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Search finished at Harmony Montgomery’s last-known residence
Search finished at Harmony Montgomery’s last-known residence

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police finished their search of the last known residence of Harmony Montgomery on Monday as they investigate the disappearance of the New Hampshire girl, who vanished in 2019 at age 5, but was not reported missing until late last year. Police searched the Manchester property once at end of last year, […] More

January 10, 2022

Convicted ex-officer waives parole hearing under plea deal
Convicted ex-officer waives parole hearing under plea deal

White former Nashville police officer Andrew Delke waived the right to a parole hearing under a plea deal for fatally shooting a Black man from behind who was fleeing on foot while holding a gun. Delke appeared remotely from jail. Last July, Delke pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2018 death of 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick as part of an agreement with prosecutors and received a three-year sentence. More

January 10, 2022

Awaiting trial in cop’s death, sentenced on weapons charges
Awaiting trial in cop’s death, sentenced on weapons charges

A man awaiting a state trial in the 2018 death of an Alabama police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday on federal weapons charges. Marco Perez faces a state capital murder charge in the 2018 death of Mobile police officer Sean Tuder. More

January 10, 2022

Man gets 30 to 60 years in strangulation slaying, arson
Man gets 30 to 60 years in strangulation slaying, arson

A man has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in the strangulation slaying of his girlfriend's mother whose body was found after a 2019 Pennsylvania fire. A Dauphin County judge on Monday sentenced 35-year-old Calvin Purdie Jr. to 20 to 40 years for third-degree murder and a consecutive term of 10 to 20 years for aggravated arson. More

January 10, 2022

Man arrested in Alabama accused of using app to arrange rape
Man arrested in Alabama accused of using app to arrange rape

Alabama man accused of trying to hire someone on an app to kidnap and rape a Wisconsin woman he met online.. Matthias Jacob Edward Mann was arrested on charges of attempted kidnapping and attempted coercion after a person he believed was willing to assault a woman turned out to be a police officer working undercover. More

January 10, 2022

Las Vegas judge denies bail to men accused of crime spree on New Year’s Eve
Las Vegas judge denies bail to men accused of crime spree on New Year’s Eve

Two men facing murder charges in connection to a crime spree on New Year’s Eve appeared in court for their bail hearing on Monday. Jesani Carter, 20, and Jordan Ruby, 18, faced a Las Vegas judge for the second time after the two were arrested for several robberies and shootings around town at the end of 2021. More

January 10, 2022

Prosecutor: Child rape suspect may have victims in 10 states
Prosecutor: Child rape suspect may have victims in 10 states

A man arrested on child rape charges last month in Tennessee could have victims in nine other states, a prosecutor said Monday .Ryan Andrew Meyung, 30, was charged in December with child rape, aggravated kidnapping and other related counts, Hamilton County District Attorney Neal Pinkston said in a statement. More

January 10, 2022

Two suspects arrested in death of Lincoln woman
Two suspects arrested in death of Lincoln woman

Two suspects in the death of a Lincoln woman whose remains were found near Pawnee Lake have been charged in her death. Joesef Barraza, 25, was charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and three counts of first-degree sexual assault in Carly Schaaf's death, Police Chief Teresa Ewins said during a news conference Friday. More

January 7, 2022

Missouri man who killed, buried wife sentenced to 28 years
Missouri man who killed, buried wife sentenced to 28 years

A judge sentenced a Missouri man to 28 years in prison for the 2019 killing of his wife, whose body he buried in a state park and whose death he misled the authorities about for more than a year.The sentence Judge Brouck Jacobs gave to 26-year-old Joseph Elledge was the one jurors recommended in November when they convicted Elledge of second-degree murder in the killing of his wife, Mengqi Ji. More

January 7, 2022

Ex-Oklahoma police officer gets 25 years for 2014 killing
Ex-Oklahoma police officer gets 25 years for 2014 killing

Former Oklahoma police officer sentenced 25 years in prison for killing daughter's boyfriend convicted of second-degree murder the fifth time he went on trial in the case. Shannon Kepler sentenced to 300 months in prison followed by three years supervised release. He also ordered Kepler pay restitution to cover cost of headstone for Jeremey Lake. More

January 7, 2022

Slain officer’s sister sues Facebook for wrongful death
Slain officer’s sister sues Facebook for wrongful death

The sister of a slain federal security officer is suing Facebook, alleging the tech giant played a part in the radicalization of two men who are accused of planning the killing on its platform. David Patrick Underwood was fatally shot and his partner was wounded while guarding a federal building in Oakland on May 29, 2020, when a large demonstration over the police killing of George Floyd was underway nearby. More

January 7, 2022

Man gets 25 years for sex trafficking at 2020 Super Bowl
Man gets 25 years for sex trafficking at 2020 Super Bowl

A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex trafficking at the 2020 Super Bowl in South Florida. Edward Walker, 48, of New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced Thursday in Fort Lauderdale federal court, according to court records. More

January 7, 2022

Arbery killers get life in prison; no parole for father, son
Arbery killers get life in prison; no parole for father, son

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three white men convicted of murder for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced to life in prison Friday, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.  […] More

January 7, 2022

Mother pleads guilty in 2-year-old Houston girl’s death
Mother pleads guilty in 2-year-old Houston girl’s death

The mother of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a Houston bayou in 2020 has pleaded guilty for her role in the child's death, according to court records. Sahara Ervin, 22, pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence, a human corpse, during a court hearing Wednesday as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. More

January 7, 2022

R.I.P. shirts raise questions about threats to fair trial rights
R.I.P. shirts raise questions about threats to fair trial rights

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (Court TV) — Thea Brooks has long used fashion as an outlet for self-expression, designing T-shirts for special occasions and doing her own alterations to store-bought clothing. When her nephew, Ahmaud Arbery, was gunned down in February 2020, Brooks poured her grief into creating wearable tributes to her beloved “Quez.”    “Posters […] More

January 6, 2022

Man sentenced in beating death of 2-year-old Fairbury boy
Man sentenced in beating death of 2-year-old Fairbury boy

A 19-year-old Fairbury man was sentenced Thursday to 70 to 80 years in prison for beating a 2-year-old boy to death in February and shooting a man a year earlier. Jake Gonzalez was convicted in October of child abuse resulting in the death of Hollen Siedschlag and threatening the boy's mother. More

January 6, 2022

Man arrested in connection to 2019 sexual assault of 16-year-old
Man arrested in connection to 2019 sexual assault of 16-year-old

A man has been arrested in connection to the 2019 sexual assault of a 16-year-old. In Nov. 2019, a 16-year-old student told a Fort Collins Police Services school resource officer that she was the victim of a sexual assault in September 2019. According to the sheriff's office, the victim said she met a man named Andrew Koprowski via Snapchat. More

January 6, 2022