Topic: Man in Xbox Slayings gets Life (Read 268 times)

Xbox-Scene · « **on:** August 01, 2006, 11:22:00 PM »

Man in Xbox Slayings gets Life
Posted by XanTium | August 2 00:46 EST

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A man who said he swung a baseball bat but denied killing any of the six victims in a dispute over an Xbox video game system will spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge decided Tuesday.

A jury on Tuesday recommended the death penalty for two other defendants.
Michael Salas, 20, was sentenced to seven life terms without parole. Death was recommended for ringleader Troy Victorino, 29, and Jerone Hunter, 20. All three were convicted last week of six counts of first-degree murder.
Chief Circut Judge Bill Parsons did not set a date for the sentencing of Victorino and Hunter.

Early on Aug. 6, 2004, four men broke into a house in Deltona, slaying the six victims.
Prosecutors said Victorino was angry with victim Erin Belanger, 22, who had him evicted when she found him living in her grandmother's home in Deltona. She kept some of his belongings, including some clothing and the video game system.

A fourth defendant, Robert Cannon, pleaded guilty in October to all the charges. But he later refused to testify and said he wanted to withdraw his guilty plea because he was innocent. The judge hasn't decided whether he will allow the change.

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AfterTaste · « **Reply #1 on:** August 01, 2006, 10:38:00 PM »

That is just plain stupid.

proger · « **Reply #2 on:** August 01, 2006, 10:25:00 PM »

Oh god... more "Video games cause violence!!!"

littlekid · « **Reply #3 on:** August 01, 2006, 11:43:00 PM »

Some people are just not right..... "slayings".....sounds terrible, damn.

JoBlo69 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 01, 2006, 11:43:00 PM »

i read the whole news article from when this happend...

i dont really know why or how the xbox got linked to this... from what i understand is that the old laidy just happend to have the xbox whenthe crime happend...

im i missing that part where it was premeditated with the xbox in mind???

XanTium · « **Reply #5 on:** August 01, 2006, 11:44:00 PM »

Gaming doesn't kill, people do.

ILLusions0fGrander · « **Reply #6 on:** August 01, 2006, 11:57:00 PM »

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She kept some of his belongings, including some clothing and the video game system.

is this all that is related to video games? i dont get it. im sure there were other, more extreme circumstances other than the xbox... i feel this has little, if any, relation to the xbox.

edit: my ex girlfriend tried to keep my ps2 when we broke up, but i ended up with it, without giving her severe brain hemorrhage from a baseball bat. i let her keep the shirt tho..

This post has been edited by ILLusions0fGrander: Aug 2 2006, 06:59 AM

Brizzzer · « **Reply #7 on:** August 01, 2006, 11:32:00 PM »

QUOTE(XanTium @ Aug 2 2006, 01:15 AM)

Gaming doesn't kill, people do.

Unless you go to an asian internet cafe.

DaddyO21 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 02, 2006, 12:35:00 AM »

It doesnt say that is an XBox (could be a Gamecube or PS2 , hell even a Genesis) , it doesnt say that is for the video game system only either. come on , slow news day ? , nothing else to post just making shit up?

more info on XBox360 homebrew , come on , in it you said the source is trusted , so give some more about homebrew comunity and stop posting crap news.

Hexx · « **Reply #9 on:** August 02, 2006, 12:01:00 AM »

Maybe they'll make a game based on this event!

jtom617 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 02, 2006, 12:12:00 AM »

QUOTE(littlekid @ Aug 2 2006, 06:14 AM)

Some people are just not right..... "slayings".....sounds terrible, damn.

yeah, no shit!

EDIT: dude above me, wow, your sick

chorizo1 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 02, 2006, 12:16:00 AM »

QUOTE(DaddyO21 @ Aug 2 2006, 01:06 AM)

It doesnt say that is an XBox

nothing else to post just making shit up?

and stop posting crap news.

http://www.news-jour...AD01A080904.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2...ound/index.html

http://www.gamespot....ws/6153966.html

http://www.foxnews.c...,205496,00.html

it's been reported everywhere, that it was for various items, INCLUDING an Xbox.

Google it.

DaddyO21 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 02, 2006, 02:52:00 AM »

still the link to yahoo news which is provided with the x-s news doesnt say XBox , it says Video Game system. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

proger · « **Reply #13 on:** August 02, 2006, 03:50:00 AM »

QUOTE(DaddyO21 @ Aug 2 2006, 04:23 AM)

still the link to yahoo news which is provided with the x-s news doesnt say XBox , it says Video Game system.

Well, who would want to break the law for a Playstation!?

It had to be an Xbox.

Aaries · « **Reply #14 on:** August 02, 2006, 04:40:00 AM »

I'm glad he got life in prison. I'm sure the rest of them will be treated on the same level. I mean, it's one thing to pull the trigger of a gun in the heat of a moment; it's another to actually be able to take a baseball bat, bash someone's head in until they die, and think, "hm, that wasn't so bad; I think I'll go do that 5 more times."

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