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5 more charges against Ohio suspect in Charlottesville attack

Published: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 6:16 PM Updated: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 9:30 PM By: Breaking News Staff An 18-year-old wanted in connection to an assault during a Charlottesville, Virginia, white supremacist event earlier this month is now behind bars in Cincinnati. Daniel Patrick Borden , formerly a student at Mason High School , was arrested Friday and booked into the Hamilton County Justice Center , where he is being held for the Charlottesville Police Department . RELATED:  Group protests former Centerville residents’ Unite the Right rally participation He is charged in Virginia with malicious wounding, Charlottesville police announced in a news release. The charges are connected to an Aug. 12 aggravated assault in the 500 block of East Market Street in Charlottesville, police said. He is not connected to a car attack of counter-protesters that led to one death and dozens of injuries. Police on Aug. 15 named Borden a person of interest in a violent beating of a bla...

Sober housing for recovering addicts

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CLOSE Kristine De Jesus , a staff psychologist and coordinator of the Alcohol and Other Drug Program at MSU, speaks about the services the school offers to students dealing with alcohol and drug abuse. Mollie Shauger/NorthJersey.com Montclair State University " /> The Montclair State University Red Hawk statue on the school's campus. (Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com file) For students recovering from drug and alcohol addiction, the typical college campus can seem like a minefield of temptation, with frat parties, tailgating and late night rounds of beer pong. To help recovering students cope , Montclair State University has set aside a floor in one of its dormitories for those committed to sobriety. Officials hope it will give recovering students a refuge on campus, as well as a way for them to develop a small community of classmates who can provide each other support. The initiative at Montclair State  is part of a growing trend nationally , with about 50   coll...

Danny Rolling killed five in Gainesville 27 years ago this week

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The following story appeared in the St. Petersburg Times on October 26, 2006, the day after Danny Rolling was put to death. Also included are photos covering the period from the time of the murders to the day of Rolling execution . Rolling Executed By Chris Tisch, Tamara Lush and Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler Times Staff Writers STARKE – The drab brown curtain between killer and survivors opened at 5:59 p.m. Wednesday. Danny Rolling lay on a gurney. A prison official asked Florida 's most notorious serial killer since Ted Bundy if he had a last statement. Rolling responded with a twangy hymn, apparently self-penned. "He who flung the stars into heavens above, created the oceans, mountains, eagles and doves," he sang. "None greater than thee, Oh Lord, none greater than thee." Family members of his eight victims - five in Florida and three he was linked to in Louisiana - clutched each other, rolled their eyes or shook their heads. One family member later ...