A Georgia jury began hearing opening statements on Friday, in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old who lost his life while jogging in a Brunswick neighborhood last year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, in June 2020, Judge Wallace E. Harrell of Glynn County Magistrate Court ruled that enough probable cause exists to uphold …
An Alabama woman who in 2018 killed a man accused of raping her was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly violating the terms of her probation by going trunk-or-treating with her children. Brittany Smith was charged with murder for fatally shooting Joshua Smith (no relation) after he allegedly raped her twice and threatened to kill her …
On Thursday, a juror was dismissed from the Kyle Rittenhouse trial for allegedly joking about last year’s police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake, which prompted the protests in Wisconsin where Rittenhouse fatally shot two demonstrators. According to WBBM, prosecutors said the dismissed juror jokingly asked the courthouse deputy, “Why did the Kenosha police shoot Jacob Blake …
The dad’s killer is scheduled to be executed later this month
A Philadelphia judge last week ruled that a lawsuit filed by the family of Ellen Greenberg against the medical examiner who ruled she died by suicide — with 20 stab wounds to her body — can go forward. The 27-year-old first grade teacher was found dead in her Manayunk apartment on January 26, 2011, after …
A Wisconsin judge ruled on Monday that the three protestors Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly shot last year cannot be called “victims.” Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder also denied Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger’s request to bar the defense from describing the two slain men, Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and Gaige Grosskreutz, who …
As the trial nears in connection with the murder of Georgia jogger, Ahmaud Arbery, a county court mistake could possibly result in a mistrial. According to Vice, potential jurors who click on the Glynn County Superior Court website to search for days and time to show up for the upcoming trial of Travis McMichael, Gregory …
Jury selection begins Monday for the trial of three men accused of following and killing a Black jogger who ran through their coastal Georgia neighborhood in February 2020. Some 600 people are expected at the Selden Park Recreation Center in Brunswick — where jury selection has been moved to accommodate social distancing — as attorneys …
New York real estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced to life without parole on Thursday for the murder of his best friend in 2000. A Los Angeles jury met for 8 hours over three days in September before finding Durst, 78, guilty of first degree murder in the death of Susan Berman, who was shot …
Nikolas Cruz, charged in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, is expected to plead guilty to all counts against him. Cruz, now 23, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder for the February 14, 2018, shooting. WSVN reported that Cruz’s attorneys …
A 16-year-old New York boy was sentenced Thursday to nine years to life in prison for his role in the murder of 18-year-old Barnard student Tessa Majors in 2019. Luchiano Lewis, who was 14 when he and two other teens attempted to rob Majors in Morningside Park, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery …
Josh Duggar’s motions to suppress certain evidence and dismiss his child pornography case has been denied by a US District Judge of the District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. In September, Duggar’s lawyers filed numerous motions to leave out evidence in the case, including pictures of Duggar’s hands, which reportedly show a scar …
