A May 8 preliminary hearing was set for a prisoner who was recently charged with murdering a 15-year-old boy who had been sexually assaulted nearly 30 years ago. A DNA profile was developed due to recent advances in forensic technology and it matched Russell Taylor, now 56, who was serving a sentence of 25 years…
thursday, june 19 Food Truck Fun: AIDS Walk & Run San Diego kick-off Join in the fun to kick off this year’s 25th annual AIDS Walk & Run San Diego, a program of The San Diego LGBT Community Center. Some of San Diego’s hottest food trucks will gather at The Center, and will donate a…
Two lesbians helped catch a rape suspect in Ocean Beach after they heard the victim screaming next door to where they were pet sitting and chased him for a distance until police arrested him. Hali Moore identified Richard Christopher Butts, 26, as the man who ran away from a woman who screamed she had…
A judge Jan. 25 handed down a staggering prison sentence of 144 years to life for the “Incense Bandit” who was convicted of robbing businesses in Hillcrest, with the judge noting his “extensive criminal history” as the reason for the long term. Because Charles Edward Shipman, 49, had previously been convicted of six felonies, he…
“Proposition 8 does not ‘dishonor’ gays and lesbians.” So says the brief filed with the Supreme Court by the advocates of Prop. 8, because same-sex couples are not “similarly situated” with opposite sex couples. Glad they cleared that up. And while I’m frankly feeling even more dishonored having read the brief (and the brief in…
