Reginald Riley wasn’t a troublemaker. The son of a Chicago cop wasn’t a fighter. The college graduate didn’t sell drugs and was never in a gang, family members say.

Yet Riley and friend Michael Chatman, both 22, were killed Aug. 1, 2010 when shooters in a passing SUV riddled a vehicle and home with bullets in the 8400 block of South Euclid.

Ten months after the grisly murders, veteran Chicago Police Officer Wanda Slater has turned her grief into determination to find the shooters. Both Slater’s and Chatman’s families are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions. The reward includes a $5,000 donation from the Rev. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church, family members said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

Police are still on the hunt for a gunman who opened fire on a car in Northwest Jacksonville (FL) on Tuesday night, August 24, 2010 killing a man as he left Grant Park with two young girls, and leaving them with non-fatal gunshot wounds.
Police have not released any new information or identified the victims, but family members said that the man who was the apparent target of the attack was 28-year-old Johnny Hoover, known as J.R.
Police said a car pulled up beside Hoover’s when he was stopped at a red light at the corner of the 20th Street Expressway and Division Street — one block from the park. Several shots were fired into the driver’s side of the car, probably from a rifle, detectives said. Read the rest of this entry »

5-12-11 Update: Three New Hampshire men have been arrested in connection with the death of a Maine woman who disappeared, leaving her toddler inside her abandoned idling car.

The body of Krista Dittmeyer, 20, was discovered in a pond near the Cranmore Mountain ski area four days after she went missing.

Anthony Papile, 28, has been charged with second degree murder and Trevor Ferguson, 23, and Michael Petelis, 28, were each charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office said.

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Blood has reportedly been found in the car of Krista Dittmeyer, a 20-year-old Maine mother whose car and infant daughter were found abandoned in a New Hampshire parking lot.
Krista Dittmeyer’s car was found with the engine running, hazard lights flashing, the door open and her baby girl inside on Saturday morning, April 23, 2011.
It’s unclear why Dittmeyer drove an hour and a half to Conway, New Hampshire. She lives in Portland, Maine, and is originally from Bridgton, Maine. Read the rest of this entry »

On Friday, February 18, 2011 a reward was offered for a cold case. “Reward Introduced in 2002 #StudioCity Murder Case,” tweeted City Councilman Paul Krekorian. Councilman Krekorian, who represents the district where the crime occurred, introduced the motion for the $75,000 reward that was approved.
The reward is being offered for information to help solve a double murder nearly nine years after two bullet-riddled bodies were found in a burning Mercedes-Benz SUV in the 11600 block of Woodbridge Street on September 2, 2002, at around 1:40 a.m. Read the rest of this entry »

Clearwater (FL) Police continue to look for the driver in a hit-and-run crash that injured an elderly woman, who later died. The crash occurred on March 15, 2011.

Police have released a picture of a similar vehicle believed to be involved. They believe the hit-and-run driver was possibly a woman. It is believed the vehicle is still in the State of Florida but could have been driven to another city for repairs or may still be showing damage.
Authorities are searching for a silver or gray pickup truck, possibly a Dodge 2005-2006 model, with tinted windows. The truck will have damage to the rear quarter panel and back end of the truck. Read the rest of this entry »

Take a good look at Larry Collins, 51. He’s 6-feet-tall and 150 pounds with tattoos on his back, chest and left arm.

In 1982, he was convicted in California of three separate forcible rape charges. The conviction involved the rape of an 18 year-old woman, for which he was sent away for 21 years.

He also recently served prison time in Texas for an unrelated conviction. When he was released in the summer of 2010, authorities say he only told them that he’d be living somewhere in Houston.

He was warned that he had to register as a sex offender anywhere he lived. Read the rest of this entry »

A local family hopes a $10,000 reward turns up the heat on a cold murder case. Her relatives and investigators believe witnesses now have thousands of reasons to start talking.
The brother, mother and sister of Tracy Sissom are looking for justice and the person who killed her. Holding Tracy’s picture, sister Shelly Sullivan said, “We’re pleading. It’s been a long time.”
The 33-year-old Indianapolis woman, a mother of three children, the youngest a toddler, was murdered over six years ago. Read the rest of this entry »

9-1-11 Update: PARSIPPANY — Authorities say a Florida man featured on “”America’s Most Wanted” has been captured here.

Federal agents arrested Eric Antwan Bell today in Parsippany. He had been living in Jersey City.

Bell was accused in a federal complaint filed in Florida in January of producing child pornography and engaging in the sex trafficking of a minor.

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ERIC ANTWAN BELL
Producing Child Pornography; Aiding and Abetting the Production of Child Pornography; Unlawfully Possessing a Firearm; Engaging in Sex Trafficking of a Minor; Aiding and Abetting Sex Trafficking of a Minor

Eric Antwan Bell, a convicted felon, is wanted for his alleged involvement in the sex trafficking of minors in the Tampa, Florida area. It is alleged that Bell had underage girls working for him from his residence since 2008, and advertised them for prostitution on the Internet. A local, state, and federal multi-agency task force initiated an investigation in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

2-2-13 Update:  A Level 3 sex offender from Ayer, who fled to Belize to try to escape child-pornography charges, was sentenced Thursday in federal court to 25 years in federal prison.

Thomas A. Donahue, 45, formerly of 14 Williams St., Unit 2F, Ayer, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 25 years in prison followed by 10 years probation after pleading guilty in October to producing, distributing and possessing child pornography.

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THOMAS A. DONAHUE
Production of Child Pornography; Distribution of Child Pornography; Possession of Child Pornography
REWARD: The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of Thomas A. Donahue
Thomas A. Donahue, a registered sex offender, is wanted for allegedly producing child pornography in Manchester, New Hampshire, and possessing and distributing child pornography in Ayer, Massachusetts. It is alleged that between March of 2010 and February of 2011, Donahue, among other things, produced a visual depiction of a minor male engaged in sexually explicit conduct. On March 7, 2011, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Donahue in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, and he was charged with the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography.
Donahue has a receding hairline

Authorities are offering a $7,500 cash reward for information leading to the arrest of a reputed member of the Texas Syndicate who is wanted for murder, aggravated assault and drug trafficking.

On March 11, Harlingen police allege Ernesto Alonso Garcia, 28, stabbed two men. One of the men died as a result of his injuries. He is also wanted on a federal warrant for marijuana trafficking. Read the rest of this entry »