True Crime Stories

It is often said that prosecutors do not get to pick their witnesses. People who commit crimes often run in crowds of shady people. And those same shady people generally have their own criminal background. Much was made in the case against Dino Guglielmelli by his family and his defense about a man named Rick Fuhrmann. Fuhrmann was described as a business associate of Dino's but he came with his own criminal background. Dino Guglielmelli married his wife, Monica, in 2003. They had known each other less than a year. Monica Olsen was a fashion model and Dino was an up and coming entrepreneur. The couple would settle in Santa Clarita California. Dino would make his eventual fortune with his business, Creation's Garden, in making and distributing vitamins, dietary supplements and even skin care products. At the height of the business Creation's Garden had four factories and cleared forty-eight million dollars a year. Monica would leave the fashion busin...

When a couple divorces the claws come out. So often it is only then that allegations of abuse arise and while this is sometimes the case, the courts have become leery of these allegations over the years because so many times it has been found to be false. Judges and courts are left to decide who to believe in cases. I had a personal experience in my own previous divorce that left me wondering if false allegations would land me in legal trouble and left my family fearing for my life. I was less concerned with the latter but looking back I have often wondered if I was not just too naive to believe things could have been worse after learning more things. The case involving Allen Blackthorne and his ex-wife Sheila Bellush was just as muddied. The couple had married in 1982 and had two daughters, Stevie and Daryl. While throughout my research I found instances where it stated they were divorced in either 1986, 1987, 1988 or 1989 (yes it was crazy how many different years I...