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NEWS ABOUT: Richmond

Richmond stories: 8 news summaries

 Rape Witness: 
 'I'm No Snitch' 

Attackers were 'kicking her in the head'

Nov 11, 09 5:02 AM CST
(Newser) - An East Bay witness arrested, then released for lack of evidence, in the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside her high school homecoming dance last month said he didn't report the attack because "snitching is something you don't do." Salvador Rodriquez, 21, said he watched as attackers... More »

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California • rape • Richmond • gang rape • Richmond High School

 SF Rape Victim: 'Let the 
 Anger Cause Change' 

'We realize people are angry about this,' says teen

Nov 4, 09 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - A 15-year-old student who was gang-raped as bystanders did nothing delivered a message of peace to a rally at her high school last night. "Violence is always the wrong choice," the girl said in a message read by her pastor. "We realize people are angry about this.... More »

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California • high school • rape • Richmond • gang rape

 Girl Kicked 
 Attacker, 
 Triggering 
 Gang Rape 

Attacker 'went off' when teen tried to kick him in testicles

Nov 2, 09 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - An attacker "went off" on a teen when she resisted sex outside her California high school, according to witnesses, triggering a savage gang rape that left her nearly dead and riveted a shocked America. The girl, described by teachers as a devout Christian too eager to please boys, rebuffed... More »

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California • rape • Richmond • sexual assault • beatings • child rape • homecoming • gang rape

 Rape Victim's Pals 
 Rip Cops, Guards 

Six now arrested in two-hour attack

Oct 30, 09 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angry friends of a gang-rape victim yesterday blasted useless security guards and cops at their Bay Area high school who failed to prevent the two-hour attack amid a horde of curious onlookers. Some 15 young men were hanging outside the Richmond school the night of homecoming before the attack. Neither... More »

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California • high school • rape • Richmond • sexual assault • gang rape • Bay Area

Five Youths Held in 'Barbaric' Calif. Gang Rape

Victim knew one 15-year-old assailant, was drinking with them

Oct 28, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco-area cops have arrested three more young men in the savage gang rape, beating, and robbery of a 15-year-old girl outside her homecoming dance while dozens more watched. Five youths are being held, ranging from a 15-year-old boy who knew the victim to a 21-year-old. The girl was drinking... More »

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California • high school • San Francisco • crime • rape • Bay Area • Richmond • sexual assault • beatings

Do-Nothing Bystanders Watched, Filmed Calif. Rape

Two arrests made in vicious 2-hour attack

Oct 27, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two arrests have been made in a homecoming night rape of a 15-year-old high school student that was witnessed by as many as 15 do-nothing bystanders. Some may have even participated in the two-hour attack in a San Francisco suburb while others apparently filmed the assault with cell phones, according... More »

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California • San Francisco • crime • rape • Bay Area • Richmond • homecoming • sex assault

America's 10 Chubbiest Cities

Sun Belt hogs the lion's share of pudgiest locales

Nov 25, 07 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The weather may be great and the lifestyle good, but Southern culinary hospitality might be landing the Sun Belt disproportionately on Forbes' list of America's most obese cities. The most rotund:
  1. Memphis
  2. Birmingham
  3. San Antonio
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obesity • New Orleans • Milwaukee • obesity epidemic • Kansas City • Detroit • fat • list • Austin • Riverside • San Diego • San Antonio • Baltimore • Jacksonville • Birmingham • Richmond • obese • Oklahoma City • Memphis • Nashville

Vick Signs Guilty Plea, Denies Killing Dogs

Disgraced QB admits sponsoring dogfighting, promoting gambling

Aug 24, 07 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick admits sponsoring a dogfighting operation and denies killing dogs but acknowledges that dogs were killed through his and two co-defendants' "collective efforts," according to the plea agreement the disgraced Falcons QB signed yesterday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. He also acknowledges promoting gambling but denies being a... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Roger Goodell • Michael Vick • gambling • football • animal cruelty • Virginia • dogfighting • Bad Newz Kennels • Richmond • dog

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