Woman, 92, allegedly killed son who wanted to put her in nursing home, authorities say
A 92-year-old woman allegedly killed her son in Arizona because she did not want to be sent to an assisted living facility, authorities said.
Anna Mae Blessing was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and kidnapping after authorities found her 72-year-old son dead Monday at their home in Fountain Hills, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.
Blessing hid two pistols in the pockets of her robe and shot her son several times in his bedroom, the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Her son's girlfriend was also in the room and said she heard Blessing telling her son she was tired of the way he treated her, court documents said.
"From my understanding, she had thought about it for a few days because there was a dispute regarding her son wanting to put her in an assisted living home," Maricopa County Sgt. Bryant Vanejas told CNN affiliate KPHO.
Blessing then pointed the gun at her son's girlfriend, who struggled with her until she lost her grip of the gun. When Blessing pulled out the second pistol from her robe, her son's girlfriend also knocked it out of her hand, the statement said.
Once she was disarmed, Blessing sat on a reclining chair until deputies arrived and arrested her, officials said.
"As the suspect was being escorted from the residence, she made a spontaneous statement to the effect of 'You took my life, so I'm taking yours,'" court documents said.
Blessing moved in with her son and his girlfriend about six months ago, the affiliate reported.
She told deputies she had purchased one of the guns in the late 1970s and that her husband gave her the other pistol, court documents said.
Information on her attorney was not immediately available.
CT Drug Bust
Hartford police nab 5 suspects, seize more than $1 million worth of heroin
POSTED 7:00 AM, JULY 10, 2018, BY DOUG STEWART, UPDATED AT 02:57PM, JULY 10, 2018
HARTFORD — Police in Hartford have arrested five people, seized more than 20 pounds of heroin and confiscated several guns in three drug raids around the city.
Officers executing a warrant Monday said they found almost 20 pounds of heroin with a street value of more than $1 million and two guns at a self-storage facility on Capitol Avenue.
Police said they found two more guns, 10,000 bags of heroin, and thousands of dollars in cash at a Maple Avenue apartment. Two men were arrested at that location.
Three more people were arrested at a Goshen Street home where police also found about 250 bags of heroin, crack cocaine and about $7,000 in cash. They also found three guns, two of which had been reported stolen.
Police arrested Francisco Leon, 38, of Hartford, and charged him with criminal possession of a firearm, possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell and operating a drug factory.
They also arrested Alberto Gonzalez, 30, of Hartford, and charged him with criminal possession of a firearm, possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics with intent to sell and operating a drug factory. Detectives obtained a warrant and searched 777 Maple Ave. They seized a semi-automatic firearm, more than 10,000 bags of heroin and approximately $5,000 in cash.
In a separate arrest, Orlando Soto, 27, of Hartford, was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a firearm, three counts of weapons in a motor vehicle, two counts of possession of a stolen firearm, two counts of possession of narcotics, and two counts of possession of narcotics with intent to sell.
David Rodriguez, 24, of Hartford ,was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a firearm, three counts of weapons in a motor vehicle, two counts of possession of a stolen firearm, two counts of possession of narcotics, two counts of possession of narcotics with intent to sell, and interfering with police.
Antonio Santiago, 28, of Hartford, was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a firearm, three counts of weapons in a motor vehicle, two counts of possession of a stolen firearm, wo counts of possession of narcotics, two counts possession of narcotics with intent to sell, and interfering with police.
Police raided 15-17 Goshen Street Sunday, and arrested the three suspects, who were found to be in possession of drugs and stolen guns. As a result of the investigation and operation, a total of three guns – two of which were reported stolen, approximately 250 bags of heroin, crack cocaine and approximately $7,000 in cash was seized.
In a third case, detectives identified several suspects who they said were selling of large quantities of heroin and believed to be armed. Detectives obtained a search warrant for 755 Capitol Ave., U-Haul Self Storage and on Sunday police seized nine kilos of heroin with an estimated street value of more than $1 million, along with two semi-automatics. Police said the investigation remains ongoing with drugs and gun charges pending.
Man Finds Wife, Mechanic Lover, Dead in Garage
Source New York Post
A husband in New Jersey returned home on Monday night to find his wife in the garage with another man — who was dead, along with his dearly beloved, from carbon monoxide poisoning, a report says.
Kahali Johnson, of Newark, discovered the pair inside a running car just before 9 p.m., according to NBC 4.
Law enforcement sources told the station that his wife, Tamika Hargrave, 41, was allegedly having sex with the other man, age 56, when they both passed out and died.
Johnson, however, claims the man is a mechanic — and was simply looking at her vehicle.
“As I tried to step to open the last garage door, I see the mechanic, he’s laid out,” Johnson told WABC. “She’s just a few feet away, she’s laid out. And pretty much I had to call 911, because at this time, with that level of emissions, I knew that they were gone.”
Sources told NBC that Hargrave was having sex with the mechanic as a way to pay for his services. Their deaths are still under investigation, but cops said they appear to be accidental.
“Basically she died because of carbon monoxide,” Johnson said. “They do not have adequate alarm systems, because if there had been an alarm in that garage, people would have been alerted to the fact that it was going on.”
Former Brooklyn CT man pleads guilty in infant overdose case
By John Penney
jpenney@norwichbulletin.com, (860) 857-6965
Posted Jan 20, 2017 at 12:44 PMUpdated Jan 20, 2017 at 3:22 PM
DANIELSON — A former Brooklyn man who pleaded guilty Friday to giving a fatal dose of sleep medication to his infant daughter in 2015 will be sentenced to two years in prison in March.
Kevin Hartshorn, formerly of 648 Wauregan Road, pleaded guilty in Danielson Superior Court to one count of criminally negligent homicide and two counts of risk of injury to a minor. All of his pleas were made under the Alford Doctrine, in which a defendant does not agree with prosecutors’ version of events, but acknowledges enough evidence exists for a conviction at trial.
Hartshorn was initially charged with second-degree manslaughter.
Assistant State’s Attorney Matthew Crockett said Hartshorn and his former girlfriend, Justine Barber, regularly dosed their three children with over-the-counter sleep medicine. Crockett said Hartshorn on Feb. 9, 2015 again administered sleep medicine – this time a stronger version - to the children, resulting in the 8-month-old child developing breathing problems.
“Instead of calling 911, or going to a neighbor’s, he contacted (Barber) and the two determined help should not be sought,” Crockett said.
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