bciskepottery Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 So, will we have to start asking if a person has a permit to buy and carry that mug? U.S. Open tennis referee accused of killing husband with coffee mug Steve Gorman Reuters 5:34 PM CDT, August 21, 2012 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A prominent professional tennis referee who was preparing to officiate at the U.S. Open in New York was arrested on Tuesday on a felony murder warrant accusing her of bludgeoning her elderly husband to death with a coffee mug. Lois Ann Goodman, 70, was taken into custody on a warrant filed a week ago by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office charging her with the April 17 slaying of her husband, Alan Goodman, who was 80 years old, prosecutors said. The district attorney's office said Goodman would remain in custody in New York while awaiting extradition to Los Angeles, where she faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors said they would ask for bail to be set at $1 million. She is accused of killing her husband by beating him to death with a coffee cup at the couple's home in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. According to Los Angeles police Lieutenant Dave Storaker, Goodman had called authorities to report that she found her husband dead in their home, with no sign of forced entry, and surmised he had fallen down some stairs after suffering a heart attack. But details of her account immediately aroused suspicions, and police subsequently conducted several searches of the home for evidence, which included a broken coffee cup that roughly matched the multiple contusions on the victim's head. Storaker said the coroner ruled the death a homicide on August 2. The case was presented to the district attorney and charges were filed. Since Goodman had left town by then for the U.S. Open, Los Angeles police coordinated with homicide detectives in New York City to help make the arrest. Storaker declined to discuss a suspected motive but said investigators were looking into "whether there were problems in their marriage." Goodman is well known in tennis circles and was preparing to serve as a referee at the U.S. Open Tennis Championships tournament, a district attorney's office spokeswoman, Jane Robison, said. In tennis, on-court referees are known as officials, serving either as the chair umpires or line judges. Goodman served mainly as a line judge, and had worked at the annual U.S. Open for at least the past 10 years, said Tim Curry, a spokesman for the U.S. Tennis Association, which owns the tournament. Like all on-court officials, she worked as an independent contractor of the association, he said, adding she was arrested at her hotel before Tuesday's start of qualifying rounds. He said tournament officials were not aware she had been under suspicion in a murder investigation. The main draw of the tournament, played at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, New York, opens on Monday with the men's and women's first-round matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffCenter Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Mugs don't kill people, people kill people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Add pottery to the list of prohibited items that TSA will now not allow on aircraft in carry-ons. CRAP! And I'm likely serious about this. best, ......................john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Oz Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 My ceramics professor carried around a ceramic knife. You know, to protect himself from all those dangerous mug wielders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 My guess and its just a guess that mug was made from Linda Arbuckle's Majolica and fired to a full cone 04. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffCenter Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 My guess and its just a guess that mug was made from Linda Arbuckle's Majolica and fired to a full cone 04. Mark I hope it wasn't actually an Arbuckle mug. What a waste of a beautiful mug if it was. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 ...investigators were looking into "whether there were problems in their marriage." Duh. The problem with their marriage is that the wife wanted to kill the husband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 The handle must have been really well attached too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted August 22, 2012 Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 He probably complained about the coffee being too bitter and she "snapped". Sexist, I know, but the best I can do at short notice. The competition here is fierce. TJR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana Ferreira Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Sorry guys, but repeated hitting with a mug? It could only be hotelware type ceramics. So, we are not guilty by proxy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riorose Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Well I am just now teaching myself to throw on a wheel. The bowls are heavy doorstop things even after trimming 1/2 away. No handles, so she couldn't have used it as a weapon, unless she is actually innocent and just dropped one of mine on his head? Now that is a possible court defense. As for looking into the condition of their marriage, well maybe they were married more than a few years and typical she held her anger for 50 years and then just cracked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 He probably just said "pass the peas", and she SNAPPED! TJR:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel_Rocker Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Now IS NOT the time to discuss Mug Control! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potterylover Posted September 2, 2012 Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 Sorry guys, but repeated hitting with a mug? It could only be hotelware type ceramics. So, we are not guilty by proxy ... Hotel mugs are dirty! :-). Saw it on "20/20". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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