Buster Archive

Caught driving at 111 mph to an early-morning booty call, an Illinois man explained to police that he was speeding because he was "going to go have sex with a girl he liked."

Zachary Ramirez, 21, was pulled over at 2 AM Saturday when an officer clocked his 1994 Honda Prelude speeding on a Naperville road where the posted limit is 45 mph.

According to Naperville Police Department Sergeant Gregg Bell, “When detained, officer inquired as to why he was traveling so fast. Ramirez replied he was going to have sex with a girl he liked.” That assignation, however, had to be postponed due to Ramirez’s arrest for reckless driving, speeding, disobeying a stop sign, and other charges lodged against him in DuPage County Circuit Court.

Pictured in the above mug shot, Ramirez was also hit with a marijuana possession charge after a search of his vehicle turned up a small amount of pot.

Ramirez, a Naperville resident, is free on $2000 bail.

Two current and two former Transportation Security Administration screeners  were named today in a federal indictment accusing them of taking bribes to allow large drug shipments to pass through X-ray machines and security checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport.

The four defendants, prosecutors allege, conspired to let suitcases stuffed with multi-kilo amounts of cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine get past TSA checkpoints on five occasions last year.

The quartet (and three codefendants) were nabbed as part of a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation that relied on a confidential source who dealt directly with the probe’s targets.

The two current TSA employees charged are John Whitfield, 23, and Capeline McKinney, 25. The former TSA employees named in the 22-count indictment are 27-year-old Joy White, who was terminated last year, and Naral “YS” Richardson, 30, who was terminated in 2010.

According to investigators, Richardson was the operation’s ringleader and paymaster, and would arrange for Whitfield, McKinney, and White to allow drug shipments to pass through checkpoints, though a check of their monitors would reveal “narcotics inside the bags or suitcases.”

Since the four TSA figures are in custody, they have not been able to scrub their respective Facebook pages (here are photos of White and McKinney).

Richardson’s Facebook page includes a photo of him throwing a sign, displaying a gaudy “YS” pendant (see left), and counting money (complete with the caption “I TOLD U ITS NOT AH GAME”). Also, as seen above, he included a shot of some favorite baseball caps, his diamond-studded pendant, and five rolls of cash held together with rubber bands.

If convicted of the federal narcotics charges, the four TSA defendants could face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in custody (and a maximum of life in prison).

The fourth and final suspect being sought by Baltimore cops for her role in last month’s videotaped beating of a tourist was arrested early this morning on variety of felony charges.

Shatia Baldwin, 21, was collared for her role in the March 18 attack outside a downtown courthouse. Baldwin, pictured in the adjacent mug shot, faces robbery, assault, theft, conspiracy, and reckless endangerment counts.

According to police, Baldwin, wearing a red hat, can be seen at the outset of the below clip of the assault stating, “Let’s take his car keys.”  The victim, 31, was subsequently punched in the face and, while prone on the sidewalk, was set upon by several assailants. He reported to cops that his watch, money, iPhone, and car keys were stolen during the attack.

Baldwin is being held in the Baltimore jail, where her bond was set at $800,000. Records show that Baldwin’s rap sheet includes convictions for assault and marijuana possession.

A third assailant--the "Teenage Teabagger"--has been arrested in connection with last month’s videotaped attack on a tourist outside a Baltimore courthouse.

Deangelo Carter, 18, was apprehended today and charged with felony assault, according to police.

Carter, pictured in the adjacent mug shot, can be seen in videos of the March 18 assault leaning over the prone victim and apparently going through his pockets. Then, with the man still on the ground, Carter approaches the victim from behind, grabs the man’s head, and slams it into his groin.

Police, who have collared three suspects in the attack, are still seeking to arrest Shatia Baldwin, a 21-year-old Baltimore woman, whose rap sheet includes convictions for assault and marijuana possession.  

4/24 UPDATE: Third suspect nabbed by cops

Baltimore police today announced the arrest of a second assailant in the videotaped assault and robbery last month of a tourist who was set upon by a mob outside a downtown courthouse.

Shayona Davis, 20, was collared for her role in the attack on the 31-year-old victim, who was knocked to the ground and had his watch, money, iPhone, and car keys stolen.

Davis, pictured in the mug shot at right, was charged with two counts of assault as well as armed robbery (she has been accused of wielding a high-heeled shoe in the course of the attack).

Davis is locked up in lieu of $750,000 bail. For some reason, Davis was wearing only black panties and a peach-colored t-shirt during the 2 AM sidewalk assault.

On April 13, cops arrested Aaron Parsons, 20, on robbery and assault charges. Parsons can be seen punching the victim in the face on the brawl videos, which show the intoxicated man getting punched and kicked by several assailants. The bust of Parsons, who is locked up on $500,000 bail, came a day after investigators released surveillance photos showing three suspects being sought in connection with the attack on the tourist.

Cops are searching for two other suspects in the attack, Deangelo Carter, 18, and Shatia Baldwin, 21. Carter can be seen in one clip (see below) “teabagging” the victim, who was prone on the sidewalk, with most of his clothes having been torn off. Carter (left) and Baldwin are seen above in photos released by police.