A DEVOTED father has died after being stabbed by a homeless man as his daughter sat on his lap at a restaurant. Anthony Mele, 35, was enjoying a family dinner with his wife Hannah and five-year-old daughter at a steakhouse in California on Thursday night when the horrific murder happened. He was allegedly attacked by Jamal Jackson, who earlier that evening had been reported to cops for being disruptive in the area. Jackson, who has been charged with Anthony's murder, is said to have targeted the young father at random before carrying out the terrifying attack in front of shocked diners and leaving. In an act of bravery, restaurant staff and other diners followed Jackson out of the store, staying by his side until cops rushed to the scene and made the arrest. Jackson faces up to 55 years in prison if convicted. Anthony's devastated friends and family are now fundraising to pay for his funeral, and to support his young wife. On a GoFund Me page, they wrote: "Anthony was a wonderful … [Read more...] about Horror as dad is knifed to death by homeless maniac in random attack while daughter sat on his lap
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As his daughter sat on his lap, a father was fatally stabbed by a homeless stranger, police said
Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Subscribe Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader True Crime by Kristine Phillips by Kristine Phillips Email the author April 22 at 7:22 AM Email the author My heart aches love you my sweet son Posted by Becky Grieco Mele on Friday, April 20, 2018 Anthony Mele had just finished his dinner at a seaside California restaurant when a stranger walked toward the table he was sharing with his family. As Mele’s 5-year-old daughter sat on her father’s lap, the stranger, for reasons still unknown, stabbed Mele in the neck, the Ventura Police Department said. The girl was not injured, but Mele died the next day. Several 911 calls about the stabbing just … [Read more...] about As his daughter sat on his lap, a father was fatally stabbed by a homeless stranger, police said
Homeless man accused of fatally stabbing father as 5-year-old daughter was sitting in his lap
LOS ANGELES - A homeless man was charged Friday with murder in a random attack on a California father who was stabbed in the neck as his 5-year-old daughter sat in his lap in a crowded beachside steakhouse. Jamal Jackson, 49, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 35-year-old Anthony Mele. He was being held in Ventura County jail on a $1.5 million bail. It's unclear if he has an attorney to speak on his behalf. Mele and his wife were eating dinner with their daughter Wednesday at Aloha Steakhouse in Ventura. The girl was sitting in her father's lap when prosecutors say Jackson walked up and stabbed Mele in the neck. Prosecutor Richard Simon said patrons and a restaurant employee followed Jackson out of the restaurant, even though he still had the knife. They kept track of him until police arrived and arrested him. Mele was taken to a hospital and died Thursday after being taken off life support. "It's horrible," Simon said. "You don't think you're going to be killed … [Read more...] about Homeless man accused of fatally stabbing father as 5-year-old daughter was sitting in his lap
Using California’s signature environmental law to shut down homeless housing is NIMBYism at its worst
The respected nonprofit developer and service provider A Community of Friends, which proposed the embattled Lorena Plaza project in Boyle Heights, knows all about that. After years of hearings and meetings, the project, which would be built on a vacant corner lot and offer two dozen of its 49 units to mentally ill homeless veterans, has won support from the local neighborhood council, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and, finally, the local City Council member, Jose Huizar. … [Read more...] about Using California’s signature environmental law to shut down homeless housing is NIMBYism at its worst
Windrush NHS nurse, 81, is separated from her six kids and homeless in Jamaica after being refused re-entry to Britain following 2010 holiday
AN 81-year-old Windrush NHS nurse has been separated from her six kids after being refused re-entry to Britain after a holiday. Gretel Gocan has been left homeless in Jamaica since 2010 after visiting family, and has no money and no pension. She told the Mirror: "From the life, I once had surrounded by my children in London to having been made homeless in Jamaica has broken my heart. I travelled to Britain to help out on the promise of a new life but now they have turned their back on me. "My children are still in London but I am left here. It is not how I wanted to live my final years. I miss my family so much. I want to return to my home in the UK but can’t.” Her daughter Pauline Blackwood said she came to the UK in 1960 and never applied for a British passport, but had a stamp on her Jamaican one granting indefinite leave to remain. That document was stolen in 2006 and when she went to Jamaica on a new passport in 2010 she found herself refused permission to return … [Read more...] about Windrush NHS nurse, 81, is separated from her six kids and homeless in Jamaica after being refused re-entry to Britain following 2010 holiday