The father of a 57-year-old man who died during a police chase in July is suing the city of Fort Worth, alleging negligence and wrongful death. Uriel Lemon Brown, the father of Andra Craig, filed his lawsuit in Tarrant County on Jan. 11, according to court records. Fort Worth police officers from the Directed Response […]
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Emanuel Lopes found guilty of murder in deaths of Weymouth sergeant, innocent bystander
Emanuel Lopes, the man accused of shooting and killing Weymouth Police Sergeant Michael Chesna and town resident Vera Adams in July 2018, was convicted of murder Friday in their deaths. The jury convicted Lopes of first-degree murder in Chesna’s death, and second-degree murder in Adams’ death, among other charges. As the jury announced its verdict, […]
Edmonds police chase suspects who ran into innocent person’s house
Edmonds police say they have multiple people in custody after they ran out of a stolen car and into an innocent person’s home Saturday night. The home was in the 8700 Block of Main Street. The homeowners were safe, but police still closed Main Street to investigate. Officers arrested a 28-year-old man from Spanaway, a […]
Las Vegas police arrest suspected getaway driver involved in innocent bystander’s death
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Police arrested a teenager last week who is accused of driving the car involved in the killing of an innocent bystander, records said. Officers arrested Tyshean Tillman, 19, on Jan. 30. Tillman initially faced charges, including open murder and conspiracy murder, in Las Vegas Justice Court. A Clark County grand jury […]
Michigan to pay $1.75 million to innocent man after 35 years in prison
The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.75 million to an innocent man who spent 35 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of sexual assault. Louis Wright was released in November after authorities said DNA tests ruled him out as the perpetrator in an attack on an 11-year-old girl in Albion, a small […]
Innocent Black Man Spent 50 Years in Prison, His Compensation Will Annoy The Hell out of You
A man found guilty in a 1975 murder has spent what the National Registry of Exonerations calls the longest prison sentence on a wrongful conviction. Glynn Simmons, now 71 years old, was named a suspect in an armed robbery that left the clerk of a liquor store in Edmond, Okla. dead, according to the National […]