May 17—A former Baltimore, Maryland man, charged with stabbing a Mashantucket man in the face and neck in 2018, is seeking to convince a judge that he needs mental health treatment, not prison, for his alleged crime. A trial started on Friday in New London Superior Court for 47-year-old Dontae Glen Johnson. Michael Miller, Johnson’s […]
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Federal inmate accused of stabbing Derek Chauvin can represent himself at trial
The federal inmate charged in December with stabbing former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in an Arizona prison can represent himself in court after a judge agreed to a request to waive his right to legal representation, court documents show. During an hourlong hearing Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynnette Kimmins, the court ruled that John Turscak must […]
Fatal Sunday stabbing in Waianae deemed self defense
May 17—The Department of the Prosecuting Attorney declined to charge a 44-year-old man with murder today in connection with the fatal Sunday of a 30-year-old man. “During the course of the investigation, it was determined during the physical altercation the victim had possession of a weapon prompting the suspect to also present a weapon,” according […]
Woman in custody after stabbing other woman at Dollar Mart in West El Paso
UPDATE: A woman has been placed into custody, according to El Paso Police. EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A woman was stabbed inside a Dollar Mart Thursday morning, May 16 in West El Paso, according to a spokesperson with the El Paso Fire Department. The spokesperson says a woman in her 20s was stabbed and […]
Hours-long SWAT standoff ongoing in Sidney neighborhood; Suspect wanted for deadly stabbing
Police and SWAT teams have spent over eight hours outside of a home in Sidney, trying to take a homicide suspect into custody. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, police arrived at a home in the 400 block of Second Avenue in the early morning hours to serve an arrest warrant on a […]
2 teen boys charged with stabbing, slashing each other at Hell’s Kitchen high school
Two teen boys have been charged with stabbing and slashing each other at a Hell’s Kitchen high school — one of three violent attacks in city schools during a 90-minute span, cops said Wednesday. The two students, ages 15 and 17, faced off at the Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School on […]
German court convicts a Palestinian man of murder over a fatal stabbing on a train last year
BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany convicted a man of murder and sentenced him to life in prison Wednesday for carrying out a fatal stabbing on a train last year. The state court in Itzehoe convicted the 34-year-old Palestinian, who has been identified only as Ibrahim A. in line with German privacy rules, of […]
24-Year-Old Man Charged with Attempted Murder for Allegedly Stabbing 7-Year-Old Brother
Cristian Gutierrez allegedly “inflicted great bodily injury” during the May 9 attack, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Duluth Police Department Stock image of court gavel A 24-year-old California man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his 7-year-old brother. According to a Tuesday, May 14, news release from the […]
Australian judge says it is unreasonable to require X to hide video of church stabbing for all users
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge said it would be unreasonable for the country’s internet safety watchdog to require social platform X to hide video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church from all of its users globally, as he explained his decision to lift a court order that had required X […]
Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of Sydney church stabbing
An Australian judge has lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. The temporary ban was put in place on April 22, but the judge rejected the application from Australia’s eSafety Commission to extend the court order that would have expired […]
Florida man known as ‘El Gato’ arrested for stabbing, striking man with golf club, officials say
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man, referred to as “El Gato,” is accused of beating a victim with a club before stabbing him in the neck, according to officials. Julio Alvera-Hernandez, 54, approached the victim and began to hit him with a club. When the victim fell, Alvera-Hernandez stabbed him in the head and […]
Man arrested in Sunday stabbing death at Lindsay Avenue residence in Akron
A man, 36, was arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing in Akron of another 36-year-old man early Sunday morning. Dareeque Dorman, 36, was charged with murder by Akron police and taken to the Summit County Jail. Akron police officers were called to the 800 block of a Lindsay Avenue residence at around 1:30 a.m., […]