TRIAL STARTS FOR ANTIOCH MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING DEATH,
BRIAN MISQUEZ, 25, PANICKED AFTER A 2001 SEXUAL ENCOUNTER, A DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS
MARTINEZ -- An Antioch man accused of stabbing to death an El Cerrito resident he met in an online gay chat room committed the crime in a fit of rage and should not be convicted of murder, his lawyer told a jury Wednesday.Attorneys opened the murder trial of 25-year-old Brian Misquez by giving their own accounts of the death of Rogelio DeChavez, 22, who was stabbed 27 times with a butcher knife and another knife on July 6, 2001. Misquez, who lived with his girlfriend and two young...
JURY CONVICTS ANTIOCH MAN OF MURDER,
BRIAN MISQUEZ STABBED A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN HE MET IN A GAY ONLINE CHAT ROOM
An Antioch man was convicted Thursday of murdering an El Cerrito resident he met in an online gay chat room.A jury found Brian Misquez, 25, guilty of second degree murder in the July 6, 2001, stabbing death of 22-year-old Rogelio DeChavez. DeChavez was stabbed 27 times with a butcher knife and another knife in his El Cerrito apartment.Misquez, who lived with his girlfriend and their two children, led a double life on the Internet as a homosexual known as...
Nice one
A British bank has apologised for mistakenly directing customers to a gay chat line for financial advice. Halifax Share Dealing sent out 15,000 letters with the wrong contact number. Customers were greeted by disco music and a warning to hang up if under 18. Karen Collins of Birmingham says she called back twice thinking she had a wrong number. ``I wanted to discuss my finances, not meet gay men,'' she said. A Halifax spokesman said: ``We are reviewing our proof-reading...
Suit challenges trespass law
Man banned from library for year for using gay chat room BY JAMES GONSER, Advertiser Urban Honolulu Writer Carlos Hernandez was using a computer at the Hawai`i State Library May 18 and visiting a gay Web site's online chat room when he was interrupted by a security guard. The guard told Hernandez the site was pornographic and he would have to leave the library and could not come back for a year or else face arrest.The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai`i, on behalf of...
WEST SORRY BUT STAYING
Allegations of sexual misconduct shock city; mayor quits Boy Scout post
He denies claims he molested boys, says he visited gay chat line
Spokane Mayor Jim West gave no indication Thursday he is ready to relinquish the power of his office even as allegations of his sexual misconduct gripped City Hall. "I have 1,150 days left in my term of office and each and every one of those days will be dedicated to serving the city and making sure we prosper…" the mayor said in a one-minute statement to the news media just before lunchtime.In a separate e-mail to all city employees, the mayor wrote,...