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Pete Kotz http://www.truecrimereport.com ​Reader BaconBully responds to Donna Sue Harber, Moron of the Day: Showed Her Womanly Fruits to Boyfriend During Jail Visit. He believes that if we allow inmates to have sex, it may cut down on prison violence and keep perverts away from the kids... "I don't understand the big deal here. Maybe it's just me, but I believe we could cut down on prison violence and sexual assaults in prison if we allowed conjunical visits. "There is an obvious lack of release of frustration by inmates, and if women like this are dumb enough and willing, WHY NOT?!? Seems to me it would cut down on the number of folks who are so sexually frustrated that they sexually assault other inmates. "Plus I'm just happy to see a man who's still interested in mature, adult women. Keep the prisoners happy, let them have some chicks, and maybe it'll keep them away from the KIDDOS!!!" tag:www.truecrimereport.com,2010://149.303572 2010-03-18 07:09:31 2010-03-17T20:47:56Z

Pete Kotz http://www.truecrimereport.com ​Terra Cotromano was the founder and director of the TEARS rescue shelter in Birmingham, Alabama. Let's just say she sucked at her job. Cotromano was fired by the board in December for a host of irregularities... They included tens of thousands in missing money, sloppy bookkeeping, and nasty conditions for the dogs and cats the shelter was supposed to be protecting. According to board members, $65,000 was missing for 2008 alone. In November, the state warned that the shelter was blowing off notices for an audit. By December, a bank froze the agency's money and the board says Cotromano blocked attempts for another audit. The board had to get a restraining order allowing it to check on the condition of the animals. When all was done, deputies were forced to remove 22 dogs and six cats on grounds of suspected cruelty. It seems previous allegations of cruelty went as far back as 2008. It's just that the woman doing the abusing -- Cotromano -- was also the one in charge of hearing the complaints. By January, 176 animals had undergone medical examinations. The shelter's entire roster of cats had respiratory infections. Vets also found that dozens of dogs had heartworms and parasites. Deputies are still investigating the missing money, but Cotromano has already been charged with 20 counts of cruelty.See our last story about animal cruelty: Indiana Woman Beaten by Boyfriend While Trying to Save Her Puppy. tag:www.truecrimereport.com,2010://149.303586 2010-03-18 07:05:09 2010-03-17T21:11:34Z

Pete Kotz http://www.truecrimereport.com ​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: California has ruled that Nicholas Chaykovsky has failed to properly register as a sex offender. But it might have a hard time punishing him. He died of a heart attack last month at the age of 61. tag:www.truecrimereport.com,2010://149.303364 2010-03-18 05:00:35 2010-03-17T16:08:39Z

Pete Kotz http://www.truecrimereport.com Here's a sad story out of Washington. A man who could grow weed legally due to chronic back pain heard his dog barking outside where he grew pot in his shed. Mike Howard went out to check, and a thief ambushed him with a crowbar, killing him... Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy tag:www.truecrimereport.com,2010://149.303579 2010-03-17 19:55:43 2010-03-17T21:03:37Z

Pete Kotz http://www.truecrimereport.com ​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: The body of Steve Febonio spent two years in a freezer, a victim of South Florida's increasingly dangerous grow house business. In this trade, it's amazing how quiet death can be made. New Times Broward/Palm Beach has the story. tag:www.truecrimereport.com,2010://149.303533 2010-03-17 16:15:23 2010-03-17T20:18:22Z

Pete Kotz http://www.truecrimereport.com ​Teacher Stephen Wesley has a creative bent when it comes to conflict resolution. If his kids have a beef, he just lets them fight it out -- as long as they don't tell anyone. Wesley was arrested yesterday after police found an incriminating surveillance tape... In 2008, he was a teacher at a juvenile probation camp in San Fernando, California. It seems rival gang members in his class had a problem with each other. So Wesley told them to battle it out. In the tape, he can be heard multi-tasking -- simultaneously serving as referee and lookout while kids boxed away. His rules for fighting: don't draw blood, no punches to the face, and please don't injure your opponent where it can be seen. Most important: Don't tell anyone about this.Alas, anyone who's ever been in a fight knows these rules are impossible to uphold. Probation officers monitoring surveillance cameras saw students fighting in Wesley's classroom and arrived to break it up. But some kids had broken the rules against being visibly injured. So the officers reviewed the day's tape and found that Wesley was pretending to be a discount Don King.He was fired five days later. But wheels of justice apparently move very, very slowly in California. He wasn't charged with child endangerment until yesterday -- a year and a half after his crimes were caught on tape.Wesley denies any knowledge of classroom fights, apparently arguing the tapes are a mirage. The former marine and father of five contends the probation camps are war zones, and that he'd never go back. But he neglects to mention that every teacher is armed with a panic alarm in case they feel threatened. For another great moment in the California justice system, see our previous story on the Murder of Chelsea King, who's killer repeatedly violated parole, only to keep his freedom and kill little girls. tag:www.truecrimereport.com,2010://149.303492 2010-03-17 15:07:07 2010-03-18T01:02:43Z

Pete Kotz http://www.truecrimereport.com ​Here's a case that will test your morals, dear reader: On a February evening last year, a clearly tormented Aaron Vargas, armed with an antique pistol, went to the home of Darrell McNeill in Mendocino County, California... tag:www.truecrimereport.com,2010://149.303447 2010-03-17 14:33:06 2010-03-17T18:33:47Z

Pete Kotz http://www.truecrimereport.com ​The 26-year-old woman was walking to the library in Toledo. She suffers from mild autism and uses a cane because she's unstable on her feet. Which made her the perfect victim for 15-year-old Anferney Fontenet... He threatened her with a scissors, forcing her to the sidewalk. That's where he raped her in broad daylight as cars passed by.When we first reported this story back in January, it drew outrage from readers. Though some motorists dialed 911, no one bothered to stop. After the incident, a pedestrian even refused to allow the woman to use his cell phone to call police.But at least a judge is providing the victim with some assistance. Yesterday, Judge Connie Zemmelman ruled that Fontenet would be tried as an adult. Though a psychologist decreed that he is emotionally, physically and psychologically immature -- Memo to shrink: No shit, Sherlock -- the judge found that Fontenet was showing little remorse. In 2008, he'd attempted to rape his cousin. The incident was never reported. And in a February interview with police, he admitted to grabbing the woman by the neck, raping her, then stealing her cell phone.If convicted as an adult, he'll be looking at 20 years in the slam, rather than the 6 maximum he'd get in juvenile court.Also see Anferney Fontenet, 15 Rapes Woman on Busy Toledo Street; No One Stops to Help. tag:www.truecrimereport.com,2010://149.303410 2010-03-17 13:29:56 2010-03-17T17:32:39Z

Pete Kotz http://www.truecrimereport.com ​Penny Sparks of Indianapolis decided to go shopping at Nordstom's. She also decided it would suck to bring her 2-year-old son along, so she left him locked in the car on a 45-degree day. That was at 2 in the afternoon...