SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Monday that President Joe Biden is able to run a strong race and serve a second term in the Oval Office, standing by his close ally in the critical battleground state following a disastrous debate performance that’s prompting some national Democrats to question his candidacy. Casey […]
Jun. 25—The capital murder trial has been set for 2025 in Butler County Common Pleas Court for a Fairfield Twp. man accused for setting a woman on fire last year. Robbi Robinson, 24, is charged with aggravated murder, aggravated arson and felonious assault for the May 11, 2023, incident on Arroyo Ridge Court. Robinson was […]
After his co-defendant’s competency hearing was delayed on May 23, a man was deemed competent to stand trial Tuesday after he was suspected of beating a woman at her business in California City. Shelton Hickman, 47, of Norwalk is suspected of beating a 56-year-old woman at her business in the 9000 block of California City […]
After what must have been careful deliberation, Donald Trump’s defense team decided to end on the testimony of Robert Costello, an attorney who previously advised Michael Cohen. The consensus is this was an enormous blunder. “You hit the nail on the head,” former federal prosecutor Gene Rossi said on a CNN panel Tuesday when asked […]
New developments in the trial of a woman facing charges in connection to the murder of a 5-year-old boy. An attorney representing Pammy Maye said she is competent to stand trial, according to our news partners at WBNS. >> PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Judge sets $4 million bond for woman accused of murder of Ohio boy at […]
The mother of a 3-year-old girl who was found alone and in critical condition in a Fairborn apartment is competent for trial. Greene County Common Pleas Judge Adolfo Tornichio found Rabyah Muballigh, 25, competent to stand trial based on a report following a psychological evaluation, according to court documents. > PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 3-year-old remains in […]
Mar. 11—LIMA — A Lima man charged with murder in a Jan. 8 stabbing on Mound Road that left 76-year-old Lucinda Wright dead has been deemed competent to stand trial. For now. Daniel Wood, 24, appeared Monday in Allen County Common Pleas Court for a competency hearing. Judge Jeffrey Reed, basing his ruling on a […]
WASHINGTON — A “Lawyers for Trump” volunteer whose election conspiracy theory video was shared by one of former President Donald Trump’s sons in 2020 was ordered released from Bureau of Prisons custody last week ahead of her trial on Jan. 6 charges. Kellye SoRelle, who had served as general counsel for the far-right Oath Keepers, […]
Feb. 1—GOSHEN — A woman charged with killing her own baby was found competent to stand trial during Thursday’s Circuit Court proceedings. With two evaluations under her belt, prosecution and her defense team agreed to the results, confirming that Alauraeve Allen, 24, Elkhart, is competent to stand trial. On July 7, at approximately 7:46 p.m., […]
An Akron man accused in the shooting death of a Lyft driver has done such a good job advocating for his mental issues that this helped convince a Summit County judge he was competent to stand trial. “The court has never experienced a defendant who has argued and advocated so thoroughly and aggressively that he is […]
MADISON – A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday ruled that a former Catholic cardinal is not competent to stand trial, due to a diagnosis of dementia, suspending charges of sexually assaulting a boy in the 1970s. Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked former cardinal, will not have to go before a jury in the case, but the decision […]
MADISON – A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday ruled that a former Catholic cardinal is not competent to stand trial, due to a diagnosis of dementia, suspending charges of sexually assaulting a boy in the 1970s. Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked former cardinal, will not have to go before a jury in the case, but the decision […]