TORONTO - Jurors have begun their deliberations in the trial of Umar Zameer, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Toronto police Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup. The officer, who was in plain clothes, died on July 2, 2021, after he was hit by a vehicle in an underground parking garage at Toronto City Hall. Prosecutors said Zameer made deliberate choices to drive dangerously while there were people nearby, killing the officer. But the defence argued Zameer did not...
Kevin Bryan Pearce, 57, was hired by DCPS in December 2017 and faces
A Lauderdale County jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of man accused of murdering a 48-year-old woman on Valentine’s Day 2021.
the jury returned to the judge with a number of questions in relation to the case.
The jury in a Sarnia murder trial has heard a ton of evidence through the first three weeks about a senior’s fatal stabbing in late January 2021 and the two men accused of killing him.
Angel Cardona was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with credit for time served (9 months), and 10 years of probation after release.
TORONTO - A man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer did not intend to kill anyone and behaved reasonably in the face of what he thought was an imminent threat to his family, defence lawyers said Wednesday, while prosecutors argued he deliberately chose to drive dangerously. The two sides made their final pitches to jurors at the trial of Umar Zameer -- who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of Det. Const. Jeffrey Northrup -- with lawyers...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday rejected a woman’s lawsuit seeking tens of millions of dollars from Virginia’s largest school system over allegations that she was raped multiple times as a middle schooler. The woman, who was identified in court papers only by her initials, sued Fairfax County Public Schools under Title IX, […]
Three men, two from Norristown and one from Philadelphia, learned on Tuesday that they will face a jury in Montgomery County Court in September on charges they allegedly participated in the robbery of another man who was fatally shot during the encounter.
A Madison County School System employee was arrested after a traffic stop that happened on Saturday.
A jury has been sworn in the trial of two women accused of murdering and robbing a 60-year-old man, who was found fatally injured at a property in a Sheffield suburb last summer. Zoe Rider, aged 36, and 45-year-old Nicola Lethbridge, both of Fraser Drive, Woodseats, Sheffield, are accused of killing Stephen Mark Koszyczarski, who passed away in the early hours of August 11, 2023. They are also charged with robbery. A jury of eight women and four men were sworn at Sheffield Crown Court this...
The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the sex crimes conviction against Harvey Weinstein, the powerful Hollywood producer whose downfall stood as a symbol of the #MeToo movement. The court, by a 4-3 vote, ordered a new trial. “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes because that testimony served no material non-propensity purpose,” the ruling,...