Illegal immigrant charged in girl's abduction
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Feb. 21, 2009, 1:10PM
Harris County Sheriff's Office
Jorge Gonzales Hernandez, 23, is being held without bail in the Harris County Jail.
An illegal immigrant accused of abducting and molesting a 4-year-old girl at a northeast Harris County apartment complex is facing a kidnapping charge, authorities say.
Jorge Gonzales Hernandez, 23, is being held without bail in the Harris County Jail, sheriff’s Lt. John Legg said. Police are awaiting the results of medical exams to decide whether to charge him with sexual assault.
The child and her father had just returned home from the store around 7:30 p.m. when a man grabbed her after she got out of their vehicle, Legg said. Her father tried to chase the man but he lost sight of them as they ran through the complex in the 4300 block of Aldine Mail Road.
Several residents searched for the child after the father screamed for help, and she was found about 30 minutes later in a laundry room, Legg said. She said Hernandez, who was standing a few feet away, had attacked her.
Hernandez, who was intoxicated, denied touching the girl, Legg said. She was taken to Texas Children’s Hospital to determine whether she was sexually assaulted.
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FL Drunk Illegal runs over man
DUI manslaughter charges follow death in Tampa nightclub parking lot
TAMPA -- A man driving an SUV struck and killed a pedestrian outside a Tampa nightclub early this morning, according to a Tampa police report.
The driver, Alex Perez-Escalante, 18, has been charged with DUI manslaughter,leaving the scene of a crash with death and not having a valid driver's license. He remained at the Orient Road jail today without a set bail.
Jail records list Perez-Escalante as a Mexican national with no known local address.
The identity of the victim has not been released by Tampa police.
According to an arrest report, Perez-Escalante was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe about 3:15 a.m. in the parking lot of the Palladium nightclub at 5305 N Armenia Ave. An unknown individual threw a glass at Perez-Escalante's vehicle and he accelerated as he drove, the report said.
Perez-Escalante lost control and hit the pedestrian, police said. He then fled the scene, heading southbound along Armenia.
Officers located Perez-Escalante a few blocks away.
TAMPA -- A man driving an SUV struck and killed a pedestrian outside a Tampa nightclub early this morning, according to a Tampa police report.
The driver, Alex Perez-Escalante, 18, has been charged with DUI manslaughter,leaving the scene of a crash with death and not having a valid driver's license. He remained at the Orient Road jail today without a set bail.
Jail records list Perez-Escalante as a Mexican national with no known local address.
The identity of the victim has not been released by Tampa police.
According to an arrest report, Perez-Escalante was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe about 3:15 a.m. in the parking lot of the Palladium nightclub at 5305 N Armenia Ave. An unknown individual threw a glass at Perez-Escalante's vehicle and he accelerated as he drove, the report said.
Perez-Escalante lost control and hit the pedestrian, police said. He then fled the scene, heading southbound along Armenia.
Officers located Perez-Escalante a few blocks away.
CANADA Illegal rapist
Illegal alien charged in sex assault
By SUN MEDIA
WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg police have charged a 21-year-old man, who may be in Canada illegally, with a sexual assault in the Valley Gardens area last month.
Police said a 34-year-old woman received six strange phone calls from a male suspect shortly before he allegedly broke into her home and seriously sexually assaulted her early Jan. 27.
Const. Jason Michalyshen, a police spokesman, said investigators determined the calls were made from a restaurant in Winnipeg. That helped the sex crimes unit to identify and arrest a suspect Sunday, he said.
Michalyshen said officers talked to everyone who has access to the phone and had the woman positively identify a suspect.
Police said the woman doesn't know the man.
Michalyshen said it's possible she was a customer of the restaurant.
Juan Francisco Reyes-Martinez, 21, is charged with sexual assault and break and enter, and remains in custody.
He was or is enrolled in a Winnipeg university and was here on a student visa that has expired, police said.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada is now involved, police said.
By SUN MEDIA
WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg police have charged a 21-year-old man, who may be in Canada illegally, with a sexual assault in the Valley Gardens area last month.
Police said a 34-year-old woman received six strange phone calls from a male suspect shortly before he allegedly broke into her home and seriously sexually assaulted her early Jan. 27.
Const. Jason Michalyshen, a police spokesman, said investigators determined the calls were made from a restaurant in Winnipeg. That helped the sex crimes unit to identify and arrest a suspect Sunday, he said.
Michalyshen said officers talked to everyone who has access to the phone and had the woman positively identify a suspect.
Police said the woman doesn't know the man.
Michalyshen said it's possible she was a customer of the restaurant.
Juan Francisco Reyes-Martinez, 21, is charged with sexual assault and break and enter, and remains in custody.
He was or is enrolled in a Winnipeg university and was here on a student visa that has expired, police said.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada is now involved, police said.
NY Muslim "Honor Killing" murders wife
This guy ain't illegal, but this garbage shouldn't be allowed to live his third world way in our country.
Beheading in New York Appears to Be Honor Killing, Experts Say
Tuesday , February 17, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller
The beheading of 37-year-old Aasiya Hassan has all the markings of an honor killing, psychologists and Islamic experts tell FOXNews.com, as the upstate New York woman's husband awaits a preliminary hearing on murder charges.
Muzzammil Hassan, 44, remains jailed after being charged with the second-degree murder of his wife, whose body was found Thursday at the office of Bridges TV, their television station in Orchard Park, near Buffalo.
Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz said Hassan has not confessed to the crime, despite media reports to the contrary.
"He came in and said his wife was dead," said Benz, who declined to elaborate on the particulars of his conversation with the suspect.
But Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III left no doubt that he believes Muzzammil Hassan killed his wife. Hassan will appear for a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Orchard Park. If convicted of second-degree murder, he faces up to life in prison.
"He's a pretty vicious and remorseless bastard," Sedita told FOXNews.com Tuesday. "Whether he was motivated by some kind of interpretation of his religious or cultural views, we don't know. We'll look into everything in the case."
Asked if the murder is being probed as an honor killing, Benz replied, "We've been told that there's no place for that kind of action in their faith, but I wouldn't say that there's anything that's being completely ruled out at this point."
But psychologists and some American Muslims said the slaying has all the markings of an honor killing.
"The fierce and gruesome nature of this murder signals it's an honor killing," said Dr. Phyllis Chesler, an author and professor of psychology at the Richmond College of the City University of New York. "What she did was worthy of capital punishment in his eyes."
Following multiple episodes of domestic violence, Aasiya Hassan filed for divorce on Feb. 6 and obtained an order of protection that barred her husband from their home, according to attorney Elizabeth DiPirro, whose law firm, Hogan Willig, represented Aasiya Hassan in the divorce proceeding.
Chesler, who wrote "Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?" for Middle East Quarterly, said some Muslim men consider divorce a dishonor on their family.
"This is not permitted in their culture," said Chesler, whose study analyzed more than 50 reports of honor killings in North America and Europe. "This is, from a cultural point of view, an honor killing."
Chesler said honor killings typically are Muslim-on-Muslim crimes and largely involve teenage daughters, young women and, to a lesser extent, wives.
But Chesler said the "extremely gruesome nature" of the crime closely matches the characteristics of an honor killing.
"Leaving the body parts displayed the way he did, like a terrorist would do, that's very peculiar, it's very public," Chesler said. "He wanted to show that even though his business venture may have been failing, that he was in control of his wife."
Chesler called on U.S. and Canadian immigration authorities to inform potential Muslim immigrants and new Muslim citizens that it's illegal to abuse women in the two countries.
"As long as Islamist advocacy groups continue to obfuscate the problem, and government and police officials accept their inaccurate versions of reality, women will continue to be killed for honor in the West, such murder may even accelerate," Chesler wrote. "Unchecked by Western law, their blood will be on society's hands."
M. Zuhdi Jasser, founder and chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, agreed with Chesler.
"It certainly has all the markings of [an honor killing]," Jasser told FOXNews.com. "She expressed through the legal system that she was being abused, and at the moment she asked for divorce, she's not only murdered — she's decapitated."
Muzzammil and Aasiya Hassan founded Bridges TV in November 2004 to counter anti-Islam stereotypes, touting the network as the "first-ever full-time home for American Muslims," according to a 2004 press release.
Jasser said he was concerned that Aasiya Hassan suffered such a barbaric death after she and her husband were seen as a couple focused on bettering the "Islamic image" in the United States.
"The most dangerous aspect of this case is to simply say it's domestic violence," Jasser told FOXNews.com.
In a 1,300-word statement, Islamic Society of North America Vice President Imam Mohammed Hagmagid Ali said the organization was "shocked and saddened" by the killing.
"This is a wake up call to all of us, that violence against women is real and can not be ignored," the statement read. "It must be addressed collectively by every member of our community."
Ali called on imams and community leaders to take a "strong stand" against domestic violence, and he denounced the link of shame and divorce among Muslims.
"Women who seek divorce from their spouses because of physical abuse should get full support from the community and should not be viewed as someone who has brought shame to herself or her family," the statement continued. "The shame is on the person who committed the act of violence or abuse. Our community needs to take a strong stand against abusive spouses."
Meanwhile, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, a producer and host for Bridges TV who worked alongside the Hassans, said "now is not the time" to debate the cultural and religious context of the murder that appears to be an honor killing inspired by Aasiya Hassan's desire to divorce her husband.
"There will be time for that later," Hirschfield said in a statement obtained by FOXNews.com. "I will only say to those who leap to the conclusion that this kind of thing is intrinsic to Islam, ask yourselves if you think that drunkenness is intrinsic to Irish Catholics, or cheating in business is to Jews?"
Beheading in New York Appears to Be Honor Killing, Experts Say
Tuesday , February 17, 2009
By Joshua Rhett Miller
The beheading of 37-year-old Aasiya Hassan has all the markings of an honor killing, psychologists and Islamic experts tell FOXNews.com, as the upstate New York woman's husband awaits a preliminary hearing on murder charges.
Muzzammil Hassan, 44, remains jailed after being charged with the second-degree murder of his wife, whose body was found Thursday at the office of Bridges TV, their television station in Orchard Park, near Buffalo.
Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz said Hassan has not confessed to the crime, despite media reports to the contrary.
"He came in and said his wife was dead," said Benz, who declined to elaborate on the particulars of his conversation with the suspect.
But Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III left no doubt that he believes Muzzammil Hassan killed his wife. Hassan will appear for a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Orchard Park. If convicted of second-degree murder, he faces up to life in prison.
"He's a pretty vicious and remorseless bastard," Sedita told FOXNews.com Tuesday. "Whether he was motivated by some kind of interpretation of his religious or cultural views, we don't know. We'll look into everything in the case."
Asked if the murder is being probed as an honor killing, Benz replied, "We've been told that there's no place for that kind of action in their faith, but I wouldn't say that there's anything that's being completely ruled out at this point."
But psychologists and some American Muslims said the slaying has all the markings of an honor killing.
"The fierce and gruesome nature of this murder signals it's an honor killing," said Dr. Phyllis Chesler, an author and professor of psychology at the Richmond College of the City University of New York. "What she did was worthy of capital punishment in his eyes."
Following multiple episodes of domestic violence, Aasiya Hassan filed for divorce on Feb. 6 and obtained an order of protection that barred her husband from their home, according to attorney Elizabeth DiPirro, whose law firm, Hogan Willig, represented Aasiya Hassan in the divorce proceeding.
Chesler, who wrote "Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?" for Middle East Quarterly, said some Muslim men consider divorce a dishonor on their family.
"This is not permitted in their culture," said Chesler, whose study analyzed more than 50 reports of honor killings in North America and Europe. "This is, from a cultural point of view, an honor killing."
Chesler said honor killings typically are Muslim-on-Muslim crimes and largely involve teenage daughters, young women and, to a lesser extent, wives.
But Chesler said the "extremely gruesome nature" of the crime closely matches the characteristics of an honor killing.
"Leaving the body parts displayed the way he did, like a terrorist would do, that's very peculiar, it's very public," Chesler said. "He wanted to show that even though his business venture may have been failing, that he was in control of his wife."
Chesler called on U.S. and Canadian immigration authorities to inform potential Muslim immigrants and new Muslim citizens that it's illegal to abuse women in the two countries.
"As long as Islamist advocacy groups continue to obfuscate the problem, and government and police officials accept their inaccurate versions of reality, women will continue to be killed for honor in the West, such murder may even accelerate," Chesler wrote. "Unchecked by Western law, their blood will be on society's hands."
M. Zuhdi Jasser, founder and chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, agreed with Chesler.
"It certainly has all the markings of [an honor killing]," Jasser told FOXNews.com. "She expressed through the legal system that she was being abused, and at the moment she asked for divorce, she's not only murdered — she's decapitated."
Muzzammil and Aasiya Hassan founded Bridges TV in November 2004 to counter anti-Islam stereotypes, touting the network as the "first-ever full-time home for American Muslims," according to a 2004 press release.
Jasser said he was concerned that Aasiya Hassan suffered such a barbaric death after she and her husband were seen as a couple focused on bettering the "Islamic image" in the United States.
"The most dangerous aspect of this case is to simply say it's domestic violence," Jasser told FOXNews.com.
In a 1,300-word statement, Islamic Society of North America Vice President Imam Mohammed Hagmagid Ali said the organization was "shocked and saddened" by the killing.
"This is a wake up call to all of us, that violence against women is real and can not be ignored," the statement read. "It must be addressed collectively by every member of our community."
Ali called on imams and community leaders to take a "strong stand" against domestic violence, and he denounced the link of shame and divorce among Muslims.
"Women who seek divorce from their spouses because of physical abuse should get full support from the community and should not be viewed as someone who has brought shame to herself or her family," the statement continued. "The shame is on the person who committed the act of violence or abuse. Our community needs to take a strong stand against abusive spouses."
Meanwhile, Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, a producer and host for Bridges TV who worked alongside the Hassans, said "now is not the time" to debate the cultural and religious context of the murder that appears to be an honor killing inspired by Aasiya Hassan's desire to divorce her husband.
"There will be time for that later," Hirschfield said in a statement obtained by FOXNews.com. "I will only say to those who leap to the conclusion that this kind of thing is intrinsic to Islam, ask yourselves if you think that drunkenness is intrinsic to Irish Catholics, or cheating in business is to Jews?"
MD Illegal rapist of 8 year old
Published: February 17, 2009
A 25-year-old Honduran national is wanted in connection with the rape of an 8-year-old girl.
Police said Marcos Danilo Reyes Banegas is accused of raping the child in Woodbridge on Monday, said Prince William County police spokeswoman Erika Hernandez.
Police said Reyes Banegas is an acquaintance of girl.
Hernandez said the man has ties to the Woodbridge, Alexandria, and Gaithersburg, Md.
Police have obtained warrants charging Reyes Banegas with rape, forcible sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties with a minor, Hernandez said.
He is about 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 154 pounds. He has short black hair and brown eyes.
Hernandez said he is driving a dark gray four-door 2004 Pontiac Grand Am sedan with Maryland registration “2DWK45.”
Hernandez said because of his immigration status Reyes Banegas may try to flee the country.
The report comes on the heels of a Manassas incident in which a man was charged with sexually assaulting another 8-year-old girl.
On Feb. 9, police arrested Gerald Dean Lentz, 46, of 205 Yoakum Parkway #403 in Alexandria, and charged him with object sexual penetration and aggravated sexual battery.
Hernandez said like Reyes Banegas case, Lentz also knew the girl before he allegedly attacked her.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Reyes Banegas is encouraged to call police at 703-792-6500 or Crime Solvers at 703-670-3700. Callers don’t have to give their names. Tips leading to arrest could earn a cash reward up to $1,000.
Staff wrirter Uriah A. Kiser can be reached at 703-878-8065.
A 25-year-old Honduran national is wanted in connection with the rape of an 8-year-old girl.
Police said Marcos Danilo Reyes Banegas is accused of raping the child in Woodbridge on Monday, said Prince William County police spokeswoman Erika Hernandez.
Police said Reyes Banegas is an acquaintance of girl.
Hernandez said the man has ties to the Woodbridge, Alexandria, and Gaithersburg, Md.
Police have obtained warrants charging Reyes Banegas with rape, forcible sodomy, aggravated sexual battery and indecent liberties with a minor, Hernandez said.
He is about 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 154 pounds. He has short black hair and brown eyes.
Hernandez said he is driving a dark gray four-door 2004 Pontiac Grand Am sedan with Maryland registration “2DWK45.”
Hernandez said because of his immigration status Reyes Banegas may try to flee the country.
The report comes on the heels of a Manassas incident in which a man was charged with sexually assaulting another 8-year-old girl.
On Feb. 9, police arrested Gerald Dean Lentz, 46, of 205 Yoakum Parkway #403 in Alexandria, and charged him with object sexual penetration and aggravated sexual battery.
Hernandez said like Reyes Banegas case, Lentz also knew the girl before he allegedly attacked her.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Reyes Banegas is encouraged to call police at 703-792-6500 or Crime Solvers at 703-670-3700. Callers don’t have to give their names. Tips leading to arrest could earn a cash reward up to $1,000.
Staff wrirter Uriah A. Kiser can be reached at 703-878-8065.
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