The man charged with the murder of a University of Arizona professor in Tucson was on Monday sentenced to life in prison. Murad Dervish, 48, was found guilty of first-degree murder after he shot Thomas Meixner, the head of the university’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, on Oct. 5, 2022. On May 21, a […]
DALE COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) — An Ariton woman accused of beating and burning her children with a blowtorch will spend the next five years in an Alabama prison. In June, Ashleigh Ableman pled guilty to charges of aggravated child abuse and chemical endangerment of a child and was sentenced to five years in prison, followed […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. Former Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand […]
Ray Holmberg (Photo provided by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly) Former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg has signed an agreement indicating he will plead guilty to a child sex tourism charge. A plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court says Holmberg will voluntarily plead guilty to a charge of traveling with intent to engage […]
Convicted multiple murderer Lucy Letby has told a court in the UK she is “not the sort of person that kills babies” and she was “not guilty of what I was found guilty of”. The former nurse (34) is on trial at Manchester Crown Court accused of the attempted murder of a baby girl, known […]
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This column is part of a weekly round-up of notable grand jury indictments and court decisions, following through on cases reported by Savannah Morning News public safety reporter Drew Favakeh. If there are cases you’re curious about, email Drew at AFavakeh@Gannett.com. The Judge’s Bench for State Court Judge Gregory Sapp inside the Chatham County Courthouse. […]
A South Carolina woman is heading to federal prison for stealing money from a Midlands-area nursing home where she worked, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Keisha Carroll Banks, a 52-year-old Lexington resident, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release In addition to being sentenced to 14 months, Banks […]
A Woodstock man has been found guilty of his role in a November 2020 fatal car accident that led to the death of a man, the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office announced. Patrick Emerson Thomas, 69, was found guilty of homicide by vehicle in the first degree (reckless driving), homicide by vehicle in the first […]
A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former US house speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was convicted on Friday of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco jury also found David DePape guilty of first-degree burglary, false imprisonment of an […]
A south-central Kansas mother has pleaded guilty to one count each of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol and aggravated battery in connection with a fiery rollover traffic crash that killed her 4-year-old daughter and injured her then 2-year-old son last year. Britne Lee Costello, 33, of Wichita, “pled guilty as charged,” […]
A man found guilty earlier this month for a deadly Springfield shooting last year has learned his sentence. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Springfield murder suspect arrested in Columbus Jerrel Fleming, 38, was convicted by a jury on June 13 in Clark Common Pleas Court after being charged with shooting and killing a man, Rakeem Ford, in Aug. […]