Written by An 18-year-old girl has been charged with attempted murder after she sent her ex-boyfriend’s bed on fire while he was sleeping. Jacqueline Rivera is alleged to have poured gasoline on the bed after breaking into the home. Prosecutors said she had been told her ex had cheated on her and had carried out the revenge attack. Her ex-boyfriend woke up at his home in Redwood City, California, to find his bed on fire. He screamed for his father who managed to put the flames out with a garden hose. The boyfriend, who has not been named, suffered minor burns on his arms and hands. Police said Rivera, who had fled from the scene, later turned up at the ex-boyfriend’s home to talk ‘about their relationship’. 
According to prosecutors Rivera and the 21 year old had dated for several months. She later discovered that her boyfriend had cheated on her. Rivera first tried to talk with her ex after knocking on his bedroom window at 2am, but was sent away. She returned an hour later said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe but was again dismissed. Around 5.45am Wagstaffe said the boyfriend woke up to find his bed in flames. The victim later told authorities he did not alert police or fire because he believed Rivera was responsible but didn’t think he could prove it, Wagstaffe said. He also said a plastic bottle left near the bed smelled of gasoline, Wagstaffe said. Two weeks after the bed burning incident he received a text message from a friend of Rivera who said she was responsible. The friend contacted police and Rivera was arrested at her home. Rivera was charged with attempted murder, arson and residential burglary. She did not enter a plea when appearing in court and bail was set at $500,000. Rivera faces 10 to 15 years in jail if convicted.
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Pakistani gang jailed for raping 50 white British girls
London, May 9 — Nine members of a gang – eight Pakistanis and one Afghan – have been sentenced to jail for a combined 77 years by a British court for the sexual abuse and rape of up to 50 white girls, a media report said. The gang plied teenagers with alcohol before abusing them in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the Daily Mail reported. As many as 47 girls were given alcohol, gifts and money before being passed around to have sex with several men a day, several times a week, the report said. At least one victim was forced to have sex with 20 men in one night when she was drunk, police said. Two became pregnant as a result of the ordeal. 
One of them was 13 and had an abortion. The ringleader, a 59-year-old who was not named, was jailed for 19 years for conspiracy, rape, aiding and abetting a rape, sexual assault and trafficking for sexual exploitation. Kabeer Hassan, 25, was jailed for nine years for rape and three years, concurrently, for conspiracy. Abdul Aziz, 41, was sentenced to nine years for conspiracy and nine years, concurrently, for trafficking for sexual exploitation. Abdul Rauf, 43, was jailed for six years for conspiracy and six years, concurrently, for trafficking for sexual exploitation. Mohammed Sajid, 35, was sentenced to 12 years for rape, six years for conspiracy, one year for trafficking and six years, all concurrent, for sexual activity with a child. He will be deported back to Pakistan following the conclusion of his sentence. Adil Khan, 42, was given eight years for conspiracy and eight years, concurrently, for trafficking for sexual exploitation. He fathered a child from a 13-year-old victim. Mohammed Amin, 45, was sentenced to five years for conspiracy and 12 months, concurrently, for sexual assault. Abdul Qayyum, 44, was jailed for five years for conspiracy. Hamid Safi, 22, was jailed for four years for conspiracy and one year, concurrently, for trafficking. He will be deported back to Afghanistan following his sentence. Former Labour MP for Keighley Ann Cryer said the authorities had ignored complaints about the accused because they were afraid of being called racist.
Monster Mom found guilty of murdering 4 year old daughter who was found starving and beaten and tied to a bed
The ‘monster mom’ whose daughter 4-year-old daughter died weighing only 19 pounds and with bruises all over her body was convicted on Wednesday of murder. Carlotta Brett-Pierce was emotionless when the jury proclaimed her guilty of her daughter Marchella’s death, and such a punishment did not even stop her from giving the judge some attitude when asked if she understood the sentence. I heard what you said,’ the 32-year-old mother said. 
The month-long trial in a Brooklyn court room finished quickly as the New York Post reports that the jury only required one hour to deliberate. Marchella was a fighter. She found hard to survive, fought hard to live and she lost her fight to her mother,’ prosecutor Jacqueline Kagan said in her closing argument to the jurors. Now, you fight for her. When Marchella Brett-Pierce was found, she was tied to her Sponge Bob SquarePants bed, had been beaten, starved and drugged. Prosecutors say she had dozens of marks and open wounds on her tiny body which was so emaciated, every rib could be seen. During the trial, Brett-Pierce’s answers painted a ghastly picture of their home life. Brett-Pierce said of her daughter near the time of her September 2010 death: ‘To me, at the time, it didn’t look bad.’ Brett-Pierce said that her daughter lost weight by running around in the heat and sustained the bruises from falling in the stairway. 
The verdict has not come back for Marchella’s grandmother, who was being tried for manslaughter alongside Brett-Pierce. The unrepentant Brett-Pierce will be sentenced on June 7. Throughout the trial, her lawyers switched between disproving the prosecutions tales of horrific beatings and arguing that Brett-Pierce was an overwhelmed mother with a sick daughter that she didn’t know how to care for. Marchella spent the first three-and-a-half years of her life in hospital after she was born prematurely with severe breathing difficulties. Her mother admitted on the stand that in the seven months she was in her care, she never took the four-year-old to a pediatrician. A prosecutor showed the mother a doctor’s note indicating that her youngest boy weighed 18 pounds at nine months — roughly the same weight as four-year-old Marchella when she died, according to the New York Daily News. She told the court she fed her daughter ‘potato chips, fried chicken and cheese doodles’, but an autopsy recorded that only a single corn kernel was found in her body, along with a high level of antihistamines.
LIFE SENTENCE
Marchella should have been on a specialized diet and fed through a tube, which prosecutors say the mother totally ignored, instead feeding her junk food. During questioning she denied certain things she had already told police and called Marchella ‘my baby’ as opposed to ‘that b***h’ – which she was heard calling her in a recorded jail conversation played for the jury saying: ‘That b***h wasn’t that f***ing light. When she was released from hospital seven months before her death, she weighed 26lbs- a stark contrast from her final weight of 18.9 pounds.
Babysitter admits sexually assaulting 5-year-old girl and streaming live video of it online
A babysitter faces 30 years behind bars after she admitted broadcasting a sex attack on a 5-year-old girl to other alleged predators using the live video-chat program Skype on her iPhone. Jennifer Mahoney, 33, of Manalapan, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in US District Court Wednesday to the sexual exploitation of a child that took place on at least two separate occasions in her home. ‘She cannot believe what’s happening to her. She’s upset with herself,’ Mahoney’s defense lawyer, Herbert Ellis, said of his client to NJ.com after her court hearing that presented her in a red prison jumpsuit and chain around her waist. She’s numb,’ he said of the woman whose teeth were described as chattering and who wiped tears from her face. She faces between 15 and 30 years in prison when she is sentenced Aug. 22, and will have to pay restitution to the victim. She had been charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. As part of the plea, Mahoney agreed 30 years is the appropriate sentence, although the judge will have the final say. She would be under supervised release for anywhere between five years and life after her sentence is completed. She also agreed not to appeal.
Mahoney has been in custody since December after prosecutors said three pornographic videos showing assaults on the child were found on the computer of Robert Ramos Jr. of Austin, Texas. Mahoney admitted to sending the video to Ramos, whom she believed lived in Arizona, and one other individual. Ramos was charged with possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of minors. Prosecutors in Texas say he set up seven fake Facebook accounts to solicit teenage girls to send him nude photos and videos of themselves engaged in sex acts. Following an interview and search of her home last December, Mahoney admitted to FBI agents of sexually assaulting the girl and streaming the assault live over a video chat service on the Internet, ‘on two occasions in August or September 2011,’ according to the criminal complaint. In one video obtained by authorities, Mahoney can be seen bathing the girl in a tub, instructing the girl to bend over before inappropriately touching her. ‘The girl says “like a mermaid?” The adult responds “like a mermaid sweetheart,” according to the criminal complaint filed in January. She also admitted to abusing the girl on another occasion, recording the abuse on an iPhone camera and emailing the video to at least one other person. Finally, Mahoney admitted to viewing other videos of child sexual abuse streamed to her using a video chat service. ‘This horrible crime is a stark example of how harmful child pornography is, and how its young victims bear not just the physical and emotional scars of violent sexual assault, but lifelong trauma as others repeatedly watch,’ U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said in a statement. ‘Those like Mahoney, who create and feed the market, perpetuate unimaginable suffering for the children they abuse.’
Man breaks puppy’s front legs with a sledgehammer
A dog owner was arrested after he broke his puppy’s front two legs with a sledgehammer. Lyman Kenneth Morkunas was arrested on suspicion of felony animal abuse last Friday. Friends of the man brought the dog to a veterinarian when he refused to help the animal after the sustained beating.
Morkunas had reportedly bragged about using a 16-pound hammer to break up a fight between the puppy and an older dog in Mesa, Arizona. The dog’s two front legs were severely broken and had multiple puncture wounds, Brandon Jones, spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said. It was believed one of the dog’s legs would have to be amputated due to infection because Morkunas had not taken the puppy to be treated in enough time. An animal rescue charity PAWS was caring for the dog because the owner had no money to pay for his pet’s hospital care. Morkunas was arrested following a traffic stop in Mesa, 20 miles east of Phoenix. He was booked into Fourth Avenue jailed but released shortly afterwards. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.
