Teen killer of child molester to be resentenced 22 years later

July 2017 Florida:

U.S. Supreme Court rulings that juveniles can't be sentenced to life without parole has given a Florida man in prison for a 1995 murder of a suspected child molester a chance at freedom, WFTV in Orlando reports.

Mark Berrios was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for shooting Olen Hepler, 47, a suspected pedophile, when he was 14. He stole Hepler's truck and $800.

Margaret Loring told Action News Jax that her son met Hepler when he ran away from a juvenile program in Daytona Beach, becoming the victim of abuse. "My son grabbed the molester's gun and shot him," she said.

Loring said Hepler was a pedophile who preyed on troubled boys. She said her son felt there was no way out.

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.

Husband who killed wife’s would-be rapist: I didn’t want to do it

6-1-16 New York:

The Bronx cabby who killed a man for trying to rape his wife got a hero’s welcome at his building on Wednesday — and he said he simply had no other choice.

“I’m not a murderer,” Mamadou Diallo said outside his Claremont Village apartment as his neighbors cheered him on.

“I didn’t mean to kill anyone,” he agonized. “I feel bad. I called the police. They did not come fast enough.”

Diallo is facing assault and weapons charges — but no longer a manslaughter rap — for the fatal beating of Earl Nash, 43, on Monday night. But he is already innocent in the court of public opinion.

“That’s him! That’s Diallo!” residents exclaimed, as the 61-year-old cabby made his way to his car. “That guy’s a hero!”

But Diallo disagreed.

“I’m not a hero,” he said. “If anyone touches my family, I’m fighting for my family and myself, that’s it.”

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.

Damien Ramirez, Sex Offender, ID'd as Carjacker Gunned Down After Wild Chase

6-11-15 Colorado:

As we've reported, there have been plenty of police shootings in Colorado of late.

Indeed, there was one at 3:20 p.m. yesterday on the 111000 block of Huron Street, when an officer with the Northglenn Police Department shot a man who allegedly had opened fire on cops responding to a report of a "male party with a gun," according to the NPD. The suspect was hospitalized but survived, and no police officers were injured.

But while some of these incidents, including the January death of seventeen-year-old Jessie Hernandez, have been controversial, the gun-down of Damien Ramirez is unlikely to follow suit.

That's because Ramirez is a sex offender who was slain after he carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint, led law enforcement on a wild highway chase and was shooting back at officers when he was killed.

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.

Police in Illinois, Nevada look at attacker in West Virginia self-defense killing

7-28-15 West Virginia:

"He pulled a gun on me! He was going to kill me!"

Those are the chilling words caught in the background of a 911 call placed earlier this month after a woman faced off with an attacker who tried to rape her, pointing a 9 mm gun to her chest.

The victim, who is being called "Heather" by investigators, fought back so hard, police in Charleston, West Virginia said, that her attacker -- who police now believe may be linked to other crimes -- lost control of his gun.

Heather grabbed the weapon and blindly fired it, killing 45-year-old Neal Falls in self-defense, police said.

Heather, who met Falls after connecting via the escort section of backpage.com, was not charged in the incident.

Court documents shed new light on Lake Isabella murder

5-22-15 California:

BAKERSFIELD, CA- A Lake Isabella man allegedly beat his roommate to death last month after he learned the roommate may have molested two children.

That's according to new court documents, obtained by 17 News.

Sheriff's deputies say 48-year-old Kirk Haag was physically assaulted by 31-year-old Raymond Tenorio on April 25 on Curran Avenue in Lake Isabella.

According to court documents two days before the incident Tenorio's wife told him that Haag may have molested two of her children.

She says Tenorio was drinking that night and that is what caused him to lose control and assault Haag.

State police fatally shoot person while serving warrant, officials say

2-13-2015 Pennsylvania:

READING, Pa. - A cross-country search for a pair of federal fugitives came to an end with deadly gunfire in Reading early Friday morning.

Law enforcement authorities, armed with a pair of arrest warrants, converged on 414 Rehr St. around 4 a.m. to apprehend Richard Carlin and Sherry Gryszkin, both of whom were being sought by the U.S. Marshals, authorities said.

Carlin, authorities said, was arrested after exchanging gunfire with police in South Tuscon, Arizona, on Aug. 17, 2013, but he later made bail and fled the state to avoid prosecution.

The investigation led authorities to learn that Carlin and Gryszkin were hiding out together at the home on Rehr Street. Knowing Carlin's violent history with law enforcement, authorities said they planned to make their move early in the morning.

Berks County detectives and members of the Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) converged on the home, during which time Carlin, 35, refused to comply with officers' demands and was fatally shot by a SERT member, officials said.