Sex Crimes Texas

By burying 10 big-finned Cadillacs nose down near old Route 66 at the precise angle of Egypt's Great Pyramid, iconoclastic oil-and-gas heir Stanley Marsh 3 put this drab Panhandle town on the map of Americana. Cadillac Ranch--memorialized in a Bruce Springsteen song, saluted in Charles Kuralt's "On the Road" and imitated by Los Angeles' Hard Rock Cafe--has become, in two decades, one of the most recognizable pop-art images of the 20th century.

Two men arrested in their bedroom and charged with sodomy were fined $125 each but promised to challenge a Texas law that forbids homosexual conduct. John Lawrence, 55, and Tyrone Garner, 31, pleaded no contest before a Houston area Justice of the Peace, and their attorneys immediately filed an appeal in county criminal court. The two men were arrested after sheriff's deputies burst into Lawrence's bedroom on Sept.

Two men arrested in their bedroom and charged with sodomy were fined $125 each but promised to challenge a Texas law that forbids homosexual conduct. John Lawrence, 55, and Tyrone Garner, 31, pleaded no contest before a Houston area Justice of the Peace, and their attorneys immediately filed an appeal in county criminal court. The two men were arrested after sheriff's deputies burst into Lawrence's bedroom on Sept.

Police were looking Tuesday for a Houston couple who allegedly had sex with an underage Michigan girl who sought out the relationship through the Internet. Officer Sean Valenta said the 16-year-old girl had posted a message in an Internet chat room to say she was interested in forming a threesome with a married couple. Valenta said Russell Ramsey, 42, and his wife, Jennifer, 20, responded to the message and paid for the girl to fly to Houston in April.

A former Roman Catholic charity official who had sex with a woman suffering from multiple personalities was ordered to pay her $295,000. A jury decided Tuesday that Morris Robichaux, 69, was negligent in initiating sex with Melanie Kramer in 1988.

Three Army officers at Ft. Bliss have been discharged from the military and sent to prison for sexual misconduct, officials said Friday. The three, whose terms range from three months to 20 months at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., were named in a complaint that accused 19 officers and soldiers at the base of sexual misconduct with female enlisted soldiers. Nine other soldiers named in the complaint have already received administrative punishments.

Police were looking Tuesday for a Houston couple who allegedly had sex with an underage Michigan girl who sought out the relationship through the Internet. Officer Sean Valenta said the 16-year-old girl had posted a message in an Internet chat room to say she was interested in forming a threesome with a married couple. Valenta said Russell Ramsey, 42, and his wife, Jennifer, 20, responded to the message and paid for the girl to fly to Houston in April.

A Woodland Hills financial advisor, who allegedly called himself "Valleyguy" on the Internet, pleaded guilty Friday to luring a 13-year-old Connecticut girl he met in cyberspace to his hotel room to have sex. Francis John Kufrovich, 43, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in New Haven, admitting he had used the Internet, telephone lines and the U.S. mail to lure a minor into an illegal sexual act.

A USC football recruit is to be arraigned today on a sexual assault charge, police in La Porte, Tex., said. Antione Simpson, who signed in January to play for USC, is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in her home Sunday night. Simpson, 17, free on $5,000 bond, was to have surrendered Thursday in La Porte, but had not done so by 7 p.m., police said. Also charged in the case was a friend of Simpson, Phillip Gay, 19.

A grand jury in Houston found insufficient evidence to indict USC football recruit Antoine Simpson on sexual assault charges, according to Kent Schaffer, Simpson's attorney. Simpson and a friend had been accused by a teen-ager in Houston of assaulting her at a party May 29. Schaffer said Simpson, a defensive lineman, still intends to enroll at USC this fall.

A Woodland Hills financial advisor, who allegedly called himself "Valleyguy" on the Internet, pleaded guilty Friday to luring a 13-year-old Connecticut girl he met in cyberspace to his hotel room to have sex. Francis John Kufrovich, 43, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in New Haven, admitting he had used the Internet, telephone lines and the U.S. mail to lure a minor into an illegal sexual act.

Three Army officers at Ft. Bliss have been discharged from the military and sent to prison for sexual misconduct, officials said Friday. The three, whose terms range from three months to 20 months at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., were named in a complaint that accused 19 officers and soldiers at the base of sexual misconduct with female enlisted soldiers. Nine other soldiers named in the complaint have already received administrative punishments.

By burying 10 big-finned Cadillacs nose down near old Route 66 at the precise angle of Egypt's Great Pyramid, iconoclastic oil-and-gas heir Stanley Marsh 3 put this drab Panhandle town on the map of Americana. Cadillac Ranch--memorialized in a Bruce Springsteen song, saluted in Charles Kuralt's "On the Road" and imitated by Los Angeles' Hard Rock Cafe--has become, in two decades, one of the most recognizable pop-art images of the 20th century.

A grand jury in Houston found insufficient evidence to indict USC football recruit Antoine Simpson on sexual assault charges, according to Kent Schaffer, Simpson's attorney. Simpson and a friend had been accused by a teen-ager in Houston of assaulting her at a party May 29. Schaffer said Simpson, a defensive lineman, still intends to enroll at USC this fall.

Antione Simpson, the USC football recruit charged last week with sexual assault, will testify before a grand jury in Houston later this month or in early July. Kent Schaffer, Simpson's attorney, said all "eight or nine" people at a May 29 party where a 15-year-old girl says Simpson and a friend took turns restraining and assaulting her will testify on Simpson's behalf. "Everyone who was there, except for the girl, supports Antione's version of the events, not the girl's," Schaffer said.

A USC football recruit is to be arraigned today on a sexual assault charge, police in La Porte, Tex., said. Antione Simpson, who signed in January to play for USC, is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in her home Sunday night. Simpson, 17, free on $5,000 bond, was to have surrendered Thursday in La Porte, but had not done so by 7 p.m., police said. Also charged in the case was a friend of Simpson, Phillip Gay, 19.

Antione Simpson, the USC football recruit charged last week with sexual assault, will testify before a grand jury in Houston later this month or in early July. Kent Schaffer, Simpson's attorney, said all "eight or nine" people at a May 29 party where a 15-year-old girl says Simpson and a friend took turns restraining and assaulting her will testify on Simpson's behalf. "Everyone who was there, except for the girl, supports Antione's version of the events, not the girl's," Schaffer said.

A former Roman Catholic charity official who had sex with a woman suffering from multiple personalities was ordered to pay her $295,000. A jury decided Tuesday that Morris Robichaux, 69, was negligent in initiating sex with Melanie Kramer in 1988.