Troy Brewer was on his knees with his hands in front of his face when his teenage son fired a bullet from a 9mm Glock handgun into the man’s body, according to a theory developed by Tarrant County prosecutors. After Carl Brewer killed his adoptive father at the family’s house in Crowley, the 17-year-old used, […]
A defendant in the Feeding Our Future case took the stand Wednesday, the only one of the case’s seven defendants to testify in their own defense. Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff, 33, of Burnsville, talked about his dream of becoming an entrepreneur and building several businesses in Seattle, years before he moved to Minnesota and got involved […]
WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 participant whose dreaded blonde locks and face tattoos made him a memorable face in the pro-Trump mob has been arrested in South Dakota, the FBI said, accusing him of shoving an officer during the Capitol melee after “ramming” a giant metal-framed “TRUMP” sign into a line of police officers. William […]
Donald Trump is not behaving like someone who expects to be found “not guilty.” In a series of posts over the Memorial Day weekend, the former president deviated from the norm of honoring soldiers who fought and died for the United States by instead posting on his website, Truth Social, about how unfair it is […]
Charles Russian Lovelady never got to hold his youngest son. The 22-year-old Des Moines man was shot and killed in July 2022, in what prosecutors believe was a botched robbery attempt. Three people were subsequently charged with murder and robbery in Lovelady’s death, and on Friday, the first of those cases ended with a 35-year […]
Editor’s note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Fifth Amendment continues: “…(n)or shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due […]
Arizona’s attorney general says former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former president Donald Trump’s election loss to Joe Biden in 2020. Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes posted the news regarding the Trump-aligned […]
Arizona’s attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes posted the news regarding the […]
A former attorney for President Donald Trump who has been charged in the Georgia election interference investigation is now facing similar charges in Arizona. John Eastman pleaded not guilty on Friday to conspiracy, fraud, and forgery charges for his role in the effort to overturn Donald Trump’s loss in Arizona to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. […]
May 16—A third defendant in a lure-and-rob incident at a Joplin motel nine months ago waived a preliminary hearing Thursday on the first-degree robbery charge that he is facing. Carl L. Conner, 32, waived the hearing in Jasper County Circuit Court and was ordered bound over for trial by Judge Joseph Hensley. Connor, who lists […]
May 10—A 19-year-old man was sentenced last week to 4 1/2 years in prison for a robbery and drive-by shooting that occurred within nine days of each other last summer in Millwood and Spokane, respectively. Spokane police were called to two drive-by shootings the morning of June 24 near North Dakota Street and Carlisle Avenue […]
WASHINGTON — Jack Wade Whitton, a Georgia man who dragged an officer down the steps of the U.S. Capitol while wearing a “Trump 2020” hat on Jan. 6 and bragged he “fed” the officer to the mob, was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday. “You’re gonna die tonight!” Whitton admitted yelling […]