Todd R. Henry, 50, Teacher at John Tyler High School, Stabbed to Death This Morning, Juvenile Taken into Custody

Todd Henry (Jan Barton/Tylerpaper.com)

SHOCK: Todd R. Henry, a teacher at John Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas, has been stabbed to death. Tyler police spokesman Officer Don Martin said a juvenile was detained following this morning’s attack.

Henry, 50, was described by his brother Jody Henry, as “accomplished and respected guitarist.” Todd Henry was a music therapist who worked with special needs students.

Officials told the Tyler Morning Telegraph that Henry was stabbed with a knife in the neck and shoulder area. The newspaper further added that emergency radio traffic monitored at the Tyler Morning Telegraph newsroom indicated that a fight escalated to the point that TISD police had to call for backup from Tyler Police. No matter how you look at this, it was a tragedy of untold proportions. What is happening to some of our young people?

Still developing. More to follow.....

Robert Moon, 48, Stabbed to Death by 13-Year Old Step Granddaughter

A 13-year-old Milwaukee girl has been accused of fatally stabbing her step-grandfather, Robert Moon, 48, because he poured the milk for her cereal down the drain. Authorities said the bloodshed was the result of a long feud between the two. Public defender Joy Sherard said county officials had intervened in the household the past. "This is about more than spilled milk," she said in a media interview.

According to the police, after Moon dumped the milk - saying another child in the house had to be fed first - Brown grabbed a paring knife and stabbed him in the neck. Isn't that very extreme for a 13 year old child, especially a girl?

"She stabbed me, she stabbed me in the neck," Moon said as he collapsed Saturday.
Cops said Brown told a neighbor: "I stabbed him! I cut his throat! He's dead ... I'm not afraid to go to jail for this." She was held on a reckless homicide charge.

Where are the parents of this child and why was she living with her grandparents? It seems to me that she was failed by many people in her family and it is a tragedy. There is more to this incident than spilled milk.

Ryan Holness, 28, Charged with Stabbing Wife, Serika Holness, to Death, After Concocting Twisted Carjacking Tale

Ryan Holness, 28, claimed that his wife, Serika Holness, was killed by a carjacker. It turns out that his story was a twisted tale of lies that the cops were able to poke holes through. Yesterday he was charged with her murder. This dirtbag told investigators that his wife was stabbed to death by a masked assailant early yesterday morning after the imaginary criminal forced them to drive from a New Jersey gas station into Maryland. The police said that Mrs. Holness' "heavily slashed" body was found in a field along a rural Kent County road about 6 a.m. Apparently his story as to how she got to that location raised red flags from the start. After investigators interviewed witnesses and gathered more evidence, they became convinced Ryan Holness' tale was an elaborate ruse. What a dirtbag. There is an absolutely good reason why law enforcement will look at the spouse or significant other of a deceased wife or girlfriend because the guilty party is more often than not that person.

Holness claimed that he and his 26-year-old wife stopped at a gas station on the New Jersey Turnpike after visiting her relatives in Brooklyn. He told investigators the assailant, armed with a gun and knife, ordered them to drive into Maryland, where the couple has a second home.

After stopping along a country road, Holness claimed, the attacker dragged him out of the car, bound his hands and feet and then stabbed Serika Holness several times as she tried to flee. Ryan Holness told investigators he freed himself after several hours and ran into a nearby house to call the cops.

"He didn't know how he got to Maryland....He had said he tried to get away and the man hit him in the groin," Robert Rolfe, who helped Holness call the police, told CBS 2 News. Ryan Holness was charged with first- and second-degree murder Friday night. Source: NY Daily News

According to Southern Maryland Online, state police investigators said that Holness is currently a member of the United States Navy, assigned to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. He and his wife have a home in Lexington Park. The couple has been married since 2003. The couple has children, but they were not involved in this incident and are safe with other relatives.

What a dirtbag. I hope they lock him in prison for the rest of his life. I could go down the list of men who have killed their spouses and thought that they could outsmart law enforcement -- Scott Peterson, Phil Spector (a woman who was at his home), Gabe Watson, Chris Coleman, O.J. Simpson and so many others -- and the common thread among them all is a narcissistic behavior.

Edwin Thomas, 46, NYC Bus Driver Stabbed To Death By Horace Moore in Front of Riders Over $2 Transfer Slip

UPDATE: Edwin Thomas was stabbed to death by scumbag Horace Moore, who has confessed to the crime. Murder charges are pending. According to the NY Daily News,

Moore, paroled ex-con suspected in the vicious slaying of the bus driver was free to kill despite a violent past that included a July bust for toting a knife in the subway.Horace Moore, 20, was barely out of prison on an attempted murder conviction when he was grabbed four months ago with the folding knife aboard a C train in Brooklyn, the Daily News learned Tuesday. The paroled recidivist - who's been busted at least eight times since 2002 - was released after the knife arrest, sources told The News. The case was adjourned, and Moore was told the charge would be dropped if he stayed out of trouble, the sources said.

Why am I not surprised that this scumbag was a repeat offender? Why is it that the most violent offenders among us get a free pass to terrorize innocent people instead of being behind bars? I am appalled that, once again, the penal system has failed to protect the public. This man did not deserve to die, especially at the hands of a animal who deserved to be behind bars. Stop incarcerating people who have committed minor crimes, incarcerate violent scumbags like Horace Moore.

What is going on in this country? There are too many lunatics and thugs roaming our streets. The police said New York City bus driver Edwin Thomas, 46 was stabbed to death Monday afternoon by a rider apparently angry over not receiving a free transfer. Thomas, the driver of the B-46 bus, was operating the bus in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn and picked up the suspect around 12:30 p.m. Monday at Malcolm X Boulevard near Gates Avenue.

Police said the man swiped an invalid fare card and sat down on the bus, then asked for a transfer slip usually available to riders. Police told CBS 2 HD that when the driver told the man that he didn't pay for the ride and couldn't get a transfer, the man punched the driver in the head and stabbed him to death while other riders looked on.

"It's crazy because, I mean, the bus driver was cool," witness Benjamin Stacking said. "He let me on. I was 50 cents short and he still let me on and gave me a transfer, so that's kind of crazy."No reason to stab a bus driver if you are broke or have no money and can't get a transfer. No reason to stab a person."

Of course the scumbag fled on foot. Police are looking for a black male between 18 and 20 years old wearing black jeans and an Adidas jacket.

According to media reports, the incident marked the first time a NYC bus driver has been killed on the job in 27 years. Police are offering a $12,000 reward for any information on the suspect.

Elliot Lee Sander, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's executive director and chief executive, said Thomas was a seven-year veteran and characterized him as "a valued employee" who would "be sorely missed." "Bus operator Thomas was killed while serving the people of New York City," Sander said. "This is an extraordinary tragedy for the city and the MTA."

Mayor Michael Bloomberg described Thomas in a statement as a "good man who was good at his job of helping move New York City.""In Edwin's memory, I ask all New Yorkers riding public transit tonight or tomorrow to take an extra moment to say 'Thank you' to our New York City Transit workers and I ask everyone to keep Edwin Thomas' family and loved ones in your prayers," the mayor's statement said.

The fatal attack on the bus driver, the mayor said, was "so shocking" partly because such violence has become rare. The last bus driver killed while on the job was Harvey Shield in 1981 in Brooklyn, the MTA said.

I hope they find that scumbag who couldn't even afford to pay his fare. Shameful and totally uncalled for. This man lost his life doing his job. My sympathies go out to his family.

Edwin Thomas, 46, NYC Bus Driver Stabbed To Death By Horace Moore in Front of Riders Over $2 Transfer Slip

UPDATE: Edwin Thomas was stabbed to death by scumbag Horace Moore, who has confessed to the crime. Murder charges are pending. According to the NY Daily News,

Moore, paroled ex-con suspected in the vicious slaying of the bus driver was free to kill despite a violent past that included a July bust for toting a knife in the subway.Horace Moore, 20, was barely out of prison on an attempted murder conviction when he was grabbed four months ago with the folding knife aboard a C train in Brooklyn, the Daily News learned Tuesday. The paroled recidivist - who's been busted at least eight times since 2002 - was released after the knife arrest, sources told The News. The case was adjourned, and Moore was told the charge would be dropped if he stayed out of trouble, the sources said.

Why am I not surprised that this scumbag was a repeat offender? Why is it that the most violent offenders among us get a free pass to terrorize innocent people instead of being behind bars? I am appalled that, once again, the penal system has failed to protect the public. This man did not deserve to die, especially at the hands of a animal who deserved to be behind bars. Stop incarcerating people who have committed minor crimes, incarcerate violent scumbags like Horace Moore.

What is going on in this country? There are too many lunatics and thugs roaming our streets. The police said New York City bus driver Edwin Thomas, 46 was stabbed to death Monday afternoon by a rider apparently angry over not receiving a free transfer. Thomas, the driver of the B-46 bus, was operating the bus in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn and picked up the suspect around 12:30 p.m. Monday at Malcolm X Boulevard near Gates Avenue.

Police said the man swiped an invalid fare card and sat down on the bus, then asked for a transfer slip usually available to riders. Police told CBS 2 HD that when the driver told the man that he didn't pay for the ride and couldn't get a transfer, the man punched the driver in the head and stabbed him to death while other riders looked on.

"It's crazy because, I mean, the bus driver was cool," witness Benjamin Stacking said. "He let me on. I was 50 cents short and he still let me on and gave me a transfer, so that's kind of crazy."No reason to stab a bus driver if you are broke or have no money and can't get a transfer. No reason to stab a person."

Of course the scumbag fled on foot. Police are looking for a black male between 18 and 20 years old wearing black jeans and an Adidas jacket.

According to media reports, the incident marked the first time a NYC bus driver has been killed on the job in 27 years. Police are offering a $12,000 reward for any information on the suspect.

Elliot Lee Sander, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's executive director and chief executive, said Thomas was a seven-year veteran and characterized him as "a valued employee" who would "be sorely missed." "Bus operator Thomas was killed while serving the people of New York City," Sander said. "This is an extraordinary tragedy for the city and the MTA."

Mayor Michael Bloomberg described Thomas in a statement as a "good man who was good at his job of helping move New York City.""In Edwin's memory, I ask all New Yorkers riding public transit tonight or tomorrow to take an extra moment to say 'Thank you' to our New York City Transit workers and I ask everyone to keep Edwin Thomas' family and loved ones in your prayers," the mayor's statement said.

The fatal attack on the bus driver, the mayor said, was "so shocking" partly because such violence has become rare. The last bus driver killed while on the job was Harvey Shield in 1981 in Brooklyn, the MTA said.

I hope they find that scumbag who couldn't even afford to pay his fare. Shameful and totally uncalled for. This man lost his life doing his job. My sympathies go out to his family.