Category Archives: True Crime

The Drug Addict Judge and the Pedophile Coach

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Les Jones

The Christian-Newsom case was Knoxville’s most notorious crime, a double kidnapping, rape and murder. The families went through nightmarish months of grief during the trial, which resulted in four guilty verdicts, including one death sentence. All of those convictions were … Continue reading →

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Leslie Janous – Knoxville’s Least Wanted Now Most Wanted

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Les Jones

Knoxville News-Sentinel – Party mom Leslie Janous vanishes: Weeks after Leslie Janous gained access to retirement money amassed while working for the company from which she confessed bilking $4.5 million, this high-flying West Knoxville party mom is on the lam, … Continue reading →

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Katie Granju Speaks Out About Her Son’s Death

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Les Jones

Katie releases the details she previously had to hold back.

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John Schneeberger cheated DNA tests by injecting himself with someone else’s blood

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Les Jones

Crazy bastard. John Schneeberger (born 1961) is a South African former physician who lived and practiced in Canada, who drugged and raped one of his female patients and his stepdaughter. For years, he was able to evade arrest by planting … Continue reading →

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Jury Convicts Man in Chandra Levy Murder

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Les Jones

Guilty verdict in Chandra Levy murder case. A jury on Monday found an El Salvadoran immigrant guilty of murdering Washington intern Chandra Levy. Jurors deliberated four days before finding Ingmar Guandique, 29, guilty in the 2001 disappearance and killing of … Continue reading →

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Black Bart, of “Fine-haired sons of bitches” fame

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Les Jones

From Wikipedia: Charles Earl Bowles (1829-1888?), alias Black Bart, was an American Old West outlaw noted for his poetic messages left after two of his robberies (the fourth and fifth). He was also known as Charles E. Boles, Charles Bolton, … Continue reading →

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Leslie Janous nee Gibbs, The Worst Person in Knoxville.

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Les Jones

Knoxville News-Sentinel – Mom who threw pricey ‘Super Sweet 15′ party indicted in fraud: If Leslie Anne Janous wanted to throw a birthday party for her teenage daughter, the cost of which could feed a third-world country, who cares? It’s … Continue reading →

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William F. Buckley Helped Free a Child’s Murderer

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Les Jones

I knew about Norman Mailer’s involvement in freeing murderer Jack Abbott, who went on to kill again six weeks after being released from prison. I had no idea William F. Buckley was involved in similarly misguided nonsense during the same … Continue reading →

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You Know Those LifeLock Ads with the CEO’s Social Security Number?

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Les Jones

Wired – LifeLock CEO’s Identity Stolen 13 Times: LifeLock CEO Todd Davis, whose [Social Security] number is displayed in the company’s ubiquitous advertisements, has by now learned that lesson. He’s been a victim of identity theft at least 13 times, … Continue reading →

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Henry Granju and Johnia Berry

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Les Jones

I haven’t said anything about the death of Henry Granju because I don’t know what to say, but the parallels with Johnia Berry’s murder have crossed my mind. They both died tragically young in violent deaths where the attackers were … Continue reading →

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Raynella Leath Dossett Convicted of Murder

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Les Jones

Whipped Cream Difficulties reminds me that yesterday Raynella Leath Dossett was convicted of murdering her second husband, David Leath. A weekend NY Times piece mentions some of the bizarrely suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths of both of Dossett’s husbands. Every … Continue reading →

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All you need to know about newspapers listing names of handgun carry permit holders

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Les Jones

Squeaky: I’m one of the women he was talking about – I got a gun because of an ex who’d raped me and then began stalking me.  I went through all of the appropriate steps to become licensed to carry … Continue reading →

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Huckabee gave clemency to suspect in deadly police ambush

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Les Jones

Seattle Times – Maurice Clemmons, man wanted for questioning, has troubling criminal history: Maurice Clemmons, the 37-year-old Tacoma man being sought for questioning in the killing this morning of four Lakewood police officers, has a long criminal record punctuated by … Continue reading →

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Murderers Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber in the news*

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Les Jones

From Slashdot: “Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber killed a German actor in 1990. Now that they are out of prison, German law states that they can’t be referred to by name in relation to the killings. Therefore, they have sued … Continue reading →

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Murderer of 13 year old child and 9 others executed

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Les Jones

Fox News – D.C. Sniper John Allen Muhammad Is Executed in Virginia: Muhammad was executed for killing Dean Harold Meyers, who was shot in the head at a Manassas gas station during a spree that left 10 dead across Maryland, … Continue reading →

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Those’ll look lovely in the mugshot

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Les Jones

The (Columbia, TN) Daily Herald – Online photos lead to arrests in jewel heist A third suspect has been arrested for her alleged role in a jewelry heist of more than $60,000. Christina Richardson of Columbia was arrested Tuesday morning … Continue reading →

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Celebrity rapist Roman Polanski and celebrity murderer Jack Abbott

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Les Jones

Much of Hollywood is boo-hooing the extradition of Roman Polanski, who in 1977 plead guilty to raping a 13 year old girl after giving her alcohol and a Quaalude. From Salon: Roman Polanski raped a child. Let’s just start right … Continue reading →

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But I thought crime labs had a “30 minutes or your DNA test is free” guarantee

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Les Jones

10 things about the entertainment industry that piss me off: 8. Weird Science: No we don’t have computer databases of every matchbook from every club in the tri-state area. No we can’t piece a broken bottle together and get a … Continue reading →

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$134.5 billion in bearer bonds seized in Italy were fake

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Les Jones

Italian authorities recently arrested two men smuggling $134 billion in U.S. bearer bonds into Italy. The U.S. government says the bonds aren’t real: “They’re clearly fakes,” Stephen Meyerhardt, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of the Public Debt in Washington, … Continue reading →

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Faking forensic evidence in Mississippi

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Les Jones

Radley Balko looks at evidence, now including videotape, that doctors Steven Hayne and Michael West faked forensic evidence used to send people to prison, in some cases for life sentences. I believe the moral foundations for capital punishment in some … Continue reading →

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