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. […]
A South Carolina woman is heading to federal prison for stealing money from a Midlands-area nursing home where she worked, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Keisha Carroll Banks, a 52-year-old Lexington resident, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a news release In addition to being sentenced to 14 months, Banks […]
Jun. 20—A Brown Rd. man who told authorities a shotgun discharged accidentally while he wrestled for control of the weapon during a domestic incident involving the death of his wife pleaded guilty in Cumberland County Criminal Court. Donald Wayne Jackson, 40, entered the plea to voluntary manslaughter June 7 and received a four-year prison sentence […]
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man has entered a blind guilty plea on all his charges regarding the production of child pornography, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. UPDATE: Man dies after Pensacola shooting According to an MCSO Facebook post, 25-year-old Gary Daniel-Kyle Hay of Mobile was charged in August 2023 with 21 […]
Jun. 20—A 24-year-old Joplin woman recently received probation when she pleaded down to a misdemeanor in a domestic assault case. Kaylee D. Thurlo pleaded guilty to fourth-degree domestic assault at a hearing Tuesday in Jasper County Circuit Court. She was facing a felony count of second-degree domestic assault stemming from a disturbance a year ago […]
An Alabama man pleaded guilty on Tuesday after threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat for prosecuting and processing Donald Trump’s election interference charges in Georgia. The threats against Willis and Labat, who are both Black, are part of a disturbing trend of Trump supporters threatening violence against government officials who’ve […]
A man pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday for brutally stabbing a woman to death in 2022 after he “mercilessly stalked” her from the street into her Manhattan apartment building. Assamad Nash, 27, also pleaded guilty to burglary as a sexually motivated felony in the Feb. 13, 2022, attack on 35-year-old Christina Yuna Lee, in […]
Jun. 19—A 39-year-old man who was sentenced last month to life in prison for a Deer Park murder pleaded guilty last week to seemingly unprovoked assaults leading up to the killing, and is still on the hook for another assault involving a hammer at a north Spokane Target. A jury in March convicted Gary Ault […]
Jun. 19—GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks man pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, June 19, to 12 felony charges, including four counts of attempted murder for allegedly firing a gun at law enforcement. Jeffrey Jacob Simpson Jr., 30, appeared in Grand Forks County court for his preliminary hearing. The state presented a Grand Forks police […]
Jun. 19—WINONA — A Winona man accused of sexually assaulting a client during a tattoo session as an unlicensed tattoo artist pleaded guilty to a body art license violation. On Tuesday, June 18, Travis Wayne Musilek, 38, pleaded guilty to a body art license violation, a gross misdemeanor. A second gross misdemeanor of criminal sexual […]
Jun. 19—A woman who stole more than $1.3 million from a local church and business faces a “significant period of incarceration” after pleading guilty to an 11-count indictment on Tuesday. Lisa A. Noble, 44, also known as Lisa Prynn, formerly of Williamsville, pleaded guilty Tuesday to four counts of second-degree grand larceny (Class C felonies), […]