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Wednesday 27 september 2017
Missouri dad accused of shaking his infant twins, killing 1

By H. HOLLINGSWORTH charged last week with she was taken to a hospital. called to tell her that one a “significant brain bleed
Associated Press child endangerment and She was then transferred to of the twins wasn’t breath- and a skull fracture,” a de-
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A two domestic assault a St. Louis children’s hospi- ing, the probable cause tective wrote in the proba-
Missouri father who admit- counts. He’s being held on tal, where she died three statement said. She told ble cause statement. Crow
ted shaking his 3-month-old $465,000 bond. His attorney days later, said Cuba po- him to call 911. Between said the baby is “doing
twin daughters so severely didn’t immediately return a lice Chief Paul Crow, who them, the couple had four much better” after under-
that one died and the oth- phone message from The responded to the home. other boys, in addition to going surgery Sept. 15. A
er suffered a skull fracture Associated Press. “These are the cases we the twins. doctor said she may have
blamed “stress” and told One of the twins wasn’t officers hate the most,” The surviving twin had been “some degree of perma-
authorities it happened breathing Sept. 13 when he said. “I understood the awake and looking around nent brain damage,” ac-
when one baby woke the officers responded to a stress parents go through, in her bassinet when emer- cording to the probable
other up, according to home in Cuba, Missouri, but the act itself is unimagi- gency responders arrived cause statement. Crow
court records. about 75 miles southwest nable and horrible.” and wasn’t immediately said the extent won’t be
Erick Ford, a 28-year-old of St. Louis. Ford joined the The girl’s mother said she taken to a hospital. But known until the baby is old-
stay-at-home father, was baby in an ambulance as was working when Ford she was later admitted for er. q
Convicted Ohio Craigslist killer of 3 questions evidence

By ANDREW HUGGINS “There is no question that cence and argues some-
Associated Press common sense among one with a biker gang he
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — reasonable persons may was affiliated with was re-
The evidence against an have a hard time grasping sponsible.
Ohio man accused of kill- the sheer depravity of such Several errors during Bea-
ing three down-and-out conduct, but the degree sley’s trial are enough to
men lured by fake Craig- of such depravity certainly overturn the death sen-
slist job offers wasn’t strong does not call into ques- tence, attorney Donald
enough to convict him, ac- tion the veracity of the evi- Gallick told justices Tues-
cording to attorneys fight- dence,” the state argued day.
ing the defendant’s death in its own filing. Gallick questioned the fact
sentence. The state Supreme Court a juror was allowed to stay
No physical evidence links heard arguments Tuesday on after she realized she
death row inmate Richard for and against Beasley’s knew an FBI agent testify-
Beasley to the killings, his at- death sentence. A ruling ing for the prosecution. The
torneys argued in a court fil- isn’t expected for months. agent testified about the
ing with the Ohio Supreme Beasley, 58, a self-styled search that led to Beasley’s
Court. street preacher, was con- arrest, not the evidence
It also doesn’t make sense victed of partnering with against him.
that someone would go a teenage boy in 2011 to “Even though he isn’t giv-
to great lengths to target lure victims with promises ing testimony on some hot-
the poor individuals whom of jobs on a southeastern ly contested matter, there’s
Beasley was charged with Ohio farm. The job offers no question whose side of
killing, the attorneys said. were posted on Craigslist. the trial he’s on,” he said.
The “result of these labors A jury convicted Beasley Beasley also objects to a
would be to rob homeless, in 2013 and a judge sen- prosecutor’s opening argu-
destitute individuals with tenced him to death. Co- ment at trial that described
In this April 4, 2013, photo, Richard Beasley addresses the court little or no property or mon- defendant Brogan Rafferty, Beasley as a wolf in sheep’s
after sentencing in his capital murder case by Summit Common ey,” according to a filing who was 16 at the time of clothing and noted the
Pleas Judge Lynne S. Callahan in Akron, Ohio. Beasley, by Beasley’s attorneys. the killings and not eligible phrase originated in a ser-
convicted of killing three down-and-out men lured by bogus Prosecutors say Beasley’s for the death penalty, was mon by Jesus. Courts have
Craigslist job offers, is appealing his death sentence to Ohio’s
highest court Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, according to the Akron motives were so callous convicted and sentenced already prohibited religious
Beacon Journal. and depraved they befud- to life without parole. references in closing argu-
(Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal/AP) dle the average citizen. Beasley maintains his inno- ments, Gallick said.q

Jury convicts man who was on the run following gun thefts

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A from the April 4 theft, which and bullets from Armaged- Bugni attempted to con- guilty of stealing firearms
man accused of stealing set off a 10-day manhunt don Supplies before head- vince jurors that although and silencers from a feder-
a cache of firearms from a that kept authorities on ing northwest. Jakubowski admitted rob- ally licensed firearms deal-
Wisconsin gun shop and edge. Jakubowski was discov- bing the gun store, techni- er, and being a felon in
sending a rambling anti- He faces up to 10 years in ered camping by a land- cally the charge against possession of those firearms
government manifesto to federal prison on each of owner in rural western Wis- him was flawed because and silencers, crimes carry-
the White House before the two counts when he consin, some 130 miles (210 it stated firearms had been ing a maximum penalty of
going on the run was con- is sentenced Dec. 20, said kilometers) away. stolen from a licensed deal- 20 years in prison.
victed Tuesday on federal Jeffrey M. Anderson, act- Five guns and a silencer er, though the store owner In May Jakubowski called
weapons charges. ing U.S. attorney for west- were found in his tent and had a manufacturer’s li- Milwaukee station WTMJ-
Jurors in U.S. District Court in ern Wisconsin. federal agents testified cense. Assistant U.S. Attor- TV from jail and said his
Madison deliberated about Jakubowski, 33, of Janes- they matched the weap- ney Rita Rumbelow said plans were to go to North
two hours before convict- ville, confessed Monday ons taken from Armaged- Bugni was trying to confuse Dakota “to get off the grid,
ing Joseph Jakubowski on from the witness stand to don Supplies. jurors with a technicality. to go into the wild, to dis-
two charges stemming taking the guns, magazines Defense attorney Joseph Jakubowski was found appear.” q