Jun. 25—WILKES-BARRE — More than nine months after a mistrial was declared in the case against former Crestwood band director Theron Roberts on child corruption offenses, a jury was selected Tuesday with opening statements expected to begin Wednesday in Luzerne County Court. Roberts, 41, of Pringle, was charged by Wright Township police in December 2021, […]
Amanda Knox returned to court in Italy Wednesday for a slander case related to her infamous jailing, and later acquittal, for the murder of her British roommate in 2007. The American was only 20 when she and her Italian then-boyfriend were arrested for the brutal killing of 21-year-old fellow student Meredith Kercher at the girls’ […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Days after the man who shot and killed her son was acquitted of second-degree murder in a retrial, the mother of Tyler Lackey is speaking out. “I’ve never even pretended to want justice, there isn’t any,” said Liz Frank, mother of Tyler Lackey. “There’s nothing anybody can say or do, he’s not […]
May 3—Jurors began deliberating Friday in the retrial of a man previously convicted in the 2016 shooting death of an Army veteran during an Albuquerque ATM robbery. Matthew Chavez, 34, was convicted in 2018 of second-degree murder and attempted armed robbery and sentenced to 23 1/2 years in prison for the shooting death of 24-year-old […]
In Harvey Weinstein’s first court hearing since his conviction for felony sex crimes was overturned, New York prosecutors told a judge Wednesday that they want to retry him as early as September. “We think early fall date, possibly as early as September, for a trial,” Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg told a Manhattan criminal court […]
Apr. 29—A murder retrial and sentencing both ended the same way for a 41-year-old Dayton man — 20 1/2 years to life in prison — after his original conviction was overturned in a November 2017 shooting. Lance Antonio Irvin was sentenced Wednesday by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Steven Dankof after a jury for the […]
The Texas Department of Public Safety is seeking a retrial after being ordered by a jury to pay $2.5 million in lost wages to a former state trooper who became sick from toxic burn pit exposure during his Army Reserve unit’s deployment to Iraq in 2007 and 2008. The former trooper, Le Roy Torres, an […]
Mar. 25—A murder retrial is underway this week for a 41-year-old man after his conviction was overturned in the November 2017 shooting death of a 21-year-old man in Dayton. Lance Antonio Irvin of Dayton was sentenced in May 2019 to 20 1/2 years to life in prison after a Montgomery County jury found him guilty […]
A Columbus man who was convicted of a 2006 homicide will receive a retrial after results from an investigation by the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Conviction Integrity Unit found that evidence that was not submitted to discovery would have bolstered his defense. A Franklin County Common Pleas Court jury found Mentae L. Humphrey, 36, of Columbus’ […]
After five days of deliberations, a deadlocked jury still could not reach a verdict in the trial of the man accused of murdering a Weymouth police sergeant and a 77-year-old widow. Emmanuel Lopes is accused of shooting and killing Sergeant Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams in 2018. The 26-year-old’s first trial ended in a […]
Erica Stefanko’s retrial for the pizza delivery murder case will shift from the prosecution to the defense this morning. Mike Stefanko, Erica’s husband and the former best friend of Chad Cobb, Erica’s former husband who is serving a life sentence, will testify. Mike was the lone defense witness in Erica’s first trial. The question will then […]
GRAND HAVEN — An imprisoned Coopersville man who was granted a retrial on a criminal sexual conduct case instead opted to take a plea deal this month and was sentenced back to prison, the Grand Haven Tribune reports. Stephen Chesla pleaded guilty on Jan. 8 in the Ottawa County 20th Circuit Court to assault with […]