A Texas man pleaded guilty on Friday to assaulting officers at the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, the United States Attorney’s Office District of Columbia announced in a news release. Kyle Douglas McMahan, 42, of Watauga, pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers — a felony. He will learn his sentence on Sept. […]
The former co-founder and president of a Bellingham nonprofit that helps unhoused people will pay nearly $50,000 back to the organization after he pleaded guilty to embezzling the funds over a multi-year period. James “Jim” Lee Peterson, 67, of Bellingham, pleaded guilty June 3 in Whatcom County Superior Court to one count of first-degree theft, […]
A 75-year-old Independence man accused of strangling his wife to death while she was at Centerpoint Medical Center last month pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Thursday. A grand jury indicted Ronnie J. Wiggs on a second-degree murder charge in Jackson County Circuit Court earlier this month. In an appearance by WebEx Thursday afternoon, […]
Jun. 27—A suspended Kettering City Schools music teacher who is facing six felony counts after child pornography was found on his phone pleaded not guilty to the charges Thursday. Matthew Ryan Koehler, 37, of Centerville, was indicted earlier this month on five counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor and one count of illegal use […]
The last man connected to a group that was concocting plans to take down the power grid in Idaho and other states has pleaded guilty. Court records show that Jordan Duncan, 29, of Boise, pleaded guilty in North Carolina to aiding and abetting the manufacturing of a firearm in the wide-ranging case. He could face […]
GENEVA COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) — A woman accused of luring a man on a fake date where he was nearly stabbed to death has pled guilty on the day her trial was meant to start. On Monday, June 24, Shalyn Diaz pled guilty to one count of attempted murder in the kidnapping and stabbing of […]
A man who admitted to fatally shooting a bystander who attempted to intervene in a Delaware County robbery and paralyzing a man in another robbery will spend at least 46 years in prison before being eligible for parole. Zackeyis Davis, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated murder and attempted murder charges in Delaware County. Judge […]
CLEVELAND (WJW) — An RTA bus driver called for help around 2:30 a.m. June 16 after her bus was surrounded by a large crowd on Broadway in Cleveland. “I am stuck,” the driver said over her radio. “There is, like, a thousand screaming people on my bus right now. Please, send help. I’m stuck.” Short-staffed […]
Jun. 24—GRAND FORKS — A Cavalier woman waived her Monday, June 24, preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to Class A felony conspiracy to deliver or possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance in a correctional facility. Elaine Alexis Longtine, 26, was charged after Grand Forks County Correctional Center staff reported they found Suboxone […]
Jun. 24—Huber Heights City Manager Rick Dzik will spend the next two years on probation after he was convicted Monday of a drunken driving charge in Knox County. Dzik, 42, pleaded guilty Monday in Mount Vernon Municipal Court to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. A second charge, a left of center traffic citation, was dismissed. […]
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 […]
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. […]