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Two men arrested after taking their dead friend for a ride

Two Denver men charged after taking their dead friend for a ride

Shorter, but boozier and less amusing real-life version of the film Weekend at Bernie's
 
Jessica Fender
The Denver Post
 
Posted: 09/15/2011 05:37:24 PM MDT
Updated: 09/15/2011 08:06:57 PM MDT

 

Robert Young, age 43. (Photo provided by the Denver Police Department)

Jeffrey Jarrett bought his roommate and a friend a round of drinks, Mexican food and a trip to strip club Shotgun Willie's the night of August 27, authorities say.

But while Jarrett was present for some of the night's fun, he wasn't alive to enjoy any of it.

After a shorter, but boozier and less amusing real-life version of the film Weekend at Bernie's, Denver prosecutors have charged two men with abusing a corpse, identity theft and criminal impersonation. Court papers say they loaded Jarrett's body into a car and drove him to various stops around Denver for a night — including a bar and a restaurant — while they used his ATM card.

Both Robert Jeffrey Young, 43, and Mark Rubinson, 25, are free on bond. Neither could be reached for comment.

Neither is charged with Jarrett's death. The cause has not yet been determined as toxicology tests are still underway.

A relative of Jarrett's, who asked not to be identified while the case is pending, said it began after Jarrett invited a struggling Young, a buddy from their days together at Colorado State University, to stay with him for a few months until Young could get on his feet, she said.

Then, on Aug. 27, Young arrived around 11 p.m. at Jarrett's southeast Denver home in the 1800 block of South Forest Street and found him unresponsive. Rather than calling 911, he went to the restaurant where Rubinson works, according to court documents.

A search warrant affidavit filed in the case outlines the rest of the night:

The pair returned to Jarrett's home, loaded him into Rubinson's Lincoln Navigator and took him to Teddy T's bar and grill. Jarrett's body remained in the backseat while the pair drank on his tab.

"Young stated ... that it was obvious Jarrett was dead while all three are at Teddy T's," Denver Det. Ranjan Ford wrote in the affidavit.

They next stopped at Sam's No. 3 before dropping off Jarrett's body back at his home.

Mark Rubinson, age 25. (Photo provided by the Denver Police Department)
But they kept the ATM card.

 

Next stop was a meal at Viva Burrito, and then they somehow withdrew $400 at Shotgun Willie's, remaining at the Glendale strip club until closing time, Ford writes. It's not clear from the documents if the pair had Jarrett's ATM code.

Around 4 a.m. authorities say the pair flagged down a Glendale police officer and told him that Jarrett might be dead back at his house.

Young next appears in court Sept. 27. Rubinson next appears Oct. 4.

"This is a bizarre and unfortunate crime," said Denver Police Department spokesman Sonny Jackson. "This isn't anything you want to have happen to a loved one. You want them treated with respect in death."

The relative said Jarrett was a father and a professional who sold real estate and owned his home in southeast Denver. His family now wants to find out how he died, and whether he could have been saved if Young had called for help rather than going to meet a friend.

"We just want to make sure they're prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," the relative said.

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Woman spikes boyfriend's dinner with 2 lines of cocaine

Woman admits spiking boyfriend's dinner with 2 lines of cocaine

Cookman, 29, of South Bound Brook facing multiple charges

 

Mark Spivey

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Staff Writer

 

SOUTH BOUND BROOK — A borough woman is facing multiple criminal charges after allegedly spicing up her boyfriend’s dinner with an unusual ingredient: cocaine.

Monica Cookman, 29, of Prospect Street is charged with poisoning, aggravated assault and possession of cocaine, authorities said.

According to an affidavit filed in Superior Court, Cookman’s boyfriend came to borough police headquarters at about 9 p.m. Friday to ask for a restraining order against his girlfriend.

The man told authorities that Cookman prepared his dinner earlier in the week, but when he started eating, his heart began racing and his throat went numb, the affidavit indicated. Investigators asked Cookman to come to police headquarters, where she gave a taped statement in which she admitted to putting two lines of cocaine in her boyfriend’s food, according to the document.

South Bound Brook Police Chief William King and other Somerset County law enforcement representatives called the case unusual, to say the least.

“That’s a new one for me,” King said.

The boyfriend wasn’t believed to have suffered serious injury as a result of the incident, King added.

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California will send thousands of female prisoners home

California may send thousands of female prisoners home

California may send thousands of female prisoners home
 
Male prisoners are housed in a gymnasium in California's Chino State Prison last December. The state is under federal order to reduce prison crowding.
 
September 13th, 2011
12:23 PM ET
 
 
Thousands of women inmates from California prisons could soon be released to be reunited with their families under a program the state began implementing on Monday.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said offenders whose crimes were nonviolent, nonserious and not sexual, with less than two years remaining on their sentences, are eligible for the Alternative Custody Program, which was signed into law in 2010 by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“Approximately two-thirds of CDCR’s female inmates are mothers whose children are either with relatives or are in foster care,” CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate said in a press release. “ACP is a step in breaking the intergenerational cycle of incarceration, as family involvement is one of the biggest indicators of an inmate’s rehabilitation.”

About 45% of the state's 10,000 female inmates may be eligible for the program, the CDCR said. It may be made available to male inmates in the future, the department said.

Those admitted to the program will wear electronic monitors and be supervised by a parole agent, the CDCR said. They can serve their remaining time at home or in a residential substance-abuse or transitional-care facility, according to the agency.

The prisoners will be allowed to find jobs or attend classes during their release, the department said.

The state of California should save about $6 million a year under the program, the CDCR estimated.

California is under federal pressure to reduce inmate populations. The Supreme Court this summer upheld a lower court ruling that medical and mental health care for inmates in the state prison system falls below the level required by the Constitution.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in April a plan to reduce prison crowding by moving 33,000 low-level offenders to county jails. But the state is cash-strapped, and funding for that plan, estimated at $460 million in the first year, must be approved by voters in November.

California has the nation's largest prison system.

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Methadone clinic offering cash to addicts

Methadone clinic considers offering cash to addicts

Northeast Baltimore program says it wants to attract users to treatment and reduce crime

 

Meredith Cohn

The Baltimore Sun

7:14 PM EDT, September 13, 2011

 

 

A Northeast Baltimore clinic that once pitched on-demand methadone to desperate addicts during the late-night hours is focusing on a new idea — paying addicts to come in for treatment.

"We are targeting a non-traditional population of addicts that isn't so interested in treatment," said the Rev. Milton Williams, who runs Turning Point Clinic, housed in his New Life Evangelical Baptist Church. "This will be an incentive."

The state has yet to approve the original on-demand, or "open access" idea, citing federal rules that require, for example, a lengthy examination of anyone getting methadone, a Schedule 2 narcotic. The incentive, $20 supplied by a private foundation or other group yet to be named, is a "Plan B," one Williams believes doesn't need any special approvals because the program would be run as a traditional clinic, just at night with no appointments.

Williams had proposed the open-access clinic, from 6 p.m. to midnight, in June, with addicts getting methadone within 15 minutes of walking through his door. It would be an opportunity to steer addicts to traditional treatment, offered at the clinic during the day, though he said he expected many would eschew the opportunity. But he said such a clinic would most certainly stop the crimes of those needing money for a fix, crimes he often witnesses from his North Avenue church.

That idea won him support from some police officers and politicians. State health officials said they also supported the idea but needed a full plan to win federal approvals to be reimbursed the $90 to $150 weekly cost of methadone — a full plan the state says it has yet to get.

State officials also said Turning Point's traditional clinic has deficiencies, including the number of counselors available, and officials should focus on them before taking on a new program. Turning Point says those problems have been addressed.

"From our perspective, there are still questions that remain unanswered," said Kathleen Rebbert-Franklin, deputy director of the state's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration. "It's neither a yes nor a no. We need additional information to take the next step."

Backing up the state's reservations are some addictions experts, who say 15 minutes isn't enough time to do a proper evaluation of an addict. Addicts need, for example, to submit to a urine test because methadone cannot be provided to someone who is already high. And addicts need to be watched for adverse responses.

One expert also questioned the treatment value of using cash to lure hard-core addicts who don't yet want treatment.

Dr. Michael Fingerhood, an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University who treats addicts, said Turning Point may prevent some crimes. "And there is value in that," he said. "And having the program open at night when an addict suffers from cravings is a nice model."

He said a small number may actually decide to get traditional treatment, too, rather than the short-term detox Turning Point plans to offer. But most will come for the money — and use it to buy heroin.

"If you give an addict $20, he'll turn around a day later and spend $20 on drugs, even if he gets a dose of methadone," Fingerhood said. "Most programs that give incentives usually offer a voucher and not cash. Or why not give them food? Once word of mouth gets out that they are offering $20, people will come in droves for the money and not methadone. They won't know what to do."

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Woman hits fiancee in head for calling her Debbie Cakes

Did ‘Debbie Cakes’ reference spark Hobe Sound beating?

September 13th, 2011 by TCPalm.com

 

Deborah F. Benafield

 
Will Greenlee

Palm Beach Post

 

Deborah Frances Benafield apparently does not like being called “Debbie Cakes.”

That’s one observation that could be made after the 21-year-old woman’s arrest in a Sept. 8 incident involving her fiancee, a 23-year-old woman, according to recently released Martin County Sheriff’s records.

 

Deputies about 3:40 a.m. went to the area of Southeast Bayberry Terrace and Southeast Gomez Avenue in Hobe Sound and heard a woman yelling in the backyard of an address in the 8600 block of Southeast Bayberry Terrace.

They met a 23-year-old woman who said she and her fiancee — Benafield — had argued. The 23-year-old woman said that she, Benafield and a man were inside.

“Deborah was angry at (her fiancee) because (her fiancee) called her ‘Debbie Cakes,’ she hit (her fiancee) in the back of the head . . . approximately four times, but she was not injured,” an affidavit states.

The man said he saw Benafield hit her fiancee, but he apparently made no mention of “Debbie Cakes.”

Benafield, meanwhile, said she didn’t recall what happened because she “blacks out” when angry.

Being called “Debbie Cakes” might make some angry, but being given Little Debbie cakes makes others happy.

Little Debbie snack cakes, a staple of school lunch boxes nationwide for decades, come in dozens of varieties, including Oatmeal Crème Pies, Star Crunch Cosmic Snacks and Devil Squares.

One of Elvis Presley’s favorite snacks was Little Debbie Fudge Brownies, while Oatmeal Crème Pies are consumed daily by University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, the Little Debbie website states.

The affidavit didn’t state whether the “Debbie Cakes” spat will impact the pending nuptials.

Benafield, of the 8600 block of Southeast Bayberry Terrace in Hobe Sound, was arrested on a domestic battery charge.

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