The isolation imposed on the children by their Mother's new WatchTower religion brought James and Ronnie closer, in spite of the myriad of differences in their personalities. Lives in Castle Rock, Colorado. You aren't going anywhere." According to authorities, Peggy had built the bomb in her kitchen. ", In October 1987, around 7:30 PM, Robert A. Garrett Sr. and his wife, Dora Garrett, were returning from the grocery store to their home in Algiers, Louisiana. Lowe's mother reared her three children as Jehovah's Witnesses by herself until her husband converted when Rodney Lowe was around twelve years old. On a Saturday night in December 1991, in Los Angeles, California, the 16 year-old grandson of prominent African-American Jehovah's Witness clothing designer and fulltime "Pioneer", Doris Conner, named Anthony James Carver, along with four friends -- two males and two females (all but one juveniles) -- went on a three hour long ARMED ROBBERY crime spree. Rivera told him that he was a police officer and to hold it. Leah Gustafson was stabbed to death in her Superior home Jan. 7. In any event, the Judge sentenced Hamblin to a mere two years in prison, and then SUSPENDED the sentence. Although the record reveals that plaintiff suffered a limited amount of physical pain and suffering, the record further shows that plaintiff suffered an enormous amount of mental anguish as a result of this incident. LOUISIANA v. TROY LANCASTER DUGAR was a 1987 murder court case. But that was only the start. On July 4, 1974,Robert A. Garrett was involved in an altercation with members of the Military Police. Found the resolution to each, I know who really killed Chanin, her husband did not, I have so many questions about this story. A second Forbrich brother also was arrested in West Germany on charges connected to this case, but outcome is unknown. FLORIDA v. ANTONIO LEBARON MELTON was the 1990-91 MURDER prosecution and conviction of Antonio L. Melton, age 17 at time of murder, for the November 1990 armed robbery and shooting of a Pensacola cab driver. The JW Aunt, named Margaret Hawkins, stated that her nephew had been "really trying to make a change in his life", which in JW-ese meant that London Williams recently had been reading WatchTower literature, and/or attending meetings at the Kingdom Hall. We are one of the worlds fastest growing After a fifteen minute wait, during which no officers appeared, Rivera started back towards the condominium complex. Westbrooks' automobile was found parked in a residential section of Pittsburgh's Hill District the next day. He was released in 1981, at one minute after midnight the morning of his 20th birthday -- the longest state law allowed him to be held as a juvenile. I get the feeling that Cloud committed these rapes much as did Robert Biddings below -- preaching the Bible all the while. As a result, Doug was sentenced to 65 years in prison while Raymond was handed down a sentence of 60 years. Plaintiff also stated that his relationship with his son had suffered greatly because his son had seen the entire incident and had told plaintiff he had acted like a "coward" in his dealings with the officers. Cheely sped up to get closer to the other car to give Gustafson a clear shot. WISCONSIN v. CARRIE E. TUCKER was a 1989 Court of Appeals of Wisconsin decision. The group next stuck-up a Sam Goody music store in Lawndale -- stealing $3,000.00 worth of compact discs and CD players. At Harris's residence was Jeff Holly, who Caldwell believed had cheated him in an earlier drug deal. WEST FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - The life of West Fargo Police Lieutenant Adam Gustafson will be honored and celebrated on Wednesday, May 26. We have two upcoming Webcasts we recommend you attend. Nos. As stated by Douglas Ottati of Davidson College in a message to the late professor's son, "Gustafson did more . On the evening of October 19, 1990, three friends, all aged around 20, were traveling along the Glenn Highway in the direction of Anchorage. Anthony James Carver died at the scene. Lock They were all charged with one count each of sending a bomb through the mail with intent to kill and using a bomb in the course of a violent crime. Still in Venice, the group next stuck-up a liquor store -- taking cash and booze, plus taking the security guard's pistol. Sometime prior to January 1989 (possibly even earlier than 1988), a 20 year-old Jehovah's Witness, named Andre Sukram, was allegedly involved in an "at-fault" automobile accident somewhere in Nassau County, New York, wherein the innocent driver of the other vehicle was injured. However, that conviction and sentence was reversed on appeal in 1987. Troy L. Dugar was apparently from a decent home given that his father, Lancaster Dugar, identified himself as being both a Jehovah's Witness and a Lousiana State Trooper. She was awarded $11.8 million in the judgment. at Created For Success: A Personal Growth & Leadership Development Corporation. If venireperson "THEODORE KELKER" was reared as a Jehovah's Witness, and he had disclosed that fact during jury selection or during the trial, do you not suppose that James Allridge would have brought that up as part of his appeal??? The group next robbed a Sizzler restaurant of money and food in Culver City. James would sometimes stand alongside the tennis courts, watching his classmates play. Fleetwood demanded Garrett's license, which Garrett was unable to produce immediately. Argued and Submitted August 6, 1993. Gustafson, who was confirmed as the EEOC's general counsel in August 2019, prioritized combating religious discrimination in the workplace. Marshals for a federal probation violation, according to the. CAROL TUCKER v. MARCUS was a 1988 Supreme Court of Wisconsin decision. She was 29 years old and pregnant when the incident occurred. }); James Leroy Brett was convicted by a jury of aggravated first degree murder and first degree felony murder, and was given the death penalty by that same jury. pg.acq.push(function() { In September 1991, just months after 20-year-old George Kerr of Chugiak, Georgia, helped the state put two of his friends, Doug Gustafson and Raymond Cheely behind bars for 65 and 60 years respectively after he witnessed them fatally shooting teenager Jeffrey Cain on the Glenn Highway, the Kerr's family received a package in the mail addressed to George - who was not there at the house at the time. During the penalty phase of the first trial, Sherry Brett testified for the defense that her son would have spells of depression, and would become violent and self-destructive. Throughout the evening and early morning hours Nicoleau lost a substantial amount of blood, and her doctor informed her that in his opinion she would die unless she had a transfusion. We were not alive in 1950, but we suspect that the apocalyptic WatchTower Society had convinced its membership via its typical "insinuation" method that "Jehovah" was gathering together his people in NYC (location of WatchTower World HQ) to protect them at the start of "Armageddon", simply to ensure a large attendance that would be fawned over by NYC media coverage, which would be repeated worldwide. Thus, James embraced the teachings of the Jehovah's Witnesses, while his older brother did the least he could get by with per his age. ANTHONY JAMES CARVER. The only question is -- did these five hoodlums become friends at a Kingdom Hall, or Assembly Hall? }) However, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin concluded that while the Circuit Court correctly determined it did not have the statutory authority to force Tucker to undergo a physical exam, it did have the equitable authority to do so. Sukram left his father, who Sukram later stated had been "too drunk to drive", in the wrecked vehicle. And in a lot of ways, this is the best place for me to be. Rivera prevented him from seizing the gun by pulling back from the wall. TENNESSEE v. EUGENE EDWARD HAMBLIN. WASHINGTON v. JAMES LEROY BRETT was a 1991-2001 Washington state murder court decision. During his phone calls to his pregnant sister, Doug kept giving Peggy coded instructions on how to make the bomb, under the pretext of helping her fix her car and she showed him pieces of it during her jailhouse visits. Affirmed on appeal. The first indication of a JW connection for the Allridge Family that we found was when the "Mother" was baptized as a JW in 1971. Dubbed "The Handcuff Rapist", in May 1989, Robert Biddings, age 38, was convicted in Columbus, Ohio, of 40 counts of rape, kidnapping and aggravated robbery for raping 13 girls and women between 1984 and 1988. Box 7198 sometimes in large groups. Undercover police officers previously had made several drug buys from the two brothers. ), <<<------PREVIOUS PAGE----------HOME PAGE----------NEXT PAGE ------>>>. He was released in 1862 and returned to New York a. No evidence that Reginald Libby was even prosecuted for evidence tampering. Gregory Resnover was executed in 1994 for the murder of a police officer, while Earl Resnover received a life sentence, but was paroled around 2011. After being paroled in June 1975, Willie Thompkins married Barbara Thompkins in January 1976. Outcome of prosecution unknown, but Rake was out and about in 1953. Appellant's optional reply brief is due 21 days after service of the answering brief. She felt that it was George who had shot Jeffrey. Muriel Spinks had a single gunshot wound to her forehead. On Saturday, November 23, 1975, while being accompanied by two other prisoners, and two prison guards, the five discovered that it was the wrong weekend. Immediately after the armed robbery, Preinesberger and Boggs went to "Joe" Preinesberger's residence, where Boggs left the clothing and disguises, as well as the money -- all to be hidden by Preinesberger. Interestingly, Soria had been ejected from the family home the day of the murder. }); So, Garrett attempted to make a left turn across oncoming traffic, when his truck was struck "repeatedly" by a MRBA vehicle, which was being driven by defendant, Lon Fleetwood, an MRBA officer. Rivera then went over to and began to climb a wooden fence to get a view of the whole condominium complex. Following this incident, plaintiff was very upset and angry and saw a psychologist for over one year. The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. In a senseless act of violence, they had shot at the car Jeffrey was in because they felt that it came too close to theirs. Farkas also had been strangled with a vacuum cleaner cord. Gustafson fired into the car, killing teenager Jeffrey Cain with a single shot to the skull. Brett and Martin then fled the scene without taking anything from the Milosevich's home. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Douglas C. Gustafson to pay them a last tribute. Facebook gives people the. Just prior to trial in 1991, Eugene E. Hamblin, then age 49, somehow cut a deal with the Prosecutor to plead guilty to only one of the three sexual assault charges -- one count of aggravated sexual battery. In a senseless act of violence, they had shot at the car Jeffrey was in because they felt that it came too close to theirs. Again, the pistol was owned by Reginald Libby, and it had two empty cartridges. My Father was a Tenant Farmer/Truck Driver/Construction Laborer, and my Mother, a School Teacher. SYRACUSE, NEW YORK Douglas Gustafson, age 36, of Syracuse, pled guilty yesterday to violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and United States Marshal David L. McNulty. ga('ads.send', { Brett and Martin were arrested and charged with the murder a week later. According to prisoners that the detectives in the case talked to at Spring Creek Correctional Center, where Cheely was housed and Gustafson was previously housed, the former had made a hit list of the people he wanted to kill. Gustafson, who is a sex offender based on a 2008 federal conviction for recruiting and enticing a 14 . Gustafson also admitted to violating his federal supervised release by, among other things, absconding from the residential reentry center and committing a new crime by failing to report his change of address to the Sex Offender Registry. As David Kerr, George's father tried to open it, the bomb went off, blowing him into pieces, ripping a hole in the roof of their home and destroying a picture window. We do not know in which stages of James Allridge's prosecution that his having been reared as a "Jehovah's Witness" was disclosed. So, she, along with another brother of hers, Craig Gustafson, had conspired with Doug and Raymond in prison to kill George Kerr. Murdoch has survived scandal after scandal. Labeled a "One Man Killing Machine" by prosecutors, Melvin Troy Williams, 22, a reputed North Philadelphia drug boss, who had been accused of killing four people in nine days in March 1989, was sentenced to the death penalty after an October 1990 trial for one of the four alleged murders and robbery, and after previously pleading "guilty" to the other three murders and robbery. Grandmother with dementia died from face wound neglected by staff for days. When he appeared for reenlistment on July 19, Garrett was not allowed to reenlist but instead was placed on legal hold. In 1950, Fort Pierce was not that large of a town. From what we can tell, Peggy seems to have been released from prison in June 2013. Doug Gustafson and Raymond Cheely were then found guilty of murdering Jeffrey. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. In May 1990, in what has the appearance of "different rules for different schools", two Jehovah's Witnesses Minors, Marco D. Martinez, 17, and his brother, David D. Martinez, 16, were killed during an illicit "joy ride" during school hours. Doug was also found guilty of tampering with physical evidence. Not only had the three 18 year-olds burglarized a store a week prior to the shooting, but Gustafson had thereafter threatened to kill two people whom Cheely had told about their large score. Caldwell received a life sentence, but with only a 15 year minimum before being eligible for parole, instead of the 40 year minimum that he should have received. In March 1955, a Jehovah's Witness Farmer and "batchelor", named Reginald Libby, aka James Libby, age 70, of nearby Waltham, Quebec, reported the "suicide" of his 35 year-old farmhand, William Alexander Watt. In 1992, Coffee was determined to have committed second-degree murder, but was not guilty by reason of mental illness.