Portland homicide victim was convicted sex offender

2-28-17 Maine:

Bryan K. Garcia of Scarborough, who was found unresponsive Monday in his car on a West End street, also had convictions for drug and weapons offenses.

Portland police have identified the homicide victim who was found slumped over in his car on a West End street as Bryan K. Garcia, a registered sex offender who also had convictions for drug and weapons offenses.

No details were released about Garcia’s death or the circumstances that led the Scarborough resident to Portland on Monday afternoon, when he was found unresponsive in his Silver Infiniti G35 near the intersection of Chadwick and Carroll streets.

Police have not released details about how Garcia, 35, died, whether he suffered obvious injuries or if they have any suspects in his slaying.

Man shot and killed by Spokane police early Sunday morning identified

1-18-17 Washington:

The man who was shot and killed by police early Sunday morning has been identified as Dexter Martin Dumarce, 33.

Dumarce died from four gunshot wounds, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Dumarce was shot and killed after he apparently led police on a foot chase from the South Hill toward downtown starting at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. According to a police news release, Dumarce was stopped in the area of Ninth Avenue and Adams Street, a “high crime area,” because he was acting “suspicious.”

Dumarce pulled a knife on the officers and fled on foot, according to a police news release. Police say they first used Tasers, which didn’t stop Dumarce.

Autopsy conducted Monday on man killed by Bend police

12-27-16 Oregon:

Officials quiet about vehicle search and autopsy of man shot and killed during traffic stop

An autopsy on Michael Jacques, 31, who was shot and killed by Bend police during a Friday night traffic stop, was conducted Monday, as was a search of the vehicle Jacques had been driving. But details about the incident remain thin.

Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said he was expecting the preliminary autopsy report from the state Medical Examiner’s Office as well as the results of the police search of Jacques’ 2002 Dodge Caravan on Monday, but he declined to comment on either.

“I’m not going to be releasing anything today,” he said Monday, adding that more information would probably be available in about a week, after witness interviews were complete and when he’s “confident that releasing information won’t impact the investigation.”

The identities of the officers, who are both on paid administrative leave, haven’t been released. During a news conference Saturday, Bend Police Chief Jim Porter said both officers are in good standing with the department and that one has 15 years’ experience and the other has seven years’ experience.

Sex offender killed in Westside double shooting

12-15-16 Florida:

A man killed in last week’s double shooting on Jacksonville’s Westside was a registered sex offender.

Police identified the man Monday as Anthony Dawayne Hall. Hall, 36, died of his injuries at UF Health Jacksonville after he and a second man were shot at the Cooper Lane Apartments off Jammes Road about 3 a.m. Dec. 15, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Corrections records show Hall was previously convicted in Orange County of sexual battery back in April 2005.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at (904) 630-0500 or First Coast Crime Stoppers at (866) 845-TIPS. ..Source.. by Garrett Pelican

Coroner: Body of sex offender who overdosed wrapped in plastic, burned

Unil such time as a better explanation is found, as to how dead men can move their own bodies, we will consider this a homicide.

12-22-2016 Ohio:

The sex offender found dead this summer in Huber Heights was burned with melted plastic and fabric covering him, but he died of an accidental drug overdose, the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office confirmed Thursday.

Brian W. Moore, 34, was found dead Sept. 13 by a pedestrian on a lunchtime walk on Wildcat Road, north of Kellenburger Road in Huber Heights. Moore’s immediate cause death is a probable drug intoxication of morphine and cocaine, according to the coroner’s office. The manner of death is accidental.

Coroner officials said Moore’s overdose occurred at 1258 Creighton Ave. Huber Heights and Dayton police raided the Dayton address in late September, according to Dayton police records. Collected from the residence were more than 50 pieces of evidence, including a DNA trace, “homicide” evidence, a roll of plastic, a syringe, crack pipes, eight cell phones, a safe, computers and a Social Security card.

Police have not said if they know how Moore’s body was transported from the Dayton address to Huber Heights. No arrests have been made in the case, Huber Heights Police Chief Mark Lightner said.

An officer and 2 US Marshals injured in a shootout with a child molester

12-12-2016 New York:

On Monday, a detective of the NYPD and two US Marshals were wounded in a gun battle that started in Greenwich Village when the officers attempted to arrest a child molester. The accused, Charles Mozdir was killed in the gunfight.

The 32 year old accused was recently talked about on the CNN show called “The Hunt with John Walsh”, and had been accused of sexually assaulting a minor boy whom he was babysitting in Colorado. Mozdir was slapped with multiple charges including committing violent vulgar deeds on a minor.

The officers arrived at the Smoking Culture on the basis of a tipofffrom an informant,who told them that the accused was working at the smokeshop. Upon confirmation that the accused was alone, the detective came back with two Marshals to arrest him. According to William Bratton, the Police Commissioner, the officers who were fired at very close range by Mozdir immediately returned fire.

Omaha man is shot, killed as officers try to serve warrant at Lincoln motel

3-16-2015 Nebraska:

A law enforcement officer killed an Omaha man Thursday while trying to serve an arrest warrant in Lincoln.

Tyson Hubbard, 34, was shot about 10:45 a.m. Thursday as he resisted arrest and struggled with officers, the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said.

The Metro Area Fugitive Task Force tried to arrest Hubbard at a Motel 6, 6501 N. 28th St., on a warrant for second-degree assault, a felony.

Hubbard left the motel and was confronted by officers as he got into a vehicle, the Sheriff’s Office said. He struggled, resisted arrest and was shot.

Hubbard died shortly afterward at Bryan West Hospital.

Agents justified in fatal shooting of MN sex offender, prosecutor says

10-21-2016 Minnesota:

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — A man who was shot and killed by officers at an Alexandria home in August was within 4 feet of the officers while armed with a knife, a release from Douglas County Attorney Chad Larson said Friday, Oct. 21.

Larson concluded the shooting of Adam Jo Klimek, 31, of Carlos, by agents from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was a justifiable use of force done in self-defense.

“I have chosen not to present this case to a grand jury because the facts do not warrant it.” Larson said in his release.

“The two BCA agents involved, agents Elizabeth Eilers and Dustin Vanderhagen, were victims of a crime that day. … In my opinion, they should be commended for their service to the public in the face of lethal opposition.”

Police ID victim in fatal West Salem shooting

9-9-2016 Washington:

Police identified the man killed in Wednesday's fatal shooting near Wallace Marine Park as a 30-year-old Salem resident.

Manuel Zavala was allegedly shot and killed in the early morning hours by Christopher Gerberding, 32, of Salem, said Lt. Dave Okada, a Salem police spokesman.

Police responding to calls of shots fired near Calico Street NW and Taybin Road NW around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday received a second call from a man claiming to have just shot someone.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found Gerberding next to Zavala's lifeless body. Gerberding was on his hands and knees, screaming, police said. A semi-automatic handgun lay on the ground nearby.

Gerberding walked to Wallace Marine Park with his girlfriend after seeing a movie at a downtown theater. He and his girlfriend parted ways, and he continued along the trails near the park's softball fields. After stumbling on a transient camp, he told police was confronted, punched and escorted out of the park by a group of transients.

Man found dead in Huber Heights was a sex offender

9-15-2016 Ohio:

HUBER HEIGHTS — The man found dead in Huber Heights this week was a sex offender who frequently neglected to register, court records and county officials confirmed Thursday.

Brian Wallace Moore, 34, was identified as the body found by a pedestrian on a lunchtime walk Tuesday on Wildcat Road, north of Kellenburger Road. Huber Heights Police are investigating the death as “suspicious” and coroner’s officials said a toxicology report will take six-to-eight weeks to complete, leaving the cause of death as “pending.”

“This is definitely a different case,” said Huber Heights Sgt. Charles Taylor, who asked for the community to call police with any information. “We’ll be turning over every stone we possibly can to figure out what happened.”

Court records from the Fifth Appellate District in Richland County characterize Moore as a “habitual sex offender,” although most of his seven trips to state prison were related to his failure to incorrectly register or change his address.

Moore was required to register as a sex offender once a year for 20 years following a judgment in August 2001 and entered state prison in June 2002 on a charge of corruption of a minor in Huron County.

Search Warrants: South St. Paul Teacher, Husband Investigated for Sexual Contact with Boys

Murder-Suicide: Both were accused of sexual offenses. see article

8-31-2016 Minnesota:

New details are emerging about the investigation into a South St. Paul teacher and his husband who were found dead in Washington State.

Graphic court documents detail that at least three teenagers reported they had been sexually assaulted by 40-year-old Aric Babbitt and 36-year-old Matthew Deyo.

Babbitt and Deyo were found dead on Lopez Island north of Seattle last Thursday. Both died from gunshot wounds, and their deaths were ruled murder-suicide; San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs said a suicide note was found that said the couple had visited the island years ago and loved it.

According to search warrants, a 16-year-old boy and his parents reported a sexual assault to police on Aug. 14.

The teenager said Babbitt had been his teacher and mentor and was in charge of him while volunteering at Lincoln Center Elementary.

Doniphan men accused of killing sex offender, burning his body

9-2-2016 Missouri:

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Two Doniphan men were charged Tuesday night after authorities say they admitted they shot a sex offender to death and burned his body in April.

Matthew Brandon Bruce, 29, and Michael G. “Mick” Harris, 59, were charged Tuesday with the first-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse.

The men are accused of acting together to cause the April 26 death of Jonathan Tarvin.

The 34-year-old was reported missing April 26 by an associate, according to a probable-cause statement filed by Ripley County chief deputy Richie Phillips.

Sheriff: Sex offender killed by relative

9-22-2015 Louisiana:

ST. FRANCISVILLE - The sheriff of West Feliciana Parish said a relative of a registered sex offender shot and killed the man this week.

Sheriff J. Austin Daniel said 30-year-old Anthony Nixon is accused of second-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Brandon Nixon.

Daniel said Anthony Nixon shot Brandon Nixon around 11:22 a.m. Monday while on Coates Road in the community of Independence. The sheriff did not provide a motive for the shooting.

Brandon Nixon is listed on the WFPSO sex offender registry as a Tier 1 offender for a 2008 conviction of carnal knowledge of a juvenile. The sheriff's office said he also failed to register or notify as a sex offender in 2013.

Man shot dead in Manchester was known sex offender

6-2-2016 New Hampshire:

MANCHESTER -- Authorities released the identity of a 35-year-old man who was shot to death Wednesday afternoon behind a Spruce Street apartment building.

Hans R. Odige died from a single gunshot wound, according to an autopsy completed Thursday. His manner of death is homicide, according to New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster and Manchester Police Chief Nick Willard.

His murder remains under investigation.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeffery A. Strelzin said no one has been arrested and no description of the shooter is available.

Odige was found dead just before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the back of a building at 135 Spruce St., police said.

A woman, whose name police have not released, also was shot in the same incident.

Odige was known to police as he was required to register as a sex offender after being convicted on March 30, 2005 in Hillsborough County Superior Court, Northern District, of two counts of felonious sexual assault of a person between the ages of 13 and 16, according to the New Hampshire Department of Safety, Registration of Criminal Offenders website.

Man shot by Madison County deputy dies of injuries; suspect was registered sex offender

1-21-16 Alabama:

The man shot by a Madison County deputy late Wednesday night has died from his injuries.

Randy Joe Sanders Jr., 33, died following surgery at Huntsville Hospital, according to Lt. Michael Salomonsky of the Madison County Sheriff's Office. The Huntsville Police Department is investigating the shooting, at Sheriff Blake Dorning's request, and a shooting review board will conduct its own investigation next week.

Deputies were called just after 11 p.m. Wednesday to Highway 231 in Meridianville, south of Wells Road, for a report of a man with a gun acting erratically at a nearby convenience store. When a deputy arrived, he tried to make contact with the man, later identified as Sanders, but Sanders refused to talk and fled from the deputy.

After a short foot pursuit into the area of the Inspiration Pointe subdivision, Sanders allegedly repeatedly refused to stop and show the deputy his hands.

Shoplifter slashed at off-duty Medford officer before fatal shooting, police say

1-19-16 Oregon:

A man killed Monday by an off-duty Medford police officer was identified Tuesday by police as Timothy Joseph Alex Caruthers, 27, of Medford.

According to Medford police Interim Chief Randy Sparacino, Caruthers had been caught shoplifting at Sportsman's Warehouse and was not being cooperative with store personnel when an off-duty officer stepped in.

Sparacino said the officer, following department policy, presented his badge, asked Caruthers to cooperate with store's security staff, then stepped away.

Once Caruthers was taken inside an office at the store, he became unruly again.

"The suspect produced a knife and slashed at the store personnel to escape from the office," Sparacino said.

Update - Police release name of man found dead after shots fired

12-30-15 North Carolina:

WILMINGTON -- A man found dead early Wednesday in Wilmington was identified as Rashaun Akeem McKoy, according to police.

The body of the 30-year-old Wilmington man was found lying in a yard in the 300 block of Westchester Road about 3 a.m., said Wilmington Police Department spokeswoman Catherine Lindsay. Police were in the area after responding to a report of shots fired. Lindsay said it appears McKoy was shot, but the actual cause of death is pending an autopsy. She said his home address is listed as Cypress Grove Drive.

Investigators believe the shooting is drug related, according to the WPD. According to N.C. Department of Correction records, McKoy was released from prison in August after serving a sentence for drug possession and sales. DOC spokeswoman Pamela Walker said McKoy was on post-release supervision until May 2016.

McKoy's death is the 12th homicide investigation for the city in 2015. The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office has investigated at least four homicides in its jurisdiction this year.

Westchester Road is a residential street off Beasley Road. The body was found where Westchester dead ends at Danbury Street.

Oklahoma City police investigating rape complaint shoot, kill convicted sex offender

7-24-15 Oklahoma:

Oklahoma City police shot and killed a convicted sex offender Wednesday while investigating a rape complaint. Andre Dontrell Williams, 26, was wanted after a woman reported she was held against her will and raped repeatedly at a home in northeast Oklahoma City.

A convicted sex offender was shot and killed Wednesday by Oklahoma City police investigating a rape complaint.

Andre Dontrell Williams, 26, of Oklahoma City, was wanted for questioning after a woman reported she was held against her will and repeatedly raped Tuesday evening inside a northeast Oklahoma City house.

The victim, who went to the residence willingly, managed to escape Wednesday morning. She went to a hospital where she provided a description of her attacker and the house where she was raped, police Capt. Paco Balderrama said.

Muncie police investigate stabbing as possible homicide

10-25-15 Indiana:

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Muncie police say they’re investigating the death of a 29-year-old man as a suspected homicide.

Delaware County Coroner Scott Hahn says Hector Cedillo Jr. died Thursday from injuries he suffered in an incident on Oct. 16. Muncie police Sgt. Mike Engle tells The (Muncie) Star Press (http://tspne.ws/1H16HoN) that the investigation involves a possible stabbing but would not comment further.

Hahn says an autopsy was scheduled for Friday but results wouldn’t be available until Monday.

The coroner says details of the incident are “sketchy.” He says Cedillo underwent surgery to repair a stabbing wound to the heart.

Detectives investigate murder of registered sex offender

2-2-14 Florida:

Lake County detectives have determined a possible suspect in the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old sex offender that happened in Groveland early Saturday, deputies reported.

Detectives say the victim, Justin Russell, got into an argument with 18-year-old Travis L. Miller early Saturday morning. The argument ended with Miller opening fire and fatally shooting Russell.

Around 2:30 a.m., deputies responded to a call about the shooting in the 15700 block of Stuckey Loop in Groveland.

By the time they got to the scene, Russell was being treated for a gunshot wound by EMS personnel, an incident report said.