Mother in trial over microwave baby death

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A mother was convicted Friday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense attorney's claims there was evidence that someone else was responsible.


China Arnold is convicted of killing her baby by burning her in the microwave.

China Arnold, 28, showed no reaction when the jury's verdict was announced and then lowered her head, looking down at the defense table.

Relatives in the courtroom cried and covered their faces with their hands.

She was found guilty of aggravated murder and faces the death penalty when sentenced.

Arnold was accused of killing daughter Paris Talley in 2005. A judge declared a mistrial in February, and the retrial began August 18.

Jury deliberations started Thursday following closing arguments.

Prosecutors said Arnold intentionally put her baby in the microwave oven and cooked the child to death after a fight with her boyfriend.

Arnolds' cell mate testified that Arnold confessed to putting the baby in the microwave and turned it on because she was worried her boyfriend would leave her if he found out the child wasn't his.

The baby's DNA was found inside the microwave in Arnold's apartment, prosecutors said.

Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion said there was evidence someone else was responsible.

He cited testimony from an 8-year-old boy who said he saw another boy walk into the kitchen of a nearby apartment with the baby, heard the microwave go on, and then later saw the burned baby in the microwave.

Judge John Kessler declared a mistrial February 11 after he privately heard testimony from the juvenile.

In rebuttal, however, the 8-year-old's mother testified Wednesday that they lived some distance away and they were not at Arnold's apartment complex when the baby died.

Her former live-in boyfriend also testified that he was certain the boy was not at the location.

How Freaking sick is this shit.. You are afraid that the boyfriend will leave you if he finds out that the baby isn't his??? What fucking planet are you from bitch?

Let's break it down for ya..

A child's life is worth more than anything, even your pathetic oxygen stealing ass. If the BF would leave, well then he ain't much of a man. Another point, you stop opening your legs for any new swinging richard, you might just avoid your BF getting pissed at you for having another man's child. One word.. WHORE.

Second, do you value all life so poorly, that you would kill the baby for your own happiness? You are both shallow, and without need to continue to live. Best wishes in the execution chamber..

Caylee's Mom Back in Jail

The mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony was arrested and charged Friday with forgery, fraudulent use of personal information and petty theft, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.

The charges relate to Casey Anthony's use of "some monies and checks in an account that did not belong to her and she knew that," Orange County Capt. Angelo Nieves said.

Orange County Sheriff's Department officers ushered a handcuffed Anthony through a crowd of protesters that had gathered outside her parents' Orlando home.

One Word on this.. Wo0T!

Now maybe they'll keep her in jail until they find out what happened to the baby..

FBI: Couple wants car, offers sex with 5-year-old

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) -- A San Antonio couple is accused of trying to trade sex with the woman's 5-year-old daughter for an apartment, a used car and child care for her 10-month old daughter.

Jennifer Richards, 25, and her married boyfriend, Sean Michael Block, 40, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Stein Nowak on Friday. Richards is charged with using interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor. Block is charged with distributing child pornography.

Nowak ordered Block held. Richards' detention hearing was delayed until Tuesday, the San Antonio Express-News reported Sunday.

According to an affidavit, the investigation began when an informant told the FBI about a text message allegedly sent by Block reading: "Nice piece 5 yrs old belongs to my gf and she wants to sell it."

Richards and Block crafted a deal that, in addition to the apartment and used car, included child care for Richards' 10-month-old daughter, whose sexual service the couple intended to sell later, Rex Miller, the FBI's lead agent on the case, testified.

The couple had also hoped to blackmail the informant, Miller said.

Richards "was of the belief that these sexual interactions would be a positive experience for [her daughter] and that Richards would receive sexual gratification" from watching, according to the affidavit.

Authorities said both children are no longer in Richards' custody and that neither child was sold for sex.

After reviewing computers the couple used and listening to taped conversations, Miller determined Block and Richards were making further plans to abduct, rape and "carve up" a teenage runaway.

Block allegedly sent an e-mail with a link to a Russian child pornography site, according to the affidavit.

Ronald Guyer, Block's lawyer, acknowledged the severity of the charges. But Guyer told the judge that there was no evidence that the behavior progressed beyond Block's fantasy.

"There has been no action on his part," Guyer told Nowak.

Richards' attorney did not return a call or e-mail left Sunday.

The couple worked at the Cheesecake Factory at North Star Mall, where he was a bartender and she was a waitress.

Court records show that Block's now-estranged wife, Sarah Block, filed for a protective order earlier this week on behalf of the couple's 14-month-old child. Her lawyer said she filed for divorce Friday.

This is the vilest, sickest shit I can imagine. Wanting to sell your child for sex, to get physical items... Words cannot describe how truly evil this is.

These two are the most evil of all sexually deviant people out there. To sacrifice a young child into a sex trade, I cannot fathom how they could get to that level of mental debauchery.

I know, don't throw rocks.. And in some ways I can see someone on the outside's point of view, but I am sorry, the sacrificing of a child for your financial gain is truly worse that murdering someone. I hope these people get life without parole for this.

here is my pot calling kettle moment. Child porn goes far beyond the bottom that I can think of. I have never 'done' child porn, nor do I have any inclination to do so. I find it ultimately offensive, and the thought of children of that age being done things of that nature turns my stomach. That is basically what these people agreed to, except it is even worse, MOM wanted to get off to it as well. Truly not worthy of continued life on this earth.

Another guilty plea in Spitzer hooker scandal

NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman accused of helping arrange trysts between pricey escorts and their customers pleaded guilty Monday in the prostitution scandal that forced Eliot Spitzer to step down as governor.

Tanya Hollander, 36, of Rhinebeck, New York, pleaded to a charge of conspiracy to violate the travel act. It's against the law to cross state lines while furthering an illegal business.

The plea means all four employees of the Emperors Club VIP arrested in March have admitted their roles in the illicit business.

Still uncertain is whether Spitzer will be charged in the probe that began last summer after a series of suspicious banking transactions.

Spitzer resigned March 12 after it was disclosed court papers referred to him as "Client-9," a man who met a prostitute known as Kristen on February 13 in a Washington, D.C., hotel.

In June, Emperors Club VIP operator, Mark Brener, 62, of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a prostitution offense and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He agreed to serve 2 to 2½ years in prison as part of a deal with prosecutors.

That same month Brener's former girlfriend, 23-year-old Cecil Suwal, pleaded guilty to money laundering, conspiracy and conspiring to promote prostitution, admitting her role as a manager of the company. She has agreed to spend as much as two years in prison.

In May, Temeka Lewis, a booking agent for the escort service, pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution and money laundering.

All three are awaiting sentencing.

So why is it again it is not certain if he was going to be charged? Is this NOT a sexual offense as described by National and New York State laws?

Here we have it again, a politician that is immune to the very laws that they themselves help vote in. How is it possible. And the people that one day state that Sex Offenders are these vile, terrible people, have been singing this guy's praises for the same sort of behaviors. Get it right America, either hate us,or STFU. Stop with the hypocritical garbage you are showing the rest of the world you have.

Spitzer is a sexual predator, just look into all of the people that you have yet to allow to return to a normal life, and you will see him in everyone of us. With one exception though, the rest of us didn't use a publicly elected office to hide, and defer charges with.

Let's ensure that Spitzer gets time for this, average American's did.