An attorney for a 28-year-old Mansfield man arrested June 13 on a felony warrant charging him with importuning has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and competency to stand trial in Richland County Common Pleas Court, according to court records. Rolf Whitney, representing Bryce Witchey, said he entered the written plea […]
Jun. 21—A Limington man maintained Friday that he is not guilty of killing his mother and her boyfriend, whose bodies were found in a fire-damaged house in June 2021. Matthew Cote, 23, added a plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity during a hearing in York County Superior Court on Friday afternoon. Cote […]
Would O.J. Simpson live or die? That question kept 95 million Americans locked to their TVs on June 17, 1994, during his infamous car chase. “People … didn’t know what was going to happen next,” helicopter journalist Zoey Tur, who broadcast the low-speed chase for KCBS-TV, tells Yahoo Entertainment. “They couldn’t take their eyes off […]
May 24—A Middletown woman facing felony complicity charges after sexual videos in which a toddler is shown has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Tiffany Morningstar, 22, and Daveion Wright, 31, were indicted by a Butler County grand jury on March 6 following an investigation by Middletown police. Morningstar is charged locally with seven […]
May 22—A Portland man who police say stabbed his neighbor to death more than a year ago has entered an insanity plea. Jonathan Alas, 29, was arrested in February 2023 and charged with murder in connection with the death of Christopher Godin. Godin, who was 58, once ran the popular Granny’s Burritos shop in the […]
May 20—OTTAWA — The Lima man charged with murder in last month’s shooting death at a trucking company entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity late last week. According to court records, Konner Dunklee filed a written motion on Thursday, May 16 asking the court to order an evaluation to determine his […]
May 17—A former Baltimore, Maryland man, charged with stabbing a Mashantucket man in the face and neck in 2018, is seeking to convince a judge that he needs mental health treatment, not prison, for his alleged crime. A trial started on Friday in New London Superior Court for 47-year-old Dontae Glen Johnson. Michael Miller, Johnson’s […]
Watch a previous report on this case in the video player above. DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) — A Delaware County daycare provider facing multiple charges in connection with alleged child abuse has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. According to Delaware County Common Pleas Court records, Rhonda Kay Coomes, of Radnor, entered the plea Friday. […]
A Washington County Circuit Court judge ordered another mental health evaluation for Anthony Lee Donnelly on Tuesday after Donnelly’s attorney entered an insanity plea regarding allegations Donnelly killed his wife a year ago. Rachela Virginia Disandro, 37, of Hagerstown, was found dead early on May 26, 2023, inside a stone alcove beneath the porch of […]
A Ravenna woman has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity to two dozen felony charges stemming from a March fire police say she set in the Hazen Avenue apartment building where she was living. A Portage County grand jury indicted the 64-year-old woman on 23 counts of aggravated arson and a […]
Apr. 17—Tiffany Farrauto, the New London woman charged with murder in the strangling death of her 4-year-old son, is expected to use an insanity defense at her upcoming trial in New London Superior Court. Farrauto, 36, appeared in court on Wednesday, where Superior Court Judge John M. Newson discussed possible dates to call together a […]
A woman accused of killing her husband earlier this month is entering an insanity plea. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Woman formally charged, accused of killing her husband in Butler County Pamela Harville, 65, entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity this week, according to Butler County Common Pleas court documents. News Center 7 previously […]