The Times

4 TIMES/GUIDE Weekend of May 22/23, 1976

Female hitchhiker beaten, raped in SD

An 18-year-old girl who hitched a ride with the wrong man was beaten and raped in South Dade Wednesday, May 19, at 1 p.m. Police said that the girl was hitchhiking in northern Florida when she was picked up by a man driving a battered green Volkswagen. When the pair reached Miami, the man drove to the area of SW 328th Street and South Dixie Highway, where he beat and sexually assaulted the young woman. A Metro police officer found the girl and took her to the Rape Treatment Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released.

2-year-old raped

A two-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in South Dade Sunday, May 16. According to officers, the child's mother reported that her daughter had been raped by an unknown man.

Bookstores raided

Three adult bookstores in South Dade were raided Wednesday, May 19, for showing obscene material. Metro officers armed with search warrants raided the stores and confiscated 29 mini-projector films, police said. The material is said to violate Florida's obscene material law. At SMIL Corporation, 9514 S. Dixie Hwy., 33-year-old Stephen Cohen, of 1589 Bayshore Dr., was arrested; at Loxley Sherwood Inc., at 17848 S. Dixie Hwy., Richard Green, 28, of 6421 SW 63rd Ct., was taken into custody and no one was at the 20812 South Dixie bookstore, when police arrived. Cohen and Green were charged with showing obscene material and booked into the Dade County jail.

police blotter

His way

Two employes of a West Dade Burger King were robbed Monday, May 17, at 11:18 p.m. Twenty-six-year-old manager Joseph Archino and 19-year-old employe Michelle Rizzotto were leaving work at 7070 SW 40th St., when they were approached in the parking lot by a man wearing a Halloween mask, police said. The man forced the pair back inside at gunpoint and ordered Archino to open the safe. After forcing the pair to lie face down on the floor, the intruder left.

Armed robbery

Three teenage brothers were hitchhiking in the Richmond Heights area Monday, May 17, when they were picked up and robbed by three men and a woman. Police reported that John Henry Curry, 16, Cecil Leroy Curry, 15, and Richard Earl Curry, 13, were picked up by the foursome at Perry and Buchanan Streets in Richmond Heights around 11:30 a.m. One of the men pulled a gun and forced the brothers to empty their pockets, let them out and drove off.

Body found

The body of a man who has apparently been dead for two years was found in a South Dade rock pit Monday, May 17 at 12:45 p.m.

A group of children playing at the rock pit at SW 120th Street and 135th Avenue noticed a late model Thunderbird submerged in a lake, police said. After officers arrived and had the car pulled from the water, they discovered the body in the trunk. Police said the body has been identified as that of 49-year-old George Weber, who lived at 2033 NE 123rd St. He was reported missing from Orlando two years ago. He appears to have died from a gunshot wound, police said.

Suicide

A South Dade man, apparently despondent over financial problems, shot and killed himself at his home Thursday, May 20. Cosme Feliciano, 67, who lived at 7401 SW 21st St., shot himself once, police said. He was rushed to Doctors Hospital, but was dead on arrival.

Rape

The rape of a nine-year-old girl in South Dade Thursday, May 20, at 3:30 p.m. brings the number of area sexual assaults in a one-week period to three. Police reported that the girl, who was alone in her southwest area home, opened the door to a man asking to use the telephone. Once inside, he sexually assaulted the child. Earlier in the week, an 18-year-old woman and a two-year girl were also raped in southwest Dade.

Body identified

The body of a woman found by hunters off Tamiami Trail Sunday, May 16, has been identified, police said. The corpse is that of 25-year-old Angela Chapman, of an unknown address, officers reported. The cause of her death is still pending. Anyone with further information should call the PSD Homicide Section at 547-7456 or 547-7533.

U Tote Em heist

The U Tote Em Store at 10470 SW 72nd St. was robbed Friday, May 21, at 1:15 a.m. Police said that 38-year-old employe Antonio Roman was held up at gunpoint by two men. After emptying the contents of Roman's pockets and the cash register into a paper bag, the men walked away.

Farm Store hit

The Farm Store at 102075 S. Dixie Hwy. was robbed Thursday, May 20, at 10:30 p.m. David Lampley, the 24-year-old employe, was confronted by a lone man brandishing a handgun. After taking Lampley's wallet and cleaning out the cash register, the man fled.

Strong armed

Two men making a night deposit outside the Bank of Kendall, 8600 S. Dixie Hwy., were ambushed Thursday, May 20, at 9:55 p.m. Paul Draizer, 55 and Mort Shinkman, 54, were surprised from behind a man who grabbed the money bag, police said. After a struggle, the thief managed to break loose and run with the money.

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