In The Mean Time...
Meriden, Conn. – Three teens were seriously injured after being caught trespassing inside the abandoned Undercliff Institution. The facility used to be a place to house dying children, and – as is usually the case with creepy, abandoned medical facilities – it’s supposedly haunted. Police say the trio may have considered themselves amateur ghost hunters. When deputies arrived at around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, the boys pulled a Wile E. Coyote when they took off running into the woods and over the edge of a cliff. Though their injuries were not life-threatening, they were serious enough for one of the boys to use their cell phone to call police on themselves for help. I think the police may have simply followed the swath of shit the boys left, but I’m not sure. The unnamed teens were taken to the hospital and issued infractions for simple trespass. On the upside, the story of these three boys will be told in future Underhill urban legends, describing how three boys once broke into Underhill only to be found dead later, their naked bodies tied together in a knot and covered in the bloody handprints of children. [Read more...]
REIDSVILLE, N.C. - Lonnie Irvin Pinnix, 38, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly shooting his wife with a pistol loaded with toilet paper. When Darlene Pinnix came home shortly after midnight on Tuesday, she found her husband wasn’t too happy. When she got in the bed, he held a pistol to her head and told her to get out. She didn’t move fast enough for him, so Pinnix gave her a helping hand by shooting her in the back with the pistol he had loaded with toilet paper. This had an opposite effect than Lonnie intended as when deputies arrived on the scene, they found Darlene laying across the bed in extreme pain.She was taken to the hospital to take care of her powder burns, Lonnie was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. [Read more...]
Oklahoma City, OK - Police happened upon 26-year-old Christopher Rydell Wilson, with his pants and underwear around his knees standing at an open rear door of an SUV that was parked on the side of the road. When Wilson realized the cops were there, he tried to pull up his pants and act like he wasn’t raping the unconscious woman laying half-naked in the back seat. It took paramedics 20 minutes to wake the woman and once lucid, she informed them that she had ingested some pills and alcohol, had met Wilson a couple hours prior and under no circumstances did she give him permission to put his penis anywhere near her – much less inside her. I wonder how the victim’s brother feels about all this, seeing as if he was passed out in the front seat the entire time. Police arrested Wilson at the scene, charging him with rape. [Read more...]
Waterbury, CT – Chloe Ottman, 16, was going to be a junior at Crosby High School … before Francisco Cruz decided he liked her and wanted her. Cruz, 19, developed a crush on Chloe a couple of years ago. They were friends and hung out together. Thursday, they were hanging out together at the Brass Hill Mall. Afterwards, they went to a local abandoned religious park, Holy Land USA, for a few drinks. There Cruz decided he wanted some of that and Chloe refused by elbowing him in the face. Undeterred, Cruz put her in a chokehold. When she started to scream he shoved his thumbs into her throat until she stopped. She was still alive so he raped her twice at the foot of a cross that still stands on the grounds. He then strangled her until she wasn’t alive anymore, then raped her again. Just for good measure, he stabbed her in the throat several times before dumping her body in the woods. Cruz initially denied having any involvement but later confessed to police, telling he killed Chloe to stay out of jail. “I am raping a girl If I let her live, I’m going to jail for a long time I gotta kill her,” Cruz stated. He has been charged with first-degree sexual assault and second-degree strangulation, held on $5 million bond. [Read more...]
ELEPHANT BUTTE, NM – A couple are in a bit of trouble after making the real bad decision of locking their three children in a small camper so they could jet ski for a couple hours. Destynie Defrates, 21, and Aaron Montoya, 23, now face child abuse charges after park rangers found their children, ages 1, 2 and 3, inside the mobile oven parked at Elephant Butte Lake. While their parents enjoyed the lake in the 98-degree temperatures, their three kids cooked inside a camper with no air-conditioning or water. Had it not been for the Good Samaritan who called 911 the kids would have likely died, according to park rangers who were too pissed to go on camera. After breaking a window to get to them, the children were taken to the hospital, treated for dehydration, then released into state custody. Their parents were taken to jail on three felony counts of child abuse with a cash-only bail set at $30,000. What’s up with spelling a kid’s name “Destynie”? That name ranks up there with “Bambi,” “Candy,” “Brandi,” and “Lexxxie” when trying to increase the chances of your daughter making a living naked on a pole (thanks for all the hard work you do, ladies), or in jail after turning her three kids into fish sticks. [Read more...]
Spartanburg, SC – In keeping with the whole fast food restaurant theme we seem to have going lately, allow me to introduce you to 39-year-old Lori Turner. The lovely lady has been charged with disorderly conduct after a rather amusing incident at Mickey D’s. (Seriously, what is it about that place that makes people stoopid)? According to police, Turner ordered two sandwiches and two small coffees at about 10:30 Sunday morning. When the cashier turned around to make the coffee, Turner slipped one of the sandwiches out of the bag and stuck it in her draws – she then accused the cashier of cheating her and demanded another sammich. When the cashier refused, Turner started to get a wee bit whacko. 911 was called after the nutjob started making a scene. When a deputy arrived on scene, he reportedly heard Turner screaming “give me my (bleeeping) sandwich!” It was then that the deputy noticed a large grease stain on Turner’s crotch and assumed it was the sammich in question. At least I would hope so. A female officer was called to the scene after Turner refused to remove the meat from her crotch. That unlucky officer had to stick her hand down Turner’s pants to retrieve the stolen sandwich. No. Way. I would’a been all “Fuck it. Keep the damn thing…I’m buying.” Turner appeared to be intoxicated and smelled of alcohol. The drunken tirade continued until she was cuffed and carted off. She was charged with public disorderly conduct and released Sunday evening on $262 bond. Her prior convictions include charges of assault, shoplifting, forgery, resisting arrest, petit larceny, two counts of public disorderly conduct and four counts of inhaling aromatic hydrocarbons. Yeah…I’m thinkin’ Subway. [Read more...]
SOUTH LYON, Mich – On Saturday, the bodies of 13-year-old Grace and her mother, Donna Carlson, were both found unresponsive in a bed. Grace was dead and Donna barely clinging to life. Police say that Donna had given her daughter a lethal amount of prescription drugs, then tried to check out in the same manner. She didn’t succeed and is currently in a hospital on a respirator. Reports are that Grace was adopted as a baby, physically and mentally disabled. Grace also suffered from a severe cognitive impairment and in recent months had become violent towards her mother. One attack left Donna with a broken nose. Police plan on interviewing Donna’s husband, who was at work at the time of this latest incident, in hopes of getting some more insight. If Donna pulls through, she is facing murder charges. Sounds more like a woman who wasn’t receiving any support with her situation, but we’ll see if anyone who knew the family comes out and sheds a bit more light. [Read more...]
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. – John Lewis McKinley has been arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty after his neighbors told police they witnessed him attach Choker, his pit bull mix, to the back bumper of his truck and then drag him through the neighborhood. “The dog was tied with a tethering device to the rear bumper of a 1999 GMC pickup and the other end, obviously, was tied to the dog and the dog was dragged some distance down the street. Neighbors saw (the dragging) and contacted authorities,” said Capt. Mark Thompson. Choker is alive, but suffered some nasty injuries including asphalt burns to his chest and inside of his groin, and flesh torn off the top of his feet and pads. That’s just the physical stuff that will eventually heal. The mental damage done will probably take longer unless the dog is like my cat and has a memory of around 14 seconds. Otherwise McKinley may have created a walking, bi-polar bear trap that will eat a kid whenever a truck commercial comes on television. McKinley was arrested when he showed up at the animal shelter to check on Choker. He admitted to police that he has anger management issues and just lost it. [Read more...]
MORENO VALLEY, CA – Norma Lopez, 17, has not been seen since Thursday morning last week when she vanished walking home from Valley View High School where she had attended summer classes. She took a common shortcut through a field, where she was to meet her sister and a friend at her home. When she didn’t arrive, they began searching for her with no success and after a couple hours, called police. Witnesses did not see Lopez taken against her will, but they did described seeing a newer model, green SUV speeding away from the area around the time Lopez would have been on her way home. Police also found some of Lopez’s personal items strewn along the route she took, leading them to believe there was some kind of struggle. Norma is about 5 feet 7 inches tall and 110 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black-and-white horizontal stripe sleeveless shirt, “skinny” jeans and black shoes. Today, a $7,500 reward was posted and anyone with information on her whereabouts should call the sheriff’s dispatch center at (951) 776-1099, or a tip line, (877) 242-4345. Anyone else see stories like this and think that had this been a pretty, white girl this story would have grabbed national headlines last Thursday? [Read more...]
LAS CRUCES, NM - Remember the story we did last week about the guy with the prosthetic leg who let his friends set him on fire because he lost a drinking bet? Turns out he lied. Also turns out the real story is even dumber than his original one. 47-year-old Randy Malone did not catch on fire because his friends lit him up. Malone caught on fire because of a hot crack pipe. A witness went to police and told them that he had picked up Malone as he walked along U.S. 70. Once in the car, Malone took out a crack pipe and began smoking it at which time the driver stopped and told him to get out. Malone obliged while putting the crack pipe in a pants pocket near his prosthetic leg. The hot pipe eventually set his pants on fire, but Malone did not feel anything initially because, well, he has no leg. By time he did realize what was happening, the flames had engulfed his ass and reached his lower back. This left Malone no other options aside from taking off his burning clothes and coming up with a story to explain it all. Police have added insult to injury, issuing a warrant for his arrest on a charge of making a false report. [Read more...]
Smithfield, NC – On July 16th, Jonathan Richardson showed up at the hospital with his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter, Teghan Skiba, and claimed the child had fallen off the bed. The law got involved once doctors discovered Teghan had numerous bruises, human bite marks, cuts, severe head trauma and signs of sexual abuse. Teghan held on for a few days, but the injuries were too severe – she died on Monday. Police allege that over the course of several days, Jonathan tortured, beat and raped the child in the barn they called home. Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell says it’s one of the worst cases of abuse he has ever seen. Teghan’s mother, Helen Reyes, recently decided to shack up with Jonathan in the barn behind his grandparents’ home. The barn was equipped with air conditioning, but lacked a bathroom and running water. Jonathan and Teghan shared an air mattress on the floor. Jonathan and Helen had been dating for about six months – just long enough for Helen to feel comfortable leaving her child alone with the man in a fucking barn while she took off for New Mexico to train for the Army Reserve. She felt comfortable leaving her child alone with a man who she herself is reportedly scared of. Helen, who had been in New Mexico since about July 6th, returned home on Friday to be by Teghan’s side at the hospital. [Read more...]
Orlando, Fl. – Christian Rizk is one crazy mofo according to reports from his girlfriend. God I love you, crazy people. Christian Rizk returned home from a long day of work a little different than usual. Different as in he was in the middle of a full blown psychotic episode. According to police, Rizk has a mental condition that he hasn’t been taking his medicine for and has a history of cutting himself. Police received a 911 call from the girlfriend stating the Christian came home in “an altered state of mind”, claiming the she and her son were “Satan and demons and that they were dead meat”. Rizk disconnected the phones, turned off the lights and proceeded to strangle the life out of the family cat. While holding the cat, Rizk called his girlfriend a slew of names, kicked her in the stomach and threw her into the wall. She ran from the apartment to the neighbors and dailed 911. Rizk threw the cat on the hallway floor and refused to let the victim’s son leave the apartment. By the time the police arrived they found the apartment locked and Rizk locked inside the master bathroom. Fearing for his well being they broke down the bathroom door, he was pepper sprayed and stunned 3 times before officers were forced to use batons to subdue him. The girlfriends child was not harmed but said that “he was scared”. There is no word on the condition of the cat. Rizk was taken to jail where he remains. If I had a list of things I would not accept in a boyfriend, “Making sure he takes his medication for mental illness,” would be at the very top of the list. [Read more...]
Fairmont, WV – After a somewhat bitter separation from her husband of 38 years, Cathryn Washington insisted upon custody of the couple’s dog, a 14-year-old yellow lab named Delta. Cathryn packed her belongings and the dog and left Washington state for West Virginia. Just 11 days later, Delta is dead because her human, a former nursing professor, is a moron. According to police, what was supposed to be a quick 15-minute dash into a Costco store to buy pet supplies took Cathryn more than an hour. While she was strolling through the air-conditioned aisles, Delta was baking inside the car. The temperature in Fairmont that afternoon was 104°. By the time the woman made it back outside, Delta was already pretty far gone and she reportedly died there in the car. After Cathryn realized Delta wasn’t going to need food, toys, or a doggy bed, she returned to the store to get a refund on the supplies she had just purchased. She told Costco employees she didn’t need the items because her dog had just died in the parking lot. An employee followed Cathryn out to her car and saw what appeared to be a dead dog. The store notified animal control and they eventually caught up with Cathryn at another location. The 68-year-old woman has been charged with four counts of animal cruelty for failing to provide adequate food, water and shelter and infliction of unnecessary suffering and pain.
Dayton, OH – There have been numerous discussions here at the Dreamin’ Demon about what people would or would not do after witnessing a violent domestic tussle. Many have said they would jump right into battle and do whatever necessary to protect the victim of the beatin’. Others have said they’d prefer to stand on the sidelines giving a play-by-play to a 911 dispatcher. The following story is a perfect example of why one should use caution when attempting to be Hero of the Day. Police say 35-year-old Anthony Miliner was in the drive-thru at McDonald’s late last month when he witnessed a woman being beaten in the car ahead of his. Miliner tried to intervene and may lose an eye for his trouble. One of the women he tried to help got all butt-hurty and decided to attack. She and at least three of her friends approached Miliner as he sat in the passenger seat of his vehicle and proceeded to beat the snot out of him – punching, kicking, spitting – all of it was caught on video by a McDonald’s employee. During the attack, one of the women removed her stiletto heel and got all stabby on Miliner’s eye, repeatedly gouging it. Family members report Miliner has had several surgeries to repair the damage, but will likely lose vision in that eye. Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the psycho bitches. Video of the attack after the jump. [Read more...]
TOLEDO, OHIO – On Sunday, Casey Bucher, 22, was on his way home from Maxwell’s Brew where he had been using their Internet access. At around 8 p.m. the University of Toledo student was approached by 24-year-old Lawrence Fitzgerald James, who asked him for money and cigarettes. When Butcher refused, James stabbed him once in the chest, and ran. Bucher was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police were able to use surveillance camera footage to identify James, although the cameras did not capture the actual stabbing. He was located at his residence nearby a short time later. He was arrested and charged with murder. He is currently being held in the Lucas County Jail on $500,000 bond. Get this. James was released on June 6th after having served part of the sentence he recieved for stabbing someone else in 2008. [Read more...]
