Wednesday marked one year since the search started for the hit-and-run driver who killed a little boy in Southeast Atlanta. Investigators believe Tomasa Mendoza hit Jamal Dean, 9, just before 7:00 p.m. Jan. 3, 2023, on Cleveland Avenue Southeast. Paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he died. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts […]
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Man shot by deputy after wielding meat cleaver and hammer pleads not guilty
Jan. 3—Howard John Barton, 65, pleaded not guilty in Yuba County Superior Court on Wednesday after reportedly charging at a police officer with a meat cleaver and a hammer. Barton was shot by a Yuba County Sheriff’s deputy during an incident on Dec. 29, 2023, and was arrested after being discharged from Adventist Health/Rideout Hospital […]
Man pleads not guilty in Sacramento County shooting that killed 10-year-old boy
A man arrested, along with this son, in the shooting death of a 10-year-old boy over the weekend in Sacramento County pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday. A defense attorney with the Sacramento County Conflict Criminal Defenders entered not guilty pleas for Arkete Davis, 53, charged in Sacramento Superior Court with having a firearm […]
Former EKU professor pleads guilty to child pornography charges, prosecutors say
A former Eastern Kentucky University professor who was found to be putting cameras in men’s bathrooms and locker rooms has pleaded guilty to federal sex crimes. Kyle Knezevich, 36, pleaded guilty to attempting to produce child pornography charges Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Knezevich originally faced charges of voyeurism, possessing matter portraying sexual […]
Man who lit fireworks in deadly local mobile home fire pleads no contest
A man has pled no contest after being accused of lighting fireworks and starting a deadly mobile home fire back in September. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Man enters insanity plea after being charged in connection to deadly Preble Co. fire Anthony Luker Jr., 24, entered a plea of no contest to reckless homicide Tuesday in Preble County […]
David Warner pleads for return of Australian ‘baggy green’ cap after revealing it was stolen
Retiring Warner is fifth on Australia’s list of Test run scorers with 8,695 in 111 Tests Australia opener David Warner has pleaded for his “baggy green” cap to be returned after revealing it has been stolen from his luggage. Warner said the cap was in his backpack which was taken while he travelled to Sydney […]
Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to sedition and collusion charges
Prominent activist and publisher Jimmy Lai has pleaded not guilty to three charges of sedition and collusion with foreign countries in a landmark national security trial in Hong Kong. Lai, a media tycoon who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, faces one count of conspiring to print seditious publications to incite hatred against the Chinese […]
Former Jacksonville corrections officer pleads guilty to child abuse, won’t serve jail time
On Apr. 14, 2023, Sheriff T.K. Waters held a press conference where he announced the arrest of Jacksonville correctional officer Darrick Scott. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Jodi Hildebrandt, business partner of ex-family vlogger, pleads guilty to 4 counts of child abuse
Jodi Hildebrandt, the business partner of former family vlogger Ruby Franke, pleaded guilty Wednesday to four felony counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse. She was charged in Utah alongside Franke in September with six counts of felony child abuse, after the pair was arrested in August. Police had found one of Franke’s children with open […]
Killer who dropped his cell phone at Yonkers crime scene pleads guilty
After two men got out of an orange car on Lawrence Street three years ago and fatally shot Alvaro Vigueras Medina before driving off, Yonkers detectives made progress quick. The driver, Jonathan Planas, dropped his cellphone on the street and didn’t pick it up, according to a prosecutor’s summary of the investigation in a court […]
Pope pleads for end to Israel’s assault on Gaza, condemns abortion
Pope Francis called for the end to the Gaza war and a lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East in his Christmas Day message on Monday, while also condemning abortion in strong terms. “I plead for an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims, and call for […]
Pope pleads for end to Israel’s assault on Gaza in Christmas message
Pope Francis called for the end to the Gaza war and a lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East in his Christmas Day message on Monday. “I plead for an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims, and call for a solution to the desperate humanitarian situation […]