On Monday, a Wisconsin judge dropped weapons charges against Kyle Rittenhouse, who is currently on trial for last year’s fatal shooting which left two protestors dead and a third man wounded. Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed count six — possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 — hours before jurors were …
A New Hampshire woman has been sued for allegedly violating the state’s Civil Rights Act earlier this year after she threatened a 9-year-old boy, the New Hampshire Department of Justice’s District Attorney’s Office reports. The alleged incident happened back in May at a playground in a Dover neighborhood, as a Black child played with another …
Mengqi Ji’s body was found by a hiker in March in the same state park where her husband proposed.
On Tuesday, a South Carolina judge denied bail for legal scion Alex Murdaugh after finding him a danger to himself and others. Judge Clifton Newman’s decision means Murdaugh, 53, will remain at Richland County jail until trial. Newman initially denied Murdaugh’s request for bail on October 19, citing concerns regarding the lawyer’s opioid addiction and …
On Tuesday, a California board recommended parole for Leslie Van Houten, a surviving Manson family follower who has been imprisoned since 1971. CNN reported that this is the fifth time the Board of Parole Hearings recommended parole for Van Houten, 72. Van Houten was 19 when she and fellow cult members fatally stabbed Los Angeles …
A Colorado judge in Chaffee County released court documents Monday in connection with the disappearance and presumed murder of Suzanne Morphew. The newly-released documents show hundreds of witnesses who have been listed in the case, including Barry and Suzanne Morphew’s two daughters, as well as Jeff Libler, a man identified as Suzanne’s high school friend …
US District Court Judge Alison Nathan on Tuesday once again denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s request to be released on bail as both sides in the British socialite’s sex trafficking case prepare for trial. As they have in three previous requests for bail, Maxwell’s legal team claimed they must go through “humiliating circumstances” to visit their client …
Julia Enright’s defense attorney says the 24-year-old phlebotomist was defending herself from sexual assault when she killed Brandon Chicklis in 2018.
The forcible touching case against former New York Gov Andrew Cuomo was adjourned until January at the request of the Albany County district attorney, who said errors in the sheriff’s department complaint risk “a procedural dismissal of this case.” District Attorney David Soares said in a letter to City Court Judge Holly Trexler his office …
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 …
