Karen Read appeared in a Massachusetts court Tuesday for a hearing ahead of her retrial, scheduled for April. Special prosecutor Hank Brennan stated in court Tuesday that the federal investigation into the state’s handling of Read’s case is now closed, according to the Boston Globe. No charges will be brought against police involved in the …
A Florida woman accused of killing her terminally ill husband in a hospital room in 2023 was sentenced Friday to just over a year in prison followed by 12 years probation. Ellen Gilland, 78, pleaded no contest in December to assisting self-murder and manslaughter after a grand jury reduced the charges from first degree murder, …
An Illinois jury on Friday deliberated less than 90 minutes before returning a guilty verdict for a landlord accused of the brutal stabbing death of a 6-year-old Palestinian boy after the start of the Gaza war in 2023. Joseph Czuba had pleaded not guilty in the death of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his …
An Arizona mom accused of killing her two children with a meat cleaver was found guilty Monday by a jury. Yui Inoue was convicted on two counts of first degree murder, two counts of child abuse, and one count of disorderly conduct, AZFamily reported. As CrimeOnline reported, the 7-year-old boy and 9-year-old girl were found …
Jury selection is slated to begin Monday in the trial of an Illinois man who allegedly opened fire on a Highland Park Fourth of July parade in 2022, killing seven people and wounding dozens more. Robert Crimo III faces more than 100 charges, including 21 counts of first degree murder, as CrimeOnline reported. Crimo’s trial …
A Connecticut man who has spent more than a decade receiving mental health treatment — after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity of killing man and eating part of his brain and an eyeball — has been granted conditional release by the state Psychiatric Security Review Board. The release requires that Tyree …
A Louisiana woman was sentenced this week to 8 years in prison for the fentanyl overdose death of her toddler son, and her family is angry it wasn’t longer. Summer Buxton pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Keynan Jay Buxton, 2, in May 2023, KPLC reported. The boy died of acute drug intoxication, …
A Georgia man who bombed a woman’s home has pleaded guilty and will spend time in federal prison. On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia released a statement announcing that Stephen Glosser, 38, pleaded guilty to stalking and using an explosive to commit another felony offense. Glosser will serve 20 …
A New York jury deliberated less than two hours before returning a guilty verdict for a New Jersey man charged with the attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in 2022. The jury also found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding another man who was onstage with Rushdie at the …
The man accused of killing a UnitedHealthcare CEO last year appeared in a New York court on Friday. According to Reuters, Luigi Mangione’s attorney, Karen Agnifilo, said there were “serious search and seizure issues” with Mangione’s arrest in Pennsylvania. Without providing specifics, Agnifilo also suggested there was evidence being suppressed in this case. Friday’s hearing was …
On Thursday, an attorney representing Sean “Diddy” Combs in his upcoming sex trafficking trial asked a New York judge to be withdrawn from the case. According to the New York Post, Anthony Ricco wrote that he could not remain effective counsel for Combs “under any circumstances.” Though specifics were not provided due to attorney-client privacy, Ricco …
Defense attorneys for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing a health insurance giant CEO late last year, launched a website for information about the various cases on Friday, including Mangione’s first public statement. Mangione is set to appear in New York state court Friday afternoon for a status conference that may include setting a …
