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This combo made with undated photos made available by the Miami-Dade Police Dept. shows Rudy Eugene, 31, left, who police shot and killed as he ate the face of Ronald Poppo, 65, right, during a horrific attack in the shadow of the Miami Herald's headquarters on Saturday, May 26, 2012. Poppo was in critical condition Tuesday, with only his goatee intact on his face, the newspaper reported. (AP Photo/Miami-Dade Police Dept.)

Troubled lives clashed in gruesome face-eating attack

Elinor J. Brecher, Nadege Green The Miami Herald

Last updated Friday, June 1, 2012 - 10:02am

MIAMI - Last weekend's horror-movie episode on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami brought together two troubled men, one who was struggling to get his life on track, another who had given up trying.

Rudy Eugene, 31, had been seeking spiritual guidance in Scripture. On May 24, two days before he would viciously attack a homeless man named Ronald Edward Poppo, Eugene attended a Bible-study session at a friend's North Miami Beach home.

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Rudy Eugene, 31, who police shot and killed as he ate the face of Ronald Poppo, 65, during a horrific attack in the shadow of the Miami Herald's headquarters on Saturday, May 26, 2012. Poppo was in critical condition Tuesday, with only his goatee intact on his face, the newspaper reported. (AP Photo/Miami-Dade Police Dept.)

Video provides new details in horrific face-eating attack

David Ovalle, Diana Moskovitz, Scott Hiaasen The Miami Herald

Last updated Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 4:29pm

MIAMI -- Rudy Eugene walked naked alongside the MacArthur Causeway before pouncing on a homeless man he found dozing in the shade of the elevated Metromover train tracks.

For almost 18 grisly minutes, Eugene savaged his victim, punching him and stripping the man's pants before gnawing off the homeless man's face - all as cars and cyclists rolled by on the busy causeway on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

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Naked attacker killed by police identified

David Ovalle, Diana Moskovitz The Miami Herald

Last updated Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 3:43pm

MIAMI -- The naked man who viciously attacked another man -- at one point trying to eat off the other man's face -- before he was shot dead by police was identified Monday.

Police sources said Monday the attacker was 31-year-old Rudy Eugene.

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A City of Miami police officer stands watch near the scene where a naked man, far right, was shot dead on the MacArthur Causeway ramp onto Northeast 13th Street in Miami on Saturday, May 26, 2012. A witness said the naked man continued to chew on the face of another naked man on a Miami highway ramp and growled when a police officer tried to stop him. The victim remained hospitalized Monday. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Marsha Halper)

Mystery as to why naked man tried to eat another man's face

Daniela Guzman, Diana Moskovitz The Miami Herald

Last updated Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 7:06am

MIAMI -- Only the police tape, the bloodstain on the ground and a grotesque mystery remained after the brutal attack on the MacArthur Causeway in which one naked man was shot dead by police after he attacked another naked man and began eating his face.

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Provo man who beat brother gets 1 to 15 years

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 9:19am

PROVO, Utah -- A man convicted of beating his brother nearly to death with a stick in the middle of a Provo street has been sentenced to one to 15 years in prison.

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Ogden police: Man in Jeep tried to run over victim

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 11:22pm

OGDEN -- Police suspect that Patrick Andersen, 19, tried to run someone over with his Jeep on Tuesday evening.

Police got a report about an altercation at 850 E. 1050 North, said Ogden Police Lt. Tony Fox. About 8 p.m., the driver of a brown Jeep tried to run someone over, but missed and hit a telephone pole.

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Woman accused of trying to run over SLC joggers, yelling racial slur

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 12:05pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A 38-year-old woman accused of trying to run over three Salt Lake City joggers with her car while yelling a racial slur allegedly told police "some people can’t take a joke."

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Jail-bound nunchakus thrower from Centerville slams court-ordered anger course

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:38am

FARMINGTON — A 31-year-old man accused of hitting his wife with nunchakus told a judge the eight-week anger-management course he took was a waste of money.

Second District Judge John R. Morris then sentenced Andrew James Lukenbach on Monday to serve 90 days in Davis County Jail, allowing him work release and time out to go to therapy.

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Hearing continued in nunchakus case

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 11:40pm

FARMINGTON -- The sentencing hearing for a man who police say assaulted his wife with nunchakus has been continued until March 26.

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Prosecutors: Man accused in Clearfield robbery may face federal charges soon

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 7:27pm

FARMINGTON — A man charged with aggravated assault and aggravated robbery may end up facing federal charges within a month, prosecutors say.

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Police are in the process of gathering information linked to the attack by an unidentified group in ninja-like attire on teenage members of the Kera Sakti Indonesia silat (traditional martial art) school in Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia on Sunday morning.

Mysterious ninjas attacking martial arts students

Contributed The Jakarta Post

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 11:22am

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The police are in the process of gathering information linked to the attack by an unidentified group in ninja-like attire on teenage members of the Kera Sakti Indonesia silat (traditional martial art) school in Ngawi, East Java, Indonesia on Sunday morning.

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Warrant issued for Layton man

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 1:53am

SANDY — Police have a warrant out for a Layton man they say tried to swallow balloons full of drugs during a bust.

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2 sentenced to prison for setting teen on fire

Linda Trischitta, Rafael A. Olmeda Sun Sentinel

Last updated Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 4:39pm

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Two teenagers accused of setting schoolmate Michael Brewer on fire in a Florida parking lot more than two years ago pleaded no contest to second-degree attempted murder Tuesday, throwing themselves on the mercy of a Broward County judge instead of taking their chances with a jury.

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Ogden woman accused of stabbing boyfriend

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 12:18am

OGDEN — A woman is accused of stabbing her boyfriend following a domestic dispute.

Officers responded to a call at 650 24th St. in Ogden at 10:41 a.m. Wednesday, said Ogden Police Lt. Eric Young.

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Woman doused in gasoline, torched in elevator

Cristian Salazar The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 11:54am

NEW YORK -- A man smelling of gasoline walked into a police station overnight and implicated himself in the death of a woman hosed down with an accelerant and set ablaze in the elevator of her apartment building, police said Sunday.

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