Posts Tagged ‘Murder’

MD Jury Clears Accused Murder-For-Hire Brothers

MD Jury Clears Accused Murder-For-Hire Brothers
There is still no convicted trigger man in the 2009 death of Lemuel Wallace. Wallace was a blind, developmentally disabled man who lived at a group home in Maryland. The murder-for-hire plot is said to have been orchestrated by a pastor who worked for a nonprofit organization that serves the developmentally...
September 9th, 2011 | Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Mesa Murderer William Miller Found Guilty

Mesa Murderer William Miller Found Guilty
Back in May we brought you the gruesome tale of a murderer who killed to cover up insurance fraud. The perpetrator, William Craig Miller, has now been convicted of this heinous crime. According to The Arizona Republic, the case that took over five years to get to trial resulted in a jury that took less...
September 1st, 2011 | s, Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Alleged Insurance Scheme Leads To Deadly Standoff

Alleged Insurance Scheme Leads To Deadly Standoff
Most Fourth of July get-togethers are full of family, bar-b-q and fun. For several people in Pennsylvania however, this holiday turned into a very tragic one after a criminal decided to get back at one of the homeowner’s for an alleged insurance-fraud scheme gone bad. Paul and Monica Shay were having...
July 6th, 2011 | Insurance Fraud, s | Read More

Man Charged With Murder To Cover Up Arson

Man Charged With Murder To Cover Up Arson
On February 21, 2006, it is said that William Craig Miller shot and killed 5 people in a Mesa, Arizona home. The reason for these murders? Prosecutors allege that Miller wanted to silence two of the victims so they couldn’t testify against him for setting his own house on fire. According to an article...
May 10th, 2011 | 3, Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Judge Hands Down 15 Year Sentence for Deadly Arson

Judge Hands Down 15 Year Sentence for Deadly Arson
Former gas station owner, James Anthony Kurtenbach, was sentenced this week for his connection to a 2008 explosion that killed one of his long time employees. According to Sign on San Diego News, Kurtenbach, 49, was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for hiring his employee, 24 year-old...
December 22nd, 2010 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Trigger Man Charged in “Murder for Insurance”

Trigger Man Charged in “Murder for Insurance”
Authorities say they have caught the trigger man, Kareem Jamal Clea, in the murder of a legally blind and disabled man for his life insurance benefits. According to local news station CBS WJZ-13, authorities have charged Clea, who they believe was paid $50,000 by former pastor, Kevin Pushia, to kill...
October 27th, 2010 | 4, Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Murder Charges Dropped in Arson Case

Murder Charges Dropped in Arson Case
Murder charges against gas station owner James Kurtenback, were dismissed by the District Attorney’s office on Wednesday.  The decision was announced at a hearing in front of El Cajon Superior Court Judge Herbert Exarhos; however, the DA’s Office made no elaboration on why the charges were dismissed. According...
October 21st, 2010 | Insurance Fraud | Read More

Pastor Confesses to Murder for Life Insurance

Pastor Confesses to Murder for Life Insurance
An East Baltimore pastor who worked with a non-profit organization confessed to the horrific murder of a legally blind and disabled man for $1.4 million dollars in life insurance policies. Thirty-four-year-old, Kevin Pushia pleaded guilty to hiring a hit man to kill Lemuel Wallace after he took out...
September 1st, 2010 | Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Black Widow Caught in a Web

Black Widow Caught in a Web
In a plot that resembles a made for television scheme to collect on a life insurance policy, alleged black widow killer Tami Duvall was arrested and charged with the murder of her spouse. The cause of death of 61 year old Alan Duvall was initially determined as accidental alcohol poisoning. However,...
August 12th, 2010 | Scandalous Schemes | Read More

Gloversville Landlord Convicted in Deadly Arson

Gloversville Landlord Convicted in Deadly Arson
A Gloversville man found himself on a murder trial this week stemming from an arson that occurred in 2007.  Jeffrey Alnutt was convicted yesterday for setting fire to his apartment building he owned at 22 Park Street in Gloversville and killing the upstairs tenant, 39 year-old Debbie Morris.  Prosecutors...
May 11th, 2010 | Scandalous Schemes | Read More