News 9/2/2011: Hearing Delayed for Man Charged in Home Invasion
Friday, September 2nd, 2011 at 5:44pm: Our Violent Crime News blog features the latest stories reported throughout the News networks, every hour. It tracks news containing specific violence-related key words, which we update from time to time. This way, you can use this single feed to stay up-to-date with current news events on this subject.
Quebec female gym teacher accused of sexual assault standing trial
by Global Winnipeg
Tania Pontbriand, 40, faces two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of sexual assault while employed at a high school in Rosemere, north of Montreal. The man, now 25, told court on Friday their first sexual encounter occurred May 19, ...
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Utica man charged in N. Hartford home invasion, police say
by Utica Observer Dispatch
Shortly after 5 am, police responded to a residence on Sessions Road in response a reported home invasion. Found within the home was suspect Steven A. Pastorious, 48, of Utica, police said. Pastorious allegedly entered the home while the residents were ...
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Man pleads guilty to Graham home invasion
by Burlington Times News
GRAHAM — A Greensboro man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to a May 6 home invasion at a Graham home, during which he bound a woman while he robbed the home. Charles Benjamin Porter, 31, of Adams Farm ...
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Eastern Pa. man acquitted of fatal home invasion
by Houston Chronicle
(AP) — An eastern Pennsylvania man has been acquitted of all charges in a fatal home invasion. The (Pottsville) Republican and Herald reported (http://bit.ly/qpUNkM) Friday's verdict in the trial of 33-year-old Julius Enoe. This was his second trial ...
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Hearing Delayed for Man Charged in Home Invasion
by Patch.com
21; the home invasion case has a habitual offender count that could carry a life sentence. By Sara Eaton Martin Gregory C. Rivers, 58, of Detroit, faces several felony charges stemming from the break-in of an apartment in Grosse Pointe Park in which ...
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