Williams' Jehovah's Witness Mother, and his Jehovah's Witness Aunt, both testified on his behalf at a 1989 bail hearing, and "ensured" that if released on bail, he would not commit any more crimes. Both men fell to the ground, then both rose. I remember in my youth one-room country schools, and hitching posts before the general store. NEW YORK v. ANDRE SUKRAM was a 1988-89 New York criminal court case (there was probably also a related civil court case.) The auto was locked. In 1997, Coffee was provisionally discharged to a community-based group home. Williams was convicted and sentenced to 6-10 years in prison. During his appeals, Soria alleged that his father abused alcohol and beat him, but the courts did not find these allegations credible. MISSOURI v. MARK JACKSON and MISSOURI v. MARK JACKSON were related 1991 criminal court cases. Joseph Rake was arrested four days later at the large WatchTower Society Trailer and Tent City set up outside NYC in New Market, New Jersey. by Doug Facey. Prosecutors said the bomb was intended for the Kerrs son, George, whose testimony helped convict Douglas Gustafson and Raymond Cheely Jr. in a 1990 highway shooting death. The group next robbed a Sizzler restaurant of money and food in Culver City. An African-American Jehovah's Witness Mother, named Allene Gates, brought a federal "civil rights" lawsuit against the police officer who was forced to shoot and kill her son, Marvin McGensey, in 1989. You dont know how much I hate myself.. Rodney King had been reared as a Jehovah's Witness by devout Jehovah's Witness Parents, Ronald King and Odessa King, in Altadena, an LA suburb. In December 1992, then 26 year-old Ronnie Alane Caldwell plea bargained "guilty" to the July 1992 murder of 24 year-old Jeffrey Len Holly, also of Lawrence, Kansas. Juan Soria had been reared in a Jehovah's Witness family of migrant farm workers, who evidently moved around quite a bit. ROBERT A. GARRETT SR, ROBERT A. GARRETT JR, AND DORA J. GARRETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ET ALwas a 1987-94 Louisiana civil court case which resulted from a Jehovah's Witness ELDER family's altercation with state and local law enforcement. A private family graveside service will be held at Linwood Park Cemetery. Hoker went out partying again on the night of September 15, alone, and while sitting with some strangers, Hoker happened to mention that he was nearly out of money. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), In 1992, Coffee was determined to have committed second-degree murder, but was not guilty by reason of mental illness. Syracuse, NY 13261-7198, Syracuse: 315-448-0672 Shortly after driving away, Caldwell stopped his car, and lured Holly out. . George W. Kerr eventually testified against Gustafson and Cheely, who were convicted of merely second degree murder, and received prison sentences of 65 and 60 years, respectively. Spinks went hunting on a Sunday afternoon, but was discovered barely alive four days later by Libby and another man on a section of Libby's farm that had been previously searched multiple times. Boone - Dr. Douglas C. Gustafson, age 78 of Boone, passed away on Sunday, March 14, 2021 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. The next day, at the border checkpoint, the border agents' suspicions were immediately aroused. ", 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. Doug and Raymond were found guilty of second-degree murder in Jeffrey Cain's case. Reginald Libby supposedly had gone shopping, when on his return, Libby discovered Watts' corpse in Watts' attic bedroom -- with a single gunshot to the head. TENNESSEE v. EUGENE EDWARD HAMBLIN. Facebook gives people the. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Several additional MRBA vehicles and New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) vehicles arrived on the scene. Rodney Lowe received the death penalty, but that conviction has been up and down the liberal Florida judicial system such as to make a mockery of the murder. Typically, noone provided any info as to how, when, or where Aaron Resnover became affiliated with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Rivera, who already had his badge out, then drew his service revolver from an ankle holster, pointed it at McGensey, and told him, "Hold it. Richard Greenway had been reared in a Jehovah's Witness family. Tucker lost this appeal which related to the exclusion of testimony regarding that fellow prisoners' credibility. Eight months after Eugene Edward Hamblin was tried and sentenced in January 1989, a pre-teen girl from Hamblin's neighborhood came forward and accused Hamblin of having sexually assaulted her in his home on at least three occasions when she was 10 years-old. PENNSYLVANIA v. WILLIAM YARBOUGH was a 1987-90 Pennsylvania murder court decision. Neither do we know if the religious background of venireperson "THEODORE KELKER" was disclosed during jury selection. He felt like an outsider, as he had felt all of his life. .". Those children's father, accompanied by a second, older man named Jack Morris, age 48, walked over to Hamblin's home, knocked, and angrily asked Hamblin what the hell was wrong with him, and verbally threatened both Hamblin and his dog. Later that evening, Garrett was transported to Central Lockup, where he was booked and remained until the following afternoon. Short Clip of HomesNOW Chairman Doug Gustafson speaking at Bellingham City Council 11-18-2019. In 2010-12, in Clark County, Washington, Andrew Preinesberger, a co-owner of a pizza business was convicted as also being a co-conspirator in a burglary ring which used the pizza business's high school employees to spot potential targets for home and auto burglaries, and thereafter to burglarize those "spotted" targets. KANSAS v. RONALD ALANE CALDWELL was a 1992 Kansas murder court decision. ga('ads.send', { This case was an appeal by Carol E. Tucker of her conviction for "battery by a prisoner", at an unknown time, while she was an inmate in the Dane County Jail, on an unknown charge. $$$ JEHOVAH'S Grandmother with dementia died from face wound neglected by staff for days. The truck was inspected, and 446 pounds of marijuana were found in six secret compartments. Formal charges were lodged against Garrett on July 25, but Garrett was never tried, and the charges against him were dropped on October 17, 1974. Fleetwood ordered Garrett out of his truck, and then called for police assistance. 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. That option was rejected due to what little WatchTower Cult beliefs had been absorbed. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Civilians flee embattled town of Bakhmut as Ukrainian pullout looms. All of this suggests the possibilty that William Yarbough interspersed the ransacking of the house with returning to do additional damage to Farkas to make certain that Farkas was dead. At some point, Falko Forbrich was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor. However, no damages may have been finally awarded due to Wisconsin's then contributory-comparative negligence statute that disallowed such an award if the victim was more than 49/50% at fault. They have two separate phone lines that come into that home and that someone out there was taking the phones and literally turning mouthpiece to earpiece and they were able to talk to each other over the telephone that way," Joseph Bottini, a retired U.S. district attorney who was the lead prosecutor in the case, said in the documentary. We just discovered in 2014 that the "venireperson" named "THEODORE KELKER", who is mentioned in James Vernon Allridge's APPEAL possibly also had JEHOVAH'S WITNESS connections as did the Allridge family. Biography. 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. Get off the wall." FLORIDA v. ANTONIO LEBARON MELTON was the 1991-92 MURDER prosecution and conviction of Antonio L. Melton, age 18 at time of murder, for the January 1991 armed robbery and shooting of a Pensacola pawn shot owner. North Carolina federal DRAFT DODGER prosecution of a Jehovah's Witness named Claude M. Dillings, Jr. Claude Dillings Jr served 17 of his 24 months sentence at a conscientious objector camp. 'Very open to the idea': Julia Wandelt takes DNA test to verify if she is missing Swiss girl Livia Schepp, Kayla Lemieux: Teacher with prosthetic Z-cup breasts suspended WITH PAY after pics show her dressed as man, 'We have lots to reveal': Madeleine McCann lookalike Julia Wandelt posts footage of meeting with PI probing claims, Lindsay Clancy case: Psychologist reveals psychosis red flags family members could have spotted, Horror at Larchwood Care! Northern District of New York Doug graduated from the University of Oregon and completed his graduate training at Biola University. 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. The three minors had been taken to the club by an unidentified adult on the son's birthday. Plaintiff stated he can no longer see police officers without becoming upset. Shirley Martin was receiving welfare benefits for herself and a child, and James Brett was attempting to obtain Social Security benefits. However, on December 22, 1980, Willie Thompkins' sister-in-law, Pamela Thompkins (possibly the wife of brother Berwyn Thompkins). Thereafter, the Lowe Family did everything every JW Family is expected -- meetings, field service, etc. } Rivera thought he was getting ready to attack him and said, "Don't do it. When Lowe entered manhood at around age 16, he became a hoodrat --rejecting everything that everyone of quality had ever attempted to teach him.. Lowe, possibly a baptized JW, was thrown out of the family home, and shunned. They finally zeroed in on Peggy Gustafson Barnett, Doug's elder sister who believed from the start that her brother was innocent of the crime he was convicted of and was wrongly incarcerated. 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. The jury then awarded both compensatory and punitive damages to Carol Tucker in her wrongful death action as a parent, and to the estate in a survival action. Spinks later died at a nearby hospital without regaining consciousness. }); A second Forbrich brother also was arrested in West Germany on charges connected to this case, but outcome is unknown. At trial, a series of fellow Jehovah's Witnesses served as character witnesses for Eugene Hamblin -- one even publicly condemning Halloween as being "a satanic holiday". Senior was restrained and allegedly beaten again by several officers, put in handcuffs, and placed in the rear seat of Fleetwood's vehicle. Lives in Castle Rock, Colorado. On September 14, 1972, Dennis Hoker, who still lived in Houston with his. Dylan Eason and Isaiah Churchwell were convicted of murdering Cynthia William "Patrick" Alexander remains in prison for murder. CANADIAN JEHOVAH'S WITNESS SERIAL MURDERER? ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Still in Venice, the group next stuck-up a liquor store -- taking cash and booze, plus taking the security guard's pistol. Biddings also pleaded guilty in 1989, in Cincinnati, to 73 additional counts involving another 16 girls and women. About Community Based Corrections. Outcome unknown. Peggy later pleaded guilty to the charges. 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. Alaska mail bomb conspiracy: How two prisoners orchestrated a daring revenge plot from inside prison to kill the key witness in their case. Jackson apparently re-joined Mizzou's football team in time for spring practice in 1992, but his father's death, in March 1992, led Jackson to consider dropping out of school so that he could be with his mother, Bettye Jackson, back in his hometown of Kirkwood, Missouri, who reportedly had already been battling depression caused by her son's legal troubles. Douglas Arthur Gustafson, 42, died on January 10, 2023, at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. On HALLOWEEN EVENING 1987, Gene Hamblin, then age 45, of Nashville, Tennessee, tied his ROTTWEILER DOG on the front porch of the Hamblin residence with the INTENT to prevent neighborhood children from "trick-or-treating" at his home. Leah Gustafson was stabbed to death in her Superior home Jan. 7. Thereafter, Syring asked the local Circuit Court for an order compelling Tucker to submit to a physical examination, including a blood test, in order to determine whether Tucker carried the AIDS virus, or any other communicable diseases. window.adsContainer = {"position2":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Above_Next_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position3":{"code":"Article_Mobile_300x250_ATF_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position4":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position5":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle1_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position6":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle2_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position7":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle3_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position8":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle4_Rel","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position9":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle5_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position10":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle6_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position11":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle7_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position12":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle8_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position13":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle9_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position14":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle10_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position15":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle11_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250},"position16":{"code":"Article_Mobile_Middle12_Rel","max_width":320,"max_height":250}} When Kenneth Milosevich eventually answered the knocking, Martin told him that she was having car trouble. 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. I am so sorry. Rivera testified that McGensey's hand again went into one of his pockets, and believing that McGensey was drawing a gun, Rivera discharged his weapon and killed McGensey. After being paroled in June 1975, Willie Thompkins married Barbara Thompkins in January 1976. The Riveras entered the second condominium complex. Andrew Preinesberger cooperated with the prosecution of his partner and received a token sentence. After the store owners complied with his demands, Wilburn Boggs exited from the store and was picked up by 20 year-old Joachim Preinesberger, who was driving a pickup truck owned by Boggs. The steering wheel was "clubbed". He graduated summa cum laude from Bob Jones University in 1978, and with distinction from the Duke University School of Law in 1981, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and executive editor of the Duke Law . At lunch time, James fulfilled his Jehovah's Witness obligations, standing on the steps trying to "place" WatchTower literature with the other kids. Thereafter, Lowe immersed himself into a life of crime -- even spending time in a juvenile facility prior to his first "stickup". No. WISCONSIN v. CARRIE E. TUCKER was a 1989 Court of Appeals of Wisconsin decision. 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. This week on Reasonable Doubt, the team takes on the Raul and Cathy Sarinana were sentenced to death for abusing Would love your thoughts, please comment. Gustafson and Cheely were both found guilty of murder. ALLENE GATES v. RIVERA was a 1989-93 California federal appellate court decision. " there exists a clearly drawn distinction between the freedom to believe, which is absolute, and acts which can be regulated because they pose a clear and unequivocal threat to society. The Jehovah's Witness community shunned James for six months; requiring him to attend all five Kingdom Hall meetings, but refusing to speak to him or to acknowledge him during that time. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. As Milosevich unlocked the door, Brett and Martin forced their way into the home. (WSYR-TV) The Onondaga County Sheriffs Office is putting NewsChannel 9 viewers On The Lookout for Douglas Gustafson. A few months later, in April 1992, Peggy was arrested in relation to the case. The attorney recommended that Kerr go straight to the police, which Kerr did. Gustafson, who is Barnetts brother, and Cheely were charged with directing the mail bomb plot from jail. }); Police eventually located Andre Sukram at a nearby hospital, where he admitted to being the driver of the vehicle, and supposedly that he had had only "a beer" in Brooklyn prior to operating that vehicle. Affirmed on appeal. This worthless POS African-American was reared in the projects of Pensacola by a converted A-A JW Mother whom took the WatchTower Cult's advice and stopped her son from being involved in school activities, including sports. This may have been one of the reasons that Soria dropped out of high school at age 16. Jackson played the 1992-3 season, but just prior to the start of the 1993-4 season, in August 1993, the day after Mark Jackson was notified that he was the team's starting tailback, Mark Jackson told the coach that he was quitting the football team because playing football conflicted with his beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness -- a matter he evidently had been pondering since his father's death, probably due to lobbying from his JW Mother. QUEBEC v. REGINALD LIBBY was a 1955 Quebec, Canada MURDER inquiry. See Photos. Book-Keeping; Year-end Accounts; Management Accounts & KPIs Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Douglas C. Gustafson to pay them a last tribute. What happened to Kristin OConnell in 1985? The Children's Hospital intern was found dead in the bathtub around 4:00 AM by another doctor who had returned home from work to the shared rental. There, Junior assaulted Officer Fleetwood, and JW Wife had to be restrained from aiding Junior. 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. Rivera told McGensey that he had done a very stupid thing, that he could have been shot. Following this incident, plaintiff was very upset and angry and saw a psychologist for over one year. Leroy Johnson agreed to testify against Patton in exchange for a 70 year prison sentence. On that day, he was told that he was no longer on legal hold and had until 1:00 p. m. to reenlist. The details are incomplete, but Cloud may have had mental issues. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. Our life mission is to see couples move from pain and disappointment - to a place where they are thriving, in love again and see restoration in all areas of their lives - sexually, spiritually, emotionally and psychologically. One of his older, married sisters possibly was the JW link. Willie Thompkins, Jr. had already spent 4+ years in state prison after being sentenced to a 15-20 prison term for the September 1970 shooting (four times) and attempted execution of a former fellow gang member, whom Thompkins suspected of informing to local police. We do not know in which stages of James Allridge's prosecution that his having been reared as a "Jehovah's Witness" was disclosed. Amended Oct. 3, 1994. The Medical Examiner's Office is releasing this information as a public service and further information can be released when our investigation has been completed. Boggs agreed, and was eventually arrested at the station. It's very difficult to review this case, as there, The FBi has been murdering people for years since their, Clearly its hard for some people to understand that although, What is taking so long? 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. . But the killing sadly didnt end there. McGensey's right hand went into his pants pocket. In our work with thousands of individuals and couples, with over 70 years of . James' parents were even harder on him than before. During one of a few meetings with his real father, Melton was encouraged to join the military as a way to escape his certain future. Antonio Melton was sentenced to two life terms in prison. eventAction: 'load' document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ Kaiser Permanent and Local Government. Undercover police officers previously had made several drug buys from the two brothers. "The general damages award consisted of damages for physical pain and suffering, mental anguish and loss of consortium. James started playing tennis with the other boys, and he did not stop. ), <<<------PREVIOUS PAGE----------HOME PAGE----------NEXT PAGE ------>>>. Her legal stances prompted at least one EEOC attorney to previously voice concern that the agency's approach in a religious bias lawsuit against Kroger Co. could impinge on the rights of LGBT workers. On Oct. 23, the Surfrider Foundation sent email invitations to various public officials, Gustafson included, to a Nov. 4 screening of the documentary film Sand Wars, about the environmental. hitType: 'event', Garrett also testified that Fleetwood intentionally slammed the car door on his leg while he was at the MRBA station. Williams received a sentence of 16 months without parole, and three years supervised release. Woodley was high on methamphetamine when he stabbed. Although I'm not certain, it does not appear that "religious belief" was part of Tucker's arguments before the various courts. 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. Cosmo DiNardo went on a killing spree at his parents farm in Pennsylvania in 2017. Instead of recognizing what Farkas was doing, and leaving, or waiting for Farkas to go back to sleep, Yarbough attacked Farkas in the second floor bathroom. Douglas Gustafson, IFC's director of investment for Europe and the Middle East, in a March 24,1988, confidential memo to the Chairman of IFC's Investment Committee commented on a pending $18. }); Sentence unknown, but the guideline was 8-12 years. The conviction was, in big part, possible because of George Kerr, who was also present with Doug and Raymond that evening in October 1990. Garrett apparently was not then informed that the charges had been dropped and remained on legal hold until November 15, 1974. The only question is -- did these five hoodlums become friends at a Kingdom Hall, or Assembly Hall? Interestingly, the Allridge family also lived in the Pueblo, Colorado "area" during the 1950s and 1960s. King was paroled on December 27, 1990. Reginald Libby, who had been held as a "material witness" was released. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Given that the then young 21-25 year-old hardened gang leader was from a large extended family, several of whom have repeatedly testified to his upstanding moral character, it is more probable that his "conversion" was the result of the efforts of family members who were Jehovah's Witnesses, than the possibility that the gang leader picked up the WatchTower religion on his own while in prison.
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