, Internet cafes and gyms in search of Bulger. The FBI also released an updated sketch, using the businessman’s description of Bulger as tan, white-haired and sporting a gray goatee.

On Monday the FBI on announced a new publicity campaign and accompanying public service ad that asked people, particularly women, to be on the lookout for Greig. The 30-second ad started running Tuesday in 14 television markets to which Bulger may have ties and will air during programs popular with women roughly Greig’s age.

The new campaign pointed out that Greig had several plastic surgeries before going on the lam and was known to frequent beauty salons.

Bulger, nicknamed “Whitey” for his shock of bright platinum hair, grew up in a gritty South Boston housing project, and went on to become Boston’s most notorious gangster. He led the violent Winter Hill Gang, a largely Irish mob that ran loan-sharking, gambling and drug rackets in the Boston area.

After he fled, he became one of the nation’s most-hunted fugitives, charged in connection with 21 murders, including the slayings of businessmen in Florida and Oklahoma. With a place next to Osama bin Laden on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list, he had a $1 million reward on his head.

Bulger’s younger brother, William, was one of the most powerful politicians in the state, leading the Massachusetts Senate for 17 years and later serving as president of the University of Massachusetts for seven years.

For many years, William Bulger was able to avoid any tarnish from his brother’s alleged crimes. But in August 2003, William Bulger resigned his post as president of UMass amid pressure from Gov. Mitt Romney and Attorney General Thomas Reilly.

His resignation came two months after he testified about his brother before a congressional committee. William Bulger said he spoke to his brother shortly after he went on the run in 1995, but said he had not heard from him since and did not know where he was hiding out.

The committee, in a draft report issued in 2003, blasted the FBI for its use of Bulger and other criminals as informants, calling it “one of the greatest failures in the history of federal law enforcement.”

Tone Loc Arrested for Domestic Violence.

‘Funky Cold Medina’ rapper Tone Loc (whose real name is Anthony Terrell Smith) was arrested on Saturday afternoon at a Burbank, Calif., apartment complex and charged with felony domestic violence.

The arrest, one day before Father’s Day, stemmed from an alleged physical altercation with the mother of his child. According to TMZ, the 45- year-old West Coast rap star and voice actor was taken in, without incident, and booked at the local jail in a few hours. He is being held on a $50,000 bond.

Earlier this year, Tone Loc had another run-in with the law when he was spotted driving erratically in January and arrested for DUI. He was released on bail claiming a medical condition caused a seizure (the artist has collapsed onstage in seizure in the past).
Though best known for his 1980’s hits ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Funky Cold Medina,’ the four-time Grammy nominee with the uniquely gravelly voice has also taken acting roles in films such as ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ and TV series such as ‘Touched by an Angel.’

Check out Tone Loc in a 1990’s TV appearance (he stars opposite Phil Harman in the opening scene of this clip), as he dons a badge to enforce law and order around the offices of ‘NewsRadio’:

Karen Elaine Cordova Arrested For Allegedly Stabbing A Burglar To Death, Critically Wounding Another (UPDATE).

Karen Elaine Cordova, 48, was arrested Monday for allegedly stabbing two men who broke into her Erie, Colorado home where she grows medical marijuana — killing one and and critically injuring the other — is being formally charged with what will likely be second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder Thursday.

According to the Longmont Times-Call, Cordova claims that Stephen Erikson, 34, and Kyle Dust, 31, broke into her house Saturday while she was home. Cordova confronted the two men and allegedly stabbed both of them, Erikson in the belly, leaving a 5-inch wound above his belly button cutting his stomach and liver, leaving Erikson alive but critically injured.

SECOND UPDATE:

Karen Elaine Cordova was released from Weld County Jail late Thursday and the district attorney’s office announced that no charges will be filed against Cordova at this time, however the investigation remains open, according to The Denver Post.

More details have emerged from the alleged robbery and act of self defense from Cordova. Sheriff’s spokesperson Margie Martinez spoke to the Daily Camera saying that Cordova never reported the burglary attempt or the fact that she had stabbed or shot anyone before the investigators arrived at her door on Monday.

Martinez went on to state to the Daily Camera that it was her understanding that investigators did not recover any weapons when searching Cordova’s property, but did find some of the marijuana plants had been pulled from their pots. Martinez also states to the Daily Camera that the Colorado’s “Make My Day” law will be taken into consideration, especially due to the nature of Dust’s fatal gunshot wounds, before making any further arrests.

However, it hasn’t been revealed where Dust was shot, but if he was shot in the back it could reveal he was fleeing the crime scene at the time which could further complicate this already complex story.

UPDATE:

As more details emerge, this case of apparent self-defense gets more complex. The Denver Post reports that Weld County Coroner’s autopsy report on Kyle Dust revealed that he died of a gunshot wound, not a stab wound, as the suspect, Karen Cordova originally told the police investigating the case.

Stephen Erikson, who was stabbed, remains in the hospital in critical condition.

EARLIER:

7News reports, that Erikson, still alive, staggerd into his Erie home when one of his roommates called 911. Erikson was taken to Lafayette Samaritan Hospital where he remains in critical condition.

In the police report Cordova is reported by the Longmont Times-Call as saying:

I am not going to lie, what would you do if someone broke into your house at 2:30 in the morning? I’m a single woman.

The Denver Post reports that although the attempted robbery and stabbings happened Saturday morning, Dust, the accomplice, was not found until Monday. Detectives returned to Cordova’s home where they found Dust’s body at the edge of her property, the Longmont Times-Call reports, when according to the police report Cordova said:

Oh my God, I didn’t know that I killed him. They were coming for me. They were coming for me.

The investigation got more complex when it was discovered that Erikson met Cordova two weeks prior, learned that Cordova ran a medical marijiuana business out of her home and then scouted her home for a later burglary by posing as a home repair consultant to Cordova. Erikson had even robbed Cordova’s house once before, either Friday or earlier Saturday, and then later returned on Saturday with Dust to rob her again, the Longmont Times-Call reports.

Cordova is being held in Weld County Jail on $400,000 bail.

Sly Stone Pleads Not Guilty to Crack Cocaine Possession.

On April 1, Sly Stone (real name, Sylvester Stewart) of Sly & the Family Stone fame was arrested for possession of crack cocaine when a vehicle he was traveling in was pulled over, in Los Angeles, for a traffic violation. Cocaine rocks were allegedly found in Stone’s clothing as well as in those of the driver. On Wednesday, Stone pleaded not guilty.

Reuters reports that one of Stone’s attorneys, Peter Knecht, maintains that the cocaine in question did not belong to Stone. “A lot of musicians hang out with people who have drugs,” he told Reuters. He went on to say that “you can’t punish a guy for what he did 40 years ago, 30 years ago.”

Stone, age 68, has had a long history of drug and gun charges and the reclusive star has had few, erratic public appearances in the past decade or so, including a disastrous non-performance at Coachella in 2010 and an odd walk-on during a tribute to him at the Grammy Awards in 2006.

During the latter appearance, a mohawk-sporting Stone walked onstage during a tribute-rendition of his hit, ‘I Want to Take You Higher’ but, strangely, made his exit before the song was even finished.
Stone’s influence on funk and soul music is immeasurable, as he is considered one of the big three of modern funk, alongside James Brown and George Clinton — all of which championed their own, distinct brand of popular genre.

Comedian Katt Williams Arrested in Assault on Tractor Driver.

PALMDALE, Calif. (KTLA) — Actor and comedian Katt Williams will be in court Tuesday, after being arrested in a standoff with a tractor driver at a home in Palmdale.

Williams was arrested Saturday afternoon for felony intimidating a witness.Police say several women on the property allegedly pelted a tractor driver with rocks.

When the driver tried to leave the property, Williams allegedly blocked the exit with his SUV, and would not move until Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies arrived.

Deputies arrested the three women for assault with a deadly weapon and Williams for felony of a witness.

‘CSI’ Star Gary Dourdan Arrested on Suspicion of DUI and Drug Possession.

Former ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ star Gary Dourdan has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and drug possession.

E! Online is reporting that Dourdan was arrested at 3:50 AM Monday after allegedly plowing into multiple parked cars while behind the wheel.

The 44-year-old actor was said to be walking away from the crime scene when police officers came by after a person reported the car crash.

TMZ is reporting that during the investigation, the police found “a few pills” of ecstasy and arrested Dourdan on a drug possession charge.
Dourdan was taken to a nearby station where he was booked and later released after he posted the $10,000 bail. The actor is due back in court on July 7.

This is not the first time the actor has been arrested for drug possession.

In 2008, police found Dourdan asleep behind the wheel of his car and upon investigation arrested him for possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy.

Dourdan avoided going to jail by pleading guilty to cocaine and ecstasy possession and entering a drug-diversion program.

Calvin Pitts, Amanda Deleon Arrested For Felony Child Abuse After Their 3-Month-Old Baby Is Found Dead.

Denver parents Calvin Pitts, 28, and Amanda Deleon, 21, have been arrested and charged with child abuse after their 3-month-old boy, Sanai Pitts, was found dead in their apartment Saturday morning.

The Denver Post reports that authorities responded to a call to the apartment where Pitts and Deleon were living and found the child was not breathing. the infant was rushed to Swedish Medical Center and pronounced dead at 8:40 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The infant’s cause of death is still to be determined, but authorities have announced that the child was abused regularly during its short life. Matt Murray with the Denver Police states to CBS Denver :

The parents were arrested for felony child abuse because we were able to determine through several means that there were numerous injuries to the child and in different stages over a period of time.

Both of the parents have criminal records. According to The Denver Post, Pitts, the boy’s father, has been arrested six times in the past year alone, most of which were for misdemeanor drug possession charges. Deleon, the deceased child’s mother, was arrested three times in 2009 for misdemeanor drug possession and once years prior for a felony drug possession charge.

The Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the baby’s cause of death.

Iloune Driver, 19, Arrested In Fatal NYC Boardwalk Shooting.

NEW YORK — Police have arrested a 19-year-old suspected in the death of a teenage girl in a boardwalk shooting in New York City.

Iloune Driver was being held Monday on charges of murder and assault in the melee on a sweltering afternoon last week at Brighton Beach in Brooklyn. It wasn’t clear if Driver had a lawyer and there was no listed phone number for him.

Sixteen-year-old Tysha Jones was killed but police do not believe she was an intended target. Four others were wounded, including a seaside cafe patron struck by a stray bullet.

Police are looking for at least one more shooter. The shooting Thursday stemmed from a brawl on the beach in which bottles and an umbrella were used as weapons.