Jurors will resume deliberations on Monday as they look to reach a verdict in the trial for Emanuel Lopes, who is accused of killing Weymouth Police Sgt. Michael Chesna and bystander Vera Adams in July 2018. Deliberations began Thursday in Lopes’ second murder trial, which began last month in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, six months […]
A cult leader in Kenya has been charged with murder after more than 400 bodies were found buried in shallow graves in a remote forest in the east of the country. Survivors and victims’ families have said Paul Mackenzie urged followers to fast in order to “go see Jesus”. He and 29 others pleaded not […]
A car thief from Broward sits in St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office jail after being arrested on five counts of homicide charges among eight charges related to Friday’s death of a Florida Highway Patrol trooper. Michael Addison, 30, knows about probation. He’s been on it twice. But if Addison is convicted on even half of […]
The United States Department of State has issued a Level 2 travel advisory for travelers planning on going to the Bahamas. The advisory, posted on Friday, warns travelers to “exercise increased caution” due to crime, specifically on the islands of New Providence, which includes Nassau, and Grand Bahama, which includes Freeport. A security alert posted […]
The U.S. State Department on Friday increased its advisory level for would-be travelers to the Bahamas, urging “increased caution,” as the nation’s capital has recorded 18 murders this year. The elevation to Level 2 follows a security alert posted Wednesday by the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, which expressed concern that Americans might be victimized by […]
Idaho death row prisoner Thomas Creech claimed for years to have killed dozens of people but, as of a week ago, said the real number was fewer than 14. California law enforcement now thinks they’ve confirmed yet another of his victims. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that Creech is suspected of the […]
In Dedham Superior Court last July, it was a legal shock. After six days, one juror refused to deliberate, resulting in a hung jury and a mistrial in the Emanuel Lopes double murder trial. Lopes is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Weymouth Police Sgt. Michael Chesna and 77-year-old resident […]
The new trial in the case of a man accused of murdering Weymouth Police Sergeant Michael Chesna and innocent bystander Vera Adams in July 2018 is slated to begin this week. Opening statements in Emanuel Lopes’ murder trial are set for Wednesday, six months after a mistrial was declared in his initial trial. During the […]
A dead fisherman has been identified as the suspect in three cold-case homicides in Virginia from the 1980s, including two of the notorious “Colonial Parkway Murders” that once stoked fears in the area. Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. was identified by forensic evidence in the 1987 double murder of David L. Knobling, 20, and Robin M. Edwards, […]
Richmond County Sheriff’s Office records show the number of shootings and shooting deaths in Augusta have decreased from previous years, which officials attribute to consistent effort targeting areas most vulnerable to violent crime. At the end of July, The Augusta Chronicle reported that if Augusta experienced the same number of shootings from August through December […]