Crime In The News

ruffryder · 09-26-2011, 07:29 PM

a 96 yr. old... wow!

First Coast News
Sep 26,2011 at 11:41 AM EST
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The 96-year-old woman arrested for killing her nephew will remain in jail with no bond.

The shooting happened Sunday night at a home on John Street, though it was initially reported as a heart attack.

Police found 53-year-old John W. Rice on the floor of a bedroom with evidence of a shooting.

According to Officer Mark Samson with the St. Augustine Police Department, investigators determined Rice's aunt, 96-year-old Amanda Rice Stevenson, had shot him once with a .357 magnum. She was in another bedroom when police were in the home.

Neighbors like Debra Dillinger are calling this a tragedy.

"It's really sad because he's a nice man," said neighbor Debra Dillinger. "He's helped us and we've helped him over the years."

Several people who live nearby said the family was working to put Stevenson into a nursing home because she had become combative and angry.

ruffryder · 09-27-2011, 09:53 PM

Do you think sex offenders should be required to live together in a certain area or community, why or why not?

tapu · 09-28-2011, 08:55 AM

I think North Omaha is tied up in large proportion with rival gangs. Drugs from Detroit fuel the violence. Just what I've heard from obsessively following crime on the Internet.

tapu · 09-28-2011, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ruffryder_0187

Do you think sex offenders should be required to live together in a certain area or community, why or why not?

What zone is this in? And where's that exit?

tapu · 09-28-2011, 09:02 AM

RE: Aurora, Illinois.

It doesn't surprise me to see an Illinois city on the list, but I would've thought somewhere farther south than Aurora. Southern Illinois has a region called "Little Egypt" (you may have heard of Cairo, IL, one of the larger towns there). That part of Illinois has a huge gun culture and feud culture, originally between families and groups of families but now more evident in organized gangs. Little Egypt is nowhere you'd want to live. (I have family there. Neat, huh?)

So, some of that culture must spread into the rest of Illinois. Maybe that's why Aurora. Also, drugs and guns from Detroit would be a factor.

I'm surprised, actually, that Detroit doesn't make the list! It's like Beirut--ever seen it?

09-26-2011, 07:29 PM	#1
ruffryder Senior Member How Do You Identify?: FTM Preferred Pronoun?: guy ones Relationship Status: ... Join Date: May 2011 Location: chillin' in FL Posts: 3,690 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,951 Thanked 9,679 Times in 2,875 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	96 year old murders nephew. a 96 yr. old... wow! First Coast News Sep 26,2011 at 11:41 AM EST ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The 96-year-old woman arrested for killing her nephew will remain in jail with no bond. The shooting happened Sunday night at a home on John Street, though it was initially reported as a heart attack. Police found 53-year-old John W. Rice on the floor of a bedroom with evidence of a shooting. According to Officer Mark Samson with the St. Augustine Police Department, investigators determined Rice's aunt, 96-year-old Amanda Rice Stevenson, had shot him once with a .357 magnum. She was in another bedroom when police were in the home. Neighbors like Debra Dillinger are calling this a tragedy. "It's really sad because he's a nice man," said neighbor Debra Dillinger. "He's helped us and we've helped him over the years." Several people who live nearby said the family was working to put Stevenson into a nursing home because she had become combative and angry.

09-28-2011, 08:55 AM	#3
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,114 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I think North Omaha is tied up in large proportion with rival gangs. Drugs from Detroit fuel the violence. Just what I've heard from obsessively following crime on the Internet. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

09-28-2011, 09:02 AM	#5
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,114 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	RE: Aurora, Illinois. It doesn't surprise me to see an Illinois city on the list, but I would've thought somewhere farther south than Aurora. Southern Illinois has a region called "Little Egypt" (you may have heard of Cairo, IL, one of the larger towns there). That part of Illinois has a huge gun culture and feud culture, originally between families and groups of families but now more evident in organized gangs. Little Egypt is nowhere you'd want to live. (I have family there. Neat, huh?) So, some of that culture must spread into the rest of Illinois. Maybe that's why Aurora. Also, drugs and guns from Detroit would be a factor. I'm surprised, actually, that Detroit doesn't make the list! It's like Beirut--ever seen it? __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

09-27-2011, 09:53 PM	#2
ruffryder Senior Member How Do You Identify?: FTM Preferred Pronoun?: guy ones Relationship Status: ... Join Date: May 2011 Location: chillin' in FL Posts: 3,690 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 21,951 Thanked 9,679 Times in 2,875 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Do you think sex offenders should be required to live together in a certain area or community, why or why not?