Tuesday, January 27, 2015

This Week in National News...


Two Bodies Found as Cops Search for Missing Elderly Couple
Elrey and June Runion, an elderly couple from Georgia went missing last week after they had gone to answer a Craigslist advertisement for a car. Although they have yet to be identified, two bodies along with the couple's vehicle were found Monday submerged in a body of water. Suspect Ronnie Adrian Towns was taken into custody on Monday after turning himself in.


Vanderbilt Rape Trial: Ex-Football Players Found Guilty
Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey, two former Vanderbilt university football players, have been found guilty of the sexual assault of another female student, which occurred in 2013. The woman had passed out from drinking, when Vandenberg, Batey, and two other team members who have yet to face trial, took her to Vandenberg's room before assaulting and raping her. There is photo and video evidence of the event, though all involved say they were too drunk at the time to remember any of what happened, including the young woman.


Handcuffed woman steals police car then drives off
Thursday, 27-year-old Roxanne Rimer of Pennsylvania was taken into custody and put in the back of a police car after shoplifting at a Kohl's department store. Somehow, Rimer managed to slip through the partition and stole the car, driving with her hands cuffed behind her back. This resulted in a police chase that reached 100 mph, and ended with Rimer being arrested and found to be in possession of heroin.


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