Man Gets 49 Years To Life For Strangling Teen Girl, Raping Another
LOS ANGELES — Authorities said a man convicted of strangling a teen girl and raping another has been sentenced to 49 years to life in state prison.
Damond Williams, 37, was convicted of first-degree murder, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, forcible rape, sodomy by use of force and forcible oral copulation in February. The judge ordered the defendant to pay restitution to the murder victim’s family. On Sept. 17, 2012, the teenage girl’s body Terrey Wright was found dumped and set on fire in Los Angeles. It was determined that the high school senior was raped and strangled before being set on fire. DNA found on the victim’s body linked Williams to her death. Officials said on June 23, 2007, Williams sexually assaulted an 18-year-old. The prosecutor said Williams stomped, raped, and sodomized the victim.
Police: Woman dragged, forced to perform sex acts at gunpoint
A man faces charges after he allegedly dragged a woman in the street and forced her at gunpoint to perform sex acts on him. According to police,
Ramone Mangual, 32, attacked the victim while she was walking on West Florissant early Tuesday morning. Mangual then allegedly dragged the victim to his home one block away on East John Street. Once at his home, police said he pulled a gun on the victim and forced her to perform various sex acts. Witnesses said they heard the woman call for help. According to investigators, the victim was released after Mangual threatened to kill her if she told anybody.
Teens charged after elderly woman found beaten Easter morning
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Daytona Beach police have arrested a teen couple after an elderly woman was found badly beaten and robbed in her home on Easter morning. Authorities said 70-year-old Bonita Vansciver has very severe injuries to her head after being struck with a rock.
Markeise Favors, 18, and his girlfriend,
Alexis McCray, 16, were arrested and charged in the attack. Police believe Favors hit Vansciver with the rock in order to steal her car. McCray told police he and Favors were in the Colonial Colony north community because they knew a lot of elderly people live there.