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Wayne Johnson
Police make third arrest in apartment slaying
12/11/01
By RON COLQUITT
Staff Reporter
Jeremiah Patterson, 17, surrendered Monday and was charged with murder
and
attempted murder in connection with last week's slaying of Shannon
Ingram
and the shooting of her boyfriend, Mobile police said.
Patterson was the third suspect arrested in the slaying of Ingram and
the
wounding of Alvin Woods last Wednesday.
Patterson surrendered about 11 a.m. at Mobile police headquarters on
Government Boulevard, Cpl. John Goodwin, a Mobile police spokesman,
said.
Besides murder and attempted murder, Patterson also was charged with
first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary, Goodwin said.
Details of the robbery and burglary charges were not immediately
available
because police said that revealing the information could interfere
with
their investigation.
Patterson was taken to Mobile County Metro Jail where he was being
held
without bond, a jail corrections officer said.
Police said the 21-year-old Ingram, who was pregnant, was pronounced
dead at
the scene of the 5:30 a.m. shootings in Cambridge West Apartments
where she
lived with Woods.
Ingram's funeral was held Monday. Family members have declined
comment.
Woods was shot several times but survived. He was taken to Providence
Hospital where he was treated and re leased Friday.
The shooting likely stemmed from an altercation that occurred earlier
at
another west Mobile apartment complex, according to Goodwin.
Police were already on their way to the apartment in the 7500 block of
Zeigler Boulevard in west Mobile when the shooting occurred. They had
received a call from another resident about three armed men ascending
the
stairs to the apartment where Ingram and Woods lived.
Officers arrested Shamaine Crayton, 25, and Delvecchio Alston, 24, as
the
suspects tried to run from the scene, Goodwin said.
Crayton was charged with murder, attempted murder, first-degree
robbery and
first-degree burglary. He also was charged with unlawful possession of
a
controlled substance after officers found crack cocaine in his pocket,
Goodwin said.
Alston was charged with murder, attempted murder, first-degree robbery
and
first-degree burglary.
Both men were being held without bond Monday at Metro Jail, a
corrections
officer said.
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***Bad news, we're not executing enough niggers***
Execution bias study: It's not race, but location
By TIM MCGLONE, The Virginian-Pilot
© December 11, 2001
AP file photo.
RICHMOND -- The chances a killer will face a death sentence in
Virginia are
based more on where he is prosecuted than on race or other issues,
according
to a legislative study released Monday.
The study, conducted by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review
Commission
staff, contradicts the findings last year by the American Civil
Liberties
Union of Virginia, which found that black defendants are more likely
to get
a death sentence when victims are white.
It also is the third study in two years that has found inequities in
Virginia's system of capital punishment, prompting death-penalty
opponents
to call again for a moratorium on executions in the commonwealth.
According to the yearlong JLARC study, capital defendants in
Virginia's
suburban areas, such as Chesapeake, are more than twice as likely to
face a
death sentence than in higher-population areas such as Norfolk and
Portsmouth, where juries are more skeptical of government.
JLARC looked at 215 crimes that qualified as capital murder between
1995,
when parole was abolished, and 1999.
TalkNet: Debate capital punishment in Virginia - is it fair?
JLARC directed its staff to conduct the study in November 2000, just
weeks
after new DNA testing cleared former death-row inmate Earl Washington
Jr. of
a 1982 rape and murder for which he came within days of being
executed.
The study was immediately criticized by the attorney general's office
and
several legislators on the commission.
``We don't think it stands up to hard analysis,'' E. Montgomery
Tucker,
deputy state attorney general, told the commission. He said the study
includes ``unsupported assumptions.''
But Sen. Thomas K. Norment, R-James City County, applauded the study's
findings that race is not a factor in death penalty cases.
``I would say that it is a wonderful story to tell Virginians that
we're
applying the law equally,'' Norment said. ``I don't find the
conclusions
troubling at all.''
The study also questioned the fairness of judicial review of
death-penalty
cases.
``A substantial proportion of claims related to the fairness of
capital
murder trials are never considered in the post-conviction phase of
judicial
review,'' the study said.
Cited was a Virginia Supreme Court rule that trial errors cannot be
considered on appeal unless they were brought up during the trial.
Federal
courts considering Virginia cases also are bound by that rule.
The report states that according to several written opinions of
federal
judges, ``Virginia's procedural restrictions have forced the courts to
affirm the convictions for a few persons who were unquestionably
guilty of
capital murder, but have, nevertheless, not received a fair trial.''
That conclusion mirrors a 2000 report by Columbia University that
showed
fewer death-penalty cases were being overturned in Virginia upon
review by
appeals courts than in any other state in the country.
The study asks whether the General Assembly should consider loosening
appellate-level restrictions in capital cases.
Among the 38 states with the death penalty, Virginia ranks second in
the
most executions in the past 25 years. Since the U.S. Supreme Court
allowed
executions to resume in 1976, Texas has executed 255 killers. Virginia
is
second, with 83.
JLARC staff said the most telling conclusion was how
disproportionately the
death penalty was meted out from city to city and county to county.
Prosecutors in the high-density cities and counties of Norfolk,
Portsmouth,
Virginia Beach, Newport News, Richmond, Fairfax and Arlington sought
the
death penalty in 16 percent of the cases that were eligible between
1995 and
1999, the study said.
In medium-density areas, such as Chesapeake, Suffolk, Danville,
Chesterfield
and Henrico, prosecutors sought the death penalty in 45 percent of the
eligible cases. In rural areas, including Franklin, Southampton and
Accomack, the rate was 34 percent.
``Can the disparate outcomes which flow from the proper exercise of
prosecutoral discretion be accepted in a system where the ultimate
sanction
is execution?'' the study asks.
Among other findings:
When the victim in a capital crime was female, 91 percent of those
arrested
were indicted by a grand jury for capital murder, as opposed to 63
percent
when the victim was male.
Whites faced a higher rate of capital murder indictment than blacks.
In cases of robbery-murder, prosecutors in suburban areas are more
than four
times more likely to seek the death penalty than those in urban areas.
There was a 78 percent lower probability that prosecutors would seek
the
death penalty when the defendant murdered a member of his own family.
In one example noting the disparity among young offenders, the study
cited
the case of Chauncey Jackson, who was 16 when he shot and killed a
Norfolk
man in a 1994 robbery. Since 1987, Jackson was the only one of 10
16-year-old capital murder defendants to receive the death penalty.
The study cited the Virginia Supreme Court for initially failing to
rule
that Jackson's sentence was disproportionate with the others. The
study
suggests that the court should compare life-without-parole sentences
to
determine whether a death sentence was handed out fairly.
Jackson's case was later overturned on unrelated grounds and sent back
for a
new trial. He pleaded guilty and is now serving a life sentence.
The JLARC study likely will be discussed at the next legislative
session,
officials said. But the commission did not say whether it would
recommend
any action.
However, the attorney general's office, whose task is to defend
capital
sentences during the appeal process, filed an eight-page rebuttal with
the
commission, citing misleading and incorrect information in the study.
Tucker
said it was ``disturbing'' that the study questioned the fairness of
prosecutors' decisions to seek the death penalty. He said the study
failed
to include the quality of evidence in cases, the seriousness of the
crime
and the opinions of the community that elected their commonwealth's
attorneys.
He said claims of unfairness in Virginia's death penalty system have
been
litigated and rejected.
Henry Heller of Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty said
after
the briefing that the study shows the need for a moratorium on
executions
``so that the system can be fully studied.''
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***hard headed nigger***
Teen-ager injured by gunshot to face
2 men approached victim standing by car, grabbed him, then shot him,
police
said
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
BY GLENN SMITH
Of The Post and Courier Staff
North Charleston police are looking for a gunman who shot a
teen-ager
in the face Sunday afternoon on Oak Leaf Circle.
The victim, 17, told police a man approached him shortly after 4
p.m.,
grabbed him by the neck and placed a gun to his head. The gunman
threatened
to rob the victim, and then put the gun in the youth's mouth and
pulled the
trigger, according to a police report.
Officers found Taurus Vereen of Ridgeville bleeding from the
mouth,
with two teeth missing and a split tongue. While speaking with police,
the
spent round fell out of his mouth and onto a towel, according to a
police
report.
Vereen was transported to an area hospital, where he was listed
in
stable condition Sunday, police said. His condition was not_available
Monday.
Investigators are pursuing possible leads, but have not made an
arrest,
said Detective Sgt. Ken Hagge.
Witnesses told police Vereen had been chatting with people beside
a car
and had exchanged words with some men across the street. Two men
walked over
to him, and one ordered Vereen to take his hands out of his pockets.
When he
complied, the man pushed him onto the car and threatened him with what
appeared to be a small-caliber handgun, according to a police report.
One witness told police the gunman threatened to kill Vereen,
then shot
him in the mouth, police said. The gunman and his friend ran off, one
heading toward Northside Drive and the other running to the rear of
the
housing complex, police said.
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***FBI is racists***
Suit accuses former FBI agent of racism
By Oralandar Brand-Williams / The Detroit News
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DETROIT -- A $100-million civil rights lawsuit has been filed
against a
former Michigan FBI agent who heads a security consulting firm.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court by Louis
DeWeaver, who is African American, and Brian Berg, a white former
supervisor
at Kerby Bailey & Associates, a security consulting firm in Saginaw
whose
parent company is based in Troy.
According to the lawsuit, Philip Kerby, a former veteran FBI agent,
routinely used racial slurs to refer to blacks. Kerby is accused of
using a
racial slur to refer to DeWeaver, a surveillance specialist, when
DeWeaver
complained of being treated unfairly by company officials.
Kerby is president of Kerby, Bailey & Associates, which conducts
employee
background checks and other investigative work.
DeWeaver claims he was subjected to racial hostility when he
complained
of unfair treatment within the company.
"I've been written up for things other people haven't been written
up
for," DeWeaver said. "People didn't talk to me. I just wasn't treated
right."
Berg, DeWeaver's supervisor, says Kerby used a racial epithet in
reference to DeWeaver.
Berg, a part-time Saginaw-area police officer, charged that his
department within Kerby, Bailey & Associates was phased out because he
defended DeWeaver against Kerby.
Philip Kerby declined to comment. Ricardo Resio, director of human
resources for The Rehmann Group, the parent company of Kerby, Bailey &
Associates, said Kerby "has admitted to and regrets using an
inappropriate
term made to a third party within the company."
"This indiscretion, while arguably lacking in professional decorum,
in no
way reflects Mr. Kerby's nor the company's opinion of Mr. DeWeaver;
nor has
it had any bearing whatsoever on Mr. DeWeaver's career with Kerby,
Bailey &
Associates, " Resio said in a statement.
DeWeaver and Berg said they were fired last week from Kerby, Bailey
&
Associates.
Resio said they were dismissed "due to a regular and on-going
pattern of
unreasonable behavior, inappropriate conduct and insubordination
detrimental
to the company."
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***nobody wants to babysit niggers***
A paucity of cell watchers
Keith Boone, a Durham County detention officer, checks inmates as they
pick
up their lunches. Boone likes his job.
Staff Photo By Scott Lewis
By AISLING SWIFT, Staff Writer
Angry, violent, cursing inmates. Gripes, complaints and fights.
Clogged
toilets, smashed TVs and, sometimes, inmates spitting or urinating.
That's the life of a county jail detention officer. And, to top it
off, the
starting pay is low.
As a result, Durham and Wake counties are facing a severe shortage of
detention officers and escalating overtime costs to maintain safe
conditions
in their county jails.
"We have a whole pod that's empty," Durham County Chief Deputy Wes
Crabtree
said of one section of the 576-cell jail. "We don't have enough
employees to
run it."
County officials have turned to newspaper ads, job fairs and TV
commercials
to recruit officers. Durham County even tried luring candidates by
airing an
ad at a South Square movie theater.
In Durham, 20 jobs remain unfilled after 30 were hired this year,
including
10 last week. Last year, 25 of 211 detention officers left for various
reasons and 14 were hired.
In Wake County, where there are 128 officers and supervisors, the
situation
is worse. Forty positions are vacant, even after hiring 11 since
April.
"We're constantly recruiting. ... The turnover rate is pretty high,"
Wake
County Sheriff John Baker Jr. said. "It's a problem not only in jails,
but
corrections institutions, also."
Because there is money budgeted for vacant jobs' salaries, officials
say,
jails aren't going over their budgets.
Orange County doesn't have vacancies, officials say, partly because
detention officers are hired as dual officers, enabling them to work
both in
jail or on the road as deputies for higher pay with law enforcement
promotion opportunities.
A dual officer's starting pay is $29,262, while a detention officer's
is
$24,079, which can rise to $24,980 if they earn a detention school
certificate or have experience. Durham County detention officers begin
at
$26,000, while Wake County officers start at $25,000, or slightly more
if
they have experience, such as in the military, or a college degree.
For some, supervising inmates is considered a rewarding career with
good
benefits, possibilities for promotions and leadership positions. While
many
view a job as a detention officer as a steppingstone into a law
enforcement
career, others find it falls short of their expectations and leave for
other
industries.
"You have to be a very special individual to be able to deal with this
type
of work," said Sheila Fort-Ray, director of detention services in Wake
County. "Our staff experiences a lot of abuse."
It's traditionally a high-burnout field, according to the American
Corrections Association, which lists several stress-provoking aspects:
limited resources, unpredictable offenders, the constant threat of
danger,
personal and professional demands, and little appreciation from the
public.
Crabtree admits that, although it's by request, officers working
overtime
causes stress and exhaustion, which likely contributes to high
turnover.
But Baker discourages anyone from considering it a steppingstone job
and,
instead, seeks dedication to a career supervising inmates. "If I take
a
person interested in law enforcement and put them in as a detention
officer,
they wouldn't be satisfied," Baker said. "They'd just be waiting to
move to
law enforcement."
But Durham police officer E.J. Jeffries, who worked five years in the
jail
before becoming a police officer in 1997, called the experience
invaluable
because of the contacts he made in jail. He recommends it as the best
starting point for a law enforcement career.
"I had contact with a lot of people in the jail, and when I became a
police
officer, I had contact with them on the streets," said Jeffries, a
Crime
Area Target (CAT) officer named 2001 Officer of the Year. "I treated
them
with respect in the jail, and they gave me a lot of useful information
that
led to arrests."
The days of building jails with bars are long gone. Newer jails, which
contain solid doors on cells, pods in which officers mingle with
inmates,
and several floors that can be overseen at once, prevent many of the
incidents that caused tension in the ranks -- inmates urinating on
officers
or throwing feces.
Because the majority of inmates aren't convicted and are awaiting
trials --
unlike prisons, where inmates serve out sentences -- resentment and
anger
build.
"They're impatient, more demanding, and they get irritated and destroy
things," Orange County Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass said, adding that
prisoners
resent regulations that are needed to maintain order. "Sometimes, they
take
their clothing off and stop up commodes and smash TVs. ... We've had
people
who go zonkers on us, people waiting 14 months, waiting for trials."
Orange County's 138-bed jail has a section with bars, while another is
dormitory style with pods. Each inmate has a cell that's locked with a
solid
door at night. There are usually 130 inmates, or up to 145 on weekends
when
mattresses on floors are used, and about 38 officers.
Durham County's jail, built in 1996, has 576 single cells with solid
doors.
It accommodates up to 850 prisoners and uses a direct supervision
concept
that requires officers to work among the inmates rather than making
periodic
rounds. There are currently 476 inmates.
"The pod concept is open, so people don't feel as cramped or closed
in,"
Crabtree said, noting that there's an exercise area for inmates to
cool
down. "It's much more oriented toward an environment that's closed in.
It's
still a jail, don't get me wrong, but it's more conducive to less
violence."
Wake County's inmates are housed in three jails. The main jail -- the
maximum-security Public Safety Center -- is in downtown Raleigh and
was
built to house 470, but has, in the past, averaged 672. The other two
jails -- in the county courthouse and on Hammond Road in South Raleigh
--
have lower security and routinely fall below capacity.
And although there's high turnover at the jails, some who leave the
job
decide to come back.
Col. George Naylor, who oversees Durham's jail, said he has been
contacted
by four people who want to return.
Jametria Sampson, a detention officer who worked there three years,
left for
two and returned three months ago, now works as a clerk and is
considering
becoming an officer again.
Her husband, Terry, who helps recruit and train officers, persuaded
her to
return to the job she loved, a job with better benefits. "I felt like
I was
helping people," she said. "I always wanted to work in law
enforcement."
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***nigger cop***
Girl recalls finding mom, others slain
Nine-year-old testifies at trial of ex-cop Calvin Williams, who is
accused
of killing four people.
By Paula Reed Ward
Savannah Morning News
MACON -- Shanteria Davis took the witness stand Monday with confidence
and
spunk.
Having just turned 9, she was only 7 when she found the bodies of her
mother
and three family friends in the master bedroom of their Olive Street
home in
Hinesville.
She was the second prosecution witness on the opening day of testimony
in
the quadruple homicide case against former Ludowici police Officer
Calvin
Williams.
Williams is charged with four counts of murder for the deaths of Ponda
Davis, 28; Lisa Bymon, 26, and her two children, Juwan, 6, and Desiree
Williams, 7. The children were not related to the defendant.
In front of a room full of strangers, the small girl in a black velvet
dress
with white beads in her hair, answered questions briskly for the
prosecutor.
At first her answers were "Yes, sir. No, sir." Then, when it was time
to
describe what happened that July 2000 morning, her demeanor changed.
She was
no longer the well-rehearsed, confident child.
Instead, she spoke in quick succession, like a little child trying to
get it
all out. No breaths. No pauses. No questions.
"I woke up in the middle of the morning. Saw blood in the middle of
the
floor. Then I went and woke my brother up and told him to come see. We
went
under the bed. We were scared."
Shanteria found the bodies just after 7 a.m. July 1, 2000. Shanteria,
and
her 5-year-old brother, wearing just nightshirts and slippers, later
climbed
out a bedroom window, and headed for their aunt's house to get help.
On the
way, they ran into Hinesville police Officer Laura Williams.
"They appeared to be very scared," Williams testified. "They said they
thought (their mother Ponda Davis) had killed somebody."
Police later found out that Ponda Davis was dead. She had been stabbed
46
times. Bymon, who was dating Calvin Williams, was shot once in the
head with
a 9 mm gun and stabbed twice. Desiree Williams was stabbed nine times
and
her throat was cut. Juwan was stabbed 11 times, his throat slashed.
Shanteria and her brother, Antwine, were both locked in their bedrooms
when
the others were killed. Shanteria said her mother always told them to
lock
their doors when they went to bed.
"They for whatever reason, luckily, were not killed that night," said
Tom
Durden, the district attorney for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, during
his
opening argument. "That little girl had the courage to get her little
brother up, packed her backpack up and left."
Testimony showed the floor of the master bedroom was covered in blood,
and
blood was streaked through the hallway. During opening arguments and
throughout the afternoon's testimony, Durden focused on Williams'
blood
reportedly being found in the crime scene.
"His blood was in the same spot as Ponda's blood," Durden said in his
10-minute opening.
But during his seven-minute opening statement and his
cross-examinations,
defense lawyer William Cox focused on boot prints found in the blood
of the
home.
"I think the evidence will show you there were two people," Cox told
the
jury. "Those people are still out there somewhere."
Throughout the day's testimony, Calvin Williams' wife, two daughters
and
parents sat behind in the courtroom. Cox said they have stood by him
throughout the case.
The prosecution expects to call 40 witnesses in the case. Ponda Davis'
mother, Debra Jones, was scheduled to testify, but died just days
before the
trial was due to start, Jones was outspoken about the case, denouncing
domestic violence and was pushing for the state to seek the death
penalty in
the case.
"This has been a lot of stress on her," said Lou Groover, one of the
prosecutors. "I think this has probably taken a harder toll on her
than
anyone."
Courts reporter Paula Reed Ward can be reached at 652-0360 or at
pau...@savannahnow.com
The case
Calvin Williams' trial was moved to Macon because of pre-trial
publicity.
The jury is made up of six men and six women. Seven jurors are white;
five
black.
The trial is expected to continue throughout the week. The prosecution
estimates a total of 40 witnesses. The defense would not say how many
it
plans to call or whether Williams will take the stand.
Who testified
The following people who testified on the opening day of Williams'
trial for
the July 1, 2000, quadruple homicide in Hinesville:
Officer Laura Williams, who came upon Ponda Davis' children about 7
a.m.
July 1, 2000, when they were on their way to their aunt's home after
finding
their mother's body. She escorted the children back to the 502 Olive
St.
home and then took them to the Hinesville Police Department. (on the
stand
for 14 minutes)
Shanteria Davis, 9, first to find the bodies in her home the morning
of July
1. She woke her little brother, Antwine, and after hiding under a bed
for a
short time, the two climbed out a bedroom window, headed for their
aunt's
house to get help. (on the stand for 14 minutes)
Cpl. Terranova Smith, of the Hinesville Police Department. He was one
of the
first officers to enter the house on Olive Street. He found the bodies
of
Ponda Davis, Lisa Bymon, and her children, Juwan and Desiree Williams,
all
in the same bedroom. He also called EMS. (on the stand for 9 minutes)
Lt. Kristian Johanson, at the time a detective with the Hinesville
Police
Department. He canvassed the neighborhood the morning of July 1 for
witnesses and also diagrammed the crime scene. Johanson also served
two
search warrants on Calvin Williams' home - the first on July 2 at 2
a.m.,
the second on July 7 at 7:45 p.m. Johanson described the items seized
from
Williams' home, including a boot print on a piece of cardboard in his
garage, a receipt for a car wash from July 1, as well as his duty belt
and
ammunition for handguns. (on the stand for 102 minutes)
Doug Diller, a paramedic with Liberty Regional EMS. Diller was called
to the
scene that morning and verified that the victims were dead. (on the
stand
for 8 minutes)
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Late one night, I heard my Mama and Daddy smoking crack and fucking.
Mama say, "Daddy. I'm worried. That motha fuckin boy be wanting food
all day, and food all night. He just be hungry all
the time."
And Daddy say, "Yo Bitch. Dat ain't mah motha fuckin kid. That boy ain't my responsibility. Fuck him; yo ho get me another malt liquor before I'z bitch slap yo ass."
-John Lee Hooker, "Born To Boogie"