Boy, 10, accused of killing mother with Christmas present rifle

Boy, 10, charged with killing mother
MILLERSBURG, Ohio, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A 10-year-old Ohio boy accused of using a .22-caliber rifle to kill his mother appeared in juvenile court Monday. The Millersburg Daily Record reported the boy denied the charge of Juvenile Delinquency by Murder during his appearance in Holmes County Juvenile Court. The boy was being detained at a juvenile facility in Richland County. The boy is charged in the Sunday evening shooting death of Deborah L. McVay, 46, at their Big Prairie-area home where they had l...

Firewood spat may have come before Ohio mom killed
HOLMESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A sheriff's deputy says a 10-year-old Ohio boy suspected in his mother's shooting death may have argued with her beforehand about whether to carry firewood into the home. The boy is charged with Murder as a juvenile and has entered the equivalent of a Not Guilty plea. Chief Deputy Nathan Fritz of the Holmes County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday authorities found one shotgun, three rifles and a gun rack in the boy's bedroom. Fritz says the .22-caliber rifle authorities b...

Boy may have killed mom over chore
MILLERSBURG, Ohio, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A 10-year-old Ohio boy apparently fatally shot his mother after they argued over his firewood chore, authorities said Tuesday. "Apparently there was a verbal argument about the mother wanting the boy to bring firewood into the house, which may have had a bearing on what happened," Holmes County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Nathan Fritz told ABC News. "Apparently the tenor of the argument was very heated." However, a lawyer representing the youth said he did not know...

Guns Found on Bed of Boy Charged in Mom's Death
Like this Story? Share it: (AP) MILLERSBURG, Ohio - An investigator says two loaded guns were found on the bed of a 10-year-old boy charged as a juvenile with Murder in the shooting death of his mother. Chief Deputy Nathan Fritz of the Holmes County Sheriff's Office says one weapon was a .22-caliber rifle investigators believe was used to fire the fatal shot. Fritz tells The Daily Record of Wooster the other was a 12-gauge shotgun. The newspaper reports investigators think the guns were given ...

Cops: Ohio Boy Argued with Mom Before Murder
MILLERSBURG, Ohio (CBS/AP) Two loaded guns were found on the bed of a 10-year-old boy charged as a juvenile with the Ohio shooting death of his mother, Deborah McVay, according to police. Chief Deputy Nathan Fritz of the Holmes County Sheriff's Office says one weapon was a .22-caliber rifle investigators believe was used to fire the fatal shot. Fritz says the boy may have argued with his mother beforehand about whether to carry firewood into the home. Fritz tells The Daily Record of Wooster the ...

10 year old boy guns down mother
In the December 18, 1952 airing of Dragnet, The big .22 rifle for Christmas, a boy is given a rifle as a Christmas Present. The boy finds the rifle early, and while playing with it, accidentally shoots his friend dead. In Big Prairie, about a two mile drive from Youngstown, a 10 year old boy (name withheld due to his age) was given a .22 rifle for Christmas. The boy used the rifle, Sunday, to shoot his mother in the head. The boy then ran to a neighbor's house shortly after 6 p.m. and told her t...

HORROR: 2 Men Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman With Live Snake...
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — Two northwestern Wisconsin men are accused of sexually assaulting a woman with a live snake. Twenty-four-year-old John Bullock of Altoona and 25-year-old Domonta Jones of Eau Claire pleaded Not Guilty to the assault Monday in Eau Claire County Circuit Court. Each man is charged with first-degree Sexual Assault. A Criminal Complaint says the woman told police she was knocked out in the bedroom of Jones’ home on Nov. 11. And, when she regained consciousness, Jon...

Designer's Family Face to Face With Man Accused in Her Death
The family of a Fashion Designer found dead last month in the Soho House hotel in the Meatpacking District saw the man accused of killing her, Nicholas Brooks, for the first time since her death when he was arraigned Tuesday on a second-degree Murder charge. The brothers of the designer, Sylvie Cachay, said the court hearing was difficult to take. “Truly it’s disgusting to see this cowardly individual,” said one of the brothers, Patrick Orlando. “It was definitely important to see t

Ohio Boy, 10, Charged With Murder After Allegedly Shooting Mom in the Head
A 10-year-old Ohio boy was charged with Murder today for allegedly shooting his mother with a .22 caliber rifle. Holmes County juvenile assistant prosecutor Sean Warner told ABC News that the boy has been charged with one count of murder. "I can't divulge any statements by witness or the alleged delinquent child. But as charged it does not appear to be accident," said Warner. "There is no indication that there are any other suspects." The 10-year old defendant issued a denial of the Murder c...

New trial for Harvey man charged with killing boxer
An appeals court has ordered a new trial for a Harvey man who spent 7 years on the run after allegedly killing a Golden Gloves boxer he thought may have stolen his wallet. Keith Wilcox was captured in Las Vegas in 2004, where he was living with his brother Toby, who was himself wanted for the Murders of an Ohio man and infant. Wilcox was charged with murder and unlawful restraint for the 1997 slaying of Gerald Cross in Harvey. In a ruling released today, a 1st District appeals court ordered a ...

Sheriff: Ohio woman killed and son, 10, is suspect
HOLMESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - A 10-year-old boy is in juvenile custody after telling a neighbor that he had shot and killed his mother, an Ohio sheriff said Monday. Deborah McVay, 46, was found dead of a single gunshot wound to the head Sunday night in Big Prairie, located about midway between Cleveland and Columbus, said Holmes County Sheriff Tim Zimmerly. Paramedics found McVay lying facedown on her living room floor, and she was pronounced dead at the scene, Zimmerly said. Authorities went to th...

Sheriff: Mom killed, 10-yr-old son suspected
HOLMESVILLE, Ohio — An Ohio sheriff says a 10-year-old boy is in juvenile custody after telling a neighbor he had shot and killed his mother. Holmes County Sheriff Tim Zimmerly says 46-year-old Deborah L. McVay was found dead in her living room Sunday night in Big Prairie, midway between Cleveland and Columbus. A neighbor had called a sheriff’s dispatcher to say McVay’s son had come to her home and said he had just shot his mother. The boy is being held in Richland County Juve...

Boy, 10, Suspect in Mom's Murder
HOLMESVILLE, Ohio - An Ohio sheriff says a 10-year-old boy is in juvenile custody after telling a neighbor he had shot and killed his mother. Holmes County Sheriff Tim Zimmerly says 46-year-old Deborah McVay was found dead in her living room Sunday night in Big Prairie, midway between Cleveland and Columbus. Authorities went to the home after a neighbor called a sheriff's dispatcher to say McVay's son had come to her home and said he had just shot his mother. The boy is being held in Richland Co...

Sheriff: Ohio woman killed and son, 10, is suspect
An Ohio sheriff says a 10-year-old boy is in juvenile custody after telling a neighbor he had shot and killed his mother. Holmes County Sheriff Tim Zimmerly says 46-year-old Deborah McVay was found dead in her living room Sunday night in Big Prairie, midway between Cleveland and Columbus. Authorities went to the home after a neighbor called a sheriff's dispatcher to say McVay's son had come to her home and said he had just shot his mother. The boy is being held in Richland County Juvenile Detent...

Rochester Woman Charged In Fatal Party Stabbing
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A 52-year-old Rochester woman has been charged in the death of a father of seven who was stabbed while trying to break up a fight at a New Year’s Eve party. Police say 46-year-old James Singleton died at a Rochester Hospital several hours after he was stabbed in the thigh with a piece of broken glass when a fight broke out between two women at a party last Friday night. Authorities say Nancy James was charged with first-degree Manslaughter. She pleaded not guil...

Court OKs searches of cell phones without warrant
(01-03) 16:25 PST San Francisco -- The California Supreme Court allowed police Monday to search arrestees' cell phones without a warrant, saying defendants lose their Privacy rights for any items they're carrying when taken into Custody. Under U.S. Supreme Court precedents, "this loss of Privacy allows police not only to seize anything of importance they find on the arrestee's body ... but also to open and examine what they find," the state court said in a 5-2 ruling. The majority, led by Jus...

10-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murdering Mother...
A 10-year-old Ohio boy was charged with Murder today for allegedly shooting his mother with a .22 caliber rifle. In this file photo a Police Officer tapes off a Crime scene investigation area. Holmes County juvenile assistant prosecutor Sean Warner told ABC News that the boy has been charged with one count of murder. "I can't divulge any statements by witness or the alleged delinquent child. But as charged it does not appear to be accident," said Warner. "There is no indication that there are ...

On the Radar: Navy video fallout, Conrad Murray, CES, more Lohan trouble?
Navy's raunchy video fallout - The Navy is investigating how a series of raunchy videos, full of sexual innuendo and anti-gay remarks, was produced and shown to a crew while on Deployment. And as the investigation continues, a debate also is taking place about whether the high-ranking Navy officer in question should keep his position. Excerpts from the videos and descriptions of their content were first published Saturday by The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk, Virginia. Conrad M...

Indictment Against Designers Ex To Be Unsealed Tuesday
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — The brothers of Fashion Designer Sylvie Cachay were expected to be in court Tuesday when a second-degree Murder indictment against her ex-boyfriend is formally unsealed, Magee Hickey reports. Their family lawyer was quoted as saying seeing Nicholas Brooks will be “a very difficult experience” for them. “She was a person that touched many many people very kind, incredibly loving incredibly talented. She really was a shining star,” said Patrick Orla...

Economic naivete meets 2011
No, I'm not talking about Paul Krugman, I'm talking about historians and political Economists of the recent past who knew America was a capitalistic mess but who were believed we'd pull out of it.  We haven't.  Unleashed Capitalism has damaged America to a point that may have seemed unimaginable in the 1950's. James Kwak's Christmas Present to himself was to reread Robert Heilbroner's "The Worldly Philosophers" in its 1980 edition. As the origi...

Nicholas Brooks Pleads Not Guilty To Sylvie Cachay Murder Charge
Manhattan Supreme Court -- The hard-partying Manhattan man accused of strangling and drowning Fashion Designer Sylvie Cachay admitted to police that he gave her the drugs that rendered her incapacitated, according to court documents unsealed at his Supreme Court arraignment Tuesday. Nicholas Brooks, 24, pleaded Not Guilty to second-degree Murder charges Tuesday. Cachay's half-dressed body was found submerged in a bathtub at the SoHo House private club in the Meatpacking District on Dec. 9. Bro...

'Too thin' wall crushed toddler
A North London council "failed in its duty" to maintain a wall which killed a toddler when it collapsed in high winds in January 2007, a court has heard. Two-year-old Saurav Ghai was crushed as he and his childminder walked along Southampton Road in Gospel Oak. Camden Council admitted two breaches of Health and Safety Legislation but argued it was a sub-contractor's duty to ensure the wall was maintained. Southwark Crown Court was told the wall was too thin for its height. A trial...

Mr. Haggerty Goes To Albany
Mr. (John) Haggerty Goes To Albany Spotted in the halls outside the Senate chamber this afternoon was none other than John Haggerty, the longtime Queens political operative who’s been charged with stealing $1.1 million from Mayor Bloomberg's 2009 re-election campaign. Haggerty, who has pleaded Not Guilty to the charges, said he was in Albany to say hello to some of the newly elected Assembly Republicans taking the oath of office today. After working for bomb-throwing GOP gubernatorial ...

Jackson manslaughter hearing opens in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- Choreographer Kenny Ortega, the last person to work with Michael Jackson on his ill-fated concert tour, has told a Los Angeles judge that the superstar seemed unwell and not in condition six days before he died, and went home early from Rehearsals at his suggestion. The Testimony Tuesday came in a preliminary hearing to determine if Jackson's physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, stands trial on a charge of involuntary Manslaughter for administering the powerful anesthetic Propofol to the...

Reward Offered In Shooting Of Inman Horses
INMAN, S.C. -- An Inman man is offering a reward for information about the shooting of two of his horses. Monty Howard lives along Alverson Road. He said that his 7-year-old horse, Jack, was shot a couple of days ago, and another horse was shot and killed two weeks earlier. A Veterinarian from Twin Oaks Veterinary in Landrum stopped by Howard's farm on Monday while FOX Carolina was covering the story. The doctor donated some Antibiotics to help Jack recover. "Why shoot a horse?" Howard asked. "N...