A police officer shot and killed a 14-year-old gunman early Sunday after the boy opened fire on a Bronx street corner.
Two rookie officers on foot patrol in the Melrose neighborhood heard gunfire shortly before 3 a.m., cops said.
Heading east on the north side of E. 151st St., the officers encountered a man running towards them in the middle of the street pursued by Shaaliver Douse, who was firing rounds from the south sidewalk near Courtlandt Ave., cops said.
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Calif. pot farmer confesses to keeping teen sex slave, keeping her in metal box: prosecutors
02 August 2013 01:51 PM
LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
The FBI began investigating the pot growing operation after the Los Angeles Police Department contacted Lake County authorities about a missing Los Angeles girl that they suspected was being held captive in Clearlake.
SAN FRANCISCO — One of two men accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl, keeping her captive in a metal box and forcing her to work on a large Northern California marijuana growing operation has confessed, federal prosecutors said in court documents.
Prosecutors say Ryan Balletto, 30, and Patrick Pearmain, 24, both had sex with the girl who was cutting marijuana buds for them at Balletto's Lake County property.
The two were scheduled to enter pleas Friday in federal court in San Francisco. They are charged with marijuana possession and using a minor in drug operations.
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Mug shot of Ryan Balletto, 30, from Lake County Sheriff's Office in Lakeport, Ca. Balletto allegedly confessed to abusing a 15-year-old girl and keeping her captive in a metal box while forcing her to work on a large Northern California marijuana farm.
But prosecutors said Balletto already has confessed, according to court documents arguing Balletto and Pearmain should remain behind bars during the case.
"The government ... has a recorded, Mirandized confession by Balletto, a recorded statement from the minor victim, and multiple recorded statements from others who were working on the grow site," prosecutors wrote.
Authorities in Lake County learned about the case when the Los Angeles Police Department advised that Balletto might have kidnapped her.
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Mug shot of Patrick Pearmain, 25, from Lake County Sheriff's Office in Lakeport, Ca. Pearman and another man are accused of holding a 15-year-old girl captive as a sex slave and forcing her to work on a large marijuana farm in Northern California.
Deputies visited Balletto's home asking about the missing girl April 29, the complaint said, and she called authorities the next day to say she was OK and in Sacramento.
LAPD investigators traced the call and police located the girl at a West Sacramento hotel, where authorities arrested Pearmain, the complaint said.
Back at Balletto's pot farm, officers found "equipment consistent with sexual bondage and sadomasochism," including a rack "presumably used to attach a human to the device and immobilize them." Near the rack officers found a towel with blood stains.
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LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Weapons collected during a raid of the marijuana farm. Police described the arsenal as “the largest and most sophisticated bulk of weapons seized in recent Lake County Sheriff’s Office history.”
The girl, described as a runaway from the Los Angeles area, told investigators she was locked in a 4-by-2-by-2-foot box. Holes had been drilled in the box, and water was run through the box to wash her without letting her out, the complaint said.
Investigators found human hair inside the box, where prosecutors said the girl was imprisoned "on multiple occasions, for days."
A message left Friday morning for Balletto's attorney, Jodi Linker of the Office of the Federal Public Defender, was not immediately returned. Pearmain's lawyer, Robert Waggener, also did not return a call.
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Hundreds of marijuana plants and several firearms, including AR-15-style assault rifles and body armor were found as part of the investigation.
Prosecutors described Balletto as an ex-Marine who was preparing for an extended battle.
"The presence of so many weapons on the grow site, including two assault rifles and eleven loaded 20- and 30-round magazines ... indicate that Balletto was prepared to engage in an extended gun battle," prosecutors wrote.
i just find it weird how these labels are thrown around during moments of crisis or post
