BAMA NEWS BLOCKER ACADEMY OF MARTIAL ARTS OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER (since 1995)

Mid October-January ~ Special Winter Edition 2010 www.blockeracademy.com

2010 is going to be just as busy and productive as last year (and then some). This newsletter will cover the majority of activity that happened between October 2009 and January 2010, including upcoming events. Snake Blocker got to take a much needed get-away to Denver, Colorado for two weeks recently. The stuff he’s been working on is so secret that he doesn’t even know what he does anymore (so don’t ask him).

Happy New Years 2010 from Afghanistan!

38th HRC

Quotes of the Quarter “A “chubby” is not necessarily someone with a spare tire or thunder thighs, it’s an unmotivated, lazy slob who wants to blame everybody else but themselves for their shortcomings!” - Michael Karolchyk “Winners do what losers don’t want to do! Sweat is the lubricant of success! You can’t hire someone to practice for you!” – H. Jackson Brown Jr. “Bravery never goes out of fashion!” – William M. Thackeray

Videos of the Quarter Basic Pistol – Blackwater Training Center Basic Shotgun – Blackwater Training Center Snake Blocker’s Muay Thai Level 5 – High Home Films Snake Blocker’s Muay Thai Level 6 – High Home Films Click below to see a video clip about Muslim Combat Training Camps in the USA (Thanks for the forward Jackie Kulp): http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=185279 “Lipan Apache Shaman, Chevato, tells a story about always needing to carry a second weapon, and this wisdom was passed down to his grandson, who was a Marine in WW II. He fashioned a leather sheath and wore a knife right before being shipped off to fight at Iwo Jima and that knife saved his life. He had been trained in the Apache way.” – Nancy Minor, Lipan Apache Historian and author of 3 books on the Apaches Blocker Academy of Martial Arts www.blockeracademy.com 26,839,262 Unique website hits and counting Global Knife Fighting & affiliated arts www.globalknifefighting.com 30,294 Unique website hits and counting Blocker Academy of Martial Arts MySpace www.myspace.com/blockeracademy 1,429 website profile views and counting Snake Blocker MySpace www.myspace.com/snakeblocker 12,689 website profile views and counting

Promotions:

Britney Banks (US Army) received her Phase I Certificate in Military Close Quarters Combat (MCQC). Britney is the first female Snake Blocker has promoted in MCQC. Britney is one tough warrior, and she has no problem sparring with the men.

Jeron Hampton (US Air Force) received his Phase I Certificate in Military Close Quarters Combat (MCQC). Jeron is the first person Snake Blocker has promoted from the Air Force. Click below to see recently found Native American black & white photos. Found in Denver, Colorado. (Thanks for the forward Paul Lasman) http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/11/20/native-american-prints-by-pennington-photo-studio/

Apaches

Apache Training Video: Snake Blocker visited with Sam at BCA on his trip back stateside. Sam had filmed the Apache Knife Fighting Basics video for Snake in April 2009. There was delay in editing due to other large projects he was working on. Sam said he will start back up on the editing so we can produce the DVD as soon as possible. We’ll keep you posted. SNAKE BLOCKER’S SEMINAR TOUR 2010 Mark your calendar…Each student needs to be attending at least one seminar per year. October-April 2010 Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan (Military & DOD Contractors only) MWR Clamshell Auditorium Mon – Thurs @ 0545 – 0700 and Fri – Sun @ 0630-0730. The Rock Fitness Center (Camp Cunningham) Tues, Thurs, & Sat @ 2100-2200. 15-19 May 2010 (3rd Week) All Range Police Tactics Argentina Police Special Task Force Department Instructor: Snake Blocker Host: Rodolfo Valdés rodolval@hotmail.com

Neuquen City, Argentina 5-6 June 2010 (1st Weekend Sat. & Sun.) Apache Knife Fighting Seminar (Youth & Adults) 0900 (9 a.m.) – 1700 (5 p.m.) both days youth: $100/day adult: $150/day Instructor: Snake Blocker Host: Danny Haskins (573) 898-2890 Warrior's Path Combat Academy 667 Hwy V Troy, Missouri 63379 12-13 June 2010 (2nd weekend) – Note: May change due to studio moving to New Orleans Muay Thai “Dancing with Scorpions” Level 1 - Seminar Richmond, Kentucky 40475 Instructor (Kru): Snake Blocker Host: Steve Carroll (859) 626-2476 Dress in Thai Shorts. No shoes. Bring protective cup (males), mouth piece, gloves, hand wraps, shin guards, and head gear. There is no sparring in Level 1 19-20 June 2010 (3rd weekend Sat. & Sun.) 15th Annual Apache Knife Fighting & Battle Tactics - Seminar 0900 (9 a.m.) – 1800 (6 p.m.) both days Jicarilla Apache Nation , Ishkoteen Judical Complex #5 (main entrance) Narrow Gauge Road, Dulce, New Mexico 87528 Accessible via US Highway 64 from Farmington and Chama. From Albuquerque via US Highway 550 and NM 537 Instructors: Snake Blocker & Alan "Colorado Warrior" Tafoya Host: Jicarilla Apache Nation (505) 501-0229 Cost: $250/day seminar (pre-register) or $500 both days & rank/testing (add $10 for late registration) Apache Natives 50% off, Military 25% off Bring 2 rubber training knives, 2 real fighting knives, 2 heavy throwing knives, 2 real folder knives, protective eye glasses, warm street clothes or Native outfits, and bring any other Native weapons you have (war clubs, lance, bow & arrow, shield, etc). This class will be filmed for the upcoming Apache Knife Fighting & Battle Tactics DVD. Dress warm as some of the training will be outdoors. You will get dirty! 26-27 June 2010 (4th weekend Sat.) Muay Thai “Bamboo House of Pain” Level 7 - Seminar 0900 (9 a.m.) – 1200 (noon) & 1200 – 1300 (1 p.m.) for those testing Advantage Martial Arts 5077 W. 64th Ave. Arvada, Colorado 80003 Instructor (Kru): Snake Blocker Host: Scott Pedersen (303) 650-5566 Cost: $50 seminar (pre-register) or $150 seminar & rank testing (add $10 for late registration) Dress in Thai Shorts. No shoes. Bring protective cup (males), mouth piece, gloves, hand wraps, shin guards, and head gear. There is sparring in Level 7

Way of the Knife 8-11 July 2010 (2nd Week of July, Thurs-Sun) Libertyville, IL., north of Chicago Northshore Academy, 281 Peterson Rd Libertyville, IL 60048-1005 (Chicago, IL Metro Area)(847) 573-1672 Each day 10 am to 5pm (or when we are done!) Instructors: Marc Halleck - Filipino Knife W. Hock Hochheim - Knife Combatives and knife ground fighting Snake Blocker - Apache Knife Fighting & Battle Tactics Lt. Col. Leland Belding - India Knife Fighting 4 days $350, 3 days $300, 2 days $200, any 1 day $100 Register with W. Hock Hochheim (www.hockscqc.com - you can pay same day)

Snake Blocker with the beautiful singer, Alana Grace supporting our troops in Afghanistan (below):

BAMA celebrates 15 years of teaching good people how to protect themselves and their loved ones. Thank you all for your support! BAMA has grown every year since 1995! BAMA has trained students in all 50 U.S.A. states and several foreign countries. You can still support the troops by sending care packages and Snake will make sure the troops get the items. Send to: Snake Blocker 38th HRC BAF APO AE 09354 Make this year (2010) your best training-year thus far. Remember, there is no such thing as staying the same…you are either striving to make yourself better or allowing yourself to get worst. Snake Blocker & his ladies were featured on the new poster promoting the (USMTA) United States Muay Thai Association’s (NAL) Native American League. The USMTA gave certificates to each of the models: Melissa Diaz, Lucy Combs, Frenchie Legagneur, Heather Die, and Stephanie Hayes. All models are military (U.S. Army & U.S. Navy) and stationed in Afghanistan.

Snake Blocker is the new US Representative for the Native American League (NAL). Snake is honored and humbled by this position.

The "Apache Falcon" knife by Snake Blocker was featured at the SHOTS Show in Las Vegas, Nevada in January at the TOPS booth. The media took notice of it, including Army Times, Tactical Knife magazine and many others. http://www.topsknives.com/product_info.php?products_id=305&osCsid=5bfd8ssbqpjh7eqph8do6o15f1 Retail: $ 229. 00 – Introduction Price: $190.00 (order today). Snake Blocker and Mark Lewis did a combat speed knife demonstration at Spoken Word at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan for the troops with the Apache Falcon knives (below):

Many Military and DOD Contractors have already bought their Apache Falcon. “Thank you!” to all who have already bought the Apache Falcon knife. (11 Apache Falcon’s have been sold to Snake Blocker’s students within the first few weeks on base in

Afghanistan and over 35 knives were sold during the holidays.)

Snake Blocker interviews a local Iraqi citizen in Iraq 2006 (Thank you Scott Scholenthaler for posting this lost interview) (6 part Interview):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncxTzeZ5E6g Part 1 Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5AbWrKeDEw Part 2 Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybzpGi2sb0M Part 3 Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w3Du16elkc Part 4 Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA0qRSPOMv8 Part 5 Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrFpYxPatgw Part 6 Interview

82nd Airborne Division Commander Major General

Curtis M. Scaparrotti

Snake Blocker (Navy), General Scaparrotti (Army), & Lt. Stephanie Hayes (Navy)

supporting our troops in Afghanistan (above).

Sergeant Major of the Army Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston

Sgt Major of the Army Preston, Snake Blocker, and 82nd Airborne Division Command Sgt Major James

Capel supporting our troops in Afghanistan (above).

[Full] Admiral Gary Roughead supporting our troops in Afghanistan (above).

Snake Blocker performing at Spoken Word - Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan (above).

Rear Admiral Mark A. Handley

Civil Engineer Corps, United States Navy

Commander, First Naval Construction Division (below):

Snake Blocker & Rear Admiral Mark Handley (Navy Sea-Bee) supporting our troops

in Afghanistan.

Master Chief of the Navy (SS/SW) Rick West supporting our troops in Afghanistan

(above).

Special limited table-top hardcover poetry book by Snake Blocker (released 22 November 2009):

The Art of Compromise – From Right to Left (collector’s edition) Click below to order:

http://www.blurb.com/search/site_search?search=Snake+Blocker&filter=bookstore

Snake Blocker was recently elected as a council member of the Red Power United

(RPU) organization.

Snake Blocker has had the opportunity to continue to be on the air twice a month on American Freedom Network Radio (AFN) Afghanistan with DJ John and DJ Jen. Snake talks about military policies and promotes his Military Close Quarters Combat (MCQC) classes, and his Muay Thai classes on base at Bagram Airfield. AFN Radio was kind enough to put together radio commercials for Snake’s classes which air throughout the week. (Photos below of Snake Blocker, DJ John, and DJ Jen at the AFN studio):

Saturday, 30 January 2010, Guro Mike Schwarz interviewed Snake Blocker for the online show, FMA/Silat [FMA = Filipino Martial Arts]. The show is sponsored by WSEF/MAI and Malayan War College. This interview will be posted online by 13 February 2010. 14 January 2010, Lenny Francion of AFN Television interviewed Snake Blocker during his MCQC class in Afghanistan. Thanks Lenny! You can watch the interview at various times on AFN Television Afghanistan.

Snake Blocker’s Muay Thai Level 6 "The Crocodile Bites” instructional DVD is now available (High Home Films). Order Levels 1-6 today at http://www.hockscqc.com/shop/18-snake-blocker-apache-knife-fighting.html

Dallas Cheerleader and Snake Blocker supporting our troops in Afghanistan (below):

Gary Sinise (CSI & Forest Gump) & The Lieutenant Dan Band supporting our troops

in Afghanistan (below):

The beautiful LeeAnn Tweeden (model) & Snake Blocker supporting our troops in

Afghanistan (below):

Dave Attell and other singers/musicians and comedians supporting the troops in

Afghanistan (below):

Mark Wills and Snake Blocker supporting our troops in Afghanistan (above)

Nick Bollettieri (Kournikova’s tennis coach) supporting our troops in Afghanistan

(above)

Snake Blocker & Mykelti Williamson (Forrest Gump’s Pvt. Benjamin Buford 'Bubba'

Blue) supporting our troops in Afghanistan (above).

Billy Ray Cyrus signing his newest CD for Snake Blocker and supporting our troops

in Afghanistan (above).

Anna Kournikova supporting our troops in Afghanistan (above).

Over 100 students train under Snake Blocker every week. All the consistent students have been showing tremendous improvement…Great job! All the Phase 1 students have been a great help in assisting Snake in teaching, and several students will be testing for their Phase 1 or Phase 2 this month (February 2010).

Snake Blocker’s students (below):

“Thank You!” to those companies and individuals who have sponsored the MCQC Program and supported our troops through encouragement, care packages, training tools, and/or promotional items:

Black Belt Bureau Target Focus Training

Turtle Press Skeet Shooting Association & NRA TOPS Knives www.topsknives.com

Muay Thaimes Magazine www.muaythaimes.com United States Muay Thai Association (USMTA)

Native American League (NAL) Craig Garrison www.garrisonfightingknives.com

Jerry Smith & Sons Custom Knives www.jwsmithandsons.com Army 38th Human Resource Company

Rena Chase Richard & Wendy Zoia

James Blocker V Terri Zitaglio

Scientific Fighting Congress www.hockscqc.com Morning Star Entertainment

James Blocker IV & Nancy Blocker US Navy US Army

US Air Force American Freedom Radio (AFN)

Craig Garrison (above center/left) with his new knife design in action.

Jay Glazer (Fight Magazine writer & NFL Sunday Football) teaching an MMA workout with the troops:

NFL FOX on Sunday crew aired live in Afghanistan supporting our troops!

Snake Blocker was given an NFL Fox coin.

Snake Blocker received a Certificate of Appreciation from 3-401st Field Support Brigade and several command coins from various units including 45th Special Troops Command Coin from Command Sgt Major Hall. (Photos below of Snake Blocker, Major Dina Wandler, and LS2 Christopher Redmond):

Interesting video showing what is being promoted from certain claimed Muslim communities (Thanks for forwarding this Jackie Kulp): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPod-hxD7g&eurl=http://www.jihadwatch.org/&feature=player_embedded

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Don’t forget to write down your New Years goals for your combat/martial arts training…this is mandatory for all BAMA students! (Photo below of SSgt Latoya Irish & Snake Blocker in Afghanistan):

Bob Reiter (Muay Thaimes Magazine) & Snake Blocker, New York

Robert Reiter’s Corner: Robert & Snake had a conversation on the topic of “Does the Federal/U.S. Supreme Court Codes/Regulations regarding knife length overrule the state and/or local Codes/Regulations that put restriction on them?” It seems to be another one of the gray areas. Here’s Bob, comments: “Very few outside of the legal profession understand how our government is organized. It gets hopelessly complicated with more than 50 sovereign states plus municipalities and what not. Add to that the dynamics of a living law that changes continuously. I still haven't figured out, for example, whether a homosexual marriage where legal has to be recognized where it's not. This is actually one of the gray areas of the

'Supremacy Clause'. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled way back when folks began flocking to Nevada for quickie marriages and divorces that they had to be recognized everywhere, otherwise one state would be able to nullify the laws of another -- i.e., Nevada. It makes sense say in criminal convictions, but who foresaw homosexual marriages? While I'm all for 'love conquers all', I seriously wonder whether those so intent on legitimizing their romantic commitments truly appreciate the downside of marriage when it comes to divorce. Virtually anyone who's been through a divorce has had occasion to regret going there in the first place. Without kids, it doesn't do well on the pain vs. prize scale.” [And this is just an example of many of the “gray areas” such as knife length which varies per state and/or county/city, but has no limits according to Federal Codes]. Snake Blocker continues his courses with Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide (ERAU). He received 2 “A”s and 2 “B”s last semester. Everyone should always continue their education. “Should it cost you all you have…gain wisdom.” – King Solomon, 3rd King of Israel (Photos below of Snake with some of the ERAU students and teachers):

Arjarn Clint Heyliger, President of USMTA (below):

New patches, tee-shirts, and lapel pins by The United States Muay Thai Association. Go to www.usmta.com to order yours today:

Snake Blocker will be working with Raven Tactical International on upcoming events and seminars. Pick up your copy of Muay Thaimes magazine today - www.muaythaimes.com. Muay Thaimes magazine was sold at the Amy PX shops on U.S. bases. Photo below of Muay Thaimes sold at PX in Bagram, Afghanistan. All the copies sold out within a few days. Snake Blocker was interviewed by Clint Heyliger, President of the United States Muay Thai Association (USMTA), for the forthcoming issue. Look for the newest issue this month (Feb 2010).

15 foot Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake. Largest ever caught on record. Found Just South of Jacksonville, Florida…near the St. Augustine outlet, in a new KB homes subdivision. (Thanks for sending us this Butch.)

BAMA Student’s making their weapons for class assignment:

There is a new dojo in Palos Verdes, California: Sensei Earn Conforty http://www.bujinkannycisrael.com/ and is part of http://www.bujinkan.com/ (Thanks for the forward Paul Lasman)

New Students - WELCOME: ANDRE, HERADSTVEIT

ARAIZA, JAMIE R. ARD, ERIC

ARELLANO, ANGELA ASHBY, CHRISTOPHER BALCHUNAS, JOSEPH BANKS, BRITNEY C.

BARRERA, JOSH BATES, BRANDON

BENNETT, ED BERRY, WILLIAM

BIRCHARD, MATTHEW BROWN, KENNETH

BURT, URSULA BUSH, PHILIP

CABALES, RONNIE CALIMLIM, REX

CANIONERO, KERWIN CHYNGYSHBEEV, ALYBEK

CIMEI, PETER N. CLARK, JON

CLEMENTS, CHARLES CLINTON, JONNY

COLLINS, CHRISTOPHER COPERHAVER, KRISTY

CORNELL, BRENT COUSIN, SHANNON CRENSHAW, JOY L. CURTIS, DERRICK

DIAZ, JAMES DIE, HEATHER R.

DOMINKIO, ELMER DOURJOOA, STEFANIE

ERICKSON, NAOMI EVERETT, CHRIS

FELTIS, TROY FOX, GRAHAM

FREEMAN, KEITH

FURLOUSH, MICHAEL GAMBLE, BILLY

GARCIA, ALICIA N. GLORE, KRISTOPHER

GOLDSBOROUGH, DAVID GOMEZ, CARLOS

HAMPTON, JERON HARRELL, STEPHEN J. HATMON, NATHAN HENDRIX, LINDSY

HILL, JEFF JAIME, ALEX

JIMENEZ, ARIANNE JOHN, CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, JASON E.

JOINER, XANTHE KAM, CYRUS

KEESLER, BRANDON KELLY, VINCE

KRAUSS, ALESSANDRA KUTTINE, STEVEN LEAKE, MORGAN LEWIS, GABRIEL J.

LILYEA, PAUL LOCKETT, DELOREN

LOPEZ, GIBRAN LOPEZ, RITCHIE

MACARTHUR, BRITTAN C. MARTINEZ, AARON A.

MATTAO, JARRED MAYES, JOSHUA

MCFAYDEN, KIANNA MCINTOSH, CHRIS

MCVEY, SCOTT MEZA, ALEJO

MINNIFIELD, MICHAEL MISENHEIMER, JOHN

MONIZ, NOEL MORETTI, ERIN

MOZEE, CHRISTOPHER NOTTINGHAM, TROY

OLMOS, TONY OTA, DEREK

PHOOYOY, DENNIS PODGETT, CORY

POTTER, CATHERINE PROSKA, ROCKY

PROWELL, BRIAN QUINTANA, ABRIANT

RAMSEY, JON P. RAYMUNDO, JANLYNYRD

RODRIQUES, SCOTTIE ROSSO, PATRICK

RULAND, CHRISTOPHER SAMAYOA, SHARON SANTANA,XIOMARA

SANTOS, JUNIOR SASON, MARIVEL SAUDERS, DE'JA SAVAGE, CAILEE

SCALLAN, MATTHEW SIMON, FABIENNE

SMITH, JAMES SMITH, MATTHEW

STANEK, JEFF STEWART, TAMARRA

STOVER, JASON SWINT, CLINT

TAGAMA, EDWARD TAYLOR, ADONIS

THOMAS, MICHAEL VALENEIA, STEVEN

VANDAGRIFF, PATRICK VASQUEZ, MARCO

VRABEL, DON WILLIAMS, APOLLO W. WINFIELD, JOSHEP R.

YEAGER, PATRICK YOUNG, CALEB E.

Continue to tell your friend about the

seminars and classes and forward this Newsletter!

Always read the signs! (Thanks for the forward Butch).

Darrell "Shifty" Powers (Thanks for the forward Dwight McLemore) Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them. I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn't know who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle", the symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat. Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. I thanked him for his service, and then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made. Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until

sometime in 1945 . . .” at which point my heart skipped. At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy . . . . Do you know where Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped. I told him yes, I know exactly where Normandy was, and I know what D-Day was. At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland, into Arnhem." I was standing with a genuine war hero . . . . And then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day. I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France, and he said "Yes. And it's real sad because these days so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say. I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach, while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I'd take his in coach. He said "No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there are still some who remember what we did and still care is enough to make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it. And mine are brimming up now as I write this. Shifty died on June 17 after fighting cancer. There was no parade. No big event in Staples Center. No wall to wall back to back 24x7 news coverage., ala MJ No weeping fans on television Rest in peace, Shifty. "A nation without heroes is nothing."

Reality Check Stories on Real World Assaults:

(“Thank You!” to those students who helped with typing up these articles)

CABBIE SPRAYS DEODORANT TO DISARM ATTACKER

IL Elgin- Police in suburban Chicago say a taxi driver who didn’t have mace handy when he was attacked by a knife-wielding passenger instead disarmed the man with a can of aerosol deodorant. Elgin deputy police Chief Jeff Swoboda says the 51-year-old cabbie picked up the male passenger outside a casino. Swoboda said the driver grew suspicious when the man offered several destinations, so he surreptitiously placed the small can of deodorant between his legs. Shortly afterward, the passenger put a knife to the driver’s neck and demanded money. The cabbie sprayed the deodorant in the man’s eyes, causing him to drop the knife. Swoboda says the man punched the driver before fleeing but didn’t seriously injure him.

JURY FINDS MOM GUILTY OF SLICING SONS THROATS

IA Grundy center – A jury has found an Iowa woman guilty of killing her 2-year-old son and seriously injuring his older brother when se slit the boy’s throats before cutting her own neck last year. Michelle Kehoes hands trembled and she wiped tears from her face as district court judge Bruce Zager read the verdict. Kehoe, of Coralville, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. The jury convicted her of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and child endangerment. Kehoe was accused of driving her sons to a pond, where she covered their faces with duct tape before slicing their throats with a knife in October 2008. During closing arguments, Kehoe’s attorney said she suffered from severe depression.

MAN ACCUSED OF PUTTING BLOOD CROSSES ON KIDS

TX Edcouch – A south Texas man is accused of assault in a fight with his wife in whom he allegedly anointed his children’s heads with blood crosses. Ramiro Ruiz Jr. was in the hidalgo county jail on aggravated assault charges. Bail was $150,000. The children were not

harmed. Investigators believe Ruiz last month pulled a knife on his spouse, cut himself and drew crosses on his children’s foreheads with his blood. The McAllen Monitor reports Ruiz, already jailed on unrelated counts was charged over allegedly threatening his wife during the incident. If convicted, Ruiz could face up to 20 years in prison.

INMATES RIOT WITH CANES, WALKERS AS WEAPONS

CA Fresno – A California prison was under lockdown as administrators investigated a riot involving rival Latino gangs that sent 24 inmates to hospitals, on in serious condition. Inmates at Avenal State Prison used canes, walkers and foot rests from wheelchairs to beat each other. The most seriously injured inmate suffered punctures and slash wounds, none life-threatening. “Exactly what they were fighting over, we’re still trying to figure that out.” Said LT. Doug Snell, prison spokesman. “It's still a big mess.” It took 16 ambulances responding from four counties to carry the injured to five hospitals. The melee came about six weeks after 175 inmates were injured at the California Institution for men in Chino in a racially motivated riot that left seven housing areas uninhabitable and forces the transfer of 1,100 inmates.

FORMER SPOUSE FACES CHARGES IN GI’S DEATH

TX Fort Hood – The FBI says a soldier was stabbed to death at her Fort Hood home and her civilian ex-husband is being charged with murder. Fort Hood police found 26-year-old SGT. Shaneka Jones stabbed in her chest after a 911 call about 3 A.M. FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said the soldier apparently had been arguing with 36-year-old Donovan Lair. Military police detained him at the home and he later was transferred to FBI custody. At an appearance before a federal magistrate, Lair was ordered to be detained until his preliminary hearing.

MOTHER ACCUSED OF STABBING 2 DAUGHTERS

CA Westminster – Police say a mother stabbed her two young daughters and then tried to kill herself at an Orange County home. A 5-year-old was hospitalized on life support, and the mother and 3-year-old had injuries that were not life-threatening. Officer Van Woodson says the woman was clutching her younger daughter and both were covered in blood. Her 5-year-old daughter was found in another bedroom with a stab wound in her chest. Woodson says the 38-year-old Garden Grove woman confessed to the stabbing and suicide attempt. A motive for the attack is under investigation.

POLICE SEARCHING FOR MAN WHO STABBED 2 WOMEN

WA Seattle – Two women were stabbed while they slept in their home, rattling residents of the south Seattle neighborhood because the assailant, who remained on the loose, may have chosen the victims at random. Police distributed fliers and called a neighborhood meeting to talk about the crime that left one woman dead and the other seriously wounded. “He considered very, very dangerous. This is a man who clearly has evil intent, again very predatory in nature with the attack, and we need to get him off the street,” Assistant Police Chief Nicholas Metz said. A manhunt for a man in his late 20s or early 30s was under way. The 40-year-old woman who survived described him as slim but muscular, about 6 feet tall and 160 pounds, with a thin mustache. A 37-year-old woman died at the scene and the

other woman was released after being treated for multiple stab wounds. Neighbors reported seeing the two women run screaming from the house while the attacker fled on foot. Neighbors said the women planned to marry. Metz said police had not established a motive for the attack and had not ruled out a sex or hate crime.

SUSPECT IN KILLING SHOULD HAVE HAD THREE STRIKES

CA Los Angeles – A parolee accused of killing 17-year-old Lily Burk in July could have been serving a lengthy prison sentence instead of roaming the streets of Los Angeles but for a clerical error that downplayed his criminal record, according to interviews and court documents. Because of error, authorities did not know that Charles Samuel was eligible to be prosecuted under California’s tough “three strikes” law when he was arrested for and convicted of burglary in San Bernardino County in 1997. Burk never returned home after running an errand for her mother at Southwestern Law School west of downtown. Her body was discovered the next morning in her Volvo in a downtown parking lot. Her head had been beaten and her neck slashed.

MURDER TRIAL OF U.S STUDENT IN ITALY NEARS END

PERUGIA, ITALY – An American student accused of murdering her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killing her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor said Friday in closing arguments at her trial. Lead prosecutor Giuliano Mignini argued that Amanda Knox, together with her ex-boyfriend and co-defendant Rafael Sollecito and a third man convicted in a separate trial last year, killed Meredith Kercher under “the fumes of drugs and possibly alcohol” and then tried to cover up their crime by staging a burglary. Knox, of Seattle, wanted to get back at Kercher for saying she was not clean and for calling her promiscuous, Mignini said. “Amanda had the chance to retaliate against a girl who was serious quiet,” Mignini said. “She had harbored hatred for Meredith, and that was the time when it could explode. The time had come to take revenge on that smirk girl.” He said Knox, Sollecito and Ivory Coast citizen Rudy Hermann Guede met at the apartment where Kercher was killed on Nov.1, 2007, shortly before the slaying, likely to settle some drug issues with Guede, who was known in Perugia for dealing drugs. Kercher’s body was found in a pool of blood the next day, her throat slit. Prosecutors allege that Kercher was killed during what began as a sex game, with Sollecito holding her by the shoulders from behind while Knox touched her with the point of a knife. They say Guede tried to sexually assault Kercher, and then Knox fatally stabbed her in the throat. Knox and Sollecito are charged with murder and sexual violence in 2007 killing in the central Italian town of Perugia. They deny wrongdoing. Guede was sentenced to 30 years in prison last year on the same charges. He also denies wrongdoing and is appealing his conviction. Knox has denied having major problems with Kercher and has said in the past she was shocked at the death of a woman she considered a friend. Prosecutors were expected to formally make their sentencing requests to the eight-member jury Saturday, while a verdict is expected in early December.

Teen hurts 9 in German school attack By Brigitte Caspary The Associated Press

ANSBACH, Germany – An 18-year-old student armed with an ax and knives lobbed Molotov cocktails at his high school in southern Germany on Thursday, wounding eight students and a teacher before he was shot and arrested by police. The teenager entered the Carolinum High School in the Bavarian town of Ansbach on Thursday morning and threw one Molotov cocktail before police were alerted and arrived at the scene, said Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann. Police smelled smoke when they arrived at the school, Hermann said. They were confronted by the ax-wielding teen, who had thrown a second Molotov cocktail that apparently failed to detonate. “Since the attacker threatened to use his weapons against the police, the officers opened fire,” Herrmann said, adding that the attacker, who was not identified, was wounded and in critical condition. Udo Dreher, the chief police officer at the scene, said teen was shot five times, but was not in life threatening condition. Two teenage girls were seriously injured by the attacker one suffering burns and the other head injuries, said Dreher. It was not clear whether the second girl was attacked with the ax or a knife. Authorities did not say how the seven people who suffered light injuries – six students and a teacher – had been attacked. Dreher said the assailant started his rampage armed with three Molotov cocktails, the ax and two knives. He was arrested 11 minutes after police were called. Authorities said the teen had no police record and it was not immediately clear what his motive might have been. Officials said there was no indication that he had said anything during the attack. Fire service official Horst Settler said no major fires broke out in the school and its roughly 700 students were evacuated and taken to a nearby building. Prosecutor Gudrun Lehnberger said the 18-year-old male student at the school was being held on suspicion of attempted murder. Texas mom suspected of beheading infant son By Michelle Roberts & Paul J. Weber The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO – Otty Sanchez, a schizophrenic with a history of hospitalizations, refused to take medication for her postpartum depression, her son’s father said. She’d been going to regular counseling and had been briefly hospitalized since the boy was born. But the 33-year-old woman’s troubles only became apparent to authorities when they found her before dawn Sunday, in a house where she had access to samurai swords, screaming that she killed her baby. Her 3-week-old son was decapitated and dismembered in a scene so gruesome police were left shaken. “Maybe we missed” warning signs, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said. “I don’t know.” San Antonio police released a four-minute 911 call Wednesday that ends with the mother crying, “I love him. I didn’t mean to do it. He told me to,” while her sister pleads with the 911 operator for an ambulance to come to the house. Sanchez is charged with capital murder and being held on $1 million bond. Authorities said Sanchez attempted suicide after butchering her newborn son, Scott Wesley Buchholz-Sanchez, with a steak knife and two swords while her sister and two nieces, ages 5 and 7 slept in another room. Scott W. Buchholz, the infant’s father, said although his girlfriend had postpartum depression and only recently told him she was schizophrenic, she didn’t appear unstable. He wants prosecutors to pursue the death penalty. “She killed my son. She should burn in hell,” Buchholz, 33, said.

Soda can leads to sword assault TX Bryan – An apparent fight over a soda can led to assault charges after a Bryan man allegedly used a sword to cut two of his roommates. Michael Angel Zamago was in the Brazos County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon related to family violence. A police report indicates Zamago was upset to find a soda can in his room, thinking someone entered without permission. Zamago allegedly used the sword to poke holes in a closed door to a room where the pair fled. One roommate has a cut under his right armpit. The other suffered a cut in the shoulder area. Police: Teen stabs mom in back while hugging her TX Grapevine – Police say a 15-year-old Texas boy stabbed his mother in the back with a 6 inch kitchen knife while pretending to hug her after an argument. Police arrested the teen in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine about three hours after his mother called police. Authorities say the woman was treated at a Dallas hospital for a non-life-threatening wound. Bail set at $10 million for stabbing suspect WA Seattle – A judge set bail at $10 million for a man accused of breaking into a south Seattle home and stabbing two women, one fatally. Fingerprints and bodily fluids tied Isaiah M.K. Kalebu, a 23-year-old man with a history of mental illness, to the attack, police said. Investigators said Kalebu crawled through an open window at the home in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood and attacked Teresa Butz, 39, and her 36-year-old partner. He stabbed both women, Seattle police officer Dana Duffy said. Butz died after fleeing through a bathroom window and running into the street, naked and covered in blood. 2 plead not guilty in meat cleaver attack NY White Plains – A New Yorker denied charges that he nearly cut off a businessman’s hand with a meat cleaver while urging him to settle a $50,000 debt. Christopher Calise of Yonkers and a co-defendant pleaded not guilty to felony assault. The June incident occurred outside a Westchester County social club. Maurice Mann of Fort Lee, N.J., is accused of holding the victim. His lawyer says Mann didn’t know about the cleaver, and was trying to protect Calise from the businessman. New Rochelle police said they stopped the men, who had blood on their faces and clothes, and found the cleaver in their car. The club owner, who did not report the incident, was on probation for promoting gambling. Student stabbed to death in school fight FL Miami – One student stabbed another to death during a fight in a courtyard at a suburban high school, authorities said. School officials identified the victim as 17-year-old sophomore Juan Carlos Rivera. Police identified the attacker as 17-year-old Andy Jesus Rodriguez, who was taken into custody immediately after the stabbing at Coral Gables Senior High School. He was charged with second-degree murder, according to an arrest affidavit. School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said a fight happened sometime after 9 a.m. as students moved from first- to second-period classes. HE could not say what the two students were arguing about how many others saw the stabbing.

Priest able to forgive after brutal stabbing TX Sinton – Kicked, beaten and stabbed nearly 20 times. Last rites twice in a single day. Still the Rev. Shaji Varghese harbors no anger toward his attacker. David Rodriguez approached Varghese, 42, following Mass asking him to hear his confession. Minutes later, Varghese was found about 100 yards from the side doorway of the church soaked in his own blood. Rodriguez was arrested about an hour later. “I don’t take this incident as something very bad because this incident taught me so many things,” Varghese said. “It made my vocation stronger, my loyalty toward God stronger. I was made surer that my God is such a caring one. We are not perfect. It made me know that God answers to the prayers and God supports.”

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