Cop Amber Guyger shoots and kills neighbor relaxing in his own apartment, now appealing murder verdict
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February 26, 2021
Texas resident charged close to $10K for electricity during winter storm power outage: Lawsuit
A Texas woman filed a $1 billion class-action lawsuit on Monday, alleging an electric company billed her $9,300 during last week’s winter storm that left millions without power or water. Chambers County resident Lisa Khoury has accused electric retailer Griddy of price gouging. Her lawyers told KXAS that they want officials to intervene, as state …
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February 25, 2021
Prominent district attorney suspended amid allegations of sexual harassing employee for YEARS & bribing others
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that a prominent district attorney in Paulding County will be suspended from his duties while an investigation into allegations against him continues. Paulding County District Attorney, Dick Donovan, 75, is facing charges of bribery, violation of oath by a public officer, and false swearing. The charges happened after a …
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February 21, 2021
Family seeks $100 million from Texas energy officials for death of 11-year-old boy in frigid cold
The family of an 11-year-old boy who died Tuesday amid the bitter winter storm that pummeled Texas is suing state energy officials over the death, KTRK reports. Houston attorney Tony Buzbee told the station he is filing a lawsuit asking for $100 million plus court costs for the untimely death of Cristian Pavon. “And other …
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February 15, 2021
5-year-old boy dies after brain bleed, suspects claim horrific injuries caused by ‘self-harm’
Three relatives charged in March’s death of a 5-year-old West Virginia boy will face prosecution in separate trials, a judge ruled on Friday. Keaton Boggs’ grandmother, Michelle Boggs, 49, and her daughter and son-in-law, Chasity and Peter Wodzinski, 29 and 32, are charged with the death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian by …
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February 12, 2021
Parents of tot who fell 11 floors aboard cruise ship say cruise line ‘intentionally destroyed’ security footage to blame grandfather
A new court filing submitted by the parents of a toddler Chloe Wiegand, who died aboard a Caribbean cruise ship in 2019, alleges that the cruise line intentionally destroyed video footage. MailOnline reports that Chloe’s parents, Alan and Kimberly Wiegand, are seeking a “spoliation of evidence” default judgment after claiming Caribbean Cruise Lines intentionally destroyed …
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February 10, 2021
Idaho man pleads guilty to 25-year-old slaying that led to wrongful conviction
An Idaho man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a 25-year-old rape and murder after another man had already spent 20 years in prison for the crime, the Idaho Statesman reports. Brian Dripps Sr, 55, was arrested in May 2019 for the rape and murder of 18-year-old Angie Dodge in her Idaho Falls apartment in June 1996. …
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February 9, 2021
Farmer disguises himself wearing woman’s wig, leaves dozens of dead animals on neighbor’s gravestone
An Arkansas man pleaded guilty Monday to leaving numerous dead animal’s on a former neighbor’s gravestone while dressed up in a woman’s wig. CBS 27 reports that Joseph Stroud, 79, of Bentonville, was arrested last August after he was caught via a security camera wearing overalls and a woman’s wig while placing dead animals on …
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February 8, 2021
Hubby gets 16 years for death of mom with online double life Kat West
An Alabama judge on Monday sentenced he husband of online exhibitionist Kat West to 16 years in prison for her death, AL.com reports. Jeff West, 47, will receive credit for the nearly three years he’s already served since being arrested for his wife’s January 12, 2018, death. He has maintained his innocence throughout — contending …
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February 8, 2021
Pretrial hearing set for Florida dad allegedly caught on camera abusing teen daughter and her dog
UPDATE The pretrial conference has been rescheduled until April 7, after suspect Damon Becnel’s attorney was granted a continuance. Original Story A pretrial conference for a Florida man accused of abusing his daughter and dog is set for Monday via Zoom, CBS 5 reports. Damon Becnel was arrested January 2, 2020, on child abuse and animal …
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February 5, 2021
George Floyd death: Prosecutors seek extra charges against cops in unarmed man’s killing, request to reinstate Derek Chauvin’s 3rd-degree murder charge
On Thursday, prosecutors asked the court to reinstate one charge and add three new charges in the case against the four former Minnesota police officers involved in George Floyd’s death. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a motion to have a third-degree murder charge reinstated against Derek Chauvin, 44, citing this week’s Minnesota Court of …
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February 5, 2021
Capital murder: Nurse stepmother learns fate three years after beloved baby is found dead in crib
A Mississippi woman was sentenced to life in prison this week, in connection with the 2017 death of her stepdaughter, 1-year-old Jurayah Smith. After five days of testimony, jurors in Claiborne County, Mississippi, returned a guilty verdict for T’Kia Bevily, 28. Bevily was convicted of capital murder, the Clarion-Ledger reports. According to court testimony, investigators …