Category: True Crime

Why Waitresses Make Good Detectives

writerchick's avatarAnita Rodgers Mystery Writer

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When I was contemplating writing a series, I looked to my own personal experience to see if there was something unique that I could use to create an interesting character. Though I’ve worked in many fields, the industry where I had an abundance of experience was food service. My very first job was working in a doughnut shop before school. And I quickly learned the joy of working for tips.

For several years after that and whenever I was in a pinch for fast money, I waited tables. Diners, greasy spoons, family restaurants, or dinner houses – it didn’t matter what kind of house, as long as it was popular and had a lot of regulars.

Contrary to popular opinion and stereotypical characterization, waitresses are not airheads. Somebody who isn’t sharp, can’t think on their feet or control ten things at once will get eaten alive in the food biz…

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Former MTV Reality Show Contestant Charged In 2006 Murder

Baron Colon, who was a 2009 finalist on MTV’s “From G’s to Gents,” was convicted of killing Marcelo Vera, who was found shot to death in his home in January 2006.
 
A former MTV reality show contestant was convicted of a 2006 murder in the Miami area on Tuesday.

Baron Colon, who was a 2009 finalist on MTV’s “From G’s to Gents,” was convicted of killing Marcelo Vera, who was found shot to death in his home in January 2006, the Miami Herald reported. Colon was not arrested until 2011 after confessing the crime in detail to an undercover informant.

The Herald reported that Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez would sentence Colon on Sept. 17 and that “by law, the judge must sentence him to life in prison for the conviction on a charge of first-degree murder.”

Stefany Concepcion, who is now serving 15 years in prison, testified that she aided Colon and two others with gaining access into Vera’s house, where the murder took place. Vera was a 44-year-old Cuban exile art dealer, who was also the son of a former high-ranking government official, the Herald reported.

Colon confessed the crime to his childhood friend, Jerry Rios, back in 2011. Rios was secretly recording the conversation for Miami-Dade detectives, according to the Herald.