As a teenager in Haiti, Germine Joly says, he was exposed to unspeakable horrors by armed groups: there were rapes, some of them incestuous, and killings where victims’ hearts were cut out while they were still alive, their bodies later wrapped in sheets and dumped at the bottom of a mountain. And there was widespread […]
In a four-page motion, Billy George Tomci‘s lawyer detailed reasons the judge should consider a downward sentencing departure for his client. Among the reasons: Tomci “suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and major Depressive Disorder.” The attorney wrote: “The Defendant is so filled with remorse that he breaks down in tears and such anxiety that it […]
Jan. 31—A second teen charged in last summer’s attack on a protected species of egret will not be prosecuted on animal cruelty charges. New London Superior Court Judge Patrick Caruso on Wednesday granted a court diversionary program called accelerated rehabilitation for 18-year-old Benjamin Pavano of Glastonbury. Pavano and his co-defendent Parker Wallace had faced felony […]
The prosecutor in the “Rust” case offered a “favorable” outcome last fall to armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed if she would help explain how live rounds made it onto the film’s set. But the offer came with a warning that if she refused, she would be hit with additional charges. More from Variety Gutierrez Reed is […]
Dec. 22—Monica Meehan sat quietly in a Westmoreland County courtroom Friday to watch the man who burned down her business, the Spaghetti & Steakhouse and Hot Rod Lounge in Murrysville, receive a state prison sentence. “It’s pretty devastating and the land is for sale now,” Meehan said. “At the time, things were pretty wonderful. We […]