Virginia Beach Homicide Case

In “How Smartphones are Hijacking our Minds”, Nicholas Carr argues that smartphones are hijacking our minds. To strengthen his claim, Nicholas Carr uses strong diction, statistics, and irony, to emphasize phones hijacking minds. In the article, Carr refers to tests done be professors on college students. In one experiment, students had

Code of VA: 18.2-91 VCC Code: BUR-2213-F9 Co-Defendant(s): Daniel Solomon Arresting K-9 officer told Mr. Solomon to stop and he continues to run. Mr. Solomon heard the officer say he was going to release the dog and Mr. Solomon gave up. Mr. Solomon was then taken into police custody. When the victim came home, Detective Gibbs went into the home and found a black backpack at the top of the stairs. The victims stated that the backpack was not theirs. Detective Gibbs opened the backpack and the victim’s stolen laptop was inside and Daniel Solomon’s homework was also inside. Mr. Solomon and Mr. Powell were brought to 311 County Street and they both confessed to breaking the window and going inside of the home. They both blamed each other for taking items.”

The article “How Smart-phones Hijack Our Minds” by Nicolas Carr is about the destructive use of smart phones. So many people depend on their smart phones that it damages with the outcome of their work. Smart phones also make it harder to focus and remember since everything is now saved

Computerized communication within law enforcement has and will continue to improve law enforcement as the technology is implemented and utilized within these agencies. The utilization of such devices as mobile data terminals (MDT’s) has given the average patrol officer access to enormous amounts of information. Even in 1979, Computer and technology were said to “have the potential to aid in criminal justice activities through the rapid communication of accurate and complete information, and perhaps a more rational approach to decision-making” (Colton, 1979. P.19). Now in 2014, the computers and

Murphy’s essay tries to convince the reader that cell phones are limiting and distracting. He compared

MILLERSBURG — Arrested Saturday, a Millersburg woman has denied criminal charges she assaulted her boyfriend.

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It was the beginning of October, and a 17-year-old teenager was hiding by a chain link fence. He had just stolen a purse from a nearby house, and a neighbor had called the police. An officer by the name of Elton Hymon had arrived and was trying to arrest the kid, whose name was Edward Garner. Garner began to climb the 6-foot fence, and Officer Hymon,

Fifth Estate’s 40th episode, “the interrogation room”, essentially analyzes an open murder case that occurred on November the third of 2006; the murder case revolves the shooting and eventual death of a male attending named Mervyn “Mikey” Spence, at a birthday party. The case was investigated over the course of four years in which the Peel Police had made arrests, but through the use of controversial interrogation methods, were redirected to charge and imprison an innocent male named, Eric “Action” Morgan. To further justify his innocence, Morgan reveals his guests to the investigators at his party who were at the time of the shooting, ultimately be his alibi(s). However, after the witnesses being held for several hours, threatened and reprimanded, they recanted their statements and later stated that s/he

In Phoenix, Arizona starting from 2005 through 2015 the criminal homicide numbers were slowly decreasing over the years. The highest homicide number occurred in 2006 which was 234, while the lowest homicide rate occurred in 2015 which was 113. The graph below graphically represents the homicides starting from 2005 through 2015. The homicides in Phoenix have been decreasing due to multiple factors. The first reason is due to efficient community policing. In the previous years, many people in minority communities didn’t feel as if the police were on their side due to tragic incidents such as the Rodney King beating. The Rodney King situation occurred in Los Angeles, CA but it had an impact nationwide. People in minority neighborhoods are not

“If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” a statement which was used by Johnnie Cochran. A quote from the People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was one of America’s most famous cases that brought attention to the black community. This Era played a logo in the impact, and after effects of this case. A case that brought attention to many American’s, immigrants, nationwide viewers and also, a case that is known to today’s society as the OJ Simpson case. This case raised concern and debate over the black community. Orenthal James Simpson was a wealthy black man that was a retired college and professional football hero, actor and he was also a commentator for Monday night live football. He was accused for the murder of Nicole

Demonstrators marched through the streets, chanting slogans, and held protest outside the offices of several corporations. The purpose of the demonstration was to protest policies of the Regan Administration and of certain corporations based in Dallas. In a political demonstration during the Republican National Convention in Texas, Gregory Lee Johnson doused an American flag with kerosene and set it on fire. During the burning of the flag, the demonstrators shouted, “America, the red, white, and blue, we spit on you.” No one was hurt but some witnesses said they were offended. One witness picked up the flag’s charred remains and buried them in his backyard. Johnson was charged and convicted with the desecration of a venerated object, in violation

John Tyler, age 28, was shot and killed with a handgun, fired by Jeff “Ace” Johnson, on July 16th. The shooting occurred after an argument between Jeff (age 20 and a member of the Cobras street gang) and Jerry Knight (age 22, member of the Jukers street gang and cousin

I researched the case of Jonny Gammage. Johnny was the cousin of Pittsburgh Steeler’s Ray Seals and was pulled over on October 12, 1995 while driving his cousin’s Jaguar. Police state that Johnny Gammage “became uncontrollable following a low-speed chase that police said began after a Brentwood police lieutenant noticed Gammage driving erratically at about 1:45 a.m. (Lounsberry). Police “testified at the coroner's inquest that they used a wide range of force to restrain Gammage, who they said surprised them with unprovoked aggressiveness. (Lounsberry). One interesting thing I found in this case was one of the “Officer Vojtas's lawyers noted that Mr. Gammage had emerged from the Jaguar holding a cellular phone, and said the officers had

Lucille Johnson Cold Murder Case Jennifer Potts Friction Ridge Analysis/CJC-245-EK1 November 8, 2017 Surry Community College Instructor: Denise Sizemore The case that I will be discussing is the cold murder case of Lucille Johnson from Salt Lake City, Utah. Unfortunately, at the time of the murder the investigators didn’t take certain evidence serious in the case. The investigators thought that it was just evidence that had no meaning. None the less, it ended up convicting the murderer, John Sansing.