COUNCIL CHRONICLE – The jury has spoken – Yoselyn Ortega, nicknamed the ‘Killer Nanny’ is guilty as charged. The verdict was on Wednesday, concluding a 7-week-long trial that taxed both jurors and the Krim family, compelled to relive the October 2012 events.

Yoselyn Ortega Mental Issue Defense Shattered by Prosecution

On Wednesday, the jury found Yoselyn Ortega guilty of butchering 6-year-old Lucia Krim and 2-year-old Leo Krim in October 2012.

Despite Ortega’s attorney pressing towards having the killer nanny committed to a mental facility, as her previously ‘undiagnosed’ mental condition was at fault for the October slayings, the prosecution shattered Valerie Van Leer-Greenburg’s defense, stating that envy was Ortega’s motive and not her fleeting mental status quo.

The prosecutors proved before judge and jury that Ortega’s jealousy towards Krim almost perfect family was what made her take up the knife and butcher Leo and Lucia.

In the last day of Ortega’s trial, only Mr. Krim was present, this wife being indisposed. As the jury read the verdict, Yoselyn Ortega remained unmoved save for a few teardrops upon exiting the courtroom.

Mr. Krim remained unfazed, casually shaking hands with the prosecutors and other members of the jury before leaving.

Soon after the verdict was made public, Mrs. Krim uploaded a post to her social media account in which she wrote about how much she loves her children.

Conclusion

The killer nanny’s trial took a toll on every party involved, even the members of the jury. Silence reigned in the courthouse when a bereaved Mrs. Krim recalled how she saw the emptiness in her children’s eyes or how their bodies were covered with blood.

Mr. Krim was also compelled to recalled during his stand the long morgue hallway and how much he struggled to maintain his composure upon seeing Lucia and Leo’s bodies lying on the cold slabs.

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The Atlanta authorities reported that four Atlanta women had been arrested on Wednesday after getting involved in a fight. According to the police report, the incident occurred just outside a Chick-Fil-A restaurant’s drive-thru and could have ended in tragedy, as one of the suspects brandished a gun.

Atlanta Women Caught on Tape by Chick-Fil-A Customer

On Wednesday, at around 9 a.m., the Atlanta authorities were summoned to the Chick-Fil-A restaurant, located on Bill Kennedy way. The caller told the 911 operator that he witnessed four people fighting outside the restaurant’s drive-thru.

According to several eyewitnesses, including a woman who recorded the incident with her phone, the fight involved four Atlanta women, who arrived at the restaurant in separate vehicles.

The minute-long movie reveals the women getting out of their cars and started screaming at each other right outside the restaurant. At one point, one of them, later identified as 24-year-old Vornshay Redding, pulled a gun and placed it on another woman’s forehead.

The woman stepped back, as Redding can be seen flapping around her arms while yelling at her. Meanwhile, two other women were standing beside Redding’s car, with one of them trying to restrain the other.

After a couple of more seconds of arguing with the woman, Redding opens her car’s door and steps into the vehicle. Upon closing the door, the other woman can be seen spitting at her.

At that point, Redding becomes enraged and attempts to leave the vehicle to confront the woman. However, she manages to slap Redding, who drops her gun. While Redding was fighting the woman, the two bystanders began fighting each other.

The scuffle ended several minutes before the authorities arrived. All four Atlanta women were taken into custody. Redding was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The authorities determined that the woman did not fire the gun during the confrontation.

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On Friday, Robert Cicale, a Suffolk County district court judge with a stellar reputation, pleaded not guilty of breaking into his former intern’s house and stealing her soiled underwear. As part of his plea deal, the Cicale was placed on administrative leave and ordered to wear an ankle monitor.

District Court Judge Caught by Intern as He Was Rummaging Through Drawer

Despite pleading not guilty to felony burglary charge, the district court judge admitted entering the 23-year-old woman’s house on more than one occasion to steal worn undergarments.

The event that led to the arrest of Cicale occurred on Thursday, when the 23-year-old woman, who was not named by the authorities but used to be one of Cicale’s interns, called her mother about someone breaking into her apartment.

According to the authorities, the woman woke up to a noise coming from downstairs. As she went to investigate, the woman saw an individual running away with something in his hands.

The individual, later identified as the district court judge, taken into custody and charged with felony burglary.

During his police interview, Cicale told the detectives that it was he who broke into the woman’s house that night. More than that, the district court judge who usually undertakes misdemeanors, admitted entering the woman’s home several times and that he has a morbid fascination with women’s soiled undergarments.

Conclusion

The authorities declared that, at the time of his arrest, the Suffolk County district judge was carrying several pairs of worn underpants he managed to steal from his intern’s home.

Moreover, a search of his apartment revealed a noteworthy cache of women’s underwear. The judge refused to disclose from where he stole the clothing found at his house.

After entering a not guilty plea, Cicale was placed on administrative leave and ordered to wear a GPS ankle monitor. He was later discharged from the county jail after posting a $25,000 bail.

 

COUNCIL CHRONICLE – The Georgia authorities have a rather strange car crash case to investigate last week. According to the police report, a Georgia mother intentionally rammed a concrete pole to prove to her children that God is very real and it will protect them from any injuries.

Kids Said Georgia Mother Closed Her Eye Before Ramming Pole

Last week, according to a Georgia Police spokesperson, a 25-year-old mother of two, later identified Bakari Warren, was driving with her two children home.

At one point, just after passing Norcross, the woman began a theological discussion about whether God is real or not with her children. After she realized that there’s no chance to prevail in front of her ever-dismissive toddlers, the woman sought to prove her point in a most unusual and deadly manner.

According to the tykes, Warren was babbling about the greatness of the Creator and saying that he is real when she simply took her hands off the steering wheel and closed her eyes.

Seconds later, the car crashed into a nearby concrete pole. Luckily, no one was injured in the crash, except the pole.  The first responders arrived a couple of minutes later to assess the situation and to provide medical assistance if required.

According to the authorities, the 25-year-old driver had a few bruises after the impact with the concrete pole, but the two children were unharmed. Upon being questioned by the police, the Georgia mother blatantly declared that she merely wanted to teach her kids a valuable life lesson and wouldn’t even dream of harming them.

The woman also declared that they were never in real danger, as God in the Heaves looked after her.

Of course, God doesn’t allow drivers to ram their cars into concrete poles to prove that he’s real, so the woman received a lesser Biblical punishment – booked into county jail on a $25,000 bonds.

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COUNCIL CHRONICLE – North Highlands Sheriff’s Department declared that two deputies had been placed on administrative leave after the authorities uncovered that the two had been involved in a plot to defraud a 75-year-old dementia patient. The officers are accused of stealing the woman’s money, putting her house on sale, and shipping her to the Philippines.

California Deputies Obtained Power of Attorney to ‘Help’ the Woman

According to the North Highlands Sherriff’s Office, Stephanie Angel and another deputy have been recently placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. Angel and her colleague are accused of taking advantage of 75-year-old Rosalie Santallan Achiu, a military wife, who has been struggling with dementia for the past decade.

Following her husband’s death, Achiu couldn’t care for herself and, on one occasion, called the authorities in order to deal with some of the people she willingly shared the house with.

Angel is accused of having to influence Achiu into granting her power of attorney so that she could access the woman’s funds and to manage her property.

Allegedly, Angel convinced her victim to move into her house and, on more than one occasions, she could be seen taking Achiu to the bank where she withdrew substantial amounts of money.

Furthermore, after a while, the California deputies persuaded the woman to live with her relatives in the Philippines. As a result, the woman was placed on an airplane bound to the Philippines while Angel listed Achiu’s house as for sale.

Conclusion

The authorities began suspecting foul play after the woman’s relatives alerted them regarding her mother’s unannounced arrival.

Angel’s attorney declared that both her client and the unidentified sheriff’s deputy were protecting Achiu’s interests and had never demanded monetary compensation for their efforts.

For the time being, the California deputies have been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

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On Wednesday afternoon, the Alabama authorities arrested a 64-year-old man who reportedly gunned down a business owner and three restaurant clients. The Alabama gunman was taken into custody without incident. No motive has been discovered for the man’s murderous rampage.

Alabama Gunman Called Restaurant Owner by Name Before Opening Fire

According to the Russel County Sheriff’s Office, on early Wednesday morning, 64-year-old Walter Frank Thomas, entered the Hurtsboro City Grill restaurant owned by 69-year-old Donny Hughes. Once inside, Thomas called the business owner by his first name.

The man appeared behind the counter after a couple of minutes. Without uttering a word, Thomas cocked his gun and fired several shots toward Hughes. After gunning down the restaurant’s owner,  the Alabama gunman pointed his weapon towards the clients who were having their breakfast, critically wounding three of them and injuring a third one.

Reportedly, after the Alabama gunman emptied his weapon’s clip, he left the restaurant and went home. The authorities arrived several minutes after Thomas left and took the wounded to the local hospital. Unfortunately, Hughes was declared dead at the scene.

Following the incident, one victim remains in critical condition in the hospital’s ICU, while the second one has stabilized after the surgery. The authorities declared that the third man injured during the shooting has sustained a flesh wound and was released from the hospital after receiving treatment.

Conclusion

The sheriff’s deputies managed to reach the suspect by phone and to convince him to surrender. Thomas was taken into custody without incident. A search of the Alabama gunman’s home revealed a .22 caliber rifle, the murder weapon, and several boxes of ammo.

The man has been booked into county jail and charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder. No motive for the killing was cited, but a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson declared that the suspect has mental issues.

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An Ohio jury recently found 22-year-old Ricki Williams IV guilty as charged in the dumpster murder case. The man was sentenced last Tuesday to 62 years in prison for the slaying of 16-year-old Gina Burger and attempting to conceal the body by hiding it in a playpen.

Ohio Man Asked a Neighbor for Help in Removing the Body

On Tuesday, an Ohio jury sentence Ricki Williams IV to 62 years in prison after he pleaded guilty of stabbing to death Gina Burger in Austintown back in June 2014. According to court documents, the Ohio man, who first attempted to plead guilty by reasons of insanity, invited 16-year-old Burger to his Austintown apartment in order to have sexual relations.

Once the teen arrived, Williams took a knife from the kitchen and stabbed the teen several times in the chest. Allegedly, the whole scene was witnessed by Ronisha Johnson, Williams’ neighbor, who told the magistrates that she saw the man pulling the blood-covered knife from the teen’s chest and smelling it.

After stabbing Burger, Williams asked his neighbor to help him get rid of the body. According to the man’s affidavit, Williams placed the corpse inside a portable playpen, which he later tossed in the dumpster.

To make the case even more disturbing, right after killing the teen and placing her body in the playpen, the Ohio man called Jacqueline Bacher, Gina’s mother, and asked her if she’s willing to buy the playpen.

According to the authorities, Burger’s body was discovered the following day by the city’s garbage transfer staff. Following the teen’s autopsy, the authorities arrested Williams and charged him with first-degree premeditated murder, tampering with evidence, and kidnapping.

At the beginning of February, the man was sentenced to 62 years in prison. It’s not yet clear if the Ohio man’s neighbor has been arrested.

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