Friends and family of a 19-year-old South Dakota woman killed in a car crash are speaking out after the driver who caused the deadly collision was fined $120 and avoided jail. Speaking with Daily Mail, mother Barb Olson, 50, described the sentence handed down in late September to Mark Begeman, 53, as a “slap in the face.” …
Autopsy reports of a murdered Colorado mother and her two children can’t be sealed, at least not yet anyway, the Longmont Times-Call reports. A judge on Friday denied a request by prosecutors to keep hidden autopsy reports in the homicide case against Christopher Watts, 33, who is accused of killing his pregnant wife, Shanaan, and …
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — Video shows a dramatic Oregon courtroom scuffle in which a defendant lunges for a police officer’s gun. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports a judge had denied a request by deputies to restrain 27-year-old Scott Lemmon in court Wednesday. In the video, Lemmon stands up and grabs for a gun worn by a Newport …
The lawyers for the suspected killer of slain jogger Mollie Tibbetts requested additional evidence last month in the murder case, and although prosecutors explained the request was premature on Wednesday, they offered a key detail that led to the suspect’s arrest. Des Moines Register reports that 24-year-old Cristhian Rivera, accused of killing 20-year-old Mollie in …
Attorneys for a man suspected of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts filed a “Bill of Particulars” on motion on his behalf Friday, claiming prosecutors have not presented enough evidence for them to build a proper defense. ABC13 reports that the lawyers for accused murderer Cristhian Rivera filed a “Bill of Particulars” in connection …
A New York couple is headed to court after a woman claims racism was at the root of her termination after one day of employment two years ago. According to the New York Post, Giselle Maurice accepted an offer to care for the two children of banker Joel Plasco and his wife Lynsey Plasco-Flaxman. Upon …
The attorney representing the family of a Texas man fatally shot in his own apartment by his downstairs neighbor, a Dallas officer, announced they’ll be suing the city and the officer that killed him. According to The Dallas Morning News, attorney Lee Merritt said Allison and Bertrum Jean, the parents of Botham Jean, 26, will …
The Tennessee man who confessed to fatally shooting a woman in 1994 during a botched robbery attempt learned his fate in court this week. According to WREG, Phanhsay Phanivong, then 16, shot Angela Perkins, 23, to death in East Memphis as she drove home from work. The case remained cold until 2014 when an inmate serving …
The New Jersey man accused of spending away homeless man Johnny Bobbitt’s $400,000 GoFundMe donation was reportedly arrested Monday night for an unpaid traffic ticket. WCAU reported that Mark D’Amico, 39, was taken into custody in Burlington County in connection with an October 2017 traffic stop during which he was found to driving with a …
A Texas woman, jailed in Nevada last year for unpaid traffic tickets, died days later in her jail cell after reportedly being denied medical care while detoxing. State investigators released a 300-page report regarding the July 23, 2017, death of Kelly Coltrain, 27. Authorities found Coltrain unresponsive in her cell after her medical issues were ignored by …
A Philadelphia man who grabbed international headlines last year when he used his last $20 to help a stranded motorist said he’s homeless again—and the woman he helped, along with her boyfriend, and are possibly spending the $400,000 they raised on his behalf on their own indulgences. Kate McClure, 28, and boyfriend Mark D’Amico, 39, …
A New York man who was convicted of killing a suspected child rapist recently had his 2016 first-degree manslaughter conviction overturned and was granted a new trial. The Times Herald-Record reported that David Carlson was found guilty of the 2013 fatal shooting of Norris Acosta-Sanchez. Acosta-Sanchez, 35, (pictured right) was wanted in Rockland County on second-degree rape charges …
