Daily Update August 7

Man Executed in Ala. for 1993 Slaying
Wasington Post

"An anti-government extremist was executed Thursday for the 1993 shooting death of a police officer who was gunned down as he approached the man's car. George Sibley Jr. nodded to relatives, stared at his victim's family and gave a final statement of defiance before he was put to death. Sibley, 62, was convicted of capital murder for the slaying of police officer Roger Motley. Sibley's common-law wife, Lynda Lyon Block, 54, was executed in 2002 for her role in Motley's death. The officer was gunned down in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Opelika when he approached the couple's car. A passer-by had said a child in the vehicle had been asking for help." [Editor's note: See http://www.ccadp.org/georgesibley-lyndalyon.htm and
http://www.prisonpotpourri.com/LYON/GeorgeFiles.html for background on this sad case. -MLS] (08/04/05)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-co/hotcontent/index.html?section=/nation/
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Illinois: Grand jury clears wife in shooting
WEIU News

"After two days of deliberation a Clark County grand jury decides no charges will be filed after a Father's Day shooting in Casey.37-year-old Patricia Keeney was accused of killing her husband David Keeney in June.Clark County State's Attorney Dennis Simonton says Patricia shot David after a domestic altercation.A grand jury was called to deliberate and bring charges against Patricia.The grand jury was dismissed this afternoon after returning "no charges" against her." (08/05/05)

http://www.weiu.net/news/archive/newsbuilder/2005/august/0805/shooting.htm

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Wisconsin: Man interrupts break-in
Wisconsin Journal

" Stratford teen faces several counts of burglary and theft after authorities say he was caught early Tuesday breaking into a garage by the owner, who then managed to handcuff him with plastic strips until a deputy arrived.The boy, 17-year-old Brice C. Weigel, was booked into the Marathon County Jail at about 5 a.m. by the Sheriff's Department after dispatchers received a call about the interrupted burglary in Stratford. The caller told dispatchers her husband was holding the burglar at gunpoint, and that he then managed to handcuff the burglar with plastic strips." (08/03/05)

http://www.wisinfo.com/journal/spjlocal/293339475840983.shtml

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Florida: Man fatally shoots Largo neighbor
St. Petersburg Times

"Donna L. Christian, 45, knocked on the door of neighbor John F. Shockley about 6:30 p.m. Sunday in Green Meadows mobile home park. She wanted to use Shockley's phone to call a cab; she was trying to get away from her live-in boyfriend, who was drinking, said Sgt. Jim Bordner. Then Christian's boyfriend arrived. John Hedrick, 36, who recently pleaded no contest to a domestic battery charge and spent more than 3 months in county jail, entered Shockley's home and began arguing with him and Christian, Bordner said.
A fistfight broke out and Hedrick picked up a ceramic lamp and smashed it on Shockley's head, investigators said. Shockley grabbed a handgun and fired one shot, hitting Hedrick in the chest. Hedrick was pronounced dead at the scene about 15 minutes later." (08/01/05)

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/01/Northpinellas/Man_fatally_shoots_La.shtml