[h=1]Nationwide Manhunt for Escaped Inmate [/h] A nationwide manhunt is underway for a career criminal who has twice escaped from jail by switching identities with other inmates. Authorities did not notice Rocky Marquez, 34, was missing from a Detroit jail until five days after he walked out the front door undetected. "Mr. Marquez does have a bit of a head start, but we have the best of the best working on this case and I'm confident Rocky will be put behind bars," said Deputy U.S. Marshal Frederick J. Freeman. A fugitive apprehension team along with the U.S. Marshals and other police agencies are searching for Marquez. According to police, on Jan. 20, Marquez switched ID wristbands with another inmate, who was about to be freed on bond. Marquez then simply walked out of the Wayne County jail. "He's smarter than your average criminal. He's somehow getting inmates to cooperate with him to use their identities to walk out of jail," Freeman said. This was not the first time Marquez staged a jailbreak. According to U.S. Marshal David Gonzalez, Marquez pulled the same stunt in a Phoenix prison eight months ago when he switched wristbands with another inmate who he had befriended and who had a similar complexion and build. "He obviously has a penchant for getting out of jail and wanting to stay out of jail, but hopefully we can put an end to that run here soon," Gonzalez said. Marquez was arrested in Detroit after the U.S. Marshals tracked a car they believed he was using to the city. Marquez, whose criminal record includes drug smuggling, perjury and witness tampering, was awaiting extradition to Phoenix when he escaped last week. Officials from the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said there would be an investigation into the reasons for Marquez's escape. "We have policies and procedures in place that should have prevented something like this from happening," the sheriff's office told ABC News.
[h=1] Human Bones Found In California Yard; Larry Dominguez Questioned [/h] Authorities in Southern California are investigating a grave discovery. A Santa Ana couple who has lived in their home for less than one year says they found human bones -- including a skull -- buried in their yard. The couple, whose names have not been released, uncovered the bones when they dug into a 2-foot tall raised bank in the yard, according to the OC Register. "We had somebody bring over a tractor and they just put it underneath and they lifted it and a skull just fell over," one of the homeowners said, according to the Daily Mail. They contacted police and the Orange County Coroner's office confirmed that the bones belonged to a human. Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, a spokesman for the Santa Ana Police Department, told NBC 4 that an anthropologist was called in for further examination. Police are questioning the home's former owner, Larry T. Dominguez, Bertagna said. Dominguez, now 65, had lived in the home for more than 20 years, and in 2006, the house had burned down in an electrical fire. Dominguez was rescued from the blaze by neighbor Renan Disner. Renan Disner and his wife, Evy, told NBC 4 that they would frequently see strangers living at the home. They also note that Dominguez's father -- from whom Dominguez had inherited the house -- had lived there for some time, but they did not know "if or when" the man had passed away.
[h=1]Google Maps North Korea: Prison Camps, Nuclear Complexes Pinpointed In New Images [/h] Google is giving the world a never-before-seen, detailed look at one of the most secretive countries in the world: North Korea. On Monday, Google announced that it had updated Google Maps with a more comprehensive view of North Korea, complete with streets, monuments, nuclear complexes and prison camps. "As part of this mission, we’re constantly working to add more detailed map data in areas that traditionally have been mostly blank," reads Google's announcement, written by Google Map Maker Senior Product Manager Jayanth Mysore. To build the map of North Korea, a community of citizen cartographers spent years using Google Map Maker to contribute to the draft. On Monday, around 9 p.m. EST the map went live. Google Maps users can peruse the North Korean landscape to see the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, which houses the bodies of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il; an armory; a theater and adjacent guards' bathroom; and even Camp 22, or the Hoeryong Concentration Camp, in North Hamgyong. Scroll to the North Korean countryside, and the image data becomes scarce, notes CNN. Controversial areas like the Yongbyon nuclear complex and the Yodok and Hwasong gulags have little detailing. This new look at North Korea is unprecedented and will give many Internet users the opportunity to explore the so-called Hermit Kingdom like never before. “For a long time, one of the largest places with limited map data has been North Korea, but today we are changing that,” reads Mysore's blog post. “While many people around the globe are fascinated with North Korea, these maps are especially important for the citizens of South Korea, who have ancestral connections or still have family living there." The unveil comes just weeks after Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt visited North Korea for a firsthand look at the country's economy and social media. But a Google spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal that there is no connection between the Google Maps reveal and Schmidt's North Korea visit. "This data has been in Map Maker for a while now, but it commonly takes the Map Maker community a few years to generate enough high quality data to make something that works in Google Maps," the spokesman said. The new map images also pull back the curtain on some of North Korea's darkest secrets. Satellite imagery, coupled with detailing, offers new proof of the existence of the country's government-run prison labor camps, where as many as 250,000 political prisoners may be held. "Satellite imagery readily available through Google Earth has certainly enabled human rights experts to decisively confirm that these facilities do exist," Greg Scarlatoiu, executive director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, told Reuters earlier this month, "despite the fact that the North Korean regime denies their existence."
Violent Test Questions At Florida High School Upset Parents The fate of Florida science teacher Dean Liptak is unclear as parents express concern over violent test questions that involve propelling students and driving over babies. According to WTSP, the Fivay High School teacher in Hudson, Fla., assigned test questions like:"A 50 kg student has a momentum of 500 kg m/s as the teacher launches him toward the wall, what is the velocity of the student heading toward the wall?" "A northbound car with a velocity of 100 m/s ran over a baby with a momentum of 800 kg m/s, what is the mass of the car?" Parents tell WTSP that the test questions are "violent" and "inappropriate." School officials have not disclosed the teacher's status at the school. Liptak has been teaching in Pasco County Schools for several years and recently moved to Fivay from Ridgewood High School. His students at Ridgewood had positive reviews of his teaching on RateMyTeachers.com. One student calls him the "best teacher in the world." A similar incident in Washington, D.C. last march led to a teacher's termination. Parents were outraged after the educator sent third graders home with morbid math problems that referenced cannibals, baking people in ovens and a child whose brain had become infested with fire ants. And just two months prior, Norcross, Ga. elementary school parents were upset when math problems that used examples of slave beatings were used in class. The teacher who assigned the problems eventually resigned. The science test in Florida comes at a volatile time for the school, as the Fivay community continues to remember their late classmate Jessica Laney, who committed suicide last month.
[h=1] U.S. Embassy Bombing In Turkey Was Suicide Attack; 2 Dead, Police Say [/h] ANKARA, Turkey — A suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive Friday in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, killing himself and a guard at the entrance gate, officials said. U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardione told reporters that a Turkish citizen was also wounded in the 1:15 p.m. blast in the Turkish capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but both Kurdish rebels and Islamic militants are active in Turkey. The bomb appeared to have exploded inside the security checkpoint at the side entrance to the embassy, but did not damage the inside of the embassy itself. TV footage showed the embassy door blown off its hinges. The windows of nearby businesses were also shattered by the power of the blast, and debris littered the ground and across the road. Police swarmed the area and immediately cordoned it off and several ambulances were dispatched. An AP journalist saw one woman who appeared to be seriously injured being carried into an ambulance but a hospital official said she was "not in critical condition." On its website, the Hurriyet newspaper identified the woman as Didem Tuncay, a television journalist who it said was at the embassy to get a U.S. visa. The embassy building is heavily protected and located near several other embassies, including that of Germany and France. Hurriyet newspaper said staff at the embassy took shelter in "safe room" inside the compound soon after the explosion. Phones were not being answered at the embassy later Friday. Police examined security cameras around the embassy and identified two people who could have been the suicide bomber, a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with government rules. In a statement, the U.S. Embassy thanked Turkey for "its solidarity and outrage over the incident." Kurdish rebels who are fighting for autonomy in the Kurdish-dominated southeast have dramatically stepped up attacks in Turkey over the last year. The United States considers the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, a terrorist organization and has helped Turkey in its battle against the group. But the group has not attacked U.S. targets in its nearly 30-year insurgency. Homegrown Islamic militants tied to al-Qaida have carried out suicide bombings in Istanbul, Turkey's bustling commercial center. In a 2003 attack on the British consulate, a suspected Islamic militant rammed an explosive-laden pickup truck into the main gate, killing 58 people, including the British consul-general. In 2008, an attack blamed on al-Qaida-affiliated militants outside the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul left three assailants and three policemen dead. Turkey is also being deeply affected by the brutal civil war in neighboring Syria, and has become a harsh critic of President Bashar Assad's regime there. The war has left at least 60,000 people dead so far, according to the U.N., and Turkey is sheltering tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. The first of six Patriot missile batteries being deployed to Turkey to protect the country against attack from Syria was just declared operational and placed under NATO command. Others are expected to become operational in the coming days.
[h=1]Accent Signage Systems' 'Botched' Firing Led To Murderous Rampage, Lawsuit Claims [/h]The family of a man who was among six people gunned down at his Minneapolis office last year are suing the company, claiming that it botched the firing of the employee who carried out the attack and should have known he was mentally ill and potentially dangerous. The lawsuit being filed on behalf of Jacob Beneke's family is the first to come from Andrew Engeldinger's Sept. 27 attack on Accent Signage Systems, said the family's attorney, Phil Villaume. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the lawsuit in advance of Friday's formal announcement. "It's probably one of the most horrendous, saddest cases I've ever been involved in in my 33 years of lawyering," Villaume said. "The Beneke family has suffered terribly, beyond comprehension. It's just a very, very sad situation all the way around." Engeldinger, 36, fatally shot Beneke, four other co-workers and a UPS deliveryman before taking his own life.The company had repeatedly cited Engeldinger for offensive behavior, tardiness and poor job performance, and it warned him a week before the attack that executives wanted to meet with him about his employment on the day of the attack. That day, Engeldinger was reminded of a late afternoon meeting, and before heading in, he when to his vehicle to retrieve a gun. When company executives told him that they were firing him, he pulled it out and began killing. Engeldinger's parents have said he was mentally ill but had refused their offers to get him help. His mother declined to comment for this story. The wrongful death suit, which names the company and Engeldinger's estate as defendants, alleges that Accent Signage should have known from Engeldinger's pattern of behavior that he had violent tendencies, suffered from a severe mental illness, and could hurt or even kill others. The lawsuit says the company acted in a careless, negligent and grossly negligent manner when it gave Engeldinger notice of his potential firing in advance and allowed him to go to his vehicle. The lawsuit claims the company had no security cameras that would have filmed Engeldinger as he retrieved his weapon, and there was no extra security on hand for his meeting. The lawsuit says: "a reasonable employer in Accent's position would have, among other things, provided adequate security on its premises, locked its doors, monitored Engeldinger, and would have attempted to terminate Engeldinger in a safe manner." "They should've had security. They didn't take action. They knew they had a problem employee," Villaume said. "We have reason to believe that he was planning this for a long period of time. He was going through gun training at a gun range and had become quite proficient, if you will, at handling a handgun." According to the lawsuit, Engeldinger was hired in 1999 and worked in Accent's engraving department. Beneke was hired in 2005 as an engraver, and eventually became a supervisor in the digital imaging department. The lawsuit says Engeldinger held personal animosity toward Beneke, and Beneke often called Engeldinger his "nemesis." The company's owner and founder, who was also killed in the attack, told Beneke on Sept. 24 that Engeldinger was going to be fired three days later and that the information should be kept secret. The lawsuit alleges that Beneke knew Engeldinger was prone to violence, and that he was afraid of what might happen on the day of the shooting. Beneke drove a different vehicle to work and told his wife, "It's good I'll have the truck, because if he (Engeldinger) goes crazy, he won't recognize that I have a different car," the family contends. The lawsuit claims that Accent is liable for Engeldinger's wrongful acts. Villaume said the Beneke family is seeking "substantial" damages. Beneke, 34, left behind a wife and a young son. Messages left with Accent Signage and with the attorney handling Engeldinger's estate were not immediately returned Friday. Villaume said the lawsuit is important, especially given the recent attacks like the one in Newtown, Conn., in which 20 elementary school students were gunned down. "It's about time that people step up and speak out against gun rights," he said. "Guns in the hands of dangerous people are a dangerous thing, and they kill and harm and maim innocent people - and that's what happened here." The shooting at Accent Signage was Minnesota's deadliest workplace shooting.
[h=1] Sarai Sierra Dead: Missing NYC Woman Found Dead In Istanbul [/h] ISTANBUL -- A New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was found dead on Saturday and police detained nine people for questioning in connection with her case, Turkey's state-run news agency said. Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, was last heard from on Jan. 21, the day she was due to board her flight back home. Her disappearance attracted a lot of interest in Turkey, where such disappearance of foreign tourists are rare and Istanbul police had set up a special unit to find her. The Anadolu Agency said the body of a woman was discovered Saturday evening near the remnants of ancient city walls and that police later identified it as Sierra's. The agency did not say what caused her death. The private NTV television reported that she was stabbed to death, while a private news agency, Dogan, said she had a wound to the head, suggesting she may have been hit by an object. Police reached by The Associated Press refused to comment on the case. Sierra, whose children are 9 and 11, had left for Istanbul on Jan. 7 to explore her photography hobby and made a side trip to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Munich, Germany. She had originally planned to make the trip with a friend, but ended up travelling alone when her friend canceled. She was in regular contact with friend and family and was last in touch with her family on Jan. 21, the day she was due back in New York. She told them she would visit Galata Bridge, which spans the Golden Horn waterway, to take photos. The location where the body was found, is a few kilometers away the bridge. It is near a major road that runs alongside the sea of Marmara and offers an iconic view to visitors of dozens of tankers and other vessels waiting to access the Bosporus strait. Police stopped traffic on the road as forensic police inspected the area. Anadolu suggested Sierra may have been killed at another location and that her body may have been brought to the site to be hidden amid the city walls. At least nine people were detained for questioning in Istanbul over the arrests and a police official on the site told journalists two of them were women. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to reporters on the case. It was not clear if a Turkish man Sierra had exchanged messages with during her stay in Istanbul was among the group that was detained. That man was detained for questioning on Friday but was later released. Turkish news reports had said Sierra had made arrangements to meet the man on Galata Bridge but the man reportedly told police the meeting never took place. Sierra's husband, Steven, and brother, David Jimenez, travelled to Istanbul to help in the search. Sierra's mother, Betzaida Jimenez, said she couldn't talk when reached in New York. Shortly after she was reported missing, Turkey set up a special police unit which scanned through hours of security camera footage in downtown Istanbul in search of clues over her disappearance. A Turkish missing persons association had joined the search, handing out flyers with photos of Sierra and urging anyone with information to call police. While break-ins and petty thievery is common in Istanbul, the vast and crowded city is considered relatively safe in comparison to other major urban centers. The American's death was unlikely to have a significant impact on tourism, an increasingly large component of the Turkish economy. In 2008, an Italian artist Pippa Bacca, was raped and killed while hitchhiking to Israel wearing a wedding dress to plead for peace. Her naked body was found in a forest in northwest Turkey. A Turkish man was sentenced to life in prison for the attack.
[h=1]Eddie Ray Routh Charged In Murder Of Chris Kyle, 'American Sniper' Author [/h]Eddie Ray Routh was charged with the murder of legendary sniper Chris Kyle. STEPHENVILLE, Texas — An Iraq War veteran charged with murdering former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and a friend turned a gun on the pair while they were at a Texas shooting range, authorities said Sunday. Eddie Ray Routh, of Lancaster, was arraigned early Sunday in the deaths of Kyle, who wrote the best-selling book "American Sniper," and Chad Littlefield, 35. They were killed at a shooting range at Rough Creek Lodge, about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Travis Cox, the director of a nonprofit Kyle helped found, told The Associated Press on Sunday that Kyle, 38, and Littlefield had taken Routh to the range to try to help him. Littlefield was Kyle's neighbor and "workout buddy," Cox said. "What I know is Chris and a gentleman – great guy, I knew him well, Chad Littlefield – took a veteran out shooting who was struggling with PTSD to try to assist him, try to help him, try to, you know, give him a helping hand, and he turned the gun on both of them, killing them," Cox said. Capt. Jason Upshaw with the Erath County Sheriff's Office said Routh had not made any comments that might indicate a motive. "I don't know that we'll ever know. He's the only one that knows that," Upshaw said. Sheriff Tommy Bryant said Routh was unemployed and "may have been suffering from some type of mental illness from being in the military himself." Bryant didn't know whether Routh was on any medication or had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Routh was being held on one charge of capital murder and two charges of murder. Upshaw said officials believe Routh used a semi-automatic handgun, which authorities later found at his home. Upshaw said ballistics tests weren't complete Sunday, but authorities believe it was the gun used in the shootings. Upshaw declined to give any more details about the gun. The U.S. military confirmed Sunday that Routh was a corporal in the Marines, serving in active duty from 2006 to 2010. He was deployed to Iraq in 2007 and Haiti in 2010. His current duty status is listed as reserve. Routh is being held on $3 million bond. Bryant said he believed Routh was in the process of seeking a public defender. A knock on the door at Routh's last known address went unanswered Sunday. A for-sale sign was in front of the small, wood-framed home. Kyle's best-selling book, "American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History," detailed his 150-plus kills of insurgents from 1999 to 2009. Kyle said in his book that Iraqi insurgents had put a bounty on his head. According to promotional information from book publisher William Morrow, Kyle deployed to Iraq four times. Bryant said Kyle, Littlefield and Routh went to the shooting range around 3:15 p.m. Saturday. A hunting guide at Rough Creek Lodge came across the bodies of Kyle and Littlefield around 5 p.m. and called 911. Upshaw said autopsies were still pending and he could not say how many times the men were shot or where on their bodies they were hit. After the shootings, Routh left the shooting range in Kyle's black pickup truck, Bryant said, first going to his sister's home in Midlothian, about 25 miles southwest of Dallas, where he told her and her husband what he had done. Routh left, Bryant said, and the couple called local police. Routh arrived at his home in Lancaster, about 17 miles southeast of Dallas, at about 8 p.m. Police arrested him after a brief pursuit. Kyle's nonprofit, FITCO Cares, provides at-home fitness equipment for emotionally and physically wounded veterans. "Chris was literally the type of guy, if you were a veteran and needed help, he'd help you," said Cox, the director of FITCO Cares. Cox described Littlefield as a gentle, kind-hearted man who often called or emailed him with ideas for events or fundraisers to help veterans. He said he was married and had children. "It was just two great guys, with Chad and Chris trying to help out a veteran in need and making time out of their day to help him. And to give him a hand. And unfortunately this thing happened," Cox said. Bryant expressed a similar understanding of the situation. The sheriff said Routh's mother "may have reached out to Mr. Kyle to try to help her son." "We kind of have an idea that maybe that's why they were at the range for some type of therapy that Mr. Kyle assists people with. And I don't know if it's called shooting therapy, I don't have any idea," Bryant said. Lt. Cmdr. Rorke Denver, who served with Kyle on SEAL Team 3 in Iraq in 2006, called Kyle a champion of the modern battlefield. Denver wasn't surprised that Kyle apparently used a shooting range to help someone with PTSD. "For us, for warriors, that's a skill set that has become very familiar, very comfortable for us," said Denver, a lieutenant commander in a reserve SEAL team. His book "Damn Few," about training SEALs, will be released this month. "So I actually see it as kind of a perfect use of Chris' unique skill set and expertise of which he has very few peers." Craft International, Kyle's security training company, had scheduled a $2,950-per-person civilian training event at Rough Creek Lodge called the "Rough Creek Shoot Out!" for March 1-3. The price included lodging, meals and shooting instruction. Kyle was scheduled to teach the first class, called "precision rifle." Kyle is survived by his wife, Taya, and their two children, Cox said.
[h=1] Jimmy Lee Dykes Dead: 5-Year-Old Hostage Rescued In Alabama Standoff [/h] The standoff between law enforcement and an Alabama man who held a boy in a bunker for seven days ended with the suspect dead and the 5-year-old safely rescued. Reports of an explosion at Jimmy Lee Dykes' Midland City property came first on Monday afternoon, followed by media reports of the 65-year-old's death. At a hastily organized roadside press conference near the crime scene, FBI agent Steve Richardson said negotiations had deteriorated over the last 24 hours. He said they entered the bunker shortly after 3 p.m. fearing the child was "in imminent danger," because they'd seen Dykes carrying a firearm. The boy, identified only as Ethan, was transported to a hospital, state Rep. Steve Clouse told CNN. He appeared physically unharmed, according to reports. Witnesses said they heard a boom and gunfire. Ambulances arrived soon afterward. The crisis began Jan. 29 when authorities say Dykes boarded a school bus and demanded that he take two boys between six and eight years old. The bus driver -- Charles Albert Poland, Jr. -- is hailed as a hero for putting himself between Dykes and the children. His valor cost him his life, as Dykes allegedly shot Poland several times before taking the 5-year-old boy from the bus. "You didn't deserve to die but you died knowing you kept everyone safe," said a letter from a student on Poland's bus that was read aloud at the bus driver's funeral. The bunker in which Dykes holed up was four feet underground. He equipped it with electricity and was said to possibly have weeks of supplies stored. Negotiators communicated to him through a ventilation pipe. Because of the risk of tornadoes in this part of Alabama, bunkers are relatively common fixtures on the landscape. Authorities sent Ethan's prescription medicine as well as items the boy requested like Cheez-Its snacks and a red Hot Wheels toy car. There was open communication with Dykes, according to authorities, but they said he'd made few demands, making it unclear what he hoped to accomplish. Some neighbors believed Dykes timed the abduction to nearly coincide with a court appearance scheduled for the day after he shot Poland. In December, Dykes was arrested for allegedly shooting a gun to frighten a neighbor. For that incident and others, people who lived near Dykes were leery of him long before he became a hostage-taker. They said that he once beat a dog to death with a lead pipe, that he warned children they'd be shot for crossing onto his land and that he guarded his property at night with a flashlight and gun. He was a loner who allegedly lost contact with an adult daughter years ago, according to people who lived near him. The sounds of conservative talk radio filled his home and fed his anti-government attitudes, locals said. Details about Dykes slowly emerged as negotiations failed to break the impasse. Dykes was a decorated Vietnam War veteran who'd served in the Navy. He'd grown up nearby, but later in life, he moved to Florida where he worked as a surveyor and truck driver. He returned to Alabama about two years ago, acquiring the rural property on a dirt road. In 1995, he was arrested for improper exhibition of a weapon. That charge was dismissed. In 2000, he was booked on marijuana possession charges.
[h=1]Charles Manson Committed More Murders, According To Interview With 'Manson Family' Lawyer Bill Boyd [/h] The death toll from the notorious killing spree unleashed by Charles Manson across Southern California is higher than previously thought, according to a lawyer who represented one of Manson's followers. Fox's Los Angeles station obtained a recording of Bill Boyd, a lawyer for a "Manson family" convicted killer, alleging that Manson told his client about other slayings. "He told me about a bunch of other people Manson had killed," Boyd said in an interview recorded about his client Charles "Tex" Watson. "He was extremely candid." Boyd died in 2009 and Watson is serving life for obeying Manson's commands to kill actress Sharon Tate and her four house guests as well as the separate murder of a married couple in another part of Los Angeles later in August 1969. Manson remains imprisoned for life for ordering the killings that he called "Helter Skelter," a twisted homage to The Beatles song of the same name. Unlike the seven known victims killed by Watson and other disciples, Boyd recalls his client telling him there were people that Manson killed on his own. "This was Manson killing other people," Boyd says during the recorded interview with an author. Watson didn't implicate himself in any of these other alleged acts, Boyd said. Boyd possessed more than 20 hours of conversations with Watson taped more than four decades ago. The Los Angeles Police Department has sued to get access to these tapes, which became property of Boyd's Texas law firm that was in bankruptcy court in 2012. Watson has tried to stop a judge from releasing his talks with Boyd to the LAPD, writing in court documents that it would be a "public dishonor" to people "emotionally attached" to the Manson family murders.
[h=1]Grandmother Reportedly Takes A Stand Against Anti-LGBT Pastor To Support Gay Grandson [/h] The story of one courageous grandmother, who reportedly stood up to a church pastor who outed a young gay man during mass, is touching hearts across the Internet. The story was first posted to social news site Reddit by user BMMiller10. Though the Redditor actually wrote about the incident several months ago, the post only recently rose to the top of the r/lgbt subreddit this week, according to Gay Star News. The 20-year-old BMMiller10 writes that he wanted to post the story because it made him both happy, sad and proud of his grandmother, who took a public stand against the homophobic preachings of her longtime pastor. Apparently, she had been pretty conservative in the past, but her opinions of the LGBT community began to change after BMMiller10 came out to her. Here's what happened in her church, according to BMMiller10: A kid that attends the church and is in high school is gay, and apparently his parents wrote to the pastor asking what should be done about this. The pastor took the letter the parents wrote, and read it to the entire congregation, outed the kid, and told everyone that they would "work together to address this problem of homosexuality." My grandmother stood up at this point, said "There are a lot of problems here, and him being gay is not one of them." She apologized to the boy, then walked out the door. She just got back from turning in all the stuff she was responsible for for the church's yard sale and Bible School activities. The young man goes on to say that the pastor was furious at his grandmother, but that she held firm. Queerty notes that while it may seem like a "small thing" to the Redditor, it's these "small things" that "lead to big changes and BMMiller10 is certainly lucky to have a nana who’ll not only stand up for him, but for others and what she believes in." This story is in wonderful contrast the stories of other LGBT youth who have come out to family members only to face rejection. In September HuffPost blogger Mikey Rox wrote about such an experience in a blog post, titled "How I Lost My Grandmother to God and Being Gay."
[h=1]Fashionista Penned List Of Women Banned From Funeral Before GWB Plunge [/h] A 22-year-old aspiring fashion designer originally from Paramus jumped off the George Washington Bridge Wednesday and left behind a list of five girls she did not want at her funeral, the New York Post reported. Riders on a jitney bus saw Ashley A. Riggitano plunge from the New Jersey-bound lanes at around 4:40 p.m., the report said. She reportedly left a Louis Vuitton bag containing pages of notes in a "suicide diary" on the bridge walkway. Riggitano was apparently bullied by friends in the fashion industry, according to the Post report. The girls banned from her funeral were reportedly from work and college. “All my other ‘friends’ are in it for gossip,” she wrote in the letter, the Post reported. “Never there.” Riggitano had attempted to commit suicide before, the newspaper reported. The Laboratory Institute of Merchandising student interned with Tommy Hilfiger, Nicole Miller and jewelry designer Alex Woo. “The entire LIM College community is saddened by the loss of Ashley. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family during this difficult time," school spokeswoman Meredith Finnin said in a statement. She founded a company called Missfits, where she designed jewelry. The company was part of efforts to raise money for a young Bergen County boy battling cancer. Riggitano is the daughter of Roy Riggitano, the Chief Financial Officer of Elmwood Park, according to NorthJersey.com. She graduated Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, according to the NorthJersey.com report. The George Washington Bridge saw a record number of suicides last year, with 18 people leaping to their deaths.
[h=1]Christopher Dorner Manhunt: Search For Ex-Cop Suspected Of Killing 3 Covers California [/h] BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — All that was left were footprints leading away from Christopher Dorner's burned-out pickup truck, and enormous, snow-covered mountains where he could be hiding among hundreds of cabins, deep canyons and dense woods. More than 100 officers, including SWAT teams, were driven Friday in glass-enclosed snow machines and armored personnel carriers to hunt for the former Los Angeles police officer suspected of going on a deadly rampage to get back at those he blamed for ending his police career. With bloodhounds in tow, officers went door to door as snow fell, aware to the reality they could be walking into a trap set by the well-trained former Navy reservist who knows their tactics and strategies as well as they do. "He can be behind every tree," said T. Gregory Hall, a retired tactical supervisor for a special emergency response team for the Pennsylvania State Police. "He can try to draw them into an ambush area where he backtracks." As authorities weathered heavy snow and freezing temperatures in the mountains, thousands of heavily armed police remained on the lookout throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and northern Mexico for a suspect bent on revenge and willing to die. Police said officers still were guarding more than 40 people mentioned as targets in a rant they said Dorner posted on Facebook. He vowed to use "every bit of small arms training, demolition, ordnance and survival training I've been given" to bring "warfare" to the LAPD and its families. At noon, police and U.S. marshals accompanied by computer forensics specialists used a search warrant to remove about 10 paper grocery bags of evidence from his mother's single-story house in the Orange County city of La Palma. Dorner's mother and sister cooperated with the search, a police spokesman said. The manhunt had Southern California residents on edge. Unconfirmed sightings were reported near Barstow, about 60 miles north of the mountain search, and in downtown Los Angeles. Some law enforcement officials said he appeared to be everywhere and nowhere, and speculated that he was trying to spread out their resources. For the time being, their focus was on the mountains 80 miles east of Los Angeles – a snowy wilderness, filled with thick forests and jagged peaks, that creates peril as much for Dorner as the officers hunting him. Bad weather grounded helicopters with heat-sensing technology. After the discovery of his truck Thursday afternoon, SWAT teams in camouflage started scouring the mountains. As officers worked through the night, a storm blew in, possibly covering tracks that had led them away from his truck but offering the possibility of a fresh trail to follow. "The snow is great for tracking folks as well as looking at each individual cabin to see if there's any signs of forced entry," San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said. The small army hunting him has the advantage of strength in numbers and access to resources, such as special weapons, to bring him in. In his online rant, Dorner baited authorities. "Any threat assessments you generate will be useless," it read. "I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving." Without the numbers that authorities have, Dorner holds one advantage: the element of surprise. Authorities said they do not know how long Dorner had been planning the rampage or why he drove to the San Bernardino Mountains. Property records show his mother owns undeveloped land nearby, but a search of the area found no sign of him. It was not clear if he had provisions, clothing or weapons stockpiled in the area. Even with training, days of cold and snow can be punishing. "Unless he is an expert in living in the California mountains in this time of year, he is going to be hurting," said former Navy SEAL Clint Sparks, who now works in tactical training and security. "Cold is a huge stress factor. ... Not everybody is survivor-man." Jamie Usera, an attorney in Salem, Ore., who befriended Dorner when they were students and football teammates at Southern Utah University, said he introduced him to the outdoors. Originally from Alaska, Usera said, he taught Dorner about hunting and other outdoor activities. "Of all the people I hung out with in college, he is the last guy I would have expected to be in this kind of situation," Usera, who had lost touch with Dorner is recent years, told the Los Angeles Times. Others saw Dorner differently. Court documents obtained by The Associated Press on Friday show an ex-girlfriend of Dorner's called him "severely emotionally and mentally disturbed" after the two split in 2006. Dorner served in the Navy, earning a rifle marksman ribbon and pistol expert medal. He was assigned to a naval undersea warfare unit and various aviation training units, according to military records. He took leave from the LAPD for a six-month deployment to Bahrain in 2006 and 2007. Last Friday was his last day with the Navy and also the day CNN's Anderson Cooper received a package that contained a note on it that read, in part, "I never lied." A coin riddled with bullet holes that former Chief William Bratton gave out as a souvenir was also in the package. Police said it was a sign of planning by Dorner before the killing began. On Sunday, police say Dorner shot and killed a couple in a parking garage at their condominium in Irvine. The woman was the daughter of a retired police captain who had represented Dorner in the disciplinary proceedings that led to his firing. Dorner wrote in his manifesto that he believed the retired captain had represented the interests of the department over his. Hours after authorities identified Dorner as a suspect in the double murder, police believe Dorner shot and grazed an LAPD officer in Corona and then used a rifle to ambush two Riverside police officers early Thursday, killing one and seriously wounding the other. The incident led police to believe he was armed with multiple weapons, including an assault-type rifle. That detail concerned officers whose bullet-proof vests can be penetrated by such high-powered weapons, said LAPD Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese. As a result, all LAPD officers have been required to work in pairs to ensure "a greater likelihood of coming out on top if there is an ambush," Albanese said. "We have no officers alone right now." In Big Bear Lake on Friday, residents were on edge about the manhunt even as ski slopes remained open. "A lot of people are frightened by it," said Dennis Pitner. "A lot of people are at home locked in their houses and probably won't come out for a couple more days, maybe even longer."
[h=1]Anthony Lamar Jones Arrested In Slaying Of 13-Year-Old California Girl Genelle Renee Conway-Allen [/h] FAIRFIELD, Calif. -- Police said Friday they have arrested a barber in the death of a 13-year-old girl whose naked body was found last week in a Northern California park. Anthony Lamar Jones, 32, of Fairfield was taken into custody after police had him under round-the-clock surveillance as the main suspect in Genelle Renee Conway-Allen's slaying. During a news conference to announce the arrest, police said they believe Jones, who was identified early in the investigation as a suspect, acted alone in the killing. They did not say how the girl died, citing an ongoing investigation. "We have evidence linking Jones to this homicide, and we believe at this time that there are no other suspects named in this case," Fairfield Police Sgt. Rebecca Belk told reporters. Jones worked at a barber shop less than two miles from his home. Police had the shop blocked off with crime-scene tape Friday afternoon. The seventh-grade girl was reported missing Jan. 31 by her guardian at a foster home in nearby Suisun City. The teen was last seen at a bus stop after taking a bus from her middle school. A video camera caught an image of her talking on a cellphone wearing a pink Hello Kitty backpack. A passer-by found the girl's body the next morning in Allan Witt Park. The teen's foster family said in a statement read by Belk that they were overwhelmed with emotion after learning about the arrest. "Finally, with tears in our hearts, we can now begin to say goodbye to sweet Genelle," the statement read. "Genelle, we love you so much. We always will. May you find peace forever. We will always, always love you." A vigil for the teen was scheduled for Friday night.
[h=1] Christopher Dorner Manhunt: Authorities Offer $1 Million Reward For Information Leading To Arrest Of Fugitive Ex-Cop [/h] BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. -- Authorities are offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Christopher Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings who is the subject of a manhunt in Southern California. LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the reward at a news conference at LAPD headquarters Sunday. Some 80 miles to the east, SWAT teams continued to scour snow-covered mountains near where the 33-year-old fugitive's charred pickup truck was discovered Thursday. Authorities say Dorner has vowed revenge against several former LAPD colleagues whom he blames for ending his career.
[h=1] Hadiya Pendleton Charges: Two Men Charged With Murder In Death Of 15-Year-Old Chicago Honor Student [/h] CHICAGO — Two Chicago gang members charged Monday in the death of a 15-year-old honor student mistook her and her friends for members of a rival gang and attacked the group in retaliation for a shooting that injured one of the men over the summer, according to police. Hadiya Pendleton died after being shot in a park near the Chicago home of President Barack Obama on Jan. 29, just days after she performed during his inauguration festivities in Washington. Her death was among dozens of homicides in Chicago last month, but her background and ties to Obama thrust her death into the national headlines and helped put Chicago at the center of a national debate over gun control. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said first-degree murder charges were filed against Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20. Pendleton, a popular high school majorette, was with a group of friends who took cover during a rainstorm under a canopy in a park about a mile from the Obama home on the city's South Side. Police said a man hopped a fence, ran toward them and opened fire with a handgun before fleeing in a waiting car. Pendleton was struck in the back and died later that day. Two others were injured. McCarthy said the shooting was meant as retaliation for Williams being shot in the arm by a rival gang in July, though neither Pendleton nor her friends were affiliated with gangs. "Ward confessed and indicated Hadiya was not the intended target. They got it all wrong," McCarthy said. Ward told investigators he was the gunman, and Williams, who refused to cooperate with authorities after the July shooting, was driving the getaway car, McCarthy said. He added that both men were arrested while on their way to a strip club late Saturday – the same day first lady Michelle Obama and other dignitaries attended Pendleton's funeral. The men also are charged with two counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. Pendleton's death was one of more than 40 homicides in Chicago in January, a total that made it the deadliest January in the city in more than a decade. But her murder attracted national attention and helped put Chicago at the center of a national debate over gun control. Not only did the first lady attend the teen's funeral, but the girl's parents were set to sit with Michelle Obama during the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Obama is scheduled to return to Chicago three days later to discuss gun violence. Homicides in Chicago topped 500 last year for the first time since 2008, stoking residents' concerns about gun violence and leading the police department to put more officers on the street and to focus more on combatting gangs. McCarthy, who is pushing for tougher gun laws that would increase minimum sentences for gun crimes, noted that Ward was arrested in January 2011 on a gun charge but he received probation after pleading guilty to unlawful use of a weapon. If Chicago had laws like those in New York City, McCarthy said, Ward wouldn't have been on the streets. "This has to stop. Gun offenders have to do significant jail time," he said. McCarthy said the arrests occurred after police figured out that the description of the car in which the shooter fled matched the description of a vehicle in which Williams had been pulled over a day before the shootings. The police superintendent noted it didn't come from a tip from the community. "I'm sad to point out we did not get our target audience to step up," he said. Just as the December killing of 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., brought renewed scrutiny of the nation's gun laws, the death of the popular Chicago teen has cast Chicago's gun violence problem in a new light. Earlier Monday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel seemed to make just that point. "The only time when the gun issue ever gets affected is when Newtown happens," he said. "What happens in urban areas around the country too often ... gets put to the side." He said that while it's not wrong that massacres stir such debate, what happens on the streets of Chicago and in other urban areas "gets put in a different value system." "These are our kids," he said, his voice rising. "These are our children." Emanuel joined McCarthy and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez at an afternoon news conference to announce they would push for tougher gun laws that would increase the minimum sentences and require offenders to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences. They say the law now allows offenders to be released after serving no more than half their sentences and sometimes obtain their release after a matter of weeks. Emanuel said he has been busy talking to state lawmakers about sponsoring the legislation. Michael Ward (left) and Kenneth Williams were charged Monday in the Jan. 29 shooting death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton.
Chris Dorner Body Not Yet Identified (MAJOR UPDATE) Los Angeles Police Department told reporters that no body has been identified in the cabin in which Christopher Dorner was believed to have been hiding, following a shootout and fire. "No body has been located yet," Commander Andrew Smith said, telling reporters that the building was still too hot for investigators to enter. "That burned cabin has not even been entered by investigators yet," Smith said. "We are still on a holding pattern to search that." Earlier reports had indicated that a body had been identified. The standoff with Dorner, a former member of the LAPD, reached a violent close near a rustic cabin in the Big Bear ski area east of Los Angeles. Since Feb. 3, he's accused of a crime spree that left four people dead, including two officers, and several others wounded in shootings in L.A. and nearby San Bernardino County. In a widely read tirade posted on Facebook by Dorner -- called his manifesto -- he vowed revenge against police and other officials he blamed for his dismissal from the LAPD in the 2009. On Tuesday afternoon, Dorner barricaded himself in a rustic cabin after San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies allegedly spotted him driving a vehicle he'd stolen earlier in the day. While in the cabin, Dorner exchanged hundreds of rounds of gunfire with members of law enforcement. One deputy died from the shooting and another was injured. Later, towering flames engulfed the cabin. The country's most famous fugitive had eluded authorities for days, but resurfaced on Tuesday after he'd allegedly burglarized a home, took two women hostage and stolen a white pickup truck. "Enough is enough. It's time to turn yourself in," said LAPD Commander Andrew Smith during an afternoon press conference. "It's time to stop the bloodshed." Dorner's trail led back to Irvine on Sunday where police believe he shot a couple parked in their car. Monica Quan, a California State University, Fullerton assistant basketball coach and her fiance, Keith Lawrence, a public safety officer at the University of Southern California, were shot to death in their car Feb 3. Police named Dorner a suspect in Quan's killing on Feb. 6. Quan's father, Randall Quan, an attorney, represented Dorner when he lost his job with the Los Angeles Police Department LAPD in 2009. Dorner was accused of lying about another member of the force and fabricating allegations that his training officer had kicked a suspect with schizophrenia during an arrest. On Feb. 7 in Corona, a resident told police she'd seen Dorner's Nissan Titan. Police chased the pick-up truck, exchanging gunshots with the fleeing suspect, who fired using a shotgun and grazed an officer's head before slipping away. The same day, the 33-year-old suspect popped up in Riverside where two officers were shot through the windshield of their cruiser at a red light. A 34-year-old veteran was killed while his 27-year-old trainee was wounded. Later in the day, Torrance police misidentified a truck as Dorner's. They opened fire, wounding two women. Later, police from the same department shot at a different truck wrongly believed to be Dorner's. No one was hurt. Police across Los Angeles were on edge upon learning of Dorner's manifesto, in which he warned of violence against members of the force. "The Violence of action will be HIGH," Dorner wrote. "I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty ... You will now live the life of the prey ... I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving." The names of media personalities appeared in Dorner's 20-page declaration of war like Anderson Cooper, who was among several the Dorner praised. Cooper, a CNN news anchor, tweeted about receiving a package in the newsroom from Dorner that contained a note, DVD and a coin defaced with bullet holes. The epicenter of the manhunt on Feb. 7, however, became Big Bear ski area in Southern California where San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office deputies found the torched wreckage of Dorner's truck. More than 100 officers, including SWAT units, fanned out across the snow-covered wooded recreation area to look for the wanted Navy reservist. They tracked footprints in the snow, but the trail vanished at the edge of a frozen lake on Friday. Sites across Southern California, Arizona and Nevada have also become parts of the sprawling investigation. A false sighting put a San Diego naval base on lockdown on the morning of Feb. 7. FBI agents raided a house in Las Vegas that Dorner owns, taking away boxes of evidence. Although Big Bear became the focal point of the search for days, police explored possibilities that he'd slipped past them. On Feb. 11, a hotel in Tijuana, Mexico was raided in response to a witness claiming to have seen the suspect there. The call was just one of the 1,000 tips that investigators said they'd received related to Dorner, the Los Angeles Times reported.
[h=1]Christopher Dorner Cabin Fire Not Set On Purpose, Sheriff Says [/h] LOS ANGELES — There was no question. The man standing before Rick Heltebrake on a rural mountain road was Christopher Dorner. Clad in camouflage from head to toe and wearing a bulletproof vest packed with ammunition, the most wanted man in America was just a few feet away, having emerged from a grove of trees holding a large assault-style rifle. As teams of officers who had sought the fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer for a week were closing in, Dorner pointed the gun at Heltebrake and ordered him out of his truck. "I don't want to hurt you. Start walking and take your dog," Heltebrake recalled Dorner saying during the carjacking Tuesday. The man, who wasn't lugging any gear, got into the truck and drove away. Heltebrake, with his 3-year-old Dalmatian Suni in tow, called police when he heard a volley of gunfire erupt soon after, and then hid behind a tree. A short time later, police caught up with the man they believe was Dorner, surrounding a cabin where he'd taken refuge after crashing Heltebrake's truck in the San Bernardino Mountains 80 miles east of Los Angeles. A gunfight ensued in which one sheriff's deputy was killed and another wounded. After the firefight ended, a SWAT team using an armored vehicle broke out the cabin's windows and began knocking down walls. A fire started, and later, charred remains believed to be Dorner's were found. San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon said Wednesday the fire was not set on purpose. "We did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get Mr. Dorner out," he said. His deputies lobbed pyrotechnic tear gas into the cabin, and it erupted in flames, he said. McMahon did not say directly that the tear gas started the blaze, and the cause of the fire was under investigation. The sheriff said authorities have not positively identified the remains. However, all evidence points to it being Dorner, he said, and the manhunt is considered over. A wallet and personal items, including a California driver's license with the name Christopher Dorner were found in the cabin debris, an official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing probe. The tourist community of Big Bear Lake that was the focus of the intensive manhunt was returning to normalcy Wednesday, and residents were sharing stories of the last weeks' events. None was more dramatic than Heltebrake's. He said he wasn't panicked in his meeting with Dorner because he didn't feel the fugitive wanted to hurt him. "He wasn't wild-eyed, just almost professional," he said. "He was on a mission." "It was clear I wasn't part of his agenda and there were other people down the road that were part of his agenda," he said. Dorner, 33, had said in a rant that authorities believe he posted on Facebook last week that he expected to die, with the police chasing him, as he carried out a revenge campaign against the Los Angeles Police Department for firing him. The end came in the same mountain range where Dorner's trail went cold six days earlier, after his pickup truck – with guns and camping gear inside – was found abandoned and on fire near Big Bear Lake. His footprints led away from the truck and vanished on frozen soil. Deputies searched hundreds of cabins in the area and then, in a blinding snowstorm, SWAT teams with bloodhounds and high-tech equipment in tow widened their search. Authorities for the most part looked at cabins boarded up for the winter, said Dan Sforza, assistant chief of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and often didn't enter occupied homes where nothing appeared amiss. One of the major remaining questions is how Dorner eluded such an intensive search. Remarkably, the cabin where he hid out at least part of the time was a stone's throw from the searchers' command post. San Bernardino County Deputy Chief Steve Kovensky said Wednesday that searchers did not see any forced entry to the cabin when it was checked. But he could not provide details about exactly when the check was made, and did not say whether it ever was re-checked. Dorner's cover was blown Tuesday when two women arrived to clean the cabin, said Lt. Patrick Foy of the state Fish and Wildlife Department. With three killings behind him and law enforcement still on the hunt, Dorner didn't shoot them. Instead, he tied up the women and stole their purple Nissan. Sparing the housekeepers ultimately would start the chain of events that would lead to his undoing. One of the women broke free and called 911, Foy said, and the chase was on. About 20 miles away, two game wardens spotted the car on a meandering road along a scenic lake behind two school buses, and deputies planned to throw down spike strips to puncture the vehicle's tires, authorities said. Dorner seemed to anticipate the move, pulling close behind the buses to give officers no space to drop the strips, Foy said. Dorner had warned – even boasted – in the rant that he knew police tactics and techniques as well as the officers pursuing him. The purple Nissan then disappeared. Heltebrake, a ranger who takes care of a Boy Scout camp nearby, said he just had lunch and was checking the perimeter of the camp for anything out of the ordinary when he saw someone emerge from the trees, and instantly recognized Dorner. Meantime, officers trying to find the fugitive quickly realized he must have turned onto a side road, but for a few minutes nobody involved in the chase knew he had changed vehicles. Then game wardens saw Heltebrake's truck making erratic moves and saw a man fitting Dorner's description behind the wheel. And then the shooting started. Dorner fired at wardens as he drove. A warden then stopped his vehicle and fired multiple rounds at the truck from his high-powered, semi-automatic rifle. He apparently missed. "If he had been struck it would have caused so much damage immediately that he (the warden) probably would have known," Foy said. Out of options after crashing the pickup, Dorner made a break for a cabin and barricaded himself inside. With the standoff under way, officers lobbed tear gas canisters into the cabin. A single shot was heard inside before the cabin was engulfed in flames, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. San Bernardino Sheriff's Deputy Jeremiah MacKay was killed, and another deputy, Alexander Collins, was wounded at the cabin. MacKay, a detective who had been with the department 15 years, had a wife, a 7-year-old daughter and a 4-month-old son, sheriff's officials said. Police said Dorner began his run Feb. 6 after they connected the Feb. 3 slayings of a former Los Angeles police captain's daughter and her fiance with his angry manifesto. Dorner blamed former Capt. Randal Quan for providing poor representation before a police disciplinary board that fired him for filing a false report. Dorner, who is black, claimed he was the subject of racism by the department and was targeted for reporting misconduct within the department. House after police named Dorner as a suspect in the double murder, he shot at two LAPD officers, grazing one in the head, and then ambushed two Riverside officers, killing Officer Michael Crain. His funeral was Wednesday. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, who initially dismissed Dorner's allegations, has said he would reopen the investigation into his firing – not to appease the ex-officer, but to restore confidence in the black community, which had a tense relationship with police that has improved in recent years. A $1 million reward had been offered for Dorner's capture and conviction. LAPD Officer Alex Martinez said the mayor's office will determine if the money is paid out. "I don't think there's going to be a reward," he said. "Remember, it's capture and conviction. There was no capture and no conviction. It's kind of a no-brainer."
