FBI Looking for Gallup Man in Christmas Day Stabbing

The FBI and Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety are looking for Calvin Bennie Fuson, 43, of Gallup, New Mexico, who is wanted for the Christmas Day stabbing of an adult relative on the Navajo Indian Reservation.
On January 22, 2014, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Fuson by the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, after he was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon with the intent to do bodily harm.
Fuson is accused of stabbing the relative in the chest with a long kitchen knife in Naschitti, New Mexico, on December 25, 2013.
The relative survived.
Fuson is a Native American male, 6’0” tall, weighs approximately 172 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He has tattoos on his left and right hands, as well as his upper right arm.

At the time of the incident, Fuson was a resident of Gallup.
He may wear glasses and is known to use narcotics (methamphetamine) and abuse alcohol.
Fuson is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information about Fuson’s whereabouts is asked to call the Albuquerque FBI at 505-889-1300 (24 hours), NNDPS at 505-368-1300, or send a tip online at https://tips.fbi.gov.

Tohono O’odham Man Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Stabbing of a Sells Man

TUCSON, AZ—On January 24, 2014, Darrell Scott Ortega, 26, of Tucson, Arizona, a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cindy K. Jorgenson to 28 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Ortega pled guilty on July 23, 2013, to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
This case involved the November 5, 2011 stabbing of a Sells man, also a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation. The victim was at a social gathering at a residence in the Village of Kaka when Ortega stabbed the victim in the abdomen.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Tohono O’odham Nation Police Department. The prosecution was handled by Raquel Arellano, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Tucson.

Police: Ex-Chef Described Bloody Slaying of Wife

An unemployed Las Vegas chef who turned himself in at a police station described in grim detail how he stabbed his wife to death in their apartment kitchen and said he'd do it again, according to an arrest report made public Monday.

Richard Magdayo Dahan, 40, was held at the Clark County jail without bail pending a court appearance this week on a first-degree murder charge in the recent slaying of his 28-year-old wife, Daisy Casalta Dahan.

Records didn't reflect whether Richard Dahan had a lawyer, and the Clark County public defender's office wasn't immediately assigned to his case.

Richard Dahan waited in the lobby of a police station before telling investigators that Daisy Dahan was sitting at the kitchen table when he attacked her with a serrated chef knife that got tangled in her hair. He said he hit his wife several times in the head with a meat cleaver and stabbed her torso with a filet knife.

"Richard said he felt that killing Daisy was the only thing left for him to do," investigators said in the police report. "He said he felt he had no other options."

"Richard said that if he was able to go back in time to the point where he took the first knife out of the dishwasher, he would kill Daisy again," investigators said.

Richard Dahan told police he was a kidney transplant recipient in failing health who lost his job as a chef at a Las Vegas Strip casino resort.

He said he and Daisy Dahan married in October 2011 in the Philippines, but that after she moved to Las Vegas they squabbled over money and his relationship with a former girlfriend with whom he has two children. He said she demanded a divorce, but he felt that was unacceptable because his parents stayed married until his father died.

Daisy Dahan was found Friday in the bloody kitchen with "massive" slash and stab wounds to the throat and abdomen, police said, and Richard Dahan had cuts on his hands and a broken finger.

Police said he was still wearing bloody clothes when he was arrested.

Richard Dahan is due to appear in court Wednesday.

Creigh Deeds introduces mental health legislation

 Roughly two months after Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds was stabbed multiple times by his son, the Democratic lawmaker is introducing new legislation that targets mental health services in the commonwealth.

His agenda for the 2014 session includes proposals that would create a psychiatric bed registry and expand the time limit for emergency custody orders.

Less than 24 hours before the stabbing in November, Deeds' son, who went by "Gus," had undergone an evaluation by mental health professionals while he was under an emergency custody order.

Officials reportedly had to release Gus, 24, because no psychiatric bed was available at a local hospital and an individual could only be held under emergency custody for up to six hours.

The next morning, Gus stabbed his father in the chest and head during a fight. He then turned a gun on himself and died. The incident captured national headlines.

Deeds, who's returning to Richmond for the first day of the session Wednesday, told the Roanoke Times on Monday that his son had a history of mental illness and was twice committed for psychiatric treatment in 2011.

One of Deeds' new bills proposes to amend current law to expand the length of time a person can be held under emergency custody order to 24 hours, from a maximum of six hours.

The state senator is also the chief patron of legislation that would establish a psychiatric bed registry to provide real-time information on the availability of beds in multiple facilities.

While the local hospital turned Gus away due to a lack of beds, three hospitals in the area told CNN in November that they had beds available and no one called them. All three are within an hour or two of the Deeds family home in Millboro, about 150 miles west of Richmond.

Another bill put forward by Deeds would direct the commonwealth's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to review its training and oversight standards for officials who perform evaluations of patients under emergency custody.

Deeds is also calling for new joint subcommittee that would study of the delivery of mental health services.

Not long after the November incident, Deeds vowed to pursue a mental health agenda, telling a local newspaper that he would focus on the state's services so that "other families don't have to go through what we are living."

"I think there may be a bigger problem here. I am alive for a reason, and I will work for change. I owe that to my precious son," Deeds told The Recorder, a newspaper based in Monterey, Virginia.

Also on Deeds' agenda is a bill that would make it a felony for an individual to sell or transfer a firearm to a person who's legally not allowed to own a gun and did not perform a background check.

It's not clear whether the proposal is related to the incident involving his son. Deeds has proposed gun measures in the past; last year he introduced a similar bill that in addition called for background checks on all firearm purchases.

String of Palestinian Attacks Has Israel Jittery

A spate of violent Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets in recent weeks is raising concerns in Israel that it may be on the verge of a new type of Palestinian uprising.

In contrast to previous waves of Palestinian violence, the recent incidents do not appear to be an organized effort by militant groups but rather a collection of individual acts. Their rogue nature has made it difficult for Israeli leaders to respond or even identify their exact cause.

After years of relative quiet, Israel's Shin Bet security service has reported a steady rise in attacks since Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators resumed peace talks in July. In November, for instance, there were 167 attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank, compared to 136 in October, the agency said.

The past few days have been particularly dramatic. On Sunday, a pipe bomb believed to be planted by Palestinian militants exploded on a bus in central Israel in the most serious attack inside Israel in more than a year. The bus was evacuated moments before the blast, but the explosion caused heavy damage. The next day, an Israeli policeman was stabbed outside a West Bank settlement and on Tuesday an Israeli civilian was killed by a Palestinian sniper in a cross-border shooting from Gaza, sparking a series of Israeli airstrikes that killed a Palestinian girl.

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said the incidents in the West Bank and Gaza Strip — which are ruled by rival Palestinian governments — were unrelated, calling them "atmosphere attacks." But he promised that Israel would respond nonetheless.

"This is an unacceptable situation for us and despite the difficulty of dealing with an individual assailant who is incited to kill Jews, we will act with force and in other ways to harm those who try to carry out attacks," he said.

The West Bank and Gaza Strip, located on opposite sides of Israel, are ruled by different governments. Israel and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority are engaged in peace talks aimed at ending decades of conflict and establishing an independent state for Palestinians. Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers, on the other hand, refuse to recognize Israel and call for its destruction.

Both Israel and Palestinian officials agree that violence from the West Bank is connected to the peace talks, though they pin the blame on each other.

The Palestinians say the current climate is a result of brewing frustrations over the perceived lack of progress in peace talks while Israel continues to build Jewish settlements on land they claim for a future state. On Wednesday, an Israeli official said Prime Minister Netanyahu planned to announce new settlement construction next week.

"Politically, there is no sign of any hope and on the economic side there is no sign too," said Jihad Harb, a Palestinian commentator. "People are frustrated by political groups who failed to bring them independence, so therefore they behave individually."

Israeli leaders accuse the Palestinians of spreading hatred and incitement.

"The terrorist attacks against Israelis over the last few days are a direct result of the incitement and hatred propagated in Palestinian schools and media," said Mark Regev, a spokesman for Netanyahu. "We are disappointed that so far President (Mahmoud) Abbas has not condemned these acts of terrorism as one would expect from a partner in peace talks."

Israel's national police chief, Yohanan Danino, gave a slightly different explanation. He said forces have long feared that Palestinian extremists would increase their activities in order to derail peace talks. "Unfortunately, our estimation proved true," he said.

Cabinet Minister Naftali Bennett said the attacks themselves were a result of the talks, which he opposes.

"We only just started talking about concessions and they immediately got an appetite and they murder Israeli citizens," he told Israel's Army Radio. "When we concede, when we hand over territory, they murder us. We have to get this rule into our heads. When we stand strong, even if there are no negotiations, there is quiet."

Others link the violence to the release of convicted Palestinian killers as part of the deal to resume talks. This logic goes that Palestinians are emboldened to carry out attacks knowing that they will eventually be freed from prison. A third group of prisoners is expected to be released next week.

The situation in Gaza is far different. Hamas opposes the peace talks and has engaged in several rounds of heavy fighting with Israel over the years.

For the past 13 months, it has observed a cease-fire with Israel. But extremist Salafist groups have carried out periodic attacks in order to undermine the cease-fire. An Israeli blockade and a tough Egyptian crackdown on Gaza's southern border in recent months have created fuel shortages and economic hardship in Gaza, creating a fertile ground for extremists. Hamas was not involved in Tuesday's sniper attack.

Neither Israel nor the Palestinians seem to have any interest in escalating tensions. Either way, Israel finds itself in a position where it is trying to contain the violence and convey deterrence while not responding too fiercely. In 2000, low-level clashes quickly devolved into years of fighting that killed more than 1,000 Israelis and 3,000 Palestinians.

"We expect that (Hamas) will exert its authority on its people and on other groups," Yaalon said Wednesday. "If it's not quiet on our side, it won't be quiet in the Gaza Strip. ...We are ready for an escalation."

FCI Danbury Prisoner to Serve an Additional 28 Months for Stabbing Another Inmate

Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Yvonne Davis, 62, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Danbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in Bridgeport to 28 months of imprisonment for assaulting another inmate.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on November 25, 2012, Davis stabbed another FCI Danbury inmate with a ballpoint pen that had been broken so as to have a sharp edge on it. The victim suffered a laceration to the back of her arm that was five to six inches long and one-half inch deep. The wound required 24 stitches to close.
On August 14, 2013, Davis pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Davis is currently serving a 37-month sentence after having been convicted in the Northern District of Texas of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Judge Eginton ordered Davis to begin serving the 28-month prison term after she completes her original sentence.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Neeraj N. Patel.

Paul Thompson Jr. to face judge after allegedly stabbing girlfriend at Tanger Outlets

RIVERHEAD - The man accused of stabbing his girlfriend at Tanger Outlets will face a judge on assault charges today.
Police say Paul Thompson Jr. repeatedly stabbed the woman at the outlets in Riverhead last month.
Thompson then allegedly forced her to drive to another location where she was able to escape.
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3 arrested in fatal stabbing of fellow soldier

Three soldiers in Washington state were arrested Monday in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old soldier from South Carolina, police said.
Spc. Tevin A. Geike, an aviation operations specialist at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, died early Saturday while walking with two other soldiers in Lakewood, near Tacoma. Police said he was knifed after five men in a passing car yelled an insult to the three soldiers, and one responded, The News Tribunereported.
Police said they had not determined why one suspect "bear hugged" and stabbed Geike, of Summerville, S.C., as the five returned to their car after determining the trio were also soldiers.
The suspects are to be charged Tuesday. The alleged stabber is 23 years old, and the other two suspects are 21, police said.
The role of the two other soldiers in the car was still being investigated.
Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist said detectives had determined "there was only one individual who stabbed the victim," according toThe Seattle Times.
The primary suspect told a friend that he cut his hand when he "stabbed a guy to death over the weekend," then claimed he injured himself slicing vegetables, said Lt. Chris Lawler, the News Tribune reported. The friend later informed his sergeant, who contacted Lakewood police Sunday afternoon.
The Army sergeant told police the suspect then told hospital staffers he injured himself cutting parachute cord.
Police initially thought the crime may have been racially motivated, but interviews with the car's occupants -- four black and one Hispanic -- and the victim's friends indicated race was not the motivation.
Here's how the newspaper described the confrontation:

The crime does not appear to be racially motivated, although police initially believed it may have been because of the comment yelled about the soldiers being "white boys." When detectives interviewed the victims and the suspects, (Lakewood police spokesman Chris) Lawler said nobody could remember the exact comment and race was never discussed during the confrontation. Geike and the soldier who stabbed him never spoke during the altercation.

Earlier, Matthew Barnes, a soldier who was holding Geike in his arms when he died, told KIRO-TV that someone in the car had yelled "cracker" and "white" at the soldiers numerous times.
"I yelled back, 'So this is how we treat combat veterans now?' But we weren't looking for trouble, and trouble found us anyway," Barnes said. "And when police find them, I hope to God we get justice."

Cannonball Woman Sentenced to 19 Years for Murder

BISMARCK—U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on September 30, 2013, Alisha Crow Ghost, 23, Cannonball, North Dakota, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of second-degree murder. Crow Ghost pleaded guilty to the charge on June 24, 2013.
Judge Hovland sentenced Crow Ghost to 19 years and seven months in federal prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. Crow Ghost was ordered to pay restitution of $5,000 and to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victim’s Fund.
On November 10, 2012, Crow Ghost stabbed a man at a residence in Cannonball, North Dakota. The man died as a result of the injuries he sustained.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs-Standing Rock Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Delorme prosecuted the case.