Archive for February, 2015
Mug Shot Monday! William T. Horton, 1946-2011
William Tyson Horton was a serial rapist and child molester from Oklahoma City who operated between 1970 and 2010. The unique aspects of his life of crime is that between 1970 and 1983, Horton repeatedly was able to wiggle out of many serious rape and molestation charges against him by lenient judges and high priced […]
Posted: February 16th, 2015 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1970s, Oklahoma, Psychopath, Sex Crimes
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Mug Shot Monday! James Carhart, 1975
. On the night of March 28, 1975, James Carhart, a former Army Sharpshooter from the 101st Airborne Division, “went berserk” and used his rifle to pick-off two police officers from the window of his third floor duplex in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Officers William Wurst and Donald Aleshire, died as they exited their patrol […]
Posted: February 9th, 2015 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1970s, cop killer, Murder, New Jersey
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Mug Shot Monday! Frank Shaffer, Anti-War Protester, 1918
Frank Shaffer In 1918, while US forces were fighting in Europe, Frank Shaffer, 42, was arrested for mailing the anti-war book, The Final Mystery, through the United States postal service. For this, he was charged with violating the Espionage Act of 1917. He was first sentenced to two and one-half years in federal prison but […]
Posted: February 2nd, 2015 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1900-1919, Petty Crimes
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