Court documents filed Monday indicate that ex-Minnesota police officer and convicted murderer Derek Chauvin plans to plead guilty to violating George Floyd’s civil rights for the May 2020 arrest that ended with his death. Chauvin. 45, is currently serving a 22-year sentence after being convicted of Floyd’s second-degree murder, which was a state charge. On …
The prosecution in the sex trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein pal Ghislaine Maxwell rested on Friday after the testimony of her fourth and final accuser took the stand. Annie Farmer is the only one of the accusers who used her real name in court, and told the jury she met Epstein in 1996, when she …
The parents of a missing Washington girl are now facing charges in connection with their other daughter. On Friday, police dropped the manslaughter charges against Jordan Bowers and Andrew Carlson, identified as the parents of 5-year-old Oakley Carlson, who was reported missing Monday. They were initially charged with suspicion of manslaughter after they failed to …
The trial for accused murderer Letecia Stauch could possibly face another trial delay after the defense requested another mental health evaluation. During a court hearing Thursday at the El Paso County courthouse in Colorado, Judge Gregory Werner approved the defense’s request to have Stauch evaluated, marking the third time she will undergo a mental health …
Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense attorneys tackled testimony by one of her accusers on Tuesday that she had once seen a photograph of the British socialite “nude and pregnant” at Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida mansion. Attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca showed the accuser, identified only as Carolyn, a photo that was not shown publicly. Carolyn said that it wasn’t the …
The trial of a former Minnesota police officer for the shooting death of an unarmed Black man during a traffic stop with emotional testimony from the young man’s mother. Ex-Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter, 49, was charged with second degree manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, the father of a 3-year-old boy, as …
Closing arguments in the trial of a woman accused of killing her co-worker at a Florida hair salon are set for Thursday morning after testimony in the trial ended before noon on Wednesday. Kimberly Kessler again spent most of the day in a holding room, although Nassau County Judge James Daniel brought her into the …
An accused murderer in Maine will get to visit his minor children for Christmas, although he’s facing charges for allegedly killing his infant daughter. Trevor Averill, 28, is awaiting trial on murder and manslaughter charges, in connection with the death of his 2-month-old daughter, Harper. He’s currently out on a $25,000 cash bail with strict …
The family of Laci Peterson confronted her husband and convicted killer, Scott Peterson, in a California court on Wednesday — the same day he was re-sentenced to life without parole for the 2002 slaying. On November 23, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo had Scott Peterson transferred from San Quentin prison’s death row …
Prosecutors released a trove of racy images Wednesday taken during a search of Jeffrey Epstein’s Upper East Side mansion in 2019 and aimed at illustrating how closely connected he was with Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite on trial in Manhattan for sex trafficking and related charges. Federal prosecutors contend that Epstein and Maxwell, 59, were …
Jennifer Sybert, AKA Kimberly Kessler, was removed from the court before opening statements on Monday in her trial for the 2018 murder of co-worker Joleen Cummings after an outburst. Cummings mother testified as the trial got underway that it was unusual for her daughter to fail to pick up her children from her former husband, …
