Student found guilty
Student found guilty
new brunswick, n.j.
A former Rutgers Univer- sity student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate’s suicide could be headed to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences.
A jury found Dharun Ravi guilty of all 15 counts against him, deciding that Ravi not only invaded the privacy of Tyler Clementi and another man but also committed bias intimidation — a hate crime — by targeting Clementi because he was gay. Ravi, 20, could get up to 10 years in prison and could be deported to his native India.
Clashes in Syria
beirut
Syrian rebels ignited a new front Friday outside the capital, Damascus, in the first significant fighting there since regime forces swept over the suburbs weeks ago. The clashes highlight the shifting nature of Syria’s conflict, with rebels lying in wait to rise up when the regime turns its guns elsewhere.
The return of violence to the Damascus suburbs raises questions about how long troops can control areas before they re-erupt. Though government forces have shown they can crush armed fighters, the regime has appeared unable to conduct major offensives in more than one place at once.
Police: Couple kept boy locked in closet
titusville, fla.
When Florida police checked out a child-abuse report, they found an emaciated boy on the floor inside a locked bathroom at his home, apparently punished for stealing food. The boy, 12, was rushed to the hospital and treated for malnutrition and dehydration.
The boy’s father, Michael Marshall, 38, and his girlfriend, Sharon Glass, 48, have been charged with aggravated child abuse and child neglect.
According to a police report, the boy — weighing just 40 pounds — was locked in a bathroom, strapped to a bed or caged in a closet for days or weeks in the past year.
Plea deal rejected
dallas
The gunman police say went on a shooting spree outside a Texas courthouse this week had become frustrated by sexual-misconduct charges his daughter lodged against him and two of his brothers, and he was so convinced of his innocence he rejected a plea deal that would have kept him out of prison, records revealed.
Police say Bartholomew Granger opened fire Wednesday outside the Jefferson County courthouse in Beaumont, killing an elderly woman and wounding three others, including his daughter and her mother.
Associated Press