Foreclosed Homes Fraudulently Listed on Craigslist For Rent, Renters Lose Big Money

LAS VEGAS -- Con artists continue to rent out foreclosed homes they have no business renting because they don't own the home. People are falling for the scam on Craigslist and losing their money.
The con artist trying to rent out a bank-owned home met the would-be tenant in the parking lot of a home improvement store, that should have been a red flag.
Now signs are posted here warning the home is not for rent. Realtor Heidi Watt checks on her bank-owned property that is for sale in North Las Vegas.
"This is a really nice house. You can see it has wood floors." Watt said.
However, criminals also have their eye on this home too.
An agent recently discovered the for sale sign was gone from the front yard and the lockboxes cut off.
"I said, 'oh my gosh, here we go again.'" Watt said.
A woman last month tried to move into a house, but police stopped her. Her first month's rent and security deposit are gone, taken by fraudsters.
"They're advertising it on Craigslist as a deal that is almost too good to be true," Watt said.
In March, 8 News NOW had the story about Watts' other listings that were essentially hijacked by fraudsters on Craigslist.
A man, who moved into a North Las Vegas home from California, had to vacate. But the people who signed a sham lease to move into this home in Desert Shores have refused to leave.
They are living rent-free. Watt gets the power cut off, they turn it back on. The bank is in the process of evicting them.
"Ultimately, the police really can't do anything because it is not up to them to determine is a lease is valid or is it not valid. That is a civil matter," Watt said.

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/25479019/people-still-getting-drawn-into-rental-scam

Man on TV dating show reveals killing first wife, lover

Posted on May 9, 2014 at 9:10 AM

A 62-year-old man looking for a wife on a TV dating show stunned the host and studio audience by revealing that he had murdered his first wife and later killed a lover with an ax during an argument.
Sefer Calinak casually mentioned his complicated history with women while appearing this week on Flash TV's The Luck of The Draw, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News tweeted Thursday.
He was quick to add, however, that he is now an "honest person looking for a new wife."
Calinak said he had eloped with his first wife, who was also his cousin, when they both were 17, after the girl's family tried to force her to marry a widower. He said things changed after they lived with his family for five months.
"Her behavior changed. The nephew of the man who wanted to marry her started to come to our village. I was jealous and I killed her, in a way," Çalınak said, according to the newspaper.
Calinak said he was freed from prison in an amnesty after serving more than four years on a 13-year prison term.
After remarrying, he separated from his second wife, with whom he had two children, the newspaper says.
He then began an affair with a married woman, Coquette, who reneged on a promise to divorce her husband for him.
The couple got in an argument, and he was defending himself with an ax while standing behind a door.
"I killed her after she tried to kill me," he said. "She was accidentally killed when I swung the ax."

http://www.wfaa.com/news/world/Man-on-TV-dating-show-reveals-killing-first-wife-lover-258623141.html

Woman has neighbors' home bulldozed

Associated Press

Posted on May 9, 2014 at 6:05 AM

Updated yesterday at 7:06 AM

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a northeast Florida woman who didn't like her neighbors had their mobile home demolished.
According to an arrest report, Ana Maria Moreta Folch of St. Augustine told a heavy equipment operator that she owned the trailer and wanted it and its septic tank destroyed.
The Florida Times-Union (http://bit.ly/1mJ33qa ) reports that St. Johns County Sheriff's deputies were called when the trailer's real owner arrived Monday and found the demolition underway.
The arrest report says Moreta Folch wanted the trailer bulldozed because she thought its occupants were unsavory and she suspected they had broken into her car.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/national/258604651.html 

Teen Charged With Raping Numerous Girls Since He Was 12

FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — A prosecutor announced an indictment Thursday against an 18-year-old Arizona student charged with sexually assaulting about a dozen girls over nearly five years.
Charges against Tyler Kost of San Tan Valley include multiple counts of sexual assault with a minor, sexual abuse with a minor and sexual conduct with a minor. He also faces one count of child molestation.
Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles said the victims in the crimes alleged in the indictment issued Wednesday ranged from 12 to 17 years old.
Voyles said the offenses occurred between October 2009 and April 2014.
Kost was born in January 1996 so he was 13 when the first offense allegedly occurred. But Voyles plans to try him as an adult on all charges.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/08/-tyler-kost-charged_n_5290662.html

Cannibal Re-Arrested After 3 Yr Old Boy's Head Found

Updated:  04/16/2014 11:59 am EDT
A man previously arrested for digging up bodies and eating them was arrested again after authorities in Pakistan said they found the head of a young child in his home.
The BBC reports that convicted cannibal Mohammad Arif Ali was taken into custody on Monday morning after police in Darya Khan, Pakistan, raided his home following reports of a bad smell emanating from the residence.
"We found the severed head of a young child, about 2 or 3 years old," Ameer Abdullah Khan, superintendent of police in Darya Khan, said. "They probably dug up his body from a grave, but the identity of the child and the graveyard from where his body might have been stolen is not clear."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/16/cannibal-re-arrested-boys-head_n_5156330.html

Bride Shoots Niece to Death Over Who Would Be Designated Wedding Driver

NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania bride fatally shot her niece with her new husband's handgun during an argument over who would be the designated driver after their wedding party, police said.
Police said 30-year-old Christina George-Harvan, of Conway, shot 21-year-old Katelyn "Kaytee" Francis of Fairmont, W.Va., around 10 p.m. in the parking lot of a bar in in New Brighton, about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh.
Their wedding was held earlier in the day.
"We believe all three were arguing over who was going to be the designated driver," New Brighton Police Chief Charles Vanfossan told TV station WTAE.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/national/256726211.html

Satan Worshippers Continue Fight to Erect Satanic Baphoment Statue in Oklahoma's Capitol

For the Rolling Stones in the late 1960s, Satan was “a man of wealth and taste,” as he introduced himself in the iconic classic rock hit “Sympathy for the Devil.”
An organization called the Satanic Temple aims to summon another image of the devil for Oklahoma — a state currently embroiled in a battle with civil liberties advocates over a monument to the Ten Commandments on the state Capitol lawn. Some say such a symbol excludes Americans who don’t identify with Judaism or Christianity.
Photos provided by the Satanic Temple unveiled the group’s monument, which it wants placed on Oklahoma’s Capitol lawn in the name of fairness. It features Baphomet — a creature with the head of a ram and body of a man — accompanied by two gleeful-looking children.
The group plans to have the finished product cast in bronze, Satanic Temple spokesman Lucien Greaves told Al Jazeera.
That’s the image that the organization — which has used various publicity stunts to oppose what it calls Judeo-Christian dominance of U.S. government and society — wants to place on the grounds of the Oklahoma State Legislature.
Oklahoma’s Capitol Preservation Commission has prevented the Satanic Temple from erecting its monument while litigation by the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is pending against the Ten Commandments monument. Various state legislators did not comment about the matter to Al Jazeera.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/2/satanist-monument.html