Bad Day for Samurai Wannabes

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Covington Doctor Accused of Stabbing Patient

A Covington doctor who's had several problems with the State Medical Board is now locked up for stabbing a female patient. Dr. Douglas Rank faces an assault charge after neighbors say they caught him attacking the woman with a sword.

Local 12's Joe Webb is following the story and shares more information.

Dr. Rank has been in the news before. We've covered his troubles in the past with state medical boards. But this is very different. Police say he was admittedly drunk and on drugs when neighbors rushed in on a violent scene.

Dr. Douglas Rank owns 12 West Pike Street in Covington. He has an office on the first floor and an apartment on the third. It was upstairs, about 7:45 last night, when things apparently got ugly.

Doug Hamilton, Neighbor: "All I heard was a scream. But it was the type of a scream that you know something is wrong. I went up to the top of the steps and they were fighting."

According to the police report, several neighbors intervened, but not before the woman was stabbed several times.

Lt. Col. Spike Jones, Covington Police: "We would consider her injuries to be life-threatening at the time she transported to University Hospital for treatment of those injuries. Based on that criteria, he was charged with assault first."

According to the police report, Rank had consumed a fifth of brandy and taken two Clonezapam muscle relaxers.

Doctor Rank is board certified in psychiatry and internal medicine, but his problems with medical boards have generated reams of paperwork. He admittedly had sex with one patient and got into more trouble for allegedly prescribing medication to another. But what happened last night was a surprise to everyone.

"To my information, we haven't had any problems with him as far as criminal behavior in the past. To me this is a new occurrence for this individual."

"He has some inner demons, apparently, that he needs to be working with and now he'll get the help that he needs."

Dr. rank is charged with first degree assault. He's being held in the Kenton County Jail on a 50-thousand dollar cash bond.

Prosecutor Rob Sanders says the stabbing investigation has raised new questions about the doctor's medical practice.

[GeneChing]

Here's one that just reeks trailer trash. From TN no less, where the East Coast Tiger Claw office is - I'll have to let them know.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 24, 2010
Cops: Boozed-Up Mom Waves Sword at School
Tenn. Woman Drank a 40-ounce Beer, Then Went to Son's Elementary School to Confront Other Parents

(AP) Police say the mother of an elementary school student drank a 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor before brandishing a sword in her child's school.

Bennie Price told WMC-TV that her daughter, 32-year-old Toni Price went to Riverview Elementary School in Memphis intending to confront the parents of another child who had been in a spitting match with her child the previous day.

According to court records, an employee reported a drunk woman armed with a sword was running through the halls of the school and had threatened to cut her.

Officers who arrived on the scene retrieved a black cane that concealed the blade.

Bennie Price said her daughter would never have hurt anyone at the school.

Toni Price is charged with aggravated assault and having a weapon on school property.

[GeneChing]

Bad sword users.

Lynn sex offender convicted of rape
By Associated Press
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - Added 3h ago

NEWBURYPOR — A Lynn man has been sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for using a sword to beat a woman before raping her.

Prosecutors say 52-year-old Cornelius Moore was convicted Wednesday in Newburyport Superior Court of aggravated rape and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the attack at his home in August 2008.

Authorities say the victim, an acquaintance of Moore’s, went to his home to see an area where he said she could store some belongings. He then used the sword like a baseball bat to beat her over the head, before raping her.

Moore’s defense attorney claimed at trial that the woman made up the incident.

Moore was already a registered sex offender because of an indecent assault and battery conviction.

Chicago man reportedly attacked with sword in Davenport
March 02, 2010 21:28 EST

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Police say a Chicago man was seriously injured when he was attacked with a sword outside a Davenport, Iowa, tavern.

Officers say 26-year-old Ricky Johnson Jr. got into a fight with 36-year-old Willie Terrell of Davenport outside Boozie's Bar and Grill early Tuesday morning.

Police say the two men exchanged punches before Terrell went to his car, gout out a sword and struck Johnson in the arms and torso.

Johnson was transported to Genesis East Medical Center in Davenport and later airlifted to University Hospitals in Iowa City. A spokesperson there said no information on his condition was available.

Terrell was charged with felony willful injury. A shift officer at the Scott County Jail said Tuesday night he had been released on bond, but she did not have the name of his attorney.

[GeneChing]

This sounds like a stereotypical Asian gang war

Football bet row ends with swords drawn, gunshots fired
Last updated: 3/9/2010 23:12

Brawlers pulled guns and knives in downtown Ho Chi Minh City Monday night after a fight broke out over football betting pool.

The sounds of gun fire started at around 8:30 p.m. at a corner of the East-West Highway in District 1.

According to eyewitnesses, one group had six young men on three motorbikes while the other had four on two motorbikes.

The first group had said they were there to “take care” of the other group for refusing to pay around VND100 million (US$5,350) after losing football bets, a 52-year-old local only identified as N.V.S. was quoted by local newswire Vietnamnet as saying Tuesday.

Three men from the first group drew three swords to attack the others near the highway. One member of the second group received cuts to his back and fell to the ground. When he got up, he ran to the other side of the road, pulled a gun, and fired shots, eyewitnesses said.

The gun-armed gang then began chasing the sword-wielders.

A second shot broke a window at a nearby restaurant.

“I’ve only seen things like this in gangster movies,” S. told Vietnamnet.

Three shoots had been fired before the gun was thrown in the nearby Tau Hu canal. Another man in the gun-armed gang jumped into the river near the highway to swim to District 4, but the tide caught him and he couldn’t make it. Local residents managed to catch him and the police caught the gunman later. They also found the gun early on Tuesday, with two bullets left inside.

Police have arrested five people for investigation. Two of them, Nguyen Van Hoang, 31, from the northern province of Thanh Hoa, and Nguyen Viet Hoa, 23, from Hai Phong, were from the gun-armed gang.

The others, Le Thanh Hung, 39, a District 1 local, Nguyen Tin Trung, 23, and another man only identified as Tien Trung, belonged to the sword-armed gang.

Tin Trung said Duong Phu Son, 30, also a District 1 local, had been the one who had started slashing people with his sword.

Police are looking for Son and the other men involved in the fight. The gunman’s name has not yet been released.

Knoxville TN is where the east coast Tiger Claw office is. I hope he didn't get that sword from there.

Sword and BB gun used in Saturday confrontation in Barrington
By Joey Cresta
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

BARRINGTON — A man with ties to Tennessee was arrested Saturday after allegedly wielding a sword and an BB gun during a confrontation with multiple people on Berry River Road.

Joseph Lawson, 21, with a listed address of 1941 Berry Road in Knoxville, Tenn., was charged with six counts of felony criminal threatening with a deadly weapon after allegedly brandishing a sword and handgun during a dispute with three people at 154 Berry River Road Saturday around 2 p.m.

According to an affidavit filed in Rochester District Court, officers responded to the residence and made contact with the woman who called for help as well as Lawson. The affidavit said a verbal altercation outside began between Lawson and the woman's brother, leading Lawson to enter the home and come back out with a sword and BB gun.

Witnesses told police that Lawson was "issuing challenges to people" and was the primary aggressor, the affidavit said.

Lawson told police his actions were to protect himself, the affidavit said.

Police arrested him and transported him to county jail, where he was held until his video arraignment in Rochester District Court Monday morning. Assistant County Attorney Kathryn Smykowski requested bail of $5,000 cash, which can convert to personal recognizance if Strafford County Community Corrections monitors Lawson with a GPS.

He is to have no contact with four people connected to the case and may have no entry into the Berry River Road residence without a police escort.

After the hearing, Smykowski said Lawson has ties to Tennessee but has apparently been living in the area for some time. His only criminal history includes a disorderly conduct charge out of Barrington from January 2008, she said.

She said Lawson indicated he would be staying with an aunt and uncle in Dover if released from jail.

He is due back in court for a probable cause hearing on March 19 at 1 p.m.

Another samurai sword...

Police tackle samurai sword man in West Hampstead

Police officers have tackled a man who was seen strolling in north west London carrying a samurai sword.

Six officers suffered minor injuries in the incident on Friday.

Officers were called to West Hampstead after the man was seen with the weapon. They ordered the man to drop the sword and a violent struggle ensued.

Passers-by erupted into spontaneous applause after police seized both the sword and a kitchen knife. A man, 37, has been bailed until April.

Pc John Dunwell, of the Metropolitan Police, said: "Having risk-assessed the situation, I felt it was necessary to confront the man before he hurt himself, or someone else.

"He proved to be very strong and I'm just thankful to my colleagues for coming to my assistance so quickly."

[uki]

This sounds like a stereotypical Asian gang war

you'd think these wanna-be tough guy's would have more class.

[GeneChing]

Vetoed by Conan?

Sword killer's parole ordered despite veto
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

(04-12) 18:04 PDT VALLEJO -- A state appeals court has overruled Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and ordered the release of a Vallejo man who has spent nearly 30 years in prison for killing another man with a sword.

A psychologist and the state parole board found that Michael Quarterman had matured in the last 15 years and posed no danger to the public, and Schwarzenegger offered no evidence to the contrary, the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco said Thursday.

The 3-0 decision overruled a Solano County judge who had upheld Schwarzenegger's 2007 veto of Quarterman's parole. The governor could appeal to the state Supreme Court.

Quarterman, now 51, was a 23-year-old community college student in July 1981 when he argued with Lawrence Stewart in a Vallejo bar. Quarterman followed Stewart in his car, punched him in the face, then got a sword from the car and slashed him in the face and neck, prosecutors said.

Quarterman said he had simply wanted to talk to Stewart, but that a friend of Stewart's had attacked him. Quarterman grabbed the sword in the belief that Stewart had a gun, he said.

Quarterman served time in the California Youth Authority for assault and robbery at age 15. He pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Stewart in 1982 and was sentenced to 15 years to life.

After denying parole 10 times, the Board of Parole Hearings found Quarterman eligible for release in October 2006. The board said Quarterman had no serious disciplinary violations since 1992, had taken part in alcohol treatment and other rehabilitation programs, had shown remorse for his crime, and had realistic plans to live with his mother and work at a Vallejo furniture store.

A board psychologist said Quarterman "appears to have developed character" and posed no more risk than the average citizen. But Schwarzenegger vetoed parole in March 2007, citing the viciousness of the killing and the Solano County district attorney's opposition to release.

The governor also cited Quarterman's juvenile record, his early disciplinary problems in prison and his assertion that he had killed Stewart in self-defense, an indication that "he may not accept responsibility for the crime."

But the appeals court said a prisoner does not have to admit guilt to show that he has been rehabilitated. Regardless of Quarterman's version of the events that led to the killing, the court said, the psychologist and the parole board concluded that he had taken responsibility for his acts and was unlikely to repeat them.

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Unfortunately they are still at large:

What would you do if confronted by two masked robbers wielding a samurai sword and an ax? Us? We'd give them everything they want, then run.

Not U.K. jeweler John Bradley, who refused to allow the two thieves rob his store, fending them off with his bare hands.

In amazing footage released by Bradley in a bid to capture the crooks you'll see the armed men burst into his shop, Dot the Jewellers in Saltaire, in a bid to make off with the over-$300,000 worth of valuables it houses.

But the 40-year-old fought back. After pushing the robber with the sword and disarming him, Bradley fell through glass cabinets in the scuffle before chasing the pair out of the store, empty-handed, with their own weapon.

[TaichiMantis]

Liquid courage and a sword...

April 27, 2010 6:45 AM
Samurai Student? UDel Student Arrested in Weekend Sword Attack

NEWARK, Del. (CBS/KYW/AP) A University of Delaware student was arrested for assaulting another male with a 3-foot samurai sword as a party was breaking up over the weekend.

Luis Sanchez-Herrea, 24, is facing charges of assault, possession of a deadly weapon and related offenses after the incident in an apartment in Newark, Del. about 3 a.m. Saturday.

Police said the attack started with an altercation in the apartment. The fight spilled into a bedroom, where Sanchez-Herrera allegedly grabbed the sword and struck the victim in the hand.

He was rushed to Christiana Hospital and received 20 stitches. According to CBS affiliate KYW, police recovered a 3-foot-long sword at the scene.

The incident remains under investigation.

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By Matthew Fleischer on Jun 02, 2010 08:58 AM

Stephen Hill, a 30 year-old porn actor, allegedly snapped last night, killing one and wounding two with a samurai sword/machete-type weapon. The attack took place at the Van Nuys offices of Ultima DVD Inc. on Hayvenhurst Avenue and Saticoy street.

The L.A. Times is reporting that Hill was both working and living at the Ulitima offices, and may have gone off after fearing he was going to lose his job.

Hill is still on the run, after fleeing the scene in a blue Toyota RAV4.

A Google search of "Steve Hill" and "porn" brings up the gay porn title "Home Coming." No confirmation if this Hill and the suspect are one in the same.

[GeneChing]

June 7, 2010 11:13 AM
Stephen Hill, Porn Actor Wanted for Sword Slaying, Dies After Jumping Off Cliff, Say Cops
Posted by Edecio Martinez

LOS ANGELES (CBS/KCAL) Stephen Hill, the porn actor suspected of killing a colleague with a sword, has died after jumping from a rocky hillside in Chatsworth, Calif. during a standoff with police.

SWAT officers say they spent part of the afternoon Saturday trying to talk the 34-year-old down from the hill as he clutched a sword.

Police Officer Bruce Borihanh says a "less than lethal munition" was used against Hill just before his jump, according to CBS affiliate KCAL. Video of the incident showed Hill moving to the edge of the outcropping from a seated position then letting himself drop as police closed in on him.

Borihanh says the actor fell some 40 feet.

Hill fled to the Chatsworth neighborhood hillside after leaving a house where he was barricaded for most of Saturday.

It was unknown whether the sword was the murder weapon in Tuesday's deadly attack at the Ultima DVD production center that also left two people injured.

Hill, whose professional name is Steve Driver, is suspected of killing 30-year-old colleague Herbert Hin Wong, and wounding two other people. He was charged Friday with one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder.

The charges were filed after Eric Jover, who runs Ultima DVD, offered a $2,000 reward on the company's website for information leading to the arrest of Hill.

Jover said he was present during the attack, but declined to disclose details to KCAL.

Ultima DVD's website contains a tribute to Wong, who police said was killed when he tried to save another victim after the violence erupted at a small social gathering at the studio.

Investigators said Hill went on the rampage after being told he was being fired and would have to move out of the production facility where he had been living.

The small company is located in the San Fernando Valley, known in the adult film industry as Porn Valley for its large number of porn businesses.

There's vid of the death - it's a little morbid: Sword-Wielding Porn Star Falls Off Cliff

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Avondale police arrested a man suspected of stabbing a father and son with a samurai sword during a fight late Saturday night, officials said.

Santos Esquival Villanueva, 29, was booked Sunday into Fourth Avenue Jail on counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and other weapons charges, according to booking records. He is being held on $175,000 bond.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...-stabbing.html

[GeneChing]

Beaten to the cut (as opposed to the punch) by SanHeChuan.

U.S. Man Arrested for 'Hunting' Bin Laden

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Nothing says "martial arts master" like slapping a woman and holding her down on a bed at sword point. Stupid ninja wannabe.

Authorities: Man assaults woman with ninja sword
By BRAD ****ERSON
Published: July 14, 2010
Updated: 07/14/2010 05:37 pm

SEBRING - Sheriff's deputies said a self-proclaimed "master of martial arts" slapped a woman in the face several times before threatening her with a ninja sword.

Eldridge Brown, 39, of Sebring, was arrested Sunday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill, possession of a weapon or ammo by a convicted felon and misdemeanor battery.

He remained in the Highlands County Jail Tuesday under an $110,000 bond.

Brown and the woman were arguing, which led to him saying he was a martial arts master and that she was disrespecting him, according to the arrest report.

The suspect began slapping the woman in the face before pushing her onto the bed and held the blade of the unsheathed sword toward her neck, the report stated.

"The sword was held only a few inches away from (the woman's) neck, with the sharp cutting edge of the blade pointed towards the soft tissue of her neck," the report stated.

When law enforcement arrived, they reportedly found 11 .44 caliber magnum bullets. It was advised that Brown was a convicted felon from Illinois.

Highlands County Sheriff's Dep. Jacob Riley made the arrest.

[GeneChing]

This is a really dark report. You can't but wonder what chain of events might have led up to Susan's death. Truly a horror story.

Husband says exorcism shouldn't have been solo
07/28/2010
Associated Press

The husband of a Texas woman who died while he claims he was doing an exorcism on her says he shouldn't have tried it alone.

The Odessa American reported Wednesday that 63-year-old Jan David Clark said in a jailhouse interview that he regrets attempting the 2008 exorcism without help. He told the newspaper that a group exorcism would have been more appropriate.

Authorities arrested Clark after they found Susan K. Clark's body wrapped in a sheet with a cross and sword on top of it on the floor of the master bathroom.

Clark, who told the newspaper he "did not willingly" kill his 59-year-old wife, is scheduled to stand trial Sept. 13 in Odessa for murder. An autopsy report said she died of suffocation.

Lawrence Barber, Clark's attorney, declined to comment Wednesday.

[GeneChing]

I think wooden cutlass is Nebraskan for one of these.

Threatened with knife, Lincoln man grabs wooden sword
By the Lincoln Journal Star | Posted: Monday, August 16, 2010 8:10 pm

A Lincoln man says he used a wooden sword to defend himself against two robbers who forced their way into his apartment early Monday.

The man, 39, told police he was watching Internet videos when the men broke in his door at 60th and Fremont streets just after 5 a.m.

One of the men threatened him with a large knife, but it was a fire extinguisher that caused him real troubles, he said after the incident.

After running to his bedroom and grabbing the wooden cutlass, the man poked his head from the bedroom door only to be sprayed in the face by one of the robbers wielding a fire extinguisher.

The intruders ran off with the man's cell phone, MP3 player, digital camera and wallet, Lincoln Police Capt. Jim Davidsaver said.

Police recovered the wallet, sans cash, and the fire extinguisher outside. They also found a pair of croquet mallets possibly left by the robbers.

Remember, fire extinguisher fu beats wooden cutlass fu.