Florida matriarch Donna Adelon, convicted of murder earlier month, is seeking a new trial. According to AP News, Adelson’s lawyers claimed juror misconduct happened after the 75-year-old’s murder trial in Tallahassee. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adelson becomes the fifth person convicted in the murder of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel, who was in …
A Texas woman who fled to India while police investigated the disappearance of her 6-year-old son was indicted this week on new charges. Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, captured in India last month and brought back to Texas to face a murder charge in the presumed death of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, was indicted Monday on charges of abandoning a …
The parents of missing baby Emmanuel Haro were in court on Thursday to enter not guilty pleas to murder charges. An attorney for Rebecca Haro suggested moving the case to the Banning Justice Center rather Riverside, about 40 miles away, the Press-Enterprise reported. Superior Court Judge Gary Polk told him to file a motion making …
A Colorado judge on Tuesday denied a request from accused wife killer Barry Morphew to lower his bond from $3 million to $500,000, but she did change the requirements of the bond to make it slightly easier for him to get out of jail until his trial. District Court Judge Amanda Hopkins changed Morphew’s bond …
On Monday, a New York federal judge denied the government’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said disseminating these documents would require “special circumstances,” as doing so would strip the secrecy that is paramount to grand jury hearings. Engelmayer expressed …
An Oklahoma pediatrician accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter on a Florida vacation had her charges downgraded on Thursday. Neha Gupta faces a charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child and is now eligible for bond, KOCO reported. “We believe that the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office rushed to judgment, went out to Oklahoma, with U.S. Marshals, …
The first of three men convicted in connection with the murder of Kentucky mom Crystal Rogers in 2015 was sentenced on Wednesday to 17 years in prison. Lawson was convicted in May of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence, and Nelson County Circuit Court Judge Charles Simms III followed the jury’s recommendation …
A 28-year-old teacher, accused of killing a couple on an Arkansas hiking trail, has been denied bail. According to FOX News Digital, Andrew James McGann, 28, remained mostly silent as a judge in Washington County read him his rights and ordered him to held behind bars without bail. He’s scheduled to be arraigned August 25 …
A federal appeals court has denied a request by convicted Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to remove the judge overseeing his death sentence appeal. Tsarnaev’s attorneys sought the removal because US District Court Judge George O’Toole appeared on a podcast and public panels discussing the work of organizing a complex jury trial, WCVB reported. In …
A Wisconsin judge approved the move of one of the girls involved in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing out of a state mental health hospital where she has been confined since she was 12 years old and to a new facility where she will have more freedom. Morgan Geyser, now 22, will still be in …
On Tuesday, Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a New York federal court to release him as he awaits sentencing for prostitution. Combs’ lawyers argued that “exceptional” circumstances surrounding his case warrant his release on $50 million bond. They claimed that the 1910 Mann Act — which was invoked in this case — has never been used …
The man accused of the brutal slaying of a pregnant Amish woman in her home last year will spend the rest of his life in prison. Shawn Cranston, 53, was convicted last month of first degree murder in the death of 23-year-old Rebekah Byler, second degree murder for the death of her unborn child, and …
