Monthly Archives: November 2005

Woman wants to marry man who shot her

Posted on November 16, 2005 by Michael Hampton

Tina Marie Stebbins, of San Bernardino, Calif., said in a letter Monday that she still plans to marry Christian Leroy Lindblad, 37, who shot her and held her hostage for six days in his family’s garage. Lindblad pleaded guilty to attempted murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2002. Continue reading →

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Man duped out of $70,000 by money-multiplying potion

Posted on November 9, 2005 by Michael Hampton

People will believe just about anything, it seems. Nou Chang, 52, of Coon Rapids, Minn., owner of Foley Foods grocery store there, was duped into believing that con artist Franklin T. Forlemu, 22, of Savage, had a potion that would … Continue reading →

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Death row escapee drinks his way back to jail

Posted on November 7, 2005 by Michael Hampton

Charles Victor Thompson, 35, who had been sentenced to death in Texas, escaped from custody last Thursday by somehow getting hold of civilian clothes and a fake ID of the Texas Attorney General’s office. U.S. marshals captured him today near … Continue reading →

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Confused man shoots trick-or-treaters

Posted on November 3, 2005 by Michael Hampton

A 70 year old pensioner in Torino (Turin), Italy, frightened by two trick-or-treating boys in Halloween costume, instead of giving them candy, grabbed his hunting rifle and shot them. The 14-year-old boys, dressed as demons, had knocked on the man’s … Continue reading →

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Hurricane evacuees murder woman who helped them

Posted on November 1, 2005 by Michael Hampton

Jimmy Hoang Le, 18, Stephanie Jacobo 18, both of Beaumont, Texas, and Roosevelt Smith Jr., 43, of Louisiana, were charged with capital murder Saturday in the robbery and strangulation death at her home of Betty Blair, 77, of Pasadena, Texas. Continue reading →

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