A Michigan judge on Tuesday denied requests to transfer accused school shooter Ethan Crumbley to a juvenile facility. Crumbley, 15, has been housed in the Oakland County Jail since his arrest following the November 30 massacre at Oxford High School that left four students dead and six students and teacher wounded, as CrimeOnline previously reported. …
A woman who served on the jury during convicted killer Scott Peterson’s 2004 California murder trial broke down Monday in court while being questioned on several actions she took before, during, and after the trial. Richelle Nice, nicknamed “Strawberry Shortcake” for her dyed red hair during Peterson’s trial, was questioned on her letters written to …
The trial for a Pennsylvania man accused of killing and raping his infant daughter during a custody visit began Monday in a Montgomery County courtroom. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the prosecution said during opening statements that 31-year-old Austin Stevens tried to cover his crimes up after his daughter, 10-month-old Zara Scruggs, became unresponsive while …
A juror who served on Scott Peterson’s 2004 murder trial denied that she falsified answers regarding previous domestic abuse. Richelle Nice, who served on the jury during Peterson’s 2004 murder, was offered immunity ahead of Peterson’s new evidentiary hearing that started Friday. Peterson was convicted of murdering his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, …
Ex-Eatonton police officer Michael Seth Perrault was instead found guilty of murder and sentenced to life without parole.
A retired police officer who shot and killed a man over a spat in a movie theater has been acquitted of murder. Jurors deliberated for just three and a half hours before handing down the verdict in the trial of 79-year-old Curtis Reeves, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Prosecutors had charged Reeves with second-degree murder …
A Michigan judge on Thursday ordered the parents of accused Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in connection with the November 30 massacre. Four of the 15-year-old’s classmates were killed in the shooting and six were wounded, along with one teacher, as CrimeOnline previously reported. James and Jennifer …
A federal jury on Thursday found three former Minneapolis police officers guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rights. J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao were all found guilt of willfully failing to aid Floyd as he lay on the ground beneath fellow officer Derek Chauvin’s knee. Kueng and Thao were also found guilty …
A Missouri man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering a 4-year-old girl, in what he said was an attempt to exorcise demons from her. According to Benton County Circuit Court online court records, Ethan Mast pleaded guilty to reduced charges of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree or attempted assault “involving serious physical injury or …
While she was in custody, Bethany Farber’s grandmother had a stroke and died
Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented very different views of accused school shooter Ethan Crumbley on Tuesday during a hearing to determine whether he should be housed in a juvenile facility as he awaits trial. Crumbley, 15, is accused of killing four of his classmates at Oxford High School on November 30 and wounding six others …
