Kids in New York can swim for free at certain state park pools — including a few close to the Rochester area — for the remainder of the summer, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. State park pools in the Finger Lakes/Southern Tier region are available at Letchworth State Park in Castile and Watkins Glen State […]
A man serving probation for his role in a “Gilbert Goons” attack was scheduled for a probation revocation hearing Friday but did not appear in court and asked to enter a denial of the new allegations against him. Deleon Haynes, 19, was sentenced June 3 to three years of probation and 100 hours of community […]
Jun. 13—Scott Burleson was bound over for trial on murder charges Thursday in the fatal stabbing March 2 of Seth Langford, of Carl Junction. Burleson, 30, of rural Seneca, waived a preliminary hearing in Jasper County Circuit Court and was ordered to stand trial on charges of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and two counts of […]
May 16—A third defendant in a lure-and-rob incident at a Joplin motel nine months ago waived a preliminary hearing Thursday on the first-degree robbery charge that he is facing. Carl L. Conner, 32, waived the hearing in Jasper County Circuit Court and was ordered bound over for trial by Judge Joseph Hensley. Connor, who lists […]
May 6—The Cheat Lake man accused in the April 19 shooting death of his wife waived his time for a preliminary hearing in Monongalia County Magistrate Court Monday morning. Rick Allen Cordes, 49, of Morgantown, was charged with first-degree murder on April 25, after an alleged altercation involving a Taurus.44 caliber revolver resulted in the […]
The European Parliament on Thursday waived the immunity of German EU lawmaker Gunnar Beck from the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) in connection with allegations of shoplifting and resisting law enforcement officers. A majority of the EU legislature voted to approve the request made by the public prosecutor’s office in Dusseldorf in Germany. Further […]
Mar. 4—NEOSHO, Mo. — A Newton County judge ordered a Joplin man bound over for trial after he waived a preliminary hearing Monday on a drug trafficking charge. Eric M. Barnard, 42, waived the hearing in Newton County Circuit Court on a charge of first-degree trafficking in drugs. A hearing date has yet to be […]
After refusing to cooperate with investigators earlier this week, Stephan Sterns is letting his public defender do the talking for him in Osceola County. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS He waived his public appearance and reading of the child sex charges in court Saturday. Sterns is being held at the Osceola County jail without […]
A Kettering teacher arrested on child pornography charges has waived his right to a speedy trial. Prosecutors have not formally charged 37-year-old Matthew Koehler. Koehler, a music teacher at Kettering City Schools, was arrested in December 2023 on illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material, pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, and pandering […]
Feb. 8—WILKES-BARRE — A man whose identity was allegedly used by his half-brother to be released from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility waived his right to a preliminary hearing on domestic assault charges Wednesday. Drake E. Partington, 21, of South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, was arrested by Hanover Township police after he allegedly stabbed a man […]
Jan. 29—The Texas man accused of stabbing 26-year-old Jacob Lough to death in his Milford Street home waived his right to a preliminary hearing scheduled for Monday morning in Monongalia County Magistrate Court. The case against Jonathan Ramirez, 23, of Watauga, Texas, will now be transferred to Monongalia County Circuit Court, where he will face […]
Jan. 24—A female inmate at the Crawford County Correctional Facility will stand trial in Crawford County Court for allegedly assaulting two corrections officers at the county jail in Saegertown last month. Pennsylvania State Police have charged Amanda Jean Morse, 38, of Meadville, with aggravated assault, aggravated harassment by prisoner and simple assault, and two summary […]