The 234 Apartment

Three of the four men charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting the girl are also behind bars. The men are from Honduras, immigrants who found a home at the Heatherwood Apartments. The complex, near Peoria and Colfax in Aurora, is a racial melting pot , one that came to a boil on August 7, when a girl trying to leap to womanhood in a single summer got a very adult lesson. The violence bred more violence -- and more victims. News accounts the next day reported that a seventy-person mob had delivered street justice to one of the accused rapists. Although the reports weren't quite right -- nothing in this saga is -- street justice may be the only justice here. Anna grew up in the neighborhood and has a huge family of siblings and half-siblings. Anna has another daughter who was also taken away by Social Services when Anna went to prison. The girls have a baby brother, too, a child Anna gave birth to after she got out of prison two years ago. That baby has a different father w...

View Comments Kelsey Zionskowski 's dream of becoming a nurse shattered after she was hit on McLoughlin Boulevard near River Road On Aug. 5, 2014, 25-year-old Kelsey Zionskowski was heading home from her second day working as an office assistant at Oregon Health & Science University when her life was changed forever . Kelsey Zionskowski , 28, receives help from her mother, Raquel, in placing her walker in the back of her car." title="PHOTO BY RAYMOND RENDLEMAN - Kelsey Zionskowski , 28, receives help from her mother, Raquel, in placing her walker in the back of her car." class="caption" width="100%" />Zionskowski's dream of becoming a nurse was shattered after she was hit by a vehicle as she waited to cross McLoughlin Boulevard near River Road. She suffered massive trauma to both legs, just after getting off the TriMet bus that took her from OHSU to the bus stop across from her home in Milwaukie. While she was waiting for the traffi...

The brothers charged in the drive-by shooting that killed a 14-year-old girl in Las Cruces entered not guilty pleas. LAS CRUCES, N.M. – —  The brothers accused in a drive-by shooting that killed a 14-year-old during a party in Las Cruces pleaded not guilty. Julio Gutierrez-Barrera, 20, appeared in court Tuesday. He is the alleged shooter in the drive-by where Jocelyn Trujillo-Pierce died. Gutierrez-Barrera was charged with murder, tampering with evidence and conspiracy to commit a felony. He will remain in jail without bond. His brother, 19-year-old Alonzo Barrera, was also charged in the murder. Barrera pleaded not guilty during his arraignment on Monday. He was charged with tampering with evidence and conspiracy to commit a felony. Barrera will also remain jailed. Police said the brothers were at a party on the 1400 block of Monte Vista Avenue last month before they got into a fight with someone and left. According to police, the brothers returned to the residence shortly after le...

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (WTNH) — Police in South Windsor are reminding residents to lock their cars on Thursday after three cars were stolen overnight. According to South Windsor Police , in the early overnight hours of Thursday morning, three unlocked cars with keys in them were stolen in town. Officers say a 2004 Toyota Highlander was stolen from Scott Drive, a 2015 Infiniti Q50 was stolen from Breezy Hill Drive and a 2015 Ford Fiesta was stolen from the Berry Patch apartments . South Windsor Officers tell News 8 that “these crimes continue because the thieves have a 100% success rate when they go out.” The officers say they have been diligently patrolling all 28-square miles of the town and have even located and interviewed suspected car burglars . Police have not released any further information on the identities of the suspected car burglars . Officers urge residents to lock their cars and take the keys and/or key fobs with you. Share this: Like this: Like Loading... Related Pos...

Mobile police arrested Terri Grant and Jordan Johnson for the death of Khaled Al Mashani , 31, who was found at Turtle Creek Apartments on Saturday. Police responded to the report of shots fired at the apartment complex, located at 3400 Lloyds Lane just after 11 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found Al Mashani suffering from multiple gunshot wounds . Mobile Fire Rescue pronounced Al Mashani dead at the scene. Sunday, detectives detained and interviewed Terri Grant , 20, of Mobile, and Jordan Johnson, 19, of Semmes. Following their interviews, they were both arrested and charged with murder.

WILDWOOD, Ga. — A Dade County woman sued a sheriff's deputy and a state trooper after she got tackled to the ground during her daughter's arrest last year. Around 9:15 p.m. on Nov. 23, Deputy Denny Reyes and Georgia State Patrol Trooper Joseph Geddie responded to a car crash at the intersection of New England Road and Main Avenue. Jessica Gaha, 31, had lost control of her Honda Civic, crashing it into a tree. Checking her identification, Geddie realized that Gaha's license was suspended in Indiana. He put her in handcuffs. Gaha's mother, Kiersten Elise Quick , then arrived at the scene. She yelled and cursed, and Geddie told her to step away. She walked back a few feet, but Geddie wanted her farther from the crash scene. The two argued, and Geddie grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a ditch. She said he slammed her head into the ground multiple times . Geddie charged Quick with obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct, pointing out that she yelled curse wor...