Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kansas. Show all posts

June 19, 2008

Man Accused Of Indecent Exposure At Wal-Mart Store Reporting

Jun 18, 2008 5:47 pm US/Central

Man Accused Of Indecent Exposure At Wal-Mart Store Reporting

Katherine Blake FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ―

A man is under arrest for his alleged indecent behavior at a North Texas Wal-Mart store. According to police his victims were female shoppers - both adult and children.

The suspect was inside the Wal-Mart in the 8400 block of Anderson Boulevard for about an hour. Officers say he wasn't buying anything… just looking. Fortunately, the females he was focusing on didn't know what was happening.

A theft prevention officer first spotted Lazaro Baragana on the security cameras around 8:30 Tuesday night. The 36-year-old man was allegedly wandering up and down the aisles, talking to children and staring at girls and women.

When security first started watching Baragana they thought he might be a purse snatcher, but they soon noticed that on several occasions the man had his hand in his shorts.

"As they continued to watch him, they noticed movement in his crotch area from his left hand being in his pocket. And now they're looking at this guy 'cause he's a pervert," explained Fort Worth police Lt. Paul Henderson.

At one point the man allegedly went to the grocery area of the store, where he zeroed in on a girl in the seafood section. What happened next was all caught on surveillance video.

"While she's talking to the Wal-Mart employee at the seafood counter, he begins to unzip his shorts, puts his hand in his crotch area and starts giving him a little good time there in front of the cameras," Henderson said.

When Baragana was finally confronted and arrested he reportedly asked the security officer to erase the surveillance video. Police didn't erase the tape, but say they will not release it to the public.

Baragana, a truck driver who lives in Kansas, is a Cuban national whose green card expires this month. For now he remains in jail, accused of indecent exposure.

Baragana's case will likely be referred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

http://cbs11tv.com/local/indecent.behavior.wal.2.751507.html

June 6, 2008

Third suspect arrested in teen's murder in Oregon

Third suspect arrested in teen's murder in Oregon

11:55 AM PDT on Thursday, June 5, 2008

By TERESA BLACKMAN / KGW.com

MILWAUKIE, Ore. - Deputies in Kansas captured a young man accused of sexually abusing a teenager before she was murdered during a violent attack at a Milwaukie apartment party.


kgw.com/Finney Co. Sheriff's Office

Shon Estes as shown in a mug shot from police.
Dani Countryman was 15 and on vacation from her home in Texas when she was murdered in July of 2007. She was found dead after attending a party with her sister.

Investigators believe someone stepped on her throat and strangled her as they tried to rape her.

Alejandro Rivera Gamboa and his cousin, Gilberto Javier Arellano Gamboa, were already charged with aggravated murder in Countryman’s death. The two also face charges of attempted rape and attempted sex-abuse.

Until Tuesday, police had not even told the media that they were searching for a third suspect in the case.

Shon Estes was arrested Sunday in Finney County, Kansas on a warrant for his arrest on sex abuse, sodomy, and attempted rape charges in Clackamas County, according to detective Jim Strovink with the sheriff’s office. Estes was not charged with murder.


KGW photo

Dani Countryman
Estes’ bail was set at $75,000 and he is fighting extradition to Oregon.

According to Sgt. Michael Reagle with the Garden City Police Department, Estes was arrested "without incident" at a residence in Garden City, Kansas. Sgt. Reagle said they were tipped off by the Clackamus County Sheriff's Office that Estes might be in Garden City because of an aqauintence he knew that might be there.

As for the two cousins, they were arrested in 2007 and were awaiting trial in jail.

Investigators said Countryman scratched the men who killed her, providing valuable DNA evidence under her fingernails that led to two arrests.

Forensic scientists from Oregon State Police said a shoe seized from one of the suspects, Alejandro, 24, had blood on it. The pattern of the shoe was also consistent with the imprint on Countryman's chest, according to investigators.

http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_060508ORN_countryman_arrest_LJ.1ffe88d.html

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